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CASE66410: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) and Anonymous (PERSON40698)

Question asked by Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) on 19 June 1628 at 18:00

RN {I}ohn Evans of the Mynrys in London Iue {sic} 19 h. 6 p m. 1628

writeth for a gent mā

first vnfoldeth his owne greefe how he is wrōged & cosened of all yt he hath & therby he his wife & childrē broght to great want & misery craveth my Counsell & instruction

Also writeth in the behalfe of a gentlemā yt having taken an extreme cold & prsently an exceeding greefe for the Death of his wife & {th}erby cast Downe into sicknes & mutch melancholy of a sanguyne cōplexion his sicknes & melancholy is mutch abated & now his voice is almost Lost yt he s cānot {sic} \on cānot/ spea heare on \him/ that speaketh {sic} \to speake/ a yard of

cōplayneth of something about the pit of his throate his voice is only low & weake but not troubled wth any fault in noncing but cleere inough every where no physick but cōplayneth of the coldnes of his stomack & head & sone {sic} stoppage about the begying of his nose cold flegme & cold head & defect in hearing hath 2 great manyscripts of physick yt he is Desyrous I should vse craveth vnder god my consayle for the frind his gentleman

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 80r (upper left part of page)

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CASE37811: Horary consultation concerning William Freeman (PERSON30652) and Goody Maud Freeman (PERSON23317) and Lettice Freeman (PERSON30663) and Laura Burte (PERSON28591) and Anonymous (PERSON37498) and Elizabeth Burte (PERSON28588)

Question asked by William Freeman (PERSON30652), Goody Maud Freeman (PERSON23317), Lettice Freeman (PERSON30663), Anonymous (PERSON37498) and Elizabeth Burte (PERSON28588) on 4 April 1611 at 11:15

GJ willm Freeman of St eedes 44 y Apr: 4 {illeg}|| ho 11. 15 a m 1611.

Ad præcautionē pestis

Mould Freeman 60 y. eodē

Lettice freeman 11 y eodē

Lowre Byrt 7 y. eodē

Susan Byrt maid 16. y.

Elsabeth Byrt 35 y.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 200, f. 53r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE26844: Horary consultation concerning Bridget Charnock (PERSON19261) and Richard Charnock (PERSON19257) and Old Mr Richard Charnock (PERSON19256)

Question asked by Old Mr Richard Charnock (PERSON19256) on 10 March 1606 at 15:30

RN Brydget Charnock 14 y march 10 h 3. 30 p m 1606. \hedach melancholy fits/

Rich. Charnock 14 y marh {sic} 10 h. 3. 30 p m 1606.

Old Mr Charnock him selfe.

itch hed ache sorow & greefe.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 59v (upper right part of page)

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CASE54640: Horary consultation concerning Gillian Sansome (PERSON58278) and Sansome (PERSON58275)

Question asked by Gillian Sansome (PERSON58278) on 19 July 1622 at 17:39

RN Gillane Sansome by temple Barre 50 y Iuly 19 h. 5. 39 p m 1622 /strangly taken hands shaking & crooked\

thanks for her Daughters strang recoavery

now for her owne selfe troubled wth heate & cold by fits & sudden flushes flushing in so mutch making her very faynt & to sweate also craveth my helpe.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 222, f. 3r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12058: Horary consultation concerning Lady Chester [Mrs Elizabeth Chester] (PERSON45998) and Mr William Chester (PERSON10458)

Question asked by Lady Chester [Mrs Elizabeth Chester] (PERSON45998) on 12 March 1599 at 12:50

RN Elisabeth Chester 34 yeres cold in her armes & neck bone Mart. 12. {sic} 48. 50. 1599. & her sonn will who is amisse in her|is| lims who cannot stand & looketh weakly.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 99v (upper right part of page)

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CASE21909: Horary consultation concerning Rose Denton (PERSON11283) and John Denton (PERSON11275)

Question asked by Rose Denton (PERSON11283) on 14 January 1605 at 10:25

RN Rose Daynton of Newporte. 30 y. Ian 14. hor 10. 25. ant m 1605.

in her hed \face/ armes feete. ru eares rūning to and froe.

ch Iohn Daynton {illeg} {sic} 12 yeres a twelfemonth old.

cōplayneth of & rubbeth his nose & beateth it against a |any| thing well & looketh well otherwise

& so her selfe

on told her yt all the child shee had her disease if it were not renyed armes ready.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 415, f. 213v (upper left part of page)

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CASE30095: Horary consultation concerning Lady Grace Fortescue [Grace Manners] (PERSON19647) and Young Mrs Frances Fortescue (PERSON19648)

Question asked by Lady Grace Fortescue [Grace Manners] (PERSON19647) on 20 December 1605 at 12:00

RN my ladye fortiscue of Saldon sent for a quart of bugloes watr decē{b} 20 h. 12. 1605.

& h|M|res francis fortiscue greene sicknes left syde cough

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 257v (upper right part of page)

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CASE55470: Horary consultation concerning Sir Thomas Monson [Baronet] [Mr Monson [the elder]] (PERSON5064) and Young Mr John Monson (PERSON33305)

Question asked by Sir Thomas Monson [Baronet] [Mr Monson [the elder]] (PERSON5064) on 6 January 1623 at 17:00

RN Sr Th. Mounson. for his owne fortune touching his busines wth ny {sic} lord treasourer & how Th Marq of Buckingham & the young gentlemā will befrynd him to have an end of his busynes & also of his sons health & when he is to prsent his gyft to ye king. Ian. 6. h. 5. p m. 1623

Mr Iohn is better then he was of his cold & keepeth still his chāber his ioynt are weake his father craveth my advice for him Ian. 6. h. 5 p m 1623. full of melanch

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 222, f. 150v (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE57972: Horary consultation concerning Lady Elizabeth Neville [Old Lady Neville] (PERSON55286) and Sir Thomas Neville [Smith] (PERSON55281)

Question asked by Lady Elizabeth Neville [Old Lady Neville] (PERSON55286) on 22 March 1624 at 18:00

RN The lady Nevill tooke wth her husb. the last dyet Drink & it wroght not vppon waterish humours as Did her first ab. 3 weekes before whitsontyde but Did gripe exceedingly & she Did|ot|h writ now for on yt might worke more kindly on waterish hunours {sic} March 22 h. 6 p m 1624

sent me a draght of this dyet Drink to st {sic} tast. mach {sic} 20 h {h} {sic} 10. 30 ant m. 1624

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 118r (upper left part of page)

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CASE16542: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Saxbey (PERSON15637) and Saxbey (PERSON18791) and Saxbey (PERSON15635)

Question asked by Saxbey (PERSON15635) on 31 January 1605 at 12:00

GJ Thomas Saxby of Hartwell 20 y. Ian: 31 ho. 12 in mer. 1605 A payne in his backe and bones

[Astrological Chart]

Quærit vt morbo gallico laboret

His father brought his water togither wth his owne and his wives. he feares that he tooke the disease by one that breathed in his face about michelmas

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 235r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE49222: Horary consultation concerning Old Sir William Andrews [Young Mr William Andrews] (PERSON9144) and Mr Adolph Andrews (PERSON27380)

Question asked by Mr Adolph Andrews (PERSON27380) on 12 July 1619 at 18:40

RN Mr Adolph. Androwes for his father {s} {sic} wth a cough spitteth blood wch cometh frō his head not sick as also to know what concord betwixt him & his wife & in what sp they shall live togeather Iuly. 12 h 6. 40 p m 1619 /mr Adolph: full of melanch. & greefe.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 235, f. 94r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE77889: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) and Elizabeth (PERSON42345) and Mrs Faith Sage (PERSON58116) and Mr John Aylet (PERSON43138)

Question asked by Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) on 19 July 1633 at 13:45

RN Mres Elenor Aylet of magdalen laver 30 y Iuly 19 h. 1. 45 p m 1633 |in Essex.|

supposeth her selfe to be bewitched her first husb was witched to Death she her Daughter Elis: & her old serv Fayth Sage yt is mayed {sic} not well

was better till this fortnight sinc Rebecca write was at her house

sinc hath bene troubled in her milke & making of cheese her milke sowrs & her cheese wth an ill sent

she hath a great heate vppon her & is wonderous ill

her daughter mres Elis. not well

her husb is troubled wth a great heate her old serv. maryed hath a great heate & sweat her cows in her yard are taken lame & there milke dryed

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 211, p. 324 (upper left part of page)

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CASE16788: Horary consultation concerning Richard Holman (PERSON12862) and Goody Elizabeth Holman (PERSON12864)

Question asked by Richard Holman (PERSON12862) on 3 April 1602 at 14:00

RN Rich Holmā of fæny stratford 30 y Apr 3. hor. 2. p m 1602. & Elisabeth his wife for a canker & him selfe for a payne in his instep.

[Blank Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 221, f. 26r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE24215: Horary consultation concerning Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264) and Edward Gale (PERSON30739)

Question asked by Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264) on 7 January 1615 at 11:30

RN An Gale of Goldington. 28 y Ian 7. h {sic} hor. 11. \30/ ant m. 1614 {sic} /looketh to be delivered on candlemas\1

[Astrological Chart]

Margery Steaphenson & Ione Chāberlyn & Elis Gale & Ellen Warner so reputed

Edward Gale her Dau sonne 4 y. Well by fits & then cōpl of ye hart.

Notes:

1 ‘is wth child’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 144r (upper right part of page)

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CASE25811: Horary consultation concerning Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264) and Edward Gale (PERSON30739)

Question asked by Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264) on 12 January 1611 at 10:30

RN An Gale of Goldington now brought a bed & her milk is gone & dryed vp sodenly & her child ill. suspecteth ill peop. Ian 12. {illeg}|| hor. 10. 30 ant m 16 {sic}12. 1611.

Dorothy Katlyn. Elinor Warner Ione Chāberlyn. 2 of yt name./

Edward Gale./

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 239, f. 185r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE27959: Horary consultation concerning Goody Jays Rutland (PERSON15545) and Dorothy Haselwood (PERSON19884)

Question asked by Goody Jays Rutland (PERSON15545) on 13 August 1606 at 10:30

RN Dorothy Hazelwood 15 weekes old Aug 13 h. 10. 2|3|0. ant m 1606. this child is full of bleatch & byles & pyneth.

Goody Rutland her Nurce brought her own watr that I might see wheathr shee was wth child or noe /

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 247r (upper right part of page)

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CASE59792: Horary consultation concerning Goody Holman (PERSON51743) and Holman (PERSON51739)

Question asked by Goody Holman (PERSON51743) on 15 February 1625 at 10:30

RN Goody Holmā of newport 28 y feb 15 h. 10. 30 ant m. 1625

[Astrological Chart]

a thick white water./

mother broght a bed next thursday a fort{y}|g|{sic} hath child but ever the {sic} dye and after they be borne they dye sore at a qu halfe a yere some a quater {sic} & some a month her selfe is well

but hath on child yt liveth wch another womā did suckell but those yt she suckleth doe all dye this Child is all over yellow as if it had the Iades {sic}

the vyne {sic} scladeth the child

would know wheathr good to suckle {l}|o|r to put it out.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 402, f. 166r (upper left part of page)

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CASE61160: Horary consultation concerning Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264) and Gale (PERSON49557)

Question asked by Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264) on 19 October 1625 at 13:45

RN Anne Gale of Goldington octob: 19. . h. 1. 45. p. m 1625

[Astrological Chart]

hath had great losse by beasts. her carte horses

a boy of hers 11. y. ill by a bruse an ague his speach & sences.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 20v (upper left part of page)

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CASE21779: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Child (PERSON10497) and Child (PERSON10495)

Question asked by Mrs Child (PERSON10497) on 29 November 1604 at 12:15

RN mres Child of Puddington novemb 29 26 y hor 12. 15 p m 1604. /cānot goe nor move but as shee is light\

the child yt shee had is now very sicke./ about 15 weekes old./

with a skreking & very red wth it.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 415, f. 192r (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-querent-is-asking-about=Others;f3-practitioner-is-patient=No;f4-treatment=No;f5-question-asked=Medical;f6-language=English;f7-patient-consent=Patient%20asked%20the%20question;f8-querent-identified=Yes;f9-judgment=No, accessed 26 September 2024.