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CASE69308: Decumbiture for Mrs Ellen Harding (PERSON50847)

Question asked by the patient on 1 September 1629 at 13:00

RN a fortnight ill but worst of all monday was senet. Aug 24. h 2. 30 p m 1629

swounded & every on thought yt she would Dye

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 406, f. 150r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE38316: Horary consultation concerning John Parrot (PERSON14706)

Question asked by the patient on 19 June 1611 at 10:30

RN Iohn Parret of Stonystratford 50 y Iune. \19 / belly ill itch h. 10. 30 ant m. 1611.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 200, f. 118r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE60374: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Rivet (PERSON57688)

Question asked by the patient on 1 May 1625 at 20:30

RN Mr Rivet of Bradnā 56|9|{sic} 59 may 1. h. 8 \30/ p m. 1625 /a sharpe matter cōmeth vp after drinking. ill after meate\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 80v (upper right part of page)

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CASE18543: Horary consultation concerning Joan Bacon (PERSON9335)

Question asked by the patient on 17 January 1603 at 13:45

GJ Ioane Bacon of Okeley. 50 y. eodem tempore. Hath beene very ill ever since Newyeares even last. About 3 yeeres since her sonne Cōming home from a Iustices house whither he Caryed a newyears gifte was Drowned The remembraunce wherof overcomes her wth grief alwayes about the same tyme of the yeere. a great windines in her belly. figura cæli {t}alis

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 221, f. 284v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE23792: Horary consultation concerning Joan Martyna (PERSON33061)

Question asked by the patient on 10 August 1614 at 11:00

W Ione Martyna \Y./ 54. August 10. hor. 11. A. M. 1614. ill {illeg}|t|his .3. days a great payne in here chest wth bitternes in her mouth.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 67r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE21242: Horary consultation concerning Lancelot Whitfield (PERSON17095)

Question asked by the patient on 9 May 1604 at 06:30

RN La{unl}et Whitefild of Woulverton 54 y maij 9 hor 6. 30 ant m 1604.

hed ill s {sic} cough of a long cōtinuanc 6 yeres full stomacke & stitches. backe Sr Henr long mā. maried /Here in prsenc as if he ayled nothing\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 415, f. 104v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE60650: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Ellis (PERSON48481)

Question asked by the patient on 14 June 1625 at 16:00

RN Th Ellys of Raunson 50 y Iune 14. h 4 p m. 1625 /head ill a great cough & cold cānot sleepe ach in his bones\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 121v (upper right part of page)

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CASE64289: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007)

Question asked by the patient on 17 July 1627 at 17:00

RN my deere Cosen she Marsh sent vnto me Iuly 17. h. 5. p m. 1627. /deus benedicat Cognatæ meæ\

[Astrological Chart]

\no good of ye oyntnent {sic}/ her head ill & mutch payned, the vayns in her tēples swelled & arme so weake yt she cānot vse it & the vaynes be sore to her foote

extremely payned

desyrous to have williā Rufhead to let her blood

would have something to incease {sic} good blood

desyrous to know when to send her coach.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 164r (upper right part of page)

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CASE62628: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Silby (PERSON58735)

Question asked by Mr John Smith (PERSON59030) on 22 December 1626 at 13:30

RN Mr Iohn Smyth pracher at Milton Harnes by Bedford. of mye old acquat {sic} as he telleth me wrote in the behalfe of an honest neighbour 52 y Decēb. 22 {sic} h. 1. 30 p m 1626 an Inne kee. |Th. Silbe of milton Harnes. 52 y| troubled wth a great cough was well recoavered now ill agayne

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 258r (upper right part of page)

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CASE16991: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Catesby [Old Mrs Catesby] [Anne Tyrringham] (PERSON16626) and Young Mrs Mary Catesby (PERSON10382)

Question asked by Mrs Anne Catesby [Old Mrs Catesby] [Anne Tyrringham] (PERSON16626) and Young Mrs Mary Catesby (PERSON10382) on 22 May 1602 at 12:00

RN Mres An Tyringham of Hardmead Mr Catesbys Mr Catesbys {sic} wife 57 on 25 of March next came to me maij 22 hor 12. 1602.

Mres Mary Catesby. of hardmead a meaden 27 y. on the 25 of March next. on a weddensday as they suppose. maij 22. hor 12 1602 hypocond pass. head ill cānot sleepe.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 55r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE25033: Horary consultation concerning Mr Eastone (PERSON30035)

Question asked by the patient on 16 June 1610 at 10:39

RN Mr Easton of Holme in Bigglesworth parishe 50 y Iune 16 h {sic} hor. 10. 39. ant m 16i0 troubled wth cholicke & stone & cā scarce make a drop of water in a day an vlcer in ye yard1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘cholick & stone cānot make water extreme ill./’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 69r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12363: Horary consultation concerning Parnell Kirk (PERSON13332)

Question asked by the patient on 2 May 1599 at 12:40

RN Parnell Brookes Kerke of Caucot 58. sicke a great well very ill in her bellye. & is a woman of a great body & is swollen & so hath beene this quarter of this yere. / sent to me by her Daughter. this second of maye h. 12. 40. 1599. twice maried.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 147r (upper right part of page)

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CASE18317: Horary consultation concerning Frances Putnam (PERSON15120)

Question asked by the patient on 29 November 1602 at 12:00

RN Francis Putnā 4|5|0 y of North {sic} Northall Greene Novemb. 29 12 1602 head ill /a swyming in her head.\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 255v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE47248: Horary consultation concerning Mr Ralph Matts (PERSON33124)

Question asked by the patient on 6 August 1618 at 10:00

RN Mr Ralph Mats of Whitechurch 58. y. Aug. 6 h. 10 ant m 1618. |left syde ill ill beneath his short ribs throate swelled|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 213r (upper left part of page)

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CASE71114: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Davis (PERSON47625)

Question asked by the patient on 18 December 1630 at 12:00

RN Margaret Davy of Hartwell 53 y Decēb 18. h. 12. 1630.

a swelling about her belly hard & her legs swell in the after noone ill after meate

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 23 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE46113: Horary consultation concerning Goody Em Andrews (PERSON27398)

Question asked by the patient on 4 March 1618 at 09:00

RN Em Androw of Moulsoe 54. y f march 4 h. 9 ant m 1618 /hands & feete doe swell & is ill in her backe her husb thinketh her to be wth child\

[Astrological Chart]

Em Androw of Moulsoe 54 y march 4 h 9 ant m 1618.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 4r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE38356: Horary consultation concerning Richard Mason (PERSON33070)

Question asked by the patient on 29 June 1611 at 13:00

RN Rich Mason of hanslop 3|5|8 y ill long sick in his chest casteth mutch Iune 29 h {sic} hor. 1. p m 1611.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 200, f. 124r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE76175: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Wickcleefe (PERSON61758)

Question asked by the patient on 20 December 1632 at 13:15

TG Mr Thomas Weekly of Addington in Northamptonsh. 50 y. Decemb. 20. h. 1. 15. p m. swelled in his belly especially after meate, hath ben ill 6 weekes

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 225 (upper left part of page)

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CASE46505: Horary consultation concerning Mr Haidon (PERSON31212)

Question asked by the patient on 29 April 1618 at 08:00

RN Mr Hayden of woulvrton Apr 22|9| h 8 ant m 1618 for his chirag & podag.      chest ill.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 77r (bottom part of page)

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CASE11901: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Buckingham [Honour] (PERSON10131)

Question asked by Goodman Honour (PERSON12882) on 27 December 1598 at 08:45

RN Goodman Honour of Newport for his wife who hath bene longe sick & is nowe very exceeding ill h {sic} as her husband telleth me. hanc male suspicantr de veneficio

Elisabeth Buckingham. Otherwise Honour about 50. a great pulling in her left syde wc maketh her to Crye/

shee is not able to styrre no meate will tary wth her. shee goeth not onc in a sennet to ground very costive & mutch bounde. 27 of Decēb. die h. 8. 45. ant m. 1598. /complayneth of her hart chest left arme.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 72r (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?f19-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29%3A%3AIllness;f20-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f21-patient-age-band=050-059, accessed 25 February 2025.