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CASE77286: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) and Mrs Eleanor Aylet (PERSON43141)

Question asked by Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) on 15 May 1633 at 19:30

RN her daughter Mres Elenor Aylet 17 y may 15. h. 7 30 p m 1633

her daughter idle headed & moped |vide Maij 3o| 4 y ill witchery suspectted {sic}

cānot make butter nor cheese

Elisabeth Spacy susp: Rich Pavet susp. /& H Rebecca his wife\ wth many others

16 or 17 more suspected.

old goody Ransden the begȳner of all there troubles dyed 5 y since

Fayth Sayick yt was her servant Harmed

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 211, p. 134 (upper right part of page)

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CASE78543: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Eleanor Aylet (PERSON43141) and Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142)

Question asked by Mrs Eleanor Aylet (PERSON43141) and Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) on 31 October 1633 at 10:15

RN Mres Elenor Aylet of Madalen Laver. 17 octob 31 h. 10 15 ant m 1633 |hath thē well 2 y| |troubled in her sleepe| sent her water mother & daughter brought her|th|ere {sic} waters. |sleepeth well|

[Astrological Chart]

Elis: Spacy of High Rooding appeared plainly to her in her sleep |this night| & then not well 2 or 3 days after

Richard Pavet & h{is} wife susp:

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 412, f. 19v (upper right part of page)

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CASE52423: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Harte (PERSON51039) and Ellen Harte (PERSON51041)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39226) on 9 May 1621 at 14:38

RN Elis: Hart of bishops Hatfild 14 y may 9. h. 2. 38 p m 162i grene sicknes |sine consensu| |Ellen Hart staggereth rising riding on her horse. ready to fall|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 135r (upper left part of page)

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CASE74582: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Dorothy Latimer (PERSON53399) and Anonymous (PERSON53398)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON53396) on 10 May 1632 at 16:40

RN Mres Dorothy Latymer. 25 y may 10 h. 4. 40 p m 1632 |An extreme cold over all her body cānot sleepe|

[Astrological Chart]

& my opinion touching his bewitched child by 2 witches/

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 151 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE25130: Horary consultation concerning Jane Clively (PERSON29089)

Question asked by the patient on 30 June 1610 at 07:20

RN Iane Clivelye of Steeple Ashton 32 y Iune 30 hor 7. 20 ant m 16i0 |mr Bucland son|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘thought to be haunted wth spirit’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 84v (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE25525: Horary consultation concerning Mary Ferry (PERSON30342)

Question asked by the patient on 18 October 1610 at 13:40

RN Mary feary of Raynold 3{0}|7|. y octob. 18 h. 1. 40 p m 16i0 long sicke went to mother lane & missed of her strangly taken coming backe

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 143r (upper right part of page)

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CASE32861: Horary consultation concerning Susan Woulward (PERSON26185)

Question asked by the patient on 24 February 1608 at 11:15

RN Susā Woulward of Sawston in Cābridgsheere. 12 y feb 24. h. 11. 15. ant m 1608.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘raveth at night & hath sore fits as on haunted’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 41r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE17276: Horary consultation concerning Alice Bailey (PERSON9355)

Question asked by the patient on 17 June 1602 at 10:30

GJ Alice Baily of Islip 12 y. Iune 17 ho. 10. 30 a m.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 100r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE25180: Horary consultation concerning Joan Poole (PERSON34109)

Question asked by the patient on 11 July 1610 at 14:30

RN Robart \Ioane/ Pau {sic}le paster {sic} of {sic} Harrold. sickned Iune 27. {sic}

Ione Paule \ {sic}/ 12 y of Harrold strangly taken Iuly 11. . h. 2. 30 p m 16i0 sickned at Olny fare

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 91v (upper right part of page)

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CASE11996: Horary consultation concerning Alice Mason (PERSON14048)

Question asked by Thomas Marshal (PERSON14015) on 27 February 1599 at 09:07

RN Thomas Marcholl for his daughter in law Alce Mason wthout her consent who is straingly handled Iane Warren suspected to bespeake it. 27 of feb. die h. 9. 7. 1599. Dorothy Sumner. suspected.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, ff. 89r-88v (f. 89r upper left, and f. 88v bottom left)

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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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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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CASE19276: Horary consultation concerning Mary Key (PERSON13344)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1601 at 14:00

RN Mary kay of Wooddell 28. a meaden Apr 25 die hor. 2. p m. 160i

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 92v (upper left part of page)

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CASE75286: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Grisel Barrat (PERSON43632)

Question asked by the patient on 14 August 1632 at 07:00

RN Mres D|G|rysell \Barret. of. {sic}/ of Benson in Oxf sheere 30. y Aug. 14 h. 7. ant m 1632. |a mayden| /vtū {sic} patitr veneficiū taken strangly in all her lims 11 weekes\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 374 (middle right part of page)

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CASE77889: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) and Elizabeth (PERSON42345) and Mrs Faith Sage (PERSON58116) and Mr John Aylet (PERSON43138)

Question asked by Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) on 19 July 1633 at 13:45

RN Mres Elenor Aylet of magdalen laver 30 y Iuly 19 h. 1. 45 p m 1633 |in Essex.|

supposeth her selfe to be bewitched her first husb was witched to Death she her Daughter Elis: & her old serv Fayth Sage yt is mayed {sic} not well

was better till this fortnight sinc Rebecca write was at her house

sinc hath bene troubled in her milke & making of cheese her milke sowrs & her cheese wth an ill sent

she hath a great heate vppon her & is wonderous ill

her daughter mres Elis. not well

her husb is troubled wth a great heate her old serv. maryed hath a great heate & sweat her cows in her yard are taken lame & there milke dryed

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 211, p. 324 (upper left part of page)

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CASE57841: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Jane Wells (PERSON27203)

Question asked by the patient on 6 March 1624 at 09:50

RN Mres Iane Wels of heath & Reach 60. y. march. 6 h {sic} hor: 9. 50. ant m. 1624.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 98v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE57956: Horary consultation concerning Anne Sibthorpe (PERSON58728)

Question asked by the patient on 20 March 1624 at 13:00

RN Anne Sypthorpe of Cole Brayfild 29 y march 20 h {sic} hor 1. p m 1624

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 115v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE58781: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Agnes Maples (PERSON54194)

Question asked by the patient on 15 July 1624 at 17:00

RN Mres Maples /49 y\ came to my house Iuly 14 h. 5 p m & sent for me Iuly 15 h 5. p m 1624

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 18r (upper right part of page)

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CASE58787: Horary consultation concerning Jane Brown (PERSON45054)

Question asked by the patient on 17 July 1624 at 06:45

RN Iane Browne of Adington 29 y. Iuly. 17 h {sic}. hor 6 45 ant m. 1624

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 19Av (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;f9-question-asked=Personal%20affairs%3A%3APersonal%20relations, accessed 22 March 2025.