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CASE47443: Horary consultation concerning Mr Robert Wright (PERSON37102)

Question asked by the patient on 4 September 1618 at 13:00

RN Goodmā Wright of Stoake 60 y taken wth a dead palsye Sept 4 h. 1. p m 1618 |taken sodenly wth a dead palsy|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 21r (upper right part of page)

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CASE47465: Horary consultation concerning Mr Robert Wright (PERSON37102)

Question asked by the patient on 7 September 1618 at 14:00

RN Mr Write of Stoake Hā golding by my lady Dickbyes came heathr sept 7. h. 2. p m 1618.

dead palsy

was in prsenc himselfe

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 25r (upper right part of page)

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CASE47455: Horary consultation concerning Mr Robert Wright (PERSON37102)

Question asked by the patient on 6 September 1618 at 18:00

RN Wheathr Mr Wright of Gothurst is {sic} of Stoake hamon is to be cured of his palsie septeb 6 {sic} sept 6 h. 6. p m. 1618.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 23r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE47629: Horary consultation concerning Sir Roger Pulleston (PERSON34514)

Question asked by the patient on 12 October 1618 at 14:30

RN Sr Rog. Poolyston came to cōfer wth me touching his Palsy & convulsions & vertigo. having a lamenes in his left syde & weaknes in his legs Octob. 12. h. 2. 30. p m. 1618.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 53r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE47886: Decumbiture for Joan Bishop (PERSON28106)

Question asked by the patient on 25 November 1618 at 08:00

RN It tooke her Ione Bishop of Wishamsteed novēb 13. h. 10 ant m 1618

was suddenly taken in her lyms & lost the vse of on syde.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 99r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE48557: Horary consultation concerning Mary Smith (PERSON35553)

Question asked by the patient on 27 April 1619 at 10:15

RN Mary Smyth of Stawton 20 myles 30 y Ap 27. h. 10. 15 ant m 1619 her head shaketh a fortnight or 3 \shaking/ palsy. mother backe thigh as if they should be torne but her head exceding cold.

head cold

vryne very good. a very good stomacke yet very faynt. mutch troubled wth wynd 2 y. sinc had a boy. hath thought her selfe twice to be wth child wthin this twelfemonthe. nescit an sit gravida

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 339r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE48608: Horary consultation concerning Alice Rodes (PERSON34869)

Question asked by the patient on 2 May 1619 at 13:30

RN Alce Rhodes of Bledloe beyond Alesbury 5 miles May 2. h. 1. 30 p m 1619 strangly handled ague water lame & thick.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 349r (upper right part of page)

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CASE48151: Decumbiture for John Rawlins (PERSON34599)

Question asked by the patient on 29 January 1619 at 11:30

RN Iohn Rawlins of Thurly 63 y taken first Ian 17 h. 7 p m 1619. taken wth an extreme stitch on his left syde & went to bed & rested|{ing}| {yee} & could not rise

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 230, f. 154v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE48391: Horary consultation concerning Anne Colman (PERSON29204)

Question asked by the patient on 15 March 1619 at 14:20

RN An Colemā of litle Brickhill 44 y march 15. h. 2. 20 p m 1619. |Is in strang fits. strangly handled wth quaking fits. witchery suspected|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 201v (upper right part of page)

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CASE48334: Horary consultation concerning George Johnson (PERSON32130)

Question asked by the patient on 8 March 1619 at 15:30

RN Georg Iaunson \of Shenly/ next mydsomer day 11. y in the morning sent this 8 of march 8 h. 3. 30 p m 1619

hath bene sick ever sinc thursd last about 12 at night & did shake very mutch & cā scarc take breath & will cry hoh hoh for the space almost of an houre ready to dye in his fits mart 4 h. 12 p m 1619

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 190r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE48601: Nativity for Mrs Frances Digby (PERSON29826)

Question asked by the patient on 1 May 1619 no earlier than 16:40

RN Mres francis Digbye Sr Evarets sister nata the tuesday before the 30 of novēbr. before 7 in ye morning /1588.\ send for my Directions may 1. hhor {sic} 4. 40 p m 1619. /vnmayed {sic}\ |30 y|

mutch troubled wth melanch pass apt to weep wthout any iust case.

nata Octob 29 h. 7. ant m 1588. a great heavynes in ye stomacke & a beating & trembling at the hart. wth a |continuall| payne at her hart at yt tyme of all on her left syde

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 347v (upper left part of page)

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CASE48646: Horary consultation concerning David Deary (PERSON29748)

Question asked by the patient on 6 May 1619 at 10:30

RN Davy Deery of Bydnā 17. y. may St Davyes day in ye morning sent to me for his lamenes yt last miklemas was so lame yt n in all his body & lims & could not styr. & on warner wth whō he Dwelled. the yere before & now he had mised to dwell wth him yet Anothr gote him thenc & his former mr Warner sayd he had bene as good he had dwelt wth him & then grew lame & would not styr in or frō his bed. came to me monday was 3 weekes or a month for yt had a purge & then he mended more & more & now is fallen into ye bottome of his feete this senet & ankles & is very sore. pricketh & shooteth standing nothing to be sene may 6 {illeg} {sic} h. 10 30 ant m 1619

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 356r (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-volume-name=Napier%2C%20vol.%2029;f12-recipe=No;f13-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed, accessed 18 March 2025.