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CASE38881: Horary consultation concerning Goody Alice Emerson (PERSON11584)

Question asked by the patient on 13 November 1611 at 10:45

RN Alce Emmerton of whaddon \50 y/ novēb. 13 10. 45. ant m. 1611. troubled in mynd brayne lightish troubled wth wynd & melancholy.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 191r (upper right part of page)

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CASE57865: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Joan [Joanna] Prescot (PERSON57057)

Question asked by the patient on 9 March 1624 at 09:00

RN Mres Iohan Præscot of Holborne 54 y march 9 h. 9 ant m. 1624. still mutch plexed in mynd & still payned in her head / to write to her by the next Caryer./\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 102v (upper left part of page)

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CASE51713: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Jennyson (PERSON52524)

Question asked by the patient on 26 October 1620 at 12:30

RN Mres Iemyson of Irchester. 56 y octob 26. h. 12. 30 p m 1620 /faynting outwardly cold inwardly hot swelled\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 211r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12099: Horary consultation concerning Margery Clark (PERSON10627)

Question asked by the patient on 19 March 1599 at 16:20

RN Margery Clark a midwife of Stony stratford sick at hart yt shee cannot speake can scarce travell her thighes & legs doe swell. 51. a thick white puddle watr. March. 19. die h. 4. 20. m. p. m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 105v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE57842: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Marshal (PERSON20268)

Question asked by the patient on 6 March 1624 at 07:30

RN Elis: Marcholl of Newp 59 y h {sic} hor 7. 30 ant m 1624. 60 next 9. days after alhallowtyde after martymas Day. came her selfe march 6 h {sic} hor 7. 30 ant m. 1624 /prsent a great Wen on her cheeke 26 y it was at first no bigger then a pease\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 99r (upper left part of page)

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CASE73536: Horary consultation concerning Abraham Mason (PERSON54058)

Question asked by the patient on 24 December 1631 at 14:00

TG Abraham Maison of stony stratforth 56 Ieares a Chapman xbris 24 h 2 p m. 14 dies decumbens extremè sine ratione et auditu, nec urinā continet

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 357 (upper left part of page)

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CASE70770: Horary consultation concerning Mr Richard Laughton (PERSON32560)

Question asked by the patient on 12 May 1630 at 18:00

RN Mr Rich: Layghton of newp. 55 y may 12 h. 6. p m 1630 for melanch & a hot stomack

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 353 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE53342: Decumbiture for John Michell (PERSON20313)

Question asked by the patient on 13 November 1621 at 13:30

RN 1 first in his neck 2 on his syde tormented him & drew his mouth asyde & tooke away his sences & memory l|&| did shake h{im} novēb. 10 hor 3 p m 162i1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘paralysis’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 137v (bottom, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE12453: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Berry (PERSON9678)

Question asked by the patient on 14 May 1599 at 15:15

RN Mres Mary Ber Burye of Cranfeild cane {sic} p sona may the 14 die h. 3. 15. p m. 1599. |of 52. y.| she was wont to fall downe as if shee had a dead palsye.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 162v (upper left part of page)

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CASE22646: Horary consultation concerning Mr Rawlinson [Rawlins] (PERSON57364)

Question asked by the patient on 8 August 1630 at 15:20

RN Mr Rawlinson 57|6|. y Aug 8. . h. 3. 20 p m 1630 /ye feaver holdeth him every day\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 93v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE17734: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Dean (PERSON11231)

Question asked by the patient on 16 August 1602 at 12:00

RN Agnys Deane of litle Brickill 50 y. August i6 hor. 12. 1602. payned in her head gydy & light cānot abyde to see the water.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 176v (bottom, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE12444: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Berry (PERSON9678)

Question asked by Mr George Berry (PERSON9673) on 12 May 1599 at 11:15

RN Mr George Burye for his wife troubled wth melancholy & sudden passions. troubled wth windines & payne in her stomacke & dissynes in her head. May. the 12. die . h. 11. 15 ant m. 1599.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 160v (upper right part of page)

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CASE47857: Horary consultation concerning Goody Joan Kent (PERSON13329)

Question asked by the patient on 19 November 1618 at 09:00

RN Goody Kent of Padbery craved something to make her sleepe mutch troubled in mynd & feareth yt she shall kill her selfe as her father did drowne him selfe. novēb. 19 h 9 ant m 1618 was here prsent

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 93v (upper left part of page)

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CASE53851: Horary consultation concerning Jane Wooden (PERSON62157)

Question asked by the patient on 10 April 1622 at 08:30

RN Iane Wooden of Turvey 52 y. Ap. 10 h. 8. 30 ant m. 1622 \eys red & sore/ |a swying gydynes in her head.| /head benūmed\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 47r (upper right part of page)

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CASE75781: Horary consultation concerning Mr Richard Cockman (PERSON46457)

Question asked by the patient on 26 October 1632 at 14:00

RN Mr Cockmā \of Welling Woullyson/ octob 36 {sic} h. 2 p m. 1632 |will take no clyster but willing to take| |will laugh & be mery. talketh mutch a Cough a cold.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 99 (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE73129: Horary consultation concerning Lady Grace Fortescue [Grace Manners] (PERSON19647)

Question asked by the patient on 5 October 1631 at 14:15

RN The lady fortiscue sen{t} at this tyne {sic} {illeg} {sic} melancholye & a h {sic} singing in her eare & cā take no rest full of wyd {sic}

D Griffens \or Gifford/ course of physick wheby the \Old/ Lady fortiscue was receaved octob 5 h. 2. 15 p m 163i or {sic}

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, pp. 209-210 (p. 209 middle right, p. 210 upper left, and p. 210 upper right)

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CASE55849: Horary consultation concerning Mr Skinner (PERSON58865) and Mr Edward Hurst [Goodman Hurst] (PERSON31990)

Question asked by Mr Skinner (PERSON58865) on 24 March 1623 at 15:29

RN Mr Skynner an Attorney of Hitching 55 y for his neighb Mr Hust & also for his owne disease wch is a shaking palsy not benūmed & mutch troubled wth the wynd Cholick |wheathr bath good.| body drye cōpl melanch.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 33r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE25844: Horary consultation concerning Mary Simons (PERSON35352)

Question asked by the patient on 22 January 1611 at 13:20

RN {illeg} of Odyll {illeg} h. 1. 25 {p m 1611} gryped in her belly

Mary Simons of Odill Ian 22 | h. 1. 20 p m 1611.|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mynd disquieted.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 190r (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE43799: Horary consultation concerning Mr Robert Burgess (PERSON28559)

Question asked by the patient on 29 August 1616 at 18:00

RN Robart Burges of Archester 52 y Aug. 29. h. 6 p m 16i61

[Astrological Chart]

master Burges

he sayth yt his sins be so great yt the cānot be for{given} & weepeth often. not ripe witted but mopish all {illeg} memory sences & wits & gifts taken from him 2 ye{res} he was a good pracher. he syth {sic} yt he hath syned agaynst the holy ghost. cryeth out agayst {sic} the temptat{ion} of sathan./

Notes:

1 ‘a dead palsye on ye left syde’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 158v (upper left, middle right, and bottom parts of page)

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CASE46642: Decumbiture for Robert Rider (PERSON34748)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38394) on 16 May 1618 at 08:00

RN may 8 at fryday it tooke him about 12 in the night it first tooke him in his legs wth a shooting & sinc it rūneth vp into his hed making him to talke idlely a light head |Is grown starke mad.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 101v (upper left 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?f12-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind;f13-patient-age-band=050-059;f14-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29, accessed 14 January 2025.