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CASE73882: Horary consultation concerning Henry Haselwood (PERSON51133)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41494) on 28 February 1632 at 11:00

RN Henry Hazlewood 11 wee{kes} old strangly handled & lyeth dead 3 o{r} 4 tyms a day w{th} convulsions feb. 2{8} h. 11 ant m 16{32}

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 466 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE56056: Decumbiture for Mrs Elizabeth Jennings [Latch] (PERSON52517)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39656) on 16 April 1623 at 15:00

RN Mres Iēnyngs strangly taken wth sore fits of convuls Ap 13. h. 12. p {sic} at mydnight 1623. /sine consensu\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 218, f. 61v (upper left part of page)

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CASE22330: Horary consultation concerning Mary Barnard (PERSON43543)

Question asked by Barnard (PERSON43526) on 1 July 1630 at 13:50

RN Mary Barnard of Olny 21. weeks old last satt betwixt 4 & 5 at night |the child prsent extreme fits| the mother came wth it. who had 2 child at a birth Iuly i h. 1. 50 p m 1630

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 45r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE26159: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Agnes [Mary] [Anne] Gunter (PERSON19804)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) between 26 August 1605 at 19:45 and 2 September 1605 at 07:00

RN sept 2

Aug 26 hor {8} {sic} \8/ p m 1605 I sawe Mary Gūther in her fitte wheathr shee be bewitched or noe. |quæro meā {sic} spōte|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 181, f. 109r (upper part of page)

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CASE31296: Decumbiture for Mr Francis Shaxton (PERSON15740)

Question asked by the patient between 21 April 1607 at 19:50 and 22 April 1607 at 06:25

RN Mr Shaxton taken wth a strang fit Apr 21. h. 8. 25 p m {sic} \7. 50. p m/ 1607 /put it for 7. 50 p m 1607.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 193, f. 169r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE47218: Horary consultation concerning Goody Joan Ekins (PERSON30122)

Question asked by the patient on 3 August 1618 at 12:40

RN Goody Ekins taken wth on of her old fits as on hanted wth some ill spirit August 3. h. 12. 40. p m 1618

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 201, f. 207r (upper right part of page)

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CASE57287: Horary consultation concerning John Raunt (PERSON57320)

Question asked by Mr Pue (PERSON57138) on 16 October 1623 at 18:00

RN Mr Pow my L. Purbecks serv: for his frinds child octob 16 h. 6 p m 1623

The child borne a yere old. Convuls.

Iohn Rainte was borne miklemas was twelfmonth on miklemas Day last was twelfmonth h 4 p m. 1622 strangly handled

Iohn Raunt of London a yere old last miklemas troubled wth convulsi{ons} octob 16 h. 6 p m 1{623}

Mr Pue my lord Purbe{ecks} serv: for this child

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 6Av, f. 7v (f. 6Av upper left, and f. 7v upper right)

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CASE54713: Decumbiture for Mrs Elizabeth Jennings [Latch] (PERSON52517)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39512) on 30 July 1622 at 11:00

RN Mres Elis Ienings. correpta subite morbo valde violento. instar mortuæ martij 17. . h. 12. p m. 1622. |{n}o motion of life strang convulsiva| her extremest fit it lasted 4 or 5 houres

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 16r (upper left part of page)

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CASE21917: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18701)

Question asked by Sir Anthony Tyrringham [Mr Tyrringham] (PERSON16621) on 16 January 1605 at 10:36

RN I went to Sr Anthony Tyrringhā Ia to see his servant yt lay strangly sicke Ian. 16. h. 10. 25|36| ant m I came thithr & did see her. in her fitte. Ian 16. h. 10. 36 ant m. 1605.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 214v (upper left part of page)

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CASE47951: Horary consultation concerning Monson (PERSON33308)

Question asked by the patient on 9 December 1618 at 11:45

RN Sr Will. Monson his Daughter y 12. Decēb. 8 |9| h. 11. ant h. 11. \45./ ant m 1618. /strangly handled wth epilepticall fits\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 111r (upper right part of page)

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CASE71284: Decumbiture for Mrs Sara Willows (PERSON61910)

Question asked by the patient on 24 January 1631 at 14:39

RN Mres Sara Wheelows first taken Ian 23 h|| 4 \3. 30/ 11. 30 30 p |ant| m 1631 |of Collingtree 2 myles frō Northāpton|

strangly taken wth strang fits lifting her vp as on shaken wth a shaking Ague wth a great hart beating |was prsent|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 79 (upper left part of page)

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CASE74924: Horary consultation concerning The right worshipful gentlewoman Mrs Mary Peyton (PERSON56646)

Question asked by the patient on 21 June 1632 at 19:50

RN Mres Mary Pay Pea|y|ton of {sic} now at London Iune 2i . h. 7: 50 p m 1632 /paralytica cū convuls. paroxismus\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 255 (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE76529: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Baldwin (PERSON43290)

Question asked by the patient on 25 February 1633 at 18:20

RN Elis Baldyn first taken wth strang fits feb 22 h. 3 p m 1633 |ready to stangle {sic} \strangle/ her hart ill|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 329 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE62873: Decumbiture for Agnes [Anne] West (PERSON61455)

Question asked by the patient on 5 October 1626 at 10:30

RN An West \of Olny/ suddenly taken sept 24: h. 6. 30 p m. 1626. /francis Gaudorne & his sister susp. Katherin Chardge now Sterling would fome at her mouth wth strang f{its} of {weake} {illeg}\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 304r (middle left part of page)

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CASE41244: Horary consultation concerning John Web (PERSON36591)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37868) on 25 April 1613 at 15:20

RN Iohn Web. of Woullyson 12 y brought to me to see in his strang fits Ap 25. h. 3. 20 p m. 1613. |here in prsenc|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 199, f. 103r (upper left part of page)

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CASE59252: Horary consultation concerning Goody Alice Mabbet [Mably] (PERSON54032)

Question asked by Mabbet [Mably] (PERSON54027) on 9 October 1624 at 08:30

RN Goody Mable of Turvy 39 y octob 9. h. 8. 30 ant m 1624 /maritus sine consensu strangly handled for a day & a night wth maāy sudden strang fits\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 85v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE76306: Decumbiture for Mrs Anne Tyrringham [Napier] (PERSON60703)

Question asked by the patient between 14 January 1633 at 14:45 and 15 January 1633 at 09:15

RN Mres Ans fit tooke her Ian. 14. h. hor 2. p. m. 1633

horrible str{ā}g fits of \the/ motherSRN

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 214, p. 263 (upper right part of page)

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CASE51685: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Sir Thomas Myddelton [the son] (PERSON33214)

Question asked by Lady Myddelton [Mary Sandy [Napier]] (PERSON25254) on 16 October 1620 at 07:00

RN my lady Mydleton her husb. water sine consensu octob. 16: h. 7. ant m 1620.

Sr Thomas taken wth a strang fit & passion of the splene & stone octob. 15. h. 10. \9. 30/ p m. 1620.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘stone fit & splene’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 205r (upper left part of page)

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CASE65442: Decumbiture for Richard Shephard (PERSON58578)

Question asked by the patient on 29 February 1628 at 10:30

RN Suddenly taken in his \right/ arme the vse taken away payned in the throate swelled wth a cough & taken wth strong & strang fits & is very hot in his fits wch continue above halfe a day feb. 17 h. 12. p m. 1628

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 115v (upper right part of page)

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CASE73904: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Eastone (PERSON48283)

Question asked by the patient on 31 March 1632 at 10:00

RN was first strangly taken feb 28. h. 9. p m 1632.

[Astrological Chart]

fell downe dead & had 2 or 3 fits in an houres & will \doth/ quake skreame & crye

feb 28 h. 8 40 \30/ p m 1632 /of all tes body & toes\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 473 (upper 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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AFits%20and%20convulsions;f11-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f8-treatment=No, accessed 10 January 2025.