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CASE19203: Horary consultation concerning Brough (PERSON10081) and Brough (PERSON10083)

Question asked by Brough (PERSON10081) and Brough (PERSON10083) on 18 April 1601 at 08:00

RN Mr Brough children a boy of 12 y. the wench of 14 y Ap 18 die hor. 8 ant m 160i for scald white scalds sometymes drye sometimes moyst.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 80v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE37894: Horary consultation concerning Mr George Kempton (PERSON32223) and Mrs Dorothy Kempton (PERSON32228) and Kempton (PERSON32225)

Question asked by Mr George Kempton (PERSON32223) on 22 April 1611 at 15:25

RN ny {sic} Cosen Georg kimpton for {sic} of weston for him selfe. 23 y. Ap 22 h. 3. 25 p m. 1611.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 65v (upper left part of page)

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CASE40605: Interrogation (Marriage) concerning Sir John Temple [Mr John Temple] (PERSON35952) and Young Lady Dorothy Temple [Mrs Dorothy Temple [Lea]] [Young Mrs Temple] (PERSON35977)

Question asked by Sir John Temple [Mr John Temple] (PERSON35952) between 17 November 1612 at 09:15 and 18 November 1612 at 09:25

RN Mr Iohn \Temple/ & Mres Dorothy lee we\a/re maryed Iunij 3. h. 1{0}|9|. vl 10. ant m 1610.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 409, f. 206r (upper left part of page)

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CASE43710: Horary consultation concerning Edward Marsh (PERSON33013) and Mr William Marsh (PERSON33017)

Question asked by Edward Marsh (PERSON33013) and Mr William Marsh (PERSON33017) on 25 July 1616 at 11:45

RN Mr Nicholas Marshe 2 childrē. Edw. Marsh 12 y had the Measels came out |& went in agayne| |his water indiff| Will Marsh 10 y this very sic{k} cast cough. very sore the youngers water very thick & aguish / h. 11. 45 ant m 16i6\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 144r (upper right part of page)

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CASE46430: Horary consultation concerning Joan Hopkins (PERSON31828)

Question asked by the patient on 22 April 1618 at 08:20

RN Ione Hopkins \of this towne/ 16 y or 15 y Ap 22th Ap 22th {sic} h|| h. 8. 20 ant m 1618. borne on St Markes day at night being satterday. about twelfe at night neaver well but sickly. chest syde. & backe / ill after meate & did voyed water

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 65v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE52344: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39219)

Question asked by Mr Willoughby (PERSON61889) between 26 April 1621 at 19:00 and 27 April 1621 at 07:30

RW Mr Willoughby of Droitwich for his Neece who is troubled wth a rheme in her eies, & vseth to weepe much: hee is desirous to haue p|a| receipte for pills ad fortiter uocanda menstrua. shee is about 16 or 17 yeares olde.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 233, f. 122r (upper left part of page)

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CASE57086: Horary consultation concerning Marge Cowly (PERSON47121)

Question asked by the patient on 16 September 1623 at 08:30

RN Marg Cowly of {this} towne Sept 16 {h. 8} 30 ant m 1623

Marg: Cowly of this towne 19 y sept 16. h. 8. 30 ant m. 1623.

Marg Cowly 18 y sept 16 h. 8. 30 ant m 1623.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 218v (upper right, bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE64145: Horary consultation concerning Mary Balle (PERSON43356) and Grace Fane [Countess of Westmorland] [Lady le Dispenser] [Lady de la Spencer] (PERSON48708)

Question asked by Mary Fane [Countess of Westmorland] [Old Countess of Westmorland ] [Old Lady Westmorland] (PERSON48709) on 26 June 1627 at 18:00

RN The Countes of Westmorland sent for her stuffe & bedding Iune 26. h 6 p m 1627. /Henry Toate her Tenant came\ & for somewhat for Bals Daughter about 10 or eleaven yeres old for the falling sicknes. sep a ap .

she signifyeth yt Mres Crosts is fect well

& would know how Mr Cicils serv. Mr Iohn king is & with all telleth me yt her sone is at the Bath & shalbe there for the space of a yere & that it is well amended

The lady De La Spencer Looketh every Day to be brought a bed /The Baylyes Daughter.\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 135r (upper left part of page)

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CASE68058: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Aunsell (PERSON43099)

Question asked by Mrs Baughy (PERSON43797) on 2 April 1629 at 14:40

RN Mres Baphye of Stonystratford. sent for her Kinswomā Mres mary Ansell. 14 or 15 y Ap 2. h. 2 40 p m 1629.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 117v (upper left part of page)

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CASE75827: Prescription for Lady Magdalen Egerton (PERSON48400) and Lady Alice Egerton [Young Lady Alice Bridgewater] (PERSON48397)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) on 1 November 1632 at 15:30

RN for the lady Magd Edgerton 16 y novēb. 1. h. 3. 30 p m 1632 when they are to goe home |{sic} vom 2 vomyts|

  • 1 Reg gr iiij cal aromat j
  • another sutch.
  • 2 clyst o{rdring} pils
  • 3 spl. ij rud j olei {nyist} git liij
  • another sutch

{illeg}|Th|e lady Alce Edg. 13. y a|2| vomyts {illeg}|f|or every month on

gr iij aromat ros j two sutch pils for twice

pil fætid ʒß Rud ß. olei {nyist} gut ij

another sutch

a purg dyet Drink for boath the Ladyes

Sene iiij turb Agarick rub an j h{enu}d ij Arist rotūd rub {tnct {sic}} an j I{av}{illeg} |Im| berys ii|j|ij sem peon ij dill seeds ij mugw Calaynt {sic} briony roots an ij eulacāp Angel canded an ij polip ij brusc j sass. calans an ij cinam ij nutmegs ij in 5 gallons sem anisi licor an iiij

a Ring for the Lady Alice & a pomander of for the lady magd on sonday next

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 214, p. 116 (upper left part of page)

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CASE76426: Horary consultation concerning Lady Magdalen Egerton (PERSON48400) and Lady Alice Egerton [Young Lady Alice Bridgewater] (PERSON48397)

Question asked by Mrs Quicke (PERSON57232) on 8 February 1633 at 14:00

SRN Mrs Quicke Attendant on the Lady Bridgwaters Daughter sent her lerFeb. 8. h. 2. p. m 1633

She desires to know when she may apply the Leaches to my Lady Magdalen.

And whether the {lady} Alce should take any thing to prevent her fitts before the spring

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 214, p. 302 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE78005: Horary consultation concerning Lady Magdalen Egerton (PERSON48400) and Lady Alice Egerton [Young Lady Alice Bridgewater] (PERSON48397)

Question asked by Mrs Quicke (PERSON57232) on 8 August 1633 at 20:20

RN Aug 8 h. 8. 20 p m. 1633

I receaved a letter frō mres Quck {sic} yt the lady Magdalen by means of ye lady {sic} \Countes/ her mother. hath bene forced to vs fast. & to keepe a fast but once the Countes hath made the lady Magd to keepe an exact dyet & fasting & hath abstaynd frō the vse of any prscribed by me & semeth to be mutch better for it

craveth a masse of my pils

the lady Magdalen was lately sick but now mutch amended.

The lady Alce well wthout taking any physick

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 211, p. 364 (upper right, and bottom centre parts of page)

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CASE78412: Prescription for Lady Magdalen Egerton (PERSON48400) and Lady Alice Egerton [Young Lady Alice Bridgewater] (PERSON48397)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) on 13 May 1633

SRN For the Lady Magdalen Egerton May 13. . 1633.

Pills of Rud. ij Aloes j Salis gem. gr. iiij./ iiij in all.

For a Decoction.

Sene iß Turb. iß Agarick Me{choii}. Rhab an ʒvj. Myrab. cheb. crit. an j. Hermod. ij. Licoras Anys. an jß in 6. pints of water & 2 pints of white wyne to Halfe Colatr. iiij Syr. de 5 rad. & ros. an. ij.

Clysters

The dyet drink to be brued in C{ang}. v. of Ale wort.

Sene vj rhab. Agar. turb. an. iß Calam. Aromat. sassaf. Sarsap. an. ij. Licoras sen. Anglj. an. iiij. cinamom. nuttmeg an. ß citr. Leon pils. an. ʒij sant. albj & Citr. an ʒij.

for Vomitts

Elect. . gr. iiijß some 8 sutch.

Blystering playsters for 4 tymes.

Clysters

40 Leaches. for sundry tymes.

For the \Lady/ Alice Egerton her vomits

Elect. gr. ijß. 6 dosis.

her pills

pil Splen. ʒß salis ge{m}{m} gr. iiij.

for 8 tymes.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 211, p. 512 (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE78416: Prescription for Lady Magdalen Egerton (PERSON48400) and Lady Alice Egerton [Young Lady Alice Bridgewater] (PERSON48397)

Question asked by Lady Magdalen Egerton (PERSON48400) and Lady Alice Egerton [Young Lady Alice Bridgewater] (PERSON48397) between 3 April 1633 and 28 June 1633

RN {T}he lady Magdalen Egertons clyster taken by my appoyt {sic} at london

Hamec ʒvj Ierop cōp ʒj syr of roses j ß war{m} in 12 onces of whey clarifyed {illeg}|&| warmed

secondly apply yt night halfe a pigone to each foote

The next morning give her Coch ij rud j

Her oyntment suppling

oleū lilior ij ros j D{i}alth j Capons greac j empl. Paracelsi

for the lady Alce Edgerton

{mus} chri {}lat hartes ho\r/ne, Ivory white {san}ders white corals bezoar. white ambers vnicorns horne sugar rose water. amber greec gr iiij

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 211, p. 521 (upper part of page)

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CASE80043: Prescription for Lady Magdalen Egerton (PERSON48400) and Lady Alice Egerton [Young Lady Alice Bridgewater] (PERSON48397)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) on 14 May 1633

RN A note of Directions for the noble lady Magdalen Egerton may 14th 1633.

first give{illeg} \her/ onc a weeke 5 pils especially 2 or 3 days before the new moone & the full moone

But in case the flushing should come, observe the former directions & doe as you have seene me to doe

{illeg}|Th|at is give her a clyster. of Hamec the weight of six sixpences. that is thre shillings {illeg}|m|ixing it with Ierapicra cōposita the weight of twelfe pence sweete {illeg}|b|utter on sponefull salt a sponefull.

And that night apply a pigeon slitte the bloody te to the soales of the feete to each foote going to her bed & halfe a pigeon to the nape of the neck.

In the morning apply give her 5 pils very early to sleepe on them. or els another clyster as you did before in the after noone betwixt 3 & 4. & pigeons agayne to the soales of her feete

onc a fortnight you may apply to the outsyde of the foote |right leg| two leaches. & a week after two leaches to the outsyde of the left leg. this to prvent

But if the flushing heate will not leave her suddenly then it is good to apply 4 leaches to the emrod vaynes.

onc in a month it weare very behoofehull {sic} to take four graynes of the vomyting pouder & to soake it all night in thre onces of white {illeg}|w|yne on the gentle hot embers then in the morning to passe it thorough a lynen cloath into a cup & to Drink it fasting all at once & hot buttered posset Drink always after casting

If at any tyme you feare yt her flushing heate will come on her. then you may be pleased to give her a vomyte to evacuate the humours. & a cl{illeg} washing clyster of clere hot posset Drink 3 quarters of a pint, sweete butter two sponefuls Hony a sponefull & white salt a sponefull. & if you please the next day about four of the clock a purging clyster of hamec & Ierapicra wch is before described

If it so happen yt before you can make ready this purging dyet Drink wch followeth the flushing heate should Bine \be feared/

Brine four \or five/ gallons of good Ale worte & when it is tūned into a fitting & a convenient barle Then Take of Sene six onces, of rubarbe, Agarick, turbith of each on once \sliced/ a halfe. & of Calamus aromaticus, sassafras, sarzaperilla of each two onces sliced licoras anys seedes of each sliced & bruised four onces, cinamon nutmeg of each brused halfe an once citron & lemon pils of each a quarter of an once whit & yellow sanders sliced of each a quarter of an once, Divide all the stuffe into 3 lynen bags having a peeble stone in each bag after it is a weeke old, Drink of it liberally as you Did wth vs & eate no flesh. till it hath d|w|rought well/ you may Drink hot posset Drinke to set it a working. & may dyne wth potched egs & so m{illeg} it at sup.

If I say you cā not prpare this purging dyet drink soone inough to prvent her infirmity. Then be pleased to make this purging Decoction following

Take of Sene on once & a halfe turbith on once & a halfe, Agarick mechoicā & rubarbe of each six Drams the Weight of a dram is about six pence, mirabolans Called Chelulæ & Citrini of each on once all fynely sliced. hermedactils two onces sliced, licoras & anys seeds of each an ounce & a halfe boyle all these in six pints of water & two pints of white wyne boyle it to halfe strayne it. of this the lady Magdalen is to take six onces & to adde to it two sponefuls of syrope of roses & to Drink it for 3 mornings but the lady Alce is to take but four onces of this licour & to adde to it two sponefuls of syrope of roses.

The oyntment we vsed to ye lady Magdalen was cōpounded of oyle of lillyes two onces of Capons greace two sponefuls of oynt|ment of| Dialthea a sponefull all weare melted & so vsed

& also her former playster some 3 onces eyther to be applyed {be}t{wix}t her shoulders & also the soales of her feete & on of those playsters to be applyed to the lady Ac|l|ces splene.

For the Lady Alce

When you shall see especiall cause they {sic} give to the lady two sponefuls & a halfe of the vomyting syrope mixed wth a sponefull of white wyne let her Drink it fasting, taking always after laying vp of the stomack cleere hot posset Drinke

If her ladyship cōplayne of any gryping in her belly or any ach of her head then give this clyster.

Take of motherworte, wild thyme, lovage, rosemary, balme of each a quarter of a handfull bay beryes, Iunipor beryes, anys seedes Dill seedes of each a sponefull flours of cāmomyll a very litle boyle all in a quarte of posset Drinke made of malmesye or white muskadyn & milke of each a pinte take away the Curde & boyle all the forenamed species in it to halfe, strayne it & Take halfe a pinte of this decoction melt in it a sponefull of sweete butter, hony a sponefull, white salt a sponefull. let this be her clyster.

If you see occasion give her 5 litle pils Weighing about four pence about 5 in the morning

\let her smell to Her pomander./

And there after give the lady of the gentle purging decoction before named in the Description of it for the lady Magdalen. giving her of this Decoction four onces. syrope of roses a sponefull, & of the elect purging electuary prpared for the lady Alce the Weight of ten pence let albe well dissolued & give her this potion blood warme fasting betwixt six{t} & seaven & thin broath two hours after.

When you make of the purging dyet Ale, then be pleased to give her a good Draught of it in the same maner as her ladyship tooke it here with vs at linford

you have thre ounces of cōfortable lozenges to give vnto the lady Alce {illeg} on lozeng in a day for 3 or 4 mornings togeather fasting especially after a vomyte or a purge. & so to be vsed as occasion shalbe mynistred

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 1488, pp. 213-216 (p. 213 upper, p. 214 upper, p. 215 upper, and p. 216 upper)

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CASE40909: Horary consultation concerning Hartley (PERSON31444) and Hartley (PERSON31445) and Hartley (PERSON31446) and Hartley (PERSON31447) and Hartley (PERSON31448)

Question asked by Mrs Hartley (PERSON31456) on 13 February 1613 at 11:30

RN Mres Hartleys children will. feb. 13 h {sic} hor 11. 30 ant m 1613.

her children troubled wth boyles yt will not ripen & itche all of thē. the eldest 15 yers |the other| & 12 y the 3 x y 4 7. yers the 5.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 199, f. 43v (upper left part of page)

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CASE26844: Horary consultation concerning Bridget Charnock (PERSON19261) and Richard Charnock (PERSON19257) and Old Mr Richard Charnock (PERSON19256)

Question asked by Old Mr Richard Charnock (PERSON19256) on 10 March 1606 at 15:30

RN Brydget Charnock 14 y march 10 h 3. 30 p m 1606. \hedach melancholy fits/

Rich. Charnock 14 y marh {sic} 10 h. 3. 30 p m 1606.

Old Mr Charnock him selfe.

itch hed ache sorow & greefe.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 59v (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?f2-judgment=No;expand=volume-name;f3-patient-age-band=010-019, accessed 29 March 2024.