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CASE12131: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Pedder [the old gentlewoman] (PERSON14827)

Question asked by the patient on 24 March 1599 at 12:00

RN Mres Pedder of Potters Pery. 47. taketh her betwixt her gyrdle & the reanes of her backe as a stitch in her neck. mutch greefe for the sorowe of her daughter. Martij 24. die ♄. h. 12. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 110r (bottom right part of page)

Mrs Anne Pedder [the old gentlewoman] (PERSON14827)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Stitch)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE12547: Horary consultation concerning Richard Quinie (PERSON15132)

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

RN Richard Queeney of Chicheley 47 for the payne of his head & shoulders. 20 of August. die ☾ 7. 45. \8./ ant m. 1599.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 179v (upper left part of page)

Richard Quinie (PERSON15132)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Pain and pricking (Pain)

Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)

Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Shoulders)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment PaymentOutcome(s)Astrological Chart

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CASE13091: Horary consultation concerning Mr Robert Brough (PERSON10080) and Mrs Jane Brough (PERSON10086)

Question asked by Mr Robert Brough (PERSON10080) on 18 February 1600 at 09:30

RN Mr Brough. for his eys & hed. wc s{eeth} things as two. febr. 18 die ☾ ♄ {sic} 9. 30 p|a|nt m. 1600.

[Astrological Chart]

Iane Brough of Stony stratford cōplayneth of her head this 7 yeres. feb. 18 die ☾ h. 9. 30 ant m. 1600.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 271v (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

Mr Robert Brough (PERSON10080)Mrs Jane Brough (PERSON10086)

Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (EyesHead)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Eye troubles (Eyesight)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment PaymentAstrological Chart

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CASE12204: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Web (PERSON16899)

Question asked by the patient on 3 April 1599 between 11:10 and 11:30

RN Elisabeth web. of Gothurst 47. for a swelling in her legs & armes. not had her courses well. this 8 yeres

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 120v (upper right part of page)

Elizabeth Web (PERSON16899)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Bloating and swelling (Swelling)

Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (LegsArms)

Medical >Women’s matters>Menstrual problems (Menstruation)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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CASE13120: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON17772) and Goody Alice Barnes (PERSON9486)

Question asked by Mr Robert Brough (PERSON10080) on 26 February 1600 at 10:30

RN Mr Brough for a gentlemā a frind of his an {sic} a guest who is troubled wth the heate of the liver ascendeth vp to his head & throote every night & into his legs as it were a dropsye & voydeth more vpward then downward taken mutch wth a cold Crampe that he cannot styrre febr. 26 die ♂ ♄ {sic} 10. 30. ant m. 1600 & for Goody Barnes a baker of stony stratford

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 276v (upper right part of page)

Mr Robert Brough (PERSON10080)Anonymous (PERSON17772)Goody Alice Barnes (PERSON9486)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Liver)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Burning and inflamed (Hot)

Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (HeadThroat and mouth)

Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Legs)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Dropsy)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Astrological Chart

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?f18-volume-name=Napier%2C%20vol.%2003;f20-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f21-querent-age-band=040-049%3A%3A47, accessed 20 March 2025.

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