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CASE56650: Horary consultation concerning Martha [Matthew] Farre (PERSON30298)

Question asked by the patient on 5 July 1623 at 11:00

RN Martha Farre of Wavendon serv to Mr Deene 29. y Iuly 5. h {sic} hor. 11. ant m 1623 |breasts hard terms stopt 12 weekes Qu. an sit gravida|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 155v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE11558: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Robert Hughes (PERSON13015)

Question asked by the patient between 29 December 1600 at 10:00 and 31 December 1600 at 10:00

RN Goodmā Hues for a swelling in his neck behind & betwixt his shoulders hot & red yet hard of the bignes of a peny cake

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 217v (upper right part of page)

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CASE33137: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Audrey More [Old Mrs More] (PERSON20341)

Question asked by the patient on 28 March 1608 at 10:45

RN Mres Mores of Cublington churched a moneth sinc march 28 h. 10. 45 ant m. 1608. |a greene womā.| cānot vse her legs./ & belly swelled harde. & cānot goe1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘#’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 80v (upper left part of page)

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CASE59859: Horary consultation concerning Mary Elliot (PERSON48466)

Question asked by the patient on 1 March 1625 at 09:40

RN Mary Elyot serv to Iohn Kent of the vp end f {sic} 20 y febr 28 \march 1/ h. 9: 30 {sic} \40/ ant m 1625 |a swelling in her right cheeke very red & throate also|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘swelled in her right cheeke hard & red & throat very sore’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 180r (upper left part of page)

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CASE72214: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON41338)

Question asked by the patient on 27 May 1631 or on 28 May 1631 at 15:00

RN a womā troubled wth a great swelled cheake & leg hard swelled cedding from the kings evill may 28 h. 3 p m 1631

kings evill

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 232, p. 380 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE38151: Horary consultation concerning Isabel Hopkins (PERSON31825)

Question asked by the patient on 16 May 1611 at 08:00

U[1611–2] May. 16. d. . ho. 8. ant. m. 16111

Isbel Hopkins was here before April. 25. April. 25. a hard swelling in her belly. to whome I only prescribed a mollifying pultis./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 99v (upper left part of page)

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CASE23538: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON37210)

Question asked by Mr Kettridge (PERSON32280) on 6 June 1614 at 18:30

RN Mr ketteridge of Newp. for on troubled wth the gonorrhea whose stones are exceeding had {sic} for 3 weekes in great payne. this gonorrhea is stopped & sinc his boath stones are growen very hard Iue {sic} 6 h. 6 30 p m 1614. 25 y. at Clyfton Raynes.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 24r (upper right part of page)

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CASE37437: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON37462)

Question asked by the patient on 6 October 1611 at 14:30

RN A wayting gentlewomā of my lady Barcley mutch troubled wth the greene sicknes. & the swelling & hardnes of the spleene {O}|3| {sic} 30 y Octob. 6. h. 2. 30 p m. 1611.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 334, f. 153r (upper part of page)

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CASE43904: Horary consultation concerning Goodman John Hobs (PERSON31722)

Question asked by the patient on 19 September 1616 at 12:00

RN Iohn Hobs of Gothurst 55 y sept 19 h. 12. 16i6. new ague belly hard swelled

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 176v (bottom part of page)

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CASE45635: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON38300)

Question asked by the patient on 21 October 1617 at 10:20

RN A poer boy of Northāpton sheere after an ague had a great big hard belly like an ague cake for a yers space growen to a tympany octob 21. h. 10. 20 ant m 1617

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 220, f. 97r (upper left part of page)

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CASE10466: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Whippam (PERSON17025)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17514) on 30 April 1600 at 09:00

RN Thomas Whippā of Bletcheley 6 y old Ap. 30 die h. 9. 1600

great & harde bellyed & picketh the nose. belly ache.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 56r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE18812: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Agnes Walthorne (PERSON16797)

Question asked by the patient on 12 January 1599 at 08:30

RN Mres Agnes Walth{orne} londinesis 32. Ian. 12 die hor 8 30 ant m. 1599. payned wth a hardnes in her belly & stomack & lyeth betwixt her short ribbes it groweth bigger & bigger.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 13r (upper left part of page)

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CASE21824: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Matthews (PERSON14087)

Question asked by the patient on 20 December 1604 at 09:39

RN Margaret mathew of Swelsoe a widow woman 50 y Decēb 20 hor 9. 2{illeg}|39|. ant m 1604.

her belly swelled vnto her navell very hard cōmeth vnto her in ye maner of a stitche

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 200r (upper left part of page)

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CASE38078: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Andrews (PERSON27396)

Question asked by the patient on 8 May 1611 at 16:20

RN mres Elis Andrewe of Winwick 20. y. May 8 h 4. 20. p m 1611. \neck swelled red & hard/

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 91r (upper right part of page)

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CASE71114: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Davis (PERSON47625)

Question asked by the patient on 18 December 1630 at 12:00

RN Margaret Davy of Hartwell 53 y Decēb 18. h. 12. 1630.

a swelling about her belly hard & her legs swell in the after noone ill after meate

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 23 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE78549: Horary consultation concerning Mary Nichols (PERSON55529)

Question asked by the patient on 1 November 1633 at 09:30

RN May {sic} Nichols my serv for a har\r/d sore red swe{l}led leg Novēb 1 h. 9 30 ant m 1633

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 20v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE11554: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Robert Hughes (PERSON13015)

Question asked by the patient on 29 December 1600 at 09:55

RN Goodmā Hues of Dunsannger. Decēb. 29. die h. 9. 5{illeg}|5| ant m. 1600 /he hat a hard swelling in his neck red of t betwixt his shoulders of the bignes of a peny cake.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 217r (upper left part of page)

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CASE32871: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Agnes Walthorne (PERSON16797)

Question asked by the patient on 12 November 1599 at 07:45

RN Mres Walthorne of london novēb. 12. h. 7. 45 ant m 15991

[Astrological Chart]

asketh what it is yt lyeth. in her belly & so hard on the right syde of her it hangeth at her back & so goeth frō thenc to her syde shee feareth it is the mothr & tooke her sinc her last child. wth a cold.

Notes:

1 ‘mother.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 42r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE50335: Horary consultation concerning Henry Shephard (PERSON35259)

Question asked by the patient on 28 February 1620 at 11:30

RW Henry Sheepheard. of Sympson. y. 60. d. h. 11. 30 ant: m: Feb. 28. 1620. hath beene sicke ever since Christmas. is swelled in his body: & his belly hard: legs swelled & hath a little issue in each of them: hath kept his bed these two dayes. Eateth his meate prettily well: is rather loose then costive

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 138r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE73983: Horary consultation concerning Ersfeild (PERSON48588)

Question asked by Mrs Christian Napier [Young Lady Ersfeild] (PERSON33479) on 10 March 1632 at 07:00

RN my Neece & lady Earsfild for her daughter 3 y March. 10 h {sic} hor 7 ant m 1632

[Astrological Chart]

\grpes {sic} in the pit of her stomacke belly & sydes/ a very hard belly worms suspected1

Alooes mxed {sic} wth rub did her no good

nor a bag {illeg}|o|f wormewood steeped in vineg wth nutmeg applyed nor my oyntment of Savyn & wormewood

What I think of it & what may doe her good

Notes:

1 ‘her stomack very bad still a hard belly’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 496 (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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABloating%20and%20swelling%3A%3AHardness;f3-question-asked=Medical;f4-how-did-it-take-place=Unclear, accessed 2 April 2025.