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CASE70066: Horary consultation concerning Goodwife Ring (PERSON57657)

Question asked by the patient on 18 February 1630 at 18:20

Goodwife Ringe of Bletchly. 40. \36/ y. feb. 18. ♃. h. 6 1{illeg} 20. p. m. 1630.

hath beene in Labour euer Since Munday RN /the child thought to be dead lyeth crosse\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 109 (upper right part of page)

Goodwife Ring (PERSON57657)

Medical>Women’s matters (Childbirth complications)

Practitioner: Mr Ralph Ruddle (PERSON57997)Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Outcome(s) Patient’s death recorded

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CASE70222: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Napier (PERSON55171)

Question asked by the patient on 13 March 1630 at 07:45

SRN I receiue{d} a ler frō my Cozen Mrs Mary Naper of Cowlye by Oxford Martij 13o: ♄ hor. 7. 45. ant. mer. 1630 RN |20 y|RN

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 159 (upper left part of page)

Mrs Mary Napier (PERSON55171)

Medical (Not specified in question)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

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-number-of-astrologers=Multiple%20astrologers;f6-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20194;f7-how-did-it-take-place=Question%20sent, accessed 3 April 2025.

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