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CASE63659: Horary consultation concerning Mr Playdwell (PERSON34368) and Mrs Dorothy Playdwell (PERSON34369)

Question asked by Mr Playdwell (PERSON34368) and Mrs Dorothy Playdwell (PERSON34369) on 16 April 1627 at 17:30

RN Mr Pledwell \44 y/ & Mres Plet{illeg}|dw|eld|l|. |40 y| Ap. 16 h. 5. 30 p m 1627/ /she was deadly sick of ye mother.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 64r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE53403: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Edmonds (PERSON11482)

Question asked by the patient on 6 December 1621 at 12:00

RN Mr Edmunds of Winsloe sick hart decēb 6 h. 12 162i

new ague

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 149r (upper right part of page)

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CASE62515: Decumbiture for Lady Sara Leech [Mrs Sara Napier [Sandy]] (PERSON15610)

Question asked by the patient on 31 May 1626 between 15:00 and 18:00

RN Mres Sara fell sick at London may 5. h. 4 3 30 p m. 1626 /Desp sick of her hart & a stitch\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 233r (upper right part of page)

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CASE54019: Horary consultation concerning Joan Russell (PERSON58066)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39420) on 27 April 1622 at 18:00

RN Ione Rus{illeg}|s|ell of St {illeg}|y|eedes 7 y Ap 27 {illeg}|h| {sic} hor. 6 p m 1622. |sick sinc Christmas last.| /belly & chest.\ /he rageth by fits\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 76v (upper left part of page)

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CASE65430: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Warren (PERSON61178)

Question asked by Mr William Bouth (PERSON28280) on 25 February 1628 at 13:00

RN Mr Boaths mā came for the gentlewomā \Mres Warren/ sick of the mother feb 25. h. 1. p. m. 1628

[Astrological Chart]

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

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CASE58613: Decumbiture for Bridens (PERSON44793)

Question asked by the patient on 7 June 1624 at 11:20

RN B{illeg}|r|idens Daghter 12. y. Iue {sic} 7. {illeg}||. h. 11. 20 ant. m. 1624.

Bridens child fell sick May 22 h. 6. 30 p|a|nt m m {sic} 1624

left syde stitch begā first on the right arm

[Blank Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 215r-v (f. 215r bottom left, and f. 215v upper left)

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CASE57468: Decumbiture for Richard Davis (PERSON47593)

Question asked by the patient on 2 December 1623 at 10:00

RN sept 30 h. 9 ant m. 1623 fell first sick |hed & chest.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 36r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE53842: Horary consultation concerning Richard Bush (PERSON45361)

Question asked by the patient on 9 April 1622 at 10:40

RN Rich: Bush of Stony \old/ stratford 14 y Ap. 9 . h. 10. 40. ant m 1622. |sick a fortnig{ht} & swelled all about his chest voydeth wormes./|

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

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CASE59478: Horary consultation concerning Jane Hopkins (PERSON51848)

Question asked by the patient on 26 November 1624 at 14:30

RN Iane Hopkins of Silson \a mayden/ 30 y novēb: 26 h. 2. 30 p m 1624 |head & backe 6 days| /{kep}t her bed 7 days Dangerous sick\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 117r (upper left part of page)

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CASE68375: Horary consultation concerning Sir James Evington (PERSON30260)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1629 at 08:30

RN Sr Iames Evington my nephew came to see h me & to conferre wth me about his sicknes & cold may 5 h. 8 2|3|0 ant m. 1629 /left syde of his face hot spots red\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a great cough cold’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 179r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE55533: Decumbiture for Mrs Mary Thorne (PERSON20945)

Question asked by the patient on 25 January 1623 at 10:00

RN was so sick on tuesday h. 9 ant m 1623 so stopt & swelled about her chest yt they thought she would die |5 child. youngest 7. y|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 161v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE50322: Horary consultation concerning John Peckaver (PERSON34160)

Question asked by the patient on 26 February 1620 at 10:40

RW Iohn Peckauer of Brackley. y. 38. d. h: 10. {illeg}|4|0. ant: m: Feb: 26. 1620.

swelleth in her face chest & legs for a moneth. sicke euer since Christmasse

[Blank Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 137v (middle left 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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CASE50178: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Stokes (PERSON35785)

Question asked by the patient on 23 January 1620 at 14:30

RN Mr Stoake \of Wing/ very sick of melancholy head stōacke cānot sleepe. Ian 23 h. 2. 30 p m 1620 |is very weake|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 112r (upper left part of page)

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CASE51689: Horary consultation concerning Goody Harrison (PERSON50995)

Question asked by the patient on 21 October 1620 at 10:25

RN Goody Harryson octob 21. h {sic} hor. 10. 30 |25| ant m 1620. desp sick impost in her eares a rising in her stomacke vryne good of Astwoode.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 205v (upper right part of page)

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CASE66410: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) and Anonymous (PERSON40698)

Question asked by Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) on 19 June 1628 at 18:00

RN {I}ohn Evans of the Mynrys in London Iue {sic} 19 h. 6 p m. 1628

writeth for a gent mā

first vnfoldeth his owne greefe how he is wrōged & cosened of all yt he hath & therby he his wife & childrē broght to great want & misery craveth my Counsell & instruction

Also writeth in the behalfe of a gentlemā yt having taken an extreme cold & prsently an exceeding greefe for the Death of his wife & {th}erby cast Downe into sicknes & mutch melancholy of a sanguyne cōplexion his sicknes & melancholy is mutch abated & now his voice is almost Lost yt he s cānot {sic} \on cānot/ spea heare on \him/ that speaketh {sic} \to speake/ a yard of

cōplayneth of something about the pit of his throate his voice is only low & weake but not troubled wth any fault in noncing but cleere inough every where no physick but cōplayneth of the coldnes of his stomack & head & sone {sic} stoppage about the begying of his nose cold flegme & cold head & defect in hearing hath 2 great manyscripts of physick yt he is Desyrous I should vse craveth vnder god my consayle for the frind his gentleman

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 80r (upper left 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?f26-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29%3A%3ASickness;f27-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso;f28-date=1620-1629, accessed 15 March 2025.