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CASE53668: Horary consultation concerning Mary Smith (PERSON59216)

Question asked by the patient on 8 March 1622 at 13:00

RN Mary Smith of yardly sent for me to come to her march 8 ♀. h. 1. p m 1622 |was sorely haunted|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 17r (bottom left part of page)

Mary Smith (PERSON59216)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Haunted)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Outcome(s) Astrological Chart

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CASE49401: Horary consultation concerning Joan Mably (PERSON32879)

Question asked by the patient on 31 July 1619 at 15:15

RN Ione mablee of newp 48 y Iuly 31. h {sic} hor. 3. 15 p m 1619

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 131v (upper left part of page)

Joan Mably (PERSON32879)

Medical >Women’s matters (Childbirth complications)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Outcome(s) Angelic consultationAstrological Chart Patient’s death recorded

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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f3-info=Outcome%28s%29;f4-querent-age-band=040-049%3A%3A48, accessed 22 May 2025.

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