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CASE53788: Horary consultation concerning John Bolton (PERSON44398)

Question asked by the patient on 2 April 1622 at 11:00

RN Iohn Bolton of Byssetour 33 y Ap. 2. h. 11 ant m 1622 troubled in mynd wth ill thought. & is very light headed & cānot sleepe a yere. had pils & was let blood last yere. the Divell Doth rū in his mynd./ |goody plowright susp.|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 37v (upper left part of page)

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CASE32676: Horary consultation concerning Mr Potkyn (PERSON24941)

Question asked by Margery Potkyn (PERSON14999) on 4 February 1606 at 10:15

RN I came to Mr Potkins of lilly by the how 62 y feb. 4. h. 10. 15 ant m. 1606 |vxor marito sine consensu./|12

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘frentick despayreth ready to murder him self’ in chart

2 ‘& beateth his bed {sic} against the bedsteede & sayth yt he hath given him selfe to the devill’ in the right margin

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 229, f. 10r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE51851: Horary consultation concerning Goodman George Cockayne (PERSON29119)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39175) on 20 December 1620 at 12:00

RN Georg Cockin of newp. 31. y mayed {sic} Decēb: 20: h. 12. 1620

16. y. troubled in mynd & discontented

raging

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 20r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE13090: Horary consultation concerning John Marsh (PERSON14005)

Question asked by Marsh (PERSON14003) on 18 February 1600 at 08:00

RN Iohn Marshe of Barnet 50 y. distempered in mind ob {l} {sic} veneficiū. et {vutpō} immisse in domū eius. feb. 18 die h. 8. ant m. 1600. filius patre /Lunatice\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 271v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12317: Horary consultation concerning William Rogers (PERSON15428)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 18:00

RN Will. Rogars of Stock hāmon. 20 yeres old. troubled in minde the cannot be rid of the devill always cōmeth to his minde & cannot be shifted of him. Aprill 25. h. 6. p m. 1599. this 2 yeres.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 139v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE62241: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Hawes (PERSON51213)

Question asked by the patient on 2 May 1626 at 06:30

RN Th Haws of Princes Risborne 36|8| y May 1 {sic}. h. 6. 30 ant m. 1626.

mutch troubled in mynd & feareth ill tongues/

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 190r (upper left part of page)

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CASE20875: Horary consultation concerning Mr Vincent Goddard (PERSON12177)

Question asked by the patient on 23 March 1604 at 10:00

RN Mr Vincent Goddard her brothr 23 y sent at boath these tymes maryed 3 yeres handled by fits aftr a strang māner 12 days sometymes wthout senc & feele as in a dead palsy but will not speake but cryeth at the begyning of his fit extreemely yet looketh well.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 415, f. 53r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE37842: Horary consultation concerning Edward Young (PERSON37170)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37499) on 12 April 1611 at 17:39

RN Edward young. 12. y. old Apr 12 . h. 5. 39. p m 1611 wild headed above 5 y hath no govrnanc of him selfe. susp / a woman named Rebecca.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 200, f. 57v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE53048: Horary consultation concerning Paul Robinson (PERSON34844)

Question asked by Robinson (PERSON57756) on 29 August 1621 at 06:45

RN Paul Robynson of Easton. 48 y Aug. 29 h. 6. 45 ant m 162i1

[Astrological Chart]

vxor sine cōsensu mariti vtrū venef sit passus of Ione Person.

Notes:

1 ‘mopish & fearfull’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 231, f. 82r (upper left part of page)

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CASE53758: Horary consultation concerning Richard Sharpe [Cole] (PERSON58506)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39389) on 25 March 1622 at 14:25

RN my Godson Richard Sharpe 6 y a next whitsontyde borne on a about son rising the 3 weekes after whitsontyde, mutch troubled about 8 at night in his first sleepe & will rise out of his bed & crye o god, o god & stare & rune about this fortnight is frighted & doth not remēber it march 25 h. 2. 25 p m 1622 he was prsent for halfe a {sic} yere an houre |some ill thing feared|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 223, f. 32r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE54048: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Duncombe [Esquire] [Young Mr Thomas Duncombe] (PERSON29954)

Question asked by the patient on 30 April 1622 at 10:40

RN Mr. Th: Duncōbe feareth witch. Ap 30 h. 11|0|. 40 ant m. 1622 |veneficij pavid|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 81r (upper right part of page)

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CASE21968: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18184)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18185) on 20 February 1605 at 14:45

RN a young mā of Bothon in Huntington shire 26 y was brought sine cōsensu feb r 20. h. 2. 45. p m. 1605. strangly tormented by witchraft sinc shreve{illeg}|tue|sday Shelton the witch in prison1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘witchraft. troubled in mynd’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 415, f. 223r (upper right part of page)

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CASE16551: Horary consultation concerning Howse (PERSON18184)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18185) on 20 February 1605 at 14:45

GJ A yong man \One Howses sonne/ of B{o}|y|thon in Huntingdon shire 26 y. his water was brought sine Consensu feb: 1|2|0 ho. 2. 45 p m. 1605

Straungely tormented by witchcraft since shrovetuesday. g: Shelton the witch in prison.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 236r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE53681: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Matthew Cardwell (PERSON45583)

Question asked by the patient on 12 March 1622 at 09:00

RN my neighb Cardwell sent his water March 12. h. 9. ant m 1622

light headed & feareth he is beworded.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 18v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE59660: Horary consultation concerning William Tomms (PERSON60304)

Question asked by the patient on 19 January 1625 at 07:45

RN Thomas Keysoe of {sic}

Will Toms of Keysoe 24 y Ian 19 h. 7: 45 ant m 1625 /sorely tempted\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 144r (upper right part of page)

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CASE47346: Decumbiture for Richard Sanders (PERSON35065)

Question asked by the patient on 22 August 1618 at 14:00

RN Rich Sanders of Han Shenly 20 y Aug. 21 h. 9. 30 p m 1618 taken falled into a sudden strang laughing did nothing but laugh

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 5r (upper right part of page)

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CASE61454: Horary consultation concerning Mr Wells (PERSON61363)

Question asked by the patient on 3 January 1626 at 14:50

RN Mr Wels troubled wth an Incubus spirit he thinketh wth flashings & lightnings. Ian. 3 h. 2 50 p m 1625 {sic}

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 67r (middle left part of page)

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CASE55556: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Morgan (PERSON20347)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39602) on 28 January 1623 at 11:00

RN Thom. Morg. 21. y. Ian: 28. . h. 11. ant m. 1623. simple & cānot sell any thing and groweth more foolish & simple each other daye. & quaketh.

feareth he is ill handled.

Ione Pearson, Marg Bagley Goody Bates & her husb. hurt there pigs & goody Estoll

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

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CASE57929: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Biggs (PERSON44135)

Question asked by the patient on 18 March 1624 at 07:00

RN Th Bigs his water march 18 h. 7. ant m 1624 at litlington mopish fearfull that a womā whō he beat & brake her hed Did beword him Margaret Beale suspected

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 111Av (bottom right part of page)

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CASE76667: Horary consultation concerning Robert Summerley (PERSON59783)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41796) on 13 March 1633 at 12:20

Robt Suerly of Doddington 2. y. March 13. . h. 12. 20. p m 1633

simple & mopish, flesh fallen from ye wast downeward, weak at Knees, & cannot stand. was Sick \at/ a qrter olde, & was neur well since. feareth some ill to\u/ngue. Gadwife Purny Susp.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 214, p. 371 (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-judgment=No;f2-practice=Napier;f4-patient-sex=Male;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil, accessed 23 September 2024.