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CASE32161: Horary consultation concerning Spark (PERSON25518) and Mr Thomas Spark (PERSON25516)

Question asked by Dr Spark (PERSON16013) on 24 September 1607 at 11:00

RN D Sparke for his wife & sonne sept 24 h. 12|i|. 1607. longes y|c|ough ill stomack. belly hoven.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 285r (upper left part of page)

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CASE44881: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Jane Fisher (PERSON30428)

Question asked by the patient on 12 May 1617 at 13:00

RN Mres \Iane/ fisher of Bedford 36 y may 12 h. 1. p m 1617 |faynt shortwyded. ill afte meat stomacke heavy /leden.\ termes but few |a husking cough||

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 153v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE19606: Horary consultation concerning John Holman (PERSON12861)

Question asked by the patient on 13 July 1601 at 06:00

RN Iohn Holman of Newport 34. y. Iuly 13 die hor 6. ant m 160i1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘head light. backe il had a bruise long sinc & a payne in his syde. faynt.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 149r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE18427: Horary consultation concerning Isabel Newman (PERSON14397)

Question asked by the patient on 20 December 1602 at 13:40

GJ Isabell Newman of Ashton 32 y. Decemb. 20 ho. 1. 40 p.m.

shortwinded a payne at her hart Cannot endure to go. very ill after she hath eaten any thing a meaden

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 272r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE23570: Horary consultation concerning William Miller (PERSON20323)

Question asked by the patient on 13 June 1614 at 18:00

RN Will Miller my mā lame & ill in his stomacke Iune 13 h. 6. p m. 1614 /cā eate litle\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 30r (upper left part of page)

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CASE46614: Horary consultation concerning Goody Joan Godfrey (PERSON30955)

Question asked by the patient on 12 May 1618 at 14:30

RN Ione Godfrey of Bechāpton 2|4|0 y may 12 h. 2. 30 p m 1618 back ill & breasts swelled

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 96r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE15666: Horary consultation concerning Joan Fisher (PERSON11784)

Question asked by the patient on 1 October 1603 at 13:45

GJ Ioane Fisher of Stonystratford 23 y. Octob j. ho 1. 45 p m. 1603

A great payne in her backe

menses obstructi these 2 or 3 yeeres

Thomas Colyns a malsters mayde

Ill many tymes in her stomacke sometymes ready to swound

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 142v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE55355: Horary consultation concerning William Pearson [Pearce] (PERSON24861)

Question asked by the patient on 9 December 1622 at 08:30

RN Will: Perce of this towne 26 y Decēb. 9. h 8. 30 ant m. 1622. |spitteth blood cānot {stand} {sic} stand nor eat. chest ill|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 129r (upper left part of page)

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CASE76128: Horary consultation concerning Goody Archer (PERSON9200)

Question asked by the patient on 12 December 1632 at 13:00

RN Goody Archer of Litlington now at Wootton 60 y Decēb. 12 h. 1. p m 1632 |a stitch on her left syde| /a stuffing wth the chest ill\ /ill fits cold\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 210 (upper left part of page)

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CASE39421: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Pen (PERSON34208)

Question asked by the patient on 23 March 1612 at 10:15

RN Elis Penne of hackleton 14 y. march 23. h. 10. 15. ant m 1612.

borne at St Iohns daye after Christmas a litle before mydnight. 14 y. since. being tuesday.

6|7| weekes ill & very shortwyded & troubled wth a great throbbing of the ha\r/t.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 409, f. 28r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12363: Horary consultation concerning Parnell Kirk (PERSON13332)

Question asked by the patient on 2 May 1599 at 12:40

RN Parnell Brookes Kerke of Caucot 58. sicke a great well very ill in her bellye. & is a woman of a great body & is swollen & so hath beene this quarter of this yere. / sent to me by her Daughter. this second of maye h. 12. 40. 1599. twice maried.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 147r (upper right part of page)

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CASE18856: Horary consultation concerning Mr George Piggot (PERSON14922)

Question asked by the patient on 30 January 1601 at 08:20

RN Mr George Pigget at the same tyme of bechāpt1

Notes:

1 ‘Mr George Pigget of Bechampton at the same tyme is ill agayne & horse in his stomacke.’ at the top of the page

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 20v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE20841: Horary consultation concerning Goody Bradburn (PERSON9925)

Question asked by the patient on 20 March 1604 at 11:34

RN Goody Bredburne of Newporte 62 y martij 20 hor 11. 34. ant m 1604. carried yesterday a tub of cloathes & now ill \in/ her backe & cā not styrre./

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 415, f. 47r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE71157: Horary consultation concerning William Ferry (PERSON48857)

Question asked by the patient on 28 December 1630 at 10:13

RN Will: Feary of Harsom 12 |13| y Decēb 28 h. 10 15|3| {sic} |13.| p|a|nt m 1630

sometymes so ill yt he cānot speake stuft in his Chest:

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 36 (upper right part of page)

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CASE52033: Horary consultation concerning Rose Bates (PERSON43762)

Question asked by the patient on 15 February 1621 at 12:50

RN Rose Bates servant to Mr Allen of Goldington 25 y febr. 15 h. 12. 50 p m 162i.

ill ever sinc Chistmas by fits cōplayning of the left syde & cā take no rest day nor night.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 56v (upper left part of page)

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CASE55798: Horary consultation concerning Mary Loe (PERSON32761)

Question asked by the patient on 19 March 1623 at 17:00

RN Mary Lowe of Ha\r/dmead 35 y March. 19 h. 5 p m 1623

5 child

4 y sinc misc of her s {sic} child & ill by fits belly griped

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 24v (upper left part of page)

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CASE44324: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Arnold (PERSON27453)

Question asked by the patient on 22 February 1617 at 12:15

RN Thomas Arnoll of Amptill 28. y. sept febr: 22. h {sic} hor 12 15 p. m. 1617. a batch. a burning feaver Chest ill. spitteth blood. sometymes cānot sleepe

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 68r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE39770: Horary consultation concerning Lady Susan Longueville [Mrs Susan Longueville] [Lady Susan Grey] (PERSON32785)

Question asked by the patient on 28 April 1612 at 09:20

RN Mr Michaell longfilds wife 24. 3 weekes sinc brought a bed. taken {illeg}|v|iolently yesterday Ap 27. h h. {sic} 8 30 ant m taken violently in ye bottome of her belly. \like the chollicke./ on syde frō her hip downeward very lame. stomack ill brought a bed 3. weekes sinc Apr 28. : h: 9. 20 ant m. 1612 is very costive./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 409, f. 76r (upper left part of page)

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CASE72140: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Cob (PERSON46416)

Question asked by the patient on 19 May 1631 at 13:00

RN Mres Elis: Cob of Fensom 36 y may 19. h. 1. p {sic} 1631 had. 13. child hath buryed 6 & hath seaven. living was prsent head, left syde, chest ill:

Is very weake

a great fayntnes in her stomack & legs as she goeth. feareth consūption a burning in her back

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 355 (upper left part of page)

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CASE27381: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Bruce (PERSON19138)

Question asked by the patient on 26 May 1606 at 16:30

RN Dorothy Bruce of Dodford in Stoe parish 35 y may 26 h. 4. 30 p m 1606. |mothr.|

left syde wch moveth twingeth shooteth pricketh rolleth burned at her backe hed ill

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 146r (upper left, and bottom right parts 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?f27-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29%3A%3AIllness;f28-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso;f29-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29, accessed 5 May 2025.