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CASE59504: Horary consultation concerning Lady Anne Wentworth [Mrs Anne Wentworth] (PERSON61434)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40004) on 7 December 1624 at 11:45

RN Mres An Wentwort a y{ere} old decēb. 7. h. 11 45. ant m 1624 |the child eateth litle pyneth|

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 121v (upper right part of page)

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CASE66835: Horary consultation concerning John (PERSON42256)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40747) on 18 August 1628 at 17:00

RN Iohn Dwelling at Bisseter a widows child a yere old & 2 weeks. sick halfe a yere & more & is very pore & mutch wasted away sent to me for yt child Aug 17 {sic}. h. 5. p m. 1628

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 229r (upper left part of page)

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CASE66092: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Kent (PERSON52814)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40662) on 14 May 1628 at 17:00

RN Agnys Kent of Moulsoe almost 5 quarters borne on Palme sonday last was twelfmonth about some {sic} rising sent to me May 14. . h. 5. p m. 1628.

It is pyned & cōsumed belly hard & voydeth wormes living 6. wasteth in the body. was nurced by goody Keburne. goody Keburne came into another nurces house & would needes suckle it, wheathr the nurce would or no & sinc mutch amys & it swounded twice to day belly very hard flesh quite wasted was not well tended by goody Keburne face swelled buttocke black & blewe. cānot stand vppon the lyms the child prsent wth goody Alton of Moulsoe it did batle well vnder this nurce vntill goody Keburne her former nurce would suckle it force tooke some surfet.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 32r (upper left part of page)

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CASE50212: Horary consultation concerning Bartholomew Malins (PERSON32906)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38777) on 28 January 1620 at 10:20

RN Bartholomew Malins of this towne 4 y about Sonday fornight after Easter day h. 8. 30 ant m sent Ian 28 h. 10. 20 ant m 1620. very mutch pyned & hath a great bile rūning. /natus       Ap 14. h. 8. 30 ant {sic} 1616.\

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 119r (upper left part of page)

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CASE64352: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON50816) and Mrs Craste (PERSON47249)

Question asked by Anne Wentworth [Countess of Cleveland] [Lady Wentworth] (PERSON36662) and Anonymous (PERSON50816) on 26 July 1627 at 20:45

RN The Countes of Cleevland sent me a horse for ny {sic} mā Williā to Let Mres Crast blood yet because of her coldnes left it to my discretion as appeareth by her letter written to me wth her owne hand also enquireth my consayle for her cough Cook who by reason of a sore cough is rūing into a Consūption. Iuly 26. h. 8. 45 p m. 1627 |Mres Crasts she is bettr wheathr good to let her blood|

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vtrū the Lady Cleevelands Cooke recuperabit sanitatē or wheathr he will rūne into a cōsūption he sent me a letter Iuly 26 {illeg}|| h 8. 45 p m 1627

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 173r (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?f10-querent-identified=No;f3-how-did-it-take-place=Question%20sent;f9-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AWasting, accessed 16 April 2025.