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CASE32602: Decumbiture for Mr Thomas Kelly (PERSON24000)

Question asked by the patient between 23 January 1608 at 14:00 and 25 January 1608 at 09:50

RN Thomas kelly Ian 22. h. 9 ant m had a sore shaking aguish fit 1608.

the lady Constables mā. Thomas kelly fell into a new & a strang aguish fit shaking bed & chābr round about . 9. ant m. 1608.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 345v (upper left, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE30155: Decumbiture for Anne (PERSON21715)

Question asked by the patient between 16 December 1605 at 17:30 and 17 December 1605 at 08:15

RN my servant An An {sic} fell into her old payne of the tooth ache Decēb 16 h 1605.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 216, f. 255r (upper right part of page)

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CASE13806: Decumbiture for Richard Carter (PERSON10352)

Question asked by the patient on 27 May 1603 at 13:00

RN Rich Carter of Althrop 32 y. Iune 3. hor 1. 30 p m. 1603. tooke his Disease vppon the 27 of may. hor 1. p m \noctem/ 1603.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

Rich Carter of Althrop tooke his disease may 27 hor 1. p m mediū noctis 1603.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1

piles

taken sodenly in his sences.

’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, f. 43r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE31781: Decumbiture for Margaret Walduck (PERSON25902)

Question asked by the patient on 25 June 1607 between 08:15 and 09:20

RN Margaret Walduck of newnton 14 y serv. to mes Culpap falleth downe Ded on tuesday last many tymes in a ded swond swondeth now no more but is extreme ill sep a ap when it first tooke her about 5. 30 ant m 1607.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 233r (upper right part of page)

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CASE56988: Decumbiture for Anne Cooper (PERSON46960)

Question asked by the patient on 1 September 1623 at 09:00

RN An Coo of Moulsoe taken at Church wth a trēbling feare & a quaking thinking vppon her mres sw often swounding on satt Aug 31. h. 3. 30 p m 1623

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 206r (upper right part of page)

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CASE77503: Decumbiture for Jane [Jean] Lightfoote (PERSON53731) and Lightfoote (PERSON53719) and Anonymous (PERSON41888)

Question asked by Mr Anthony Lightfoote (PERSON53721) on 7 June 1633 at 20:30

RN feb. 4 his wife his boy & his child strangly taken wth vomyting feb. 4. h. 3. p m 1633. /the gearle dyed about yt tyme\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 205 (bottom left, and bottom centre parts 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?f2-info=Occupation%20mentioned%3A%3AHousehold%20staff;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f4-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry%3A%3ADecumbiture, accessed 16 April 2025.