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CASE48438: Horary consultation concerning Goody Agnes [Anne] Stokes (PERSON16191)

Question asked by the patient on 25 March 1619 at 16:30

RN Agnys Stoakes of Oakley by Bedford. 37 y ma\r/ch 25 h. 4. 30 p m 1619 /18 weekes sinc delivered last friday. after fell sick\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 211v (upper left part of page)

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CASE33853: Horary consultation concerning Edward Dean (PERSON22869)

Question asked by the patient on 13 February 1608 at 14:20

RN vide Edward Deane of Elstoe a tall mā 50|5| y Iuly 20 about halfe a yere since lyeth still extreme sick feareth least he is bewitched by a bad neighb on mary Sutton as he susp. killed a horse of his or els at that tyme had dyed

Edward Deanes of Elstoe the former mā 55 y Iuly 29 . h. 2. 20 p m 1608

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 172r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE12026: Horary consultation concerning Anne Blenkinsop (PERSON9793)

Question asked by the patient on 5 March 1599 at 13:00

RN An Blinkinsop 45|6| of Moursley sick this fortnight l {sic} will not keepe her bed though very sick the 5 of Marche die h. 1. 1599 Margery Meane Ward susp venef.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 93v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12037: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Stoe (PERSON16184)

Question asked by the patient on 8 March 1599 at 12:15 or at 12:55

RN Dorothy Stoe of the forest of Whittlewoode. 32|4|. sick this twelmoneth. water ye {sic} yellow & good. white and gravelly in the bottome & before it was red not able to travell. pale coloured & corpulent in body & face. March 8 die h. 12. 15. 1599. h. 12. 55. very yellow water.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘feareth lest she be worded of her mother in lawe’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 95v (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE22274: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edmond Ibbot (PERSON52259)

Question asked by the patient on 25 June 1630 at 14:30

RN Mr \Edmond/ Ibbot of St yeedes 35 y Iune 25 h. 2. 45 \2. 30/ |30 {sic}| p m 1630

sick sinc Shrovetyde

vtrū venef sit passus sit

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 37r (upper right part of page)

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CASE25525: Horary consultation concerning Mary Ferry (PERSON30342)

Question asked by the patient on 18 October 1610 at 13:40

RN Mary feary of Raynold 3{0}|7|. y octob. 18 h. 1. 40 p m 16i0 long sicke went to mother lane & missed of her strangly taken coming backe

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 143r (upper right part of page)

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CASE58668: Horary consultation concerning Lady Dimmock (PERSON47878)

Question asked by the patient on 20 June 1624 at 16:20

RN {m}y Lady Dimocke came {to} me at my lady Ienins house at the strand for {m}y counsell for her long & strang sicknes after sond\r/ye medsons taken by the most {s}kilfull Doctors & yet cā fynd no remedie/ Iune at Charing Crosse 38 y. Iune 20. h. 4 20 p. m. 1624. |Came her selfe to me|

At{sic} This day I dyned wth my Cosen Tyrlingten at his howse & at my ladies at sup where I lay I /tale & leane\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 2r (upper left part of page)

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CASE43550: Horary consultation concerning Young Lady Dorothy Temple [Mrs Dorothy Temple [Lea]] [Young Mrs Temple] (PERSON35977)

Question asked by the patient on 20 June 1616 at 21:20

RN The young lady Temple of Stanton \being a bed/ sent vnto me last night to come to her in her strang suden sicknes. 18 y Iune 20 h. 9. 20 p m 16i6

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 116Ar (upper right part of page)

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CASE37480: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Eaton (PERSON30061)

Question asked by the patient on 30 January 1611 at 13:45

RN she was strangly taken wth her sicknes & a shak{ing} in her right arme. Sept 21. . h 4. p m 1610. {illeg} held her two houres. & th{en} tooke her a sonday being 23{illeg} in the after noone afore sone set & held all yt ni{ght} vntill ten the next daye h. 4. p m 16i0

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 200, f. 4v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE37534: Horary consultation concerning Silvester Luck (PERSON32841)

Question asked by the patient on 9 February 1611 at 10:20

RN Sylvester luk of mo{u}lton 3 miles beyond Northāpton. boughton greene 46 y feb. 9 h {sic} hor 10. 20 ant m 1611 |sick sinc octob 17.|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mynd Disturbed & very Impatient wth h|w|ife & servāts.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 12r (upper left part of page)

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CASE48608: Horary consultation concerning Alice Rodes (PERSON34869)

Question asked by the patient on 2 May 1619 at 13:30

RN Alce Rhodes of Bledloe beyond Alesbury 5 miles May 2. h. 1. 30 p m 1619 strangly handled ague water lame & thick.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 349r (upper right part 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)

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CASE63230: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Duncombe (PERSON48175)

Question asked by the patient on 15 February 1627 at 14:00

RN Elis Duncōbe of Westing 16 y feb 2 15 h. 2. p m 1627 sick sinc weddensday on her head & right foote & cā not rest for it by strang fits tingling & ready to flee in peeces

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 365r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12697: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Travell (PERSON16543)

Question asked by the patient on 14 September 1599 at 16:00

RN Elisabeth Travell of Hanslop. 96. yeres old. sick this fortnight. sore canot lye hot & burning wth a verye hie colour feareth least shee be encumbred wth a bad tounge septemb. 14. die h. 4. p m 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 203r (upper left part of page)

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CASE11782: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Miller (PERSON14177)

Question asked by the patient on 7 November 1598 at 15:00

RN Agnes Miller of Newport sick ever sinc Miklemas. 30 yeres old troubled wth fleume wth a quivering & trembling in her body as it were wth a palsye. wth a gret rising in her stomacke hed novemb. 7. die h p. m. 3. a whitish water before it was turned full of heres spot & dregs thin & yellowish

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 48v (upper left 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?f11-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f12-patient-consent=Patient%20asked%20the%20question;f13-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29%3A%3ASickness, accessed 31 January 2025.