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CASE20232: Horary consultation concerning Alice Vans (PERSON16680)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18528) on 12 January 1602 at 12:55

RN Alce vans of filgrave 24 y. Ian xij. hor. 12. 55. p m 1602. was last miklemas 24 yeres old. as shee thincketh on a muday {sic} betwixt 8 & 9 in the evening

very light headed.

rageth & will away & grydeth her teethe. \sine cōsensu/

[Partial Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 264r (upper left, and bottom left 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)

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CASE58491: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Walker (PERSON60983) and Anonymous (PERSON39903)

Question asked by Agnes [Anne] Walker (PERSON60983) on 21 May 1624 at 12:50

RN Annys Walker of Patshill 25 y may. 20|i| h. 1. \12. 50/ p m. 16241

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘very light headed’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 196v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE35851: Horary consultation concerning Anne Travell (PERSON25794)

Question asked by the patient on 27 May 1609 at 16:00

RN An Travell of Sawcy forest a widow 28 y may 27 h {sic} hor. 4. p m 1609            quaketh trēbleth hed light feareth that she & her brothr are bewitched

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 203, f. 57v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE14852: Horary consultation concerning Lettice Balle (PERSON9405)

Question asked by the patient on 18 April 1603 at 11:45

GJ Lettice Ball of Nash 17 y Apr. 18. ho 11. 45 a m 1603. Quærit whether any evill tongue have power over her. Cannot sleepe is light headed & sometymes talk Idly

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 55v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE58638: Horary consultation concerning Anne Blisse (PERSON44309)

Question asked by Blisse (PERSON44305) on 26 June 1624 at 06:00

RN An Blisse /of floure\ a mad wench 26 y |borne on a thursday| Iune 26. h {sic} hor. 6. ant m 1624

sent her water1

[Astrological Chart]

mater filia

Notes:

1 ‘light headed’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 221r (upper left part of page)

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CASE30926: Horary consultation concerning Goody Marian Sampford (PERSON25218)

Question asked by the patient on 21 March 1607 at 14:30

RN Maryon Sanford of Parsnā parish 46 y march. 21 hor. h|2| {sic} 2. 30 p m 1607.1

Notes:

1 ‘lightheaded mynd troubled a heavy harte.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 119r (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;f8-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3AWitchcraft%20suffered%20%28medical%29;f9-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ALightheaded%20%28passions%29, accessed 21 March 2025.