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CASE12610: Horary consultation concerning Richard Quinie (PERSON15132)

Question asked by the patient on 30 August 1599 at 11:30

RN Richard Queeny of Chiclely. August. 30 die ♃ h. 11. 30. ant m 1599. capite occipite.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 189r (bottom left part of page)

Richard Quinie (PERSON15132)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Payment

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CASE16437: Horary consultation concerning Joan Scot (PERSON15662)

Question asked by the patient on 12 November 1604 at 11:30

RN Ione Scot of Preston 55 y novemb 12 ☾ hor 11. 30 p|a|nt m 1604.

head.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 223r (bottom right part of page)

Joan Scot (PERSON15662)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment

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CASE32055: Horary consultation concerning Mr Cole [the younger] (PERSON22598)

Question asked by the patient on 10 September 1607 or on 11 September 1607 at 11:30

RN mr Coles the youngr 42|3| y Sept h 11 30 ant m 1607

capite

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 272v (upper right part of page)

Mr Cole [the younger] (PERSON22598)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment

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CASE64684: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Perry (PERSON34242)

Question asked by the patient on 1 October 1627 at 11:30

RN Eliz Perry of Havrshā |45 y| for her hed nuce {sic} {illeg}|t|o Mr Bosticks child octob 1. ☾ h. 11. 30 ant m 1627 a good vyne {sic} 9 child

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 228r (bottom right part of page)

Elizabeth Perry (PERSON34242)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE12700: Horary consultation concerning George Astey (PERSON9292)

Question asked by the patient on 15 September 1599 at 11:30

RN George Astey a poer servant of Newport for his belly but specially for his hed Sept. 15 die ♄ h. 11. 30 ant m. 1599.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 203v (upper left part of page)

George Astey (PERSON9292)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Belly)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment PaymentAstrological Chart

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CASE15904: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Thomasin Pristman (PERSON15072)

Question asked by the patient on 19 November 1603 at 11:30

RN Mres prestmā of Emmerton 56 y. novēb 19 h {sic} hor. 11. 30 ant m 1603.

[Astrological Chart]

Tomasyn Prestmā of Emmerton {60}|56| y. novemb. 19. ♄ hor 11 30. ant m. 1603. hed & backe

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 163v (bottom left, and upper right parts of page)

Mrs Thomasin Pristman (PERSON15072)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Back)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Outcome(s)Astrological Chart

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CASE18981: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Parsons (PERSON14738)

Question asked by the patient on 5 March 1601 at 11:30

RN Agys son of Broughton 14 y. martij 5 die ♃ hor. 11 30 ant m. 160i capite et tergo

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 44v (bottom left part of page)

Agnes Parsons (PERSON14738)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Back)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Payment

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CASE50495: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Rawlins (PERSON34608)

Question asked by the patient on 3 April 1620 at 11:38

RN Elis Rawlins of Hanslop. 53 y Ap 3. ☾ h. 11. 38 ante m 1620

hed mutch troubled

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 160r (upper left part of page)

Elizabeth Rawlins (PERSON34608)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Troubled)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment

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CASE12410: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Hoding (PERSON12830) and Anonymous (PERSON8952)

Question asked by Dorothy Hoding (PERSON12830) on 8 May 1599 at 11:40

RN Dorothy Hooden of Adington 50. came her selfe. may the 7|8| die ♂ h. 11. 40. mi ant m 1599. a payne in her hed & very full. & disquieteth her sences.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 155r (upper right part of page)

Dorothy Hoding (PERSON12830)Anonymous (PERSON8952)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment PaymentAstrological Chart

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CASE25410: Horary consultation concerning Mary Foxon (PERSON30597)

Question asked by the patient on 4 October 1610 at 11:30

RN Mary foxon of lathbery 22 y Octob. 4 ♃ h. 11. 30 ant m 16i0 my lady freemans gentlewomā greene sicknes {illeg}|h|ed cold six weekes.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 128r (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

Mary Foxon (PERSON30597)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Green sicknessTook a cold)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE10832: Horary consultation concerning Ellen Harrison (PERSON12589) and John Harrison (PERSON12581)

Question asked by Ellen Harrison (PERSON12589) on 13 June 1600 at 11:40

RN Iohn Harrison of lit Woocom. 8 y. Iune 13 die ♀ h. 11. 40 ant m. 1600 payned in ye head & belly. his fathr gone from his mother.

Ellen Harrison 50 y. hath to many of ye whites

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 107r (bottom left part of page)

Ellen Harrison (PERSON12589)John Harrison (PERSON12581)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Belly)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Whites, the)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Previous consultation(s)Astrological Chart

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CASE11246: Horary consultation concerning Joan Horne (PERSON12964)

Question asked by the patient on 4 September 1600 at 11:30

RN Ione Horne for a stitch vndr her right syde wch goeth round about her. Sept 4 die ♃ h. 11. 30 ant m. 1600 head. 45.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 170r (upper left part of page)

Joan Horne (PERSON12964)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Stitch)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Side(s))

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Payment

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CASE12956: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Dennet (PERSON11254)

Question asked by the patient on 7 January 1600 at 11:30

RN Dorothy Dēnet of husb: Crawly a wench of some 15|7| yeres for the greene sicknes Ian. 7. die ☾ hor. 11. 30 ant m. 1600 /harte & heade.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 249v (upper left part of page)

Dorothy Dennet (PERSON11254)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Green sickness)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Heart)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Astrological Chart

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CASE15681: Horary consultation concerning Mr Matthew Claver (PERSON10637)

Question asked by the patient on 5 October 1603 at 11:40

RN Mr Claver of fosket 40 y octob. 5 ☿ hor 11 40 ant m. 1603.

for the blood in his hed trembling buzzinge

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 144r (upper right part of page)

Mr Matthew Claver (PERSON10637)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Trembling)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Hearing problems (Tinnitus)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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CASE17249: Horary consultation concerning Bridget Hartley (PERSON12600)

Question asked by the patient on 15 June 1602 at 11:30

RN Bridget Hartlye of Newporte 25 y. Iune 15 ♂ hor. 11. 30 ant m. 1602. |head very ill courses bad|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 95r (bottom left part of page)

Bridget Hartley (PERSON12600)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

Medical >Women’s matters>Menstrual problems (Menstruation)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Outcome(s)Astrological Chart

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CASE19050: Horary consultation concerning R Whithead (PERSON17097)

Question asked by the patient on 18 March 1601 at 11:40

RN R. Whytehead of Turvy {illeg}|4|2. payned about his head & harte. hor. 11. 40. ant m. 1601

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 56v (bottom left part of page)

R Whithead (PERSON17097)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Heart)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment

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CASE30981: Horary consultation concerning Goodman George Bilbey (PERSON22107)

Question asked by the patient on 27 March 1607 at 11:39

RN Goodmā \George./ Bilby of Densanger 24 y a batcheler. march 27. ♀ h. 11. 39 a|p|nt {sic} m 1607 payned in his hed a moneth & cānot rest

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 127r (upper right part of page)

Goodman George Bilbey (PERSON22107)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment

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CASE40060: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Alice Woodman (PERSON37039)

Question asked by the patient on 1 June 1612 at 11:40

RN vid Iun 22 \1. ☾./ h. 11. 40 ant m 1612 hed ill & aketh

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 409, f. 117r (bottom left part of page)

Mrs Alice Woodman (PERSON37039)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE42695: Horary consultation concerning Matthew Sharpe (PERSON35215)

Question asked by the patient on 9 December 1615 at 11:40

RN fat Mathew Sharpe of Bedford 16 y Decēb. 9 h {sic} hor 11. 40 ant m 16i5

a|s|ick a weeke every day a like.

eve

hed & on syde ill. /new ague.\

[Astrological Chart]

hed & syde.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 156v (bottom left part of page)

Matthew Sharpe (PERSON35215)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Side(s))

Medical >Illnesses (named) (New ague)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Astrological Chart

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CASE54049: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Rotherham (PERSON57917)

Question asked by the patient on 30 April 1622 at 11:30

RN Mres Rotheram of luton Ap. 30. ♂ h. 11. 30 ant m. 1622 3 y payned in her head /47 y\ /maketh her forgetfull\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 81v (upper left part of page)

Mrs Rotherham (PERSON57917)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Memory loss)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

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?f6-querent-identified=Yes;f7-time-of-day=AM%3A%3A11%3A00-11%3A59%3A%3A30%3A00-44%3A59;f8-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead, accessed 2 April 2025.

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