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CASE12887: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Leedes (PERSON13682)

Question asked by the patient on 10 December 1599 at 11:00

RN Thomas Leades an old man that dwelleth in Stonystratf. & vseth to sell aquavitæ. lyeth at his hart pit ever sinc satterday night & is as a thing that heaveth & sucketh on him & maketh him that he cannot rest day nor night. & {sic} wilbe rept if he dre & would be rept a live if I would counsell him thervnto. looketh very pale & cōsumed Decēbr. 10. hor die h 11. ant m. 1599. ter nuptus.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 236r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE12971: Horary consultation concerning Agnes King (PERSON13388)

Question asked by the patient on 9 January 1600 at 12:30

RN Agnes King Mres Burchmores meade sorely taken in her head & harte soddenly as if some ill thing haunted her. Ian. 9 die h. 12. 30 p m. 1600

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 251v (upper right part of page)

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CASE21737: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Child (PERSON10499)

Question asked by the patient on 20 November 1604 at 10:30

RN Elisabeth Child of Puddington 26. y married. 2 child. yongest 2 yere old almost novēb. 20. h. 10. 30 ant m 1604.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1

metuit cōsūptē et maleficiū

harte plucked sorely.

’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 185r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE24215: Horary consultation concerning Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264) and Edward Gale (PERSON30739)

Question asked by Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264) on 7 January 1615 at 11:30

RN An Gale of Goldington. 28 y Ian 7. h {sic} hor. 11. \30/ ant m. 1614 {sic} /looketh to be delivered on candlemas\1

[Astrological Chart]

Margery Steaphenson & Ione Chāberlyn & Elis Gale & Ellen Warner so reputed

Edward Gale her Dau sonne 4 y. Well by fits & then cōpl of ye hart.

Notes:

1 ‘is wth child’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 144r (upper right part of page)

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CASE33280: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Allen (PERSON21815)

Question asked by the patient on 9 April 1608 at 10:30

RN Margaret \Allen/ \of/ Blaxely of 64 y Apr 9. hor. 10. 30 ant m 1608. hed & harte

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 98r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12068: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Godstowe (PERSON12208)

Question asked by the patient on 13 March 1599 at 12:00

RN Mres Godstowe morbo. March. 13. a very good water. troubled wth exceeding heate. about he {sic} stomack & hart & cannot take any rest. Martij 13. die h. 12. 1599. veretr \metuit/ venef. sore pluckt & pulled. Russ{e}

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 101r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE38113: Horary consultation concerning Richard Dudley (PERSON29934)

Question asked by the patient on 13 May 1611 at 05:25

RN Rich Dudley of Shenly. 48 y may 13. h. 5. 25 ant m 1611. /strangly taken by fits at hart lik as on pinched & gryped. fery stroken\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 96r (upper right part of page)

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CASE76529: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Baldwin (PERSON43290)

Question asked by the patient on 25 February 1633 at 18:20

RN Elis Baldyn first taken wth strang fits feb 22 h. 3 p m 1633 |ready to stangle {sic} \strangle/ her hart ill|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 329 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE16000: Horary consultation concerning Isabel Barthrum (PERSON9515)

Question asked by the patient on 28 December 1603 at 12:00

RN Isbell Bartrom of Stadgdon 23 y De a meaden Decēb. 28 hor. 12. 1603. hart back

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 173v (upper right part of page)

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CASE47955: Decumbiture for Mrs Lucy Hainsworth (PERSON23557)

Question asked by Mr Hainsworth (PERSON23555) on 12 December 1618 at 14:00

RN Mres Haynsworth of Stonystratford 35 y & as mutch as frō the 4 of August last was strangly taken at the hart & did swound often tymes almost Dead Decēb. 9. h 12 1618.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 112r (upper left part of page)

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CASE32943: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Chivoll (PERSON10505)

Question asked by the patient on 5 March 1608 between 11:30 and 11:45

RN Elis. Chivoll of fæny stratford. 38 y march 5 h {sic} hor 11. 30 ant m. 1608. |a gnawing at her harte afrayd in her mynd|

[Astrological Chart]

Elis: Chevoll of fæny stratford. |38 y| march {illeg}|5|{sic} hor 11. 45 ant m. 1608.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 52r-v (f. 52r bottom right, f. 52r bottom left, and f. 52v upper left)

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CASE64425: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Smith (PERSON35539)

Question asked by the patient on 10 August 1627 at 09:00

RN Margaret Smyth. of Broughton 43 y Aug. 10. . h. 9 ant m. 1627 |hath an ague every day sinc christmas|

strangly taken wth a rising at her hart likely to swound sa a knife & feareth to see a knife & trēbleth at it.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 185r (upper left part of page)

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CASE28547: Horary consultation concerning Henry Fisher (PERSON11750)

Question asked by the patient on 8 April 1605 at 07:30

RN Henry Fishr 40 y my man will. vnckle Apr 8. {h}|| hor. 7. 30 ant m. 1605. brought again his water. being not well. |metuit veneficiū|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘strāgly handled hed harte backe. a cold temples gydy headed’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 28r (upper right part of page)

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CASE71877: Horary consultation concerning Joan Annysson (PERSON42792)

Question asked by the patient on 23 April 1631 at 17:30

RN Ioane M Allyson {sic} \Annysson/ of Kirkleton in cōtry of oxford 33 y Ap. 23. h {sic} hor 5. \30/ p m 163i

a fearfull hart of the evill thoughts tempted fearfull least sathā should prvayle agaynst Easter daye

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 272 (upper right part of page)

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CASE75137: Horary consultation concerning Margery James (PERSON52445)

Question asked by the patient on 21 July 1632 at 07:30

RN margery Iames of Greete by Winscombe in Glocester sheere 50 myles henc almost 50 y Iuly 21 h {sic} {illeg}|h|or. {8} {sic}{sic} 7. 30 ant m 1632 |ma\r/yed|

She is hanted as she thinketh wth an ill spirite & feeleth some living thing roll vp & downe in her & it will pluck her & gather all togeather./ then downe in the bottome of her belly & then rū vp to her hart & syde ill sinc whitsontyde

Mr freemā her mr cured her 15 y since.

was very sickly always.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 329 (upper left part of page)

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CASE12053: Horary consultation concerning Jane Bacchus (PERSON9332)

Question asked by Richard Bacchus (PERSON17662) on 12 March 1599 at 08:56

RN Iane Bachouse of Hansloppe 7 yeres old. sick this twelfmoneth. cōplayneth in her bodye aches in her lims. pined away. speaketh very hartely & eateth her meate well. hath a great laske for this 2 moneths Marche 12 die h. 8. 56. ant m. cōplayneth of her hart & brest 1599. her lims will hardly beare her.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 98v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12475: Horary consultation concerning John Robinson [Riddy] (PERSON15387)

Question asked by Robinson (PERSON15398) on 17 May 1599 at 10:30

RN Iohn Robinson of Astwood very sick this monethe of 6 yeres cōplayneth of his harte very white & pale & leane growen wth it. Asc: may the 17 die h. 10. 30. ant m. 1599. mater filio. sine consensu |Elisabeth Burgo a maide to bespeake it. 6 {sic} of 60. kept of almes.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 166r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12546: Horary consultation concerning Jays [Joyce] Johnson (PERSON13249)

Question asked by the patient on 19 August 1599 at 16:45

RN Aug. 18 die Iays Iansone of Cosgrave 50 y. Aug. 19. die h. 4. 45. an p m. 1599 a payne in her harte & body & troubled wth winde / lyeth in her syde.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 179r (upper right part of page)

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CASE50356: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Leeke (PERSON32673)

Question asked by the patient on 10 March 1620 at 14:25

RW Agnes Leeke of Lichburne y. 36. d. h: 2. 25 p:m: Martij. 10. 1620. timet maleficiū; nescit an sit grauida hath them not. payned in her stomack & hearte, sometimes in her legs, thighes, & armes: doubteth a Consumption. ill 5 week.RN

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 140r (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.), The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/search?expand=shelfmark;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f8-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3AHeart, accessed 13 November 2024.