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CASE15062: Decumbiture for Thomas Franklin (PERSON11915)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18031) on 3 June 1603 at 15:30

GJ This morning betweene 7 & 8 there came sodenly in the bed a great payne in the right legge that the Childe Cryed wthall

Thomas Franklyn of marston / Now it hold him extreemely in head and the braynes do so beat in the head that it styrres the Clothes as it lyes in the bed, sore every where Cannot endure to be styrred. /

ho Insultus morbi 1603 Iunij 3. ho. 7. 30 a m

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 80r (bottom left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE74432: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007)

Question asked by the patient on 27 April 1632 at 08:00

RN my Cosen marsh of Hackny 60 y Ap. 27. . h. 8. ant m. 1632. head & legs

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 112 (upper right, and middle right parts of page)

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CASE12724: Horary consultation concerning John Tiso (PERSON16452)

Question asked by the patient on 20 September 1599 at 11:45

RN Iohn Tisam Tiso. \of Kempsō./ almost 60 y. troubled wth a great his payne s {sic} in his head wth a shooting: & a swelling in his legs & nose wth an it|n|tollerab: shooting & a horrib. deadly payne in his teethe. septemb. 20. die  {sic}. 11. 45. ant m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 207r (upper right part of page)

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CASE10637: Horary consultation concerning John Thenger (PERSON16374)

Question asked by the patient on 21 May 1600 at 10:15

RN Iohn Thenger \40 y/ a shephard of Calverton had an ague now fallen {t} {sic} into his legs wch are swollen may & face swollen may 21 die h. 10. 15 ant m

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

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CASE12941: Horary consultation concerning Goody Margaret Marshal (PERSON14022)

Question asked by the patient on 2 January 1600 at 14:15

RN Margaret Marchell of Woulverton {illeg}|4|0 y. Ian 2 die h. 2. p m. 15. m. 1599. aches in her lims & legs & head. /1600\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 246v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE43404: Horary consultation concerning Robert Yarrow (PERSON37145)

Question asked by the patient on 19 May 1616 at 15:20

RN Robart yarrow of Bracklie 24 y. May 19 h. 3. 20 p m 16i6.

24 y Issues in boath legs. no thing cā goe Downe his throate every thing pricketh yt goeth Downe.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 93v (upper left part of page)

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CASE13120: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON17772) and Goody Alice Barnes (PERSON9486)

Question asked by Mr Robert Brough (PERSON10080) on 26 February 1600 at 10:30

RN Mr Brough for a gentlemā a frind of his an {sic} a guest who is troubled wth the heate of the liver ascendeth vp to his head & throote every night & into his legs as it were a dropsye & voydeth more vpward then downward taken mutch wth a cold Crampe that he cannot styrre febr. 26 die  {sic} 10. 30. ant m. 1600 & for Goody Barnes a baker of stony stratford

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 276v (upper right part of page)

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CASE26039: Horary consultation concerning Susan Blundell (PERSON9824)

Question asked by Mrs Catherine Blundell [Budoxhed] [Butshed] [Mrs Blundell [the elder]] (PERSON9819) on 20 January 1598 at 13:45

RN Mres Blundell sent to me to come to Her daughter Susan about 12 yeres old who layd speechles for a weeke & after ward spak a worde or two. who h is troubled day & night wth diverse fitt & hath falleth often & nowe hath no vse of hed necke legs hand or {sic} an but only of her eyes & yet eateth & hath a good colour. 1598 Ian die 20. die h: post merid. 1. 45.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

mater filia Susan Blund: Ian. 20 die h post merid 1. 45. 1598.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 181, f. 7r, f. 8v, f. 6r (f. 7r upper, f. 8v upper, and f. 6r upper left)

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CASE16946: Horary consultation concerning Jane Walbank (PERSON16730)

Question asked by the patient on 18 May 1602 at 09:36

RN wheathr her Daught Iane walbancke 15. y maij 18 h. 9. 36. ant m 1602 armes shoulders blewe spots leeke scabs on her legs.1

Notes:

1 ‘back head shoulders armes.’ supralinear

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 48r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE31818: Horary consultation concerning Henry Stiles (PERSON25579)

Question asked by Davenport (PERSON22826) on 29 June 1607 at 14:30

RN Henry Stile of mutch Brickhill 19 y Iune 29 . h. 2. 30 p m 1607 19. y. sick 3 weekes very sore swelled in his body, bothe legs & face. & all other {sic} of his bodye

Davēport the Appar. wrote to me in his behalfe.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 238r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11929: Horary consultation concerning Mr Matthew Kniveton (PERSON13402)

Question asked by the patient on 3 January 1599 at 09:15

RN Mathew Knigh|ft|en of Lowton 53. y. sick this satterd. last 3 weekes. a red water & full of rags.

Mr Knifton of Lowton 55 yeres old sick this 3 weekes {illeg} sunday last first in his stomack wth an extreeme cold wc tooke a way his stomack ache in the head neck & legs sweateth divrse times & after troubled wth an itch as exceeded greatly onc in two or 3 days to grounde. nevr vomiteth. the 3 of Ian. die h. 9. 15. 1598. {sic} 1599. bad head greefe taken {in} lawe.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 76r-v (f. 76r bottom right, and f. 76v upper left)

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CASE11029: Horary consultation concerning Richard Bricknell (PERSON9989)

Question asked by the patient on 10 July 1600 at 12:00

RN Richard Bricknell of Simpson. 17. Iuly 10 die h. 12. payned in t|h|is shoulders armes neck leg.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 135v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12827: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Wharton (PERSON17005)

Question asked by the patient on 20 October 1599 at 10:15

RN Elisabeth Wharton of Hanslop 60 y. for a swelling in her necke & throate, tooke her first in on of her legs. but wthout swellinge in her ham & outside of her leg Octob. 20 die h. 10. 15 ant m. 1599 in her left leg & thie./

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 221v (upper left part of page)

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CASE13492: Horary consultation concerning William Uvedale (PERSON60768)

Question asked by the patient on 23 April 1598 at 08:15

RN W. V. 1598 Ap. 23 die . h. 8. 15. for an itch in his legs body & breaking out in his neck & legs.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 182, f. 166v (upper part of page)

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CASE15006: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18015)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18014) on 25 May 1603 at 13:30

GJ A man of              For his Child 6 y. old that hath many fitt of falling in a day. and great payne of the head and legg

Epilepsia. Maij 25 ho. 1. 30 p m. 1603

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 75r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE25907: Horary consultation concerning Mr Parrot (PERSON62737)

Question asked by the patient on 23 September 1613 at 11:25

RN Mr Parret 50 y sept yt bled so mtch {sic} now swelled in his face & now in his legs shortned

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 174, p. 271B (bottom part of page)

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CASE41787: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Agnes Porter (PERSON34398)

Question asked by the patient on 30 April 1615 between 10:30 and 15:15

RN Ione\Agnys/ Porter of lawrenc {Ate}{illeg} 50 y not very sick but short wynded stomach faces legs {m}{uch} swelled.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 196, f. 5r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE68420: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Walcot (PERSON60949)

Question asked by the patient on 11 May 1629 at 09:30

Agnis Wallcott of Bicester 40. y. May. 11. . h. 9. 2|3|0. ant. m. 16291

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘pained in ye head, & leggs swolne’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 190v (upper left part of page)

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CASE72214: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON41338)

Question asked by the patient on 27 May 1631 or on 28 May 1631 at 15:00

RN a womā troubled wth a great swelled cheake & leg hard swelled cedding from the kings evill may 28 h. 3 p m 1631

kings evill

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 232, p. 380 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE13956: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON17906)

Question asked by the patient on 30 August 1603 at 10:45

RN for a poer womā of Sherington yt hath bene long sick & swollen in her body face legs cānot goe August 30 hor 10. 45. ant m 1603

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 197, f. 68v (bottom 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?f35-practitioner-is-astrologer=Yes;f36-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck;f37-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints%3A%3ALegs, accessed 26 February 2025.