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CASE53734: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Bannister (PERSON43419)

Question asked by the patient on 20 March 1622 at 12:39

RN Mres Elisabeth. Banyster the daughter of Sr Rob. Banyster 2|3|0\1./ y march. 20 h. 12. 39. p m 1622 |a very leane melanch. gentlewomā| |costive cōmonly. head ach.| |head weake spl: ready to vnclose & cānot sleepe worst at night wth raging payne wth a shooting & dra{w} in her eyes/|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 28r (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE64885: Decumbiture for Henry [Harry] Wallis (PERSON16774)

Question asked by the patient on 5 November 1627 at 10:00

RN vseth to bleed mutch at nose & yest night he bleede a quart & so /also before yt he swonded wth it waterish blood.\ h. 12. 20 p m 1627 /novēb. 4. h. 12. 20 p {sic} 1627\ |head ach.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 262r (upper left part of page)

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CASE11805: Horary consultation concerning Goody Joan Persival (PERSON14880)

Question asked by the patient on 16 November 1598 at 13:00

RN Ihone Persivall of Lo{illeg} 35 yeres about 20 weekes amisse. short winded. hot in her stomack shee hath broken out in her face wth a flushing heate. payne in her hed her neighbours tell her yt shee may be breeding of child.. 16 of novemb. die . h. 1.. 1598. broke out in her nose &|f|ace & chin wth pimpels.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 53r (upper right part of page)

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CASE32691: Horary consultation concerning Goody Agnes Richardson (PERSON25079)

Question asked by the patient on 31 January 1608 at 17:25

RN Goody Richardson of litle linford 31 y Ian 31. h. 5. 1|2|5. p m. 1608. /3 child\ \a great swelling vnder her chynne/hath|d| a toutchach {sic} swelled vndr her chin & throate nothing to be seeene {sic} but some feare the cankers.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 12r (upper right part of page)

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CASE49420: Horary consultation concerning William Odell (PERSON33764)

Question asked by the patient on 2 August 1619 at 13:25

RN Will Odyll of Cranfild 23 y a batch Aug 2. h. 1. 25 p m. 1619. /hed cold & rheumatick eys water\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 134v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12461: Horary consultation concerning Robert Watts (PERSON16873)

Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1599 at 12:00

RN Robart Wats of lechāsteede 65. yeres for a payne in his hed. & an itch & heate in his chest beneath a very hie Coloured fayced mā. ma{y} the 15 die h. 12 mouth rūneth wth water.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 164r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12221: Horary consultation concerning Richard Ellis (PERSON11533)

Question asked by the patient on 6 April 1599 at 12:30

RN Rich: Ellys of Hansl: of 46. {f} {sic} of his stomack thenc into his throate & hed. so in his throate yt scarc can swallow his spittle: Apr. 6. die . h. 12. 30. 1599. cannot sleepe. as if his {sic} hed an impostume {bin} a bladder broake. meticulos. cold behind his hed.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 123r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12107: Horary consultation concerning Sybil Assaby (PERSON9291)

Question asked by the patient on 20 March 1599 at 14:00

RN Sybill Assaby of Olny 34 yeres old. troubled wth a thing yt riseth in her throote greater at the full of the moone thē ells. leek a crembe of led troubleth her hed. & rūneth. March 20 die h. 2. 1599. troubled in her chest.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 106v (upper right part of page)

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CASE59346: Nativity for Mrs Anne Arpe (PERSON42874)

Question asked by the patient on 21 October 1624 between 11:00 and 14:30

RN {Mres} {illeg} {An} {A}rpe 16 y old. octob 4th in ye morning. h. 9. ant m. 1607. /{he}d aketh & a noyse {in} her hea ears\ /somewhat deafe in boath eares of long continuance\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 97r (upper left part of page)

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CASE72181: Horary consultation concerning Michael Jarman (PERSON52450)

Question asked by the patient on 25 May 1631 at 09:15

RN my Cosen Germā of Exeter Colledg. came to me may 25 h. 9. 15 ant m 1631

for a hed|a|d ach & payne in his eye wth a hot rheume./.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 232, p. 370 (middle left part of page)

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CASE59600: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Jennings [Latch] (PERSON52517) and Mrs Frances Latch [Little Frances] (PERSON53383)

Question asked by Lady Dorothy Jennings [Mrs Jennings] (PERSON52513) on 6 January 1625 at 16:00

RN Mr {sic} Iēnings for her daugher Elis Ienyngs & franke troubled wth {watering} blysters & Mres Elisab: Ienens troubled wth a sore rheume in her eys & franke wth a kernell vnder her throate as she was last yere. Ian {illeg} {sic} 6 h. 4 p m. 1625.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 135v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE12376: Horary consultation concerning Goodwife Charity Ashburnor [Ashbourne] [Ashburton] (PERSON9240)

Question asked by the patient on 4 May 1599 at 05:48

RN Goody Ashburnoure very sorely pained in her head light headed & swelled in her face very red. can take no sleepe nor rest. sent to me. may 4. die . h. 5. 48. mi ant m 1599 hath not had her couses {sic} this two yeres. bledeth nowe & then at the nose.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 149v (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE12477: Horary consultation concerning Roger Riecross (PERSON15330) and Mary Riecross (PERSON15332)

Question asked by Roger Riecross (PERSON15330) on 17 May 1599 at 12:30

RN Rogar Riecrose of Stonystratford. 30. y. fore a sore eye {illeg} {sic} bloodshoten. & hed payned & troubled wth the winde. may the 17. die . h. 12. 30 1599. hot & scaldeth in his hed. & eye./

[Astrological Chart]

Mary Riecross of Stonystratford 6 yeres cōplayneth of her belly sick this 12 moneth.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 166r (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE12787: Horary consultation concerning John Whitton (PERSON17118)

Question asked by the patient on 6 October 1599 at 14:00

RN Iohn Witton of layton 34. y. for a payne & a heaving in his stomacke ascending to his head a winde cholicke. hath a great water {illeg}|on| his stomack & in his mouth & teeth hot scalding in his mout the rough of his mouthe ready to scald him. of Layton. 159 Octob 6. die h. 2. p m. 1599. /this 2 yeres.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 215r (upper right part of page)

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CASE66410: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) and Anonymous (PERSON40698)

Question asked by Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) on 19 June 1628 at 18:00

RN {I}ohn Evans of the Mynrys in London Iue {sic} 19 h. 6 p m. 1628

writeth for a gent mā

first vnfoldeth his owne greefe how he is wrōged & cosened of all yt he hath & therby he his wife & childrē broght to great want & misery craveth my Counsell & instruction

Also writeth in the behalfe of a gentlemā yt having taken an extreme cold & prsently an exceeding greefe for the Death of his wife & {th}erby cast Downe into sicknes & mutch melancholy of a sanguyne cōplexion his sicknes & melancholy is mutch abated & now his voice is almost Lost yt he s cānot {sic} \on cānot/ spea heare on \him/ that speaketh {sic} \to speake/ a yard of

cōplayneth of something about the pit of his throate his voice is only low & weake but not troubled wth any fault in noncing but cleere inough every where no physick but cōplayneth of the coldnes of his stomack & head & sone {sic} stoppage about the begying of his nose cold flegme & cold head & defect in hearing hath 2 great manyscripts of physick yt he is Desyrous I should vse craveth vnder god my consayle for the frind his gentleman

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 80r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12285: Horary consultation concerning Richard Ellis (PERSON11533)

Question asked by the patient on 24 April 1599 at 08:15

RN Rich. Ellys of Hansl. 46: t Apr 24 die h. 8. 15. ant m. 1599. troubled wth cordis calore stomachi ardore. ariditate Linguæ et a stomacho ascendit ad caput illud male afficit affligit

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 135r (upper right part of page)

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CASE49640: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Morgan (PERSON33369)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38712) on 8 September 1619 at 14:00

RN Elis Morgan 2 y of moulsoe sept 8 h. 2 p m 1619

hath \had/ the pox this fortnight all be come fouth {sic} but the throat is very sore cānot swallowe the eyes be swelled wth it1

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Notes:

1 ‘poxes in the throate’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 179v (upper right part of page)

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CASE19297: Horary consultation concerning Mr Matthew Emerson (PERSON11576) and Randall Young (PERSON17472)

Question asked by Mr Matthew Emerson (PERSON11576) and Randall Young (PERSON17472) on 27 April 1601 at 13:45

RN Mathewe Emmerton of Stony stratford {A} {sic} 26. y Ap 27 die hor. 1. 45. p m. 1601

Randall yonge of the same towne oculis et capitis dolore1

[Astrological Chart]

Randall younge of Stonystratford Apr 27 die hor. 2. p m. 1601.

Notes:

1 ‘for a megrim & blood shotten eyes eyes swollen’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, ff. 97v-98r (f. 97v upper right, and f. 98r upper left)

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CASE11829: Horary consultation concerning Jane Smith (PERSON15955)

Question asked by the patient on 30 November 1598 at 09:18

RN Iane Smithe 30 yeres old sc of haversham sick this sennet. scoureth mutch this 2 days. Dry, will nothing mouth sore water high coloured. well blooded woman Novemb. 30. die h. 9. 1598. h. 9. 18. m. ant m. 1598. a stitch vnder her right side. shee sucketh her child mutch payne in her hed & cannot sleepe.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 58r (bottom, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE14754: Horary consultation concerning Mr Matthew Claver (PERSON10637)

Question asked by the patient on 6 April 1603 at 10:06

GJ Mr Mathew Claver of Foskett. sent his water wth a letter April. 6. ho. 10. 6 a m. 1603 Wherin he Complayneth of a trembling hastynes and fulnes of his head & sences his body full of wynde, a great noyse in his left eare many tymes troubled wth a stitche in the small of his backe. The mouth of his stomacke doth most annoy his head for wch he hath taken Conserve of Anthos

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 42r (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?f61-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck;f64-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f65-question-asked=Medical, accessed 3 March 2025.