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CASE42972: Horary consultation concerning Grace Finch (PERSON30384)

Question asked by the patient on 10 March 1616 at 09:00

RN Grace finch maryed of Redburne. 28 y march 10. h. 9. ant m. 16i6 |drye & thirsty|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 20r (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE11618: Horary consultation concerning Old Goody Isabel Barnwell (PERSON9495)

Question asked by the patient on 11 August 1598 at 18:30

RN Goody Bar\n/well bemoaneth her of her body of the heaving of her bodye of her drought & thirste shee can scarce take her breath. Aug. touchin taken of by a smay of her husb. & child. sorow. Aug. 11 die h p m. 6. 30. m. 1598.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 13v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE15865: Horary consultation concerning Mr Bailey (PERSON9345)

Question asked by the patient on 9 November 1603 at 13:15

RN Mr Bayly of Northhampton. 40 y a batcheler. novemb. 9. hor 1. 15. p m. 1603.

a great thirst nothing will quench his thirst.

a very grosse fat mā.

[Astrological Chart]

Mr Baylye of northāpton 55 y novēb {9} {sic} 9. h. 1. 15 p m 1603.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 159r (bottom right, and upper left parts of page)

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CASE15866: Horary consultation concerning Mr Bailey (PERSON9345)

Question asked by the patient on 10 November 1603 at 11:00

RN Mr Bealy of northāpton 55 y novemb. 10 hor. 11 ant m. 1603. |a fat {e}|t|all & corpulent man.|

a great Drought yt cānot be quenched & yet no great heate

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 159v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12582: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edward Uvedale (PERSON16657)

Question asked by the patient on 27 August 1599 at 06:47

RN Edward Vudale of Great Linford for a drye cough wth a huske August. 27. die . h. 6. 47. mi. ant m 1599

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 185r (upper right part of page)

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CASE60412: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anderson (PERSON42687)

Question asked by the patient on 6 May 1625 at 11:25

RN Mres Anderson her letter London may 6 h. 11 25 1625

wheathr leaches are good for her {illeg}|b|y tyes & what good to vse for the extrme {sic} heat in her hands & coldnes of her feete 3 what to quench her great drouth & thirste. 4 to make her sleepe

Is cōtinually Drye would know my iudg touching her fortune

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 86r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12114: Horary consultation concerning Joan Boughton (PERSON9900)

Question asked by the patient on 21 March 1599 at 09:30

RN Ihone Boughton of Kempson. 40 yeres old troubled wth a Dropsy. very thirsty exceeding big. water very red. being hot before black & brownish or tawny. a very litle water or none shee maketh. sent to me againe for helpe. this 2i of March. die h. 9. 30 ant m 1599

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 107v (upper right part of page)

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CASE13481: Horary consultation concerning Joan Gee (PERSON12100)

Question asked by the patient on 26 March 1598 at 07:40

RN Ihone Gee of Raunson 6{9}|7| yeres 67 yeres old mittit morbo. 1598. mart 26 die . h. 7 38 40. mi ant merid extreeme hot within & cannot sclack her thirst. a hot ague.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 156r (upper part of page)

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CASE26059: Horary consultation concerning Phillip Abdy (PERSON62527)

Question asked by the patient on 1 October 1601 at 07:00

RN Iohn Abdy {sic}

Phylip Abdye 45 y Octob. 1. hor. 7. \30 \15// ant m. 160i newe sicknes hot & drye

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 181, f. 29r (upper part of page)

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CASE28948: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Wincot (PERSON21207)

Question asked by the patient on 8 May 1605 at 10:12

RN my lady Dentons mans wife maij 8 h. 12. 10. 12. ant m 1605. |Margaret Wincot 44 y|

hath taken her selfe to be wth child sinc twelfetyde to Easter. but hath had a great many of her sicknesses & doe follow her ever since but she is as big as if shee were wth child & shee thincketh yt shee feeleth something styrr as if shee were wth child. very sick frō 3 in ye morning to 2 in ye aftr noone yt she cā take no rest. neithr a bed nor vp.

shee maketh & laboureth sometymes to vomite but brin{k}|g|eth vp nothing but watr eateth nothing but breath. shee is very dry.

Margaret wyncot 44 y. maij 8 h. 10. 12 ant m 1605.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 87v (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE78419: Horary consultation concerning Martha [Matthew] Cowly (PERSON47122)

Question asked by Cowly (PERSON47076) on 8 October 1633 at 13:00

RN martha Cowly of newp 20: y octob. 8 . h. 1. p m 1633. his wench hath blystes {sic} & a drye itch.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 1r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE11645: Horary consultation concerning Goody Alice Newman (PERSON14391)

Question asked by the patient on 26 August 1598 at 12:30

RN Goodmā|dy| Nueman of Brodwell. of 45 yeres of age found mutch ease by yt wc phisick wc was given her & wrought vpward & downeward wth her & shee was very prety well after it for 2 or 3 days. &|b|ut st the thirde day after it tooke her agayne & she is mutch troubled wth the winde cholick & wth a hot & drye stomacke. & sent her daugh{t}{er} agayne to me. Aug. 26. die h. 12. 30. 1598.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 19r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE51863: Horary consultation concerning Mary Houghton [Hutton] (PERSON12928)

Question asked by the patient on 27 December 1620 at 12:20

RN Mary Hooten of Lathburye 29 y Decēb 27. h. 12. \20/ p m 1620

stomack head & throate eyes drye & yet spitteth

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 22v (upper right part of page)

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CASE54968: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Tyrlington (PERSON36237)

Question asked by Tyrlington (PERSON60670) on 17 September 1622 at 14:00

RN my Cosen Tyrlington vxore calida sitid|b|unda renibus et albe fluv lab. sept. 17 h. 2. p m. 1622 nescit an sit gravida.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 61v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE11732: Horary consultation concerning Anne Gooding (PERSON12234)

Question asked by the patient on 5 October 1598 at 14:00

RN An Goodin of Emmerton maried about 48. sinc whitsontide ill at her hart & then her back ready to teare a {sic} her harte & exceeding thirsty & Drye. Octob. 5. die h. 2. it tooke her lame in her leg

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 39v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE11870: Horary consultation concerning Goody Frances Marshal (PERSON14021)

Question asked by Goodman Thomas Marshal (PERSON14014) on 12 December 1598 at 09:30

RN Frauncis Marshall of Newport very strangly can scarce speake, only maketh signes for water to coole her her mouth is furred white wth extreeme heate taketh her Drinke by a quill. first bound but yt I gave her vnbound her nowe in a laske & extreeme hot & drye Decēb. 12. die h. 9. 30. mi ant m 1598. troubled in her sleepe.

{sic} husband vxore sine cōsensu

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 65v (upper right part of page)

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CASE11922: Horary consultation concerning Goody Ellen Foster (PERSON11861)

Question asked by the patient on 31 December 1598 at 08:35

RN Ellen Foster sore sick ever sinc her childe cannot take no drinke meate vomiteth vp all yt shee taketh cannot quench her thirst swollen very big in her legs. now stolen vp to her hart on weddensday shalbe three weekes her child borne wth out all greefe but mutch payned before & after & nevr had Child before sent a woman to me for her Decēb. 31. h. 8. 35 m. 1598

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 75v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12390: Horary consultation concerning Goody Susan Simons (PERSON15816)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1599 at 15:22

RN Susan Simons of Brodwell 40 yeres old. hath bene mightely troubled wth a iandish an itch a paine in her hed. & a swelling in her left leg yt itcheth wounderfully. maij 5 die . h. 3. 22. mi. p m. 1599. not well this 7 yeares. sinc shee had a iaundish. very drie.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 152r (upper left part of page)

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CASE13552: Interrogation (Question) concerning Goodman Thomas Reeve (PERSON15234)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) on 11 July 1598 at 12:09

RN Thom. Rive sent to me to come vp to him 1598. Iuly 11 die . h. 12. 45.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

|Thomas Rive| 1598 |Iulij 11. die h 12 {sic}| h. 12. 9. mi. p merid. in ipsa merid Tho. Rive. he is payned all over head harte chest he is very drye.

[Astrological Chart]

Th. Rive vtru vivet vl no.

[Preliminary Geomantic Chart]

[Geomantic Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, ff. 219v-221r (f. 219v upper, f. 220r upper, f. 220v upper, and f. 221r upper)

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CASE53528: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edward Birckberd (PERSON44197)

Question asked by the patient on 3 February 1622 at 10:00

RW Mr Edward Birckberd of Astwell \y. 50./ d. . h 10. Feb: 3. 1622. had of late a swellinge in his thighes & leggs, wch was taken away by physicke purginge: since that his stomacke is gone: is verie weake: troubled wth a cough & drouth: cannot sleepe. RN a great difficulty of breath./ cānot rise out of his bed nor stand v nor restRW

[Astrological Chart]

RN Edw. Birckberd a spec serv vnto Sr George Sherly Mr Colins houshold physition.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 176v (bottom left, and bottom right parts 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-treatment=No;f41-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ADry%20and%2For%20thirsty;f42-extent-of-transcription=Excerpt, accessed 17 April 2025.