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CASE12907: Horary consultation concerning Goodwife Catherine Wells (PERSON16926)

Question asked by the patient on 20 December 1599 at 09:30

RN Catherine Wels of Buckingā 23. vexed as shee sayth wth a spirite & cann durst not to rid least seeing the water shee should fall into it. sent vnto me. Decēb. 20. die h. 9. 30 ant m. 1599. troubled this 3. yeres. married & hath a child a yeare old.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 240v (upper right part of page)

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CASE39906: Horary consultation concerning Mary Hunt (PERSON31985)

Question asked by the patient on 13 May 1612 at 14:30

RN mary Hunt of Bisseter maryed. 26 y may 13. h. 2. 30 p m 1612 /in prsenc\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘tempted in mynd to hurt her selfe.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 409, f. 93r (upper left part of page)

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CASE54724: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Cockayne (PERSON46446)

Question asked by the patient on 1 August 1622 at 07:49

RN Elis. Cocken of Newp. 3 26 y I|A|ugust 1 h. 7. 3|4|9 ant m 1622. wonderfully tēpted by an ill spirit

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 19r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE59185: Horary consultation concerning Cicely Collins (PERSON46584)

Question asked by the patient on 29 September 1624 at 15:00

RN Cicely Colling of husb Crowly tempted Sept 29 h. 3. p m 1624

Goody Spufford:

Ellen Harrys. susp.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 77r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE34788: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Lodge (PERSON24242)

Question asked by the patient on 30 January 1609 at 15:00

RN Dorothy lodge beyond St Albions come to Buckinghā. 36 y Ian 30. {h}|| h. 3. p m 1609. /tempted.\ Alce Pill

[Blank Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 300v (upper right part 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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CASE39020: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Ratcliffe (PERSON34583)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSONGRP53) on 29 December 1611 at 14:40

RN Elis: Ratcliffe our lady Day next 17 y. Decēb. 29. h. 2. 3|4|0 p. m. 1611. of Stony stratford1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘is tēpted wth an evill spirit to \in/ there iudgment’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 211r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE71877: Horary consultation concerning Joan Annysson (PERSON42792)

Question asked by the patient on 23 April 1631 at 17:30

RN Ioane M Allyson {sic} \Annysson/ of Kirkleton in cōtry of oxford 33 y Ap. 23. h {sic} hor 5. \30/ p m 163i

a fearfull hart of the evill thoughts tempted fearfull least sathā should prvayle agaynst Easter daye

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 272 (upper right part of page)

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CASE26406: Horary consultation concerning Quicke (PERSON62762)

Question asked by the patient and Hugh Quicke (PERSON57231) on 21 February 1615 at 10:00

RW Hugh Quicke of Clifton r{a}{i}{g}nes came wth his wife, who was much trou{ble}{d} in minde & often times tempted (shee sayd) wth an e{u}ill spirite to doe her selfe a misc{h}eife./ shee suspected a man & his wife in that {to}{wne}./ & when she{illeg} came home from mee she{illeg} tould her neighbours that I shewed her that {monster} in a glasse. but shee lyed./ d. h: 10. ant: {m}: Feb: 21. 1615. they came vnto me./

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 204, f. 41r (upper right part of page)

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CASE39103: Horary consultation concerning Margery Haddon (PERSON31207)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37643) on 15 January 1612 at 16:00

RN Margery Haddon of kettering 47. y. Ian. 15. . h. 4. p m 16121

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mynd troubled. & tempted. to perish her selfe.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 223v (upper left part of page)

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CASE31740: Horary consultation concerning Joan Dickins (PERSON22916)

Question asked by the patient on 22 June 1607 at 08:50

RN Ione Dickings of Stocke golding 20 y Iune 22 h. 8. 50 ant m 1607. frigted or haunted wth some ill sprite mopish wōt to Drowne her selfe |suspecteth on lanckford min onc curat of b|w|oulvrton. nevr well since he was there.|

deus eius nostri miseratr. in prsenc mopish sottish laugheth looketh well.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 193, f. 228v (upper left part of page)

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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]

Notes:

1 ‘mutch temptat. wynd melancholye’ in chart

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

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CASE10399: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Godfrey (PERSON12200)

Question asked by the patient on 22 April 1600 at 14:40

RN Agnys Godfrey of Thornborrowe Apr 22 die h. 2. 40 p m. a widowe 1600 head haunted & tempted this 12 yeres

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 48r (upper right part of page)

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CASE49065: Horary consultation concerning Harris (PERSON31404)

Question asked by Mr Thomas Marsh [March] [the elder] (PERSON4816) on 23 June 1619 at 08:40

RN my Cosen hee marsh. for Sr Arthur Harrys his Daughter of 17 or 18 y. Iune 22|3| . h. 8. 40 ant m 1619 /strangly troubled wth melanch ready to desp & to make her selfe awey.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 58v (upper right part of page)

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CASE54679: Decumbiture for Goody Elizabeth Cockayne (PERSON46446)

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

RN She was taken strangly & sodenly but more yesterday then before Iuly 24. h 4|5| \5/ p m 1622. at sermō tȳe wth strāg convulsions taking away her speach. & vse of her armes & her belly Did burne & trēble & was & is ever mightely tormōted wth sore tēptatiōs when she is most willing to serve god1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘tēptation’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 8r (upper right 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;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ATempted%20and%20suicidal;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil, accessed 25 March 2025.