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CASE44056: Horary consultation concerning Alice Coursey (PERSON29425)

Question asked by the patient on 5 November 1616 at 14:00

RN Alce Course of Hanslop no \{illeg}|4|0 y/ novēb. 5 h. 2. p m 16i6

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 19v (upper left part of page)

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CASE48096: Horary consultation concerning Anne Colman (PERSON29204)

Question asked by the patient on 18 January 1619 at 12:00

RN An Colemā of litle Brickhill 44 y Ian 1{illeg}|8| h. 10 12. 1619 /strangly handled wth fits ye mother suspecteth witchery\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 143v (upper right part of page)

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CASE52422: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Harte (PERSON51045)

Question asked by the patient on 9 May 1621 at 14:30

RN Goody Hart bish Hatfild may 9 . h. 2. 30 p m 162i

gr smytten wth ill mēbers

Mary Hart strangly hanted

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 233, f. 134v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE48391: Horary consultation concerning Anne Colman (PERSON29204)

Question asked by the patient on 15 March 1619 at 14:20

RN An Colemā of litle Brickhill 44 y march 15. h. 2. 20 p m 1619. |Is in strang fits. strangly handled wth quaking fits. witchery suspected|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 201v (upper right part of page)

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CASE25971: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Lawrence (PERSON20155)

Question asked by the patient on 6 August 1614 at 14:00

RN vtrū Dna Lawrenc Lutoniens. venef patiatr Aug. 6. h. 2. p m. 1614.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 174, p. 363 (upper, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE73665: Horary consultation concerning Goody Catherine Prentice (PERSON57045)

Question asked by the patient on 20 January 1632 at 09:00

RN Katherine prentice of Houghton va 40 y Ian 20 h. 9 ant m 1632.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 404 (middle right part of page)

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CASE15505: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Morgan (PERSON14266)

Question asked by the patient on 1 September 1603 at 10:36

GJ Elsabeth Morgan of Lawndon 40 y. Septemb. j. ho 10 36 a m. 1603

[Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 124v (middle left part of page)

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CASE38113: Horary consultation concerning Richard Dudley (PERSON29934)

Question asked by the patient on 13 May 1611 at 05:25

RN Rich Dudley of Shenly. 48 y may 13. h. 5. 25 ant m 1611. /strangly taken by fits at hart lik as on pinched & gryped. fery stroken\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 96r (upper right part of page)

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CASE28547: Horary consultation concerning Henry Fisher (PERSON11750)

Question asked by the patient on 8 April 1605 at 07:30

RN Henry Fishr 40 y my man will. vnckle Apr 8. {h}|| hor. 7. 30 ant m. 1605. brought again his water. being not well. |metuit veneficiū|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘strāgly handled hed harte backe. a cold temples gydy headed’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 28r (upper right part of page)

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CASE71721: Horary consultation concerning Richard Crowe (PERSON47372)

Question asked by the patient on 4 April 1631 at 14:45 or at 14:50

RN Rich. Crowe of sandy 40 y Ap 4. h. 2. 50 p m 163i

Rich Crowe of sandy 4{illeg}|0|{sic} |40 y| /cānot sleepe\{sic} a batch: Ap. 4 h. 2. 45. p m 1631

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, pp. 217–218 (p. 217 bottom right, and p. 218 bottom right)

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CASE64425: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Smith (PERSON35539)

Question asked by the patient on 10 August 1627 at 09:00

RN Margaret Smyth. of Broughton 43 y Aug. 10. . h. 9 ant m. 1627 |hath an ague every day sinc christmas|

strangly taken wth a rising at her hart likely to swound sa a knife & feareth to see a knife & trēbleth at it.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 185r (upper left part 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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CASE79072: Horary consultation concerning Joan Hawkins (PERSON51257)

Question asked by the patient on 3 June 1634 at 10:00

SRN Ioane Hawkins of Marson 43. y. Iune 3. . h. 10. a. m. 1634.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 135r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE61822: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Clark (PERSON19296)

Question asked by the patient on 21 March 1626 at 15:00

RN Agnys Clarke of litlington 40. y. march. 21 h. 3. p m. 1626

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 128r (upper right part of page)

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CASE64757: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Ede Goddard (PERSON49940)

Question asked by the patient on 11 October 1627 at 11:00

RN Mres Goddard of Carleton 43 y octob. 11. h. 11 ant m. 1627 /vid octob. 5\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 239r (upper left part of page)

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CASE65041: Horary consultation concerning Frances Grisley (PERSON50450)

Question asked by the patient on 6 December 1627 at 09:00

RN Francis Grisley 28 y of Mars{on} of Woulson parish Decēb 6. h. 9 ant m 1627. 42 y a mayden

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 28v (upper right part of page)

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CASE66706: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Agutters (PERSON42520)

Question asked by the patient on 29 July 1628 at 12:45

RN Elis AGutt Agutters of HiemFeryes. 44 y Iuly 29. h. 12. 45 p m 1628

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 207v (upper left part of page)

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CASE67717: Horary consultation concerning Goody Burchmore (PERSON45212)

Question asked by the patient on 13 February 1629 at 20:30

RN Goody. Burchmore of Hanslop. 45. y feb. 13. h 20 30 p m 1629

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 52v (upper left, and middle right parts of page)

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CASE70154: Horary consultation concerning John Clark (PERSON46170)

Question asked by the patient on 5 March 1630 at 13:00

RN Iohn Clarke of Chelson & Caucot 40 y march. 5. h. 1. p m 1630

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 137 (upper right part of page)

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CASE78046: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142)

Question asked by the patient on 14 August 1633 at 13:00

RN Elynor Aylet of magdalen Laver 46 y 41 y Aug 14 h. 1. p m 1633. /metuit veneficiū\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 378 (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-querent-age-band=040-049;f4-question-asked=Medical, accessed 2 April 2025.