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CASE76943: Horary consultation concerning John Kingston (PERSON53022)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41826) on 12 April 1633 at 14:15

RN Iohn Kingstone of serv to the Lord of Lincolne Ap: 12 h. 2 15 p m 1633. |57 y|

Lame in the soales & ankles of boath feete mutch swelled & red 3 y. |a Dropsy feared| but lately more this halfe yere full of payne

sometymes cā eate litle for 2 or 3 days

I receaved from my Lord of Lincolnes steward a most kind letter.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 31 (upper left part of page)

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CASE76823: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Collins (PERSON46587)

Question asked by the patient on 2 April 1633 at 13:30

RN Elis: Collins of Northāpton 10 y l {sic} Decēb. 9.      sent to me Ap. 2. . h. 1. 30 p m 1633. /Convulsion fits\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 417 (upper left part of page)

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CASE77661: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Nyster (PERSON55701)

Question asked by the patient on 20 June 1633 at 17:00 or at 17:15 or at 17:29

RN Elis: nyster of {sic} 31 y of Horneton /Hornton\ Iune 20 h 5. p m 1633

her sicknes began a Wedd was a monthe about 4 in the morning may. 22 but sent to me Iune 20 h. 5 15 p m 1633 swounded then may 22

Iune 20 h. 5. 29 p m 1633 Dead palsy lame sorely tormented by fits

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 251 (upper right, bottom centre, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE77975: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Duncombe [Young Mr Duncombe] (PERSON48155)

Question asked by the patient on 5 August 1633 at 06:30

RN Mr Iohn Duncōbe fell sick betwixt 8. & nine wth shivering & then into a feaver. Aug 4 h. 8. 30 ant m 1633.

Aug 5. h. 6. 30 ant m sent his water 1633

[Astrological Chart]

Mr Iohn Duncōbe of great Brickhill: 36 y Aug 5. h. 6. 30 ant m. 1633.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, pp. 353–354 (p. 353 bottom right, and p. 354 upper left)

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CASE76320: Horary consultation concerning Sir Edmond [Edward] Conqueste (PERSON46727)

Question asked by the patient on 17 January 1633 at 11:00

RN Sr Edmond Conquest of Houghton 63 y the next 4th of march but sent to me Ian 17 h. 11. ant m 1633. |Casteth always|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 267 (upper left part of page)

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CASE76427: Horary consultation concerning Charles Lane (PERSON53310)

Question asked by the patient on 8 February 1633 at 16:25

RN Charles Lane of Hanslop 13 y the 2 of Octob last sente feb 8 h. 4. 25 p m 1633

swelled about his necke ever sinc Christās & is broken in 3 t|p|laces & likely to break in another wth extreme payne in his head & necke feb 8 h. 4. 25 p m 1633.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 303 (upper left part of page)

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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)

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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)

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CASE77381: Horary consultation concerning Dr Edward Hughes (PERSON19969)

Question asked by the patient on 23 May 1633 at 15:00

RN D. Hughs sent a letter to me touching his bleeding at the yard & voyding of clots of blood /66 y\ may 23. h. 3. p m 1633 |of Woughton|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 161 (upper left part of page)

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CASE77499: Horary consultation concerning Sir Robert Sandy [Napier] [Baronet] [Old Sir Robert Napier] [Mr Robert Sandy [Napier]] (PERSON6315) and Old Lady Napier [Mrs Barnes] (PERSON33484)

Question asked by Sir Robert Sandy [Napier] [Baronet] [Old Sir Robert Napier] [Mr Robert Sandy [Napier]] (PERSON6315) on 7 June 1633 at 12:00

RN Sr Rob Na ny {sic} br{other} sent me wo{rd} that he is w{ell} amended god {be} thanked & hath {a} good stomack yet paynd {in} making of h{is} water & h{is} ladys swelling is gone Iu{ne} 7 h h. 12. 16{33}

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 203 (upper right part of page)

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CASE77503: Decumbiture for Jane [Jean] Lightfoote (PERSON53731) and Lightfoote (PERSON53719) and Anonymous (PERSON41888)

Question asked by Mr Anthony Lightfoote (PERSON53721) on 7 June 1633 at 20:30

RN feb. 4 his wife his boy & his child strangly taken wth vomyting feb. 4. h. 3. p m 1633. /the gearle dyed about yt tyme\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 205 (bottom left, and bottom centre parts of page)

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CASE78557: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Dorothy Norwood (PERSON55682)

Question asked by the patient on 2 November 1633 at 12:00

RN Mres Doro {sic} Dorothie was baptized 7 of Iuly 1613 19 y old sent novēb 2 h {sic} hor 12 1633 /a maryed womā 3 y. neaver had child. her husb: hath a dropsy she looketh well & hath a good coulor.\

[Astrological Chart]

Mr Thomas Norwoods Daughter in law of wythybrooke octob. 31 hath taken a course of physick vnder an Apothecary in Coventry alnost {sic} a yere & is no way mended but weaker

her stomack almost quite gone & wanteth sleepe

hath often vomyted blood but more of late & cōmonly after meate hath a stupidity & lightnes of head her stomack always payned wth an Inward soarenes wch payne doth now descend vnto the back, hyps, thighs, & legs wth an extraordinary swelling. begyning \taking his begȳing/ at the chest

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 412, f. 22v (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE77266: Horary consultation concerning Lady Penelope Egerton [Napier] (PERSON55172)

Question asked by the patient on 14 May 1633 at 05:15

RN |the lady Penelope sent her water| The ladye Penelope sent her water. may 14 h. 5. p m 1633

was mended god be thanked

[Astrological Chart]

The Lady Penelope Naper at luton. sick of an Ague sinc satterday. & hath eaten litle may 14. h. 5. 15 ant m 1633.

[Astrological Chart]

she mended prsently wth yt

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 211, pp. 128–129 (p. 128 bottom right, and p. 129 upper left)

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;f14-date=1630-1639%3A%3A1633;f15-how-did-it-take-place=Question%20sent, accessed 10 March 2025.