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CASE48391: Horary consultation concerning Anne Colman (PERSON29204)

Question asked by the patient on 15 March 1619 at 14:20

RN An Colemā of litle Brickhill 44 y march 15. h. 2. 20 p m 1619. |Is in strang fits. strangly handled wth quaking fits. witchery suspected|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 201v (upper right part of page)

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CASE71284: Decumbiture for Mrs Sara Willows (PERSON61910)

Question asked by the patient on 24 January 1631 at 14:39

RN Mres Sara Wheelows first taken Ian 23 h|| 4 \3. 30/ 11. 30 30 p |ant| m 1631 |of Collingtree 2 myles frō Northāpton|

strangly taken wth strang fits lifting her vp as on shaken wth a shaking Ague wth a great hart beating |was prsent|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 79 (upper left part of page)

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CASE48096: Horary consultation concerning Anne Colman (PERSON29204)

Question asked by the patient on 18 January 1619 at 12:00

RN An Colemā of litle Brickhill 44 y Ian 1{illeg}|8| h. 10 12. 1619 /strangly handled wth fits ye mother suspecteth witchery\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 143v (upper right part of page)

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CASE73882: Horary consultation concerning Henry Haselwood (PERSON51133)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41494) on 28 February 1632 at 11:00

RN Henry Hazlewood 11 wee{kes} old strangly handled & lyeth dead 3 o{r} 4 tyms a day w{th} convulsions feb. 2{8} h. 11 ant m 16{32}

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 466 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE57561: Horary consultation concerning Mr Oliver Boteler (PERSON28235)

Question asked by Lady Anne Boteler [Farrar] [Butler] (PERSON28242) on 3 January 1624 at 11:45

RN The lady \An/ Butler for her mr Oliver Butler 9 y next march bone {sic} 28 or 29 about 12 & on in the night. of Harolde sent to me for this child Ian 3 h {sic} hor 11. 45 ant m 1623 {sic}. extree {sic} weake & feeble & cā take no physick taken wth strang fits plucking his \right/ syde & rūneth to his back being holden harde & an extree {sic} cough almost halfe a yere. & is pyned & cā not stand nor goe Ill tong suspected

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 53r (upper right part of page)

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CASE65442: Decumbiture for Richard Shephard (PERSON58578)

Question asked by the patient on 29 February 1628 at 10:30

RN Suddenly taken in his \right/ arme the vse taken away payned in the throate swelled wth a cough & taken wth strong & strang fits & is very hot in his fits wch continue above halfe a day feb. 17 h. 12. p m. 1628

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 115v (upper right part of page)

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CASE55553: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Gostwick [Goddard] (PERSON50162)

Question asked by Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264) on 28 January 1623 at 11:00

RN Goody Gale for her Thomas Gostick a yere & a halfe old borne the weddensday after mysdsomer. sent Ian. 28 h. 11. ant m 1623.

It doth pyne & eate litle & doth not sper nor cānot goe it is so weake.

Elner Warner her next neighb. Elis Steaphinson who dwell boath togeathr her mother hanged

cānot kepe his water.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 164r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE18754: Horary consultation concerning Mr Piggot (PERSON14917) and Mr George Piggot (PERSON14922)

Question asked by Mr Piggot (PERSON14917) on 5 January 1601 at 08:54 or at 09:00 or at 09:30

RN Mr Pigget of lathbury for him selfe & his brothr.

Mr George of Bechapton

prior habet hemeroydes. altr vniursalē debilitate corp. me{illeg}|{tu}|s venef. Ian. 5 die h. 8. 4|5|4. ant m. 1600 {sic} hor. 9. {illeg}|h|or. 9. 30. ant m.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 2v (upper 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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CASE10864: Horary consultation concerning Robert Hodges (PERSON12825)

Question asked by the patient on 17 June 1600 between 13:15 and 15:30

RN Robart Hodges of Greenefild 50 a marid man nevr had child. hath purchased a ground of 2 Hundred pound & the next yere following was troubled wth som ill thing or two as big as mice wthin his shoulders wch when he bruised he was wonderfully prucked {sic}

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 111r (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE25255: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Parkins (PERSON24784)

Question asked by the patient on 24 July 1610 at 10:25

RN {illeg}n Perkins of Tinswick 67 y Iuly 24. h. 10. 25 ant m 16i0

metuit venefic: & was brused. |E. Br{uci} vidua/|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 104r (upper left part of page)

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CASE32593: Horary consultation concerning William Morgan (PERSON14262)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26527) on 23 January 1608 at 12:00

RN Wylliā Morgen borne lāmas day was 6 yeres being eithr . or

wylliā Morgen of laundon 6 at lāmas last Ian. 23. h {sic} hor. 12. in m. 1608 /bleedeth still when the is in or . margery Bagly suspected\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 344r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE32837: Nativity for William Morgan (PERSON14262)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26559) between 20 February 1608 at 11:00 and 20 February 1608 at 12:00

RN Williā Morgan 6|7|. y the sonday aftr lamas daye. & then lamas day was on frydaye about evening prayer. about 5 p m 1601. 1606. \August: 3. h. 5. 2|3|0/ 1600 {sic} p m 1600 hath bleede sinc very mutch. waterish blood. Margery Bagly suspected./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 37v (upper left part of page)

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CASE43492: Horary consultation concerning Jane Smith (PERSON35528)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38084) on 11 June 1616 at 07:00

RN Iane Smyth of Easton Madith 9 y six weekes after milkemas night ab h betwixt 9. & 10. in sent heathr Iune 11. h. 7 ant m. 16i6 /voydeth wormes now & then a xj wormes at on tyme\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘falling sicknes always in her sleepe.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 107v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12567: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Pen (PERSON14848)

Question asked by Mr Edward Pen (PERSON14841) on 22 August 1599 at 22:15

RN Mary pen of Stony stratford 29 yeres taken speachles & shaking & throtte{illeg}|ll| & rore & burne. thus taken the 22th day of August. about 10 a clock at night die  {sic}. 10. at night 1599. marit vxore

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 183r (upper left part of page)

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CASE74509: Horary consultation concerning Mary Boswell (PERSON44512)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41536) on 3 May 1632 at 13:00

RN Mary Bawsell of Stoake goldin 2 y & a halfe pleth & well coloured may. 3 h. 1 p m 1632

Convulsions quivering & quaking & lay as on dead halfe an houre/. was prsent susp witch. apt to sleepe /skreameth\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 133 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE21520: Horary consultation concerning Margery Bly (PERSON9831)

Question asked by the patient on 27 September 1604 at 10:00

RN Margery Blithe of Okeley. 62 y septēb 27 hor. 10. 1604.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a fery pricke taken’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 149v (upper right part of page)

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CASE41244: Horary consultation concerning John Web (PERSON36591)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37868) on 25 April 1613 at 15:20

RN Iohn Web. of Woullyson 12 y brought to me to see in his strang fits Ap 25. h. 3. 20 p m. 1613. |here in prsenc|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 199, f. 103r (upper left part of page)

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CASE44595: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Agnes Rawlins [Clason] (PERSON34605)

Question asked by the patient on 2 April 1617 at 11:15

RN Agnys Rawlins of Stoake Hamon. 30 y Ap 2 h. 11. 15 ant m. 1617. doubteth of ill words trēbleth /is greevously tormented stomack good\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 109v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE59252: Horary consultation concerning Goody Alice Mabbet [Mably] (PERSON54032)

Question asked by Mabbet [Mably] (PERSON54027) on 9 October 1624 at 08:30

RN Goody Mable of Turvy 39 y octob 9. h. 8. 30 ant m 1624 /maritus sine consensu strangly handled for a day & a night wth maāy sudden strang fits\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 85v (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?f1-extent-of-transcription=Excerpt;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil, accessed 27 October 2024.