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CASE12290: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Impy (PERSON13103)

Question asked by the patient on 24 April 1599 at 11:15

RN Thomas Impy of Marst{illeg}|on|e Morten 43 for a lame hand swelled yt he can lift it vp to his hed. 24 of Apr. {di}e h. 11. 15. ant m. 1599. {taken} wth a surfet of wet & cold. yt fell into his armes.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 136r (upper left part 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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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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CASE42812: Horary consultation concerning Margery Ashby (PERSON21884)

Question asked by the patient on 6 February 1616 at 10:00

RN Margery Ashby of Cosgrave f {sic} mayed {sic} 29 y feb. 6 h. 10. ant m 16i6 |had a great cold & cough ioynts apts to swound whē she riseth| |new ague.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 178v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12962: Horary consultation concerning Richard Foster (PERSON11846)

Question asked by the patient on 8 January 1600 at 11:00

RN Richard Foster of Dunsainger 48 yeres. Ian. 8 die h 11. ant m. 1600. it rūneth leeke a bloode vp into his ioynt into his armes & belly wth a pricking & into his head & then his eyes runne & in the raines of his backe & out of his yarde matter white rūneth. the rūning of the reanes.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 250r (upper right part of page)

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CASE13059: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth [Isabel] Buckstone (PERSON10146)

Question asked by the patient on 11 February 1600 at 11:30

RN Isbell Buckstone for her back & right arme & hoving in her bely & chest ready to stop her winde troubled wth the whites Ia|f|eb {sic} 11 die . h. 11. 30. ant m. 1600

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 267r (upper left part of page)

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CASE10647: Horary consultation concerning Thomas White (PERSON17057) and Susan White (PERSON17086)

Question asked by Thomas White (PERSON17057) and Susan White (PERSON17086) on 22 May 1600 at 11:30

RN Thomas White of Milten 56. may 22 die h. 11 30 ant m 1600 |a payne in his shoulders| payned in his head back & chest stuffed. faynt & feeble water good but yellowish. sande in his backe. a drye cough.

Susāna White of Milten Mres Androwes servant 18 a red coloured wenche legs sweld. hath the whites but very few of the reds. head & harte a swimminge.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 79r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE44105: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Barker (PERSON27733)

Question asked by the patient on 21 November 1616 at 10:00

RN mres Barker of Bowbrickhell 5|4|0 y novēb 21. {illeg}|| h. 10 ant m 16i6 mutch troubled wthan arising up in her stomake breaking mutch wynd wth it like to ye passio hypōdriaca & mother. & eateth litle

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 27r (upper left part of page)

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CASE73223: Horary consultation concerning Mr Kent (PERSON52787)

Question asked by Mrs White (PERSON61617) on 21 October 1631 at 12:00

RN Mres white of London 30. y. h 12. 1631 / soc{illeg}|r|{sic} socro mr Kent yt hath a dead palsye cānot speake to bed vnderstood\ |a bad stomack Costive onc in 5 days.| |stomack.|

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loynes & stitch stone

vtrū socrus paralytic sit moriturus. sine consensu

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 243 (upper right part of page)

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CASE26414: Horary consultation concerning Mr Lawrence Meridale (PERSON33194)

Question asked by Mr Meridale (PERSON62715) on 6 March 1615 at 13:00

RW Mr Meridale of Great Brickhill for his Father \y: 70./ March: 6. h: 1. post merid: 1615. stuffed in his stomacke. pained in his head & backe, hath a cough & cold.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 204, f. 41v (upper centre part of page)

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CASE72214: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON41338)

Question asked by the patient on 27 May 1631 or on 28 May 1631 at 15:00

RN a womā troubled wth a great swelled cheake & leg hard swelled cedding from the kings evill may 28 h. 3 p m 1631

kings evill

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 232, p. 380 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE13037: Horary consultation concerning Catherine Oakley (PERSON14550) and Thomas Burgess (PERSON10196) and Mary Burgess (PERSON10203)

Question asked by Catherine Oakley (PERSON14550), Thomas Burgess (PERSON10196) and Mary Burgess (PERSON10203) on 2 February 1600 at 12:00

RN Katheron Ocklie of Turvie 60 y. payned in her legs & bodye wch are mightely swollen & a payne in her cheste wth a cold. Doth spit blood also feb. 2 die . h. 12. Thomas Burges \of Astwood/ 50 yeres for a great cough & payne in the chest very short winded. 16001

[Astrological Chart]

the womans watr is very red & thick Mary Burges troubled about the hart wth a coughinge her watr hath black melancholy humour. her husb & ss troubled wth a cough.

Notes:

1 ‘a coughe’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 263v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE19297: Horary consultation concerning Mr Matthew Emerson (PERSON11576) and Randall Young (PERSON17472)

Question asked by Mr Matthew Emerson (PERSON11576) and Randall Young (PERSON17472) on 27 April 1601 at 13:45

RN Mathewe Emmerton of Stony stratford {A} {sic} 26. y Ap 27 die hor. 1. 45. p m. 1601

Randall yonge of the same towne oculis et capitis dolore1

[Astrological Chart]

Randall younge of Stonystratford Apr 27 die hor. 2. p m. 1601.

Notes:

1 ‘for a megrim & blood shotten eyes eyes swollen’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, ff. 97v-98r (f. 97v upper right, and f. 98r upper left)

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CASE74035: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Michael Lambert (PERSON53273)

Question asked by the patient on 15 March 1632 between 17:00 and 18:45

RN Michael Lambart suddenly taken wth \a/ swounding fit \being at plow/ h. 1. p m. 1632.

& hath kept his bed ever sinc head & all his body legs stiffe as a stake |morbus Caducus|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 511 (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE12995: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Burchmore (PERSON10185)

Question asked by the patient on 14 January 1600 at 12:00

RN Mres Burchmore of Tottell end 33 yeres Ian. 14 die h. 12. habet albos et rubeos successive stomack hed backe. weake of a yellowe coloure. a candell wth cymamon {sic} stayeth her whit when nothing els will troubled with the iaundish & of a yellowish colour.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 255r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE50337: Horary consultation concerning Anne Warr (PERSON36499)

Question asked by the patient on 29 February 1620 at 09:00

RW Anne Warr of stony stratford y. 46. d. h: 9. ant: m: Feb. 29 1620. a weake pale water. & windie: a weake stomacke: swelled in her face & head: if shee sitteth vp her feete swell also: desireth to drinke eateth nothinge but broth: & {illeg}|v|seth to sucke her water lettinge none of the substance to goe downe. troubled also with the whites too much: Gonorrhea. hath them too much

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 138v (upper left part of page)

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CASE50418: Horary consultation concerning Joan Mead (PERSON33171)

Question asked by the patient on 22 March 1620 at 11:30

RN Ione Mead of Stukely 52 y march 22 h. 11. 30 ant m 1620

swelled very big in her belly & very hard a whole yere. her legs begyn to swell is very weake & faynt

a Tympany

An aguish water

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 147v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12277: Horary consultation concerning John Brooke (PERSON10071)

Question asked by the patient on 23 April 1599 at 08:30

RN Iohn Brookes 24 yeres a batcheler: servant to goodmā Sympson spitteth bloode & hath a hie colour payned vnder his side hath a cough. feareth a plurisye. Apr. 23 die h. 8. 30. m. p m {sic}. 1599 a very good water but very mutche.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 133v (upper right part of page)

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CASE50028: Horary consultation concerning Goody Rider (PERSON34752)

Question asked by the patient on 6 December 1619 at 13:38

RN Goody Rider of newport 50 y decēb. 6 h. 1. 38 p m 1619

It tooke her 3 weekes sinc & hath bene speachles almost 3 weekes. eateth well. lame in her right syde |she took it wth a cold tooke it wth a cold|

the dead palsy

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 73r (upper left part of page)

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CASE73615: Horary consultation concerning Lady Dorothy Jennings [Mrs Jennings] (PERSON52513) and Mrs Elizabeth Jennings [Latch] (PERSON52517)

Question asked by Lady Dorothy Jennings [Mrs Jennings] (PERSON52513) on 12 January 1632 at 18:20

RN The lady Dorothy Ienins of the Str{and} for her Dropsy & scurvy |& a great co{ugh} yt troubleth her very mutch|

& her Daughters eyes Ian. 12 {h} 6. 20 p m 163{2}

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 386 (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?f28-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body;f32-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f33-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29, accessed 2 April 2025.