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CASE44337: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Amy Gifford (PERSON30870)

Question asked by the patient on 24 February 1617 at 11:00

RN Mres Amy /Gyfford\ of Hanslop 14 y feb. 24 h. 11. ant m 16i7. |cā take litle|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 69v (upper left part of page)

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CASE75183: Horary consultation concerning Catherine Litchfild (PERSON53787)

Question asked by the patient on 28 July 1632 at 08:15

RN katherin litchfild of Rave{ns} Throp. 2|3|8 y Iuly 28 h {sic} hor. 8. 15 ant m 1632 |heavy & dūpish cā eate litle|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 341 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE17776: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Price (PERSON15063)

Question asked by the patient on 23 August 1602 at 13:38

RN Mres Mary Price of Warrick sheere August. 23. hor 1. 38. p m. 1602. 44|6| y. /very weake stomached.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 182r (upper right part of page)

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CASE21254: Horary consultation concerning Mary Bouskill (PERSON9906)

Question asked by the patient on 11 July 1604 at 14:40

RN mary Bouskill of litlington 50 y. Iulij 11. {illeg}|h| 2. 40 p m 1604 in her stomack cānot relish any thing

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 106r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE78684: Horary consultation concerning Martha [Matthew] Wakline (PERSON60944)

Question asked by the patient on 28 December 1633 at 12:00

Martha Wakelyn of Croaton. 27. y. Decemb. 28. . h. 12. mer. 1633

Is very weake can eate litle,

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 61v (upper right part of page)

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CASE67404: Horary consultation concerning Sara Ireland (PERSON52339)

Question asked by the patient on 15 November 1628 at 10:30

U[1628–31] Sara Ireland of wooburne. y. 22. d . Nouemb: 15 h: 10 30 ant: m: 1628. brought in bed about a moneth since. mopish. eateth little can not sleepe.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 330v (upper left part of page)

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CASE77266: Horary consultation concerning Lady Penelope Egerton [Napier] (PERSON55172)

Question asked by the patient on 14 May 1633 at 05:15

RN |the lady Penelope sent her water| The ladye Penelope sent her water. may 14 h. 5. p m 1633

was mended god be thanked

[Astrological Chart]

The Lady Penelope Naper at luton. sick of an Ague sinc satterday. & hath eaten litle may 14. h. 5. 15 ant m 1633.

[Astrological Chart]

she mended prsently wth yt

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 211, pp. 128–129 (p. 128 bottom right, and p. 129 upper left)

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CASE28948: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Wincot (PERSON21207)

Question asked by the patient on 8 May 1605 at 10:12

RN my lady Dentons mans wife maij 8 h. 12. 10. 12. ant m 1605. |Margaret Wincot 44 y|

hath taken her selfe to be wth child sinc twelfetyde to Easter. but hath had a great many of her sicknesses & doe follow her ever since but she is as big as if shee were wth child & shee thincketh yt shee feeleth something styrr as if shee were wth child. very sick frō 3 in ye morning to 2 in ye aftr noone yt she cā take no rest. neithr a bed nor vp.

shee maketh & laboureth sometymes to vomite but brin{k}|g|eth vp nothing but watr eateth nothing but breath. shee is very dry.

Margaret wyncot 44 y. maij 8 h. 10. 12 ant m 1605.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 87v (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE46103: Horary consultation concerning Young Lady Tyrrell [Mrs Elizabeth Tyrrell] (PERSON25845)

Question asked by the patient on 3 March 1618 at 09:30

RN my Lady Tyrle desyred me yt I would come to her out of hand march 3 h. 9. 30 ant m 1618. soundeth often /eateth mutch this month\ |stopped wth flegme. Impostume feared.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 3r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE54588: Horary consultation concerning Isabel Fisher (PERSON49014)

Question asked by the patient on 10 July 1622 at 07:12

RN Isbell fisher 20 y. of this tow{ne} Iuly 10 h. 7. 12 ant m 1622 /strangly handled sleepeth mutch eateth litle.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 183v (upper right part of page)

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CASE64524: Horary consultation concerning Alice Clark (PERSON46232)

Question asked by the patient on 28 August 1627 at 12:25

RN Alce Clark of C{au}cot by Hyemsfe{ryes} 44 y Aug 28 {} h. 12. 25 p m 1{627} /cā eate & drink litle gryped in her {sic} her stomake.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 200v (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE74768: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Matthews (PERSON54487)

Question asked by Mrs Matthews (PERSON33106) on 4 June 1632 at 10:38

RN Mres Mathew of Broden for her sone & hayre Mr Iohn mathew 8 yers old in cleare Lent the first sonday

subiect to melancholy he {illeg} sleepeth mutch & seemeth to be aguish subiect to melancholy \delighteth in nothing/ will t {sic} no stomack Aguish

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 208 (upper right part of page)

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CASE21939: Horary consultation concerning Alice Cheyney (PERSON10480)

Question asked by the patient on 22 January 1605 at 11:30

RN Alce Cheany a poor widow 60 y of Paulusperry Ian. 22 h. 11. 30 ant m 1605. cōplayneth of her hed. & hart wth a shooting.

weake stomacke & old.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 218r (upper left part of page)

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CASE26409: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Valentine (PERSON62807)

Question asked by the patient on 19 January 1615 at 14:00

RW Margaret Valentine of Turuie. y. 30. d. . h: 2. p. m: Ianuary. 19. 1615. An high water. her stomack gone. pained in stomacke & head.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 204, f. 41r (bottom centre part of page)

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CASE27703: Horary consultation concerning Goody Arnold (PERSON18902)

Question asked by the patient on 2 July 1606 at 09:30

RN Goody Arnoll of Olny 60 y Iuly 2 h. 9. 30 ant m 1606 cānot keepe her {breate} vp & downe hath no appetite & stomacke pyneth & cōsumeth

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 203v (upper right part of page)

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CASE47031: Horary consultation concerning Anne Parkins (PERSON34005)

Question asked by the patient on 7 July 1618 at 10:30

RN An Parkins of Stony stratford 37 y Iuly. 7. h. 10 30 ant m 1618. sucketh a child. 3. quatres {sic} neavr well sinc she was brought a bed weake & feeble cā eate litle. scoureth mutch. is very lame

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 171r (upper left part of page)

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CASE50327: Horary consultation concerning Mary Allen (PERSON27347)

Question asked by the patient on 26 February 1620 at 11:00

RW Mary Allen of Hardmead. y. 25. d. h: 11. ant: m: Feb: 26. 1620. griped & pulled about her stomacke: hath not had them neuer since before Christmasse. ill aboue a weeke. full in her stomacke & hath no appetite

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 137v (bottom centre part of page)

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CASE66453: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Jennings [Latch] (PERSON52517)

Question asked by the patient on 26 June 1628 at 16:39

RN Elis Ienings of London hath taken her vomyt & dyet drink wch wroght well wth her. yet looketh pale & hath not her floures cānot eate flesh & yet hath a good stomack craveth my Directiōs vppon Monday next Iune 26 h. 4. 39 p m 1628

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 86v (upper left part of page)

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CASE46718: Horary consultation concerning Anne Kent (PERSON32264)

Question asked by the patient on 28 May 1618 at 10:40

RN An Kent of this towne may 28 h. 10. 40 ant m 1618 had them last weeke nescit an sit gravida hed ill & cānot rellish

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[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 115v (upper left part of page)

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CASE79443: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON42124)

Question asked by Goody Joan Godfrey (PERSON49966) on 30 July 1635 at 17:00

SRN Goody Godfrey of Stony strattf{ord} for her Broers Child. 3. y eodē tempore.

belly swelled & hard, no stomack to its meate

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 229v (bottom 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-sex=Female;f2-language=English;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AEating%20and%20drinking%20problems%3A%3AProblems%20with%20appetite, accessed 24 March 2025.