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CASE67089: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Alice Tyrringham (PERSON60702) and Mrs Gill (PERSON49849)

Question asked by Mr Anthony Tyrringham (PERSON36300) on 30 September 1628 at 12:00

RN I went in a coach to Mr Anth Tyringhā of Emmerton to his wife yt lyeth in & to his sister in lawe Mres Gyll yt feareth a Cōsumpt Sept 30 I came thither a h. 12. at noone 1628.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 405, f. 272r (upper left part of page)

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CASE27461: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Knight (PERSON20104)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON21356) on 2 June 1606 at 08:00

RN Elis Knight of lath 20 y ma Iune 1 {sic}. h. 8 ant m 1606

very Drye & thirsty. hath not her termes. did but aske only my counsell saying she would bring her over to me./

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 215, f. 162r (upper right part of page)

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CASE28900: Horary consultation concerning Anne Langret (PERSON20139)

Question asked by the patient on 3 May 1605 at 13:15

RN An Langret of Castle Throppe 17 y. maij 3 h. 1. 15 p m 1605.

very sleepy at her worke nevr had her sicknes her husband indebted left his wife & 6 children.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 216, f. 79r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE54288: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Blea (PERSON28138)

Question asked by the patient on 25 May 1622 at 08:25

RN Elis Blea of this towne 24 y may 25. h {sic} hor. 8. 20|5|. ant m. 1622. /vomyteth blood teres {sic} stopt\

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 223, f. 125v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12318: Horary consultation concerning Mary Nubie (PERSON14536)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 17:30

RN Mary Nuby 28 of Grafton Lodge. for a rising at her stomack. her legs. Double vndr her faynt & feeble & pineth in her body & yet can earte {sic} had not her termes never sinc her sicknes almost for a yere. Ap. 25 die h 5. 30. p m. 1599 |cannot sleepe troubled wth a great cough at night.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 139v (upper right part of page)

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CASE10298: Horary consultation concerning Anne Knight (PERSON13478)

Question asked by the patient on 10 April 1600 at 11:00

RN An knight of Olny 19 y Ap 10 die h. 11 ant m. 1600 a great heat & cold. chest stuffed hart hot ready to swound swelled & great bellyed hath not had her sicknes this 12 moneth. yet about a 3 weeks sinc shee had them but very fewe./.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 202, f. 34r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE50327: Horary consultation concerning Mary Allen (PERSON27347)

Question asked by the patient on 26 February 1620 at 11:00

RW Mary Allen of Hardmead. y. 25. d. h: 11. ant: m: Feb: 26. 1620. griped & pulled about her stomacke: hath not had them neuer since before Christmasse. ill aboue a weeke. full in her stomacke & hath no appetite

[Astrological Chart]

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

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CASE12198: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Clark (PERSON10594)

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

RN Elisabeth Clarke 30 yeres vnmaried ever sinc Christmas hed backe chest a few on satterday on sunday had not her Courses currantly sinc Christ. sick at hart hoven in her chest. shoulders & hed. casteth black geare leek browne black paper leeke rags yt is her flowers arising. Apr. 3 die h. 9. 15. 1599. cannot rest in her bed hath a wonderfull red colour & is hot.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 120r (upper right part of page)

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CASE67136: Horary consultation concerning Lady Myddelton [Mary Sandy [Napier]] (PERSON25254)

Question asked by the patient on 8 October 1628 at 12:00

RN The Lady Nydleton {sic} sickly. subiect to cholick & Iandis & hath not her sicknes kindly a weake back octob 8 h. 12 1628.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 405, f. 280r (upper right part of page)

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CASE18814: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18397)

Question asked by the patient on 20 January 1599 at 08:00

RN Ian. 20 die hor 8 I went to see a sick woma swollen in her legs & thighes for that shee hath not her courses. hed ach 1599.

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 404, f. 13r (upper right part of page)

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CASE25926: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Lawrence (PERSON20155)

Question asked by the patient on 15 December 1620 at 10:45

RN M{res} Lawrenc Decēb. 15 h. 10. 45 ant m 1620 for her paynfull sore broken Leg yt rūneth & the whit cānot rest /no tens {sic} a yere & a halfe.\

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 174, p. 299 (upper part of page)

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CASE28356: Horary consultation concerning Joan Wilson (PERSON17202)

Question asked by the patient on 9 March 1605 at 17:39

RN Ione Wylson Mres Byrds meaden 28 y martij 9 h 5. 39 p m 1605.

for an extreeme toothache her sl termes but a fewe loketh very yellow & ill for lacke of them.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 216, f. 1v (upper left part of page)

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CASE50336: Horary consultation concerning Joyce Lovet (PERSON32808)

Question asked by the patient on 28 February 1620 at 15:12

RW Ioyce Louet of stonystratford y. 27. d. h: 3. 12. p: m. Feb: 28. 1620. A soare legge ij yeares. hath not had them but once since Michaelmas.

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 138r (bottom centre part of page)

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CASE51919: Horary consultation concerning Martha Bynion (PERSON28641)

Question asked by the patient on 15 January 1621 at 09:40

RW Martha {Binion} of wooulson. y. 22. d. h. 9. 40 ant: m: Ian: 15. 1621. shortwinded: legs swelled yet not broken. payned sometimes in her backe & belly. hath them not sinc harvest.

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 233, f. 32v (upper right part of page)

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CASE54687: Horary consultation concerning Young Lady Catherine Longueville [Mrs Catherine Carey] (PERSON13783)

Question asked by the patient on 26 July 1622 at 14:00

RN The Lady Longeville new come to Billen about on weddensday last sent h a letter to me Iuly 26 . h. 2. p m 1622

how her courses be broken downe & yt her hedach is nothing so bad as it was wont.

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 222, f. 9v (upper left part of page)

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CASE59792: Horary consultation concerning Goody Holman (PERSON51743) and Holman (PERSON51739)

Question asked by Goody Holman (PERSON51743) on 15 February 1625 at 10:30

RN Goody Holmā of newport 28 y feb 15 h. 10. 30 ant m. 1625

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a thick white water./

mother broght a bed next thursday a fort{y}|g|{sic} hath child but ever the {sic} dye and after they be borne they dye sore at a qu halfe a yere some a quater {sic} & some a month her selfe is well

but hath on child yt liveth wch another womā did suckell but those yt she suckleth doe all dye this Child is all over yellow as if it had the Iades {sic}

the vyne {sic} scladeth the child

would know wheathr good to suckle {l}|o|r to put it out.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 402, f. 166r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12121: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Booker (PERSON9855)

Question asked by the patient on 22 March 1599 at 09:30

RN Margaret Booker of Newport. 20. amisse this fortnight arm left leeke an ache. vexeth & troubleth all her bodye 22 of March. die . h. 9. 30. ant m. {in}|ca|nnot rest tr maketh her Crye. a hie coloured water & red her courses stopt this quartr never had thē kindly. leeke an ague

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 108v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE12311: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Hall (PERSON12488)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 15:20

RN Elisabeth Hall of Woulverton 8 for 35 yeres. hath a great swelling in her legs hath not had her courses & her breast sometimes swollen with them. & never had her Courses kindly great greefe & thought by reason of the detur of fathr & mothr all {al} in one weeke Ap. 25 die h. 3. 20 p m. 1599.

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 139r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE50337: Horary consultation concerning Anne Warr (PERSON36499)

Question asked by the patient on 29 February 1620 at 09:00

RW Anne Warr of stony stratford y. 46. d. h: 9. ant: m: Feb. 29 1620. a weake pale water. & windie: a weake stomacke: swelled in her face & head: if shee sitteth vp her feete swell also: desireth to drinke eateth nothinge but broth: & {illeg}|v|seth to sucke her water lettinge none of the substance to goe downe. troubled also with the whites too much: Gonorrhea. hath them too much

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 138v (upper left part of page)

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CASE10413: Horary consultation concerning Catherine Ellis (PERSON11542)

Question asked by the patient on 23 April 1600 at 14:20

RN Katheren Ellys of hanslop. 38 of {sic} Ap. 23 die h. 2. 20 p m. 1600.

a swelling in her leg

asketh wheather shee be not wth Child had not her sicknes since shrovemundaye.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 202, f. 49v (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?f4-extent-of-transcription=Whole%20entry;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWomen%E2%80%99s%20matters, accessed 18 January 2025.