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CASE50327: Horary consultation concerning Mary Allen (PERSON27347)

Question asked by the patient on 26 February 1620 at 11:00

RW Mary Allen of Hardmead. y. 25. d. h: 11. ant: m: Feb: 26. 1620. griped & pulled about her stomacke: hath not had them neuer since before Christmasse. ill aboue a weeke. full in her stomacke & hath no appetite

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 137v (bottom centre part of page)

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CASE12492: Horary consultation concerning Joan Bingham (PERSON9722)

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

RN Ioh Ione Homan of

Ione Bingham of Woburn parish. 3 30. amisse this twelmoneth & then after her cherching her milk went awaye a payne in her back but goeth abroade. maye the 19. die . h. 10. 15 p ant m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 168v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12904: Horary consultation concerning Alice Scambler [Mash] (PERSON15643)

Question asked by the patient on 19 December 1599 at 11:50

RN Alce Mashe of 20|2| y sicke in child bed requesteth me to sende her somewhat hed chest. hart. Decēbr. 19 die h. 11. 45. 50. ant m 1599. casteth vp every thing a greene womā newly brogt abed fetcheth her wind thick

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 240r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE22222: Interrogation (Labour) concerning Frances Cooper (PERSON46970)

Question asked by the patient on 22 June 1630 at 06:20

RN In labour ev sinc 3 |yesterday| on monday h. 3. ant m. sinc 12 yt afternoone the child styrreth not

Is in great payne & very sick Iune 20 \/ h. 15. 1630

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 30v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE15666: Horary consultation concerning Joan Fisher (PERSON11784)

Question asked by the patient on 1 October 1603 at 13:45

GJ Ioane Fisher of Stonystratford 23 y. Octob j. ho 1. 45 p m. 1603

A great payne in her backe

menses obstructi these 2 or 3 yeeres

Thomas Colyns a malsters mayde

Ill many tymes in her stomacke sometymes ready to swound

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 142v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE49570: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Dobs (PERSON29853)

Question asked by the patient on 31 August 1619 at 13:30

RN Agnys Dobs of lillingstone lovell 24 y serv. to Sr Mr Edward Barrowes. Aug 31. h. 1. 30 p m. 16i9 |grene sick shortwyded termes ill|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 165r (upper left part of page)

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CASE46827: Horary consultation concerning Ellen Gooding (PERSON31000)

Question asked by the patient on 10 June 1618 at 12:20 or at 12:25

RN Ellen Goodyn. of woburne \or/ at flitton 17. Iune 10 h. 12. 20 p m. 1618

[Astrological Chart]

Ellen Goode|y|n of Woburne now otherwise of flitton 17 y Iune 10 h. 12. 25 p m 1618

nūquā hab. mēstrues cursus. head ill a queasy stomacke & casteth often yt she taketh. c{illeg}

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 137r-v (f. 137r bottom right, and f. 137v upper left)

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CASE16025: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Brightwell (PERSON10015)

Question asked by the patient between 1 January 1604 at 19:00 and 2 January 1604 at 09:30

RN Agnys Brightwell of newport 46 y maried. i6 yeres sinc had a child. never sinc any, a cough had not had her sicknes this yere hed ill stomacke bound cānot abyde the sent of meate no sleepe.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 177r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE10829: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Purden (PERSON15089)

Question asked by the patient on 13 June 1600 between 09:00 and 11:20

RN Elisabeth Purden of puddington 36 y. sicke hath had her sicknes to mitch {sic}. faynt & feeble. yt wch cōmeth frō her very blacke flowers watr to muth {sic} thin coloured. paynd head & sydes & hath menses immodices/

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 106v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE26618: Horary consultation concerning Lady Mansell (PERSON20255)

Question asked by the patient on 24 January 1606 at 10:30

RN my lady came \Maunsell/ showed me her watr Ian 24 h 10. 30 ant m. 1606. who was at my lady Chaynes howse at Drayton 35 y. a long visage leane & yellowish full of melanch. long sick & casteth every foote mutch reds. &|w|ch trouble her mutch. & cōtinew long also whit but the {sic} weaken not yet have cōtinewed longe wch come 3 days before the red. casteth mutch faynt & feeble mutch wynd costive /Lady Maunsell. 35 y.\

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 22r (upper left part of page)

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CASE79792: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Cotta (PERSON47019)

Question asked by the patient on 14 November 1635 at 10:00

SRN Mrs. Cotta of Coventrey. sent her ler Novemƀ. 14. h. 10. a. m. 1635.

The vomitt did worke, vpward & 5 tymes downeward. the pills wrought well & she was let blood arme & Foote:

hath not had yem since March Last, now finds her Liuer distemperd & a payne there. desires the opening drinke or the receipt

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 340, f. 136r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12121: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Booker (PERSON9855)

Question asked by the patient on 22 March 1599 at 09:30

RN Margaret Booker of Newport. 20. amisse this fortnight arm left leeke an ache. vexeth & troubleth all her bodye 22 of March. die . h. 9. 30. ant m. {in}|ca|nnot rest tr maketh her Crye. a hie coloured water & red her courses stopt this quartr never had thē kindly. leeke an ague

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 108v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE61942: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Arpe (PERSON42874)

Question asked by the patient between 3 April 1626 at 14:20 and 4 April 1626 at 08:15

RN MMres An Arpe of London nata. octob 4 h. 9 ant m 1607. |Mres Orpe being ill moved her question octob. 4.|

Mres An Arpe of London moved a question touching her deafnes a noice in boath ears neavr had them

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 146v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12000: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth [Isabel] Clark (PERSON10596)

Question asked by the patient on 27 February 1599 at 12:00

RN Isabell Clarke of Cosgrave 22 serv. to Robart Emerson sick ever sinc Chistide {sic}. 27 feb die h. 23. 16. 12. her courses stopt hevy vncōfortabl stomack stitch bottome of her belly.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 89r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE13026: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Dennet (PERSON11254)

Question asked by the patient on 30 January 1600 at 09:30

RN Dorothy Dēnet 19 y. of husband Crawly had nevr her flowers was wonderfully peaned her head & stomacke & nowe in the bottome of her belly ever sinc the phisick I gave her god be praysed for it. came agayne for more physick Ian. 30 die h. 9. 30. ant m. 1600 with a greeping maketh her very sick

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 261r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12063: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Buckingham [Honour] (PERSON10131)

Question asked by the patient on 13 March 1599 at 07:45

RN Elisabeth Honour of Newp 40. never well sinc Christmas. troubled wth the mothr {sic}. and hath not her course ready to stop her winde & casteth vp all her meate. payned at her harte. 13 of Marche. die  {sic}. 7. 45. ant m. 1599.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 100v (upper left part of page)

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CASE18814: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18397)

Question asked by the patient on 20 January 1599 at 08:00

RN Ian. 20 die hor 8 I went to see a sick woma swollen in her legs & thighes for that shee hath not her courses. hed ach 1599.

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 404, f. 13r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11932: Horary consultation concerning Toucher (PERSON16500)

Question asked by the patient on 3 January 1599 at 12:09

RN Mr {sic} Charels Tutcher Charles at Stonystratford at the swan of 2 neckes. 45. sick this fortnight. sonewhat {sic} Costive shee doth bleede & is very mutch stuffed in her chest can scarce tak her winde. ready to sound a grosse & fat woman. sent a poer woman. Ian. 3. die . h. 12. 9. mi. 1599. \at 1. p m /|twice & thrice a day bleedeth at ye nose. half a pint at a time \every othr daye/|

[Astrological Chart]

Charels Touchers wife hath not had her termes this 6 yeres her stomack hoven & her hed ill & backe her wombe & chest stuffed short winded. hart ill water good. yellowe but thin. taken a greefe for payment of monyes for her husb. brother for s{ur}tiship. 200li

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 77r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE12189: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Toppe (PERSON16490)

Question asked by the patient on 2 April 1599 between 11:10 and 12:30

RN Elisabeth Hockni Toppe of Hanslop 30 y. sick ever sinc Ash wenday {sic} at hart a greeping every where hed. & stomack. payned every where doubteth wheathr shee be wth Child or no hath not her courses /after her sleepe in a faynt {snort}\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 119r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12301: Horary consultation concerning Anne Bourton (PERSON9905)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 08:30

RN An Bourton of Olny 26 yeres old. sick the ever sinc Lent tooke her in her hed hart & backe maried this 7 yeres had but on Child but yt god hath taken to his mercy. {s} {sic} it holdeth her nowe as an ague shaking her every day. & hat sweateth & is very hot after the shaking & hath as it were a thing lūbring in her chest very corpulent faynt & very feeble. hath a very painfull cough ready to Drawe vp hart & hall wth it & fetcheth blood very short winded. fetcheth vp fleume & water as cleare as a bell. Ap. 25 die . h. 8. 30. mi ant m. 1599. hath a very sore ague every day yt maketh her sweate exceedingly. hath not had this moneth her Courses sinc shee voyded a litle porrengr of clompered bloode/

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 138r (upper left 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?f15-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWomen%E2%80%99s%20matters;f16-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29;f17-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29, accessed 27 December 2024.