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CASE30418: Horary consultation concerning Joan Woodward (PERSON26162)

Question asked by the patient on 3 January 1607 at 12:00

RN Ione Woodwarde of Hardmead 50 y Ian 3. {illeg}|| hor 12. in m. 1607.

lame in her backe loynes. feetes. cānot sty{rre}1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘lame in her ioyntes’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 44v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12685: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Townsend (PERSON16510)

Question asked by the patient on 11 September 1599 at 13:15

RN Elisabeth Townsend of Newporte for an ache in her huckbone & so goeth downe into her ankle. worst when shee is hott in her bed. hath no sence nor feeling of her {b}e feete wthout swellinge Sept: 11. die h. 1. 15 p m 1599 44. y.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 201r (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE12441: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Houghton (PERSON12911)

Question asked by Christopher Houghton (PERSON12900) and Alice Houghton (PERSON12913) on 12 May 1599 at 10:00

RN Agnes Hoton. 7 yeres on sct Valentines eve being sunday amisse in her lims & tounge & feete & hath no sence nor feeling therin at first shee did fall for 2 or 3 dizeases. now hath lost the senc & vse of her lims

[Astrological Chart]

She cryeth & mutch cōplayneth o {sic} May the 12. die . h. 10. ant m. 1599. pater et mater filia quærūt remediū. det igitur pater cælestis multis et magnis miserationib suis. at all times most cold. Costive.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 160r (upper right part of page)

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CASE54069: Horary consultation concerning Susan Stanniyerne [Webster] (PERSON59483)

Question asked by the patient on 2 May 1622 at 13:25

RN Susan Stāni|y|en\yerne/ {sic} \{sic}tannyyarde {sic}/ \Stanniyerne/ of Owndle in Northāpton sheere 43 y May 2. h. 1. 25. p m 1622 |a swelling in her hand & fingers & feet could not stand nor goe|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 84v (upper left part of page)

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CASE63759: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Millicent [Villicent] Sanders [Temple] (PERSON58245)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1627 at 14:30

RN Mres Millecent Sainders sister to Sr Thomas Temple at Brisworth. 5 myles beyond North Hāpton 58 y Ap. 25. h. 2. 30 p m 1627

had a fall frō a horse 6 weekes a goe frō a horse by wch her hucklebone was set out of ioynt

Then it was set by Mr Hayles & cōtinued so a fortnight & then Allen of Leycestersheere in Norton put it better in being not well set & she found ease by it a fortnight & mended and about a ten days sinc she cōplayned of it yt she could not styrr Knee nor foote. /& her Knees & toes stand ever sinc outward\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘hucklebone out of ioynt was set cānot styr her knee’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 78v (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE12101: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Lea (PERSON13635)

Question asked by the patient on 20 March 1599 at 07:20

RN Mr Iohn lea sent his water at troubled with an ague. & a reume. 20 of March. die h. 7. 20 ant m. 1599. \feareth a palsye cold in his feete./

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 106r (upper left part of page)

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CASE54072: Horary consultation concerning Anthony Ballard (PERSON43302)

Question asked by the patient on 2 May 1622 at 14:30

RN Anthony Ballard of Elstoe 21 y May sunday before Christmas about 4 {sic} {2}|4| in the morning came to me May 2 h. 2. 30 p m 1622 satt next a fortnight. had     is lame in boath feete {illeg} his ankle is gone out very mutch. worst in h{er}|is| right leg. wth lamenes & ach in the bottone {sic} of his feete & goeth very straddlingly & pitifully

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 85r (upper left part of page)

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CASE76943: Horary consultation concerning John Kingston (PERSON53022)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41826) on 12 April 1633 at 14:15

RN Iohn Kingstone of serv to the Lord of Lincolne Ap: 12 h. 2 15 p m 1633. |57 y|

Lame in the soales & ankles of boath feete mutch swelled & red 3 y. |a Dropsy feared| but lately more this halfe yere full of payne

sometymes cā eate litle for 2 or 3 days

I receaved from my Lord of Lincolnes steward a most kind letter.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 31 (upper left part of page)

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CASE48646: Horary consultation concerning David Deary (PERSON29748)

Question asked by the patient on 6 May 1619 at 10:30

RN Davy Deery of Bydnā 17. y. may St Davyes day in ye morning sent to me for his lamenes yt last miklemas was so lame yt n in all his body & lims & could not styr. & on warner wth whō he Dwelled. the yere before & now he had mised to dwell wth him yet Anothr gote him thenc & his former mr Warner sayd he had bene as good he had dwelt wth him & then grew lame & would not styr in or frō his bed. came to me monday was 3 weekes or a month for yt had a purge & then he mended more & more & now is fallen into ye bottome of his feete this senet & ankles & is very sore. pricketh & shooteth standing nothing to be sene may 6 {illeg} {sic} h. 10 30 ant m 1619

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 356r (upper right part of page)

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CASE57900: Horary consultation concerning Mr Oliver Boteler (PERSON28235) and Ursula Clark (PERSON10635)

Question asked by Lady Jane Boteler (PERSON28244) on 13 March 1624 at 12:30

RN The lady Butler touching her child yt is well amended of his fits ye{d}|t| weake & not able to goe feets & legs swell still & cānot sleepe a weeke togeathr till after a eleaven in ye morning |marh {sic} 13 h {sic} h 12 30 p m 1624| sent for her neighb vrsula Clarke 50 y March 13 h {sic} hor. 12. 30 p m 1624

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 108r (upper right part of page)

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CASE64289: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007)

Question asked by the patient on 17 July 1627 at 17:00

RN my deere Cosen she Marsh sent vnto me Iuly 17. h. 5. p m. 1627. /deus benedicat Cognatæ meæ\

[Astrological Chart]

\no good of ye oyntnent {sic}/ her head ill & mutch payned, the vayns in her tēples swelled & arme so weake yt she cānot vse it & the vaynes be sore to her foote

extremely payned

desyrous to have williā Rufhead to let her blood

would have something to incease {sic} good blood

desyrous to know when to send her coach.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 164r (upper right part of page)

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CASE17046: Horary consultation concerning John Holland (PERSON12848)

Question asked by the patient on 27 May 1602 at 12:45

RN Iohn holland of walten 57 y at the same tye {sic} |asked my counsell| lame in his hands & feete

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 221, f. 63v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE19512: Decumbiture for Robert Kinsweeke (PERSON13411)

Question asked by the patient on 4 July 1601 at 08:00

RN Robart Kinsweeke of Elstoe 54 y. taken in London taken on the right syde fyngers head & feete wth a swelling. Apr. 25. vppon St Markes Day being satterday betwixt 6 & 7 in the morning. was first taken. Apr. 25. die hor 6. 30. ant m. 160i. betwixt 3 & 4 aftr noone could not styrre & the sunday morning could not speake

[Partial Astrological Chart]

he was blasted in a garden.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘blasted in a garden’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 134r (upper left part of page)

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CASE28943: Horary consultation concerning Mary Smith (PERSON20827)

Question asked by the patient on 8 May 1605 at 06:25

RN Mary Smith the widow{s} Daught 40 y maij 8 h. 6. 25. ant m 1605 came to know wheathr shee were not to be let blood for her aches in her armes Hucklebone yt she cā scarce goe had not her termes this 3 yeres.

rūneth into the outsyde of her feete.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 86v (upper right part of page)

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CASE70218: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Tod (PERSON60235)

Question asked by the patient on 12 March 1630 at 17:50

RN Mres Tod of Cūberton. 24 y. Ma\r/ch 12 h. 6 {sic} \5. 5{0}/ p m 1630 |stomack weake lame frō her huckle{bone}/bone\ {sic} to h{er} heele & arme of the right sy{de}|

[Astrological Chart]

Mres Tod of Cūberton by Cābridg 3 ryiles {sic} sent March 12 h. 5. 50 p {sic} 1630

a bad stomack

witchery suspected by Goody Wode to whō she gave a peticoate. her mother & neighbous {sic} suspect it vehemently

sent me a wrought Cap

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, pp. 156-157 (p. 156 upper right, and p. 157 upper left)

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CASE13354: Nativity for Ed Jones (PERSON13255)

Question asked by the patient between 8 March 1597 and 16 July 1598

RN Ed. Iones. natus 1576 Aug. 23. die h. 7 1a. 35. 3 yeres after planet stroken & taken lame in in {sic} his shoulder. & leg. poultfooted. a poer fellowe.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 182, f. 68r (upper part of page)

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CASE24423: Decumbiture for Richard Hartley (PERSON31497)

Question asked by Hartley (PERSON31494) on 18 April 1615 at 10:25

RN Rich Hatley sodenly taken 26 of March h. 12. after noone 1615.

was taken wth an ach & lamel|n|es in his knee thigh & foote

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 180r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12463: Horary consultation concerning Old Goody Isabel Barnwell (PERSON9495)

Question asked by the patient on 16 May 1599 at 11:30

RN Old Goody Barnwell hoven in body & hath a sincking in her feete & her lims stiffe & have no feeling. very Costive. may. the 18 16 die . h. 11. 30. ant m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 164r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE73904: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Eastone (PERSON48283)

Question asked by the patient on 31 March 1632 at 10:00

RN was first strangly taken feb 28. h. 9. p m 1632.

[Astrological Chart]

fell downe dead & had 2 or 3 fits in an houres & will \doth/ quake skreame & crye

feb 28 h. 8 40 \30/ p m 1632 /of all tes body & toes\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 473 (upper right part of page)

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CASE33258: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Smith (PERSON25465)

Question asked by the patient on 7 April 1608 at 11:50

GJ Agnes Smith of Tickford 32 y Aprill 7. ho. 11. 50 a m. 1608

A Child a yeere old at Christmas She hath bene full of lamen{illeg}|e|s and ache this moneth Hucklebone and goes downe to her anckles & toes on the right side.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 95v (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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints%3A%3AFeet, accessed 10 November 2024.