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CASE42162: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Joan Barber (PERSON27704)

Question asked by the patient on 1 August 1615 at 12:20

RN Mres Po Barber of Polluxhill. 30. y Aug. 1. ♂: h. 12. 20 p m. 16i5

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 68r (upper right part of page)

Mrs Joan Barber (PERSON27704)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment

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CASE42634: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Ursula Waterhouse (PERSON16850)

Question asked by the patient on 9 November 1615 at 09:00

RN vrsula Waterhouse of Woulverton. Mres Deanes mother in lawe 80 y novēb 9. ♃ h. 9. ant m 16i5 /quærit causā\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 144v (upper left part of page)

Mrs Ursula Waterhouse (PERSON16850)

Medical  (Cause of the affliction)

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

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

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CASE41833: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Whistler (PERSON36721)

Question asked by the patient on 10 May 1615 at 13:15

RN Elisabeth Whislawe of Stock Hāmon 30 y may 10 ☿ h. 1. 15. p. m. 1615.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘she was brought a bed yesterday about son rising’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 13r (upper left part of page)

Elizabeth Whistler (PERSON36721)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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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)

Mrs Grace Matthews (PERSON33114)Humphrey Matthews (PERSON33098)

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

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

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

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CASE42125: Horary consultation concerning Anne Winch [Pedder] (PERSON36926)

Question asked by the patient on 12 July 1615 at 11:20

RN An Winch of luton Iuly 20|5| y. Iuly. 12 ☿ h. 11. 20 ant m. 16151

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘troubled in mynd./’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 62v (upper left part of page)

Anne Winch [Pedder] (PERSON36926)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (TroubledMind)

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

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

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CASE42616: Horary consultation concerning Emery Nicholas [Nichols] (PERSON14415)

Question asked by the patient on 3 November 1615 at 11:00

RN Emry Nichols of {illeg}|S|tonystratford 22 y octob novēb 3. ♀ h. 11 ant m 16i5

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 140v (upper right part of page)

Emery Nicholas [Nichols] (PERSON14415)

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Not specified in question)

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

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-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20196;f2-treatment=No;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3AWitchcraft%20suffered%20%28medical%29, accessed 13 February 2025.

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