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CASE71702: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Steward (PERSON59614)

Question asked by the patient on 1 April 1631 at 09:30

RN Elis Steward of heath & reach: 19 y marc |Ap.| 1. h. 9. 30 ant m 163i

back & syde hath thē not kindly ready to be blynd belly

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 211 (upper left part of page)

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CASE18814: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18397)

Question asked by the patient on 20 January 1599 at 08:00

RN Ian. 20 die hor 8 I went to see a sick woma swollen in her legs & thighes for that shee hath not her courses. hed ach 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 404, f. 13r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12311: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Hall (PERSON12488)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 15:20

RN Elisabeth Hall of Woulverton 8 for 35 yeres. hath a great swelling in her legs hath not had her courses & her breast sometimes swollen with them. & never had her Courses kindly great greefe & thought by reason of the detur of fathr & mothr all {al} in one weeke Ap. 25 die h. 3. 20 p m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 139r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE24427: Horary consultation concerning Goody Anne Matthews (PERSON33108)

Question asked by Goody Shortread (PERSON35301) on 18 April 1615 at 17:00

RN Goody Shortread of Newp for her daughter |An Mathewe| so weake 28 y {illeg}|a|borteth termes a bad back Ap 18 h. 3. 40 p m 1615 5. p m. 1615 /hath misc of 2 & the 2|3| wch was betwixt was come to ye bearing & dyed wth stong {sic} labour as is thought. others think it never was still borne as the rest.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 180v (upper right part of page)

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CASE11932: Horary consultation concerning Toucher (PERSON16500)

Question asked by the patient on 3 January 1599 at 12:09

RN Mr {sic} Charels Tutcher Charles at Stonystratford at the swan of 2 neckes. 45. sick this fortnight. sonewhat {sic} Costive shee doth bleede & is very mutch stuffed in her chest can scarce tak her winde. ready to sound a grosse & fat woman. sent a poer woman. Ian. 3. die . h. 12. 9. mi. 1599. \at 1. p m /|twice & thrice a day bleedeth at ye nose. half a pint at a time \every othr daye/|

[Astrological Chart]

Charels Touchers wife hath not had her termes this 6 yeres her stomack hoven & her hed ill & backe her wombe & chest stuffed short winded. hart ill water good. yellowe but thin. taken a greefe for payment of monyes for her husb. brother for s{ur}tiship. 200li

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 77r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE12307: Horary consultation concerning Alice Coursey (PERSON10958)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 11:30

RN Alce Course of Emmerton 25. y. sick & cōplayneth of her hed. & chest & so into her leg. seldome hath her courses. hed & leg {mes} 2{5} of Ap. die h. 11. 30. ant m. 1599.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 138v (upper right part of page)

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CASE15287: Horary consultation concerning Susan Reade (PERSON15208)

Question asked by the patient on 9 July 1603 at 15:10

GJ Susan Read of Chicheley 31 y. Iuly 9 ho 3. 10 p. m. 1603

A great pulling in her belly pitt of her stomacke and back non habet menstrua.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 102r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE11948: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Susan Andrews (PERSON9163)

Question asked by the patient on 20 February 1599 at 10:30

RN Mres Androwes of Broug{h}ton sent to me the 20 of feb. die h. 10. 30. ant 1599 payned in her hed all to the nose. litle courses or none. swelleth in her bodye

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 79v (upper right part of page)

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CASE28943: Horary consultation concerning Mary Smith (PERSON20827)

Question asked by the patient on 8 May 1605 at 06:25

RN Mary Smith the widow{s} Daught 40 y maij 8 h. 6. 25. ant m 1605 came to know wheathr shee were not to be let blood for her aches in her armes Hucklebone yt she cā scarce goe had not her termes this 3 yeres.

rūneth into the outsyde of her feete.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 86v (upper right part of page)

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CASE15666: Horary consultation concerning Joan Fisher (PERSON11784)

Question asked by the patient on 1 October 1603 at 13:45

GJ Ioane Fisher of Stonystratford 23 y. Octob j. ho 1. 45 p m. 1603

A great payne in her backe

menses obstructi these 2 or 3 yeeres

Thomas Colyns a malsters mayde

Ill many tymes in her stomacke sometymes ready to swound

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 142v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE28344: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Evington [Rotherham] [Lady Rotherham] (PERSON19577)

Question asked by the patient on 11 May 1607 at 18:00

GJ Elisabeth Evington lond: 20 y. May 11 ho: 6. p. m. 1607

[Astrological Chart]

Quærit quid salutare sit capiti eius, and the flushing of her face et pro menstruis

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 306r (upper left part of page)

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CASE11746: Horary consultation concerning Reade (PERSON15198)

Question asked by the patient on 12 October 1598 no earlier than 08:30

RN her daughtr moved for her selfe for her back & hart long that shee hath not her courses but onc this twelf monthe.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 42r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE26243: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Burton (PERSON62577)

Question asked by the patient on 24 April 1607 at 05:00

RN Mres Burton at the same tyme. hed backe stomacke no courses this 3 moneths or 12 weekes.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 181, f. 167v (middle right part of page)

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CASE58946: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Magdalen Napier [Mitton] [Sandy] (PERSON33485)

Question asked by the patient on 18 August 1624 at 13:00

RN Mres Magdalen Napeir Aug 18 h. 1. p m 1624

for her splene & head ceding frō her terms stopt or apching.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 44v (upper right part of page)

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CASE51919: Horary consultation concerning Martha Bynion (PERSON28641)

Question asked by the patient on 15 January 1621 at 09:40

RW Martha {Binion} of wooulson. y. 22. d. h. 9. 40 ant: m: Ian: 15. 1621. shortwinded: legs swelled yet not broken. payned sometimes in her backe & belly. hath them not sinc harvest.

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 233, f. 32v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12204: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Web (PERSON16899)

Question asked by the patient on 3 April 1599 between 11:10 and 11:30

RN Elisabeth web. of Gothurst 47. for a swelling in her legs & armes. not had her courses well. this 8 yeres

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 120v (upper right part of page)

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CASE64379: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Catherine Craply (PERSON47242)

Question asked by the patient on 31 July 1627 at 13:30

RN Mres Katherine Crapley of Hartwell the mother 30 y Iuly 31 h. 1. 30 p m. 1627

a swelling in her belly & the mother on the left syde |terns {sic} stopt 9 weekes|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 177r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12145: Horary consultation concerning Thomasin Nailor (PERSON14330)

Question asked by the patient on 26 March 1599 at 16:50

RN Tomson Nayler of Codomor in Whaddon chase for her hed. 40. had not her termes never since {illeg} {sic} Christmas. a flushing heate in her hed & shoulders. sweate. 26 of March. die {2}|4|. 50. mi.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 112v (upper left part of page)

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CASE10647: Horary consultation concerning Thomas White (PERSON17057) and Susan White (PERSON17086)

Question asked by Thomas White (PERSON17057) and Susan White (PERSON17086) on 22 May 1600 at 11:30

RN Thomas White of Milten 56. may 22 die h. 11 30 ant m 1600 |a payne in his shoulders| payned in his head back & chest stuffed. faynt & feeble water good but yellowish. sande in his backe. a drye cough.

Susāna White of Milten Mres Androwes servant 18 a red coloured wenche legs sweld. hath the whites but very few of the reds. head & harte a swimminge.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 79r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE62316: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Frances Blowfild [Old Mrs Blowfild] (PERSON28164)

Question asked by the patient on 10 May 1626 at 16:00

RN Mres francis Blowfild {illeg} of flitwick 50|4|. y. may 10 hor 4. p m 1626.

she is clogged at her stomack ready to stop her wynd

her flux downward somwhat stayd yet voydeth mutch thick blood at her nose in clotters

she Desyreth some of her old syrop yt she had in may Last

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 200v (bottom 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?f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWomen%E2%80%99s%20matters;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body;f7-question-asked=Medical, accessed 10 March 2025.