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CASE17787: Horary consultation concerning Joan Cartwright (PERSON10368)

Question asked by the patient on 24 August 1602 at 14:30

RN Ione Cartwright of whaddon 16 y. lame in her lyms 3 yeres ill. August 24. ♂ hor. 2. 30 p m 1602.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 184r (bottom left part of page)

Joan Cartwright (PERSON10368)

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed  (Lameness)

Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Limbs)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Payment 

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CASE10239: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Knot (PERSON13502)

Question asked by the patient on 2 April 1600 at 11:45

RN Agnys Knot of Paulus Perrye Apr. 2 die ☿ h. 11. 45. ant. legs thighes knees. / 15 y. Lame in her leg.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 27v (bottom left part of page)

Agnes [Anne] Knot (PERSON13502)

Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (LegsThighsKnees)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed  (Lameness)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Payment 

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CASE10306: Horary consultation concerning Em Radwell (PERSON15415) and Mary Chamberlain (PERSON10406)

Question asked by Em Radwell (PERSON15415) and Mary Chamberlain (PERSON10406) on 11 April 1600 at 08:50

RN Em Rodwell of Kempson 15 y. Ap 11 die ♀ h. 8. 50. ant m. 1600

pricked & vexed all over her bodye in her body left syde & thigh.

cannot turne her in her bede

Mary Chamberlin of Kempson 17. or 18 y. Apr 11 die ♀ h. 8. 50 ant m. troubled wth a swounding twce {sic} a weeke. head. chest.

seemeth to be in love

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 35r (upper right part of page)

Em Radwell (PERSON15415)Mary Chamberlain (PERSON10406)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed  (Cannot turn)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Pain and pricking (Pricking)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Side(s)Chest)

Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Thighs)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dizzy and/or faint (Swooning)

Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)

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

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CASE12286: Horary consultation concerning Judith Bunne (PERSON10173)

Question asked by the patient on 24 April 1599 at 08:53

RN Iudith B{unn}e fatherles & mothrles 12 yeres. lame ever since this fortnight. frō the knees Downewarde. Apr. 24 die ♂ h. 8. 53. ant m 1599. a good water full full {sic} of scals & motes.

[Astrological Chart]

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

Judith Bunne (PERSON10173)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed  (Lameness)

Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Legs)

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

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CASE10704: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Adams (PERSON9049)

Question asked by the patient on 28 May 1600 at 11:00

RN may 28. die ☿ h. 11. 1600. Elisab. Adams 14. y. lamed knee & thighe./ had ye ague of Eaton

[Blank Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 87v (upper left part of page)

Elizabeth Adams (PERSON9049)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed  (Lameness)

Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (KneesThighs)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Ague)

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

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CASE12796: Horary consultation concerning John Kibble (PERSON13348)

Question asked by the patient on 10 October 1599 at 10:00

RN Iohn Kibble of Steepe Claydon 19 y. payned belly. hart backe yt he cannot nowe goe. Octob 10 die ☿ h. 10. ant m. 1599

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 216v (upper right part of page)

John Kibble (PERSON13348)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Pain and pricking (Pain)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (BellyHeartBack)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed  (Cannot walk)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Payment 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?f32-info=Payment;f34-patient-age-band=010-019;f35-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed, accessed 31 March 2025.

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