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CASE46307: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Nichols [Nicholas] (PERSON14441)

Question asked by the patient on 31 March 1618 at 07:00

RN Thom. Nichols march 31 h 7 ant m. 1618 hed & deafns {sic}

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 43v (upper right part of page)

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CASE63138: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Grace Lant [Richardson] (PERSON53376)

Question asked by the patient on 25 November 1626 at 11:30

RN My Cosen Lant sent to me a letter novēb 25 h {sic} hor 12 {sic} \11. 30/ 1626 /craveth pils. troubled in her head & hearing as before\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 349v (upper left part of page)

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CASE27223: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Pilgran (PERSON20537)

Question asked by the patient on 22 April 1606 at 11:00

RN Thomas Pilgrene of Bosyet 16 y \sept 21./ Apr 22. h. 10. 11 \11./ ant m 1606. payned in his hed thick of hearing stuffed in his nose/

3 yeres thus./

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 215, f. 121r (upper left part of page)

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CASE55132: Horary consultation concerning Mr Richard Dyer (PERSON48232)

Question asked by the patient on 19 October 1622 at 12:00

RN Mr Rich: Dyer of Great Stawton in Huntingdon sheere 33 y octob: 19. |h| {sic} hor: 12. in m 1622 for a hissing in his hed cōtinually 3 y. by fits

2 quærit vtrū mag Dna francklin 26 be f a good match./

3. what course of life best to advanc his fortuns/

4. wheathr likely to mary within a yere & a halfe./.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 222, f. 88r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE32100: Horary consultation concerning Henry Hopkins (PERSON23820)

Question asked by the patient on 17 September 1607 at 09:00

RN Henry Hopkins of Rudg her husb. gr 52 y sept. growen this harvest thick of hearing hed & eyes red.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 277v (upper left part of page)

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CASE53944: Horary consultation concerning Grace Hubberde (PERSON52032)

Question asked by the patient on 22 April 1622 at 07:00

RN Grace Hubbard of Aynsbery 60 y Ap 22 h. 7 ant m. 1622. a noyse in her head a wyd {sic} in her stonack {sic}.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 63r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12315: Horary consultation concerning Anne Burgess (PERSON10200)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 15:15

RN An Burges of Gothu\r/ste 2i. for a paine in her hed taketh away her hearing Ap. 25. die h. 3. 15 p m

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 139r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE15681: Horary consultation concerning Mr Matthew Claver (PERSON10637)

Question asked by the patient on 5 October 1603 at 11:40

RN Mr Claver of fosket 40 y octob. 5 hor 11 40 ant m. 1603.

for the blood in his hed trembling buzzinge

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 144r (upper right part of page)

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CASE16669: Horary consultation concerning Anne Starnell (PERSON16136)

Question asked by the patient on 18 March 1602 at 15:50

RN An Starnell of Wavendon 40 y. Martij 18 hor. 3. 50. p m 1602. cōplayneth of her head & eares & the noyses therof.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 8r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE53750: Horary consultation concerning Mr Henry Duncombe [Mr Duncombe [the younger]] (PERSON48153)

Question asked by the patient on 23 March 1622 at 12:50

RN Mr \Henry/ Duncōbe of Ivingoe for head stomacke & deafe of his eares s {sic} by fits mach {sic} 23 h {sic} hor. 12. 50 p m 1622.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 30v (upper right part of page)

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CASE11604: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Mead (PERSON14095)

Question asked by the patient on 8 August 1598 at 07:45

RN Elisab. Mead servant of 22 y of Newp. craveth a remedy for her deafnes & paine of her head the 8 of Aug die h. 7. 4 {2}|5| mi. ant m.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 11r (upper left part of page)

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CASE66410: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) and Anonymous (PERSON40698)

Question asked by Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) on 19 June 1628 at 18:00

RN {I}ohn Evans of the Mynrys in London Iue {sic} 19 h. 6 p m. 1628

writeth for a gent mā

first vnfoldeth his owne greefe how he is wrōged & cosened of all yt he hath & therby he his wife & childrē broght to great want & misery craveth my Counsell & instruction

Also writeth in the behalfe of a gentlemā yt having taken an extreme cold & prsently an exceeding greefe for the Death of his wife & {th}erby cast Downe into sicknes & mutch melancholy of a sanguyne cōplexion his sicknes & melancholy is mutch abated & now his voice is almost Lost yt he s cānot {sic} \on cānot/ spea heare on \him/ that speaketh {sic} \to speake/ a yard of

cōplayneth of something about the pit of his throate his voice is only low & weake but not troubled wth any fault in noncing but cleere inough every where no physick but cōplayneth of the coldnes of his stomack & head & sone {sic} stoppage about the begying of his nose cold flegme & cold head & defect in hearing hath 2 great manyscripts of physick yt he is Desyrous I should vse craveth vnder god my consayle for the frind his gentleman

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 80r (upper left part of page)

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CASE14754: Horary consultation concerning Mr Matthew Claver (PERSON10637)

Question asked by the patient on 6 April 1603 at 10:06

GJ Mr Mathew Claver of Foskett. sent his water wth a letter April. 6. ho. 10. 6 a m. 1603 Wherin he Complayneth of a trembling hastynes and fulnes of his head & sences his body full of wynde, a great noyse in his left eare many tymes troubled wth a stitche in the small of his backe. The mouth of his stomacke doth most annoy his head for wch he hath taken Conserve of Anthos

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 42r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE17837: Horary consultation concerning Henry [Harry] Parkins (PERSON14684)

Question asked by the patient on 3 September 1602 at 18:30

RN Henry Parken of Tempsford 3 24 y a batcheler. Sept 2|3|. hor 6. 30 p m 1602. head chest & backe bound in ye body mutch fleme dym eys Dull in hearing.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 191v (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-judgment=No;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AHearing%20problems, accessed 16 April 2025.