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CASE10600: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Lyne (PERSON13848)

Question asked by the patient on 17 May 1600 between 12:30 and 16:00

RN Will: Line of lowten 3|4|1. y. maij 17 die . came to me for his head shoulder bone & spitteth bloode.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 72r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE31993: Horary consultation concerning Goody Margaret Chivoll (PERSON22510)

Question asked by the patient on 31 August 1607 at 15:45

RN Goody Chivoll of \north/ Crowly 57 y Aug. 31. h. 3 {illeg}|4|5 an|p| m 1607. hed arme

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 265v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE10290: Horary consultation concerning Anne Goodridge (PERSON12274)

Question asked by the patient on 9 April 1600 at 18:00

RN An Goodridg of lathbury for her head & lims 33. Ap 9 die h. 6 p m. 1600

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 33v (upper left part of page)

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CASE77187: Horary consultation concerning Samuel Austin (PERSON43115)

Question asked by the patient on 6 May 1633 at 17:00

RN Samuel Austen of Weston in Warrick sheere. 22 y may 6 h 5. p m 1633

lame ever & swelled on boath sides face should & hed mēbers & legs 9 weekes

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 104 (middle left part of page)

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CASE38882: Horary consultation concerning Goodman John Milborne (PERSON14153)

Question asked by the patient on 13 November 1611 at 15:20

RN Iohn Milburne of Stony stratford 40 y novēb. 13 h. 3. 20 p m 1611. hed should new ague

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 191r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE63230: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Duncombe (PERSON48175)

Question asked by the patient on 15 February 1627 at 14:00

RN Elis Duncōbe of Westing 16 y feb 2 15 h. 2. p m 1627 sick sinc weddensday on her head & right foote & cā not rest for it by strang fits tingling & ready to flee in peeces

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 365r (upper left part of page)

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CASE64589: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007) and Margaret Abbot [Marsh] (PERSON54311)

Question asked by Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007) on 14 September 1627 at 17:30

RN My Cosen Marsh the older sent me a kind letter to signify yt after my clyster & blood letting she was well for 4 days & then payned as before in her hed & arme so greevously betwixt 4 & 5 p m cōnoly {sic} Sept 14. h. 5. 30 p m 1627 she sent to Cambridg to Mr Crane he gave her a pils|l| & also a clyster

had the horse leaches & they were {illeg} naught.

took my pils & Dyet drink & did well for the tyme

her Daughter fond mtch {sic} good by her playster Desyreth a nother & a recept of it

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 214r (upper left part of page)

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CASE15201: Horary consultation concerning Goody Markham (PERSON13956)

Question asked by the patient on 22 June 1603 at 18:15

RN At the same tyme Goody Markum of our towne sente to mee for physick for her hed & lyms

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 93r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE12941: Horary consultation concerning Goody Margaret Marshal (PERSON14022)

Question asked by the patient on 2 January 1600 at 14:15

RN Margaret Marchell of Woulverton {illeg}|4|0 y. Ian 2 die h. 2. p m. 15. m. 1599. aches in her lims & legs & head. /1600\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 246v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE63237: Decumbiture for Robert Burgess (PERSON45255)

Question asked by the patient on 16 February 1627 at 12:50

RN Rob Burges {illeg}|3|6 y I|f|eb 16 h. 12 50 p m 1627.

head ioynts & back & now speachles sinc sonday about sonset. |he sent feb 16 . h. 1. p m 1627|1

[Partial Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1speachles’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 366r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11831: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Alice Moulsoe (PERSON14295)

Question asked by the patient on 30 November 1598 at 12:00

RN Alce Moulso \of Gothurste/ 54 yeres old complayneth of hedache & feareth the feeling of sight & hath a great Dymnes of sight. & the ache of her lims. Novemb. 30. die . h. 12. 1598.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 58v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12316: Horary consultation concerning Anne Turner (PERSON16588)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 16:30

RN An Turner of Newport servant to Goodmā Commendale troubled wth a swelling at her Chest. & in her hed. this two or 3 days. hath not the vse of her armes. 28. y. at miklemas Ap 25. die h. 4. 30. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 139v (upper left part of page)

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CASE15006: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18015)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18014) on 25 May 1603 at 13:30

GJ A man of              For his Child 6 y. old that hath many fitt of falling in a day. and great payne of the head and legg

Epilepsia. Maij 25 ho. 1. 30 p m. 1603

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 75r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE17779: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Creake (PERSON11044)

Question asked by the patient on 23 August 1602 at 16:00

RN Dorothy Creake of Hardmead 20 y. August 23. hor. 4. p m. 1602

head beateth armes legs cānot goe

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 182v (upper right part of page)

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CASE74035: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Michael Lambert (PERSON53273)

Question asked by the patient on 15 March 1632 between 17:00 and 18:45

RN Michael Lambart suddenly taken wth \a/ swounding fit \being at plow/ h. 1. p m. 1632.

& hath kept his bed ever sinc head & all his body legs stiffe as a stake |morbus Caducus|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 511 (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE54121: Horary consultation concerning Edward Gale (PERSON30739) and Mr Thomas Gostwick [Goddard] (PERSON50162)

Question asked by Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264) on 7 May 1622 at 17:40

RN Goody Gale for her child 7 {sic} \10/ or 10|2| y old sick in|&| lame in the neck & should & arnes {sic} for Edward|Tho.| Gostick sick in the head may 7 h 5. 40 p m 1622.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 223, f. 93r (upper left part of page)

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CASE72492: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Quatermeane (PERSON57222)

Question asked by the patient on 6 July 1631 at 17:20

RN Mr Th. Quatermā of StoakeTalmage 33 y Iuly 6. h. 5. 20 p m. 1631. he sent here to fore 3 tyms for a swelling in his right arme & right foot as if it would teare him in peeces /head well & stomack\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 16 (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE18322: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Thornton (PERSON16423)

Question asked by the patient on 29 November 1602 at 12:30

RN Agnys Thorneton 40 \38/ y of Eckton Novemb 29 hor. 12. 30 p m 1602. {mi}|Wo|nderfully tormented in her throate cānot swallowe any thinge ioynt ill shoulder & head as if it would pull her in peeces. & yet not harte sicke. suspect some to have done her harme on of them was hanged & thothr in northāpton geale Alce Smyth thought to have done all the mischiefe who is nowe in pryson. ever sinc whitsontyde

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 256r (upper right part of page)

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CASE50292: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edward Plummer (PERSON14975)

Question asked by the patient on 12 February 1620 at 15:20

RN Mr \Edward/ Plūmer of Holcot 50 y. 40 y feb 12 h {sic} hor 3. \20/ p m 1620

about cristmas face & hands mutch swelled as big as two stomack weake cā scarc keepe any thing. I {se}aled blood onc sinc yt mutch payned in his head & mēbers at the end of making water it prickes & throbs wth extreme payne

feareth an vlcer for it is as matter yt cōmeth frō him & maketh it often. 4 tymes in an houre it hindereth slepe.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 134r (upper left part of page)

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CASE15062: Decumbiture for Thomas Franklin (PERSON11915)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18031) on 3 June 1603 at 15:30

GJ This morning betweene 7 & 8 there came sodenly in the bed a great payne in the right legge that the Childe Cryed wthall

Thomas Franklyn of marston / Now it hold him extreemely in head and the braynes do so beat in the head that it styrres the Clothes as it lyes in the bed, sore every where Cannot endure to be styrred. /

ho Insultus morbi 1603 Iunij 3. ho. 7. 30 a m

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 80r (bottom left, and upper right 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%3ALimbs%20and%20joints;f12-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead;f13-time-of-day=PM, accessed 19 February 2025.