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CASE12154: Horary consultation concerning Isabel Linwell (PERSON13735)

Question asked by the patient on 27 March 1599 at 13:30

RN Isbell Linwell servant to Thomas Buncher of Paulus Perrye 30 yeres old nor fathr nor mothr a hie colourd wate woman & sweateth hart swollen in the body & legs. & chest faynte yt shee can do no worke hed & hart beateth. 27 of March die h. 1. 30 p m. 1599. short winded hath bene amisse this 3 week {wak}heth

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 114r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12166: Horary consultation concerning Alice White (PERSON17071)

Question asked by the patient on 30 March 1599 at 08:15

RN Alce White of Milton of 5i. at Candlemas a longe time ill by fits. & was had the stone cholick. 7 yeres since nowe in her lims share. harte. & legs back wth a pricking. March 30 die h. 8. 15. 1599

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 116r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE62491: Horary consultation concerning Grace Ridge (PERSON57623)

Question asked by the patient on 30 May 1626 at 09:00

RN Grace Ridg of Elstoe 30. y. may 30 h. 9. ant m 1626 sinc Easter lame in her armes back & legs right syde full of ach.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 229r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE79015: Horary consultation concerning Grisel Stone (PERSON59686)

Question asked by the patient on 9 April 1634 at 12:00

TG Krisel stone of shendly 25 y. April {illeg}|9| h. 12 mer. 1634. hath beene maried about two ye{ares} had not her courses since Christm{esse} hath a paine in her backe & leggs, stomacke full of water & winde, w{orse} after meat. Utrum sit gravida

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 120v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12351: Horary consultation concerning Henry [Harry] Arnold (PERSON9229)

Question asked by the patient on 1 May 1599 at 06:00

RN Henry Arnold of Broughton of 43. for an ache in his legs from his thigh to his all ever since mikelmas. the first of may h. 6. ant m. 1599. about his hucbone & back a great ache a Carpentr

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 145r (upper left part of page)

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CASE14755: Horary consultation concerning Mr Kelly (PERSON13278) and Mrs Kelly (PERSON13279)

Question asked by Mr Kelly (PERSON13278) and Mrs Kelly (PERSON13279) on 6 April 1603 at 10:15

GJ Mr Cayly of Maydford {illeg}|A|prill. 6. ho 10. 15 a m. 1603

For his sore legge

His wife for her stomacke

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 42r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12774: Horary consultation concerning Alice Kent (PERSON13323)

Question asked by the patient on 3 October 1599 at 15:00

RN Alce Kent of Walton. 22. in her legs hart & head. Octob. 3. die h. 3. p m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 213v (upper left part of page)

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CASE32717: Horary consultation concerning Richard Atwell (PERSON21907)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26547) on 5 February 1608 at 11:30

RN Rich Atwell of Stanbridge 3 y feb. 5 h. 11. 30 ant m 1608 the child in prsenc12

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘2 fig.’ infralinear

2 ‘child hand & leg & syde weake a yere & halfe’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 16r (upper left part of page)

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CASE74534: Horary consultation concerning Goody Miller (PERSON54775)

Question asked by the patient on 7 May 1632 at 10:00

RN Goody Miller of Botte Claydon a widow 80. y. legs & belly swelled. may 7. h. 10

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 140 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE11891: Horary consultation concerning William Seer (PERSON15703)

Question asked by the patient on 21 December 1598 at 12:45

RN Will: Seere of haversham. 53 yeres old sitteth vp by the fier, very stiffe & hardly to {ground} onc in 24 houres complayneth of his body & lims & legs most in on of his sides all over his left syde ever sinc March last: first amisse not able to goe over the Dore threshall. sinc Alhalloutide. sent his wife to me Decēb. 21. die . h. 12. 45. 1598. on of his legs the left wonderfully swelled. a very diseased body & hath had a greate cough.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘feare lest he be beworded’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 70v (upper left part of page)

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CASE11834: Horary consultation concerning Richard Kirby (PERSON13331)

Question asked by Mr Yarrow (PERSON17449) on 1 December 1598 at 10:15

RN Rich Kerby Miller of Newport 60 \56/ yeres old. long & grevously sick {filiu}s patre \{servus} Domino/ cū eu {sic} consensu it hath held this 4 yeres by fits but this quarter of this yere held him sorely & keepeth home some days his bed in his fit & then abroad. a payne in his hart wth a sighing black coloured very fat of his face but wth this sicknes shrunk in his bodye & legs. Mr yarrow for him novemb. {sic} 1 Decēb. die h. 10. 15. 15981

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘hed hart. bellye’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 59r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE12075: Horary consultation concerning Joan Burton (PERSON10231)

Question asked by the patient between 13 March 1599 at 14:30 and 14 March 1599 at 11:10

RN Iohn Ione Burten of Olney for her diseased chest 44. yeres. lame in her back. fallen downe into her legs. a great hoven in her belly body back wth cold & a trembling ach in her back.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 101v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE12795: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Succour [Edes] (PERSON16253)

Question asked by the patient on 10 October 1599 at 11:00

RN Elisabeth Succour of Sherington’ 34. in her chest & stomacke. falleth downe nowe to her legs Octob. 10 die h. 11. ant m. 1599.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 216v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE19375: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Braunson (PERSON9950)

Question asked by the patient on 7 May 1601 at 07:15

RN mary {sic}

Margaret Braunson 21 y. Newport maij 7. die hor. 7. 15. ant m. 160i hart{illeg}|e| backe & legs.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 110r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12162: Horary consultation concerning John Oakley (PERSON14549)

Question asked by the patient on 28 March 1599 at 10:45

RN Iohn Ockley of Dreiten snam of 28. sick ever sinc Candlemas. in his arres {sic} legs & back leeke an ague. March 28 die h. 10. 45. mi ant nn {sic} 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 115v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12324: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Fisher (PERSON11767)

Question asked by the patient on 26 April 1599 at 11:30

RN Agnes fisher of Newport servant to Foster the carier 23 yeres hath not her Courses & is swollen in her legs & hoven in \about/ her harte. & cannot take her winde at 11. 30. mi p m {sic}. 1599.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 140v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12663: Horary consultation concerning Mr William White [the elder] (PERSON17063)

Question asked by the patient on 8 September 1599 at 09:38

RN Will: White of Caucot 30. maried. sick vppon tuesday last wth an ache in his left leg huckbone & backe. sept 8 die h. 9. 38. ant m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 198r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12935: Horary consultation concerning Joan Greenway (PERSON12382)

Question asked by the patient on 1 January 1600 at 11:20

RN Ione Greeneway of Milton 13 y ach & swelling in her lims legs & bodye Ian. 1. die h. 11. 20 ant m. 1599 {sic}.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 245v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE13492: Horary consultation concerning William Uvedale (PERSON60768)

Question asked by the patient on 23 April 1598 at 08:15

RN W. V. 1598 Ap. 23 die . h. 8. 15. for an itch in his legs body & breaking out in his neck & legs.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 182, f. 166v (upper part of page)

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CASE18765: Horary consultation concerning Francis Woodmancy (PERSON17354)

Question asked by the patient on 6 January 1601 at 12:26

RN Frauncis Woodmacy of Olny 38 Ian. 6 die hor. 12. 26. p m. 1600 {sic} burnt p. legs & body et swelled

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 3v (bottom right, and bottom left 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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints%3A%3ALegs;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso, accessed 28 March 2025.