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CASE12282: Horary consultation concerning Lewis Upowen [Uppne] (PERSON16652)

Question asked by the patient on 23 April 1599 at 18:15

RN Lewis Vppne 42. for {sic} in litle Brickwill. servant to Mr Fisher for an extreme payne about his navell yt so payneth him yt he can tak noe rest & four can scarc hold him down he casteth all vp & nothing will goe downward. very Costive & full of wind at the very navell. casteth vp his meate. Ap. 23. die h. 6. 15. p m. 1599. twice maried.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 134v (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE11932: Horary consultation concerning Toucher (PERSON16500)

Question asked by the patient on 3 January 1599 at 12:09

RN Mr {sic} Charels Tutcher Charles at Stonystratford at the swan of 2 neckes. 45. sick this fortnight. sonewhat {sic} Costive shee doth bleede & is very mutch stuffed in her chest can scarce tak her winde. ready to sound a grosse & fat woman. sent a poer woman. Ian. 3. die . h. 12. 9. mi. 1599. \at 1. p m /|twice & thrice a day bleedeth at ye nose. half a pint at a time \every othr daye/|

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Charels Touchers wife hath not had her termes this 6 yeres her stomack hoven & her hed ill & backe her wombe & chest stuffed short winded. hart ill water good. yellowe but thin. taken a greefe for payment of monyes for her husb. brother for s{ur}tiship. 200li

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 77r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE11973: Horary consultation concerning Alice Mason (PERSON14048)

Question asked by Goody Margaret Marshal (PERSON14022) on 24 February 1599 at 18:38

RN Alce Masun{n} of Woulverton 14 yeres old. took her vppō wendesay {sic} the 2i of febr: betwixt 2. & 1: shee nothinge but shaketh & soundeth as they think wth an impostume. die . 21. of feb. 1599. came her mothr moved her quest. the 24 of feb die . p m. 6. 38. 1599

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 84r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12221: Horary consultation concerning Richard Ellis (PERSON11533)

Question asked by the patient on 6 April 1599 at 12:30

RN Rich: Ellys of Hansl: of 46. {f} {sic} of his stomack thenc into his throate & hed. so in his throate yt scarc can swallow his spittle: Apr. 6. die . h. 12. 30. 1599. cannot sleepe. as if his {sic} hed an impostume {bin} a bladder broake. meticulos. cold behind his hed.

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 123r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12285: Horary consultation concerning Richard Ellis (PERSON11533)

Question asked by the patient on 24 April 1599 at 08:15

RN Rich. Ellys of Hansl. 46: t Apr 24 die h. 8. 15. ant m. 1599. troubled wth cordis calore stomachi ardore. ariditate Linguæ et a stomacho ascendit ad caput illud male afficit affligit

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 135r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12299: Horary consultation concerning Edward Carter (PERSON10347)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 07:00

RN Edward Carter of Cranfilde 48. hath taken a lamenes frō the smalenes of his backe t {sic} Downe to his knee of the right side full of aches & shooting & prickings otherwise not hart sick weddensday last was sennet. sent to me this 25 of Apr. die h. 7. ante m. 1599. |a leane man. a black swarthy man|

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 137v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12390: Horary consultation concerning Goody Susan Simons (PERSON15816)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1599 at 15:22

RN Susan Simons of Brodwell 40 yeres old. hath bene mightely troubled wth a iandish an itch a paine in her hed. & a swelling in her left leg yt itcheth wounderfully. maij 5 die . h. 3. 22. mi. p m. 1599. not well this 7 yeares. sinc shee had a iaundish. very drie.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 152r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12673: Horary consultation concerning Joan Whish (PERSON12790)

Question asked by the patient on 9 September 1599 at 17:45

RN Ione Huish of Pot Cleydon 40. y. very Lame. for this quartr of an yeare yt shee camot {sic} styre about. Sept 9 die h. 5. 45. p m 1599

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 199v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12778: Horary consultation concerning Alice Hall [Eves] (PERSON12482)

Question asked by the patient on 4 October 1599 at 13:48

RN Alce Hall of Stonystratford. 40 y. payned head hart. wth an extreeme cold & then wth a flushing heate cannot sleepe. Octob. 4 die h. 1. 48. 1599.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 214r (upper left part of page)

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CASE11982: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Astill [Miller] (PERSON9294)

Question asked by the patient on 26 February 1599 at 09:15

RN Agnes Astill: otherwise Miller of Newport 40. yees {sic} old miserablely handled in her lims & ded poer & lowe brought. sent her this 26 feb: die . h. 9. 15. mi. 1599. burneth & is full of blisters & itches.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 87r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE12075: Horary consultation concerning Joan Burton (PERSON10231)

Question asked by the patient between 13 March 1599 at 14:30 and 14 March 1599 at 11:10

RN Iohn Ione Burten of Olney for her diseased chest 44. yeres. lame in her back. fallen downe into her legs. a great hoven in her belly body back wth cold & a trembling ach in her back.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 101v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE12155: Horary consultation concerning Margery Brightwell (PERSON10018)

Question asked by the patient on 27 March 1599 at 14:00

RN Margery Brightwell wthout fathr & mothr this 11 yeres. of Milton Kenes. 40 yeres old. a meaden vnmarid & kept of almes by the towne. sick ever sinc Alhalloutide. loketh leane & yellowe & pineth as in a cōsumption & bendeth double. 27 of March. die . h 2. p m. 1599. shee came yesterday die h. 12. but 26 of March but then I could not speak wth her.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 114v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12010: Horary consultation concerning Alice Mason (PERSON14048)

Question asked by Goody Margaret Marshal (PERSON14022) on 28 February 1599 at 18:15

RN Goody Marcholl of Woulverton came to tell me howe her daughter was miserablely handled & cannot speake in her fits. 28 of feb. die . h. 6. 15. 1599. sine consensu.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 91r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE12322: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Faith Gibbs (PERSON12125)

Question asked by the patient on 26 April 1599 at 09:30

RN fayth Gibbes of Wicken 46. amisse in her sinewes cannot gripe any thing wth her hands so feeble & weake sometimes in hir feete & knees all swollen & keepe there naturall colour. of a good cōplex. & light harte. sent to me this 26 of Ap. h. 9. 30. ant m. 1599. a great paine in her armes. could not cut her meate.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 140v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12345: Horary consultation concerning John Scriven (PERSON15668)

Question asked by the patient on 28 April 1599 at 10:00

RN Iohn Scriven of Hanslop. 46. a maried man had|th| a disease yt holdeth him as an ague. & mutch Disquiteth him in his belly chest & head. very faynt & feeble & Did sweate mutch could not tary vp frō his bed a great griping in his belly Ap. 28 die h. 10. ant m. 1599.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 144r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12063: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Buckingham [Honour] (PERSON10131)

Question asked by the patient on 13 March 1599 at 07:45

RN Elisabeth Honour of Newp 40. never well sinc Christmas. troubled wth the mothr {sic}. and hath not her course ready to stop her winde & casteth vp all her meate. payned at her harte. 13 of Marche. die  {sic}. 7. 45. ant m. 1599.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 100v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12073: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Thacksen (PERSON16370)

Question asked by the patient on 13 March 1599 at 14:30

RN Dorothy Thacksen in Wighen parish 40. corde et ventro. Martij 13 die h. 2. 30 p. m. 1599. obstruetr menses ever sinc Christmas. turbatr vento. et flatib vrgetr

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 101v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE12114: Horary consultation concerning Joan Boughton (PERSON9900)

Question asked by the patient on 21 March 1599 at 09:30

RN Ihone Boughton of Kempson. 40 yeres old troubled wth a Dropsy. very thirsty exceeding big. water very red. being hot before black & brownish or tawny. a very litle water or none shee maketh. sent to me againe for helpe. this 2i of March. die h. 9. 30 ant m 1599

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 107v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12145: Horary consultation concerning Thomasin Nailor (PERSON14330)

Question asked by the patient on 26 March 1599 at 16:50

RN Tomson Nayler of Codomor in Whaddon chase for her hed. 40. had not her termes never since {illeg} {sic} Christmas. a flushing heate in her hed & shoulders. sweate. 26 of March. die {2}|4|. 50. mi.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 112v (upper left part of page)

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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)

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?f30-date=1590-1599%3A%3A1599;f33-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f34-querent-age-band=040-049, accessed 4 April 2025.