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CASE62293: Horary consultation concerning Richard Smith (PERSON59044)

Question asked by the patient on 8 May 1626 at 16:30

RN Rich: {B} {sic} Smyth of Bechwell in Leycestshere. 18. may 8 4. 30 p. m. 1626.

offreth to goe to stoole often but cānot worse sitting fundament cōmeth out. but goeth to stoole onc a daye.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 196v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE62545: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Twisden (PERSON60639)

Question asked by the patient on 3 June 1626 at 20:30

RN The younger gentlewomā mrs \An/ T{illeg}|w|isdon sent me a lettr Mres An Twisden 20 y Iune 3 h {sic} hor 8. 30 p m 1626

at her stomack

would weare some playster for her backe yt had a good smell

afrayd to be let blood yet will she sayth henc forth if I will advise her therto.

would have some cōfortable thing to breake wynd for her stomack to digest her meate.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 238r (upper left part of page)

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CASE62658: Horary consultation concerning Old Goody Blea (PERSON28134)

Question asked by the patient on 29 December 1626 at 09:26

RN old goody Blea Decēb 29. h. 9 26 ant m 1626 |mother|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 263v (upper right part of page)

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CASE61914: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Jane Bullock (PERSON45166)

Question asked by the patient on 1 April 1626 at 06:25

RN Mres Iane Bullock at Mres Kirckland 33 y march. Ap. 1. 6. 25. ant m 1626 |sub to ye mother hed light|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 141v (upper right part of page)

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CASE61932: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Seeling (PERSON58435)

Question asked by the patient on 3 April 1626 at 10:50

RN Elis: Seeling of litleBrickhill 12 y. Ap. 3. h. 10. 50 ant m. 1626.

feareth a Consūption of the lungs

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 144v (upper left part of page)

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CASE62491: Horary consultation concerning Grace Ridge (PERSON57623)

Question asked by the patient on 30 May 1626 at 09:00

RN Grace Ridg of Elstoe 30. y. may 30 h. 9. ant m 1626 sinc Easter lame in her armes back & legs right syde full of ach.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 229r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE62516: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Tyrlington (PERSON36237)

Question asked by the patient on 31 May 1626 at 18:00

RN my Cosen Tyrlington of London quærit vtrū recuperabit sanitatē deo placente may 31. h. 6 p m. 1626.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 233v (upper left, and middle right parts of page)

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CASE61682: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Rachel Basket (PERSON43702)

Question asked by the patient on 28 February 1626 at 11:40

RN Mres Rachel: of Parsnā 18 y 21 y febr 28 h. 11 40 p ant m 1626. dull heavy & hot in her back

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 105v (middle left part of page)

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CASE62268: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Goodyear [Bambridg] (PERSON50140)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1626 at 07:00

RN Mres An Goddiar a londyner a widow strang mother fi{ts} {sic} fits 2: y. may 5. h 7 ant m 1626

Mres An Goddiar \was/ troubled wth strang fits of the mother mother {illeg} {a} widow her father Mr Bambridg in the Strand agaynst Checker Lane at the signe of the black spread {E}agle may 5 h 7 ant m 1626

a Daughter of on Mr Iohn Brarmridg now a widow wth 5 children sent to me 2 y sinc of whom I tooke speciall notes may 5 h. 7. 30 ant m 1626 mutch like my lady Iennings Daughter Desyreth yt I should looke over my bookes & send the same things

In the Strand agaynst Checker lane at the blacke spread Eagle

Her name is Anne Goodyeare of the Strand may 5 . h. 7. ant m 1626

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, ff. 193v-194r (f. 193v middle left, f. 193v bottom centre, f. 193v bottom right, f. 193v bottom left, and f. 194r upper left)

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CASE62460: Horary consultation concerning Goody Roughead (PERSON57937)

Question asked by the patient on 27 May 1626 at 08:00

RN Goody Ruffhead of this towne 50 y may 27 h {sic} hor 8 ant m. 16261

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘head ach. & chest’ in chart

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

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CASE62474: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Cook (PERSON46822)

Question asked by the patient on 29 May 1626 at 09:45

RN Mres Cooke of newp may 29 . h. 9. 45 ant m 1626. casteth mutch a fortnight payned at her chest:

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 226v (bottom left 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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CASE62584: Horary consultation concerning James Middleton (PERSON14141)

Question asked by the patient on 12 December 1626 at 11:20

RN Iames Mydleton of Emmerton 55 y Decēb 12 h. 11. 3|2|0 ant m 1626.

chest stuffed extreme cough1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘ptysick.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 249r (upper right part of page)

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CASE62615: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Sharpe (PERSON35220)

Question asked by the patient between 19 December 1626 at 16:20 and 20 December 1626 at 09:00

RN Mr Sharpe of Roaleson in Leycester sheere 46. y. the 24 of Iuly all his life tyme troubled wth obstructions & a cold raw stomack & wynd & a {g}ydynes in his head & a coldnes in the top of his head & is forced to rub his head to restoare it to senc      fyndeth good in garlick

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 255r (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE62949: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Fisher (PERSON48996)

Question asked by the patient on 14 October 1626 at 14:00

RN Thomas Fisher of Caucot 10 y. octob 14 h {sic} hor 2 p m 1626

ey sight lost a palsy of arme & syde1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘palsy blynd’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 315v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE62316: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Frances Blowfild [Old Mrs Blowfild] (PERSON28164)

Question asked by the patient on 10 May 1626 at 16:00

RN Mres francis Blowfild {illeg} of flitwick 50|4|. y. may 10 hor 4. p m 1626.

she is clogged at her stomack ready to stop her wynd

her flux downward somwhat stayd yet voydeth mutch thick blood at her nose in clotters

she Desyreth some of her old syrop yt she had in may Last

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 200v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE62462: Horary consultation concerning Lady Anne Twisden (PERSON60638)

Question asked by the patient on 27 May 1626 at 13:00

RN The lady Twisden of London 51. y. may 27 h {sic} hor. 1 p. m 1626

[Astrological Chart]

by her sleeping & scouring she hath nutch {sic} mended sinc Sr will wrote Last yt is thursday last.

yet the last night was more troublesome then before

this Day cōplayneth of a sournes rising out of her stomake supposeth yt a vomyt would doe her good yet dare not to adventur it by reason of her weaknes & scowring. wch we dare not to stay seing the goodnes of it yet fyndeth no aptnes to cast but a soure belching

desyreth a nother box of the pils 10 and an answ to his lett & to this.

The lady Twisden of London may 27 h 1. p m 1626

very weake & feeble yet sitteth vp & eateth prty well. scoureth mtch {sic} hath a soure belching yet no aptnes to cast.

would know wheathr fit to give her a vomyt considering her \great/ weaknes & sither her scouring Doth her so mutch good craveth an answere to his forme & to this Letter also.

wheathr any other course for mending of the sourenes will not helpe wth out a vomyt.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, ff. 224v-225r (f. 224v middle left, f. 224v bottom, and f. 225r upper left)

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?f27-patient-knowledge=Patient%20asked%20the%20question;f28-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso;f29-date=1620-1629%3A%3A1626, accessed 19 March 2025.