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CASE66092: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Kent (PERSON52814)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40662) on 14 May 1628 at 17:00

RN Agnys Kent of Moulsoe almost 5 quarters borne on Palme sonday last was twelfmonth about some {sic} rising sent to me May 14. . h. 5. p m. 1628.

It is pyned & cōsumed belly hard & voydeth wormes living 6. wasteth in the body. was nurced by goody Keburne. goody Keburne came into another nurces house & would needes suckle it, wheathr the nurce would or no & sinc mutch amys & it swounded twice to day belly very hard flesh quite wasted was not well tended by goody Keburne face swelled buttocke black & blewe. cānot stand vppon the lyms the child prsent wth goody Alton of Moulsoe it did batle well vnder this nurce vntill goody Keburne her former nurce would suckle it force tooke some surfet.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 32r (upper left part of page)

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CASE60784: Horary consultation concerning Stephen Franklin (PERSON49353)

Question asked by the patient on 10 July 1625 at 10:00

RN Steaphen francklyn serv to Sr will Andros of lathbry Iuly 10 h. 10 ant m 1625 |faynt & weake|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 141v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE63875: Horary consultation concerning Mr John King (PERSON52948)

Question asked by the patient on 17 May 1627 at 20:25

RN \Mr Cecils page/ His m|p|age very gydye cānot eate May 17 h. 8 25 p. m. 1627

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 96r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE55195: Horary consultation concerning Henry Kent (PERSON32247)

Question asked by the patient on 28 October 1622 at 17:30

RN Henry kent the Sr Rich Spencers butler of Offly 34 y octob 28. h 5. 30 p m 1622 weake & fent

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 100r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE51906: Horary consultation concerning Stephen (PERSON42276)

Question asked by the patient on 8 January 1621 at 14:00

RN Steaphen Sr Franc Dūcōbes servāt 54 y. Ian 8 h. 2. p m. 1620|i| /a cruell stitch on the right syde cānot sleepe\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 30r (upper left part of page)

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CASE54973: Horary consultation concerning Anne Deary (PERSON47752)

Question asked by the patient on 18 September 1623 at 10:00

RN An Deary mayd to Sr francis duncōbe 23 y sept 18 h. 10 ante m. 1622 |grene sicknes pale shortwȳ|ded & sleepy.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 62r (upper right 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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CASE53507: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Purg (PERSON57146)

Question asked by the patient on 22 January 1622 at 12:50

RN Agnes P{ur}g serv to Arthur lankford 18 y Ian 22. h. 12. 50 p m 1622 arising vp to her throat ready to swound hath taken her twice

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 172v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE55375: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Hardwick (PERSON31353)

Question asked by the patient on 11 December 1622 at 14:15

RN Hardwike the lady Dickbyes serv. 34 y decēb 7 11 h. 2. 15. ant m. 1622

would know the cause of the cake of blood yt conth {sic} wth corrupt blood frō his right syde |spitteth corrupt blood.|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 133v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE60382: Horary consultation concerning Goody Mary Carrington (PERSON45623)

Question asked by the patient on 2 May 1625 at 15:00

RN Mary. Carington \56 y mayed {sic}/ serv wa to {sic} in holdt curd of her ague may 2. {illeg}|| h 3. p m. 1625.

now is growen very faynt & weake

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 82r (upper left part of page)

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CASE65428: Horary consultation concerning Robert Beamond (PERSON43845)

Question asked by the patient on 25 February 1628 at 16:00

RN Rob. Beamond for his nose swelled Avoyding clots brused by his naster {sic} fe 23 y feb 25 h. 4. p m 1628.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 113v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE64594: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON40515)

Question asked by the patient on 15 September 1627 at 13:00

RN The faukners wife to Sr Rob          of Parsnā Sept 15 h {sic} hor. 1. p m 1627 wheather festured sore & sw in her left arme broken & rūning & swellings about her face & neck all soft taken by hard labour of a child he {sic} wheathr it be the kings evill as is supposed or a fistula

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 215r (upper left part of page)

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CASE53661: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Thomasin Gray [Old Mrs Gray] (PERSON50270) and Ellen [Eleanor] Lattyn (PERSON53402) and Lady Kniveton (PERSON53180)

Question asked by Mrs Thomasin Gray [Old Mrs Gray] (PERSON50270) on 7 March 1622 at 09:30

RN Mres Gray of Hincksworth. 56 y march 7 h. 9. 30 ant m. 1622.

is was mended of her leg & the swelling but then her head & eys were ill but sinc of late it brake agayne is prty well amended her leg i {sic} Issueth blod & hath always so done. |x y sinc had a bloody water./|

would know wheathr the humour be hot.

And wheathr an Issue will doe her serv. \nell/ good & when. craveth no physick but m|b|y ridgmont.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 16r (upper left part of page)

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CASE57936: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Frances Latch [Little Frances] (PERSON53383)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39851) on 20 March 1624 at 08:00

RN Mr latches his child march. 20. h {sic} hor 8 ant m. 1624 |a dead palsy|

Mr Latches child

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 113r, f. 112v (f. 113r bottom left, and f. 112v bottom)

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CASE59983: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON40059)

Question asked by the patient on 21 March 1625 at 08:00

RN Bleas mā at Hierōes 22 y ma{illeg}|r|ch 21. h. 8 ant m 1625 |a cough.|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 21r (upper right part of page)

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CASE51907: Horary consultation concerning Stephen (PERSON42276)

Question asked by the patient on 12 January 1621 at 08:50

RN Steaph Sr Fr Dūcōbe serv Ian 12. h. 8 50 ant m 1621 /cānot sleepe Desp sick cōpl of a stitch of his right syde\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 30r (upper right part of page)

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CASE56610: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39700)

Question asked by Anne Wentworth [Countess of Cleveland] [Lady Wentworth] (PERSON36662) on 30 June 1623 at 11:00

RN My Lady Wentwort for a new serv 36 y Iune 30 h. 11. ant m 1623. /{of} Tyddington\ a burning feaver. cānot sleepe hed troubled wth fancyes

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 149r (upper left part of page)

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CASE57445: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Denton (PERSON47809)

Question asked by William Gadstone (PERSON23344) on 29 November 1623 at 09:00

RN will for my mayd Doll for her sore stitch vnder her syde noveb 29 h {sic} hor 9 ant m 1623 /blood\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 32v (upper left part of page)

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CASE61307: Horary consultation concerning James Evington (PERSON48671) and Mrs Dorothy Boyes (PERSON44613)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40204) on 19 November 1625 at 08:00

RN Sr Iames Evington litle Child Iames Evington 3 y novēb 19 h {sic} hor. 8 ant m 1625

|Dorothy Boys.| troubled wth Divrse hot fits of a hot feaver & hath had it a good while & cānot be quit of it |his vomyt wrought not|

And also his gentlewomā & wayting gentlewomā sorely troubled wth sore & strong fits of the mother.

[Astrological Chart]

Iames Evington 2 y of Offord Cluny novēb 19 h {sic} hor 8 ant m 1625

Mres Dorothy Boy{s} 2|i|8 y

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 45r-v (f. 45r upper right, f. 45v upper left, and f. 45v upper right)

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CASE61955: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Hooper (PERSON51806) and Little Frances Napier (PERSON55169)

Question asked by Thomas Hooper (PERSON51806) on 4 April 1626 at 16:39

RN Th: Hoo: serv to young Sr Robart 24 y Ap {4} . h. 4: 39 p m 162{6}

Sr Robats child 2 y old a wench burneth mutch francis eares impostume{d}

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 148v (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?f20-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f22-date=1620-1629;f23-info=Occupation%20mentioned%3A%3AHousehold%20staff, accessed 19 March 2025.