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CASE27633: Interrogation (Giving birth) concerning Young Mrs Elizabeth Gascoyne [Blundell] (PERSON9822)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) on 23 June 1606 between 07:00 and 08:36

RN younge mres Blundle brought a bed Iune. 23. \22/ . h. 8 p m 1606.

young Mres Blundle brought a bed wth a wench Iune 22. h. 8 p m. 1606

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 215, ff. 191v-192r (f. 191v upper left, and f. 192r upper right)

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CASE30038: Interrogation (Giving birth) concerning Mrs Mary Robinson [Sandy] [Napier] (PERSON6319)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) no earlier than 16 October 1605 at 01:25

RN Mres Loe my Cosen Warrens sistr sent to my sistr to come to her travell yet Doubted therof & was onc before deceaved. Octob. 16. 1. 25 ant ortu shee was salfly delivered god be thancked of of {sic} a wenche 1605. /as neere as they cā gesse.\

[Astrological Chart]

mea sponte posui hanc quest: posteaquā retulerit mihi quo tēpore peperit

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 216, f. 247v (upper left part of page)

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CASE34793: Interrogation (Labour) concerning Anne Field (PERSON23176) and Anne Richardson (PERSON25082)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26702) on 31 January 1609 between 08:30 and 10:45

RN younge goody f \An/ {sic}

An fild & An Richardson of havrshā. about 25 y boath vnder on ruffe rough. & came togeathr to the same howse at on tyme fell in labour. Ian 15. h. circir 9 \p m/ noctur. sent obstetrice. 1609

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An fild \borne. 29 y. satterd afore candlemas wc was at hand./ began her labour {as} on satterday night \Ian. 14./ h. 10. 30 p m 1609.

An Richards. began her labour. Ian 16. h. 12. 30 p {sic} med noctē/

[Blank Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 229, f. 301v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE44891: Interrogation (Giving birth) concerning Young Lady Catherine Longueville [Mrs Catherine Carey] (PERSON13783)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) between 16 May 1617 at 06:00 and 6 June 1617 at 16:00

RN The lady was brought a bed may 16 h 6 ant m. 1617

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 198, f. 155r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE45361: Interrogation (Giving birth) concerning Goody Williamson [Williams] (PERSON36875)

Question asked by Goody Briars (PERSON28349) between 28 July 1617 at 08:00 and 29 July 1617 at 09:00

RN Goody Willyamson Daughtr to goody Bryar brought a bed of a child Iuly 27. h. 4 p m 1617. /was brought a bed about this tyme of a wench.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 220, f. 47r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE45398: Interrogation (Giving birth) concerning Goody Williamson [Williams] (PERSON36875)

Question asked by Goody Briars (PERSON28349) between 28 July 1617 at 08:00 and 29 July 1617 at 09:00

RN Goody Williamson Daughtr to goody Bryar of stony stratford 30 y Aug. Iuly 27. h. 2. 30 p m 1617 /she was brought a bed of a wench about this tyme\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 220, f. 53v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE47794: Interrogation (Giving birth) concerning Mrs Vere Bouth (PERSON28281)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) on 5 November 1618 between 04:00 and 09:00

RN she was brought a bed the next morning being the 6 of novēb h. 4 ant m 1618

[Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 230, f. 81v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE50295: Interrogation (Giving birth) concerning Joan Lane [Young Goody Lane] (PERSON32523)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) between 13 February 1620 at 10:00 and 14 February 1620 at 10:45

RN was salfly delivered god be thanked betwixt 9 & ten in the morning

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 134v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE52917: Horary consultation concerning Caesar (PERSON45497)

Question asked by Caesar (PERSON45495) on 2 August 1621 at 09:45

RN Aug 2 I was sent for by young Sr Iulius Cæsars son to come to his wife wth child yt doth miscarye & is fayne to have a man to deliver her no child living Aug. 2 h 9. 45 ant m 162i I went not but wished thē to send herafter

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 231, f. 59v (upper right part of page)

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CASE34606: Horary consultation concerning Goody Mary West [Robinson] (PERSON16963)

Question asked by Goody Bird (PERSON21677) on 22 December 1608 at 12:00

RN Goody Byrd for marye Robinson yt hath had many throwes & now slacker & wheathr her tyme be now or Decēb. 22. h. 12. 1608.

thinketh she {wanteth} a moneth of the tyme the mydwife quærit consiliū meū

the child dead

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 229, f. 276v (upper left part of page)

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CASE48146: Interrogation (Giving birth) concerning Mrs Agnes Kent (PERSON32263)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38540) on 28 January 1619 at 11:38

RN \Agnys Kent of Becklie/ was delivered sept 2 of a boy h. 6 ant m 1618. & it was a great ligtning & thunder

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 230, f. 153v (upper right part of page)

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CASE47770: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Bouth (PERSON28280) and Mrs Vere Bouth (PERSON28281)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38838) on 29 October 1618 at 17:20

RN Mr Bouth {hering} of {sic} h|y|t his wife is mistaken in her c{ere}t tooked it impatiently & was troubled in his hed & could not rest well yt night Octob 29 h. 5. 30 20 p m 1618. quæritr de eius vxore quando deo volente parturit

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 230, f. 76r (upper right part of page)

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CASE30863: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Martha Smith (PERSON15928)

Question asked by Mr Ralph Smith (PERSON15860) on 13 March 1607

RN march 13. Mr Smith of milton did visite me in kindnes. 1607.

he told me yt his wife is sick aftr a strange maner & feareth yt she is not wth child. ve\r/y costive

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 193, f. 110r (upper right 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?f34-patient-consent=Not%20specified;f35-question-asked=Sex%2C%20family%20and%20generation%3A%3AChildbirth;f36-extent-of-transcription=Whole%20entry, accessed 5 April 2025.