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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)

Agnes Godfrey (PERSON12200)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Head (passions) Tempted and suicidal)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Haunted )

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

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CASE12171: Horary consultation concerning Frances Thomson (PERSON16408)

Question asked by Thomson (PERSON16388) on 30 March 1599 at 12:30

RN Frauncis Tomson by her husband of lowton 30 of March. die ♀ h. 12 30. mi. morbo. 1599 caput phantastijs melancholicis laborat. timore spiritu’. 42. yeres. /muscam metuit et {muo}rē\

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 116v (upper right part of page)

Thomson (PERSON16388)Frances Thomson (PERSON16408)

Medical >Illness (general) (Morbus)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Head (passions) FanciesMelancholyFear)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Haunted )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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-querent-identified=Yes;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3AHaunted;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AHead%20%28passions%29, accessed 15 January 2025.

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