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CASE72397: Horary consultation concerning Young Mr Thomas Catesby (PERSON45752)

Question asked by Mr Francis Catesby [Justice of the Peace] (PERSON22432) on 24 June 1631 at 09:30

RN Mr Catesbes for all his oldest sonne & ar{illeg} his sonne |A very tale gentlemā| 18 y Iune 24. . h. 9. 30 ant m 1631 |feet cold face & nose a malig feaver|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 444 (upper right part of page)

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CASE12292: Horary consultation concerning William Phillips (PERSON14897)

Question asked by the patient on 24 April 1599 at 12:30

RN Will: Phylip. of Bletley. sick this halfe yeare continally about 26. holdeth him in his hed & necke. somewhat high coloured. {&} of a faire cōplexion. cold & {illeg}any. feete very cold. hed very cold. Apr. 24 die h. 12. 30

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 136r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE49420: Horary consultation concerning William Odell (PERSON33764)

Question asked by the patient on 2 August 1619 at 13:25

RN Will Odyll of Cranfild 23 y a batch Aug 2. h. 1. 25 p m. 1619. /hed cold & rheumatick eys water\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 134v (upper right part of page)

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CASE48466: Nativity for Mr John Monson (PERSON33306)

Question asked by the patient between 5 April 1619 at 11:30 and 7 April 1619 at 08:30

RN Mr Iohn Mounson \Sr Will sons and haire/ nat Sept. 10 h {sic} hor. 12. p m 1597. wth a {illeg} kell on his face \{k}ell on his {face}/

subiect to \hot/ feavers. hedach vertigo. eyes seemeth to see like motes at his right arme voydeth filthy impostumed stuffe at his nose of late. feeleth a wȳdynes at his stomack

[Partial Astrological Chart]

[Partial Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 230, f. 219r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE11929: Horary consultation concerning Mr Matthew Kniveton (PERSON13402)

Question asked by the patient on 3 January 1599 at 09:15

RN Mathew Knigh|ft|en of Lowton 53. y. sick this satterd. last 3 weekes. a red water & full of rags.

Mr Knifton of Lowton 55 yeres old sick this 3 weekes {illeg} sunday last first in his stomack wth an extreeme cold wc tooke a way his stomack ache in the head neck & legs sweateth divrse times & after troubled wth an itch as exceeded greatly onc in two or 3 days to grounde. nevr vomiteth. the 3 of Ian. die h. 9. 15. 1598. {sic} 1599. bad head greefe taken {in} lawe.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 76r-v (f. 76r bottom right, and f. 76v upper left)

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CASE12737: Horary consultation concerning Richard Ford (PERSON11812)

Question asked by the patient on 25 September 1599 at 08:45

RN Rich Forde of Sherington’ 40. y. Septemb. 25 die h. 8. 45. ant m. 1599. the cause of the flushing heate of his face./

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 208v (upper left part of page)

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CASE13501: Horary consultation concerning William Malins (PERSON13894)

Question asked by the patient on 3 May 1598 at 09:38

RN Will: Malins m accersivit me qui valde ægrotab. capit 1598 mai 3 die . h. 9. 38. mi. laborabat capitis te sinistra miru in modu. more febris ardentis eu apprhendit.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 176r (upper part of page)

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CASE50732: Horary consultation concerning Dr John Williams [Dean of Westminster] [Bishop of Lincoln] [Lord Keeper] (PERSON36858)

Question asked by the patient on 27 April 1620 at 15:00

RN D Williams Deane of Westminster Ap. 27 h. 3 p m 1620

came wth D Hughes frō his D Hughes house to see me & went wth D H to his howse a great cold & stuffed about the head & feaverish

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 414, f. 15v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE12221: Horary consultation concerning Richard Ellis (PERSON11533)

Question asked by the patient on 6 April 1599 at 12:30

RN Rich: Ellys of Hansl: of 46. {f} {sic} of his stomack thenc into his throate & hed. so in his throate yt scarc can swallow his spittle: Apr. 6. die . h. 12. 30. 1599. cannot sleepe. as if his {sic} hed an impostume {bin} a bladder broake. meticulos. cold behind his hed.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 123r (upper right part of page)

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CASE10490: Horary consultation concerning William Taylor (PERSON16346)

Question asked by the patient on 3 May 1600 at 11:50

RN Williā Tealer of Winsloe. 24. may 3 die h. 11. 50 ant m 1600. a cold ague. harte belly head was hot & nowe cold d{illeg}d{illeg}i

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 58v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE33264: Horary consultation concerning Mr Pill (PERSON24916)

Question asked by the patient on 7 April 1608 at 16:00

RN Mr Pill of Woollysto 36 y Ap 7 h 5|4| p m 1608 a cold rheume on the top of the hed a wyndy stomack a bad hed

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 229, f. 96r (upper right part of page)

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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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CASE36471: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Barnsly (PERSON21989)

Question asked by Mr Nicholas Barnsly (PERSON21988) on 3 September 1609 between 13:20 and 15:00

RN Mr Barneslay mr Stones brother in law for his wife troubled wth arising vp to her throate like the mother. & wth flushshing heate & pushes & pimples in her face.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 203, f. 148r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12239: Horary consultation concerning Richard Mannings (PERSON13930)

Question asked by the patient on 18 April 1599 at 13:15

RN Richard Māning of Hartwell 20 yeres sick this 7 weekes & can doe not doe any thing taketh him leeke an ague & when it cōmeth wth a shaking colde & going away it maketh him as it were blind it so troubleth his hed. sent this 18 of Apr: die h. 1. 2|1|5. m pnn {sic} 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 126r (upper left part of page)

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CASE11795: Horary consultation concerning Matthew Windmill (PERSON17224)

Question asked by the patient on 12 November 1598 at 07:50

RN Mathewe Windmill 30 yeres of age sick this two yeres in liver & milt & hart well by day working but ill always every night lieth hevy hevy {sic} in his chest yt he cannot sleepe nor tak his rest agaynst weathr and when he eateth flesh & porrage it heaveth vp his chest. vp from his chest to his harte. it lieth in his the pit of his stomack as if his hart & milte were broken as he him selfe thincketh it payneth him intolerable very cold never better thē when he is working cōplyneth most of chest & harte Novemb. 12 die at h. 7. 50. mi. 1598. at the first cōming he had a flushing in his hed wt a gydines but never since

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 51r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12262: Horary consultation concerning Mr Francis Emerson (PERSON11571)

Question asked by the patient on 21 April 1599 at 11:45

RN Fraincis Emmerson troubled wth head ach & mutch sweating came to me this 21 of Ap. die . 11. 45 mi ant m. 1599.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 130v (upper right part of page)

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CASE51806: Horary consultation concerning Benjamin Hubbins (PERSON52034)

Question asked by the patient on 20 November 1620 at 13:00

RW Beniamin Hubbins of Astwood y. 26. d. h: 1: p: m: Novemb. 20 1620. swelled in his left leg: yesterday his right leg was swelled but now it is come into his left leg: payned in his left eare, & so downewards. had a purge 10 dayes since wch wrought well & he was much the better for it: now worse then he was. complayneth more of heate then of colde then of heate. did complayne at the first more of heate then of colde. cannot sleepe.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 233, f. 13r (upper right part of page)

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CASE74309: Horary consultation concerning Richard Dobs (PERSON47917)

Question asked by the patient on 13 April 1632 at 13:00

RN Rich Dobs of Bozeat 44. y the Surg brother. a batch Ap 13 h 1. p m 1632 |head & back & stomack|

a fortnight hath had the malig feaver every about 3 \7/ in the after noone1

[Partial Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘malig fevers’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 76 (upper left part of page)

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CASE10188: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Edward Banes (PERSON9427)

Question asked by the patient on 20 March 1600 at 12:20

RN Goodman \Edward/ Banes of Newport 52. for a payne & ache in his knees & to his back & so to his head & the flesh about the knees is cōsumed. hot ther{s}about but cold in his feete & & benūmed about his thighes & hath scarc any feele in them. not able to goe. lyeth about the sinewes veines & hām strings & not in the flesh. the 20 of March. die h. 12. 20/ 1600

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 18r (upper right part of page)

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CASE62615: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Sharpe (PERSON35220)

Question asked by the patient between 19 December 1626 at 16:20 and 20 December 1626 at 09:00

RN Mr Sharpe of Roaleson in Leycester sheere 46. y. the 24 of Iuly all his life tyme troubled wth obstructions & a cold raw stomack & wynd & a {g}ydynes in his head & a coldnes in the top of his head & is forced to rub his head to restoare it to senc      fyndeth good in garlick

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 255r (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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck;f11-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AFevers%2C%20chills%20and%20sweating;f12-querent-sex=Male, accessed 4 March 2025.