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CASE30459: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Dayrell (PERSON19461)

Question asked by Dayrell (PERSON22852) on 14 January 1607 at 11:30

RN Mres Mary Dorle of lillingstone Dorle 18 y Ian. 14. h. 12 11. 30 ant m. 1607 in prsenc her selfe.

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her fathr sent her to have an Issue made in her necke.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 52r (upper left part of page)

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CASE46218: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Blundell (PERSON19061)

Question asked by Sir George Blundell [Captain Blundell] (PERSON9813) on 20 March 1618 between 17:00 and 18:30

RN Sr Georg craveth a vomyt for his daughters head. \Mres An Blundell/ 11 y.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 23v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE39445: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON37681)

Question asked by Dr Lapworth (PERSON32544) on 24 March 1612 at 05:50

RN D lapworth wrote vnto me frō Oxford & sent for my tincture of Corall & pearle & there dosis|s|ses for on yt bleedeth at the nose extremely. march 24 . h. 6/ 5. 50 ant m 1612.

[Blank Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 409, f. 31r (upper right part of page)

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CASE48787: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Bouth (PERSON28280) and Mrs Vere Bouth (PERSON28281)

Question asked by Mr William Bouth (PERSON28280) on 21 May 1619 at 16:00

RN Mr Bouth May 21 h. 4 p m 16i9 sent for strenghtning pils for his head.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 10v (upper left part of page)

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CASE52197: Horary consultation concerning Sir Francis Ventris (PERSON36354) and William Page (PERSON55908)

Question asked by Sir Francis Ventris (PERSON36354) on 26 March 1621 at 14:20

RN Sr Francis Ventrys wrote a most kind letter boath concerning his owne love & desyres to take physick of me for his head & other infirmityes as also for his neighb page of Sheaford craveth pils

march 26 h. 2. 20 p m 162i

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 94Av (upper right part of page)

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CASE55380: Horary consultation concerning Mr Davenport (PERSON47574)

Question asked by Mr William Bouth (PERSON28280) on 12 December 1622 at 10:00

RN Mr Will Bouth for Mr Davenport h a counseller & his kinsmā 2|d|ecēb. 12 h. 10 ant m. 1622 /thought to have a cōsūption & longs vlcered of Chessome.\ /he sent for balsanū {sic} sulph:\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 134r (upper right part of page)

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CASE21552: Horary consultation concerning John Pearce (PERSON18741)

Question asked by Goodwife Joan Barnwell [Pearce] [Pearson] [Persival] [Wotten] (PERSON18986) on 9 October 1604 at 17:30

RN Iohn Perce of or towne Octob 9 hor 5. 30 p m 1604 his wife came for {s} {sic} ph{y}sicke.

[Astrological Chart]

Goody Perce for her husb. octob. 9. hor. 5. 30. p m 1604 for an ague swelled in his stomacke./

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 415, ff. 156v-157r (f. 156v bottom right, and f. 157r upper left)

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CASE57937: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Frances Latch [Little Frances] (PERSON53383)

Question asked by Mr John Latch [Hatch] (PERSON53382) on 18 March 1624 at 17:30

RN Mr Latch the Lady Iennings husb. march 18 h 5. 30 p m 1624 the child held wth the dead palsye hath litle or no motion or doth move the arme or leg of the syde affected yet better god be thancked then before

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 113r (upper right part of page)

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CASE50431: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Stanton [Old Mrs Stanton] (PERSON35686)

Question asked by Frances Stanton (PERSON35689) on 25 March 1620 at 13:00

RW Old Mris stanton of stoake. d. h: 1. p: m. Martij. 25. d. 1620. payned over all her body. desirous to have a Clyster. A Consumption feared. Mris Francis desireth to know whether Mater eius morietur nec nō.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 150r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE75883: Horary consultation concerning Lady Sara Leech [Mrs Sara Napier [Sandy]] (PERSON15610)

Question asked by Sir Walter Leech (PERSON53601) on 8 November 1632 at 19:00

RN Sr Walter Leach. of Cadley. for his wife novēb 8 h 7 p m 1632. boath at Cadley hath a fulnes at her stomack & a litle oppression at her hart & a kind of heaving vnderneath it craveth my helpe

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 133 (upper right part of page)

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CASE64589: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007) and Margaret Abbot [Marsh] (PERSON54311)

Question asked by Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007) on 14 September 1627 at 17:30

RN My Cosen Marsh the older sent me a kind letter to signify yt after my clyster & blood letting she was well for 4 days & then payned as before in her hed & arme so greevously betwixt 4 & 5 p m cōnoly {sic} Sept 14. h. 5. 30 p m 1627 she sent to Cambridg to Mr Crane he gave her a pils|l| & also a clyster

had the horse leaches & they were {illeg} naught.

took my pils & Dyet drink & did well for the tyme

her Daughter fond mtch {sic} good by her playster Desyreth a nother & a recept of it

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 214r (upper left part of page)

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CASE58203: Horary consultation concerning Mr Mainwaring [The Lord Keeper’s Purse-Bearer] (PERSON54055)

Question asked by Mr William Bouth (PERSON28280) on 15 April 1624 at 18:00

RN Mr Boath for Mr Mānering who feareth a Consūption. my lord Kees purse bearer Ap 15 h 6 p m 1624

To have pils of the extrat of sulph. for the cough of the longs

he desyreth to have 2 Doses of pils but to have more ruberbe in them. & an ex|bals|ome of br{u}pstone for the longues.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 152r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE32896: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Sandy [Stocker] [Berry] [Napier] [Stock] (PERSON15611)

Question asked by Sir Robert Sandy [Napier] [Baronet] [Old Sir Robert Napier] [Mr Robert Sandy [Napier]] (PERSON6315) on 27 February 1608 at 16:30

RN my brothr Sandy sent me a letter touching Mr Shaxtons cony catching of ve\r/y Cony Catchers indede feb 27. h {sic} hor 4. 30 p m 1608. yet writeth yt he now will not goe but yt his fathr would have him come to Oxford & my brothr if he cā will get him 20 lib. to goe to Oxford.

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quærit vtrū An Stocker peius se habeat ob maritū. eodē tempore/

quærit morbi causā et medla an intollerable itching in the fundamēt ready to pull of her heare.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 229, f. 45r (upper right part of page)

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CASE16760: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Spencer (PERSON16026) and Alice Faulkner [Vescy] (PERSON11680)

Question asked by Mr John Spencer (PERSON16026) on 30 March 1602 at 09:00

RN Iohn Spencer of W|S|r Robart Spencers servant. Martij 30 hor. 8. 9. ant m. 1602. cōplayneth of his left syde & spleene & swelling of his legge.

quærit {illeg}|r|emediū Aloysia faulkner 23 y. troubled wth the greene sicknes hath taken many vomits but noone would worke wth her craveth a vomit sick in ye stomacke quærit an \an {sic} alce faukner/ virū diligit nec ne.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mutch greef & discontment {sic}’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 22r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12999: Horary consultation concerning John Hopper (PERSON12948)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSONGRP16) on 15 January 1600 at 09:00

RN T Iohn Hoper 12 y old payned in boath sydes thenc to his hart & then to his head &|w|th a stirring & a soundinge wth all & taketh a way his eye sight: Ian 15. die  {sic}. 8 50. ant m. 1600.

his former phisick gave him 4|8| stooles. but he sounded that day that they thought he would die. they would have some cordials for him. 1600. at 9 ant m. 1600

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 255v (upper left part of page)

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CASE78474: Horary consultation concerning Dunsmore (PERSON48196)

Question asked by Mrs Catherine Norwood (PERSON55681) on 18 October 1633 at 12:15

Mrs. Norwood sent her Lady Letter for the Lady Dunsmores Daughter. Oct. 18 . h. 12. 15. pm. 1633

[Astrological Chart]

RN ha\r/d to vomyt vppō any occasion D Gifford & dr Cadymā her former physitions for the greene sicknes after the {sic} had made triall of of {sic} vomyts & saw how vntowardly it wrought followed some other course/

desyreth vomyt purg rathr then vomyts to clense her hot & drye stomack.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 9v (upper left part of page)

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CASE52344: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39219)

Question asked by Mr Willoughby (PERSON61889) between 26 April 1621 at 19:00 and 27 April 1621 at 07:30

RW Mr Willoughby of Droitwich for his Neece who is troubled wth a rheme in her eies, & vseth to weepe much: hee is desirous to haue p|a| receipte for pills ad fortiter uocanda menstrua. shee is about 16 or 17 yeares olde.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 233, f. 122r (upper left part of page)

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CASE30095: Horary consultation concerning Lady Grace Fortescue [Grace Manners] (PERSON19647) and Young Mrs Frances Fortescue (PERSON19648)

Question asked by Lady Grace Fortescue [Grace Manners] (PERSON19647) on 20 December 1605 at 12:00

RN my ladye fortiscue of Saldon sent for a quart of bugloes watr decē{b} 20 h. 12. 1605.

& h|M|res francis fortiscue greene sicknes left syde cough

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 257v (upper right part of page)

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CASE46164: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Duncombe (PERSON48163)

Question asked by Mr William Duncombe (PERSON29957) on 13 March 1618 at 12:00

RN Mr Will Duncōbe 22 y of Litlington parke march. 13. . h. 12. 1618.

for his wife troubled wth a waterish humour rising in her stomack. & very sick wth all lyeth heavy as if she had surfeted it voketh her to cast. casteth mutch water.

Imagyneth she may be wth child. & therfore craveth gentle physick.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 14v (upper 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?f7-patient-consent=Not%20specified;f8-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body;f9-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ATreatment%3A%3ARequesting%20treatment, accessed 16 January 2025.