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CASE74070: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Magdalen Williams (PERSON61865)

Question asked by Sir Thomas Williams [Knight, Baronet] [Baronet Williams] (PERSON61851) on 19 March 1632 at 13:00

RN Sr Th Williams sent me a letter for his daughters coming march. 19. ☾ h. 1 p m. 1632. \is {come} to towne/ /head & stomack\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 6 (upper right part of page)

Sir Thomas Williams [Knight, Baronet] [Baronet Williams] (PERSON61851)Mrs Magdalen Williams (PERSON61865)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Head)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Astrological Chart

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CASE70803: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Emerson (PERSON48544)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41181) on 17 May 1630 at 08:20

RN Elis Emmerton of newp 36 y may 17 ☾ h 8 20 ant m. 1630 Kings evll a bunch vnder her Ioale & shoulder

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 366 (bottom right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON41181)Elizabeth Emerson (PERSON48544)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Scrofula)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Throat and mouth)

Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Shoulders)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Astrological Chart

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CASE76475: Horary consultation concerning Sir Jarvis Clifton (PERSON46349)

Question asked by Sir George Peckham (PERSON56470) and Mrs Throckmorton (PERSON60147) on 16 February 1633 at 20:00

Sr. Gervase Clyfton of Clyfton Basset in Notinghamshire. 50. y. Febr. 16. ♄. h. 8. p. mer. 1633

[Astrological Chart]

Sr George Peckham & Mrs Throckmorton writte Letters in his Behalfe.

much pained in his head is of a sanguine Complexn

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 315 (upper left part of page)

Sir George Peckham (PERSON56470)Mrs Throckmorton (PERSON60147)Sir Jarvis Clifton (PERSON46349)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Head)

Practitioner: Mr Ralph Ruddle (PERSON57997) Astrological Chart

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CASE76667: Horary consultation concerning Robert Summerley (PERSON59783)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41796) on 13 March 1633 at 12:20

Robt Sum̄erly of Doddington 2. y. March 13. ☿. h. 12. 20. p m 1633

simple & mopish, flesh fallen from ye wast downeward, weak at Knees, & cannot stand. was Sick \at/ a qrter olde, & was neur well since. feareth some ill to\u/ngue. Gadwife Purny Susp.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 214, p. 371 (bottom left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON41796)Robert Summerley (PERSON59783)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Mopish)

Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Knees)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot stand)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

Practitioner: Mr Ralph Ruddle (PERSON57997) Astrological Chart

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CASE78474: Horary consultation concerning Dunsmore (PERSON48196)

Question asked by Mrs Catherine Norwood (PERSON55681) on 18 October 1633 at 12:15

Mrs. Norwood sent her Lady Letter for the Lady Dunsmores Daughter. Oct. 18 ♀. h. 12. 15. pm. 1633

[Astrological Chart]

RN ha\r/d to vomyt vppō any occasion D Gifford & dr Cadymā her former physitions for the greene sicknes after the {sic} had made triall of of {sic} vomyts & saw how vntowardly it wrought followed some other course/

desyreth vomyt purg rathr then vomyts to clense her hot & drye stomack.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 9v (upper left part of page)

Mrs Catherine Norwood (PERSON55681)Dunsmore (PERSON48196)

Medical >Treatment (Requesting treatment)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (Hot)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dry and/or thirsty (Dry)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Astrological Chart

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?f11-hands=Mr%20Ralph%20Ruddle;f12-querent-is-asking-about=Others;f13-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body, accessed 20 March 2025.

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