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CASE39722: Horary consultation concerning Alice Blea (PERSON28137)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37710) on 24 April 1612 at 10:00

RN Goody Blays child 3 y Alce Blay a great bunch in her backe & hollow & cānot goe Ap 24 h. 10 ant m 1612

lame in her loynes

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 409, f. 69v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE61213: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Frances Latch [Little Frances] (PERSON53383)

Question asked by Mr John Latch [Hatch] (PERSON53382) on 26 October 1625 at 15:00

RN Mr Latch for his Daughter Franke yt is beenūmed wth the Dead palsye in her right syde octob 26. h. 3. p m 1625

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 29v (upper left part of page)

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CASE23646: Horary consultation concerning Amy Medborne (PERSON33181)

Question asked by the patient on 2 July 1614 at 11:00

RN Amy {illeg} {sic} Medborne of Bedford 26 y Iuly 2. h {sic} hor. 11. ant m 1614 |loynes lame cānot stand nor goe|

her child 3 quarters old & never had them since |was prsent.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 40v (upper left part of page)

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CASE50028: Horary consultation concerning Goody Rider (PERSON34752)

Question asked by the patient on 6 December 1619 at 13:38

RN Goody Rider of newport 50 y decēb. 6 h. 1. 38 p m 1619

It tooke her 3 weekes sinc & hath bene speachles almost 3 weekes. eateth well. lame in her right syde |she took it wth a cold tooke it wth a cold|

the dead palsy

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 73r (upper left part of page)

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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)

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CASE14249: Horary consultation concerning Goody Anne Astill [Austin] [Hastings] [Miller] [Holland] (PERSON9296)

Question asked by the patient on 29 November 1603 at 10:38

RN Goody Miller of newport 60 y novemb. 29 hor 10. 38. ant m 1603.

harte & backe. cānot styrre for it.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, f. 113v (upper right part of page)

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CASE74547: Horary consultation concerning Amy Bly (PERSON44363)

Question asked by the patient on 8 May 1632 at 08:30

RN Amy Blith of loos Levenā 50 y may 8 h. 8. 30. ant m 1632. Lame in her left syd

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 143 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE15452: Horary consultation concerning Joan Burdell [Burder] (PERSON10188)

Question asked by the patient on 11 August 1603 at 14:30

RN Ione Burdell of newporte 28 y Aug. 11 hor 2. 30 p m. 1603. lame in the small of her backe.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 118r (upper right part of page)

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CASE18859: Horary consultation concerning Goody Michell (PERSON14134)

Question asked by the patient on 31 January 1601 at 09:30

RN Goody Michaell of Stoni stratford. Ian 31. die hor. 9. 30 ant m. 1601 5|4|0 46 y.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘lame in her loynes.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 21r (upper right part of page)

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CASE32836: Horary consultation concerning Robert Capen (PERSON22397)

Question asked by the patient on 10 February 1608 at 10:20

RN Robart Capon of Bedford 52 y feb 20 hor. 10. \20/ ant m. 1608.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘dead palsye of the left syde.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 37r (upper right part of page)

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CASE43927: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth West (PERSON36673)

Question asked by the patient on 21 September 1616 at 10:20

RN Elis West of Hyēsfe\r/yes 40 y sept 21. h {sic} hor 10 20 ant m 16i6

worst sinc sonday last taken wth a dead palsy on the left syde & hath no vse of yt syde1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘dead palsy’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 181v (upper right part of page)

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CASE47886: Decumbiture for Joan Bishop (PERSON28106)

Question asked by the patient on 25 November 1618 at 08:00

RN It tooke her Ione Bishop of Wishamsteed novēb 13. h. 10 ant m 1618

was suddenly taken in her lyms & lost the vse of on syde.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 99r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE51039: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Banks [Cowly] (PERSON18967)

Question asked by the patient on 12 June 1620 at 16:00

RN Elis Cowly of Hanslop. 48 y Iune 12. h. 4. p m 1620 taken on {Sa}tt last betwixt 9 & 10 at night.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘dead palsy. leaft syde’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 72r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE58324: Horary consultation concerning Francis Harriots (PERSON50908)

Question asked by the patient on 29 April 1624 at 07:20

RN francis Haryot of wellingborg 14 y Ap 29 \/ h. 7. 3|2|0 ant m 1624.

lame on the on {sic} right syde./

[Blank Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 170r (upper right part of page)

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CASE60084: Horary consultation concerning Goody Phybbyns (PERSON56698)

Question asked by the patient on 30 March 1625 at 11:00

RN Goody Phybbyns of HyempFeryes 33 y March 30 h 11 ant m 1625

is very neere her tyme of travell

the morow after Candlemas wth a nūnes over all \on of her/ her {sic} sydes all over1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a nūbnes over on of her sydes.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 39v (upper right part of page)

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CASE63169: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Frances Latch [Little Frances] (PERSON53383)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40374) on 3 February 1627 at 13:45

RN frank Lath 4|3| y febr 3. h {sic} hor 1. 45 p m 1627 Lame on her right

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 354v (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE63478: Horary consultation concerning Lady Forster [Kingsmill] [Mrs Frances Kingsmill] (PERSON49156)

Question asked by the patient on 24 March 1627 at 12:00

RN The lady foster of Hanslop 32 y cōp of a trēbling of her hart mach {sic} 24 h {sic} hor 12. 1627

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 35v (upper right part of page)

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CASE69876: Decumbiture for Mr Richard Stocken [Stockmoll] (PERSON59646)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41060) on 25 December 1629 at 09:00

RN Mr Stocken stroken suddayne wth the palsye on the left syde Depriving him of all motion & feele like a dead leg for hand or leg. Decēb 17 h. 10|9|. 40 ant m 1629 as he was rising hath no feele but hath good vnderstanding1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘paralysis’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 26 (upper right part of page)

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CASE70126: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Kent (PERSON52813)

Question asked by the patient on 12 March 1630 at 14:10

U[1629–1631] Ann Kent of Newport of 34 year shee hath lyen in the|i|s 6 weekes & now is taken wth a lamenes of the on \right/ syde the 12 of March at 2 & 10′ me’

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 129 (upper right part of page)

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CASE71840: Horary consultation concerning Frances Triploe (PERSON60475)

Question asked by the patient on 16 April 1631 at 12:00

RN {Fr}ancis Triploe of Litle Paxon 35 y taken lame of the left syde Ap 16 h {sic} hor. 12. 163i

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 256 (bottom 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?f36-number-of-patients=Single%20patient;f38-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed;f39-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso, accessed 2 April 2025.