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CASE76162: Horary consultation concerning John Villiers [Lord Purbeck] (PERSON60854)

Question asked by the patient on 18 December 1632 at 16:20

RN The Lord Purbeck sent me a kind letter certif me yt he is well & lyeth at Sr Francis Bodington at his house by Stāford at Sr Francis Bodinghā. Decēb 18 ♂ h 4. 20 p m 1632 /in Leycester sheere\

cōpl of a great cold & cough two months craveth my consayle & some lozenges to be sent vnto him & mynt water & cōmendat to my nephue Richard

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 222 (upper left part of page)

John Villiers [Lord Purbeck] (PERSON60854) 

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Took a cold)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Cough)

Medical  (Medical counsel)

Medical >Treatment (Requesting treatment)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE58367: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39893)

Question asked by John Villiers [Lord Purbeck] (PERSON60854) on 5 May 1624 at 10:40

RN my lord Came after his ryding wth Sr Iohn Tenple may. 5. h. 10. 40 ant m. 1624 for the Gothust gentlemā for the stone

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 176v (upper left part of page)

John Villiers [Lord Purbeck] (PERSON60854) Anonymous (PERSON39893)

Medical >Illnesses (named) >Stone and strangury (Stone)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment

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?f12-participant=John%20Villiers%20%5BLord%20Purbeck%5D%20%28PERSON60854%29;f13-number-of-astrologers=Single%20astrologer;f14-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29, accessed 6 March 2025.

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