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CASE40551: Nativity for Young Sir Peter Temple (PERSON35955)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON35978) on 3 November 1612 at 09:20

RN Sr Peeter Tēple natus at Stowe in Buckinghāsheere Octob. 2 die ☾ h 38 |{3} 30| p m. 1592.

At what age he shall mary & wth what advancement & wheathr he shall mend his estate \or impayre// 3 what course of lif best wheathr courtlike life or country life wilbe best yt he may be advised therevnto.

[Astrological Chart]

novēb. 3. ♂ h. 9. 20 ant m 1612.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 409, f. 195r-v (f. 195r upper left, f. 195r upper right, f. 195r bottom right, and f. 195v upper left)

Anonymous (PERSON35978)Young Sir Peter Temple (PERSON35955)

Sex, family and generation (Marital prospects)

Personal affairs >Current state  (Prosperity and social standing )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Angelic consultationAstrological Chart

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CASE5262: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Bellingam (PERSON890) and Margaret Merson (PERSON4976)

Question asked by Mrs Elizabeth Bellingam (PERSON890) and Margaret Merson (PERSON4976) on 23 April 1599 at 10:50

SF Mrs Bellingam of Kintchingtō of 60 years 1599 the 23 of aprill ☾ An’ m’ at 50 p 10/

wher she shall overcom’ her suet in Lawe againste Iones and the bishop of gloster

wher she shall obteine her suet by a petition to the quen/

wher yt be best to goe into somerset shire wth her daughter/

Margaret mrson’ of 42 yers eodē tempore/ wher she shall mend her state or no/ –

Thomas of 33 a a {sic} bacr & marg of 43 a maid. cōtract.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 219, f. 51v (bottom left part of page)

Mrs Elizabeth Bellingam (PERSON890)Margaret Merson (PERSON4976)

Personal affairs >Business affairs (Legal mattersPrefermentFinance and property)

Personal affairs >Place list (Residence)

Personal affairs >Current state  (Prosperity and social standing )

Personal affairs >Predictive (Who will die first)

Practitioner: Dr Simon Forman (PERSON2824) Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE4357: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Appleyerd (PERSON449)

Question asked by the patient on 16 October 1598 at 18:20

SF Margaret Appleyerd of 44 years 1598 the 16 of octob ☾ p m’ at 20 p 6 wher her state shall mend or pair/

[Blank Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 195, f. 175v (upper right part of page)

Mrs Margaret Appleyerd (PERSON449)

Personal affairs >Current state  (Prosperity and social standing )

Personal affairs >Predictive (General predictions)

Practitioner: Dr Simon Forman (PERSON2824) Astrological Chart

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CASE66027: Horary consultation concerning Sir Kenelm Digby [Mr Kenelm Digby] (PERSON22921)

Question asked by Venetia Digby (PERSON47865) on 8 May 1628 at 16:00

RN The lady Dighbee may 8 ♃ h. 4. p m 1628

so to know the state of Sr Ken. fort or not

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 21r (upper left part of page)

Venetia Digby (PERSON47865)Sir Kenelm Digby [Mr Kenelm Digby] (PERSON22921)

Personal affairs >Current state  (Prosperity and social standing Fortune)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Astrological Chart

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-number-of-practitioners=Single%20practitioner;f2-querent-sex=Female;f3-question-asked=Personal%20affairs%3A%3ACurrent%20state%3A%3AProsperity%20and%20social%20standing, accessed 1 April 2025.

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