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CASE10319: Horary consultation concerning Anne Thomson (PERSON16405)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17499) on 12 April 1600 at 13:00

RN Itm’ An Tomson of Sherington 12d {sic} moneth old. Apr. 12 die . h. 1. p m. 1600

was here first on sunday last at 2 a clocke p m. 1600 troubled lame in on of the legs & on of the hands.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 37r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE36528: Horary consultation concerning Alice Nichols (PERSON27021)

Question asked by the patient on 14 September 1609 at 17:00

GJ Alice Nichols of Ecton 17 y Septemb. 14 ho.

RN backe & arme. boath armes

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 203, f. 157v (upper right part of page)

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CASE30418: Horary consultation concerning Joan Woodward (PERSON26162)

Question asked by the patient on 3 January 1607 at 12:00

RN Ione Woodwarde of Hardmead 50 y Ian 3. {illeg}|| hor 12. in m. 1607.

lame in her backe loynes. feetes. cānot sty{rre}1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘lame in her ioyntes’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 44v (upper right part of page)

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CASE20990: Horary consultation concerning Goody Margaret Scrivener (PERSON15681)

Question asked by the patient on 9 April 1604 at 10:25

RN Margaret Scrivenour {of} yardly Gubbyn 46 y {A}pr. 9. hor. 10. 25. ant m. 1604 /hed back legs.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 70r (upper left part of page)

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CASE27980: Horary consultation concerning Horace Nichols (PERSON20403)

Question asked by the patient on 16 August 1606 at 12:00

RN horas nichols of Halsone 56 y Aug 16 hor. 12 1606

an ach in right shoulder & arme all along as benūmed

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 250r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE18322: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Thornton (PERSON16423)

Question asked by the patient on 29 November 1602 at 12:30

RN Agnys Thorneton 40 \38/ y of Eckton Novemb 29 hor. 12. 30 p m 1602. {mi}|Wo|nderfully tormented in her throate cānot swallowe any thinge ioynt ill shoulder & head as if it would pull her in peeces. & yet not harte sicke. suspect some to have done her harme on of them was hanged & thothr in northāpton geale Alce Smyth thought to have done all the mischiefe who is nowe in pryson. ever sinc whitsontyde

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 256r (upper right part of page)

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CASE28358: Horary consultation concerning Anthony Chandler (PERSON19243)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON21458) and Anonymous (PERSON21459) on 11 March 1605 at 08:00

RN Anthony Chaundler of drayton sloe 14 y martij 11. h 8 \7. 30/ ant m. 1605. taken lame in his armes & legs. yt he can not goe hath no feeling of his armes. on of his legs begyn to swell1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1metuit veneficiū’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 1v (upper right part of page)

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CASE32306: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Manners [Countess of Rutland] (PERSON24331)

Question asked by the patient on 21 October 1607 at 14:00

RN The Countes of Rutland 21 y Octob. 21 h. 2. p m. 1607 |hed strange legs & knes swell. back/|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 305r (upper left part of page)

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CASE19512: Decumbiture for Robert Kinsweeke (PERSON13411)

Question asked by the patient on 4 July 1601 at 08:00

RN Robart Kinsweeke of Elstoe 54 y. taken in London taken on the right syde fyngers head & feete wth a swelling. Apr. 25. vppon St Markes Day being satterday betwixt 6 & 7 in the morning. was first taken. Apr. 25. die hor 6. 30. ant m. 160i. betwixt 3 & 4 aftr noone could not styrre & the sunday morning could not speake

[Partial Astrological Chart]

he was blasted in a garden.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘blasted in a garden’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 134r (upper left part of page)

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CASE10864: Horary consultation concerning Robert Hodges (PERSON12825)

Question asked by the patient on 17 June 1600 between 13:15 and 15:30

RN Robart Hodges of Greenefild 50 a marid man nevr had child. hath purchased a ground of 2 Hundred pound & the next yere following was troubled wth som ill thing or two as big as mice wthin his shoulders wch when he bruised he was wonderfully prucked {sic}

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 111r (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE27775: Horary consultation concerning Isabel Forman (PERSON19644)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38887) on 12 July 1606 at 10:25

RN Isbell forman of Ridgmont 6 y. Iuly 12 h {sic} hor. 10. 20|5| p|a|nt m 1606

left hand sore swelled & broken. this 3 quarters of a yere swelled & lately broken

[Astrological Chart]

metuit veneficiū Marg Brinckloe or vnderwood now

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 215, f. 216r (upper left part of page)

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CASE28009: Horary/Geomantic combined concerning John Jefferies (PERSON20019)

Question asked by the patient on 22 August 1606 at 14:50

GJ Iohn Ieffry of Tingewicke 34 y Aug. 22 ho. 2. 50 p. m. 1606 A swelling in his knee tooke him on monday was sevenight burnes and is very hott that he cannot sleepe the left knee he sweates as he lyes

[Astrological Chart]

metuit veneficiū

[Preliminary Geomantic Chart]

[Geomantic Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 215, f. 255r (bottom left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE30229: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Swaddon (PERSON20912)

Question asked by Dr Swaddon (PERSON25642) on 1 November 1606 at 12:15

RN Doctor Swaddon for his wife of great Horwood 50 y novēb 1. hor 12 15. p m 1606

sent her watr a|&| a lettr strangly visited wth ach sometymes in her left shoulder sometymes in her backe & tormēted in belly & stomack his his {sic} request is yt I would come to him

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 11v (upper left part of page)

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CASE29942: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Perses Whaley (PERSON16998)

Question asked by the patient on 14 November 1605 at 14:00

RN Mres Whaly of Cosgrave. h. 1. 30 p m. 1605.

on leg swelled. y{sic} on & boath sid ill by fits. back extreme ill.

& on boath legs have red spots vp to her thighes & sweateth every night. / h. 2. p m 1605.

It.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 231r (upper right part of page)

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CASE14079: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Barber (PERSON9438)

Question asked by the patient on 28 September 1603 at 09:15

RN Mres An Barber of Kensworthe 46|5| y. sept 28. hor 9. 16|5|. ant m 1603.

was borne {illeg} {sic} on a {tuds} \shrovesōdaye/ after noone. an hour betwixt 4 & 5. /hath often bene let blood sicknes gone this 4 yeres.\ |extreeme hot. casteth vp sometymes leek whit of egge. sometymes blacke stuffe.|

[Astrological Chart]

Mres An Barber sept 28 hor. 9. 15 ant m. 1603. strangly handled wth her stomack burning & gnawing & then an intolerable paine of her hed for 20 houres not well for 40 houre & then it cōmeth once in a weeke in the wynter. & aftr hath a swelling & a gnawing in the calf of her legs.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, ff. 89v-90r (f. 89v upper right, and f. 90r 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?f13-date=1600-1609;f14-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints;f15-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil, accessed 20 March 2025.