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CASE12493: Horary consultation concerning Avis Holman (PERSON12880)

Question asked by the patient on 19 May 1599 at 10:15

RN Avis homan of 60 yeres many times kepeth her bed but nowe walketh & is often swelled & holdeth her as an ague. at the same time. her water red & thickish

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 168v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12216: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Williams (PERSON17173)

Question asked by the patient on 6 April 1599 at 07:45

RN Thomas Williams 30 yeres old at Wootton Vnderwoode hath a face swollen on the left syde a sive maker of a good couler: {f} {sic} yellow beard & bloody face. hath had it a yere. some call it St Germanes evill. he hath had it this yere & halfe. came to me to holpen {sic} by gods grace this 6 of Apr. being good friday die . h. 7: 3 45. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 122v (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE74034: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Langford (PERSON53346)

Question asked by the patient on 15 March 1632 at 17:00

RN Elis: Lanckford of Gothurst 23 y March. 15 h. 5 p m. 1632 |vtrū vus tumor sub cerv sit morb regius halfe a yere| /kings evill susp\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 511 (upper left part of page)

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CASE72250: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Jane Jakeman (PERSON52428)

Question asked by the patient on 2 June 1631 at 06:20

RN Mres Iane Iakemā in the parish of Monkes Risborough. 55 y m|I|une 2 h. 6. 20 ant {m} 163i |for a dropsye & a swelling.|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 391 (upper right part of page)

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CASE22185: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Mason (PERSON54458)

Question asked by the patient on 17 June 1630 at 17:25

RN Elis Mason mayed {sic} Iue {sic} 17 h. 5. 25 p m 1603 {sic} her legs & hands doe swell therfore feareth a Dropsy a fat womā of a sanguine cōplex 3 children

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 25r (upper left part of page)

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CASE27164: Horary consultation concerning Mr Henry Daniel (PERSON19438)

Question asked by the patient on 16 April 1606 at 12:00

RN Henry danyell of flitten for a Iandish Ap 16 h. 12. 1606. a Iandish & swollen.

Henry Daniell of Si flitton. 31. y Apr 16 h. a12 {sic} p m {sic} \in merid/ 1606.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 111r-v (f. 111r bottom left, and f. 111v upper left)

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CASE42629: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Leech (PERSON32664)

Question asked by the patient on 8 November 1615 at 09:00

RN Elis leach of Caucot otherwise Caldecote 43. y. novēb. 8 h. 9. ant m 16i5 /43 y\ quærit an sit gravida necne. hath bene bigger & bigger. ever sinc mydsomer & is growen bigger & bigger as a womā great wth child. & yet hath her termes every month hath a fewe. her brests leake. |very desyrous to know weathr she have not a tȳpany bred on her|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 143v (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE37437: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON37462)

Question asked by the patient on 6 October 1611 at 14:30

RN A wayting gentlewomā of my lady Barcley mutch troubled wth the greene sicknes. & the swelling & hardnes of the spleene {O}|3| {sic} 30 y Octob. 6. h. 2. 30 p m. 1611.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 334, f. 153r (upper part of page)

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CASE67929: Horary consultation concerning Alice King (PERSON52984)

Question asked by the patient on 18 March 1629 at 13:30

RN Alce Knight vtrū her swelling the kings evill {illeg} 26 y ma\r/ch 19 {sic} h 1. 30 p m 1629

mayed {sic} 6 yeres.

a litle knob vnder her chin

Kings evill.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 91r (upper right part of page)

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CASE19297: Horary consultation concerning Mr Matthew Emerson (PERSON11576) and Randall Young (PERSON17472)

Question asked by Mr Matthew Emerson (PERSON11576) and Randall Young (PERSON17472) on 27 April 1601 at 13:45

RN Mathewe Emmerton of Stony stratford {A} {sic} 26. y Ap 27 die hor. 1. 45. p m. 1601

Randall yonge of the same towne oculis et capitis dolore1

[Astrological Chart]

Randall younge of Stonystratford Apr 27 die hor. 2. p m. 1601.

Notes:

1 ‘for a megrim & blood shotten eyes eyes swollen’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, ff. 97v-98r (f. 97v upper right, and f. 98r upper left)

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CASE16492: Horary consultation concerning Ellen Fisher (PERSON11780)

Question asked by the patient on 10 January 1605 at 14:00

GJ Ellen Fisher of Baddlesdon 32 y. Ianuar. 10 ho. 2. p. m. 1605. RN |do fear the dropsye./| Swelled in her body face RN armes & legs. blys {sic}

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 229v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE41417: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Lingard (PERSON32733)

Question asked by the patient on 26 May 1613 at 17:00

RN margaret lingard of lowick 38 y may 26. h. 5. p m 1613. a wynd tympany.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘belly great & hard.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 199, f. 133r (upper left part of page)

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CASE41016: Horary consultation concerning Old Mrs Margaret White (PERSON17082)

Question asked by the patient on 10 March 1613 at 16:30

RN Mres White of Caucot {5}|6|0 y march. 10 h. 4. 30 p m 1613 |quærit wheathr she mend or noe.|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘typany or Dropsy’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 199, f. 65r (upper left part of page)

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CASE49110: Horary consultation concerning Anne Cherry (PERSON28875)

Question asked by the patient on 29 June 1619 at 15:00

RN An Cherry of Simpson. 25 y Iune 29 h. 3 p m. 1619.

[Astrological Chart]

would know what it is wheathr the kings evill or a wen.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 74r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE55559: Horary consultation concerning Mr Robert Fortescue (PERSON49166)

Question asked by the patient on 28 January 1623 at 11:38

RW Mr Robert Fortescue. y. 14 d.. h: 11. 38. ant: m: Ian: 28 1623. A swellinge vnder his left iaw much like to the Kings euill.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 164v (upper right part of page)

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CASE13954: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Chester (PERSON10462)

Question asked by the patient on 25 August 1603 at 17:30

RN Mres Mary Chester of Chichly 13 y Aug 25  {sic} || hor 5. 30 p m. 1603. chest very ill & swelled now & then. exceding cold & then great chilnes. as hot Ague

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, f. 68r (upper left part of page)

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CASE51100: Horary consultation concerning Young Sir Henry [Harry] Longueville (PERSON13774)

Question asked by the patient on 22 June 1620 at 09:00

RN Sr Henry Longeville of Woulverton \50/ Iuly|n|{sic} Iune 22  {sic} h. 9 ant m 1620 /leg swelled wth red spots the Scurvy.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 84v (upper left part of page)

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CASE44132: Horary consultation concerning Mary Brograve (PERSON28419)

Question asked by the patient on 5 December 1616 at 11:00

RN Mary Brograve of Wapnā. 23 y Decēb. 5 h. 11. ant m. 16i6 /Dropsy feared.\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘belly swelled very big.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 32v (upper right part of page)

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CASE23538: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON37210)

Question asked by Mr Kettridge (PERSON32280) on 6 June 1614 at 18:30

RN Mr ketteridge of Newp. for on troubled wth the gonorrhea whose stones are exceeding had {sic} for 3 weekes in great payne. this gonorrhea is stopped & sinc his boath stones are growen very hard Iue {sic} 6 h. 6 30 p m 1614. 25 y. at Clyfton Raynes.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 24r (upper right part of page)

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CASE43904: Horary consultation concerning Goodman John Hobs (PERSON31722)

Question asked by the patient on 19 September 1616 at 12:00

RN Iohn Hobs of Gothurst 55 y sept 19 h. 12. 16i6. new ague belly hard swelled

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 176v (bottom 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%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABloating%20and%20swelling;f20-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29;f21-judgment=Yes, accessed 19 March 2025.