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CASE50356: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Leeke (PERSON32673)

Question asked by the patient on 10 March 1620 at 14:25

RW Agnes Leeke of Lichburne y. 36. d. h: 2. 25 p:m: Martij. 10. 1620. timet maleficiū; nescit an sit grauida hath them not. payned in her stomack & hearte, sometimes in her legs, thighes, & armes: doubteth a Consumption. ill 5 week.RN

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 140r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11856: Horary consultation concerning John Bynion (PERSON10274)

Question asked by Mr Lawrence Bynion (PERSON10276) on 8 December 1598 at 09:45

RN Iohn Bynion of Wouson magna 3 yeres old vppō Miklemas last day last in the after noone betwixt 2 & 3. p m. pater quærit filio male se habet capite pectore water very white s face pale leane bodyed sick ever sinc he was borne a quartr old full of bleache Decēb. 8. die h. 9. 45 ant m. 1598

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 63r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12056: Horary consultation concerning Alice Bunche (PERSON10160)

Question asked by the patient on 12 March 1599 at 11:18

RN Alce Bunts of hanslop. 23 yeres. a white thick muddish water. lyieth in her hed & b belly. her flesh is wasted away & {illeg}|b|urneth exceedingly. sick this moneth keepeth her bed. sore everywhere. March 12 the die h. 11 18. 1598.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 99r (upper right part of page)

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CASE21491: Horary consultation concerning Catherine Stokes (PERSON16192)

Question asked by the patient on 21 September 1604 at 09:30

RN Katheron Steele of Hanslop 13. y. sept 21. . hor. 9. 30 ant m. 1604. hed ill. & chest very pale coloured.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 415, f. 143r (upper right part of page)

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CASE66092: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Kent (PERSON52814)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40662) on 14 May 1628 at 17:00

RN Agnys Kent of Moulsoe almost 5 quarters borne on Palme sonday last was twelfmonth about some {sic} rising sent to me May 14. . h. 5. p m. 1628.

It is pyned & cōsumed belly hard & voydeth wormes living 6. wasteth in the body. was nurced by goody Keburne. goody Keburne came into another nurces house & would needes suckle it, wheathr the nurce would or no & sinc mutch amys & it swounded twice to day belly very hard flesh quite wasted was not well tended by goody Keburne face swelled buttocke black & blewe. cānot stand vppon the lyms the child prsent wth goody Alton of Moulsoe it did batle well vnder this nurce vntill goody Keburne her former nurce would suckle it force tooke some surfet.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 32r (upper left part of page)

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CASE11741: Horary consultation concerning Smith (PERSON15932)

Question asked by Anthony Smith (PERSON15872) on 10 October 1598 at 11:20

RN Anthony Smith for his sons Daughter 4 yeres old very exceeding sleepy can eat nothing keepeth her bed looketh pale. cōplayneth of her hed & her mouth sore & cannot swallowe. Octob. 10|1| die  {sic}. 11. 25|0|. 1598.

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 41v (upper left part of page)

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CASE58246: Horary consultation concerning Mary Harrison (PERSON51013)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39878) on 20 April 1624 at 16:00

RN Mary Harryson of Newp 2 y Ap. 20 h. 4 p m 1624 pyned mutch. head ill./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 158r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12053: Horary consultation concerning Jane Bacchus (PERSON9332)

Question asked by Richard Bacchus (PERSON17662) on 12 March 1599 at 08:56

RN Iane Bachouse of Hansloppe 7 yeres old. sick this twelfmoneth. cōplayneth in her bodye aches in her lims. pined away. speaketh very hartely & eateth her meate well. hath a great laske for this 2 moneths Marche 12 die h. 8. 56. ant m. cōplayneth of her hart & brest 1599. her lims will hardly beare her.

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

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CASE10855: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Johnson (PERSON13251)

Question asked by the patient on 17 June 1600 at 10:00

RN Margaret Iaunson 13 y. {s} {sic} pale thin sick stomake Iune 17 die h. 10 at m {sic}. 1600.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 202, f. 110r (upper right part of page)

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CASE53773: Horary consultation concerning George Impy (PERSON52289)

Question asked by the patient on 28 March 1622 at 14:30

RN Georg Impye of London Apprentice 21 y march. 28 . h. 2. 30 p m. 1622 /8 weekes ill a cough reareth flegme back sydes & hart & head by fits very\ /a cōsumption feared./\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 35r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE51184: Horary consultation concerning Adam Walker (PERSON60967)

Question asked by the patient on 10 July 1620 at 08:30

RN Adams Walker of Litle Brickhill 40|2| y Iuly 10 h. 8. 30 ant m. 1620.

sick. 8. weekes

every where sick & pyneth & wasteth & is become skyn & bone

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 102r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE72140: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Cob (PERSON46416)

Question asked by the patient on 19 May 1631 at 13:00

RN Mres Elis: Cob of Fensom 36 y may 19. h. 1. p {sic} 1631 had. 13. child hath buryed 6 & hath seaven. living was prsent head, left syde, chest ill:

Is very weake

a great fayntnes in her stomack & legs as she goeth. feareth consūption a burning in her back

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 355 (upper left part of page)

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CASE21643: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Horwood (PERSON12968) and Dorothy Horwood (PERSON12969)

Question asked by Agnes Horwood (PERSON12968) on 24 October 1604 at 13:30

RN Agnys Horwood of Buckinghā 19 y Octob 16 24 hor. 1. 2|3|0 p m. 1604. /hed light\ hed extreeme ill ever sinc thre weekes before miklemas being styrred ill in all her bodye. faynt & weake |keepeth her bed most cōmonlye|

Dorothy Horwood her 8. y. sistr at the same tyme boath a leeke. faynt & weake boath. pale a very bad head hed {sic}

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 169r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12006: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Susan Andrews (PERSON9163)

Question asked by the patient on 28 February 1599 at 11:15

RN Mres Androwes very sicke at the hart ready to die last night: water reasonable good full of scales & motes. sigheth mutch in her sleepe: se thincketh shee shall die suddenly. sent to me this 28 of feb. die h. 11. 15. 1599. looketh very pale & white. hath whit the {whites}

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 90r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12199: Horary consultation concerning Edward Newton (PERSON14403)

Question asked by the patient on 3 April 1599 at 10:00

RN Edward Newnton sick this 14 week of Stony stratford a weaver hart & everywhere sick pined & yet eatet skin & bone. & yet will eate any thing. 60 yeres old. faynt. hard bound {illeg}|y|et onc in 24 houres. feareth lest he be b{edr}ed a drie coughe. this 8 yeres. Aprill 3 die h. 10. 1599. reareth fleme, in a cōsumption. hart hele & stronge.

E Newton.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 120r (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE12475: Horary consultation concerning John Robinson [Riddy] (PERSON15387)

Question asked by Robinson (PERSON15398) on 17 May 1599 at 10:30

RN Iohn Robinson of Astwood very sick this monethe of 6 yeres cōplayneth of his harte very white & pale & leane growen wth it. Asc: may the 17 die h. 10. 30. ant m. 1599. mater filio. sine consensu |Elisabeth Burgo a maide to bespeake it. 6 {sic} of 60. kept of almes.|

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 166r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12120: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth White (PERSON17076)

Question asked by the patient on 22 March 1599 at 08:15

RN Elisabeth White \{sic} of the red lion./ 29|8|. maried this 8 yeres her youngest child is weaned. of Newport a paine in her hed & looketh very ill. not hart sicke very pale. her water a yellowe puddle thick water shee knoweth not wheathr shee brea|e|d child or noe amisse this weeke. 22 of March. die . h. 8. 15. ant m. 1599.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 108v (upper left part of page)

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CASE71904: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Saynthill (PERSON58335)

Question asked by the patient on 26 April 1631 at 11:00 or at 11:40

RN Mr Saynt Hill of Oxford in Corp chri College. Ap 26 h 11 ant m. 1631

a Cōsūp feared voydeth mutch flegme

Mr St Hill sent a letter touching his infirmitytee. a great a {certe} cough every night making his throat sore Ap 26 h. 11. 40 ant m 163i

Mr SaintHill of Corp Chri in Oxford 30 y Ap 26 h. 11 ant m 163i

Mr Sainthill of Corp Chri in Oxford 34 y Ap 26 16 h. 11 ant m 163i

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, pp. 281, 285, 288 (p. 281 upper centre, p. 281 middle left, p. 285 upper left, and p. 288 upper left)

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CASE73829: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Sanders (PERSON58231)

Question asked by the patient on 20 February 1632 at 13:00

Mrs Elizabeth Sanders. of Perry. 25 \32/ y Febr. 20. h. 1. p m. 1632.

Sicknesse 2 nights, hote & colde by fitts stopping in her stomack, can nether eate not rest well, the great paine in her Back, feares a Consumption makes water very difficultly 6. or 7 weekes

Desires yt shee may take noe Phisick

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 453 (upper left part of page)

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CASE50566: Horary consultation concerning Young Mrs Elizabeth Clark (PERSON29018)

Question asked by the patient on 15 April 1620 at 10:25

RW Mris Clarke of Perry. y. 35. d. h: 10. 25. ant: m: Aprill 15. 1620. troubled with a wheesinge; feareth a Consumption: payned in her backe & legs: ill 4 yeeres.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 173r (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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29;f31-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AWasting;f32-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body, accessed 21 March 2025.