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CASE28302: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Hopkins (PERSON12937)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON21446) on 21 October 1606 at 07:00

RN Goodmā Hopkins now at Bryles wth his fathrinlaw taken wth an Ague in his bones Octob. 21. h. 7. ant m. 1606. |sent wthout his privity.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 298r (upper left part of page)

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CASE30409: Horary consultation concerning Goodman John Roughead (PERSON15476)

Question asked by the patient on 1 January 1607 at 08:30

RN Iohan. Rufhed of or towne 45 y. Ian. 1. h. 8. 3|4|0 \36/ ant m a deadly tormēting megrym in his hed. h {sic}1

[Astrological Chart]

se {sic} he sent his water at {illeg}

Notes:

1 ‘a megrym’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 42v (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE73229: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Jane Cresset (PERSON47278)

Question asked by the patient on 22 October 1631 at 08:00

RN mres Iane Cresset sent her water epilep matricis

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 245 (upper left part of page)

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CASE11785: Horary consultation concerning Old John Risely (PERSON15344)

Question asked by the patient on 8 November 1598 at 12:15

RN Iohn Risely of Rawnson mill. l 72 yeres old sick in L {sic} his body this 2 or 3 yeres about his \6 weekes./ he cōplayneth \of his navell/ it is sore & rūneth a|i|t reeseth at his navell leek an oake water. it looketh red & is rawe. he hath the cholick wth all & yt for this 7 yeres: maketh water very often. he thinketh his teeth to {stink} in his hed. & his feete to Double vnder him die . h. 12. 15. 1598 he sent me a dish of oates he is a fuller. novemb. 8. 1598.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 49r (upper right part of page)

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CASE19733: Horary consultation concerning Malins (PERSON13877)

Question asked by Goody Malins (PERSON13898) on 4 August 1601 at 07:15

RN Goody Malins sent vnto me for her child to come to see it & to pray for it for shee doubted it would dye Aug 4. hor. 7. 15. ant m 160i was full of the pockes in throate mouth & eyes1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘pockes’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 169v (upper left, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE20037: Horary consultation concerning Mr Richard Edmonds (PERSON11481)

Question asked by the patient on 19 November 1601 at 07:50

RN Mr Edmunds of Shenly 76. y. novemb. 19. hor 7. 50. ant m. 160i1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘stone in ye bladder.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 224v (upper left part of page)

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CASE14213: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Blundell (PERSON9815)

Question asked by the patient on 25 November 1603 at 13:25

RN Goodmā Blundell of our towne 50 y novemb 25 hor 1. 25. p m 1603. mightely troubled wth a stone in his bladder

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 197, f. 110r (upper left part of page)

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CASE28232: Horary consultation concerning Sir Arthur Savage (PERSON15623)

Question asked by the patient on 11 October 1606 at 12:30

RN Sr Arthur Savage sent to me for a cold in his eares deafe Octob. 11 hor 12. 2|3|0 p m 1606.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 287r (upper right part of page)

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CASE30095: Horary consultation concerning Lady Grace Fortescue [Grace Manners] (PERSON19647) and Young Mrs Frances Fortescue (PERSON19648)

Question asked by Lady Grace Fortescue [Grace Manners] (PERSON19647) on 20 December 1605 at 12:00

RN my ladye fortiscue of Saldon sent for a quart of bugloes watr decē{b} 20 h. 12. 1605.

& h|M|res francis fortiscue greene sicknes left syde cough

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 257v (upper right part of page)

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CASE42240: Horary consultation concerning Joseph Marson (PERSON33045)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37966) on 18 August 1615 at 15:00

RN {Io}seph Marson sent Aug 18 h. 3. p m. 16151

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘falling sicknes. broken out in ye face.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 80r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE74001: Horary consultation concerning Mary Villiers [Countess of Buckingham] [Lady Compton] [Lady Villiers] (PERSON22638)

Question asked by the patient on 13 March 1632 at 09:20

RN The Countes sent me word how greevously she is troubled wth the stone & pisseth often March 13 h 9. 20 ant m 1632 \Stone in the bladder/

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 502 (upper left part of page)

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CASE20184: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON16576)

Question asked by Young Mrs Mary Poulton [Troughton] (PERSON16580) on 2 January 1602 at 08:00

RN Mres Traughton of Hanslop sent for me to come over to them Ian 2 hor 8. ant m. 1602. /for the mothr\ & hypocōdriaca passio

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 256r (upper left part of page)

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CASE37303: Horary consultation concerning Mr Price (PERSON34472)

Question asked by the patient on 19 September 1609 at 09:00

RN The old man \mr Price/ of whō I bought my horse sent word to know a good tyme to dresse his other ey & to take of a Cataracte Sept 19 h. 9 20 \9./ ant m 1609

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 203, f. 161r (upper right part of page)

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CASE49121: Horary consultation concerning Peter Brown (PERSON28458)

Question asked by the patient on 30 June 1619 at 10:40

RN Ri

Peter Browne of Stoe. 50 y. Iune 30 h. 10 40 ant m 16i9 a gryping \all/ overthwart his belly stone cholick

desyrous to come to me/ because I did him once good/

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 76r (upper right part of page)

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CASE50076: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Sanders (PERSON35075)

Question asked by the patient on 15 December 1619 at 19:15

RN Mres Sanders of Emmerton 2 fig. Decēb 1{illeg}|5| h. 7. 15 p m 1619

[Partial Astrological Chart]

stopt in the throat wth the smale pox yt she cānot take breath. nor swallow any thing hath made her will

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 83r (upper right part of page)

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CASE14214: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Blundell (PERSON9815)

Question asked by the patient on 25 November 1603 at 17:00

RN Goodmā Blundell sent againe novemb 25 hor 5 p m. 1603 for a squirte1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1

extreme sick

stone in ye bladder.

miserablely tormēted

’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, f. 110r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE15423: Horary consultation concerning Mr R. Alway (PERSON9127)

Question asked by the patient on 4 August 1603 at 12:45

GJ Mr Alway sent for me to come to him being very sicke payned in the head having taken a cold August 4 ho 12. 45 p. m. 1603

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 115r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12006: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Susan Andrews (PERSON9163)

Question asked by the patient on 28 February 1599 at 11:15

RN Mres Androwes very sicke at the hart ready to die last night: water reasonable good full of scales & motes. sigheth mutch in her sleepe: se thincketh shee shall die suddenly. sent to me this 28 of feb. die h. 11. 15. 1599. looketh very pale & white. hath whit the {whites}

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 90r (upper right part of page)

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CASE13630: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Christopher Woodfield (PERSON17334)

Question asked by the patient on 31 March 1603 at 13:15

RN Chrystopher Woodfild lying long sicke wrote \sente/ vnto me to come to him martij 31. hor. 1. {p}|15| p m 1603. troubled wth a shortnes of wynd ready to stop his wynd an aso{illeg}|m|a. hed gydye a burning in his body desyrous to have his neighbours forgive him as making no othr reckning then of death.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 197, f. 16r (bottom part of page)

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CASE21905: Horary consultation concerning Lady Cook (PERSON10852)

Question asked by Mr John Bird (PERSON9741) on 12 January 1605 at 14:40

RN Ian. 12 h. 2. 3|4|0 I was sent for & Intreated by Mr Byrd to goe to my lady 1605. {sic} Cooke who was very ill & sick of a great wyndynes in her stomack & a burning ague

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 212v (bottom left part of page)

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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?f40-how-did-it-take-place=Question%20sent;f41-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29;f42-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body, accessed 1 April 2025.