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CASE57561: Horary consultation concerning Mr Oliver Boteler (PERSON28235)

Question asked by Lady Anne Boteler [Farrar] [Butler] (PERSON28242) on 3 January 1624 at 11:45

RN The lady \An/ Butler for her mr Oliver Butler 9 y next march bone {sic} 28 or 29 about 12 & on in the night. of Harolde sent to me for this child Ian 3 h {sic} hor 11. 45 ant m 1623 {sic}. extree {sic} weake & feeble & cā take no physick taken wth strang fits plucking his \right/ syde & rūneth to his back being holden harde & an extree {sic} cough almost halfe a yere. & is pyned & cā not stand nor goe Ill tong suspected

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 53r (upper right part of page)

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CASE57900: Horary consultation concerning Mr Oliver Boteler (PERSON28235) and Ursula Clark (PERSON10635)

Question asked by Lady Jane Boteler (PERSON28244) on 13 March 1624 at 12:30

RN The lady Butler touching her child yt is well amended of his fits ye{d}|t| weake & not able to goe feets & legs swell still & cānot sleepe a weeke togeathr till after a eleaven in ye morning |marh {sic} 13 h {sic} h 12 30 p m 1624| sent for her neighb vrsula Clarke 50 y March 13 h {sic} hor. 12. 30 p m 1624

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 108r (upper right part of page)

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CASE57820: Horary consultation concerning Richard Lucas (PERSON53943)

Question asked by Lucas (PERSON53933) and Lucas (PERSON53954) on 3 March 1624 at 17:39

RN Rich: Lucas of G Nortot a yeomans sonne 30 27 of Ap 27. 1595. about 12. at noone sent march. 3. h. 5. 39 p m. 1624. /mayed {sic} 2 yeres. on child a twelfmoth {sic} old\

3 quart of a yere ill in his head mynd braye {sic} & head troubled mopish & fe{l} careles of his busynes. |Worst at the full of ye moone 3 days before or after/|

boath the fathers obst{in}at of & on in yere maage {sic} pater sine cōsensu. et vxor cū Consensu sed nō filius wheathr they should bring him heather.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 95v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE57704: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Susan Lister (PERSON53784)

Question asked by the patient on 19 February 1624 at 10:00

RN Mres Susana lyster \of Chesten street /a myle beyond Tybbols\/ 55 y Aug 1623 or thereabout mutch payned divrse tymes in her head back & sydes but most of all in her bellye often tyms moved to goe to stoole suddenly yt she can not keepe it but is forced to let it goe sent to me A feb. 19 h. 10 ant m 1624

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 77r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE58373: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Wyllyscot [junior] (PERSON37126)

Question asked by the patient on 6 May 1624 at 08:45

RN Mr Wyllyscot of Barksheere sent {illeg}|f|or my opinion touching the rags in|&| whites in his water sinc his cutting May 6 h. 8. 45 ant m 1624 |{w}rote it Ap 16. 1624| /for prservation frō the breeding of the {sic} another stone\

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he sent me xs in gold for my Consayle & craved my opinion whenc his {sic} voydeth in his vryne now then sand sometyms matterye whytish clots. these 2 sink downe to the bottome of the vrinall Downye woolly lintie cobwebby threads rags & drags somtys {sic} higher or lower in his vryne according to ther thīnes lightnes thicknes & heavines of substanc & matter ceeding as some think frō the vlcer yt was in his bladder 2 others frō the foulnes of his bladder 3 others frō the bake 4 others frō the vaynes & the whole body generally.

he is Desyrous to know whenc it comes fearing least it should be a wast of nature & a weakning of his body.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 178r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE57579: Horary consultation concerning Young Goody Hopkins (PERSON51836)

Question asked by the patient on 9 January 1624 at 08:20

RN Yoing {sic} goody Hopkins sent her water hath bene in labour & anys {sic} sinc nuday {sic} night & sent for her nydwife {sic} weddensd ill but thursday all day worse & her labour now ceaseth Ian 9 h. 8. 20 ant m 1624.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 57r (upper right part of page)

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CASE57972: Horary consultation concerning Lady Elizabeth Neville [Old Lady Neville] (PERSON55286) and Sir Thomas Neville [Smith] (PERSON55281)

Question asked by Lady Elizabeth Neville [Old Lady Neville] (PERSON55286) on 22 March 1624 at 18:00

RN The lady Nevill tooke wth her husb. the last dyet Drink & it wroght not vppon waterish humours as Did her first ab. 3 weekes before whitsontyde but Did gripe exceedingly & she Did|ot|h writ now for on yt might worke more kindly on waterish hunours {sic} March 22 h. 6 p m 1624

sent me a draght of this dyet Drink to st {sic} tast. mach {sic} 20 h {h} {sic} 10. 30 ant m. 1624

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 118r (upper left part of page)

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CASE58978: Horary consultation concerning Lady Power (PERSON57019)

Question asked by the patient on 25 August 1624 at 16:30

RN The lady power of Beverley 50 y. h. 4. 30 p m 1624

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fell sick yes {sic} of a great stitch fear a plurisy.

sent for me to come to thē.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 48v (upper right part of page)

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CASE59235: Horary consultation concerning Mary Davis (PERSON47629)

Question asked by the patient on 6 October 1624 at 15:15

RN Mary Davyes nata Ian 23 \1509. 1595/ h. 6. 30 ant m sent to me octob 6 h. 3. 15 p m. 1624 to know wheather her of what her grate be \is/ caused her belly belly exceeding great yet as she thinketh not wth child

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 83v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE57652: Horary consultation concerning Sara Hayes (PERSON51275)

Question asked by Mrs Dorothy Wilson (PERSON36918) on 30 January 1624 at 10:30

RN Sara Hays of Hainc 25. y next good fryday Ian 30. h. 10. 30 ant m 1628 {sic} /Mres Wilson\ |something Displaced Mres Wilson did write in her behalfe & certifyed how all things were|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 69r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE57656: Horary consultation concerning Hopkins (PERSON51810)

Question asked by Goody Hopkins (PERSON51837) on 31 January 1624 at 11:20

RN Goody Hopkins child sent to know wheathr bewitched Ian 2|3|1. h {sic} hor 11. 20 ant m 1624 /the child prsent\

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 70r (upper left part of page)

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CASE57685: Horary consultation concerning Mr Richard Rogers (PERSON57813)

Question asked by the patient on 14 February 1624 at 09:00

RN Mr Richard Rogers sonne vnto my Lady Banyster of Parshenhā 12 y the 5 of Aug. borne h: 3 30 ant m last but sent his water feb. 14 h {sic} hor. 9. ant m 1624.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 74v (upper left part of page)

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CASE57720: Horary consultation concerning Sir Thomas Myddelton [the son] (PERSON33214) and Lady Myddelton [Mary Sandy [Napier]] (PERSON25254)

Question asked by Sir Thomas Myddelton [the son] (PERSON33214) on 19 February 1624 at 20:00

U[1622–4] Sr Thomæ Midletons literæ Redduntur: Mo Richardo Napiero. a{p} Linford. 1624. d. . h. 8. p. Feb. 19 RN /signifying to my lady Earffild that His lady was querysh.\ U[1622–4]

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, ff. 79v-80v (f. 79v bottom left, f. 80r upper, and f. 80v upper)

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CASE58062: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Graves (PERSON50227)

Question asked by the patient on 5 April 1624 at 17:30

RN Margaret Grave of Balduck 45 y Ap 5 h. 5. 30 p m 1624 |sent her water at this tyme| cameto {sic} Luton on Easter Tuesd to me /6 child. yongest a yere & a halfe old & she doth suckle it\

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 131v (upper right part of page)

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CASE58333: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Tyrlington (PERSON36237)

Question asked by Tyrlington (PERSON60670) on 29 April 1624 at 18:00

RN my Cosen Turlington for his {wife}s cōing to my house for the recoavery of her health Apr 29 h. 6 p m 1624.

spitteth black stuffe very shortwyded a hot stomack.

Desyreth my answ by the cayer {sic}/

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 171v (upper left part of page)

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CASE58425: Horary consultation concerning Sir William Chauncy (PERSON45971)

Question asked by the patient on 12 May 1624 at 18:00

RN Sr Will: Chancie of Edgcot 50 borne novēb. 10 . h. 3. 30 ant m 50 novēb. last but sent his water May 12. h. 6 p m 1624

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 187r (upper right part of page)

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CASE58434: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Pathloe (PERSON56322)

Question asked by the patient on 13 May 1624 at 18:00

RN Elis. Pathloe of Toddenham in Glocester sheere 27 y next the 2 \1{illeg} {sic}/ borne act monday in Oxford h. 12. 30 p m. the next act munday iust {illeg} 27 y but sent to me may 13 h. 6 p m 1624 /Iuly 11 h. 12. 30 p m 1597\

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, ff. 188v-189Ar (f. 188v upper right, and f. 189Ar upper left)

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CASE58458: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Joan [Joanna] Prescot (PERSON57057)

Question asked by the patient on 17 May 1624 at 13:30

RN Mres Pescot sent a letter to me touching certen ptyes susp to doe her hane {sic} May 17 h. 1. 30 p m. 1624

Mres Prescot was wth goody Mres Kendall who did excuse her selfe &|b|efore she dyed & did put it on her daughter in law that mayed {sic} her sonne called Ellenor Cooke now wife of francis Typsley confessed yt her daughter sent for a mā to cure her mischiefe but they did not fourme it. still is tormented almost in all t of her bodye yet not sicke so yt she is afrayd yt all her adversayes {sic} are not rooted out. this \last/ womā hath a Daughter yt was wth the old womā before she dyed called Anne Typsley. always tormented at hart feareth a cōsūption & craveth my consayle & helpe vnder god.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, ff. 192v-193r (f. 192v bottom left, and f. 193r bottom left)

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CASE58716: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Lucy Russell (PERSON58068)

Question asked by the patient on 6 July 1624 at 13:00

RN Luce Russle of Rudgden 10 y Iuly 6 h 12 1. p m 1624 sent her water yellow & thick

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 8v (upper right part of page)

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CASE58965: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Cox (PERSON47152)

Question asked by the patient on 22 August 1624 at 09:00

RN Thomas Cox of Bishops Itchington 11 y stroken wth a barre over all the ye ey on tuesday last sent to me for mye Counsell & helpe: Aug. 22 . h. 9 ant m. 1624

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 47r (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?f19-how-did-it-take-place=Question%20sent;f22-date=1620-1629%3A%3A1624;f23-question-asked=Medical, accessed 17 April 2025.