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CASE60764: Interrogation concerning Mrs Sara Crowly (PERSON47408)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) on 6 July 1625 between 09:00 and 10:45

RN Sara Crawly went home in {sic} her melanch & fearfull Iuly 6 h. 9 ant m 1625

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 138r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE43074: Horary consultation concerning Old Mrs Ursula Warner (PERSON36494)

Question asked by the patient on 25 March 1616 at 09:40

RN Mres \vrsula/ warner of Hyēs feryes 30 y march. 25 {illeg}|| h. 9. 40 ant m. 16i6.

full of melancholy. & would know wheather yt |she| be not is poysned.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 38r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE45313: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Spenser [Mrs Spenser [the younger]] (PERSON35632)

Question asked by the patient on 19 July 1617 at 10:15

RN Mres Spencer the younger. 41 y Iuly 19. h {sic} hor. 10. 15 ant m. 1617. |mutch troubled wth melancholy of Coaple|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 220, f. 39r (upper left part of page)

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CASE59138: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Magdalen Napier [Mitton] [Sandy] (PERSON33485)

Question asked by the patient on 18 September 1624 at 09:30

RN my Cosen Magd sept 18 h 9. 30 ant m 1624 |full of melancholy|

[Astrological Chart]

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

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CASE59619: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edmond [Edward] Conny [Comey] (PERSON29229)

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

RN Mr Edmnd {sic} Comy of neup 36 y Ian. 10 h. 10 ant m 1625 /very sad melanch.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 138r (upper right part of page)

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CASE13586: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Steward (PERSON16163)

Question asked by the patient on 19 March 1603 at 11:00

RN Mres Stewarde of Patshill. mar 43 y martij 19. h {sic} hor. 11. ant m. 1603.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘very melancholycall musing weeping.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, f. 6v (upper left part of page)

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CASE21984: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Woodward (PERSON17375)

Question asked by the patient on 21 February 1605 at 09:45

RN Mary Woodward of Easton Maudit 20 y febr 21. h 9. 45 ant m 16051

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘this woman hath divrse Desate melancholy fits’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 226r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE24575: Horary consultation concerning Sir Henry [Harry] Longueville [the elder] (PERSON13773)

Question asked by the patient on 29 April 1610 at 06:20

RN Old Sr Henry longefild. of Woulverton 60 y Apr 29 . h. 6. 1|2|0. ant m 16i01

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘full of melancholy. fearfull’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 15r (upper left part of page)

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CASE39716: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Miles (PERSON33245)

Question asked by the patient on 24 April 1612 at 07:00

RN Mr Iohn Miles. of Watton. 33 y Apr. 24. h. 7. ant m. 1612. /melanch lab.\ /stone.\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 409, f. 69r (upper right part of page)

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CASE49216: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Olive [Hore] (PERSON33796)

Question asked by the patient on 12 July 1619 at 11:00

RN Mary Olive \Hores sister/ of Askot 30 y Iuly 12. h. 11 ant m 1619: /a yere sinc mightely hoaven & swelled. \now very leane & sclender./\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘melancholy & apt to depsayre’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 93r (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE51236: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Wright (PERSON62333)

Question asked by the patient and Wright (PERSON62338) on 17 July 1620 at 11:20

RN Thomas Wright of Hyemsferyes 45 y Iuly 17 h. 11. 20 ant m 1620

[Astrological Chart]

troubled wth melancholy sup. his wife to be naught1 his wife & he came togeather.

Notes:

1 ‘melancholy conceite’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 112r (upper right part of page)

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CASE54036: Horary consultation concerning Sir George Manners (PERSON54141)

Question asked by the patient on 29 April 1622 at 08:00

RN Sr Georg manors 52 y Ap 29 h. 8 ant m 1622

mended god be thanked yet is somewhat troubled wth melanch

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 223, f. 79r (upper left part of page)

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CASE54511: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39479)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39478) on 26 June 1622 at 08:25

RN A poor mā of London for his melanch wife who suadeth her self yt I cā helpe her. Iune 26 h. 8 {illeg}|2|5 ant m 1622

mutch melanch supposeth |yt| she is beworded & yt I can helpe her./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 169v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE64130: Horary consultation concerning Judith Tookefild (PERSON60334)

Question asked by the patient on 23 June 1627 at 09:30

RN Iudith To\o/kefild in Londo{n} in fleetestreete 29. y. Iune 23 {illeg}|| hor. 10. 9. 30 ant m 1627. |was prsent full of melancholy cānot praye|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 132v (upper right part of page)

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CASE57877: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Spenloe (PERSON59325)

Question asked by the patient on 11 March 1624 at 10:00

RN Elis Spenlowe of Wa{ter} Eaton of Bletchley p{a}rish. 20 y the sonday after St Hugs Daye \last St Hugs/ c{ame} to me at night h. 12. p m. \1. p m/ 1603. march. 11. {} h. 10 ant m. 1624. /melanch sigheth\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 104v (upper right part of page)

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CASE59461: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Jane Faldo (PERSON30277)

Question asked by the patient on 20 November 1624 at 10:00

RN Iane P Valdoe of Oakly in Bedford sheere. 42 y novēb. 20 h {sic} hor. 10. ant m: 1624 /no ioy of any thing a faynting melancholie\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘*’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 113r (upper right part of page)

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CASE74567: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Newton (PERSON55409)

Question asked by the patient on 9 May 1632 at 11:00

RN mres Mary Newton. 12 y borne the sonday before the Lady in Chrismas h 2. in the morning of sonday but came to me may 9. h. 12. 45 p. m. 1632 |wench prsent| /melanch. ill.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 147 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE75434: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Alice Davis (PERSON47607)

Question asked by the patient on 1 September 1632 at 08:39

RN on Mres Davyes neere to Salisbury /at Stratford vndr the Castle\ sent to me for her melancholy Aug. sept1. {illeg}|h| {sic} hor. 2 8 39 ant m 1632 /strangly hadled {sic}\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 424 (upper right part of page)

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CASE78453: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Howe (PERSON51979) and Mrs Jane Howe (PERSON51996)

Question asked by Mr Thomas Howe (PERSON51979) and Mrs Jane Howe (PERSON51996) on 12 October 1633 at 11:20

RN Mr Th How 22 {illeg}|y| of Cadington octob 12 h {sic} hor 11. 20 ant m 1633 |melanch|

his mother for a sciatica

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 6r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE36234: Horary consultation concerning Luke Buckmaster (PERSON22301)

Question asked by the patient on 17 July 1609 at 09:00

RN Luke Buckmaster of Eaton 44 y Iuly 17 h. 9 ant m. 16091

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 mopish laborat melancholia et delirio./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 203, f. 108v (upper left part 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?f25-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMelancholy;f26-question-asked=Medical;f27-time-of-day=AM, accessed 21 March 2025.