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CASE12266: Horary consultation concerning William Palmer (PERSON14643)

Question asked by the patient on 21 April 1599 at 16:20

RN Williā Palmer bereaved of his sences sometimes {t}alketh well & discreetely sometimes very f vainly & foolishly: vseth to lie a bed for the space of a moneth of 26 yeres of Grounden. h {sic} a batchelor this 2 yeres. he gave his word for xxli & Driven to pay it some suppose this to have crased his minde. Ap. 2i. die h. 4. 20. mi p m. 1599.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 132r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE12171: Horary consultation concerning Frances Thomson (PERSON16408)

Question asked by Thomson (PERSON16388) on 30 March 1599 at 12:30

RN Frauncis Tomson by her husband of lowton 30 of March. die h. 12 30. mi. morbo. 1599 caput phantastijs melancholicis laborat. timore spiritu’. 42. yeres. /muscam metuit et {muo}rē\

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 116v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12320: Horary consultation concerning William Rogers (PERSON15428)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 18:00

RN Will. Rogars \of hellington. & {s}{illeg}{le} l{a}d/ of Stock Hamon 20 yeres old troubled wth fansies & his mind troubled wth the Devill this 2 or 3 yeres but now very mutch Ap. 25. die . h. 6. p m. 1599.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘tempted to hange him selfe.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 140r (upper left part of page)

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CASE13090: Horary consultation concerning John Marsh (PERSON14005)

Question asked by Marsh (PERSON14003) on 18 February 1600 at 08:00

RN Iohn Marshe of Barnet 50 y. distempered in mind ob {l} {sic} veneficiū. et {vutpō} immisse in domū eius. feb. 18 die h. 8. ant m. 1600. filius patre /Lunatice\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 271v (upper right part of page)

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CASE11921: Horary consultation concerning Alice Vans (PERSON16680)

Question asked by the patient on 4 January 1599 at 14:00

RN Alce Vans of Philgrave light headed despereth & sayth shee is cast away at 2 Ian 4 die h 2.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 75r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12735: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Longueville (PERSON13776)

Question asked by Mrs Nightingale Longueville [Lady Windsor] (PERSON13778) on 24 September 1599 at 17:00

RN Thomas Longfild of Brodwell 26. lunatic Sept. 24 die . h: 5. p m. 1599 |vxor viro sine consensu|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘frenticke & fearse. Lunaticus’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 208r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12314: Horary consultation concerning Mary Gunthrop (PERSON12444)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 15:00

RN Mary Guntrup of Woulverton. Apr. 25 die h. 3. p m. 1599.

hath a rising in her stomack. her mind distempered wth greefe.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 139r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11606: Horary consultation concerning Goody Joan Honour (PERSON12892)

Question asked by the patient on 9 August 1598 at 05:30

RN Ihone honour enquireth what is good for her disease of 36 yeres Aug. 9. die h. 5. 30. ant m. very fearfull

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 11v (upper left, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE12143: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Lea (PERSON13644)

Question asked by the patient on 26 March 1599 between 10:50 and 12:00

RN Agnes lea 62. of lowton a hie coloured water & fits of an ague. hart sick. hath taken {sic} a great greefe. a widowe.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 112r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12306: Horary consultation concerning Alice Kent (PERSON13323)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 13:00

RN Alce Kent. 25 Ap. die h. 1. p m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Alce Kent of Walton. 2i. miklemas. sick at her hart wth a quaking & a trembling. & hath taken greefe wth a Child of hers yt was burnd in the face & cannot be healed. b{ut} pineth & cōsumeth Apr. 25 die h. 12. 55. 1599.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 138v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE12317: Horary consultation concerning William Rogers (PERSON15428)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 18:00

RN Will. Rogars of Stock hāmon. 20 yeres old. troubled in minde the cannot be rid of the devill always cōmeth to his minde & cannot be shifted of him. Aprill 25. h. 6. p m. 1599. this 2 yeres.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 139v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE12733: Horary consultation concerning William Seabrook (PERSON15687) and Mr Harvey (PERSON12611)

Question asked by William Seabrook (PERSON15687) and Mr Harvey (PERSON12611) on 26 January 1599 between 09:40 and 16:15

RN William’ Seabrook of Walton 40: zelotipia laborat. Mr Harvy of Crowly requestet|d| me to doe him good as touching his hearing. {v}d {ʒ}. zelotip. phrenesi laborat: et vxorē p{uni}t.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 208r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11712: Horary consultation concerning Joan Hoddell (PERSON12823)

Question asked by the patient on 28 September 1598 at 11:15

RN Ihone Hoddell of Newnton blossemf{or}|il|d 40 yeres old. Sept 28. die . h. 11. 15. 1598 3 yeres sick. a quarter of an yere.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 34r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12361: Horary consultation concerning Joan Chivoll (PERSON10506)

Question asked by the patient on 2 May 1599 at 08:00

RN Ione Chivoll of Woulson for her stomacke & the chest cannot eate well. 67. t{rea}teth wind mutch taketh nothing but breade. sad heavy and vncōfortable. her water of a good Colour. but had a black sediment of melancholy. Maij 2. die h. 8. ant: m. 1599.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 146v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12841: Horary consultation concerning Goodwife Catherine Wells (PERSON16926)

Question asked by the patient on 24 November 1599 at 12:00

RN Katheren Wels 22. y. maried hath on child. a yere old. at 12. a Clok Novemb. 24. die . hor. 12. 1599. of Buckingham.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 228r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE12905: Horary consultation concerning Richard Goodwine (PERSON12279)

Question asked by the patient on 19 December 1599 at 12:20

RN Rich. Goodwin of Weston Vnderwood cordis passione quæ fere strangulat et in mortis periculū cōijcit. Decemb. 19 die . h. 12. 20. p {sic} 1599

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 240r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12970: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Burchmore (PERSON10185)

Question asked by the patient on 9 January 1600 at 12:30

RN Mres Burchmore of Tottle end. 30 y. Ian 9 die h. 12. 30. p m. 16001

Notes:

1 ‘Mres Burchmor mutch greefe.’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 251v (upper right part of page)

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CASE11647: Horary consultation concerning Hodgkins (PERSON12833)

Question asked by Goodwife Hodgkins (PERSON12836) on 27 August 1598 at 08:06

RN Goodwife Hodskin about 8 a clock. 8. m. requested me to come Downe to her husband who raveth exceedingly 1598. Aug. 27. die h. 8. 6. 1598 he sent not his water.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 19v (upper left part of page)

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CASE11744: Decumbiture for Susan Blundell (PERSON9824)

Question asked by the patient between 11 October 1598 at 07:45 and 12 October 1598 at 08:30

RN Susan Blundell toke her fit by some foolish vision & sight at what time she laughed & sawe Goody Greene & goody Nichols flinging of trenchers & when it tooke her as they say shee cryed out vppon Goody Barnwell. the 13 of Novemb. die . h noctis circ 12 1596.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

Susan Blundell

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 42r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE11817: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Houghton (PERSON12920)

Question asked by Houghton (PERSON12899) on 23 November 1598 at 09:30

RN Elisabeth Whooton of Sherington vnmaried crasy ever sinc miklemas but took her & handled her very greevously the 16 of novemb. & enquired of me the {sic} a remedye the 23 of novemb die . h 9. 30. mi. 1598. pater filia cū eius consensu

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 55v (bottom right, and bottom left parts 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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind;f3-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20228;f4-how-did-it-take-place=Unclear, accessed 14 March 2025.