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CASE63039: Horary consultation concerning Jane Hore (PERSON51865)

Question asked by the patient on 4 November 1626 at 12:36

RN Iane Hore of Buckn{ell} wth her father 29 y oc|no|{vēb} 4 h {sic} hor 12. 30|6| p m 162{6} head very ill 10 y.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 330v (upper right part of page)

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CASE43550: Horary consultation concerning Young Lady Dorothy Temple [Mrs Dorothy Temple [Lea]] [Young Mrs Temple] (PERSON35977)

Question asked by the patient on 20 June 1616 at 21:20

RN The young lady Temple of Stanton \being a bed/ sent vnto me last night to come to her in her strang suden sicknes. 18 y Iune 20 h. 9. 20 p m 16i6

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 116Ar (upper right part of page)

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CASE2069: Horary consultation concerning Jean Knight (PERSON4391)

Question asked by the patient on 14 July 1597 at 15:30

SF Iean knight of baldock of 43 yeres 1597 the 14 of Iulij p m’ at / 30 p 3 / diz. & wher she be forspoken by katerin bigraue/ the wif of Ihon bigraue of bald/1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘Edmō’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 226, f. 149r (upper left part of page)

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CASE8397: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Waller (PERSON7483)

Question asked by the patient on 10 November 1600 at 07:15

SF Mater mea υυαλερ 1600 the 10 of november An m’ at 7. 15. p 7 for her diz. vtrū venificat and also wher he will sel the Land to Edward Awer at the red Lion in holborne/ /

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 236, f. 240r (upper left part of page)

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CASE13421: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Butcher (PERSON10241)

Question asked by the patient between 14 October 1597 and 16 July 1598

RN Els. Butch: cæpit ægrot. 1597 Octob. 13. die . h. post {sic} h. 9. she ke {sic} quivereth & trembleth. shee feared least shee was bewitched but she mended a weake after.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 111v (upper part of page)

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CASE41840: Horary consultation concerning Humphrey Matthews (PERSON33098)

Question asked by Mrs Grace Matthews (PERSON33114) on 12 May 1615 at 08:50

RN Mres Grace mathew of Braden for her sonne Humfrey Mathew a yere & so mutch as from Shrovetyde sent to me for him May 12. h. 8. 50 ant m 16i5 |3 weekes ill a yere & a quartr old. /for these 3 days hath {sic}\|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 14r (upper left part of page)

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CASE11641: Horary consultation concerning John Wolhed (PERSON17314)

Question asked by the patient on 25 August 1598 at 18:27

RN Iohn Willet Wolhed of Woulverton 20 yeres old quærit morbū causā eius remediū. August 25. die h. 6. 27. m. 1598. he tooke fr {sic} his sicknes at s die 22 of Aug about 6 p 6 post merid.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 18r (upper left part of page)

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CASE21917: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18701)

Question asked by Sir Anthony Tyrringham [Mr Tyrringham] (PERSON16621) on 16 January 1605 at 10:36

RN I went to Sr Anthony Tyrringhā Ia to see his servant yt lay strangly sicke Ian. 16. h. 10. 25|36| ant m I came thithr & did see her. in her fitte. Ian 16. h. 10. 36 ant m. 1605.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 214v (upper left part of page)

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CASE11891: Horary consultation concerning William Seer (PERSON15703)

Question asked by the patient on 21 December 1598 at 12:45

RN Will: Seere of haversham. 53 yeres old sitteth vp by the fier, very stiffe & hardly to {ground} onc in 24 houres complayneth of his body & lims & legs most in on of his sides all over his left syde ever sinc March last: first amisse not able to goe over the Dore threshall. sinc Alhalloutide. sent his wife to me Decēb. 21. die . h. 12. 45. 1598. on of his legs the left wonderfully swelled. a very diseased body & hath had a greate cough.1

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Notes:

1 ‘feare lest he be beworded’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 70v (upper left 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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f3-info=Outcome%28s%29;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29, accessed 21 May 2025.