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CASE44985: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Pearson (PERSON34150)

Question asked by the patient on 23 May 1617 at 10:00

RN Thomas Pearson of kempson 50 y may 22|3| h. 10 ant m 1617 |tempted to despayre|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 172r (upper left part of page)

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CASE59419: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Hunt (PERSON52184)

Question asked by the patient on 12 November 1624 at 14:00

RN Thomas Hunt of Chellington 31 y novēb 12 h. 2 p m 1624 troubled wth sore temptations of Despayre 16 y very sorely of late 4 y. & now of late a fortnight since

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 108v (upper left part of page)

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CASE49270: Horary consultation concerning George Grange (PERSON31067)

Question asked by the patient on 19 July 1619 at 09:30

RN Georg Graing of Astrop by Tring. in Hartford sheere 50 y Iuly 19 h. 9 30 ant m 16191

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘troubled in mynd & despayring.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 108r (upper left part of page)

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CASE60744: Decumbiture for Richard Harnesse (PERSON50893)

Question asked by the patient on 3 July 1625 at 19:40

RN It tooke him first Iune 28 h. 8 p m. 1625 & then began to rage & about ten of the clock would have torne in peeces his sucking child he was so suddenly distracted h. 9. 30 p m 1625.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘distracted sorely Despayring’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 135v (upper right part of page)

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CASE10393: Horary consultation concerning Mr Raphael Momes (PERSON14225)

Question asked by the patient on 22 April 1600 at 10:45

RN Mr Raphaell Momes \60 y./ of Buckinghā Apr. 22. die h. 10. 45 ant m. 1600 a wollen & linnen mercer.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘readye to despaire head ill’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 47v (upper left part of page)

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CASE15753: Horary consultation concerning John Halfhead (PERSON12466)

Question asked by the patient on 17 October 1603 at 14:45

GJ Iohn Halfehead of Swallowfield 44 43 y. Octob. 17 ho 2. 45 p m. 16031

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘Despayring melancholye.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 149v (upper left part of page)

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CASE36837: Horary consultation concerning John Shephard (PERSON25349)

Question asked by the patient on 3 January 1610 at 10:40

RN Iohn Shepheard of Crofton in Winge parish 27. y. lately maryed a month afore Christmas on St Androwes daye last Ian. 3. . h. 10. 40 ant m 1609    \1610/ /Despayreth\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘troubled in mynd about his mariage cānot sleepe’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 203, f. 208r (upper right part of page)

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CASE76122: Horary consultation concerning Mr Robert Longueville (PERSON32776)

Question asked by the patient on 11 December 1632 at 15:00

TG {Mr} Robert Langfield 14 y {Decem}br. 11 h. 3. p m. 1632. {Mel}ancholia affect præter morem tristatur et de salute dubitare et desperare præsumit, jnitium morbi fuit die 8 Decembr ante viduum.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 208 (upper 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=Male;f2-patient-knowledge=Patient%20asked%20the%20question;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ADespair, accessed 1 March 2025.