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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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CASE78453: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Howe (PERSON51979) and Mrs Jane Howe (PERSON51996)

Question asked by Mr Thomas Howe (PERSON51979) and Mrs Jane Howe (PERSON51996) on 12 October 1633 at 11:20

RN Mr Th How 22 {illeg}|y| of Cadington octob 12 h {sic} hor 11. 20 ant m 1633 |melanch|

his mother for a sciatica

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 6r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE60718: Horary consultation concerning Mr Lawrence Plummer (PERSON56875)

Question asked by Plummer (PERSON56879) on 28 June 1625 at 18:30

RN Lawrenc Plūmer of Layton. 60. y. Iune 29 h. 8. 30 ant m. 1625 /vyne & senceles.\

mopish melanch & wilbe going he knoweth not where & sonetyes {sic} senceles. |2 cānot keepe him in his bed & will walke all night in his chāber & pull of his shirt|

[Astrological Chart]

sine consensu vxor viro

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 132r (upper right part of page)

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CASE78280: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Archer [the younger] (PERSON42833) and Mr Timothy Archer (PERSON42832)

Question asked by Mrs Archer [the younger] (PERSON42833) on 20 September 1633 at 08:30

RN Mres Archer the younger 29 y sept 20. h 8. 30 ant m 1633. /wynd cholick a weake backe wth whit & red\

[Astrological Chart]

Mr Archer & mrs Archer boath troubled wth melanch. sept: 20.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 455 (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE63565: Horary consultation concerning John Hare (PERSON50863) and Mrs Alice Tyrringham (PERSON60702)

Question asked by John Hare (PERSON50863) and Mrs Alice Tyrringham (PERSON60702) on 6 April 1627 at 17:30

RN Iohn Hare of Holwell by Hutchinge 39 y Ap 6 h. 5. 30 p m 1627 /Mres Tyringhā full of fearfull mopish melanch.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 49v (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?f10-language=English;f12-deleted=No;f13-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMelancholy;f14-querent-sex=Female;f3-extent-of-transcription=Excerpt;f4-how-did-it-take-place=Unclear;f5-patient-sex=Male;f8-practice=Napier, accessed 11 July 2024.