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CASE54965: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Reeve [Warren] (PERSON57469)

Question asked by the patient on 17 September 1622 at 11:45

RN my Cosen Reeve \before Warren/ brought her water sept 17 h. 11 45 ant m 1622

[Partial Astrological Chart]

quæritr an sit gravida. a bad back.

my Cosen Reeve before warren of London sept 17 {h} 11 45 ant m. 1622.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 61r (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE42897: Horary consultation concerning Joan Gawden (PERSON30811)

Question asked by Goody Blea (PERSON28133) on 27 February 1616 at 12:15

RN \Agnys lyones \Ione Gauderne of Newp a mayd// A womā of newport came wth goody Blea to know wheather wth child febr. 27. h. 12. 15 p m 1616 \chest ill nescit an sit gravida/

[Astrological Chart]

her Mres enquireth wheathr her sev. {sic} be wth chi{ld}

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 6v (upper right part of page)

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CASE1035: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Brag (PERSON1210)

Question asked by the patient on 5 January 1597 at 08:00

SF Mrs Brage of 23 yers 1596|7| the 5 of Ianuari the an’ m’ at 8 Diz et vtrum sit grauida nc nō. & the caus of her gret belly & hardnes therof her self brought yt

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 234, f. 146v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE58803: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Tyrlington (PERSON36237)

Question asked by the patient on 18 July 1624 at 08:00

RN my Cosen Tyrlington brought her water to know wheathr wth child or noe & the cause of her extreme burning of her backe Iuly 18 h. 8 ant m. 1624

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 21v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12416: Horary consultation concerning Isabel Butterfeld (PERSON10264)

Question asked by the patient on 9 May 1599 at 12:00

RN Isbell Butterfeld of Saveford. 33: her yongest 2 yeres old. for a payne in the pit of her belly & backe but most in her belly came her selfe. May 9. die . h. 12. 1599. faynt & feeble. ever sinc our lady Day knoweth not wheathr wth Child or noe.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 156r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE27959: Horary consultation concerning Goody Jays Rutland (PERSON15545) and Dorothy Haselwood (PERSON19884)

Question asked by Goody Jays Rutland (PERSON15545) on 13 August 1606 at 10:30

RN Dorothy Hazelwood 15 weekes old Aug 13 h. 10. 2|3|0. ant m 1606. this child is full of bleatch & byles & pyneth.

Goody Rutland her Nurce brought her own watr that I might see wheathr shee was wth child or noe /

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 247r (upper right part of page)

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CASE56699: Horary consultation concerning Mr Richard Powell (PERSON57007)

Question asked by the patient on 12 July 1623 at 09:00

RN Mr Powell came to me him selfe magnā debilitatem renū et impotētiā quādā vl {saltē} mag de{fecttū sentiens} quæ{rem} vtrū prstet ei matrim contrahere cū quadā Iulij 12 h 9. ant m 1623

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Mr Powell of London Mr Cookes frind Iuly 12 h {sic} hor 9 ant m 1623.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 163r-v (f. 163r bottom right, and f. 163v upper left)

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CASE47852: Horary consultation concerning Joan Lillywhite (PERSON32728)

Question asked by the patient on 18 November 1618 at 11:00

RN Ione lillywhite of Newp. 44 y novēb 18 h: 11 ant m 1618 had 3 boys at a byrth 5 y sinc. & were christened & did all die.

is paynd wth a pricking & shooting in her left eare & doth worse. & rōne wth white & blood /was prsent.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 92v (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE54882: Horary consultation concerning Mr Richard Dyer (PERSON48232)

Question asked by the patient on 5 September 1622 at 16:15

RN Mr Rich. Dyer of Great Stawton Decē. 4. h. 11. 45 p {sic}. 1588. but came to me for my counsayle Sept 5 . h. 4. 15 p m. 1622.

a Smyth in London in cow lane on Hopkins opened the drūps of his ears & once in a yere & tooke out black coarns & then heard but sinc cometh agayne & is troubled wth a continuall n hissing & buzzing

vtrū ducet quā cupit

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 222, f. 46r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE21964: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Stafford (PERSON16109)

Question asked by the patient on 26 February 1605 at 14:30

RN Mres Stafford of westbury 29 y feb 26. h. 2. 30 p m 1605 in prsentia hed ill.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 222v (upper 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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body;f6-question-asked=Sex%2C%20family%20and%20generation;f7-how-did-it-take-place=Question%20asked%20in%20person, accessed 24 April 2025.