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CASE28191: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Dormer [Hurleston] (PERSON19499)

Question asked by Old Lady Dormer [Elizabeth Brown] (PERSON19498) on 7 October 1606 at 13:00

RN Mres Hurlestone Octo of Wing Octo 29 y Octob. 7 h. 1. p m. 1606.

Mres Hurlestone of Win filia militis Robert Dormer. 29 y. Octob. 7. h. 1. p m 1606. /cū cōsensu\ /mutch greefe touching her husband\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘melancholick’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 281r-v (f. 281r upper left, and f. 281v upper left)

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CASE75421: Horary consultation concerning Goody Mary Parker (PERSON56113)

Question asked by the patient on 9 September 1632 at 15:50

RN mary Parker of Rawnson 38 38 {sic}. y sept: 9 h. 3. 50 p m 16321

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘greefe & melanch feare’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 419 (upper left part of page)

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CASE49222: Horary consultation concerning Old Sir William Andrews [Young Mr William Andrews] (PERSON9144) and Mr Adolph Andrews (PERSON27380)

Question asked by Mr Adolph Andrews (PERSON27380) on 12 July 1619 at 18:40

RN Mr Adolph. Androwes for his father {s} {sic} wth a cough spitteth blood wch cometh frō his head not sick as also to know what concord betwixt him & his wife & in what sp they shall live togeather Iuly. 12 h 6. 40 p m 1619 /mr Adolph: full of melanch. & greefe.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 235, f. 94r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE51152: Horary consultation concerning John Carnie (PERSON45606)

Question asked by the patient on 1 July 1620 at 10:00

RN Iohn Carne of Stony stratford but dwelling in London 26 y. Iune Iuly 1. h {sic} hor. 10. ant m. 1620

[Partial Astrological Chart]

he was prsent full of melancholy hed mopish heavy cānot sleep. tooke great greefe

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 95v (upper left part of page)

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CASE50453: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Franklin (PERSON30628)

Question asked by the patient on 29 March 1620 at 10:40

RN Mres Margaret Franklin of Bonehurst 24 y march 29. h. 10. 40 ant m 1620 \worst fasting/ hed full & dissye wyndy a cold stomacke hot liver full of melancholy greefe sinc her fathers death. face flushing hot & breaking out /vnmayed {sic}.\ /cold feete hot head\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 153r (upper right part of page)

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CASE26844: Horary consultation concerning Bridget Charnock (PERSON19261) and Richard Charnock (PERSON19257) and Old Mr Richard Charnock (PERSON19256)

Question asked by Old Mr Richard Charnock (PERSON19256) on 10 March 1606 at 15:30

RN Brydget Charnock 14 y march 10 h 3. 30 p m 1606. \hedach melancholy fits/

Rich. Charnock 14 y marh {sic} 10 h. 3. 30 p m 1606.

Old Mr Charnock him selfe.

itch hed ache sorow & greefe.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 59v (upper right part of page)

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CASE66410: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) and Anonymous (PERSON40698)

Question asked by Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) on 19 June 1628 at 18:00

RN {I}ohn Evans of the Mynrys in London Iue {sic} 19 h. 6 p m. 1628

writeth for a gent mā

first vnfoldeth his owne greefe how he is wrōged & cosened of all yt he hath & therby he his wife & childrē broght to great want & misery craveth my Counsell & instruction

Also writeth in the behalfe of a gentlemā yt having taken an extreme cold & prsently an exceeding greefe for the Death of his wife & {th}erby cast Downe into sicknes & mutch melancholy of a sanguyne cōplexion his sicknes & melancholy is mutch abated & now his voice is almost Lost yt he s cānot {sic} \on cānot/ spea heare on \him/ that speaketh {sic} \to speake/ a yard of

cōplayneth of something about the pit of his throate his voice is only low & weake but not troubled wth any fault in noncing but cleere inough every where no physick but cōplayneth of the coldnes of his stomack & head & sone {sic} stoppage about the begying of his nose cold flegme & cold head & defect in hearing hath 2 great manyscripts of physick yt he is Desyrous I should vse craveth vnder god my consayle for the frind his gentleman

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 80r (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?f29-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AGrief%20%28passions%29;f30-number-of-querents=Single%20querent;f31-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMelancholy, accessed 2 April 2025.