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CASE21961: Decumbiture for Warren [Napier] (PERSON16834)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) between 25 February 1605 at 21:00 and 26 February 1605 at 09:49

RN my Sistr Warren went to Newporte about 9 of the clocke feb 25 hor 9. ant m. 1605.

tooke a cold & was extreeme sick of the stone & voyded many stones vomitinge exceeding mutche h. 9. p m

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 415, f. 221v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE56267: Horary consultation concerning Mrs White (PERSON61617) and Elizabeth White (PERSON61646)

Question asked by Mr John White (PERSON61594) on 9 May 1623 at 06:30

RN Mr White the Stationer of london for his wife yt hath a rūning gout & a daughter yt hath the falling sicknes. May. 9. h. 6. 30 ant m 1623. 23. y. |child 10 weekes sinc not well since.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 95r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE12275: Horary consultation concerning William Abraham (PERSON9023)

Question asked by the patient on 23 April 1599 at 07:12

RN Abraham of Stockgolding 60 yeres old: sick sinc thursday night an houre afore night. Apr. 23. die {}||. h. 7. 12. 1599. keepeth his bed ever sinc. leeke an ague.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 133r (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE77266: Horary consultation concerning Lady Penelope Egerton [Napier] (PERSON55172)

Question asked by the patient on 14 May 1633 at 05:15

RN |the lady Penelope sent her water| The ladye Penelope sent her water. may 14 h. 5. p m 1633

was mended god be thanked

[Astrological Chart]

The Lady Penelope Naper at luton. sick of an Ague sinc satterday. & hath eaten litle may 14. h. 5. 15 ant m 1633.

[Astrological Chart]

she mended prsently wth yt

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 211, pp. 128–129 (p. 128 bottom right, and p. 129 upper left)

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CASE60263: Horary consultation concerning Alice Carter (PERSON45685)

Question asked by the patient on 19 April 1625 at 15:30

RN Alce Carter of Thorne Coote in Bedfordsheere 41 y Ap. 19 h. 3. 2|3|0 p m. 1625: /sick this fortnight wth an ague\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 65v (upper right part of page)

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CASE59132: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Cockayne (PERSON46446)

Question asked by the patient on 18 September 1624 at 08:40

RN Goody Cockens wife of Newp Sick this fortnight of the new ague being great wth child is suaded that if she might be let blood she should doe well & mend Sept 18 hor 8 40 ant m. 1624

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 70r (upper left part of page)

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CASE53699: Horary consultation concerning John Watson (PERSON61246)

Question asked by the patient on 14 March 1622 at 09:45

RN Iohn Watson kinsmā to Mr watson kee of th Grafton parke. 48. y. a batch. march 14 h. 9. 40|5| ant m 1622

a week ill. a great cold & cough about a weeke

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 22v (upper right part of page)

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CASE41216: Horary consultation concerning Mr Raphael Neale (PERSON24584)

Question asked by Mrs Jean [Agnes] [Joan] [Anne] Baker [Forman] [Neale] (PERSON2826) on 21 April 1613 at 20:20

RN Mr Neale mres formās Husb. 30 y Ap. 21. . h. 8 20 p m. 1613.

extreme sick in his ague. mutch troubled wth cold. /she sent me a peece of Sattyn.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 199, f. 98r (upper left part of page)

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CASE35935: Horary consultation concerning Rachel Bird (PERSON22129)

Question asked by the patient on 13 June 1609 at 06:00 or at 06:40 or at 07:00

RN Rachell Byrd of havrshā Iune 13 h. 6. 40. ant m {1609}1

[Astrological Chart]

Rachell Byrd morb. virg et icteritia alba \16/ Iune 13 h. \6/ 7. ant m. 1609

Notes:

1icteritia alba’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 203, f. 67v (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE18033: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Bird (PERSON9741)

Question asked by the patient on 4 October 1602 at 11:00

RN Mr Byrd eadē hora of havrshā. morbo a {ioynt}t ague or gout

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 221, f. 214v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE18282: Decumbiture for Mr John Stafford (PERSON16107)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18338) on 24 November 1602 at 10:54

RN Mr Iohn Stafford fell first sick Octob 28. h 9. ant m. 1602. /then it began to have the pox.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 251r (upper left part of page)

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CASE11722: Horary consultation concerning Mr George Sherley (PERSON15789)

Question asked by the patient on 1 October 1598 at 07:39

RN George Shurdley of haversham 25 yeres old fell sick vppon friday night. v at 8 at night but afterwards grue sicke that night sent to me this i of Octob. 1. die h. 7. 39. m. ant m. of a high colour & complexion his mothr feareth a plurisie he is extreeme sicke. 1598. in all his body sick & lims extreeme hot & yet not Drye

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 36r (upper left part of page)

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CASE11726: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Whitson (PERSON17117)

Question asked by the patient on 4 October 1598 at 07:44

RN Thomas Whitson of Shenly 50 yeres sick ever sinc yes tuesday last quærit burneth exceedethly exceedingly & his disease is stronger at some times then othr {sic}. die Octob. 4. die . h. 7. 43|4|. 1598. the newe Disease yt towne hath bene troubled mutch wth yt disease

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 39r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12007: Horary consultation concerning John Moulsoe (PERSON14293)

Question asked by the patient on 28 February 1599 at 12:30

RN Iohn Moulsoe of Cosgrave 52. sick this fortnight of a grudging of the ague & troubled wth a cough. looketh thin & yellowe wth it this 28 of feb. die . h. 12. 30. mi. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 90v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12208: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Geas (PERSON12098)

Question asked by the patient on 4 April 1599 at 07:12

RN Marget|r|et Geas of Newport 14. Mr Huls the scriv servant. sickly this 12 moneth. & had onc the ague yesterday vomited twice bloode. a bloody \& fully/ faced wench. Apr. 4. die h. 7. 12. m. 1599. |as if shee werre ready to dye|/

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 121r (upper right part of page)

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CASE10503: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Hall (PERSON12487)

Question asked by the patient on 6 May 1600 at 11:00

RN Dorothy Hale of Brodwell 29 y serv to mr Cole May 6. 1600 h. 11. ant m. 1600/

troubled wth a very cold shaking ague for an houre yt maketh her very sicke pale coloured

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 60v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE72988: Horary consultation concerning Sir Robert Sandy [Napier] [Baronet] [Old Sir Robert Napier] [Mr Robert Sandy [Napier]] (PERSON6315)

Question asked by the patient on 21 September 1631 at 17:00

RN Sr Robert sent me a letter touching his Disease wch he taketh to be the Strangullion & not the stone Sept: 21. h. 5 p m 1631

[Astrological Chart]

desyrous to know what it is.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 168 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE46553: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Ellis (PERSON30164)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1618 at 10:20

RN Thomas Ellys of Hanslop 12 y a fortnight before candlemas last may 5 h. 10. 20 ant m. 1618 sick of ye ague satt was senet now & kept his bed most t of ye weeke. hed was ill. & belly. & last night the purples came out.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 85v (upper left part of page)

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CASE11651: Horary consultation concerning Mr Matthew Tedder (PERSON16361)

Question asked by the patient on 28 August 1598 at 09:49

RN Mathew Tedder of Newport at {M} 22th of March next following {sic} of 39 at 22th of March next following hath had a Disease following him any time this twellyeres. 9. 45|9| ant m Aug. 28 die h. 9. 45. {sic} 1598. he hath the rūning of the reanes wc weakneth him so sore that he can scarce stand. his bac{k} exceeding ill. mutch troubled wth it for this halfe yere.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 20v (upper left, middle right, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE53938: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON53801)

Question asked by Sir Thomas Myddelton [the son] (PERSON33214) on 21 April 1622 at 18:00

RN Sr Th. Nydleton {sic} touching his servant sick wth a surfet & fall frō a payre of stayres. Ap 21. h. 6 p m. 1622

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 223, f. 62r (bottom 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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29;f5-question-asked=Medical, accessed 2 April 2025.