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CASE10399: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Godfrey (PERSON12200)

Question asked by the patient on 22 April 1600 at 14:40

RN Agnys Godfrey of Thornborrowe Apr 22 die h. 2. 40 p m. a widowe 1600 head haunted & tempted this 12 yeres

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 48r (upper right part of page)

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CASE58021: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Conyears [Berkeley] (PERSON44023)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39860) on 2 April 1624 at 12:30

RN Mr {sic} Barker Barkley. 26 y Ap. 2. had a strong fit cursīg swearing striking & flinging Ap 2. h. 12. 30 p. m. 16241

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘at this time strangly vexed.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 126v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE53788: Horary consultation concerning John Bolton (PERSON44398)

Question asked by the patient on 2 April 1622 at 11:00

RN Iohn Bolton of Byssetour 33 y Ap. 2. h. 11 ant m 1622 troubled in mynd wth ill thought. & is very light headed & cānot sleepe a yere. had pils & was let blood last yere. the Divell Doth rū in his mynd./ |goody plowright susp.|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 37v (upper left part of page)

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CASE13536: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Miller [Richardson] (PERSON15311)

Question asked by Goodman Thomas Richardson (PERSON15301) on 14 July 1598 at 07:45

RN Millers 1598 Iul. 14. die h. 7. mi. 12. 45 m. Thomas Richardson for his wife. to know what wilbe her end. about 30 yeres old. shee suspecteth shee hath bene bewitched light headed & talketh mutch of the devill shee can not speake sometimes in her fit letteth out her excrement.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 209v (upper part of page)

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CASE30740: Horary consultation concerning Henry [Harry] Doe (PERSON11337)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26291) on 1 March 1607 at 13:25

RN Henry Doe of Cranfild 23 y march. 1. h. 1. 25 p m 16071

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘light headed talketh of sathan mynd not quiet’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 94v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE46858: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Matts (PERSON33125)

Question asked by the patient on 15 June 1618 at 09:00

RN Dorothy matts of whitechurch. 56. y. Iune. 15. . h: 9 ant m 1618. buryed her ed|l|dest sons this day 6 weekes. & hath taken mutch greefe & feareth. venef. mutch troubled in mynd

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 143r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE35850: Horary consultation concerning Edmond Wotten (PERSON26173)

Question asked by Anne Travell (PERSON25794) on 27 May 1609 at 16:00

RN Edmund Wootton of sawcy forest 30 y May 27. h {sic} hor. 4. p m. 1609 |p mer vxor marito lunatico soror fratre. sine consensu./|12

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1lunaticus’ in chart

2 ‘mynd disquieted’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 203, f. 57v (upper left part of page)

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CASE74988: Horary consultation concerning John Smith (PERSON59004)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41587) on 2 July 1632 at 10:00

RN Iohn Smyth. of willing 24. y. Iuly. 2. h. 10. 1632 |head light mad headed for love.| /sayth he is bewitched & they will p{ey}\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 278 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE51851: Horary consultation concerning Goodman George Cockayne (PERSON29119)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39175) on 20 December 1620 at 12:00

RN Georg Cockin of newp. 31. y mayed {sic} Decēb: 20: h. 12. 1620

16. y. troubled in mynd & discontented

raging

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 20r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE13090: Horary consultation concerning John Marsh (PERSON14005)

Question asked by Marsh (PERSON14003) on 18 February 1600 at 08:00

RN Iohn Marshe of Barnet 50 y. distempered in mind ob {l} {sic} veneficiū. et {vutpō} immisse in domū eius. feb. 18 die h. 8. ant m. 1600. filius patre /Lunatice\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 271v (upper right part of page)

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CASE54678: Decumbiture for Goody Elizabeth Cockayne (PERSON46446)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39510) on 25 July 1622 at 11:11

RN Elis Cocken of Newp. first strangly & sodenly taken on holy thursday 26 y Iuli may 30 h. 5 p m 1622 Iane Goodmā craved Drink & she gave it to this Iane & it prsently tooke her & sinc neaver well but mutch tēpted & troubled wth wynd1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mutch temptat. wynd melancholye’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 8r (bottom left, and bottom centre parts of page)

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CASE30763: Horary consultation concerning Henry [Harry] Doe (PERSON11337)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26293) on 3 March 1607 at 11:30

RN Henry Doe of Cranfild 23 y. h. 11. 30 ant m 1607 sine cōsensu.1

Notes:

1 ‘light headed tempted & sayth he seeth sathan.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 97v (upper right part of page)

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CASE62241: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Hawes (PERSON51213)

Question asked by the patient on 2 May 1626 at 06:30

RN Th Haws of Princes Risborne 36|8| y May 1 {sic}. h. 6. 30 ant m. 1626.

mutch troubled in mynd & feareth ill tongues/

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 190r (upper left part of page)

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CASE78999: Horary consultation concerning Ellen Green (PERSON50329)

Question asked by the patient on 8 April 1634 at 09:00

TG Ellen greene of Fen traiton in Cambridge sh. 34. y. Ap. 8 h. 9 am. 1634. troubled in minde haunted by an ill spirit, whom se {sic} saith he speaketh to her.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 119r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11606: Horary consultation concerning Goody Joan Honour (PERSON12892)

Question asked by the patient on 9 August 1598 at 05:30

RN Ihone honour enquireth what is good for her disease of 36 yeres Aug. 9. die h. 5. 30. ant m. very fearfull

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 11v (upper left, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE12317: Horary consultation concerning William Rogers (PERSON15428)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 18:00

RN Will. Rogars of Stock hāmon. 20 yeres old. troubled in minde the cannot be rid of the devill always cōmeth to his minde & cannot be shifted of him. Aprill 25. h. 6. p m. 1599. this 2 yeres.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 139v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE24287: Horary consultation concerning John Smith (PERSON35441)

Question asked by the patient on 6 February 1615 at 15:20

RN Iohn Smyth of Brockwell 22. y. a batch. feb. 6 h. 3: 20 p m 1615 |tempted haunted as he thinketh wth 2 ill spirits wthin in {sic} him.|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mopish ever sinc miklemas’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 157v (upper left part of page)

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CASE31853: Horary consultation concerning William Flye (PERSON23231)

Question asked by Flye (PERSON23229) on 4 July 1607 at 12:00

RN wylliā flye of Hynton beyond brackly hor 12. 1607 |Iuly 4 .| 22 y.

his hed ill his mopish /fathr for the child mopish\12

Notes:

1 ‘in love wth on yt he nevr did aske the question & now growen mopish ever sinc may’ in chart

2 ‘tēpted.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 243v (upper left part of page)

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CASE42125: Horary consultation concerning Anne Winch [Pedder] (PERSON36926)

Question asked by the patient on 12 July 1615 at 11:20

RN An Winch of luton Iuly 20|5| y. Iuly. 12 h. 11. 20 ant m. 16151

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘troubled in mynd./’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 62v (upper left part of page)

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CASE44463: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Agnes Helder (PERSON31586)

Question asked by the patient on 17 March 1617 at 10:15

RN Agnys Helder of Offley 39 y mext St Markes day march. 17. . h. 10. 15 ant m 1617 troubled wth melancholy & ill thoughts

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 88r (bottom 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?f13-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind;f14-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f15-how-did-it-take-place=Unclear, accessed 28 January 2025.