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CASE11921: Horary consultation concerning Alice Vans (PERSON16680)

Question asked by the patient on 4 January 1599 at 14:00

RN Alce Vans of Philgrave light headed despereth & sayth shee is cast away at 2 Ian 4 die h 2.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 75r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE64285: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Tookefild (PERSON60333)

Question asked by Judith Tookefild (PERSON60334) on 17 July 1627 at 16:00

RN Thomas Tokefild of racket court in flitstreete Iuly \a dyer/ Iuly 17. h 4. p {sic} 1627.

\Iudith Tokefild came to me at that tyne {sic}/ to write to her brother./ |mopish & incredulous & despayring of all helpe|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 163v (upper right part of page)

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CASE32616: Horary consultation concerning Rebecca Barber (PERSON21963)

Question asked by the patient on 21 January 1608 at 10:30

RN Rebecca Barber of luton 24 y Ian. 21. h. 10. 30 ant m. 1608.1

high coloured.

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘fearfull wavering despeareth.’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 193, f. 346v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE58175: Horary consultation concerning Anne Parkins (PERSON56142)

Question asked by Parkins (PERSON56126) on 13 April 1624 at 13:28

RN An Parkins of Tachebrooke. 44 y Ap 13 h. 1. 28 a|p| m 1624 talketh {in}dico{ro}sly & seyeth yt her child will bagge hath assayed to muder {sic} her selfe {illeg}|t|o Kill her selfe wth knife & to drowne her selfe but could \not/ Despayreth of her salvature & sayth yt she did neaver serve god

maritus vxore vxor suspicatr maritū quæsiturū auxilū {sic} vxore

her mother was troubled wth physick

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 148r (upper right part of page)

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CASE60744: Decumbiture for Richard Harnesse (PERSON50893)

Question asked by the patient on 3 July 1625 at 19:40

RN It tooke him first Iune 28 h. 8 p m. 1625 & then began to rage & about ten of the clock would have torne in peeces his sucking child he was so suddenly distracted h. 9. 30 p m 1625.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘distracted sorely Despayring’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 135v (upper right part of page)

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CASE19953: Horary consultation concerning Mr Johnson (PERSON13223)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) on 10 October 1601 at 18:30

RN Mr kinge mr whaly & the rest of the lecturers of Toceter sente vnto me that I would come over to see Mr Iansone a minister yt is {sic} lyeth as it were in a despayre & cannot be comforted. by a letter Octob. 10 die hor. 6. 30 p m. 160i quæro vtru sit pos morb eius sit curabilis nec ne. frenetic. desperabundus.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 404, f. 209v (upper left part of page)

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CASE32676: Horary consultation concerning Mr Potkyn (PERSON24941)

Question asked by Margery Potkyn (PERSON14999) on 4 February 1606 at 10:15

RN I came to Mr Potkins of lilly by the how 62 y feb. 4. h. 10. 15 ant m. 1606 |vxor marito sine consensu./|12

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘frentick despayreth ready to murder him self’ in chart

2 ‘& beateth his bed {sic} against the bedsteede & sayth yt he hath given him selfe to the devill’ in the right margin

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 229, f. 10r (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?f40-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ADespair;f41-judgment=No;f42-treatment=No, accessed 30 March 2025.