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CASE78292: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Pet (PERSON56615)

Question asked by Pet (PERSON56614) on 21 September 1633 at 12:30

Elisab. Pett a Beggarwomas Childe. 1. y. ß Septemb. 11. . h. 8. p m. 1633. stroken suddenly lame yt it can nether stand nor go

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 211, p. 459 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE41075: Decumbiture for Alice Marsh (PERSON33021)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37856) on 27 March 1613 at 08:20

RN {c}orrepta tremore et fere stupore. march. 26: . h. 1. p m 1613.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 199, f. 74r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE44052: Decumbiture for Elizabeth West (PERSON36673)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38138) on 4 November 1616 at 13:00

RN Eliz {illeg}|W|est taken wth a dead palsy Sept 15. h. 11. 30 p m 16i6

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 18v (upper right part of page)

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CASE54582: Decumbiture for Ellen Chamberlain (PERSON45825)

Question asked by Mr William Goldsmith (PERSON49998) on 9 July 1622 at 10:12

RN taken suddenly on sonday morning about {3}|4|. in ye forenoone about son rising

correpta Iulij 7. h. 4. ant m 1622.     paralysi sub. culsa1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘paralysis’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 182v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE64730: Decumbiture for Lady Caverley [Littleton] (PERSON45784)

Question asked by Mr Edward Littleton (PERSON53794) on 7 October 1627 at 09:00

RN a crick like a palsy tooke her first octob. 5 h. 11. 39 ant m. 1627

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 234r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE66521: Decumbiture for Alice Chawly (PERSON45974)

Question asked by Chawly (PERSON45973) on 7 July 1628 at 09:00

RN Alce Chawly of Bedford stroken suddenly wth 47 y wth a Dead palsy Iuly 3. h. 3. 30 p m 1628 /her husb for her\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 100v (upper left part of page)

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CASE69294: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Brown (PERSON45050)

Question asked by Brown (PERSON44988) on 31 August 1629 at 08:25

RN Eliz. Browne of Paulusperry 69 {y} Aug 27. wa{s} taken in the fild {wth} a dead palsye yt took away her speach & lamed all on syde Aug 27 h 2. p m 162{9} she lay in the fild Dead 4 h{oures} no body suspe{c}ting any thing

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 406, f. 147v (upper right part of page)

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CASE53391: Decumbiture for James Langwrite (PERSON53371)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39360) on 28 November 1621 at 08:39

RN It tooke him first on sonday last wth a trēbling all over. & tooke away the vse of his lyms & now his sences & all 25 h. 9. 30 ant m sodaynly taken 162i /will take nothing nor speak cānot keepe his water\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 146r (upper right part of page)

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CASE55920: Decumbiture for Mary Turkington (PERSON60547)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39644) on 31 March 1623 at 19:15

RN Mary Turkington of Okenbery Weston taken lame on the left syde & cānot bend it selfe March 21. h. 9. 30 p m 1623 |7 y.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 42v (upper left part of page)

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CASE69876: Decumbiture for Mr Richard Stocken [Stockmoll] (PERSON59646)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41060) on 25 December 1629 at 09:00

RN Mr Stocken stroken suddayne wth the palsye on the left syde Depriving him of all motion & feele like a dead leg for hand or leg. Decēb 17 h. 10|9|. 40 ant m 1629 as he was rising hath no feele but hath good vnderstanding1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘paralysis’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 26 (upper right part of page)

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CASE49534: Decumbiture for John Seabrook (PERSON35162)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38699) on 19 August 1619 at 13:25

RN It was hurt wth a Cart Aug 13 h. 1 30 p m 16191

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a bruise wth a cart paralitycall’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 157v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12649: Decumbiture for Isabel Franknill (PERSON11939)

Question asked by Franknill (PERSON11935) on 6 September 1599 at 11:20

RN Isbell franknill of drayton sloe. 61. taken speechles last friday as at candle light. as shee was dressing of a sore leg. sodenly taken nowe question is wheathr p. taken or besp Sept. August. 31. die h. 7. p m. 1599. cannot styrre her syd nor hand. a ded palsye.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 195v (upper right part of page)

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CASE24423: Decumbiture for Richard Hartley (PERSON31497)

Question asked by Hartley (PERSON31494) on 18 April 1615 at 10:25

RN Rich Hatley sodenly taken 26 of March h. 12. after noone 1615.

was taken wth an ach & lamel|n|es in his knee thigh & foote

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 180r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE37917: Decumbiture for Anne Robbins (PERSON34807)

Question asked by Robbins (PERSON34799) on 24 April 1611 at 15:30

RN on weddensday 3 weekes before miklemas betwixt 8 & 9 in the forenoone sodenly taken in her mouth & face & in her lymms & so cōtinued a weeke & did neyther eate nor drinke

It will say I or no & call her brothr Tom. Sept. 5 h. 8. 30 ant m. 1610.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘at this tyme stroken lame.’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 200, f. 68v (upper right part of page)

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CASE65953: Decumbiture for Frederick King (PERSON52937)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40650) on 29 April 1628 at 10:45

RN Ap 28 h. 10 ant m 1628 cōpl of a rūning vp & downe his legs arms eares & neck like a like a {sic} mouse & bite him by the prick the child in ye fit quake & stampe taken so yeste\r/day

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 6r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE54679: Decumbiture for Goody Elizabeth Cockayne (PERSON46446)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39510) on 25 July 1622 at 11:11

RN She was taken strangly & sodenly but more yesterday then before Iuly 24. h 4|5| \5/ p m 1622. at sermō tȳe wth strāg convulsions taking away her speach. & vse of her armes & her belly Did burne & trēble & was & is ever mightely tormōted wth sore tēptatiōs when she is most willing to serve god1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘tēptation’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 8r (upper right part of page)

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/search?f1-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry%3A%3ADecumbiture;f3-patient-knowledge=Not%20specified;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed, accessed 20 January 2025.