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CASE46555: Horary consultation concerning Mary Farrar (PERSON30291)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1618 at 11:00

RN Mary farrow of Earles Barton was 14 y last twelfday last the morne after on satterday morning in ye morning before day came to me for her right hand broken out like a great bloody sore & vnder her armes wth bunches thighes & hips wth many issues all looke red & bloody hād swelleth mutch may 5 h. 11. ant m 1618.

was full of bleatch being a child & was noynted & neaver sinc well.

kings evill hath bene wth the king but smal amendmēt

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 85v (upper right part of page)

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CASE22218: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Harte (PERSON51036)

Question asked by the patient on 21 June 1630 at 13:00

RN Mres Hart of Bryll 28. y. Iune 21. h 1. p m 1630

hands & feete brake out in blysters & scabs.

child 10 weekes old

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 29v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE34138: Horary consultation concerning Richard Cooper (PERSON22680)

Question asked by Mrs Jane Cooper [Church] (PERSON10917) on 21 September 1608 at 13:15

GJ Iane Cooper sent for me. Septemb. 21 ho. 1. 15 p. m. 1608

Her sonne Richard had broad blacke spotts on his legge

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 229, f. 212r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE47639: Horary consultation concerning Widow Clitheroe (PERSON29082)

Question asked by the patient on 13 October 1618 at 07:45

RN Widow Clythowe sucketh a child hath an vlcerous leg 38. y. octob. c 13. h. 7. 45 ant m 1618

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 54v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE28200: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Smith (PERSON20818)

Question asked by the patient on 8 October 1606 at 10:50

RN Elis Smith of piddington 21. y a mayden Octob. 8 h. 10. 50 ant m. 1606 /neck 3 sores rūning. & vndr the armes./\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 282r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE68382: Horary consultation concerning Joan Davis (PERSON47620)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1629 at 15:30

RN Ioane Davis of Olny 43|7| 47 y may 5 h. 3. 30 p m. 1629 /nose blystering & sore\ /head ill legs broken out & Issuing\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘rūing Issue’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 180v (upper left, and middle right parts of page)

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CASE23581: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON37214)

Question asked by the patient on 14 June 1614 at 15:00

RN A widow of Newp for her face broken out in pimpl{es} legs swelled mightely & n{ow} the ague falling into them & ames {sic} pimpled. & blys{te}red. Iune. 14 h. 3. p m 1614.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 31v (upper right part of page)

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CASE21771: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Goodfellowe (PERSON12222)

Question asked by the patient on 27 November 1604 at 11:39

RN Mres Goodfellow sent vnto me novēber. 27. h. 11. 30 {sic} 39. ant m 1604 a hare.

spots on her hand

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 191r (upper right part of page)

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CASE10744: Horary consultation concerning Old Goody Agnes Lancaster (PERSON13548)

Question asked by the patient on 2 June 1600 at 10:15

RN Goody Lancastar of Milton. 50 y. Iune 2 die h. 10. 15. ant m. 1600 short winded hoven im {sic} her bodye belly brest. legs sore rancled & have rūning sores.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 93v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE12278: Horary consultation concerning Amy Fuller (PERSON11987)

Question asked by the patient on 23 April 1599 at 14:50

RN Amy fuller 30. her \right/ shoulder right leg. & her hand hath as it were a crampe & of late broken out. swelled & blistered & very hot & a thin face but well coloored her toes will not styrre Apr. 23. die h. 2. 50. m p m. 1599. whitsontide wilbe a twelmoneth. of Cranfild.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 134r (upper left part of page)

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CASE66078: Decumbiture for Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)

Question asked by the patient on 13 May 1628 between 07:30 and 15:00

RN \Rich. Napeir/ on weddensday last. may 7 h. 2. \25/ p m. 1628.

Sr Th Tyringhā sent me ny {sic} lady Dickbees coach to bring ne {sic} to Tyringhā & thenc to my Lady Dighbees. & so hone {sic} agayne. where I was so brused yt in my left foote wth blyster red black spots & knobs & my left anckle rūpe all blacke red & bloue & could not eate nor rest ever since

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 29r (upper left part of page)

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CASE43260: Horary consultation concerning Mr Henry Sacheverell [Justice of the Peace] [Old Mr Sacheverell] (PERSON35022)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1616 at 10:00

RN Mr Sacheverell Apr 25. h. 10 ant m. 16i6 |70 y.| |legs broken out. Issues.|

[Astrological Chart]

desyrous to know what mysfortunes or diseases are likely to fall vppō him.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 70r (upper left part of page)

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CASE23479: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Joyce Weekes (PERSON36615)

Question asked by the patient on 29 May 1614 at 15:00

RN Mres Weekes moth{er} in law to mr lamb{ert} of Buckinghā desy{red} to see me & to follow my counsell for an iss{ue} in her leg. may 30 29 h. 3. p m. 1614.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 14v (upper right part of page)

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CASE23784: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Nelson (PERSON33554)

Question asked by the patient on 9 August 1614 at 08:00

W Annis {illeg}|N|elson. y. 64|8|. August. 9. . hor. 8. 1614. A. M

A great ach this yeare wth .2. vlcers on the right foot one the two & anckle

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 237, f. 66v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE27698: Horary consultation concerning Joan Ferry (PERSON19597)

Question asked by the patient on 1 July 1606 at 07:00

RN Iuly 1. h. 7. ant m Ione ferry of Woulson a virgyn 50 y 1606

for a leprosye. armes legs scurfe d\r/ye

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 215, f. 203r (upper left part of page)

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CASE60511: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Sumner (PERSON59789)

Question asked by the patient on 24 May 1625 at 10:39

RN Th: Sūner of Dynton by Alesbury 80 y may 24. h. 10. 20|39| p m 1625 /an Issue betwixt his hips & belly boath sydes\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 100v (upper right part of page)

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CASE43404: Horary consultation concerning Robert Yarrow (PERSON37145)

Question asked by the patient on 19 May 1616 at 15:20

RN Robart yarrow of Bracklie 24 y. May 19 h. 3. 20 p m 16i6.

24 y Issues in boath legs. no thing cā goe Downe his throate every thing pricketh yt goeth Downe.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 93v (upper left part of page)

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CASE38318: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Barnes (PERSON9483) and Barnes (PERSON27777)

Question asked by Thomas Barnes (PERSON9483) and Barnes (PERSON27777) on 19 June 1611 at 10:00

RN Thomas Barnes of Olny 50 y Iune 19 . h. 10. ant m. 1611. lame in his legs & hath 3 hols

ready to have his belly & his backe torne in peeces if he put not his fingers into his throate to cast it vp. feareth least on goody Margery Travell hath bewitched him. |& his wife is pulled to.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 118r (upper right part of page)

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CASE66437: Horary consultation concerning Mary Clark (PERSON46290)

Question asked by the patient on 24 June 1628 at 18:00

RN Mary Clarke of newp vtū {sic} the kings evill hath litle kernels vnder her chin & hath a reddish rūing issue vnder the chin 2 months felt payne in her hed eyes & every where |a yere| about & feble in her legs yet hath thē well Iune 24 h 6 p m 1628.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 83v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE50292: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edward Plummer (PERSON14975)

Question asked by the patient on 12 February 1620 at 15:20

RN Mr \Edward/ Plūmer of Holcot 50 y. 40 y feb 12 h {sic} hor 3. \20/ p m 1620

about cristmas face & hands mutch swelled as big as two stomack weake cā scarc keepe any thing. I {se}aled blood onc sinc yt mutch payned in his head & mēbers at the end of making water it prickes & throbs wth extreme payne

feareth an vlcer for it is as matter yt cōmeth frō him & maketh it often. 4 tymes in an houre it hindereth slepe.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 134r (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?f28-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints;f32-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body;f33-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALesions%20and%20abscesses, accessed 18 April 2025.