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CASE57733: Interrogation (Giving birth) concerning Goody Elizabeth Marshal (PERSON54361)

Question asked by the patient on 23 February 1624 between 13:00 and 17:00

RN \Goody/ marshall of newport puerpera circa h 6. matut. |feb 6.| d ♀ h. 6 ant m 1624 brought fourth an Hermophradite it lived a weeke dyed the 14. of febr. & was Christnd for a wench.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘hermaph. christ: for a wench’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 82r (bottom left part of page)

Goody Elizabeth Marshal (PERSON54361)

Sex, family and generation  (Childbirth )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Astrological Chart

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CASE57778: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Christian Napier [Young Lady Ersfeild] (PERSON33479)

Question asked by the patient on 29 February 1624 at 14:00

RN Young Sr Rob. Napier willed the lady Earfild to enquire when she would be brought a bed feb 29. ☉ h. 2. p m. 1624.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 88v (bottom left part of page)

Mrs Christian Napier [Young Lady Ersfeild] (PERSON33479)

Sex, family and generation  (Childbirth )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Outcome(s)Astrological Chart

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CASE57595: Horary consultation concerning Matthew Fensom (PERSON48847)

Question asked by the patient on 12 January 1624 at 11:00

RN Mathew fensome \a womā/ of Chillington 35 y Ian 12 ☾ h. 11 38 ant m 1623|4|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 59r (upper right part of page)

Matthew Fensom (PERSON48847)

Sex, family and generation  (Childbirth )

Medical (Not specified in question)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment

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?f26-date=1620-1629%3A%3A1624;f27-question-asked=Sex%2C%20family%20and%20generation%3A%3AChildbirth;f28-patient-consent=Patient%20asked%20the%20question, accessed 18 April 2025.

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