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CASE12924: Horary consultation concerning Goody Isabel Windmill (PERSON17248)

Question asked by the patient on 29 December 1599 at 16:00

RN Isbell Windmill of brodwell pinched & greped in the belly th wch shee taketh to be by wormes 65. p m Decēb. 29 die h. 4. p m. 1599 a gnawing vnder her hart & her navell

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 244r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12217: Horary consultation concerning John Stubley (PERSON16239)

Question asked by the patient on 6 April 1599 at 10:20

RN Iohn Stubly 22. of Shenly complayneth of his guts & the gnawing of his navell & he voyded a worme. black & longe. he lyeth vppon the ground on his belly cannot tak any rest Apr. 6. die h. 10. 20 1599. watr good. a {sic} bl ruddy coloured & nowe pale coloured. the spice of it this 2 yeres.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 122v (upper right, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE17195: Horary consultation concerning Jane Travell (PERSON16545)

Question asked by Goody Elizabeth Travell (PERSON16541) on 11 June 1602 at 13:00

RN Goody Travell of Gothurste 40 y Iune xj hor. 1. p m 1602 for Iane her daughter xj. y. of her harte & gryping of her syd looketh ill faynt water good.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 87v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE13035: Horary consultation concerning William Astone (PERSON9270)

Question asked by the patient on 1 February 1600 at 13:30

RN Williā Ashon of Wicken 50 y. for a stitch in his right syde & above his huckle bone & a gryping & a swellinge in his belly leeke a winde cholicke feb first. die  {sic}. 1. 30 p m 1600

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 263r (upper right part of page)

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CASE50319: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Ward (PERSON36466)

Question asked by the patient on 26 February 1620 at 12:10

RW Tho: Warde of Turringhā y. 24. d. ho. 0. 10. Feb: 26 1620. A stick in his right side & a drie huskeish cough: \{sic}/ pitteth blood when hee cougheth.

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 137v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE10198: Horary consultation concerning Frances Goodman (PERSON12262)

Question asked by the patient on 24 March 1600 at 15:00

RN Francis Goodman of Newport 17. y for a payne in her back a stitch in her syde March. 24 die h. 3. p m. 1600

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 20r (middle right part of page)

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CASE12679: Horary consultation concerning Harry Mourby (PERSON14298)

Question asked by the patient on 10 September 1599 at 11:00

RN Harry Mourby of \in/ Cosgrave field in furthoe parish. 60 yeres old. hath for this yere to cast vp the meate he always taketh his belly will swell sometimes as big as it can hold. gryped in belly & in backe. sept. 10. die h. 11. ant m. 1599.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 200r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12694: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Spencer (PERSON16030)

Question asked by the patient on 14 September 1599 at 08:00

RN Thomas Spencer of Cosgrave 39 y. a payne in his back & a stitch in his syde for this 5 weekes that he can scarce styrre him in his bead. Sept. 14 die h. 8. ant m 1599.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 202v (upper left part of page)

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CASE49365: Horary consultation concerning William Deverell (PERSON29794)

Question asked by the patient on 28 July 1619 at 17:30

RN Will: Devearell of Swāburn 42 y Iuly 28. {h} {sic} h. 5 30 p m 1619 every d{ay} {sic} day ill sinc satterday but worse some day then other a flushing heate is vp in the mydl of the day sleepeth litle. a stitch vnder his right syde / doth make him cough a litle.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 124r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12134: Horary consultation concerning John Burton (PERSON10224)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17668) on 25 March 1599 at 18:08

RN Iohn Burton of Cosgrave for his disease a boy of 9 yeres old kept his bed ever sinc tuesday. voyded wormes payned in chest belly & hart a stitch vndr his right \side/ a very hie coloured youth wth the vexation yt was pale before. all swollen frō the face to the granes. made no water sinc thursday. at 25 of March. die h. 6: 8. p. m 1599

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 111r (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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CASE12050: Horary consultation concerning Old Goodman Hull (PERSON13043)

Question asked by the patient on 12 March 1599 at 07:00

RN Old Goodman Hull of Newpport for a stitch in his left side cōming frō \or by/ his back & so to his hart ready to stop his winde maketh him look very ill martij 12 die die  {sic} h. 7. ant m.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 98r (upper right part of page)

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CASE10782: Horary consultation concerning Matthew Rutland (PERSON15541)

Question asked by the patient on 9 June 1600 at 07:12

RN Mathewe Rutland of Newnton Longfild. Iune 9. die h. 7. 12. ant m. 1600 for a griping tormenting payne in his chest as it were the wormes. 50 y. old.

his breath stinketh voyded on worme

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 100r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE79204: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Claire Wright (PERSON37112)

Question asked by the patient on 21 December 1634 at 11:00

SRN My Cozon Clare wright of Southwarke London. 50. y. Decemƀ 21.  {sic}. h. 11. a. m. 1634.

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hath kept her bed this sennight a weake bad digestion. her meate rises sometymes like hard egs wch causes a great payne both in stomack & backe.

she can eate little or nothing she desires to haue something to strengthen her stomack. /much troubled with a stitch in her right side with a continuall payne in her stomack.\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 165r (upper left part of page)

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CASE32123: Horary consultation concerning Robert Coursey (PERSON22710)

Question asked by the patient on 20 September 1607 at 15:30

RN Robart Course of Emmerton 20 y a serv. Sept 20. h. 3 \30/ p m 1607 |ever sinc thursday would cough but is so payned vnder his left syde wth a sore stitche|

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 280r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE73498: Nativity for Mary Rogers (PERSON57844)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41467) between 14 December 1631 at 23:39 and 15 December 1631 at 12:40

TG Mary Rogers \of North croly/ 7 annos nata die 15 xbris hor. 10. 3{illeg}|15| febris tertiana, convusionib {sic} ventris torminibus RN |cū consensu| TG

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 345 (upper left part of page)

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CASE12212: Horary consultation concerning John Smith (PERSON15889)

Question asked by the patient on 5 April 1599 at 10:00

RN Iohn Smith of Olny 13 yeres old troubled in his belly & right side sonday come wilbe 3 weekes & onc he did voyde blood & often slymy geere in his gutt. the 5 of Apr. die  {sic} h. 10. ant m. 1599. a greeping in his guts.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 122r (upper left part of page)

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CASE17540: Horary consultation concerning Phillip Bostock (PERSON9864) and Lettice Bostock (PERSON9863)

Question asked by Phillip Bostock (PERSON9864) and Lettice Bostock (PERSON9863) on 20 July 1602 at 09:00

RN Phylip Bastocke of Stony stratford 19 y Iuly. 20 hor. 9 ant m. 1602.

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Lettice Bostock her mother. 55 y at the same tyme gryped in her belly shortwynded.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 144r (upper left part of page)

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CASE48151: Decumbiture for John Rawlins (PERSON34599)

Question asked by the patient on 29 January 1619 at 11:30

RN Iohn Rawlins of Thurly 63 y taken first Ian 17 h. 7 p m 1619. taken wth an extreme stitch on his left syde & went to bed & rested|{ing}| {yee} & could not rise

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 230, f. 154v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE27166: Horary consultation concerning Robert Goodman (PERSON19752)

Question asked by the patient on 16 April 1606 at 10:52

RN Robart Goodmā of Tyddington. 53 y Apr i6 h. 10. 52 ant m 1606. a stitch vndr his left syde spitteth blood

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 215, f. 111r (bottom 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?f29-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AGripings%2C%20gnawings%20and%20stitches;f30-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso;f31-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29, accessed 22 March 2025.