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CASE31762: Horary consultation concerning Lady Digby (PERSON11310)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26409) on 24 June 1607 at 06:38

RN The lady Dickby of Gothurst Iune 24. h. 6. 38 ant m. 1607. hath spent her dyet Drink drinking no othr drinke hath taken it some six days & thre days it gave her four stooles a daye & two dayes but 2 a daye it weakneth not yet giveth litle amendment.

had them lately but pale.

would know wheathr shee is to vide any more./

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 193, f. 231r (upper right part of page)

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CASE25934: Horary consultation concerning Susan Young (PERSON62829)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON6319) on 15 May 1604 at 09:20

RN my sistr for Susāna whethr shee should be let blood maij 15. hor {9} 20 \15 |20|/ an{t} {m} 1604.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 174, p. 308 (middle part of page)

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CASE32732: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON26549)

Question asked by the patient on 6 February 1608 at 13:15

RN A poor baggerwomā of craved physick feb. 6 h {sic} hor 1. 15. ant m {sic} 1608

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 22r (upper right part of page)

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CASE36901: Horary consultation concerning Henry Playstoe (PERSON24925)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON27067) on 17 January 1610 at 10:15

RN at this tyme the womā of Stonystratfo{rd} asked wheathr it were good to let Playstoe blood.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 203, f. 218v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE39484: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON37687)

Question asked by the patient on 27 March 1612 at 16:00

RN a poer womā of hanslop yt came to be let blood mach {sic} 27. h 4. p m 1612.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 409, f. 36v (upper left part of page)

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CASE53180: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39320)

Question asked by the patient on 25 September 1621 at 10:00

RN {t}his vnknowen gentlewomā sent fryst {sic} sept 29 25. h. 10 ant m 162i & I read her letter in the coach going to my l of kent

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 106r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE53182: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39320)

Question asked by the patient on 29 September 1621 at 15:30

RN An vnknowen gentlewomā sent ad obortiendū lras 2as quib ego negat resp. sept 19. h {sic} hor 3. 30 p m 162i |& the tuesd before sept 25 h. 10 ant m. 162i.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 106r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE16944: Horary consultation concerning Mr Whatfield (PERSON17007)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18216) on 18 May 1602 at 08:45

RN on came wc|frō| newporte for her Landlord Mr Whatfild of Cranfild 80 y old to see when he should come to me maij 18 hor. 8. 45 ant m. 1602 /strangury\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 47v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE38769: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON37604)

Question asked by the patient on 13 October 1611

RN Mr Always gentlewomā troubled wth tēptations very desyrous of a purge Octob 13. an old gentlewomā.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 173v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE55787: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39628)

Question asked by the patient on 18 March 1623 at 17:00

RN The poor wench yt hath the falling sicknes came to me craving yt I would send my mā to let her blood when her next fit cōmeth vppon her because it was told yt it cometh of blood & yt one in the like case so let blood was cured ever after March 18 h. 5 p m 1623

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 218, f. 23r (upper left part of page)

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CASE61917: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Sara Edmonds (PERSON48354)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON43831) on 1 April 1626 at 14:30

RN Mres Beale of Walton

Mres Sara Edmūds of Holborne 26 y mydsomer Eve hor 11 p. m. 1626 {sic} but her mother came to me for her Daughter Apr. 1. h {sic} hor. 2. 30 p. m 1626

is fallen out wth her husb: who bound her wth fetters

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 142r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE18282: Decumbiture for Mr John Stafford (PERSON16107)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18338) on 24 November 1602 at 10:54

RN Mr Iohn Stafford fell first sick Octob 28. h 9. ant m. 1602. /then it began to have the pox.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 251r (upper left part of page)

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CASE31484: Horary consultation concerning Alice Lea (PERSON24168)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26375) on 21 May 1607 at 15:30

W A Wooman of H{illeg} Ha\r/ssam came for Alce Lea that she might be lett bloud shee rageth & taketh one that shee cannot sleepe \y. 40./ May 21. . hor. 3. 30. P. Mer. 1607.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 192v (upper left part of page)

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CASE31292: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON26357)

Question asked by the patient on 22 April 1607 at 06:30

RN The womā of newp whose throte is cancred Apr 22 h. 6. 30 ant m 1607.

her throte groweth worse./

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 193, f. 168v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE75621: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON54880)

Question asked by the patient and John Mordaunt [First Earl of Peterborough] [John Mordaunt [Fifth Baron Mordaunt]] [Lord Mordaunt] (PERSON24507) on 4 October 1632 at 13:00

RN ny {sic} Lord of Peterborough & his wife came to me Octob 4. h. 1. p m 1632 |was not desyrus to take any physick but something to vse to cure stooles|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 52 (upper left part of page)

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CASE19522: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18453)

Question asked by the patient on 17 June 1601 at 06:30

RN a Poer wench of London wch was had a face swelled very hand {sic} & a hard {sic} greatly swelled. wch was broken wth pultisses came to knowe my counsell Iuly 5. & whenc it ceeded & what was good for it. Iune 17. die hor 6. 30 ant m. 160i

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 136r (upper left part of page)

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CASE70913: Horary consultation concerning William Story (PERSON59714) and Margaret Wyn (PERSON62414)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41199) on 25 May 1630 at 18:20

RN Williā Stoary of St Albions 12 y the 30 of August next twixt 6 & 7 in ye morning at Saraz{ings} head about Easter was 12 monthe may 25. h 6 20 a|p| m 1630.

her mayd cōtinth {sic} Lame & hath spots about her thighs & Knees.

his legs

the child cōplayneth of his loynes& legs & of a payne of his Left syde & also hath a dry cough.

[Astrological Chart]

wheathr fit to make an issue Is lame & goeth wth payne

was prty well sinc Easter was a twelfmonth when & where.

will. Stoary 12 y may 25 h. 6. 30 p m 1630

Lame in his loyns Legs & left syde payned

There mayden yt was Lame. Marg. Wynne at the same tyme.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, pp. 406-407 (p. 406 bottom right, p. 406 bottom left, and p. 407 upper left)

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CASE64352: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON50816) and Mrs Craste (PERSON47249)

Question asked by Anne Wentworth [Countess of Cleveland] [Lady Wentworth] (PERSON36662) and Anonymous (PERSON50816) on 26 July 1627 at 20:45

RN The Countes of Cleevland sent me a horse for ny {sic} mā Williā to Let Mres Crast blood yet because of her coldnes left it to my discretion as appeareth by her letter written to me wth her owne hand also enquireth my consayle for her cough Cook who by reason of a sore cough is rūing into a Consūption. Iuly 26. h. 8. 45 p m. 1627 |Mres Crasts she is bettr wheathr good to let her blood|

[Astrological Chart]

vtrū the Lady Cleevelands Cooke recuperabit sanitatē or wheathr he will rūne into a cōsūption he sent me a letter Iuly 26 {illeg}|| h 8. 45 p m 1627

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 173r (bottom right, and bottom left 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?f29-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ATreatment;f31-querent-sex=Female;f32-querent-identified=No, accessed 31 March 2025.