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CASE79152: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142)

Question asked by the patient between 8 August 1634 and 10 August 1634 at 11:30

SRN Mrs Eloner Aylet h. 11. 30. 1634.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 153v (upper right part of page)

Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

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

Personal affairs >Personal relations  (Witchcraft suspect )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) Judgment

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CASE79194: Horary consultation concerning Anne Whitton (PERSON61752)

Question asked by the patient on 25 October 1634 at 15:00

SRN An Whitten of Blaxeley 38 y. Octob. 25. ♄. h. 3. p. m. 1634

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 161r (upper right part of page)

Anne Whitton (PERSON61752)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

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

Personal affairs >Personal relations  (Witchcraft suspect )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) Judgment

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CASE80010: Horary consultation concerning John Richards (PERSON57539)

Question asked by Richards (PERSON62766) on 30 May 1642 at 12:00

SRN Iohn Richards of Caysoe 20. y. May. 30. ☾. h. i2. in mer. 1642

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 240, f. 165r (upper left part of page)

Richards (PERSON62766)John Richards (PERSON57539)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

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

Personal affairs >Personal relations  (Witchcraft suspect )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE79151: Horary consultation concerning Sage (PERSON58113)

Question asked by the patient between 7 August 1634 at 13:30 and 11 August 1634 at 09:00

SRN Sage her husband eodē tempore for a great payne in his back feares those ill people.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 153v (bottom left part of page)

Sage (PERSON58113)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Back)

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

Personal affairs >Personal relations  (Witchcraft suspect )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784)

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CASE79084: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Green (PERSON50323)

Question asked by the patient on 6 June 1634 at 11:00

SRN Dorothy Greene of the same Towne. 30 y eodem tempore.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 138v (upper right part of page)

Dorothy Green (PERSON50323)

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

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

Personal affairs >Personal relations  (Witchcraft suspect )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) Judgment

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CASE79537: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Priste (PERSON57125)

Question asked by Mr Linwell (PERSON53772) on 18 May 1639 at 12:00

SRN Mr Linnell for his Broer in Law Tho. Preist. May 18. ♄. h. 12. in mer. 1639.

Qr an veneficiū. will. Luck & his wife suspected.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 282r (upper left part of page)

Mr Linwell (PERSON53772)Mr Thomas Priste (PERSON57125)

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

Personal affairs >Personal relations  (Witchcraft suspect )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) Astrological Chart

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CASE78372: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Susan Cotton [Oldfeild] (PERSON47033)

Question asked by Mrs Catherine Norwood (PERSON55681) on 2 October 1633 at 19:30

SRN Mrs Katherin Norwood in ye behalfe of a gentlewoman of Newnā Octob. 2. ☿ h. 7. 30. p. m. 1633. RN Mres Susan Cotton the daughter of Sr Rolbert Cotton dyed 3 y.SRN

[Astrological Chart]

RN frighted wth her husb frentick taken suddenly wth frentick fits/

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 486 (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Mrs Catherine Norwood (PERSON55681)Mrs Susan Cotton [Oldfeild] (PERSON47033)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (FrightedFrantic)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

Personal affairs >Personal relations  (Witchcraft suspect )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784)Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE69858: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Griffen (PERSON50419)

Question asked by the patient on 19 December 1629 at 12:00

SRN Thomas Griffin of Artlingburrough 35. y. Decembr. 19. ♄. hor. 12. 1629 RN /supposeth yt he is bewitched Gabrell \Brawne/ to be tryed tuesd after the 12th Day\ SRN

[Astrological Chart]

RN The womā his wife Ioane Brawne hath 5 teath. Isaac was her vnckle yt was hanged 2 y sinc at Northāpton he bewitched Mres Mary Robinson

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 19 (upper left part of page)

Thomas Griffen (PERSON50419)

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

Personal affairs >Personal relations  (Witchcraft suspect )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784)Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Outcome(s)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-treatment=No;f2-recipe=No;f3-question-asked=Medical;f4-hands=Mr%20Richard%20Napier%20%5Bthe%20nephew%5D%20%5BSir%20Richard%20Napier%5D;f5-number-of-patients=Single%20patient;f6-question-asked=Personal%20affairs%3A%3APersonal%20relations%3A%3AWitchcraft%20suspect, accessed 14 June 2024.

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