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CASE18448: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Price (PERSON15063)

Question asked by the patient on 26 December 1602 at 07:15

RN Mres Price sent to be let blood decēb. 26 ☉ hor 7. 15 ant m. 1602. for a burning ague.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 275r (bottom left part of page)

Mrs Mary Price (PERSON15063)

Medical >Treatment (Requesting bloodletting)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Ague)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Outcome(s) Patient’s death recorded 

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CASE10638: Horary consultation concerning Jane Wrench (PERSON15256)

Question asked by the patient on 21 May 1600 at 11:20

RN Iane Renche of g {sic} Abnom \Audnam/ in the County of hartford 36 y. maried 14 yeres & had no child till nowe of late hath a falling sicknes in 2 nightꝭ & on day did fall 5 days.. hath no witte nor remēbrance. may. 21. die ☿ h. 11. 20 ant m. 1600

had a child in her arms of her brothers & let it fall & knew it not

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 77v (upper right part of page)

Jane Wrench (PERSON15256)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment PaymentAstrological Chart Patient’s death recorded 

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CASE36456: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Turvey (PERSON25835)

Question asked by the patient on 31 August 1609 at 15:00

RN Mr Turvey of Wicken parke 30. y. Aug. 31. ♃ h. 3. p m 1609      morbus gallicus suspicitur

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 203, f. 145v (upper left part of page)

Mr William Turvey (PERSON25835)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Morbus gallicus)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Outcome(s)Astrological Chart Patient’s death recorded 

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CASE16713: Horary consultation concerning Goodman William Barton (PERSON9527)

Question asked by the patient on 26 March 1602 at 10:00

RN Williā Barton of Newporte 35 y. Martij 26. ♀ hor. 10. {illeg}|a|nte m. 1602. /Dropsye\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a dropsy’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 14v, f. 16v (f. 14v upper left, and f. 16v upper left)

Goodman William Barton (PERSON9527)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Dropsy)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Recipe Judgment Outcome(s)Astrological Chart Patient’s death recorded 

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CASE18425: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Price (PERSON15063)

Question asked by the patient on 20 December 1602 at 08:00

RN Mres Price of Clyfton sent for me to come to her. being sick of an \burninge/ ague Decemb. 20. ☾ hor. 8. ant m. 1602.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 272r (upper left part of page)

Mrs Mary Price (PERSON15063)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Ague)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Outcome(s)Astrological Chart Patient’s death recorded 

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CASE16726: Horary consultation concerning Goodman William Barton (PERSON9527)

Question asked by the patient on 27 March 1602 at 08:25

RN Goodmā Barton of Newporte sent agayne martij 27 ♄ hora 8. 25 ant m 1602.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘Dropsye. fretteth & greeveth’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 17r (upper left part of page)

Goodman William Barton (PERSON9527)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Dropsy)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (FrettingGrief (passions))

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Previous consultation(s)Outcome(s)Astrological Chart Patient’s death recorded 

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CASE26100: Horary consultation concerning Nicholas Leate (PERSON62697)

Question asked by Mrs Joan Staper [Leate] (PERSON4503) on 7 June 1605 at 08:00

RN Nicholas Leate of London next St Iames day h. ☉ h. 9. 25 p m 1602. sh the mother sine cōsens Iunij 7. ♀ h. 8 ant m 1605

[Astrological Chart]

quærit wheathr wormes, teethbreeding, or ague.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 181, f. 66v (upper part of page)

Mrs Joan Staper [Leate] (PERSON4503)Nicholas Leate (PERSON62697)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Worms)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Ague)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Outcome(s)Astrological Chart Patient’s death recorded 

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-querent-age-band=030-039;f35-info=Patient%E2%80%99s%20death%20recorded;f36-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29, accessed 2 April 2025.

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