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CASE29071: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Jackson (PERSON20005)

Question asked by the patient on 21 May 1605 at 08:15

GJ Agnes Iackson goodwif Brittens mayd. 20 y. May 21 ho. 8. 15 a m. 1605

troubled wth chest wormes /

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 216, f. 108r (upper left part of page)

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CASE14823: Horary consultation concerning Em St John (PERSON16098)

Question asked by the patient on 15 April 1603 at 11:36

GJ Ee SentIohn of Hanslop 30 y. Apr. 15 ho 11. 36 a m. 1603

A cold Stomacke hath her courses well. Mrs Fosters maid

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 52v (upper left part of page)

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CASE15666: Horary consultation concerning Joan Fisher (PERSON11784)

Question asked by the patient on 1 October 1603 at 13:45

GJ Ioane Fisher of Stonystratford 23 y. Octob j. ho 1. 45 p m. 1603

A great payne in her backe

menses obstructi these 2 or 3 yeeres

Thomas Colyns a malsters mayde

Ill many tymes in her stomacke sometymes ready to swound

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 142v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE22037: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON9126)

Question asked by the patient on 14 March 1604 at 11:20

RN Anothr of her meades swelled in her breast & belly. hath had a great fit of sicknes ever since last Easter last. a yellowish thick

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 415, f. 39r (upper left part of page)

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CASE57445: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Denton (PERSON47809)

Question asked by William Gadstone (PERSON23344) on 29 November 1623 at 09:00

RN will for my mayd Doll for her sore stitch vnder her syde noveb 29 h {sic} hor 9 ant m 1623 /blood\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 32v (upper left part of page)

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CASE80070: Interrogation (Treatment) concerning Anne (PERSON21715)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) on 29 June 1607 between 07:00 and 10:45

RN An my mead let blood Iune 29. h. 7. ant m 1607 naughty blood sydes extreme ill full of stitches/ #

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 193, f. 237r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE70913: Horary consultation concerning William Story (PERSON59714) and Margaret Wyn (PERSON62414)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41199) on 25 May 1630 at 18:20

RN Williā Stoary of St Albions 12 y the 30 of August next twixt 6 & 7 in ye morning at Saraz{ings} head about Easter was 12 monthe may 25. h 6 20 a|p| m 1630.

her mayd cōtinth {sic} Lame & hath spots about her thighs & Knees.

his legs

the child cōplayneth of his loynes& legs & of a payne of his Left syde & also hath a dry cough.

[Astrological Chart]

wheathr fit to make an issue Is lame & goeth wth payne

was prty well sinc Easter was a twelfmonth when & where.

will. Stoary 12 y may 25 h. 6. 30 p m 1630

Lame in his loyns Legs & left syde payned

There mayden yt was Lame. Marg. Wynne at the same tyme.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, pp. 406-407 (p. 406 bottom right, p. 406 bottom left, and p. 407 upper left)

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CASE27567: Horary consultation concerning Ellen Cooper [Hawthorne] (PERSON10916)

Question asked by the patient on 15 June 1606 at 15:15

RN Mr vuedals mead now maryed & great wth child came to me for the heate of her stomacke. Iune 15 h. 3. 15. ant p m 1606 /Ellen Hawthorne/\1

[Astrological Chart]

at this tyme shee spake vnto me at Mr vuedals house

Notes:

1 ‘wth child’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 215, f. 179r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE29003: Interrogation (Sending message) concerning an Anonymous (PERSON21522)

Question asked by Mrs Troughton (PERSON20994) on 13 May 1605 between 09:00 and 10:00

RN Mres Troughten sent her maydens watr by Iohn Byrd a sonday morning by 7 of the clocke. & I receaved vppō munday morning by 9

a stitch vndr her right syde.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 97r (upper left part of page)

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CASE31459: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Partin (PERSON24819)

Question asked by the patient on 16 May 1607 at 11:15

W Annis Parten y. 24 her mayd at the same tyme: Shee complayneth of her head, back, & limes wth much payne in them all

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 190r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE11797: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Thorne (PERSON16417)

Question asked by the patient on 13 November 1598 at 12:06

RN Margaret Tarelton \Thorne/ the wife of Will Tarelton a tealer \of Newport./ 40 yeres old 16 yeres maried sick & hath had her disease growing vppon her this 12 monets {sic} & better quærit novemb. it taketh her every foote. Novemb. 13 die . h. 12. 6. mi 1598. shee was so weak shee could not come but sent her servant mead it ariseth from her hart vpward to her throot ready to stop her winde

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 51v (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE21915: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18701)

Question asked by Mr Tyrringham (PERSON18812) on 13 January 1605 at 09:00

RN Mr Tyrringhās mead of Tyrringhā 24 y Ian. 13 h. 9. ant m 1605. suffocat matricis strange fits eithr of mothr or apop. litharg.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1

sleepy. Lethargye

speachles skreameth only

’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 214r (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;f11-info=Occupation%20mentioned%3A%3AHousehold%20staff%3A%3AServants%3A%3AMaid;f12-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso, accessed 27 March 2025.