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CASE58296: Horary consultation concerning Richard Houghton (PERSON51915)

Question asked by the patient on 27 April 1624 at 07:25

RN Rich Hooton of Sherington 45. y Ap 27 h. 7. 25 ant m 1624 on satt night last casteth all yt he taketh cānot sleepe head payned

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 165r (upper left part of page)

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CASE10329: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margery Dayrell (PERSON11218) and Nathaniel Dayrell (PERSON11212)

Question asked by Mrs Margery Dayrell (PERSON11218) on 15 April 1600 at 10:20

RN Mres Dorrell of Lillingston Dorell for her feete. Aprill 15 die h. 10 25 {sic} 20 ant m. 1600.

Nath. Dorrell of 3 y olde cānot sleepe yet drowsy feare the wormes./ yet his belly soft:

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 38v (upper right, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE19244: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Joan Balle (PERSON9404)

Question asked by the patient on 23 April 1601 at 08:00

RN Ione Baal of Walten 40 yeres Ap. 22|3| die {illeg}|| hor 8. ant m. 160i

her teeth chatter head ill & hart resteth not all the night longe. quærit an sit gravida.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 87r (upper left 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.

[Astrological Chart]

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

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CASE49411: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Ashpole (PERSON27488)

Question asked by the patient on 2 August 1619 at 09:00

RN Elis. Ashpole of Newport. 45 y Aug 2. . h. 9 ant m. 1619 |on satt last swoundeth & somtyes {sic} coplayned {sic} in her backe & belly & cānot rest nor make water cānot eate. maketh not \but/ a sponefull of water at a tyme|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 133r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE16631: Horary consultation concerning Goodwife Charity Ashburnor [Ashbourne] [Ashburton] (PERSON9240)

Question asked by the patient on 15 March 1602 at 06:15

RN Goody Asburton of or Towne. 40 y. martij 15 hor. 6. 15 ant m 1602. light headed cānot sleepe.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 3v (upper left part of page)

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CASE75671: Decumbiture for Ezekiel Roberts (PERSON57707)

Question asked by the patient on 11 October 1632 at 10:30

RN It tooke him sept 26. in . h. 7. ant m cānot sleepe well stuft at the chest

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 65 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE16025: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Brightwell (PERSON10015)

Question asked by the patient between 1 January 1604 at 19:00 and 2 January 1604 at 09:30

RN Agnys Brightwell of newport 46 y maried. i6 yeres sinc had a child. never sinc any, a cough had not had her sicknes this yere hed ill stomacke bound cānot abyde the sent of meate no sleepe.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 177r (bottom right 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.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 124r (upper right 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.

[Astrological Chart]

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

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CASE55490: Horary consultation concerning Mr Richard Powell (PERSON57007)

Question asked by the patient on 11 January 1623 at 08:20

RN Mr Powell of London sent to Mr Cooke to have some thing to thicken his seed troubled wth the gonorrea lyeth on his bed back els cānot sleepe is to may {sic} shortly wanteth virility & erection sweateth at night. Ian. 11 h. 8. 20 ant m 16231

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘gonorh & itch’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 154v (upper left part of page)

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CASE43407: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Norwood (PERSON14527)

Question asked by the patient on 20 May 1616 at 18:00

RN mres Norwood of Astwood. 40 y may. 20 h. 6 p m 16i6. troubled wth mutch melancholie. / & heavynes stomack full. & hath no appetite & l {sic} careth not to eate any meale. & cānot sleepe & groweth light headed.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 94r (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?f31-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body;f32-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ASleep%20problems%3A%3ASleeplessness;f33-querent-age-band=040-049, accessed 16 April 2025.