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CASE38236: Horary consultation concerning Edward Child (PERSON28907)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37535) on 11 June 1611 at 08:38

RN Edward Child lyeth very strangly handled. as on yt were bewitched stragling biting catching & sighing 2 y. old Iune 11. ♂ h. 8 38. ant m 1611.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 108v (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON37535)Edward Child (PERSON28907)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Strange affliction )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Angelic consultation 

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CASE49379: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Panton (PERSON33954)

Question asked by Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) on 30 July 1619 at 07:00

RN Mr Wallys in Mres Pantōs behalfe being strangly visited quærit vtrū mrs Panton nō sit passa veneficiū Iuly 30. ♀ h. 7. ant m 16i9

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 127r (upper left part of page)

Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434)Mrs Panton (PERSON33954)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Outcome(s)Angelic consultation 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;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3AStrange%20affliction;f4-info=Angelic%20consultation, accessed 10 April 2025.

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