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CASE79149: Horary consultation concerning Sara Major (PERSON54065)

Question asked by the patient on 7 August 1634 at 13:30

SRN Sara Major of Blaxeley 18. y. Auguts. 7. ♃ h. 1. 30. p. m. 1634

[Astrological Chart]

she was borne jo Martij 1636 1616 at 2. of clocke in ye morneing being thursdday.

vid Mrs Elisab Iennyns.

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

Sara Major (PERSON54065)

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) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE76306: Decumbiture for Mrs Anne Tyrringham [Napier] (PERSON60703)

Question asked by the patient between 14 January 1633 at 14:45 and 15 January 1633 at 09:15

RN Mres Ans fit tooke her Ian. 14. ☾ h. hor 2. p. m. 1633

horrible str{ā}g fits of \the/ motherSRN

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 214, p. 263 (upper right part of page)

Mrs Anne Tyrringham [Napier] (PERSON60703)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Strange affliction)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fits and convulsions (Fits)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Womb, matrix, mother)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) 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?f10-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f11-querent-age-band=010-019;f9-astrologer=Other%3A%3AMr%20Richard%20Napier%20%5Bthe%20nephew%5D%20%5BSir%20Richard%20Napier%5D%20%28PERSON18784%29, accessed 7 March 2025.

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