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CASE50124: Horary consultation concerning Michael Musgrave (PERSON14326)

Question asked by the patient on 6 January 1620 at 14:00

RN Michaell Musgrav of Harrold 38 y /next miklemas\ Ian 6. h. 2. p m 16201

[Astrological Chart]

having lost his S of is desyrous to have another S

Notes:

1 ‘fearfull of ill tongues.’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 96r (upper right part of page)

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CASE56144: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Eady (PERSON48246)

Question asked by the patient on 26 April 1623 at 16:00

RN Elis: Yeady of Ringsteede 53 Ap 26 h {sic} hor. 4. p m 1623.

feareth an ill spirit an old womā goody Taylour went away in choler

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 74r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE34416: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Gawden (PERSON23368)

Question asked by the patient on 15 November 1608 at 10:00

RN Agnys Gawden of Stockgolding 27 {y} novēb. 15. h. 10 ant m 1608

quærit vtrū sit b{ene} ei sang. minuere

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 248v (upper right part of page)

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CASE32531: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Ashby (PERSON21880)

Question asked by the patient on 8 January 1608 at 09:45

RN Thomas Ashby of Hanslop. 56 y Ian 8. h. 9. 45 ant m. 1608.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 336r (upper left part of page)

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CASE54159: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Cicely Goodwine (PERSON50130)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39437) on 11 May 1622 at 18:20

RN Mres Godw{illeg}|y|ne of Cardington. 32 y may 11 h {sic} hor 6 \20/ p m. 1622.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 100r (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE59944: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Alice Watson (PERSON61252)

Question asked by the patient on 17 March 1625 at 19:20

RN Mes Alce Watson of London at Temple barre: 40 y at the figure of the Bryde 40 y march 17 h. 7. p|2|0 p m. 1625

[Astrological Chart]

would know wheathr it be good to goe to ye bath.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 15v (upper left part of page)

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CASE64467: Election concerning an Anonymous (PERSON40505)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) on 15 August 1627 between 08:00 and 10:25

RN Aug. 23. h 7

[Astrological Chart]

Aug. 23. h 7 p m 1627. |make yr oynt advrsus veneficiū|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 191r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE64917: Horary consultation concerning Emmanuel Scrope [First Earl of Sunderland, Lord President of York] [Lord Scrope] (PERSON58391)

Question asked by the patient on 27 October 1627 at 10:00

RN My L Scrope \from Stonystratf at his first cōing/ Earle of Sunderland & lord prsid. of yorke 40 y octob 27 h {sic} hor. 10 ant m sent to me 1627 1627 20 y mayed {sic} had on child but dyed in the wombe sent to me to take physick

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 2v (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE65831: Horary consultation concerning John Villiers [Lord Purbeck] (PERSON60854)

Question asked by the patient on 16 April 1628 at 16:30

RN my lord pounded the question vtrū the ty should doe him good Ap 16 h. 4. 30 p m 1628 & wheathr or no he be beworded

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 177r (upper left part of page)

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CASE24370: Horary consultation concerning Valentine Butler (PERSON28619)

Question asked by the patient on 17 March 1615 at 10:00

RN Valentyne Butler of Blakesley. 20 a batcheler. march: 17: h. 10 ant m. 1615.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 171v (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE52673: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Lane (PERSON32505)

Question asked by Mr Thomas Lane (PERSON53318) on 18 June 1621 at 09:30

RN Mr Thomas Lane of Hitchenden. 14. y. Iune 18 . h. 9. 30 ant m. 162i /pater sine cōsensu filio\ |6 yeres ill like an Innocent cānot speake readily wheathr recoaver or not.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 17r (upper left part of page)

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CASE53641: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Shephard (PERSON58597)

Question asked by the patient on 4 March 1622 at 13:00

RN Elis Shephead of Redburne. 42 y march. 4 h. 1. p m 1621|2|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 12v (upper right part of page)

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CASE79174: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) and Aylet (PERSON43139) and Mr John Aylet (PERSON43137)

Question asked by Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) on 7 October 1634 at 09:45

SRN Mrs. Eloner Aylett of Magdalen Laver. |for her selfe & her child./.|

October. 7. . h. 9. 45. a. m. 1634. /she sent hither ye 22th of septembr\

[Astrological Chart]

There was a match propounded her for her daughter & it brake of agayne. now there is another oferd & desires to know the issue whether it will be good to hearken to it or noe.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 157r (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE57935: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Joan [Joanna] Prescot (PERSON57057)

Question asked by the patient on 18 March 1624 at 17:30

RN Mres Prescet wheathr she should goe to Anne Kendall susp. lying on her death bed march. 18. h. 5.2|3|0 p m. 1624 |in novil:|

[Astrological Chart]

would know wheathr her sone came & tooke my consayle delivered her letter. & what physick she should take./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 113r (upper left part of page)

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CASE62268: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Goodyear [Bambridg] (PERSON50140)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1626 at 07:00

RN Mres An Goddiar a londyner a widow strang mother fi{ts} {sic} fits 2: y. may 5. h 7 ant m 1626

Mres An Goddiar \was/ troubled wth strang fits of the mother mother {illeg} {a} widow her father Mr Bambridg in the Strand agaynst Checker Lane at the signe of the black spread {E}agle may 5 h 7 ant m 1626

a Daughter of on Mr Iohn Brarmridg now a widow wth 5 children sent to me 2 y sinc of whom I tooke speciall notes may 5 h. 7. 30 ant m 1626 mutch like my lady Iennings Daughter Desyreth yt I should looke over my bookes & send the same things

In the Strand agaynst Checker lane at the blacke spread Eagle

Her name is Anne Goodyeare of the Strand may 5 . h. 7. ant m 1626

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, ff. 193v-194r (f. 193v middle left, f. 193v bottom centre, f. 193v bottom right, f. 193v bottom left, and f. 194r upper left)

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CASE46520: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Susan Pedder (PERSON24871) and Mr Pedder (PERSON34163)

Question asked by Mrs Susan Pedder (PERSON24871) on 30 April 1618 at 11:30

RN Mres Podder \the younger/ of Potters Perry 30|3| y Ap 30 h 11. 30 p m {sic} 1618.

hath not had the right course of her body these 3 yers.

feareth a cōsumption |& what is good to kepe her frō it|

vyyn {sic} very good.

would have a purge for her selfe & her husb. who feareth his father disease careth not for meate is Iealous of his wife being very honest & chast. & is sometyes {sic} lunatick & mad 4 y. & a halfe every 3 or 4 days.

he thincketh yt he is bewitched wth on a womā yt gave his mother physick./

& Mr Pedders w{atr} Ap 30 h.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 79v (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE54640: Horary consultation concerning Gillian Sansome (PERSON58278) and Sansome (PERSON58275)

Question asked by Gillian Sansome (PERSON58278) on 19 July 1622 at 17:39

RN Gillane Sansome by temple Barre 50 y Iuly 19 h. 5. 39 p m 1622 /strangly taken hands shaking & crooked\

thanks for her Daughters strang recoavery

now for her owne selfe troubled wth heate & cold by fits & sudden flushes flushing in so mutch making her very faynt & to sweate also craveth my helpe.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 222, f. 3r (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%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f9-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ATreatment, accessed 1 January 2025.