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  • Mary Villiers [Countess of Buckingham] [Lady Compton] [Lady Villiers] (PERSON22638)
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CASE73650: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Catherine Dillon (PERSON47873)

Question asked by Mary Villiers [Countess of Buckingham] [Lady Compton] [Lady Villiers] (PERSON22638) on 18 January 1632 at 11:50

SRN |Mrs| Katherin Dillon serv to the Countes of Buckinghā. |rather her gentlew kinswomā| 20 y Ian 18 ☿ h. 11. 50 ant m 1632

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 400 (upper right part of page)

Mary Villiers [Countess of Buckingham] [Lady Compton] [Lady Villiers] (PERSON22638)Mrs Catherine Dillon (PERSON47873)

Medical (Not specified in question)

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

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CASE73710: Horary consultation concerning Mary Villiers [Countess of Buckingham] [Lady Compton] [Lady Villiers] (PERSON22638) and Bridget Feilding [Countess of Desmond] (PERSON48813)

Question asked by Mary Villiers [Countess of Buckingham] [Lady Compton] [Lady Villiers] (PERSON22638) on 30 January 1632 at 12:00

SRN The Countesse of Buckingham for her selfe & ye Lady Dismont Ian. 30. ☾. h. 12. in merid. 1632.

[Astrological Chart]

RN Lugs {sic} ill shortwyded a great cough.

send what I think fit desyreth a purg.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 417 (upper left part of page)

Mary Villiers [Countess of Buckingham] [Lady Compton] [Lady Villiers] (PERSON22638)Bridget Feilding [Countess of Desmond] (PERSON48813)

Medical>Treatment (Requesting treatment)

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

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-number-of-practitioners=Single%20practitioner;f14-querent=Mary%20Villiers%20%5BCountess%20of%20Buckingham%5D%20%5BLady%20Compton%5D%20%5BLady%20Villiers%5D%20%28PERSON22638%29;f15-hands=Mr%20Richard%20Napier%20%5Bthe%20nephew%5D%20%5BSir%20Richard%20Napier%5D, accessed 30 March 2025.

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