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CASE17151: Diary entry

Written by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) between 8 June 1602 at 21:00 and 9 June 1602 at 08:30

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Richard Napier Iune 8 . h 2. 20. p m hor I went to Mr Byrds & aftr a good supper we had talke of the crosse of Ihūs christ & greate Disputation. wheathr it ough{t} to be vsed in baptisme I or noe. they Denyed it I {ass}{u}med it they held it as a popish & a wicked ceremony. this Disputation was betwixt 8 & 9 of the clocke & about after 9 of the clocke on came to Mr Byrd{s} f|t|o me for physicke wch met wth on that Directed him vppon the stone bridge & told him he should fynde me at Mr Byrds house Iune 8 hor 8. 30 p m. 1602.

I came home in ye wet

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 221, f. 80v (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.), ‘CASE17151’, The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/cases/CASE17151, accessed 22 July 2025.