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CASE72359: Horary consultation concerning Andrew Hill (PERSON51475)

Question asked by Hill (PERSON51473) on 17 June 1631 at 11:20

RN Andrew Hill of Hardnā 26 Iune 17. . h. 11. 20 ant m. 1631.

neyther wit nor meanes

fell ill in 30 of may wits & mynd troubled Is watched.

ready to mischance his mother him selfe day was so & did so & night |frater fratre sine cōsensu|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 232, p. 429 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE21964: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Stafford (PERSON16109)

Question asked by the patient on 26 February 1605 at 14:30

RN Mres Stafford of westbury 29 y feb 26. h. 2. 30 p m 1605 in prsentia hed ill.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 222v (upper left part of page)

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CASE7956: Horary consultation concerning Susan Cuckson (PERSON2119)

Question asked by the patient on 2 August 1600 at 12:45

SF Susan Cuckson of 40 years 1600 the the {sic} 2 Aug at 45 p 12 Diz

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 236, f. 181r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12504: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Alice Moulsoe (PERSON14295)

Question asked by Mr Moulsoe (PERSON14292) on 23 May 1599 at 14:00

RN Mres Moulsoe. sore sicke ha{th} no minde to speake. whose greefe lyeth every where. her husb. sent for her for shee hath no minde on any thinge may the 23 die h. 2. p m 1599 sine consensu.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 170v (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE13389: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Denise Wilkinson (PERSON7853)

Question asked by Wilkinson (PERSON7844) between 14 January 1598 and 16 July 1598

RN Dennys: Wilkins of Lambeth of 40 yeres 1598 the 14 of Ian: h {sic} post m. at 10 mi. post 5.1 husb. for the wife sine cōsensu disease 2 grad: falso supp. sine cōsensu 1598. maritus vxore

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 5. 10 p m 1598.’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 92v (upper part of page)

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CASE17493: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Brunning (PERSON10123)

Question asked by the patient on 13 July 1602 at 06:45

RN Mres Brūnyng of Oxford 50 y. Iuly. 13. hor 6. 45 ant m. 1602. for her disease.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 221, f. 135r (upper left part of page)

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CASE25252: Horary consultation concerning John Poole (PERSON34107)

Question asked by the patient on 24 July 1610 at 07:38

RN Iohn Paule was baptized, of Harrold i589. martij 21. but sent to me for his sicknes Iuly 24 . h: 7. 38 ant m 1610 /faukner to\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 103v (upper left part of page)

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CASE52860: Decumbiture for James Smith (PERSON58998)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39281) on 17 July 1621 at 09:45

RN Iames Smyth sickned the 26 of Iune. after noone

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 231, f. 50r (upper left part of page)

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CASE57478: Decumbiture for Lucy Heywood (PERSON51408)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39781) on 4 December 1623 at 09:40

RN Luce Haywood of Throp sickned novēb 25 h. 9 ant m 1623

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 38v (upper right part of page)

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CASE63352: Horary consultation concerning William Dawson (PERSON47648)

Question asked by the patient on 10 March 1627 at 09:30

RN Will Dawson of Risely 22. y. a batch. March 10. h {sic} hor. 9. 30 ant m. 1627. /fell sick last shrovetuesd\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 14v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE65512: Decumbiture for Mrs Sybil Worsly (PERSON62269)

Question asked by Mr William Stap (PERSON59508) on 13 March 1628 at 13:30 or at 13:40

RN was yesterday after eating of a pigeon grew very desp. sick about 12 at night march: 12. h. 12 p m 1628 \full of melanch & disc/

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 127Av (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE60048: Horary consultation concerning William Haward (PERSON51191)

Question asked by the patient on 26 March 1625 at 12:40

RN Will: Hayword of Olnye 18 y. marh {sic}. 26 h {sic} hor. 12. 40 ant m. 1625 talketh idlely /a fortnight ill\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 31v (upper right part of page)

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CASE68755: Horary consultation concerning Mary Bignell (PERSON44151)

Question asked by the patient on 15 June 1629 between 16:20 and 18:00

RN Mary Bignell 25 {y} \of feny Compton/ mayed {sic} 10 yeres & breeding of child is tempted to kill her children troubled wth tempt kepeth her bed & will eate well

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 406, f. 57Av (middle right part of page)

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CASE74567: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Newton (PERSON55409)

Question asked by the patient on 9 May 1632 at 11:00

RN mres Mary Newton. 12 y borne the sonday before the Lady in Chrismas h 2. in the morning of sonday but came to me may 9. h. 12. 45 p. m. 1632 |wench prsent| /melanch. ill.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 147 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE33081: Horary consultation concerning Thorpe (PERSON25723)

Question asked by William Thorpe (PERSON25724) on 18 March 1608 at 12:00

RN Williā Thorpe his child of Blūnā a yere 2 yeres old thre the next thre week before whitsūtyde {illeg}|O|n sonday halfe an houre. before son rising marti 18 h. 12. 1608 quærit pater filio sine s {sic} cōsensu. pyneth will laugh & then ill ready to dye /

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 72r (upper left part of page)

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CASE13548: Decumbiture for Alice Rawlins (PERSON15178)

Question asked by William Rawlins (PERSON15172) between 10 July 1598 and 16 July 1598

RN |1598| Alce Rawling the daughtr of will Rawling fell sicke. about munday morning about Iulij 10 die . 7. 30 ant {sic} she speaketh idlely & is bereaved of her speache & tounge boathe. & wites.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 217r (upper part of page)

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CASE13550: Horary consultation concerning Alice Rawlins (PERSON15178)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17868) between 1 January 1598 and 31 December 1598

RN Alce Rawlings nata 1593. August. 19 die . h. 5 post m in Linford. this child betwixt 5 & 6. shee was very sick & the vse of her tounge taken away 1598.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 218r (upper part of page)

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CASE66410: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) and Anonymous (PERSON40698)

Question asked by Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) on 19 June 1628 at 18:00

RN {I}ohn Evans of the Mynrys in London Iue {sic} 19 h. 6 p m. 1628

writeth for a gent mā

first vnfoldeth his owne greefe how he is wrōged & cosened of all yt he hath & therby he his wife & childrē broght to great want & misery craveth my Counsell & instruction

Also writeth in the behalfe of a gentlemā yt having taken an extreme cold & prsently an exceeding greefe for the Death of his wife & {th}erby cast Downe into sicknes & mutch melancholy of a sanguyne cōplexion his sicknes & melancholy is mutch abated & now his voice is almost Lost yt he s cānot {sic} \on cānot/ spea heare on \him/ that speaketh {sic} \to speake/ a yard of

cōplayneth of something about the pit of his throate his voice is only low & weake but not troubled wth any fault in noncing but cleere inough every where no physick but cōplayneth of the coldnes of his stomack & head & sone {sic} stoppage about the begying of his nose cold flegme & cold head & defect in hearing hath 2 great manyscripts of physick yt he is Desyrous I should vse craveth vnder god my consayle for the frind his gentleman

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 80r (upper left part of page)

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CASE69818: Horary consultation concerning Lady Dorothy Hanmer (PERSON50771)

Question asked by the patient on 10 December 1629 at 08:45

RN The lady Hāmor sent her water Decēb 10 h. 8 45 ant m 1629 ready to faynt & to have her breath stopped had a very ill night & feareth death

full of melancholy

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 1 (upper right part of page)

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CASE12171: Horary consultation concerning Frances Thomson (PERSON16408)

Question asked by Thomson (PERSON16388) on 30 March 1599 at 12:30

RN Frauncis Tomson by her husband of lowton 30 of March. die h. 12 30. mi. morbo. 1599 caput phantastijs melancholicis laborat. timore spiritu’. 42. yeres. /muscam metuit et {muo}rē\

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 116v (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?f14-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29;f15-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind;f9-treatment=No, accessed 26 February 2025.