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CASE23757: Horary consultation concerning Reynold Case (PERSON28763)

Question asked by the patient on 2 August 1614 at 09:30

RN Raynold Case of mylton kaynes 26 y I Aug 2 h. 9. 30 ant m 1614 hed & bones & syde

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 62v (upper right part of page)

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CASE31728: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Catherine Blundell [Budoxhed] [Butshed] [Mrs Blundell [the elder]] (PERSON9819)

Question asked by the patient on 20 June 1607 at 10:30

RN Mres Blundle of this town 50 y Iune 20 h {sic} hor 11. 30 ant m 1607 ill back chest eyes all over.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 226v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE13621: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Isabel Brocket (PERSON10059)

Question asked by the patient on 29 March 1603 between 10:00 and 12:30

RN Mres Isabella Brocket 30 y for her stomack & pimpels in face & chin ceeding of o{bstru}ctions.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, f. 14r, f. 13v (f. 14r bottom right, and f. 13v bottom right)

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CASE26047: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Agnes Walthorne (PERSON16797)

Question asked by the patient on 24 May 1601 at 12:30

RN Mres Walthorne 36|4| y may 24 die hor 12. 30 p m 160i morbo. her pimpels in her face & harte burning.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘pimples in the face & hart burninge’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 181, f. 16r (upper part of page)

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CASE11832: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Conny (PERSON10817)

Question asked by the patient on 30 November 1598 at 14:00

RN Mres Cony of Newporte. for the heate & burning of her face pimpled a lean spare woman feareth the heate of her liver. Novemb 30. die h. 2. 45 mi p m. 1598. with child neere her time & well delivered

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 58v (upper right part of page)

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CASE17232: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Abraham (PERSON9025)

Question asked by the patient on 14 June 1602 between 11:38 and 12:15

RN Dorothy Abraham of Stockgolding for sorenes in her left leg & foote. share & nowe gone into her huckbone & the small of her backe all over throat rūneth vp & downe her vaynes full & mutch payne in her vaynes

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 92v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12358: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Rutland (PERSON15542) and Ambrose Rutland (PERSON15539) and John Rutland (PERSON15540)

Question asked by Agnes Rutland (PERSON15542), Ambrose Rutland (PERSON15539) and John Rutland (PERSON15540) on 1 May 1599 at 12:10

RN Agnes Rutland of Newnton Longfild. 53. sick this day fortnight. payned in her hed harte & all the body over. cannot abide vp: costive onc in 2 or 3 days. maij 1. die h. 12. 10. m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Ambrose Rudland of Newton her husband. a payne in his stomack & eyes. a Corpulent man & fully faced. eodem tempore/

Iohn Rutland wth a payne in his Chest & stomacke wyndye & a stitch in his syde

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 146r (upper right part of page)

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CASE50315: Horary consultation concerning Robert Green (PERSON31109)

Question asked by the patient on 25 February 1620 at 09:20

RW Robart Greene of Raunson. y. 17. d. h: 9. 20 ant m Feb: 25: 1620.

head full of bleach: & so is his bodie wch healeth sometimes, & then breaketh out: eateth his meate well & goeth to the stoole orderly

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 137v (upper left part of page)

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CASE19960: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Catherine Watkins (PERSON16860)

Question asked by the patient on 12 October 1601 at 17:30

RN Katheron Watkins of Northampton 18 y. came to my me for her tetters in her face & b{row}e & bodye. Octob. 12 hor. 5. 30. p m 160i

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 210v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12271: Horary consultation concerning Goody Joan Malins (PERSON13903)

Question asked by the patient on 21 April 1599 at 18:00

RN Ione Malins cōplayneth of her hed back & every where. 2i Apr. die . h. 6. p m 1599

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 132v (upper right part of page)

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CASE43280: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Joan Shortread (PERSON25367)

Question asked by the patient on 27 April 1616 at 09:30

RN Ione Shortread of Newp 37 y Ap. 27. h {sic} hor. 9 30 ant m 16i6. |a burning in her hands & body all over neck & legs|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 72v (upper left part of page)

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CASE50666: Horary consultation concerning Mr Dr James [Justice of the Peace] (PERSON52432)

Question asked by Mrs James (PERSON52439) on 20 April 1620 at 15:20

RN D Iames of Oxford st|ran|gly {sic} \straungly/ taken wth a palsye on the left syde of the face hand & leg taken at church & great red blatches in t|H|is fac & bodye & his ey swelling & f|H|is face a yere before & sinc he contenting certen sup witches & on being acquitted he felt his strange stitch on his s {sic} left syde by fits he supposeth yt the womā susp for a witch but quitted by the Iudges did hurte him the 24 of feb. sep a ap yt night at sup first taken. had his first fit after he talked wth mr Rob. Conye. feb 18. in ye after noone his first fit but his worst fit the 24 of feb when the sup witch was acquitted/

Mres Iames mentioned Mr Doctor Iames |of oxford| Ap. 20 h. 3. 20 p m. 1620 /she related all at this tyme/\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 5r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE70467: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Hughes (PERSON52080)

Question asked by the patient on 12 April 1630 at 09:20

RN mres An Hughes 19. Ap 12 . h. 9. 20 ant m. 1630 subiect to scabs & pustles in her face & body |ring worms salt flegm|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 248 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE68969: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON40962)

Question asked by the patient on 14 July 1629 at 13:30

RN A poor bagger womā, for an rising most fearfull chest head rūning vp & downe in all t of her body to her feete & toes

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 406, f. 98r (upper left part of page)

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CASE44020: Horary consultation concerning Henry Savage (PERSON35106)

Question asked by the patient on 31 October 1616 at 08:00

RN Henry Savage of kempson 21 octob 31. h. 8. ant m. 16i6 |hed & back now every where| /a great cough\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 14r (upper right part of page)

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CASE36504: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Richard Smarte (PERSON25405)

Question asked by the patient on 8 September 1609 at 10:38

RN Goodmā Smart of Stony stratford 30|27| \27/ y Septēb. 8 h. 10. 38 ant m 1609.

hed light sight dazeled backe bones. brought an Aguish water./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 203, f. 153v (upper right part of page)

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CASE24069: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON37246)

Question asked by William Spenser (PERSON35626) on 1 November 1614 at 17:20

RN Will: Spencer for a Womā by northāpton yt lay in & brought a bed 3 weekes since 36 y oc t novēb. 1. {illeg} \/ h. 5. 20 ant p m 1614 |a dropsye all over face belly legs.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 116r (upper left part of page)

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CASE17524: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Barbara Coates (PERSON10691)

Question asked by the patient on 18 July 1602 at 15:00

RN Mres C {sic} Barbara Coates 27. y. of Hanslop. maried 3 y. Iuly 18 hor. 3. p m. 1602.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘face swelled & pimpled & bodye’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 141r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12122: Horary consultation concerning Richard Bentley (PERSON9658)

Question asked by the patient on 22 March 1599 at 09:00

RN Rich: Bently of Newporte a day labourer. 60 yeres. cannot rest all night criyeth out on his harte. feareth yt he hath taken a greefe. sick this fortnight. on a sunday next wilbe fortnight on his hed hart & bones Martij 22. die . h. 9 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 108v (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?f38-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck;f39-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AWhole%20body;f40-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso, accessed 18 April 2025.