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CASE41381: Horary consultation concerning Alice Godfrey (PERSON30951)

Question asked by the patient on 19 May 1613 at 06:00

RN Alce Godf\r/ey of Dunstable. 19 y. may 19. h. 6. {p}|a|nt m 1613. /was very idle headed a weeke after her delivery. talketh of sathan & howpeth & halloweth\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘3. fig.’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 199, f. 126r (upper right part of page)

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CASE44056: Horary consultation concerning Alice Coursey (PERSON29425)

Question asked by the patient on 5 November 1616 at 14:00

RN Alce Course of Hanslop no \{illeg}|4|0 y/ novēb. 5 h. 2. p m 16i6

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 19v (upper left part of page)

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CASE44189: Horary consultation concerning Goody Isabel Cole (PERSON22608)

Question asked by the patient on 24 December 1616 at 14:45

RN Elis. Col Isbell Coles of Wicken {2}|4|6 y Decēb: 24. . h. 2. 45. p m. 16i6

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 43r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE45072: Horary consultation concerning Joan Simpson (PERSON35359)

Question asked by the patient on 4 June 1617 at 12:00

RN Ione Simpson of Highems feryes mayed {sic} 33 y Iune 4 h. 12. 1617

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 186r (upper right part of page)

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CASE48338: Decumbiture for Goody Elizabeth Miller [Richardson] (PERSON15311)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38561) on 9 March 1619 at 09:45

RN her fits take her cōmonly at 12 at mydnight march 8 h. 12 p m 1619 cryeth out of the divell

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 190v (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE58043: Horary consultation concerning Ellen Norman (PERSON55608)

Question asked by the patient on 5 April 1624 at 10:30

RN Ellen Normā of Wavendon 21 y Ap 5 h. 10 30 ant m 1624

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 129v (upper left part of page)

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CASE60271: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Heyford (PERSON51388)

Question asked by the patient on 21 April 1625 at 14:15

RN Elis Hayford of Lay Lo|a|ughton in Leycestersheere 54 y Ap 21. h. 2. 15 p m. 1625.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 67r (upper left part of page)

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CASE63900: Horary consultation concerning Mary Sanderson (PERSON58257)

Question asked by the patient on 22 May 1627 at 16:25

RN mary Sanderson of Oundle 30 y may 22 . h. 4 25 p m. 1627.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 99r (upper right part of page)

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CASE10235: Horary consultation concerning Ursula Cole (PERSON10738)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON42168) on 2 April 1600 at 10:00

RN Vrsula Coles of Ashon 26. y. Apr. 2. die h. 10 ant m 1600 this day sennet at night. cū consensu1

[Astrological Chart]

Iames Linwell of Ashon yt was amis & nowe is mended by yt I gave him ill in his mynd about a yere since he causd this body to come.

Notes:

1 ‘troubled in minde.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 27r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12389: Horary consultation concerning Joan Ring (PERSON15337)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1599 at 14:15

RN Ione Ring Morten \Ringe/ of Cranfeild Disquieted in minde. came her selfe to me this 5 of may die h. 2. 15. mi. p m. 1599. amis ever sinc miklemas. 36 yeres. hath buried her {sic} first husb. & child

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 151v (upper right part of page)

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CASE21595: Horary consultation concerning Joan Spark (PERSON16018)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18651) on 16 October 1604 at 11:25

RN Ione Spark of Blūnā 32 y Octob 16 . 11. 15 25. ant m. 1604. |× × ×.|

vide Octob. 6.

had 6 childrē. was delivered a munday last was fortnight of a boy wch is well.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 162v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE54333: Horary consultation concerning Catherine Persival (PERSON34254)

Question asked by Persival (PERSON56604) on 30 May 1622 at 12:30

RN Katherin Persivall of Old Stratford 22 y may 30 h 12. 30 p m. 1622 /mater filia\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 134v (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE61268: Horary consultation concerning Savage (PERSON58308)

Question asked by Savage (PERSON58301) on 9 November 1625 at 14:30

RN on Savage of Tiffild came to me for his Daughter of 23 y troubled in mynd by a dreame yt Sathan put into her head by wch by fits she is sorely troubled novēb. 9 h. 2. 30 p m. 1625

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 38r (upper left part of page)

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CASE63898: Interrogation concerning Mary Sanderson (PERSON58257)

Question asked by the patient on 22 May 1627 at 16:00

RN Mary Sanderson 30 y of Oundle may 22 h 4 p m 1627. was taken wth a sore feare in a Dreame yt she had the devill in her bed maij 19 h {sic} hor 8 p m 1627.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 99r (middle, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE78793: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Baldwin (PERSON43286)

Question asked by Mr Marsh (PERSON54301) on 4 February 1634 at 09:00

RN Elis: Baldwyn of Dagnoll by Edgborugh 40 y a mayd feb 4 h 9 ant m 1634 /cānot sleepe Mr Marsh wrote\

brayne troubled will kill her father & the child sayth yt she must make her selfe away

eateth greedely to serve the Devill

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 81v (upper right part of page)

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CASE10476: Horary consultation concerning Gillian Charge (PERSON10436)

Question asked by the patient on 1 May 1600 at 09:00

RN Gillion Bunker \Charge/ of Ampthill 30 y. {illeg}|m|ay. 1. die h. 9. ant m. 1600

[Astrological Chart]

Gillien Chardge afflicted & disquieted in mind. thincketh prayers will doe her litle good./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 57r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE13536: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Miller [Richardson] (PERSON15311)

Question asked by Goodman Thomas Richardson (PERSON15301) on 14 July 1598 at 07:45

RN Millers 1598 Iul. 14. die h. 7. mi. 12. 45 m. Thomas Richardson for his wife. to know what wilbe her end. about 30 yeres old. shee suspecteth shee hath bene bewitched light headed & talketh mutch of the devill shee can not speake sometimes in her fit letteth out her excrement.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 209v (upper 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-patient-sex=Female;f10-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3ADevil;f9-recipe=No, accessed 24 March 2025.