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CASE45641: Horary consultation concerning Ellen Triploe (PERSON36211)

Question asked by Triploe (PERSON36209) on 21 October 1617 at 15:40

RN Ellen Triploe of litle Paxon 48 y octob. 21. h. 3. 40 p m 1617

starteth & skryketh & sayth sometymes yt she shalbe drowned & sometȳes burned wth many idle speaches ill 4 days by fits. slept neaver a whit last night.

is distracted pulleth & snatcheth

vide Octob 11.

tooke greefe yt her son did mary agaynst her will yet she gave her consent mutch agaȳst her will wished yt she might see him buryed. husb. sine cōsensu

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 220, f. 98r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE28469: Horary consultation concerning Sara Musgrave [Blot] (PERSON20374)

Question asked by the patient on 29 March 1605 at 12:20

RN Sara musgrove \of/ Bletsoe 20 y maryed 2 y. march. 29. h. 12 20 p m. 1605. troubled wth fancyes very fearfull in her mynd to loose her wits troubled in her sleepe cānot rest metuit veneficiū full of melanch cholicke

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 17r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE77272: Horary consultation concerning Mr N. Standish (PERSON59467)

Question asked by the patient on 14 May 1633 at 19:30

TG Mr N standish of Highwicken parish 21. y Maji 14 h. 7. 30 p M. 1633. /lightheaded, melancolick, cannot sleepe, wich he thincketh to doe him the most hurte\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 131 (upper left part of page)

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CASE14852: Horary consultation concerning Lettice Balle (PERSON9405)

Question asked by the patient on 18 April 1603 at 11:45

GJ Lettice Ball of Nash 17 y Apr. 18. ho 11. 45 a m 1603. Quærit whether any evill tongue have power over her. Cannot sleepe is light headed & sometymes talk Idly

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 55v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE15689: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Deeremore (PERSON11241)

Question asked by the patient on 7 October 1603 at 10:10

GJ Thomas Dearmore of Lowten 33 y. Octob. 7 ho 10. 10 a m. 1603. quæritr vt evadet A lightnes in his head cannot sleepe. Talkes Idly

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 145r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE53326: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Sara Wyllyson [Woullyson] (PERSON62405)

Question asked by Mr Wyllyson [Woullyson] (PERSON62401) on 10 November 1621 at 09:00

RN Mr Woullystan of London vxore extreely mad cānot rest nor will eate novēb 10. h hor 8. 50 ant m 162i

Mr Woullyston of London for his wife mad yt cānot sleepe eate nor Drinke novēb. 10 h {sic} hor: 9. ant m 162i |will not eate.|

wheather her vomyts will serve & the liquid

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, ff. 134v-135r (f. 134v bottom left, and f. 135r upper left)

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CASE51832: Horary consultation concerning Richard Carter (PERSON45659)

Question asked by Carter (PERSON45629) on 6 December 1620 at 15:00

RN Richard Carter. of Lillye 30 y in love Decēb: 6. h. 3. p. m. 1620 |sine consensu| /Widow Pydle is tempted yt he cānot pray by fits well quaketh cānot sleep\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 17r (upper right part 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?f11-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ASleep%20problems;f12-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind;f8-language=Latin, accessed 12 March 2025.