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CASE54685: Horary consultation concerning Susan Beauchamp (PERSON43880)

Question asked by the patient on 25 July 1622 at 18:00

RN Susan Bechā of Cosgrave 11. y. the thursday after St Peter but came to me Iuly 25. ♃ h. 6 p m. 1622 pyned & cōsumed hed neck & belly. mutch pyned & wasted1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a Consūption’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 9r (bottom left part of page)

Susan Beauchamp (PERSON43880)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (PiningConsumed)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (HeadThroat and mouth)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Belly )

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

Personal affairs >Personal relations  (Witchcraft suspect )

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

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CASE49474: Horary consultation concerning Anne Glover (PERSON30931)

Question asked by the patient on 9 August 1619 at 10:20

RN An Glover 13 y Aug 9 ☾ h. 10. 20 ant m 1619 |gryped in her belly casteth wormes f{oun}d|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 146v (upper right part of page)

Anne Glover (PERSON30931)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Griping)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Belly )

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Nausea phlegm)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Worms)

Personal affairs >Personal relations  (Witchcraft suspect )

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

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CASE74787: Horary consultation concerning Goody Catherine Prentice (PERSON57045)

Question asked by the patient on 6 June 1632 at 08:00

RN katherin prentice of Houghton va. 43 y Iune 6 ☿ h. 8. ant m. 1632 |back belly & sydes|1

[Astrological Chart]

water good

was prsent

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘Iane Hopkins.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 214 (bottom right part of page)

Goody Catherine Prentice (PERSON57045)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (BackBelly Side(s))

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

Personal affairs >Personal relations  (Witchcraft suspect )

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

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CASE38318: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Barnes (PERSON9483) and Barnes (PERSON27777)

Question asked by Thomas Barnes (PERSON9483) and Barnes (PERSON27777) on 19 June 1611 at 10:00

RN Thomas Barnes of Olny 50 y Iune 19 ☿. h. 10. ant m. 1611. lame in his legs & hath 3 hols

ready to have his belly & his backe torne in peeces if he put not his fingers into his throate to cast it vp. feareth least on goody Margery Travell hath bewitched him. |& his wife is pulled to.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 118r (upper right part of page)

Thomas Barnes (PERSON9483)Barnes (PERSON27777)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Lameness)

Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Legs)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lesions and abscesses (Sores)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Belly Back)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pulling)

Personal affairs >Personal relations  (Witchcraft suspect )

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

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CASE52264: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Bonner [Bonoe] [Miller] (PERSON44425)

Question asked by the patient on 9 April 1621 at 11:15

RN Elis. Boner of Risely 30 y Ap. 9 ☾. h. 11. 30 \15/ ant m 1621.

It belly hard swelled & feeleth on her brest as a bladder wth beans ratling 7 weekes |not sick but sore in her bodye|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 106r (upper right part of page)

Elizabeth Bonner [Bonoe] [Miller] (PERSON44425)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Belly Breasts)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (HardnessSwelling)

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

Personal affairs >Personal relations  (Witchcraft suspect )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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-knowledge=Patient%20asked%20the%20question;f2-question-asked=Personal%20affairs%3A%3APersonal%20relations%3A%3AWitchcraft%20suspect;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ABelly, accessed 13 March 2025.

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