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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)

Anonymous (PERSON18185)Anonymous (PERSON18184)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (TroubledMind)

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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CASE54678: Decumbiture for Goody Elizabeth Cockayne (PERSON46446)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39510) on 25 July 1622 at 11:11

RN Elis Cocken of Newp. first strangly & sodenly taken on holy thursday 26 y Iuli may 30 ♃ h. 5 p m 1622 Iane Goodmā craved Drink & she gave it to this Iane & it prsently tooke her & sinc neaver well but mutch tēpted & troubled wth wynd1

[Astrological Chart]

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1 ‘mutch temptat. wynd melancholye’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 8r (bottom left, and bottom centre parts of page)

Anonymous (PERSON39510)Goody Elizabeth Cockayne (PERSON46446)

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

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Tempted and suicidalMelancholy)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wind (Wind)

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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=020-029%3A%3A26;f2-querent-sex=Unknown;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3AStrange%20affliction, accessed 3 February 2025.

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