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CASE12717: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Longueville (PERSON13776)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17725) on 18 September 1599 at 16:15

RN a Gentleman of came to me yt I would come to Mr Longfild of Brodwell who is at this instant mutch out of tem. in his wits Septemb. 18. die h. 4. 15 p m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 206r (upper right part of page)

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CASE15790: Horary consultation concerning John Harbarte (PERSON12522)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18114) on 25 October 1603 at 15:30

GJ Iohn Harberd of Bowbrickhill 41 y. Octob. 25 ho 3 30 p. m. 1603.

Distraught of his witt ever since thursday

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 152r (upper right part of page)

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CASE36532: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Chester (PERSON22488)

Question asked by the patient on 15 September 1609 at 14:15

RN Elis. Chester of Maldon not well in her wits. 28 y a widow Sept 15 h. 2 15. p m 1609

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 203, f. 158r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE21150: Horary consultation concerning John Archer (PERSON9196)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18602) on 26 April 1604 at 12:00

GJ Iohn Archer of Lidlington 19 y. Aprill 26 ho 12 in mer. 1604 RN |foolish in his wits & raveth.| GJ

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 92v (upper left part of page)

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CASE28716: Horary consultation concerning Sara Musgrave [Blot] (PERSON20374)

Question asked by the patient on 19 April 1605 at 12:50

RN Sara Musgrave of Bletsoe 20 y maryed 2 y. 2 child Apr. 19 h. 12. 50 p m 1605 mente \valde/ angitr. n{c}|e|quit dormire./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 51v (upper left part of page)

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CASE38502: Horary consultation concerning Henry Thomson (PERSON36005) and Thomson (PERSON36015)

Question asked by Thomson (PERSON35997) on 1 August 1611 at 12:00

RN Henry Tomson of lowton 26. y. Iuly a batcheler. August 1. . h. 12. 1611.

Distēpered in his wits. pater filio sine consensu./.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 141r (upper right part of page)

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CASE38233: Horary consultation concerning Joan Hull (PERSON31962)

Question asked by the patient on 10 June 1611 at 14:30

RN Ione Hull of wavendon I 60 72 y Iune 10 h. 1|2|. 30 p m 1611. cōplayneth of her hed & wits. & cānot praye & is troubled in her mynd & cānot i{illeg} in the mould of her head./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 108r (upper right part of page)

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CASE63409: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Craste (PERSON47249)

Question asked by Grace Fane [Countess of Westmorland] [Lady le Dispenser] [Lady de la Spencer] (PERSON48708) on 15 March 1627 at 14:25

RN The noble lady of Westmorland \de la Spencer/ young Sr Rob Napers sister in Law by the maryg of her sister she Directed a letter to me touching a gentlewomā yt wayteth on her on Mres Crost 21 y march. 15 h. 2. 25 p m 1627 /of Aptharpe\ /her wits & menory {sic} decayed & cānot be kept in her\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘sec\l/es & furious’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 24r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE63782: Horary consultation concerning Joan Parkinson (PERSON56153)

Question asked by Mr Hammond (PERSON50735) on 1 May 1627 at 15:30

RW Ioane Parkinson of Pirton in Hartfordsheire. y. 20. d. . h: 3. 30. p: m: Maij. 1o. 1627. moopish this tweluemoneth, distracted of her witts: fell ill first vpon a beatinge by her dame: no sence or vnderstandinge at all, nor a word frō her can be gotten vnlesse they anger her, & then she bids a rat on them they trouble her. hath them well. eateth vnreasonably mr Hamond wrote for her in her behalfe a lustie wench

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 82v (upper left 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-time-of-day=PM;f8-number-of-querents=Single%20querent;f9-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AWits, accessed 5 May 2025.