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CASE12441: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Houghton (PERSON12911)

Question asked by Christopher Houghton (PERSON12900) and Alice Houghton (PERSON12913) on 12 May 1599 at 10:00

RN Agnes Hoton. 7 yeres on sct Valentines eve being sunday amisse in her lims & tounge & feete & hath no sence nor feeling therin at first shee did fall for 2 or 3 dizeases. now hath lost the senc & vse of her lims

[Astrological Chart]

She cryeth & mutch cōplayneth o {sic} May the 12. die . h. 10. ant m. 1599. pater et mater filia quærūt remediū. det igitur pater cælestis multis et magnis miserationib suis. at all times most cold. Costive.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 160r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11801: Decumbiture for Mrs Frances Lea [Vines] (PERSON16711)

Question asked by the patient between 14 November 1598 and 15 November 1598

RN Mres Vines took her sicknes at Piddington 30 of maye die h. betwixt 9. & 10 walking at night in her orcharde. & it tooke away her speache & brought a palsy in her side & armes. shee had no vse of her lims. 1598. die h. 9. 30 mi. p m maij 30. 1598.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a palsye.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 52v (upper left part of page)

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CASE11693: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Miller (PERSON14177)

Question asked by the patient on 16 September 1598 at 09:55

RN An Miller of Newport. 30 yeres old married to a husband yt maketh leape enquireth a remedy for her disease Septemb. 16 die . h. 9. 55 ant. m. 1598. hath bene very sick this fortnight & keepeth her bed. 1598 & cannot stir but as she is helpen. a longe scouring and a palsy white water a bad hed.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 29v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12101: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Lea (PERSON13635)

Question asked by the patient on 20 March 1599 at 07:20

RN Mr Iohn lea sent his water at troubled with an ague. & a reume. 20 of March. die h. 7. 20 ant m. 1599. \feareth a palsye cold in his feete./

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 106r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12908: Horary consultation concerning Joan Newell (PERSON14375)

Question asked by the patient on 20 December 1599 at 11:30

RN Ione Newall. \30 yeres old./ of Kempson for a lam\e/nes in her loynes |on of| her legs shrinke shorter then thothr. her sinewes shrunke. Decēber. 20 die h. 11. 30.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 241r (upper left part of page)

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CASE11885: Horary consultation concerning John Burman (PERSON10206)

Question asked by the patient on 19 December 1598 at 12:00

RN Iohn Burman of Olny shephard lame in right leg & thigh this 3 weekes first in his back & then did shoote in his lims 37 maried this 17. yeres. Decēb 19 die h. 12. maried to a widowe had an ach in the other leg first many yers

[Partial Astrological Chart]

Iohn Burman shephard of Olny lame & went wth crutches

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, ff. 68v-69r (f. 68v bottom right, and f. 69r upper left)

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CASE12058: Horary consultation concerning Lady Chester [Mrs Elizabeth Chester] (PERSON45998) and Mr William Chester (PERSON10458)

Question asked by Lady Chester [Mrs Elizabeth Chester] (PERSON45998) on 12 March 1599 at 12:50

RN Elisabeth Chester 34 yeres cold in her armes & neck bone Mart. 12. {sic} 48. 50. 1599. & her sonn will who is amisse in her|is| lims who cannot stand & looketh weakly.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 99v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12278: Horary consultation concerning Amy Fuller (PERSON11987)

Question asked by the patient on 23 April 1599 at 14:50

RN Amy fuller 30. her \right/ shoulder right leg. & her hand hath as it were a crampe & of late broken out. swelled & blistered & very hot & a thin face but well coloored her toes will not styrre Apr. 23. die h. 2. 50. m p m. 1599. whitsontide wilbe a twelmoneth. of Cranfild.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 134r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12455: Horary consultation concerning Goodman William Kilpine (PERSON13362)

Question asked by the patient on 14 May 1599 at 18:30

RN Williā{sic} Kilpine hath his beasts wch die vndr his s {sic} hand very strangly & sodenly quaking & trembling hath lost 7 beast & 2 mares moved his q. at: 14 of May die h. 7. 6. 30. 1599

Agnes Campion.

[Astrological Chart]

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

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CASE26039: Horary consultation concerning Susan Blundell (PERSON9824)

Question asked by Mrs Catherine Blundell [Budoxhed] [Butshed] [Mrs Blundell [the elder]] (PERSON9819) on 20 January 1598 at 13:45

RN Mres Blundell sent to me to come to Her daughter Susan about 12 yeres old who layd speechles for a weeke & after ward spak a worde or two. who h is troubled day & night wth diverse fitt & hath falleth often & nowe hath no vse of hed necke legs hand or {sic} an but only of her eyes & yet eateth & hath a good colour. 1598 Ian die 20. die h: post merid. 1. 45.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

mater filia Susan Blund: Ian. 20 die h post merid 1. 45. 1598.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 181, f. 7r, f. 8v, f. 6r (f. 7r upper, f. 8v upper, and f. 6r upper left)

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CASE11653: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Catherine Blundell [Budoxhed] [Butshed] [Mrs Blundell [the elder]] (PERSON9819)

Question asked by the patient on 28 August 1598 at 17:28

RN Mres Blundell enquireth what is good for her Disease shee is pulled as it were in peeces hart belly sides & swollen in her stomach yt & worse after she hath eaten or Drunken weake & feble in her body & knees. Aug. 28. die h. 5. 28 mi p. m shee shaketh & trembleth body {neck} & {yoin}t

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 21r (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?f16-querent-age-band=030-039;f17-date=1590-1599;f18-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed, accessed 20 March 2025.