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CASE72253: Horary consultation concerning Joan James (PERSON52443)

Question asked by the patient on 2 June 1631 at 06:30

RN It took her wth a sweating in her hand & then a lightnes in her head. may 8. h. 6. ant m 163i /in her arms. the thursday before was pinched /\church going\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 392 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE28871: Horary consultation concerning Edward [Edmond] Vescy (PERSON21048)

Question asked by the patient on 30 April 1605 at 10:00

RN Edward Fessy of Dunstable Houghton 23 y Apr. 30 h. 10. ant m 1605

stroken sodenly in his left arme & left leg & memory the vse of all taken away taken & stroken the 21 of Apr. |was let blood at begyning.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 74v (upper right part of page)

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CASE77291: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) and Mrs Eleanor Aylet (PERSON43141)

Question asked by Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) on 16 May 1633 at 07:00

RN Mres Aylet Elner Aylet of Magdalen Laver in Essex 40. May 16 h 7 ant m 1633

came into my prsenc wth there waters

her daughter Elenor Aylet 17 y mopish & idle headed for 4 yeres & her shoulder bone come out & goeth crooked

had a great cold in her head & cānot be removed

her mynd troubled wth divrse conceits & feares

very healthfull in her body.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 136 (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE73937: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Jane Cresset (PERSON47278)

Question asked by the patient on 5 March 1632 at 17:00

RN Mres Crescet of Edmunton 24 21. h. 5: p m. 1632 /doth laught in her feetes\ /epileps. matricis\ /sencles\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 483 (upper left part of page)

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CASE60026: Horary consultation concerning Mr Lawrence Plummer (PERSON56875)

Question asked by the patient on 25 March 1625 at 11:00

RN Lawrenc Plūmer of layton 5|6|3 y March. 25 h. 11. ant m: 1625. |Is mutch pyned lame in his Cannell bone.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 29v (upper left part of page)

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CASE49357: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Faldo (PERSON19580)

Question asked by the patient on 28 July 1619 at 11:45

RN Mr Iohn faldoe of Goldington 33 y Iuly 28 h. 11. 45 ant m 1619 hed ioynts cānot sleepe well & is very sick is mutch feared in his Dreames as is on came to beate him thus often troubled

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 122v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE30370: Horary consultation concerning Mr Freeman (PERSON23305)

Question asked by the patient on 17 December 1606 at 14:30

RN Mr fremā came to me enquiring of his heate of hands full of melancholy decēb. 17. h. 2. 30 p m 1606. discontent. very pale & wan.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 193, f. 35r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE12460: Horary consultation concerning Joan Freeman (PERSON11961)

Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1599 at 11:12

RN Ione freeman of Newp v 17 y. very sicke. sore at the hart & hath a thing arising in her throat ready to stop her winde & was almost dead last night & cryeth & taketh & sayth shee shall dye may the 15. die h. 11. 12. m. ant m. 1599. & of her thighes. every where a pricking of her {hart}

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 163v (upper right part of page)

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CASE53391: Decumbiture for James Langwrite (PERSON53371)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39360) on 28 November 1621 at 08:39

RN It tooke him first on sonday last wth a trēbling all over. & tooke away the vse of his lyms & now his sences & all 25 h. 9. 30 ant m sodaynly taken 162i /will take nothing nor speak cānot keepe his water\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 146r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12198: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Clark (PERSON10594)

Question asked by the patient on 3 April 1599 at 09:15

RN Elisabeth Clarke 30 yeres vnmaried ever sinc Christmas hed backe chest a few on satterday on sunday had not her Courses currantly sinc Christ. sick at hart hoven in her chest. shoulders & hed. casteth black geare leek browne black paper leeke rags yt is her flowers arising. Apr. 3 die h. 9. 15. 1599. cannot rest in her bed hath a wonderfull red colour & is hot.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 120r (upper right part of page)

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CASE32105: Horary consultation concerning Mary Chawklye (PERSON22443)

Question asked by the patient on 18 September 1607 at 10:00

RN Mary Chaukly of luton 20 y sept: {2} {sic} 18 h. 10. ant m 1607. legs & armes do swell.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘tempted by the devill.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 278r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE12098: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Susan Commendale (PERSON10798)

Question asked by the patient on 19 March 1599 at 10:15

RN Susan Commendall 27. not well this 7 or 8 yeres: benūmed in her lims legs. armes. backe. a hevines in her hed. March 19. die . h. 10. 15. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

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

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CASE76667: Horary consultation concerning Robert Summerley (PERSON59783)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41796) on 13 March 1633 at 12:20

Robt Suerly of Doddington 2. y. March 13. . h. 12. 20. p m 1633

simple & mopish, flesh fallen from ye wast downeward, weak at Knees, & cannot stand. was Sick \at/ a qrter olde, & was neur well since. feareth some ill to\u/ngue. Gadwife Purny Susp.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 214, p. 371 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE18188: Horary consultation concerning Joseph Shawe (PERSON15737)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18324) on 8 November 1602 at 11:25

RN Ioseph Shawe of Brafild in ye Green 16 y. novēbr 8 hor. 11. 25. ant m 1602. fat & hungry frighted in his bed & weakned in his wits & care not whō he striketh not sicke cōplayneth of sore{b}|n|es of his legs armes & sometymes hart.

vide Octob. 11.

cryeth out of a black mā. & black theefe.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 221, f. 236r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12152: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Parsons (PERSON14738)

Question asked by the patient on 27 March 1599 at 11:15

RN Agnes Parsons of Broughton. 12 yers old. hed f & armes and legs payned prick as nedles fearfull tymorous hed & backe 11. 15. mi. 1599 very hot burning. a meaden vnmaried

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 113v (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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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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CASE10120: Horary consultation concerning Mary Bridges (PERSON9997) and Judith Bridges (PERSON9995)

Question asked by Bridges (PERSON9994) on 29 February 1600 at 09:30

RN Mary Bridges of Wicken 15 y. full of aches in her lims & bones & cannot abyde any to touch her is caried to bed. bye her other sister Iude Bridges lyeth as on in a traunce & will laugh at them. febr. 29 die  {sic} 9. 30 y. {sic} ant m. 1600.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 4r (upper left part of page)

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CASE66020: Horary consultation concerning James Stevens (PERSON59564)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40658) on 7 May 1628 at 12:25

RN Iames Steaphens /7 y may 7. h. 12. 25 p m 1628\ of Shellingford natus the 17. of Sept 1622 at betwixt h 7. 30 p m. 1628 {sic} \light headed/ sent to me/ \hath no vse of his lims/ roareth every night

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 19r (bottom right, and upper left parts 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?f13-practitioner-is-patient=No;f16-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints;f17-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind, accessed 27 February 2025.