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CASE28200: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Smith (PERSON20818)

Question asked by the patient on 8 October 1606 at 10:50

RN Elis Smith of piddington 21. y a mayden Octob. 8 h. 10. 50 ant m. 1606 /neck 3 sores rūning. & vndr the armes./\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 282r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE68382: Horary consultation concerning Joan Davis (PERSON47620)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1629 at 15:30

RN Ioane Davis of Olny 43|7| 47 y may 5 h. 3. 30 p m. 1629 /nose blystering & sore\ /head ill legs broken out & Issuing\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘rūing Issue’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 180v (upper left, and middle right parts of page)

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CASE12474: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Freebody (PERSON11943)

Question asked by the patient on 17 May 1599 at 07:30

RN Agnes free{s}|b|odye of Grafton of 50 y. took her as an ague wth a great burning in her back & hed & hath red sp spots li{ve} leeke pimpels hades {sic} necke & face. 17 of may. h. 7. 30. ant m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 165v (upper right part of page)

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CASE18816: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18398)

Question asked by the patient on 26 January 1599 at 10:00

RN a fellowe that had an Impostme {sic} in his stomacke. Ian. 26. die hor 10 ant m. 1599

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 13v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE40299: Horary consultation concerning Young Rose Reynolds (PERSON34697)

Question asked by the patient on 2 September 1612 at 17:30

RN young Rose Raynolds /of woulverton\ 22 y. Sept. 2. h 5 30 p. m. 1612

metuit Apost stomach

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 409, f. 153v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE47639: Horary consultation concerning Widow Clitheroe (PERSON29082)

Question asked by the patient on 13 October 1618 at 07:45

RN Widow Clythowe sucketh a child hath an vlcerous leg 38. y. octob. c 13. h. 7. 45 ant m 1618

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 54v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE53763: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Clayton (PERSON46317)

Question asked by the patient on 26 March 1622 at 07:30

RN Th. Claydon of this towne 11 y. march 26 h. 7. 30 ant m. 1622 |black speckes & red pimples|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 33r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE55589: Horary consultation concerning Goody Martha Swelpson (PERSON59842)

Question asked by the patient on 13 February 1623 no earlier than 12:01

RN Goody Swelpson felt a blystering in her cheeke & came to me feb. 13 h. p m 1623

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 168v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE60763: Horary consultation concerning Mary Gooding (PERSON50053)

Question asked by the patient on 6 July 1625 at 07:00

RN Mary. Gooddyn of Luton 60 y Iuly. 6 h. 6. 7. ant m. 1625 /An vlcer in the secreat t.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 138r (upper right part of page)

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CASE70581: Horary consultation concerning Anthony Laman (PERSON53257)

Question asked by the patient on 24 April 1630 at 09:40

RN Anthony Lamā of Rheynold 26 y A mayed {sic} 2 y Ap 24 h {sic} hor 9. 40 ant m 1630 /Impost in the eare feared\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 289 (upper right part of page)

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CASE75877: Horary consultation concerning Mr Rowland Redman (PERSON57443)

Question asked by the patient on 8 November 1632 at 15:00

RN Mr \Rowland/ Redmā of Broughton 55 y novēb. 8 h. 3. p m 1632 |his tongue eaten wth a canker|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 132 (upper left part of page)

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CASE9437: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON8824)

Question asked by Rowland Yates (PERSON8127) on 21 June 1601 at 09:00

SF Rowland yate of basingstoke 1601 21 Iun an m’ at 9. for the maid of 20 yers that hath the leprosy in her head

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 411, f. 106r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE11889: Horary consultation concerning Ursula Thorpe (PERSON16425)

Question asked by Mr Michael Hipwell (PERSON12796) on 21 December 1598 at 09:15

RN vrsula Thorpe of Stony stratford keepeth the bull. hipwell vnkle vnto Thorpe 32 yeres old sick ever sinc mikelmas goeth abroade. Dece {sic} sent by Mr Olivr Barker. for his wife sister is her mothr in frendship & kindred Doubteth wheathr shee be bewitched & hath a canker in her tongue & tented shee hath an ill stomacke & spitteth putrifyed bloode. Decēbr. 2i. die . h. 9. 15. ant m. 1598.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 70r (upper left part of page)

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CASE38318: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Barnes (PERSON9483) and Barnes (PERSON27777)

Question asked by Thomas Barnes (PERSON9483) and Barnes (PERSON27777) on 19 June 1611 at 10:00

RN Thomas Barnes of Olny 50 y Iune 19 . h. 10. ant m. 1611. lame in his legs & hath 3 hols

ready to have his belly & his backe torne in peeces if he put not his fingers into his throate to cast it vp. feareth least on goody Margery Travell hath bewitched him. |& his wife is pulled to.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 118r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12502: Horary consultation concerning Goody Joan Hutton (PERSON13092) and Mr John Hutton (PERSON13089)

Question asked by Goody Joan Hutton (PERSON13092) on 23 May 1599 at 09:10

RN Ione Vtton of fennystratton of 53. sent her water this 23 of may. die h. 9. 10. ant m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Iohn Vtton her husb: for a payne in his backe stomack. feareth an impost.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 170v (upper left part of page)

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CASE46624: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Joan Poulton (PERSON34433)

Question asked by the patient on 13 May 1618 at 10:30

RN Ione Poulton of Tyddington 29 y I {sic} may 13. h. 10 30 ant m. 1618 backe & hed & blysters ever since miklemas

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 98r (upper left part of page)

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CASE46788: Horary consultation concerning Anne Scarborough (PERSON35128)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38411) on 5 June 1618 at 06:00

RN An Scarborough of Soulbery 8 y Iune 5 h. 6. ant m 1618. cōpl of her hed & eare impost. feared/

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 129v (bottom part of page)

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CASE75886: Horary consultation concerning Henry Barnwell (PERSON43619)

Question asked by the patient on 9 November 1632 between 12:30 and 18:00

TG Henry Barnwell 47. hath rising in his stomacke the mouth full of cancers a tribus septimanis male habens RN of wymbly parish

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 134 (upper right part of page)

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CASE78366: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Phoebe Hopkins (PERSON51853)

Question asked by the patient on 1 October 1633 at 16:20

RN Mres Phebe Hopkins of Barton hard by Camb\r/idg 24 y octob. 1. h. 4. 20 p m 1633 /fat at 14. & had big breasts now leane head & back shadow & black spots head neaver well in the forete\

[Astrological Chart]

Mres Phebe Hopkins 24 y of Barton 24 y octob 1 h. 4 20 p m 1633.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, pp. 483–484 (p. 483 bottom right, and p. 484 upper left)

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CASE46555: Horary consultation concerning Mary Farrar (PERSON30291)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1618 at 11:00

RN Mary farrow of Earles Barton was 14 y last twelfday last the morne after on satterday morning in ye morning before day came to me for her right hand broken out like a great bloody sore & vnder her armes wth bunches thighes & hips wth many issues all looke red & bloody hād swelleth mutch may 5 h. 11. ant m 1618.

was full of bleatch being a child & was noynted & neaver sinc well.

kings evill hath bene wth the king but smal amendmēt

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 85v (upper right 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?f42-judgment=Yes;f43-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body;f44-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALesions%20and%20abscesses, accessed 16 April 2025.