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CASE52380: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Hill (PERSON51499)

Question asked by the patient on 2 May 1621 at 09:20

RN Mres Hill of Litlington 54 y may 2. h. 9. 20 ant m. 162i |hart stitch syd|

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 128r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE17224: Horary consultation concerning William Sibthorpe [Butcher] (PERSON15797)

Question asked by the patient on 14 June 1602 at 08:15

RN Williā Sibthorpe otherwise butcher of NorthCrowly. 53 y Iune 14 hor. 8. 15 ant m 1602. backe right syde a sore stitch in his backe. & thighe

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 91v (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE64661: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Pentloe (PERSON56547)

Question asked by the patient on 28 September 1627 at 09:39

RN Th: Pentloe of Swymsteede 52 y Sept 28  {sic} h. 9. 39. ant m. 1627.

pinched & griped in his bellly esp after Eating

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 225r (upper left part of page)

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CASE47573: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Henry Honour (PERSON12886)

Question asked by the patient on 1 October 1618 at 08:20

RN Goodmā Honour of this towne. s {sic} 58. y. Octob. 1. h. 8. 20. ant m 1618.

for his syde & stitches

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 43r (upper left part of page)

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CASE21242: Horary consultation concerning Lancelot Whitfield (PERSON17095)

Question asked by the patient on 9 May 1604 at 06:30

RN La{unl}et Whitefild of Woulverton 54 y maij 9 hor 6. 30 ant m 1604.

hed ill s {sic} cough of a long cōtinuanc 6 yeres full stomacke & stitches. backe Sr Henr long mā. maried /Here in prsenc as if he ayled nothing\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 415, f. 104v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE19013: Horary consultation concerning Richard Scrivener (PERSON15675)

Question asked by the patient on 11 March 1601 at 11:00

RN Rich Scrivenor of Potters Perry Martij xj die . h. 11. ant m. 1601.

ventris dolore et lateris d|s|inistri dolore. wth sundry grypes.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 50v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE13035: Horary consultation concerning William Astone (PERSON9270)

Question asked by the patient on 1 February 1600 at 13:30

RN Williā Ashon of Wicken 50 y. for a stitch in his right syde & above his huckle bone & a gryping & a swellinge in his belly leeke a winde cholicke feb first. die  {sic}. 1. 30 p m 1600

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 263r (upper right part of page)

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CASE49966: Horary consultation concerning Joan Grigs (PERSON12418)

Question asked by the patient on 20 November 1619 at 12:00

RN Ione Grigs of Warrenton 55 y novēb. 20 h {sic} hor. 12 1619 backe loyns syde of her belly wth a gryping rūneth into her hips & legs like an ague.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 60v (upper right part of page)

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CASE72394: Decumbiture for Frances Fensom (PERSON48845)

Question asked by the patient on 24 June 1631 at 08:15

RN was taken going in the fild wth a stitch vnder her left syde Iune 6 h. 3. 4|3|. 30 ant m 163i

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 443 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE11612: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Buckingham [Honour] (PERSON10131)

Question asked by the patient on 9 August 1598 at 09:36

RN Elisabeth Honour of Newp |of 50 y| enquireth what is good for the extreeme greeping of her hart the 9 of Aug. die h. 9. 36 m. 1598.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘sunt qui insimulant eā veneficij’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 12v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12791: Horary consultation concerning Bridget Wall (PERSON16764)

Question asked by the patient on 8 October 1599 at 11:15

RN Bridget Wall of Potters Perry a poer widdowe of 50 y. Octob. 8 die h. 11. 15 ant m. 1599. for a stitch about her harte

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 216r (upper left part of page)

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CASE16295: Horary consultation concerning John Parnam (PERSON14695)

Question asked by the patient on 1 September 1604 at 17:15

GJ Iohn Parnā of Lidlington 56 y Sept. 1. ho. 5. 15 p. m. 1604 A stitche vnder his left syde

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 209v (upper left part of page)

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CASE32518: Horary consultation concerning Catherine Day (PERSON22847)

Question asked by the patient on 5 January 1608 at 09:00

RN Katheron day of wavendon 50 y Ian. 5 h. 9. ant m 1607|8| a stitch vndr her right syde this fortnight

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 333v (upper left part of page)

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CASE18356: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Miller (PERSON14184)

Question asked by the patient on 6 December 1602 at 13:15

RN Goody Miller of our towne. 50 y. Decēb. 6 hor 1. 15. p m. 1602. a stitch & gryping over her syde & back & belly

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 260v (upper right part of page)

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CASE10317: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Tole (PERSON16463)

Question asked by the patient on 12 April 1600 at 12:00

RN Agnys Tole of Pathnā 50 y. long sick Apr 12 die . h. 12. 1600 harte & greeping in her bodye./ head mutch.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 36v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE79204: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Claire Wright (PERSON37112)

Question asked by the patient on 21 December 1634 at 11:00

SRN My Cozon Clare wright of Southwarke London. 50. y. Decemƀ 21.  {sic}. h. 11. a. m. 1634.

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hath kept her bed this sennight a weake bad digestion. her meate rises sometymes like hard egs wch causes a great payne both in stomack & backe.

she can eate little or nothing she desires to haue something to strengthen her stomack. /much troubled with a stitch in her right side with a continuall payne in her stomack.\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 165r (upper left part of page)

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CASE10307: Horary consultation concerning Goody Margaret Scot [Old Goody Scot] (PERSON15663)

Question asked by the patient on 11 April 1600 at 13:00

RN Margaret Scot of Broughton Ap. 11 die h. 1. p m. 1600 head & hart a stitche. 50 y.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 35v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE45311: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Hutton (PERSON13089)

Question asked by Goody Joan Hutton (PERSON13092) on 19 July 1617 at 08:00

RN Ione Huttons husb taken wth the new ague every where ill cōpl of his syde & stitches was let blood Iuly 19 h. 8 ant m 1617.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 220, f. 38v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE49923: Horary consultation concerning Goodman William Young (PERSON37175)

Question asked by the patient on 9 November 1619 at 15:00

RN Will Young of Illing beyond St yeedes 58 y novēb. 9 h. 3. p m 1619.

an aguish thick red water. / sick the thursd before St Nich his day. a twelfemonth something smyt him on the chest le{illeg}|n|ing {sic} \leaning/ agaynst a tree by wth mutch gryping in his belly a swelling in his body sometymes hot & sometymes cold wth a nūmnes in his legs yt he cānot goe for it. loose body. cānot eate nor drinke by fits.

is vp every day more or les.

Is so swelled in his body yt he cā scarce get his cleathes togeathr by fits his legs

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 51v (upper left part of page)

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CASE11838: Horary consultation concerning James Greenwood (PERSON12385)

Question asked by the patient on 2 December 1598 at 10:15

RN Iames Greenewood of water eaton Doctr Spark tennet {sic} 50 yeres old. complayneth of his of h an old dysease of his harte now well & lusty but not long sinc almost ded in it. troubled wth a stitch on his right side & cometh over his hart ready to swounde. very cold wth it. of a high colour. stuffed in his Chest yt he can scarce tak his winde quærit Decēbr. 2. die . h. 10. 15. mi. 1598. his hart trembleth muday {sic} last sick lame.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 60r (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?f26-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso;f27-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AGripings%2C%20gnawings%20and%20stitches;f28-patient-age-band=050-059, accessed 20 March 2025.