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CASE11932: Horary consultation concerning Toucher (PERSON16500)

Question asked by the patient on 3 January 1599 at 12:09

RN Mr {sic} Charels Tutcher Charles at Stonystratford at the swan of 2 neckes. 45. sick this fortnight. sonewhat {sic} Costive shee doth bleede & is very mutch stuffed in her chest can scarce tak her winde. ready to sound a grosse & fat woman. sent a poer woman. Ian. 3. die . h. 12. 9. mi. 1599. \at 1. p m /|twice & thrice a day bleedeth at ye nose. half a pint at a time \every othr daye/|

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Charels Touchers wife hath not had her termes this 6 yeres her stomack hoven & her hed ill & backe her wombe & chest stuffed short winded. hart ill water good. yellowe but thin. taken a greefe for payment of monyes for her husb. brother for s{ur}tiship. 200li

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 77r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE12063: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Buckingham [Honour] (PERSON10131)

Question asked by the patient on 13 March 1599 at 07:45

RN Elisabeth Honour of Newp 40. never well sinc Christmas. troubled wth the mothr {sic}. and hath not her course ready to stop her winde & casteth vp all her meate. payned at her harte. 13 of Marche. die  {sic}. 7. 45. ant m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 100v (upper left part of page)

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CASE15666: Horary consultation concerning Joan Fisher (PERSON11784)

Question asked by the patient on 1 October 1603 at 13:45

GJ Ioane Fisher of Stonystratford 23 y. Octob j. ho 1. 45 p m. 1603

A great payne in her backe

menses obstructi these 2 or 3 yeeres

Thomas Colyns a malsters mayde

Ill many tymes in her stomacke sometymes ready to swound

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 142v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE64893: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Andrews (PERSON42743)

Question asked by the patient on 5 November 1627 at 16:00

RN Mres Androws of Alce 2|3|6 y. novēb. 5. h. 4 p m. 1627 temes {sic} stopt Left syde melanch fleg.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 264r (upper left part of page)

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CASE46300: Horary consultation concerning Joan Gale (PERSON30746)

Question asked by the patient on 30 March 1618 at 14:00

RN Ione Gale of Bedford 35 y. march. 30 . h. 2. p m 1618 quærit vtrū sit gravida termes stopt 7 weekes. is swelled in her chest.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 41v (upper left part of page)

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CASE15287: Horary consultation concerning Susan Reade (PERSON15208)

Question asked by the patient on 9 July 1603 at 15:10

GJ Susan Read of Chicheley 31 y. Iuly 9 ho 3. 10 p. m. 1603

A great pulling in her belly pitt of her stomacke and back non habet menstrua.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 102r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE11948: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Susan Andrews (PERSON9163)

Question asked by the patient on 20 February 1599 at 10:30

RN Mres Androwes of Broug{h}ton sent to me the 20 of feb. die h. 10. 30. ant 1599 payned in her hed all to the nose. litle courses or none. swelleth in her bodye

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 79v (upper right part of page)

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CASE14821: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Forster (PERSON11858)

Question asked by the patient on 15 April 1603 at 11:00

GJ Mrs Anne Foster of Hanslop 26 y {m}|A|pr. 15 ho. 11 a m. 1603. maried 3 week before Christmas. |a white thickish water.|

Had them not these 2 moneths a payne in her stomacke and in her backe.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 52r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE73635: Horary consultation concerning Mary Clark (PERSON46293)

Question asked by the patient on 16 January 1632 between 11:25 and 13:30

TG Mary Clark of this towne 18 ye: Complaineth of her head nunquam habuit cursus menstrues troubled with a great cold and obstruction in her brest.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 394 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE50713: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Green (PERSON50323)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1620 at 13:00

RW Dorothy Greene of Perry. y. 30. d. . h: 1. p: m: Apr: 25. 1620. not maryed, hath not had them since Christmasse. pinched in her body & stomacke

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 12v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE64379: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Catherine Craply (PERSON47242)

Question asked by the patient on 31 July 1627 at 13:30

RN Mres Katherine Crapley of Hartwell the mother 30 y Iuly 31 h. 1. 30 p m. 1627

a swelling in her belly & the mother on the left syde |terns {sic} stopt 9 weekes|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 177r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12060: Horary consultation concerning Anne Houghton (PERSON12914)

Question asked by the patient on 12 March 1599 at 13:15

RN An Savell Hooten of lathbury 34 yeres. maried 2 yeres. twice maried. her courses stopt wth cold. chest & stomack hoven & back. March 12. die h. 1. 15. 1599.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 100r (upper left part of page)

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CASE79015: Horary consultation concerning Grisel Stone (PERSON59686)

Question asked by the patient on 9 April 1634 at 12:00

TG Krisel stone of shendly 25 y. April {illeg}|9| h. 12 mer. 1634. hath beene maried about two ye{ares} had not her courses since Christm{esse} hath a paine in her backe & leggs, stomacke full of water & winde, w{orse} after meat. Utrum sit gravida

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 120v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE16025: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Brightwell (PERSON10015)

Question asked by the patient between 1 January 1604 at 19:00 and 2 January 1604 at 09:30

RN Agnys Brightwell of newport 46 y maried. i6 yeres sinc had a child. never sinc any, a cough had not had her sicknes this yere hed ill stomacke bound cānot abyde the sent of meate no sleepe.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 177r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12198: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Clark (PERSON10594)

Question asked by the patient on 3 April 1599 at 09:15

RN Elisabeth Clarke 30 yeres vnmaried ever sinc Christmas hed backe chest a few on satterday on sunday had not her Courses currantly sinc Christ. sick at hart hoven in her chest. shoulders & hed. casteth black geare leek browne black paper leeke rags yt is her flowers arising. Apr. 3 die h. 9. 15. 1599. cannot rest in her bed hath a wonderfull red colour & is hot.

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 120r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12311: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Hall (PERSON12488)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 15:20

RN Elisabeth Hall of Woulverton 8 for 35 yeres. hath a great swelling in her legs hath not had her courses & her breast sometimes swollen with them. & never had her Courses kindly great greefe & thought by reason of the detur of fathr & mothr all {al} in one weeke Ap. 25 die h. 3. 20 p m. 1599.

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 139r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE18890: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Kent (PERSON13322)

Question asked by the patient on 1 November 1600 at 12:00

RN Agnes Kent of Mylton a meaden daughtr in lawe to goodma Syms of Milton 33 y. had on bastard before coplay. of a gret swelling in her bodye had not her sicknes since whitsontyde November i die hor 12 1600

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 29v (upper right part of page)

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CASE56650: Horary consultation concerning Martha [Matthew] Farre (PERSON30298)

Question asked by the patient on 5 July 1623 at 11:00

RN Martha Farre of Wavendon serv to Mr Deene 29. y Iuly 5. h {sic} hor. 11. ant m 1623 |breasts hard terms stopt 12 weekes Qu. an sit gravida|

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 155v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE10396: Horary consultation concerning Frances Miller (PERSON14187)

Question asked by the patient on 22 April 1600 at 12:00

RN fraincis Miller a meade of 18 y. Ap. 22 die h. 12. 1600

\hath|d| nevr her sicknes/ ill coloured arising in ye stomack head ready to stop her wind.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 47v (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE12000: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth [Isabel] Clark (PERSON10596)

Question asked by the patient on 27 February 1599 at 12:00

RN Isabell Clarke of Cosgrave 22 serv. to Robart Emerson sick ever sinc Chistide {sic}. 27 feb die h. 23. 16. 12. her courses stopt hevy vncōfortabl stomack stitch bottome of her belly.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 89r (bottom 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;f12-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWomen%E2%80%99s%20matters%3A%3AMenstrual%20problems%3A%3ANo%20courses;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso, accessed 19 March 2025.