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CASE63615: Horary consultation concerning Countess Home [Lady Home] (PERSON51783) and Mrs Craste (PERSON47249)

Question asked by Mary Fane [Countess of Westmorland] [Old Countess of Westmorland ] [Old Lady Westmorland] (PERSON48709) and Grace Fane [Countess of Westmorland] [Lady le Dispenser] [Lady de la Spencer] (PERSON48708) on 13 April 1627 between 07:45 and 08:25

RN The Lady West & the Lady de Lespencer sent for Mres Crosts to goe to her grandmotter Dup & not to come Home to thē for feare of relapse

& sent me 5l for mrs Crosts & the lady West a peece for her child.

quærit vtrū sit gravida

renē{sic} to write to her & to the Bayly for his Child \the falling sicknes/ & to the lady Westmorland & to the lady delespencer et vtrū Her daughter lady Humes be gravida & in ye behalfe of Mres Crosts. \is Costive always// her dyet \purging Drink/ wroght 3 or 4 tys {sic} a day

fearth astringent playsters will bynd it

I had 5l of the lady Delespencer & a peece frō the old lady Westmorland for my Counsell for her child |Ap 13.|

Mres Crost was willed for feare of relapse to goe to her Grandmother Dup for a while I wished her to stay vntill the 8 of May 8.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 227, f. 58r-v (f. 58r bottom right, and f. 58v middle left)

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CASE46164: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Duncombe (PERSON48163)

Question asked by Mr William Duncombe (PERSON29957) on 13 March 1618 at 12:00

RN Mr Will Duncōbe 22 y of Litlington parke march. 13. . h. 12. 1618.

for his wife troubled wth a waterish humour rising in her stomack. & very sick wth all lyeth heavy as if she had surfeted it voketh her to cast. casteth mutch water.

Imagyneth she may be wth child. & therfore craveth gentle physick.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 14v (upper left part of page)

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CASE75409: Horary consultation concerning Ellen Routh (PERSON57951)

Question asked by the patient on 8 September 1632 at 11:00

RN Ellen Routh of Dunstable 47 y Sept 8 h {sic} hor 11 ant m 1632.

a gydines in her head1

[Astrological Chart]

quærit vtrū gravida or where she may be let blood

Notes:

1 ‘a swying in her head’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 414 (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE42097: Horary consultation concerning Joan Lane [Young Goody Lane] (PERSON32523)

Question asked by the patient on 5 July 1615 at 07:15

RN Ione Lane of this towne Iuly 5 h. 7. 15 ant m 16i5 sent her water. vtrū sit gravida. loosenes well stopt god be thanked wth her bynding elect. but sorely gryped in her chest & belly1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1quærit an sit gravida’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 57r (bottom left, and bottom 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%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f13-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ATreatment;f14-question-asked=Sex%2C%20family%20and%20generation%3A%3APregnancy, accessed 13 January 2025.