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CASE12971: Horary consultation concerning Agnes King (PERSON13388)

Question asked by the patient on 9 January 1600 at 12:30

RN Agnes King Mres Burchmores meade sorely taken in her head & harte soddenly as if some ill thing haunted her. Ian. 9 die h. 12. 30 p m. 1600

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 251v (upper right part of page)

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CASE28547: Horary consultation concerning Henry Fisher (PERSON11750)

Question asked by the patient on 8 April 1605 at 07:30

RN Henry Fishr 40 y my man will. vnckle Apr 8. {h}|| hor. 7. 30 ant m. 1605. brought again his water. being not well. |metuit veneficiū|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘strāgly handled hed harte backe. a cold temples gydy headed’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 28r (upper right part of page)

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CASE13804: Horary consultation concerning Richard Carter (PERSON10352)

Question asked by the patient on 3 June 1603 at 13:30

RN Rich Carter of Althrop \Sr/ |Iohns Spence\r/s man.| 32 y. Iune 3. hor. 1. 30 p m. 1603.12

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘piles. hed bottom of his belly’ in chart

2 ‘Rich Carter swounded stranglye.’ in the right margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, f. 42v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE21915: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18701)

Question asked by Mr Tyrringham (PERSON18812) on 13 January 1605 at 09:00

RN Mr Tyrringhās mead of Tyrringhā 24 y Ian. 13 h. 9. ant m 1605. suffocat matricis strange fits eithr of mothr or apop. litharg.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1

sleepy. Lethargye

speachles skreameth only

’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 214r (upper right part of page)

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CASE75137: Horary consultation concerning Margery James (PERSON52445)

Question asked by the patient on 21 July 1632 at 07:30

RN margery Iames of Greete by Winscombe in Glocester sheere 50 myles henc almost 50 y Iuly 21 h {sic} {illeg}|h|or. {8} {sic}{sic} 7. 30 ant m 1632 |ma\r/yed|

She is hanted as she thinketh wth an ill spirite & feeleth some living thing roll vp & downe in her & it will pluck her & gather all togeather./ then downe in the bottome of her belly & then rū vp to her hart & syde ill sinc whitsontyde

Mr freemā her mr cured her 15 y since.

was very sickly always.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 329 (upper left part of page)

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CASE12643: Horary consultation concerning Joan Long (PERSON13758)

Question asked by the patient on 5 September 1599 at 06:45

RN Ione Longe of Astwood 20. y. taken yesterday in her bodye after a strange maner. yt shee cannot make water greeepeth {sic} her bellye & cryeth wth it & cannot sleepe. Septemb. 5. die h. 6. 45. ant m. 1599. /her fathers servant gote her wth Child but her fathr would not let him marry her./\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 194v (upper left part of page)

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CASE48926: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Winter (PERSON36974)

Question asked by the patient on 9 June 1619 at 10:15

RN Thomas wynter of Pyddington 67 y Iune 9 h. 9. 15 \10. 15/ ant m 1619 /right eye blood shotten stroke decēb 12. 1618. hor 11. & on.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 34r (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?f38-info=Occupation%20mentioned%3A%3AHousehold%20staff;f42-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body;f43-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil, accessed 18 April 2025.