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CASE40563: Interrogation (Giving birth) concerning Young Mrs Dorothy Fortescue [Throckmorton] (PERSON23241)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37815) on 5 November 1612 at 05:20

RN she was delivered octob. 30 ♀ h 4 p m 1612.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘the child died instantly’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 409, f. 197v (bottom right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON37815)Young Mrs Dorothy Fortescue [Throckmorton] (PERSON23241)

Medical >Women’s matters  (Childbirth complications )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Astrological Chart

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CASE57580: Interrogation (Giving birth) concerning Young Goody Hopkins (PERSON51836)

Question asked by the patient between 10 January 1624 at 05:00 and 24 June 1624 at 17:00

RN brought a bed betwxt {sic} 5 & 6 i|o|n satt morning

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 57r (bottom right part of page)

Young Goody Hopkins (PERSON51836)

Medical >Women’s matters  (Childbirth complications )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Astrological Chart

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?f3-judgment=No;f4-time-of-day=AM%3A%3A05%3A00-05%3A59;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWomen%E2%80%99s%20matters%3A%3AChildbirth%20complications, accessed 22 May 2025.

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