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CASE45641: Horary consultation concerning Ellen Triploe (PERSON36211)

Question asked by Triploe (PERSON36209) on 21 October 1617 at 15:40

RN Ellen Triploe of litle Paxon 48 y octob. 21. h. 3. 40 p m 1617

starteth & skryketh & sayth sometymes yt she shalbe drowned & sometȳes burned wth many idle speaches ill 4 days by fits. slept neaver a whit last night.

is distracted pulleth & snatcheth

vide Octob 11.

tooke greefe yt her son did mary agaynst her will yet she gave her consent mutch agaȳst her will wished yt she might see him buryed. husb. sine cōsensu

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 220, f. 98r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE21546: Horary consultation concerning Joan Spark (PERSON16018)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18643) on 6 October 1604 at 06:40

RN Ione Sparke of Blund|h|am maried hath 5 child 40. y. Octob 6. hor 6 40. ant m. 1604. brought a bed 9 days sinc & was well. & now was ill & raveth & rageth & speaketh foundly & cā take no sleepe

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 155v (upper right part of page)

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CASE58257: Horary consultation concerning Mary Garret (PERSON49656)

Question asked by the patient on 21 April 1624 at 17:00

RN mary Garret her sister swondeth in like maner & will talk idle Ap 1|2|1 h. 5 p m 1624

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 159v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE21664: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Clark (PERSON10601)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18661) on 29 October 1604 at 12:30

RN Elis Clark of Quinton 18 y Octob. 29. 18 y Octob 29.  {sic} hor. 12. 4|3|0 p m 1604.

cānot staye vp out of her bed cānot eate nor drinke1

but speaketh fondly

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘Doe feare the measels.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 172r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12460: Horary consultation concerning Joan Freeman (PERSON11961)

Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1599 at 11:12

RN Ione freeman of Newp v 17 y. very sicke. sore at the hart & hath a thing arising in her throat ready to stop her winde & was almost dead last night & cryeth & taketh & sayth shee shall dye may the 15. die h. 11. 12. m. ant m. 1599. & of her thighes. every where a pricking of her {hart}

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 163v (upper right part of page)

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CASE69249: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Wright (PERSON62345)

Question asked by Wright (PERSON62306) between 22 August 1629 at 13:00 and 23 August 1629 at 15:00

RN Agnys Write of Arklebery 12 y lay the sonday after last Christmas h 8 3 9. 30 p m nata but her father sent for her & sayth yt on strooke her by the way like a man in a shadow at night & cryed out but noe mā could be seene & sick sinc it every d|o|ther day & will eate litle & talke fondly

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 406, f. 138r (upper right part of page)

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CASE14852: Horary consultation concerning Lettice Balle (PERSON9405)

Question asked by the patient on 18 April 1603 at 11:45

GJ Lettice Ball of Nash 17 y Apr. 18. ho 11. 45 a m 1603. Quærit whether any evill tongue have power over her. Cannot sleepe is light headed & sometymes talk Idly

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 55v (bottom left 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-patient-sex=Female;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AIdle%20talk, accessed 23 March 2025.