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CASE75702: Interrogation (Receiving message) concerning Egerton [Frances] [Countess of Bridgewater] (PERSON48398)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) on 15 October 1632 at 16:30

SRN Vtrū suspicio ven. sit vera Octob. 15o ☾. h. 4. 30. p. m. 1632

[Astrological Chart]

at this time ye Earle of Bridgewaters footeman came & brought lers frō ye Countesse & young Sr Robert Na etc.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 214, p. 75 (upper left part of page)

Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784)Egerton [Frances] [Countess of Bridgewater] (PERSON48398)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) Astrological Chart

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CASE76046: Horary consultation concerning John Branthon (PERSON44687)

Question asked by the patient on 30 November 1632 at 12:30

TG Iohn Branten of Wellinberrie. 55 Novemb. 30 ♀ h. 12. 30 p m. 1632.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 184 (upper left part of page)

John Branthon (PERSON44687)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Practitioner: Mr Theodoricus Gravius (PERSON38835) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE76582: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Cox (PERSON47169)

Question asked by the patient on 4 March 1633 at 12:30

Elis. Cox of Olnye 16. y. March. 4. ☾ h. 12. 30. p m. 1633

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 343 (bottom right part of page)

Elizabeth Cox (PERSON47169)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Practitioner: Mr Ralph Ruddle (PERSON57997)Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment

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CASE76667: Horary consultation concerning Robert Summerley (PERSON59783)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41796) on 13 March 1633 at 12:20

Robt Sum̄erly of Doddington 2. y. March 13. ☿. h. 12. 20. p m 1633

simple & mopish, flesh fallen from ye wast downeward, weak at Knees, & cannot stand. was Sick \at/ a qrter olde, & was neur well since. feareth some ill to\u/ngue. Gadwife Purny Susp.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 214, p. 371 (bottom left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON41796)Robert Summerley (PERSON59783)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Mopish)

Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Knees)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot stand)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

Practitioner: Mr Ralph Ruddle (PERSON57997) Astrological Chart

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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)

Lady Douglas Savage [Mrs Douglas Snagge [Savage]] (PERSON35111)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wind (WindColic)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Practitioner: Mr Theodoricus Gravius (PERSON38835)Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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?f11-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20214;f12-astrologer=Other;f13-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil, accessed 18 March 2025.

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