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CASE45425: Horary consultation concerning John Blot (PERSON28151)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38280) on 8 August 1617 at 13:25

RN Iohn Blot of Harold 6. y about the weddensday afore St luke 6 y borne before son rising Aug. 8 ♀ h. 1. 25. p m 1617 in prsenc /is sup to be bewitched\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 220, f. 58r (bottom left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON38280)John Blot (PERSON28151)

Medical  (Not specified in question )

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

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

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CASE77389: Horary consultation concerning Anne Murrock (PERSON55103)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41877) on 24 May 1633 at 12:25

RN An Murrock of Hemingford Abbot 6. y. may 24 ♀ h. 12. 25 p m 1633. |nata Decēb 4. ☾ h. 11 30 p m 1626|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 164 (upper right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON41877)Anne Murrock (PERSON55103)

Medical  (Not specified in question )

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

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

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CASE23142: Horary consultation concerning Ellen Collins (PERSON46590)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39045) on 13 October 1630 at 13:15

RN Ellen Collins of Feard of Denton parish neere to Alesbery 6. y octob 13. ☿ h. 1. 15 p m 1630

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 174v (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON39045)Ellen Collins (PERSON46590)

Medical  (Not specified in question )

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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CASE30826: Horary consultation concerning George Cottrell (PERSON22703)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26301) on 10 March 1607 at 12:40

RN George Cottrell of newp 6 y march 10 ♂ h. 12. 40 p m 1607

thought to be bewitched by Elis woodfild

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 105v (bottom right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON26301)George Cottrell (PERSON22703)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

Medical  (Not specified in question )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment

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CASE79174: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) and Aylet (PERSON43139) and Mr John Aylet (PERSON43137)

Question asked by Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) on 7 October 1634 at 09:45

SRN Mrs. Eloner Aylett of Magdalen Laver. |for her selfe & her child./.|

October. 7. ♂. h. 9. 45. a. m. 1634. /she sent hither ye 22th of septembr\

[Astrological Chart]

There was a match propounded her for her daughter & it brake of agayne. now there is another oferd & desires to know the issue whether it will be good to hearken to it or noe.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 157r (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142)Aylet (PERSON43139)Mr John Aylet (PERSON43137)

Medical  (Not specified in question )

Personal affairs (Death and/or disease of animalsWitchcraft suffered (non-medical))

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Medical >Treatment (Requesting treatment)

Sex, family and generation (Marital prospects)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) Treatment Judgment 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-patient-age-band=000-009%3A%3A6;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ANot%20specified%20in%20question;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil, accessed 18 January 2025.

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