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CASE49474: Horary consultation concerning Anne Glover (PERSON30931)

Question asked by the patient on 9 August 1619 at 10:20

RN An Glover 13 y Aug 9 h. 10. 20 ant m 1619 |gryped in her belly casteth wormes f{oun}d|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 146v (upper right part of page)

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CASE55553: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Gostwick [Goddard] (PERSON50162)

Question asked by Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264) on 28 January 1623 at 11:00

RN Goody Gale for her Thomas Gostick a yere & a halfe old borne the weddensday after mysdsomer. sent Ian. 28 h. 11. ant m 1623.

It doth pyne & eate litle & doth not sper nor cānot goe it is so weake.

Elner Warner her next neighb. Elis Steaphinson who dwell boath togeathr her mother hanged

cānot kepe his water.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 164r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE32880: Horary consultation concerning Bridget Tomkins (PERSON25759)

Question asked by the patient on 25 February 1608 at 11:38

RN Bridget N{illeg} Tom{ky} {sic} |Tom|kyns of Newnton 60|3| y feb. 25. h. 11. 2{illeg}|38| ant m. 1608

could not sleepe but by a stūble onc or twice a weeke not these 9 \11/ weekes

feareth yt shee is vndr an ill tongue /feareth the loosing of her sences for lack of slepe/\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 43r (upper right part of page)

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CASE57536: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39790)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39791) on 30 December 1623 at 11:00

RN a litle child halfe yere old swoundeth & fometh as one having the falling sicknes. vexed wth many convulsive fits Decēb 30 h. 11 ant m. 1623.

goody Huccot next neighbour suspected

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 48r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE48903: Horary consultation concerning Henry Cuddington (PERSON29576)

Question asked by the patient on 2 June 1619 at 10:25

RN Hen\r/y Cuddington of Stonystratford 13. y Iune 2  {sic} h. 10. 25 ant m 1619.1 |cānot stand nor goe. nothing to be seene wthout payne./|

Notes:

1 ‘H H’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 29v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE44421: Horary consultation concerning John Smith (PERSON35446)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38174) on 12 March 1617 at 15:00

RN Iohn Smyth of Newp. march. 12. . h. 3. p m. 1617. |a yere & halfe old|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a shaking palsy on the right syde.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 81v (upper left part of page)

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CASE44431: Horary consultation concerning Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264)

Question asked by Mary Morgan (PERSON33374) on 13 March 1617 at 11:00

RN An Gale of goldington 30 y march 13 . h. 11. ant m. 1617 looketh to be brought a bed a week after our lady day next. \Mary Morgan./ sent |Edward Morgan. /ye husb of Elizab Morgā\| suspected Elnor warner g{oo} Elis: Steaphingson Dorothy Catlyn Margery Bagly Ione Pearson of landon susp Henry freemā & Bettridge mēnard.|5 y full of ratlyn flegme/.|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 83r (upper right part of page)

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CASE70133: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Lucas (PERSON53956)

Question asked by the patient on 3 March 1630 at 13:00

Agnis Lucas of Holywell 76. y. Mar. 3. . h. 1. p. m. 1630

taken wth a Dead Palsye yet susspecteth Alce Ayre of witcherye

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 131 (middle right part of page)

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CASE74352: Horary consultation concerning Susan White (PERSON61671)

Question asked by the patient on 18 April 1632 at 09:30

RN katherin Printice Susā white A|o|f Houghton va Ap 18 h. 9 30 ant m 1632 mutch wynd

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 89 (upper right part of page)

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CASE53837: Horary consultation concerning Edward Nashe (PERSON55175) and Thomas Nashe (PERSON55186)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39401) on 8 April 1622 at 15:20

RN Edw. Nash of North Crowly 4 y. Th nash. 3 quarters old Ap 8 || h. 3. 20 p m. 1622 troubled wth a mighty cough.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 45r (upper right part of page)

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CASE53848: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Bray (PERSON44731)

Question asked by the patient on 9 April 1622 at 17:45

RN Elis Edward of

Elis Bray of newnā 42 y Ap 9. h. 5. 45 p m. 1622. |4 child 11 y. youngest almost 2 yeres.|

[Astrological Chart]

Elis Bray \{Braye}/ of newnā 42. y. Ap. 9. h. 5. 45 p. m. 1622. |is very weake|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 46v (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE67669: Horary consultation concerning Anne Chams (PERSON45837)

Question asked by the patient on 3 February 1629 at 13:00

RN An Chams of Newp{ort} 45. y. febr. 3. h. 1. p. m. 1629 /terns {sic} stopt 2. y. casteth blood vpward halfe a yere a pint on a night & work when she cānot\

[Astrological Chart]

An Chams of newp 45. febr. 3. h. 1. p m 1629 /terms stopt 2 yeres.\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 40Av, f. 41r (f. 40Av upper right, and f. 41r upper left)

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CASE54340: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Atterbury (PERSON43055)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39459) on 31 May 1622 at 10:30

RN Thomas Atterbery \of havrshā/ borne the weddens night about seav. before Candlemas was brought heather to me 16 weekes old last weddensday was brought vnto me may 31. . h. 10. 30 ant m. 1622 /the vse of the lims taken away\1

[Partial Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘lame in his lyms’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 136r (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE24757: Horary consultation concerning Sara Paulin (PERSON34115)

Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1610 at 07:00

RN Sara Pauly of NorthCrowlye 38. y may 15. h. 7. ant m. 16i0 Delivered this day sennet about 8. in the morning. was in labour from monday to that Daye tooke a cold. & sore all over. & was swelled all over & now is swelled in her left hand & cānot make water onc in 24 houres. ready to cast & her wynd is ready to be stopt wth it very weake.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 34v, f. 34r (f. 34v upper left, and f. 34r bottom left)

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CASE38318: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Barnes (PERSON9483) and Barnes (PERSON27777)

Question asked by Thomas Barnes (PERSON9483) and Barnes (PERSON27777) on 19 June 1611 at 10:00

RN Thomas Barnes of Olny 50 y Iune 19 . h. 10. ant m. 1611. lame in his legs & hath 3 hols

ready to have his belly & his backe torne in peeces if he put not his fingers into his throate to cast it vp. feareth least on goody Margery Travell hath bewitched him. |& his wife is pulled to.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 118r (upper right part of page)

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CASE62873: Decumbiture for Agnes [Anne] West (PERSON61455)

Question asked by the patient on 5 October 1626 at 10:30

RN An West \of Olny/ suddenly taken sept 24: h. 6. 30 p m. 1626. /francis Gaudorne & his sister susp. Katherin Chardge now Sterling would fome at her mouth wth strang f{its} of {weake} {illeg}\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 304r (middle left part of page)

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CASE12231: Horary consultation concerning Robert Kent (PERSON13316)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17677) on 9 April 1599 at 10:30

RN Robart Kent of Walton 2 yeres old. on friday afore Christmas. about 11. 30. mi. consumed to nothing had a bunch vppon his thiges {sic} broken out & pined any face the best t of him. Ap. 9. die . h. 10. 25|30|. mi 1599. cannot stande. nor goe very well. it doth cough. Katherine Parkins gave thē hard wordes.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 124v (bottom, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE28512: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Miller (PERSON20322)

Question asked by the patient on 4 April 1605 at 11:00

RN Thomas Miller of Newport 30 y Apr 4. . hor. 11. ant m 1605.

syde & stomacke. great stitches in his syde a mighty cough cānot rest.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 23r (upper left part of page)

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CASE50117: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Clark (PERSON29024)

Question asked by the patient on 4 January 1620 at 15:00

RN Mres Elis: Clarke of {illeg}|Y|e {illeg}|r||l|{illeg}|v|erton 26 y Ian 4. h. 3. p m. 1619 1620. is blynd supposeth her selfe to be quick wth child |vryne good but full of slymy dregs| a shooting of & rūning vp & downe of certen humours & it maketh her to swound sinc. St Steaph. days twice /a day sinc swoundeth\ gone in a swound

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 94v (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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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;f4-question-asked=Personal%20affairs%3A%3APersonal%20relations;f5-language=English, accessed 8 April 2025.