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CASE26104: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Young Sir Robert Napier [Robert Napier [Sandy]] (PERSON14332)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON62927) between 30 December 1602 and 1 April 1634

RN Robart S {sic} \Sandy the child./ anothr extreme fit Decēber 30 hor 13 {sic} \12/ 50 m. 1602. |. h. 1 50 ant m 160{2}|

[Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 181, f. 68v (upper part of page)

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CASE74371: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Mrs Magdalen Williams (PERSON61865)

Question asked by the patient on 20 April 1632 between 12:15 and 13:20

RN Mres maudlyn taken wth a fit at Dyner Ap 20 h. 12. 15 p m. 1632.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 94 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE74374: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Mrs Magdalen Williams (PERSON61865)

Question asked by the patient on 20 April 1632 between 12:00 and 13:20

RN Mres Maudlyn had a fit Ap 20 . h. 12. 1632

[Blank Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 95 (middle right part of page)

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CASE74856: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Mrs Magdalen Williams (PERSON61865)

Question asked by the patient on 14 June 1632

U[PERSON42176] Mrs magdalene william had her Last fitt this day was 3 weekes. Iune the 14. 1632.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 232 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE75251: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Mrs Elizabeth Catesby (PERSON45756)

Question asked by the patient on 8 August 1632 between 09:39 and 13:00

RN Mres Elis. Catesbye 12 y Aug. {7} {sic} 8 \{} {sic}/ h. 9. 39 ant m 1632

her fits tooke her last night h 9 p m 1632 /fell now agayne into a fit at this tyme in the morning\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 364 (upper right part of page)

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CASE75539: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Thomas Goftes (PERSON49975)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41663) on 19 September 1632 at 15:30

RN Sept 14 h. 9 p m 1632 had her first fit

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 28 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE75551: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Lady Alice Egerton [Young Lady Alice Bridgewater] (PERSON48397)

Question asked by the patient between 20 September 1632 at 20:30 and 21 September 1632 at 09:00

SRN The Lady Alice had 2 fitts Septembr 20. h. 6|8|. 30. p. m 1632.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 214, p. 31 (upper right part of page)

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CASE73938: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Mrs Jane Cresset (PERSON47278)

Question asked by the patient on 3 May 1632 at 17:00

RN was taken this morning wth a fit h. 12. 30 p m 1632 /swounded at this tyme\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 483 (upper right part of page)

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CASE63189: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Thomas Watts (PERSON61269)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40382) between 7 February 1627 at 14:00 and 8 February 1627 at 10:30

RN Th. wats a yer old feb 6 h 8 ant m 1627

This child had 3 fits febr 6. . h. 8 ant m 1627/3 fits this day\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘Epilep convuls.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 357r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE32671: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Mr Haverly (PERSON12650)

Question asked by the patient on 30 January 1608 at 13:20

RN It taketh him every night wth cōvulsions ready to make him swound About 12. 1608 Ian 29. . h. 12.{sic} 11. 45. p m. 1608.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘gout hips & feete.’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 229, f. 9r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE51685: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Sir Thomas Myddelton [the son] (PERSON33214)

Question asked by Lady Myddelton [Mary Sandy [Napier]] (PERSON25254) on 16 October 1620 at 07:00

RN my lady Mydleton her husb. water sine consensu octob. 16: h. 7. ant m 1620.

Sr Thomas taken wth a strang fit & passion of the splene & stone octob. 15. h. 10. \9. 30/ p m. 1620.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘stone fit & splene’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 205r (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?f2-practitioner-is-querent=No;f5-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry%3A%3AInterrogation%3A%3AMedical%20episode;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AFits%20and%20convulsions%3A%3AFits, accessed 1 March 2025.