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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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CASE76335: Horary consultation concerning Samuel Traceloe (PERSON60390)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41749) on 21 January 1633 at 08:30

RN Samuel Tracely of Olny 28 y Ian. 21. h 8. 30 ant m 1633

a rūning mynd vp & downe & cā not rest any where nor sleepe hath bene lately delivered out of prison & will break windows & doe mutch harme

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 272 (bottom left part 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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CASE56610: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39700)

Question asked by Anne Wentworth [Countess of Cleveland] [Lady Wentworth] (PERSON36662) on 30 June 1623 at 11:00

RN My Lady Wentwort for a new serv 36 y Iune 30 h. 11. ant m 1623. /{of} Tyddington\ a burning feaver. cānot sleepe hed troubled wth fancyes

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 149r (upper left part of page)

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CASE77968: Horary consultation concerning Mr Anthony Foulkes (PERSON49231)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41949) on 3 August 1633 at 08:20

RN Mr Foukes kinsman came & told me yt there brother rageth & waxeth furious & sayth yt they will poyson him A {sic} cānot rest nor sleepe Aug 3 h {sic} hor 8. 20 ant m 1633

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 211, p. 349 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE55390: Horary consultation concerning Perse Glover (PERSON49887)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39580) on 13 December 1622 at 12:00

RW Peirce Glouer of Partnoll y.    d. h: 0. Decemb: 13 1622: \rageth 9 {illeg}|d|aye: is watched/ day & night. was let bloud: sleepeth not.1RW

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1RN rageth’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 222, f. 136v (upper left part of page)

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CASE65207: Horary consultation concerning Robert Barker (PERSON43479)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40565) on 16 January 1628 at 12:20 or at 12:25

RN Robert Barker of Benson by New nine miles frō Oxford 22 y Ian 16. . h. 12. 20 p m. 1628.

frantick for lack of sleepe was sent

[Astrological Chart]

Robert Barker Barker of Benson 22 y Ian 16 , 22 y \{sic}/ h. 12. 25 p m 1628

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 64r-v (f. 64r upper right, and f. 64v upper left)

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CASE53326: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Sara Wyllyson [Woullyson] (PERSON62405)

Question asked by Mr Wyllyson [Woullyson] (PERSON62401) on 10 November 1621 at 09:00

RN Mr Woullystan of London vxore extreely mad cānot rest nor will eate novēb 10. h hor 8. 50 ant m 162i

Mr Woullyston of London for his wife mad yt cānot sleepe eate nor Drinke novēb. 10 h {sic} hor: 9. ant m 162i |will not eate.|

wheather her vomyts will serve & the liquid

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, ff. 134v-135r (f. 134v bottom left, and f. 135r upper left)

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CASE55121: Decumbiture for Mrs Mary Gregory (PERSON50402)

Question asked by Mr Gregory (PERSON50378) on 18 October 1622 at 13:00

RN febr. 17. 16. about 6 at night grew first to be very melancholick & could not sleepe & took a feaver or feb. 16. h {sic} hor 6 p m. 1622

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 86r (bottom centre, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE51832: Horary consultation concerning Richard Carter (PERSON45659)

Question asked by Carter (PERSON45629) on 6 December 1620 at 15:00

RN Richard Carter. of Lillye 30 y in love Decēb: 6. h. 3. p. m. 1620 |sine consensu| /Widow Pydle is tempted yt he cānot pray by fits well quaketh cānot sleep\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 17r (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-querent-is-asking-about=Others;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ASleep%20problems%3A%3ASleeplessness, accessed 6 March 2025.