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CASE11948: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Susan Andrews (PERSON9163)

Question asked by the patient on 20 February 1599 at 10:30

RN Mres Androwes of Broug{h}ton sent to me the 20 of feb. die h. 10. 30. ant 1599 payned in her hed all to the nose. litle courses or none. swelleth in her bodye

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 79v (upper right part of page)

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CASE10431: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Dudley (PERSON11394) and Agnes [Anne] Linge (PERSON13726)

Question asked by Elizabeth Dudley (PERSON11394) on 25 April 1600 at 12:00

RN Elisab Dudley of Mutch Brickoll 35. her {owne} brothrs daughtr Agnys linge 7 y. troubled wth a swelling vndr their left syde & very sore troubled wth ye wind cholick ever sinc \weddensd before/ Eastr when they boath sickned Ap. 3|2|5. h. 12. po ant m. 1600.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 51v (upper right part of page)

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CASE18890: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Kent (PERSON13322)

Question asked by the patient on 1 November 1600 at 12:00

RN Agnes Kent of Mylton a meaden daughtr in lawe to goodma Syms of Milton 33 y. had on bastard before coplay. of a gret swelling in her bodye had not her sicknes since whitsontyde November i die hor 12 1600

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 29v (upper right part of page)

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CASE27713: Horary consultation concerning William Peace (PERSON20493)

Question asked by the patient on 3 July 1606 at 18:15

RN Wylliā Peach of Brayfild 32 y Iuly 3 h. 6. 30 \15./ p m 1606.

maryed vppō satterday last. harte swelled & stomack spitteth

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 205r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE11841: Horary consultation concerning John Phillips (PERSON14892)

Question asked by the patient on 4 December 1598 at 09:15

RN Iohn Phylip sick ever sinc thursday being the 30 of Decēb \novemb/ sent to me agayne the 4 of Decemb sick very greevously in his hart & body he is swelled in his body from the belly vnto his hart. he is Costive & so hath cōtinued ever sinc thursday last & is very exceeding ill & weeke. Decēber. 4. \die ./ h: 9. 15. ant m. 1598 his hart \is good/ & his tonge talketh cheerf but his body swelled.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 60v (upper right part of page)

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CASE30380: Horary consultation concerning Richard Barnes (PERSON21980)

Question asked by the patient on 19 December 1606 at 11:00

RN Rich Barnes 60 of B{ra}fild at the same tyme

Rich Barnes of B{ra}fild of the Greene 60 {y} decēb. 19 h 11. ant m. 1606 cod swell{ed}

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 36v (upper right, bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE26413: Horary consultation concerning Withers (PERSON62823)

Question asked by Mr Withers (PERSON62822) on 8 March 1615 at 09:00

RW Mr Withers of Willin for his childe. \a daughter/ y. 2. March: 8. h: 9 ant: mer: d. . 1615. an ague this 3 weekes. swelleth in {he}{r} body, fone & hands

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 204, f. 41v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE11930: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Geary (PERSON12096)

Question asked by the patient on 3 January 1599 at 10:05

RN Agnes Gery of Ol{ny} 27 last miklemas vnmaried. came her selfe the 3 of Ian. die {} h. 10. 5. 1599. /short winded heavy, bad head hart. hoven in her chest\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 76v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12134: Horary consultation concerning John Burton (PERSON10224)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17668) on 25 March 1599 at 18:08

RN Iohn Burton of Cosgrave for his disease a boy of 9 yeres old kept his bed ever sinc tuesday. voyded wormes payned in chest belly & hart a stitch vndr his right \side/ a very hie coloured youth wth the vexation yt was pale before. all swollen frō the face to the granes. made no water sinc thursday. at 25 of March. die h. 6: 8. p. m 1599

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 111r (upper left part of page)

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CASE50335: Horary consultation concerning Henry Shephard (PERSON35259)

Question asked by the patient on 28 February 1620 at 11:30

RW Henry Sheepheard. of Sympson. y. 60. d. h. 11. 30 ant: m: Feb. 28. 1620. hath beene sicke ever since Christmas. is swelled in his body: & his belly hard: legs swelled & hath a little issue in each of them: hath kept his bed these two dayes. Eateth his meate prettily well: is rather loose then costive

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 138r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE18765: Horary consultation concerning Francis Woodmancy (PERSON17354)

Question asked by the patient on 6 January 1601 at 12:26

RN Frauncis Woodmacy of Olny 38 Ian. 6 die hor. 12. 26. p m. 1600 {sic} burnt p. legs & body et swelled

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 3v (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE73373: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Hopkins (PERSON51817)

Question asked by the patient on 19 November 1631 at 08:00

RN Goodmā Hopkins of our tone {sic} 70. y. novēb. 19 h {sic} hor 8 ant m 163i |was here made no water.| |but in 3 or 4 das he dyed|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘Stone in the yard cānot make water belly swelled’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 297 (upper left part of page)

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CASE14035: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Warren (PERSON16823)

Question asked by John Warren (PERSON16827) on 17 September 1603 at 14:25

RN Iohn Warren sent to me for his neg & his wife disease big in her belly paynd in her backe & hath her floures orderly all day & night septemb 17 hor. 2. 25. p m 1603.

watr full of motes

quærit an sit gravida.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, f. 83r (upper left part of page)

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CASE76224: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Joan Duncombe (PERSON48178)

Question asked by the patient on 31 December 1632 at 09:30 or at 09:40

RN Mres Ioane Duncōbe of Turveston. 35 y Decēb 31. h. 9. 30 ant m 1632. \had thē not sinc Miklemas legs thighs swelled & her belly very hard tormented wth wynd/

[Astrological Chart]

Mres Ioane Duncōbe 35 y Decēb 31. h 9. 40 ant m 1632.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 239 (p. 239 upper right, p. 239 bottom left, and p. 240 upper left)

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CASE13954: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Chester (PERSON10462)

Question asked by the patient on 25 August 1603 at 17:30

RN Mres Mary Chester of Chichly 13 y Aug 25  {sic} || hor 5. 30 p m. 1603. chest very ill & swelled now & then. exceding cold & then great chilnes. as hot Ague

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, f. 68r (upper left part of page)

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CASE43904: Horary consultation concerning Goodman John Hobs (PERSON31722)

Question asked by the patient on 19 September 1616 at 12:00

RN Iohn Hobs of Gothurst 55 y sept 19 h. 12. 16i6. new ague belly hard swelled

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 176v (bottom part of page)

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CASE11564: Horary consultation concerning Mary Battison (PERSON16690)

Question asked by the patient on 19 July 1598 at 09:12

RN Mary R Vattison a widowe 60 yeres old. mittit consilio et morbi remedio. / Iulij 19 th die . h. 9. 12. m. /short winded & puffed vp in her cheste/\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 3r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE11877: Horary consultation concerning Alice Brewer (PERSON9972)

Question asked by the patient on 15 December 1598 at 11:15

RN Alce Bruer can not goe vpright but goeth Double vp by the fier hoven in the belly & payned in ye bottome of her belly all|{aftr}| a longe tine {sic}. sent Ih{one} Honour. Decēb. 15. die . 11. 15. mi. 1598. worse when shee eateth any thinge.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 67v (upper right part of page)

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CASE11891: Horary consultation concerning William Seer (PERSON15703)

Question asked by the patient on 21 December 1598 at 12:45

RN Will: Seere of haversham. 53 yeres old sitteth vp by the fier, very stiffe & hardly to {ground} onc in 24 houres complayneth of his body & lims & legs most in on of his sides all over his left syde ever sinc March last: first amisse not able to goe over the Dore threshall. sinc Alhalloutide. sent his wife to me Decēb. 21. die . h. 12. 45. 1598. on of his legs the left wonderfully swelled. a very diseased body & hath had a greate cough.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘feare lest he be beworded’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 70v (upper left part of page)

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CASE79496: Horary consultation concerning Marian Phillips (PERSON56684)

Question asked by the patient on 11 September 1635 at 10:00

SRN Marian Phelp of Blechly 40. y Septemƀ. 11. h. 10. a. m. 1635

Much payned in her chest & at her heart very shortwynded swelld & howen in her face hands & Body

\vomitts what she taketh/ hath not bin well since it thunderd & lightend when she came from Stoke goldinge on th{e} Sunday yt it lightend & thunde{red} so much.

it first tooke her wth sorenes in her throate

body Costiue. Vryne very thin & frothy, & cleere. hath bin married these 9. y. no child.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 241v (upper right 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?f13-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso;f14-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABloating%20and%20swelling%3A%3ASwelling;f15-info=Outcome%28s%29, accessed 19 March 2025.