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CASE68410: Horary consultation concerning Anne Bents (PERSON44012)

Question asked by the patient on 9 May 1629 at 10:20

RN An Bent of CastleAshbee 30 y May 9 h {sic} hor 11|0| 20 ant m 16291

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘paralys.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 188v (upper left part of page)

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CASE14518: Horary consultation concerning Em Cole (PERSON10726)

Question asked by the patient on 25 February 1603 at 07:00

GJ Ee Coles of Pichely 44 y. Febr. 25 ho 7 a m. 1603

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 7v (upper left part of page)

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CASE37459: Decumbiture for Jane Grub (PERSON31176)

Question asked by the patient on 27 January 1611 at 13:00

RN Iane Grub. sodenly taken going to divine service Ian. 15. h. 9. ant m 1611. in novilunio./ /ceb|r|ebra laborat et debilitate/\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘paralysis.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 1r (upper right part of page)

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CASE43927: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth West (PERSON36673)

Question asked by the patient on 21 September 1616 at 10:20

RN Elis West of Hyēsfe\r/yes 40 y sept 21. h {sic} hor 10 20 ant m 16i6

worst sinc sonday last taken wth a dead palsy on the left syde & hath no vse of yt syde1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘dead palsy’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 181v (upper right part of page)

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CASE59960: Horary consultation concerning Susan Hide [Hinde] (PERSON51435)

Question asked by the patient on 19 March 1625 at 16:00

RN Susan Hide of litle Eate 23|4| y. march 19 h {sic} hor 4 p m 1625 palsy on the right syde

Susan Hyde sent to me march 19 h {sic} hor. 4 p m. 1625 a palsy on the right syde above a yere every day a like & worse at her lying downe at night

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 18r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE68352: Horary consultation concerning Mr Cave (PERSON45779)

Question asked by the patient on 2 May 1629 at 16:30

RN Mr Cave of Leycester 4 38. y. May 2. h {sic} hor 4. 30 m {sic} p m 1629 |mayed {sic} 13 y 4 child. youngest 3. y.|

[Astrological Chart]

Mr Cave of Leycester 38. y. May 2. h {sic} hor 4. 30 p m 1629 had a palsy & the Iliaca Convulsions

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, ff. 174v-175r (f. 174v upper left, f. 174v bottom right, f. 175r upper left, and f. 175r upper right)

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CASE77661: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Nyster (PERSON55701)

Question asked by the patient on 20 June 1633 at 17:00 or at 17:15 or at 17:29

RN Elis: nyster of {sic} 31 y of Horneton /Hornton\ Iune 20 h 5. p m 1633

her sicknes began a Wedd was a monthe about 4 in the morning may. 22 but sent to me Iune 20 h. 5 15 p m 1633 swounded then may 22

Iune 20 h. 5. 29 p m 1633 Dead palsy lame sorely tormented by fits

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 251 (upper right, bottom centre, and bottom right parts 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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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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CASE16718: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Pots (PERSON15001)

Question asked by the patient on 26 March 1602 at 13:50

RN Mres Elisabeth Pots 40. of Charlegrave Martij 26. hor 1. 45. 50. p {sic}1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a dead palsye & wynd cholicke gydy head’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 15v, f. 16r (f. 15v upper left, and f. 16r upper right)

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CASE26180: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Holland (PERSON62675)

Question asked by the patient on 6 May 1606 at 10:00

RN Mres Holland. Lond: 23 y at Halloutyde last. Weddensday maij 6. h. 10. ant m 1606 |taken first on weddensd eastr weeke \easter {sic}/ at night| /in her bed. at 12. p m a thing like a dog cāme vppō her made her fome & skrike\ |shee sayd she sawe some ill thing in her bed comīg to her like a cat or a dog as shee lay wth her husb. yt strooke her wth a dead palsye./|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 181, f. 120r (upper part of page)

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CASE74924: Horary consultation concerning The right worshipful gentlewoman Mrs Mary Peyton (PERSON56646)

Question asked by the patient on 21 June 1632 at 19:50

RN Mres Mary Pay Pea|y|ton of {sic} now at London Iune 2i . h. 7: 50 p m 1632 /paralytica cū convuls. paroxismus\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 255 (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE27366: Horary consultation concerning John Bradford [Keeper of Grafton Park ] (PERSON19088)

Question asked by the patient on 26 May 1606 at 10:15

RN Iohn Bradford my lord Cūberl. {s} kee of Graft. parke. {m} 30 y. a batchelor May 26 h. 10. 15. ant m 1606. |metuit paralysin|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 144r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE40290: Horary consultation concerning Lady Digby (PERSON11310)

Question asked by the patient on 31 August 1612 at 16:30

RN my lady Dickby Aug {3}1 h 4. 30 p m. 1612. metuit paralysin.1

Notes:

1*’ in the right margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 409, f. 152r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE49358: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Kefford (PERSON32216)

Question asked by the patient on 28 July 1619 at 11:00

RN {w}|E|lisabeth kephard of Reslinworth 62 y Iuly. 28 h 11 ant m 1619 |crāpes|

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

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CASE54956: Horary consultation concerning Ellen Chamberlain (PERSON45825)

Question asked by the patient on 9 September 1622 at 15:00

RN Ellen Chāberlyn of Sheaphord 40 y sept 16 h 3. p m 16{22} a dead palsye

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 59v (upper right part of page)

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CASE76020: Horary consultation concerning Dodwell (PERSON47952)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41720) on 27 November 1632 at 12:00

RN on \of Sowthwell/ came to me going to ny {sic} /the childs name Dodwell\ dyner for a young body of 10 y yt was suddenly fallen into a dead palsy novēb. 27 h. 12. 1632

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 175 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE48557: Horary consultation concerning Mary Smith (PERSON35553)

Question asked by the patient on 27 April 1619 at 10:15

RN Mary Smyth of Stawton 20 myles 30 y Ap 27. h. 10. 15 ant m 1619 her head shaketh a fortnight or 3 \shaking/ palsy. mother backe thigh as if they should be torne but her head exceding cold.

head cold

vryne very good. a very good stomacke yet very faynt. mutch troubled wth wynd 2 y. sinc had a boy. hath thought her selfe twice to be wth child wthin this twelfemonthe. nescit an sit gravida

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 339r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE49458: Horary consultation concerning Richard Briggs (PERSON28373)

Question asked by the patient on 6 August 1619 at 15:20

RN Rich Brigs of Dunstable 61. Aug 6. h. 3. 20 p m 1619.

a lamenes & nūnes of his lyms speach fayleth many tymes & cānot speake & is very testy.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘dead palsye’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 143v (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE10128: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Radwell (PERSON15141)

Question asked by the patient on 4 March 1600 at 11:00

RN Margaret Radwell of Kempson 44 y. March 4. die  {sic} 11 ant m. 1600. she was first taken as it were wth a ded palsye.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 5v (upper left part of page)

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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?f17-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed%3A%3APalsy;f21-info=Urine;f22-question-asked=Medical, accessed 22 March 2025.