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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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CASE28469: Horary consultation concerning Sara Musgrave [Blot] (PERSON20374)

Question asked by the patient on 29 March 1605 at 12:20

RN Sara musgrove \of/ Bletsoe 20 y maryed 2 y. march. 29. h. 12 20 p m. 1605. troubled wth fancyes very fearfull in her mynd to loose her wits troubled in her sleepe cānot rest metuit veneficiū full of melanch cholicke

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 17r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE43612: Horary consultation concerning Frideswide Constable (PERSON29249)

Question asked by the patient on 6 July 1616 at 13:30

RN friswyth Constable of marsen wth will Robyns. 22 y Iuly 6. h {sic} hor. 1. 30 p m 16i6. |in her backe crying & cā fynd no rest|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 128v (upper right part of page)

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CASE76045: Horary consultation concerning Lady Douglas Savage [Mrs Douglas Snagge [Savage]] (PERSON35111)

Question asked by the patient on 30 November 1632 at 09:30

TG The lady RN \Douglas/ TG Savage of carringthon 36. Novemb. 30 h. 9. 30 Mat. 1632 troubled with winde colicke day & night, cannot shlep

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 183 (upper right part of page)

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CASE32880: Horary consultation concerning Bridget Tomkins (PERSON25759)

Question asked by the patient on 25 February 1608 at 11:38

RN Bridget N{illeg} Tom{ky} {sic} |Tom|kyns of Newnton 60|3| y feb. 25. h. 11. 2{illeg}|38| ant m. 1608

could not sleepe but by a stūble onc or twice a weeke not these 9 \11/ weekes

feareth yt shee is vndr an ill tongue /feareth the loosing of her sences for lack of slepe/\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 43r (upper right part of page)

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CASE57900: Horary consultation concerning Mr Oliver Boteler (PERSON28235) and Ursula Clark (PERSON10635)

Question asked by Lady Jane Boteler (PERSON28244) on 13 March 1624 at 12:30

RN The lady Butler touching her child yt is well amended of his fits ye{d}|t| weake & not able to goe feets & legs swell still & cānot sleepe a weeke togeathr till after a eleaven in ye morning |marh {sic} 13 h {sic} h 12 30 p m 1624| sent for her neighb vrsula Clarke 50 y March 13 h {sic} hor. 12. 30 p m 1624

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 108r (upper right part of page)

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CASE51832: Horary consultation concerning Richard Carter (PERSON45659)

Question asked by Carter (PERSON45629) on 6 December 1620 at 15:00

RN Richard Carter. of Lillye 30 y in love Decēb: 6. h. 3. p. m. 1620 |sine consensu| /Widow Pydle is tempted yt he cānot pray by fits well quaketh cānot sleep\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 17r (upper right part of page)

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CASE74509: Horary consultation concerning Mary Boswell (PERSON44512)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41536) on 3 May 1632 at 13:00

RN Mary Bawsell of Stoake goldin 2 y & a halfe pleth & well coloured may. 3 h. 1 p m 1632

Convulsions quivering & quaking & lay as on dead halfe an houre/. was prsent susp witch. apt to sleepe /skreameth\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 133 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE74582: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Dorothy Latimer (PERSON53399) and Anonymous (PERSON53398)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON53396) on 10 May 1632 at 16:40

RN Mres Dorothy Latymer. 25 y may 10 h. 4. 40 p m 1632 |An extreme cold over all her body cānot sleepe|

[Astrological Chart]

& my opinion touching his bewitched child by 2 witches/

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 151 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE28512: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Miller (PERSON20322)

Question asked by the patient on 4 April 1605 at 11:00

RN Thomas Miller of Newport 30 y Apr 4. . hor. 11. ant m 1605.

syde & stomacke. great stitches in his syde a mighty cough cānot rest.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 23r (upper left part of page)

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CASE78543: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Eleanor Aylet (PERSON43141) and Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142)

Question asked by Mrs Eleanor Aylet (PERSON43141) and Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) on 31 October 1633 at 10:15

RN Mres Elenor Aylet of Madalen Laver. 17 octob 31 h. 10 15 ant m 1633 |hath thē well 2 y| |troubled in her sleepe| sent her water mother & daughter brought her|th|ere {sic} waters. |sleepeth well|

[Astrological Chart]

Elis: Spacy of High Rooding appeared plainly to her in her sleep |this night| & then not well 2 or 3 days after

Richard Pavet & h{is} wife susp:

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 412, f. 19v (upper right part of page)

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CASE14852: Horary consultation concerning Lettice Balle (PERSON9405)

Question asked by the patient on 18 April 1603 at 11:45

GJ Lettice Ball of Nash 17 y Apr. 18. ho 11. 45 a m 1603. Quærit whether any evill tongue have power over her. Cannot sleepe is light headed & sometymes talk Idly

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 55v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE11853: Horary consultation concerning John [Joan] Malins (PERSON13880)

Question asked by Goody Joan Malins (PERSON13903) on 7 December 1598 at 15:30

RN Iohn Malins a yere & a quarter lacking a fortnight as it were pined in all her lims & bodye hed a poer bare creature. cannot sleepe not at any time in a moneth or fortnight but crye and Drinke mater adduxit se{cū} filiolā veretr ne sit maleficio vl veneficio afflictus. Decēb. 7. die hor. 3. 30. mi. 1598 very short winded.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 62v (upper right part of page)

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CASE77148: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Frances Whaley (PERSON61500)

Question asked by the patient on 3 May 1633 at 14:45

RN Mres Francis Whaleleye |of Norton by Galbee| \64 y./ may 3. h. 2. \45/ p m 1633. |cānot sleepe| |a grosse crazy bodye| distempered wth heat & discontentment

was brought in a cart was let blood had a purg & an oyntment from Docter Collins of Cambridg but his purg wrought not

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 93 (upper left, and upper centre parts of page)

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CASE57726: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Marshal (PERSON54361)

Question asked by the patient on 23 February 1624 at 08:59

RN Goody marcholl of newp 33 y feb 23. h. 8 59 ant m 1624 brought a bed feb. 6 || {sic} h. 6. 20 ant m 1624 /a satterd last was a senet her child dyed 3 child all dead cānot sleepe & mutch pulld & gryped\ /gryped in her thigh\ |Desp sick|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 81r (upper right 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?f10-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ASleep%20problems;f12-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3AWitchcraft%20suffered%20%28medical%29;f13-question-asked=Medical, accessed 1 January 2025.