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CASE19524: Horary consultation concerning Matthew Altham (PERSON405)

Question asked by Mr Altham [Judge Altham] (PERSON404) on 11 October 1600 at 07:15

RN Mathew Altham Octob 11. die hor 7. 15. ant m. 1600 frater fratre sine consensu1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘was in dispayre went to Drowne him selfe’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 136v (upper right part of page)

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CASE64285: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Tookefild (PERSON60333)

Question asked by Judith Tookefild (PERSON60334) on 17 July 1627 at 16:00

RN Thomas Tokefild of racket court in flitstreete Iuly \a dyer/ Iuly 17. h 4. p {sic} 1627.

\Iudith Tokefild came to me at that tyne {sic}/ to write to her brother./ |mopish & incredulous & despayring of all helpe|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 163v (upper right part of page)

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CASE58175: Horary consultation concerning Anne Parkins (PERSON56142)

Question asked by Parkins (PERSON56126) on 13 April 1624 at 13:28

RN An Parkins of Tachebrooke. 44 y Ap 13 h. 1. 28 a|p| m 1624 talketh {in}dico{ro}sly & seyeth yt her child will bagge hath assayed to muder {sic} her selfe {illeg}|t|o Kill her selfe wth knife & to drowne her selfe but could \not/ Despayreth of her salvature & sayth yt she did neaver serve god

maritus vxore vxor suspicatr maritū quæsiturū auxilū {sic} vxore

her mother was troubled wth physick

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 148r (upper right part of page)

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CASE73894: Horary consultation concerning Florence Billing (PERSON44170)

Question asked by Mr Valentine Morley (PERSON54974) on 28 February 1632 at 16:20

RN florenc Billin of Halston 3 miles beyond Northāpton Decēb 11. h. 5 p m 1594 but came to me feb. 28 h. 4. 20 p m. 1632. /Desp. of gods mercy.\ /Mr Morly a minister wrote in her behalfe.\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘melanch affected sinc Christmas tempted to despayre’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 470 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE19953: Horary consultation concerning Mr Johnson (PERSON13223)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) on 10 October 1601 at 18:30

RN Mr kinge mr whaly & the rest of the lecturers of Toceter sente vnto me that I would come over to see Mr Iansone a minister yt is {sic} lyeth as it were in a despayre & cannot be comforted. by a letter Octob. 10 die hor. 6. 30 p m. 160i quæro vtru sit pos morb eius sit curabilis nec ne. frenetic. desperabundus.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 404, f. 209v (upper left part of page)

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CASE32676: Horary consultation concerning Mr Potkyn (PERSON24941)

Question asked by Margery Potkyn (PERSON14999) on 4 February 1606 at 10:15

RN I came to Mr Potkins of lilly by the how 62 y feb. 4. h. 10. 15 ant m. 1606 |vxor marito sine consensu./|12

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘frentick despayreth ready to murder him self’ in chart

2 ‘& beateth his bed {sic} against the bedsteede & sayth yt he hath given him selfe to the devill’ in the right margin

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 229, f. 10r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE37025: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Trip (PERSON25810)

Question asked by Trip (PERSON25806) on 12 February 1610 at 19:16

RN {illeg}|O|n of Wickam for his wife who is senceles & foolish first mopish & despairing & nowe is {sic} doth laugh & singe & knoweth not what febr 12 h 7. 16 p m 16i0. sine cōsensu.

Elisab. Trippe 26 y 9 y maryed. 2 childrē of Wickam. youngest a year old.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 203, f. 238r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE49065: Horary consultation concerning Harris (PERSON31404)

Question asked by Mr Thomas Marsh [March] [the elder] (PERSON4816) on 23 June 1619 at 08:40

RN my Cosen hee marsh. for Sr Arthur Harrys his Daughter of 17 or 18 y. Iune 22|3| . h. 8. 40 ant m 1619 /strangly troubled wth melanch ready to desp & to make her selfe awey.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 58v (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-number-of-patients=Single%20patient;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ADespair;f4-patient-knowledge=Not%20specified, accessed 26 January 2025.