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James Chamberlain (PERSON22444)

Male, b. 1563-01-12-1565-01-10 (est.), d. not recorded

Occupations: ‘Launderer’, c. 11 January 1608; ‘Haberdasher’, c. 11 January 1608; ‘Housekeeper’, c. 11 January 1608

Francis Billey (PERSON28054)

Unknown, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Soothsayer’, c. 11 October 1617

Anonymous (PERSON39890)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Carrier’, c. 29 April 1624

Anonymous (PERSON39994)

Female, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Cunning woman’, c. 21 October 1624

Anonymous (PERSON63005)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupations: ‘Pedlar’, c. 18 August 1608; ‘Soldier’, c. 18 August 1608

Richard Powell [Knape] (PERSON5831)

Male, b. 1570-06-14-1572-06-12 (est.), d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Carpenter’, c. 24 July 1597

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?f10-identified-entity-is-asking-about=Others;f15-residence-mentioned=No;f21-social-network-recorded=No;f24-occupation-mentioned=Yes;f25-death-cert=Not%20recorded;f26-event-mentioned=No;f27-occupation=Other%20trades%20and%20services, accessed 22 April 2025.

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