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CASE74359: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Magdalen Williams (PERSON61865)

Question asked by the patient on 18 April 1632 at 16:00

RN Mres maudlyn de ea quærit \et non Amita/ Ap. 18 h. 4. p m 1632 quæ causa cur medic {illeg}|vi|x fuit, et cur ita lāmentatr et susp ducit ab alto. /Amita de dnā\ /cānot sleepe\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 91 (upper left, and middle centre parts of page)

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CASE34661: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Cope (PERSON22698)

Question asked by the patient on 2 January 1609 at 13:45

RN Agnys Copes {sic} \Copes/ of Stempston 96 y Ian 2. h. 1. 45 p m 1608 {sic}1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘troubled wth dreames & can take no rest’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 283v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE53409: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Baldwin (PERSON43286)

Question asked by the patient on 9 December 1621 at 14:00

RN Elis Baldwyn of Edgborough 28 y vnmyed {sic} Decēb. 9. h. 2. p m 162i

mutch tempted to kill her selfe cānot sleep{e}

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 152v (upper right part of page)

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CASE23797: Horary consultation concerning Sara Pendred (PERSON34220)

Question asked by Pendred (PERSON34216) on 12 August 1614 at 06:25

RN Sara Pendred of Dunstable 45 y Aug 12. h. 6. 25. ant m. 1614. maritus vxore sine consensu.

[Astrological Chart]

brought a bed on monday last was sennet

he came for his wife who is distracted of her wits & did scratch her husb. yesterday & yet a very godly & a religious womā yt cānot sleepe nor take any rest.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 68v (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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CASE48272: Horary consultation concerning Anne Smith (PERSON35503)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38552) on 20 February 1619 at 15:00

RN An Smyth of Stony stratford 30 y mayed {sic} feb. 20 h {sic} hor 3. p m. 1619. 12 days sick. lyeth like a Chisone {sic} child all the day & always at night behave her selfe like a bedlome & hath in her mad fits cut of a great peece of her tongue cānot sleepe these 12 days but lyeth broad awake

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 177r (upper left part of page)

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CASE64599: Horary consultation concerning Goody Shephard (PERSON58587)

Question asked by Lady Spencer [Mrs Mary Spencer [Anderson]] (PERSON35617) on 16 September 1627 at 12:45

RN also she Did write in the behalfe of a mad womā yt canot slepe but rage day & night /Goody Shepheard of Offley 42 y.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 215v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE53500: Horary consultation concerning Susan Fletcher (PERSON49091)

Question asked by the patient on 24 January 1622 at 11:15

RN Susā flatcher of Norton by Balduck 42 y Ian 24. h. 11. 15 ant m 1622.

troubled in mynd & desp of her salvat. by fits cānot sleepe/

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 170v (upper left part of page)

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CASE70945: Horary consultation concerning Marge Castle (PERSON45731)

Question asked by Castle (PERSON45730) and Mr Shute (PERSON58710) on 28 May 1630 at 19:00

RN Marg: Castill of Dorchester 17 y May 28 . h. 7. p m. 1630 /pater filia sine consensu\

[Astrological Chart]

Mr Shute the mynster wrote in her behalfe thought yt she sore. {sic} saw some ill thing in ye morning.1

Notes:

1 ‘Distracted cānot sleepe & rageth & talketh cōtinualley sinc whiteson tuesday’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 416 (upper left part of page)

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CASE78793: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Baldwin (PERSON43286)

Question asked by Mr Marsh (PERSON54301) on 4 February 1634 at 09:00

RN Elis: Baldwyn of Dagnoll by Edgborugh 40 y a mayd feb 4 h 9 ant m 1634 /cānot sleepe Mr Marsh wrote\

brayne troubled will kill her father & the child sayth yt she must make her selfe away

eateth greedely to serve the Devill

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 81v (upper right part of page)

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CASE64602: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Horrell (PERSON51887)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40516) on 17 September 1627 at 07:30

RN Elis Hurrell of Barton by Cambridge a widow 60 y sept 17. h. 7 30 ant m. 1627. Distracted of her wits sinc mydsomer. Doth Will curse & talk continually & be doing of some ill except she be tyed & will teare her cloathes & is senceles. fretfull & furious & cā sleepe litle light headed1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘frentick senceles & furious’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 216r (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?f11-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ASleeplessness%20%28passions%29;f12-patient-sex=Female;f6-practitioner=Mr%20Richard%20Napier%20%5BSandy%5D%20%5BRichard%20Napier%20%5BSenior%5D%5D%20%28PERSON5218%29, accessed 19 March 2025.