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CASE58294: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Ringborough (PERSON57659)

Question asked by Michael Ringborough (PERSON57658) between 26 April 1624 at 15:15 and 27 April 1624 at 08:00

RN Michaell Ringborough caryed his Child Th: Ringborough. to Elis Garband house an alehouse to Drink & feareth lest she should hurt his child wch was neavr well sinc could {illeg}|g|oe now loveth to lye all on the backe

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 165r (upper left part of page)

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CASE57561: Horary consultation concerning Mr Oliver Boteler (PERSON28235)

Question asked by Lady Anne Boteler [Farrar] [Butler] (PERSON28242) on 3 January 1624 at 11:45

RN The lady \An/ Butler for her mr Oliver Butler 9 y next march bone {sic} 28 or 29 about 12 & on in the night. of Harolde sent to me for this child Ian 3 h {sic} hor 11. 45 ant m 1623 {sic}. extree {sic} weake & feeble & cā take no physick taken wth strang fits plucking his \right/ syde & rūneth to his back being holden harde & an extree {sic} cough almost halfe a yere. & is pyned & cā not stand nor goe Ill tong suspected

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 53r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12231: Horary consultation concerning Robert Kent (PERSON13316)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17677) on 9 April 1599 at 10:30

RN Robart Kent of Walton 2 yeres old. on friday afore Christmas. about 11. 30. mi. consumed to nothing had a bunch vppon his thiges {sic} broken out & pined any face the best t of him. Ap. 9. die . h. 10. 25|30|. mi 1599. cannot stande. nor goe very well. it doth cough. Katherine Parkins gave thē hard wordes.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 124v (bottom, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE55553: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Gostwick [Goddard] (PERSON50162)

Question asked by Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264) on 28 January 1623 at 11:00

RN Goody Gale for her Thomas Gostick a yere & a halfe old borne the weddensday after mysdsomer. sent Ian. 28 h. 11. ant m 1623.

It doth pyne & eate litle & doth not sper nor cānot goe it is so weake.

Elner Warner her next neighb. Elis Steaphinson who dwell boath togeathr her mother hanged

cānot kepe his water.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 164r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE48903: Horary consultation concerning Henry Cuddington (PERSON29576)

Question asked by the patient on 2 June 1619 at 10:25

RN Hen\r/y Cuddington of Stonystratford 13. y Iune 2  {sic} h. 10. 25 ant m 1619.1 |cānot stand nor goe. nothing to be seene wthout payne./|

Notes:

1 ‘H H’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 29v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE57900: Horary consultation concerning Mr Oliver Boteler (PERSON28235) and Ursula Clark (PERSON10635)

Question asked by Lady Jane Boteler (PERSON28244) on 13 March 1624 at 12:30

RN The lady Butler touching her child yt is well amended of his fits ye{d}|t| weake & not able to goe feets & legs swell still & cānot sleepe a weeke togeathr till after a eleaven in ye morning |marh {sic} 13 h {sic} h 12 30 p m 1624| sent for her neighb vrsula Clarke 50 y March 13 h {sic} hor. 12. 30 p m 1624

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 108r (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-extent-of-transcription=Excerpt;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3AWitchcraft%20suffered%20%28medical%29;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed%3A%3ACannot%20walk, accessed 16 November 2024.