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CASE4589: Horary consultation concerning Mr Nicholas Chepman (PERSON1697)

Question asked by the patient on 7 December 1598 at 09:00

SF mr \nicolas// Chepman 5a questo the 7 of Decemb. ♃ An m’ at 9. Diz & wher he be be witched / or forspoken/

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 195, f. 210r (upper left part of page)

Mr Nicholas Chepman (PERSON1697)

Medical >Illness (general) (Disease)

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

Practitioner: Dr Simon Forman (PERSON2824) Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE79379: Horary consultation concerning Goody Rowe (PERSON34876)

Question asked by the patient on 19 June 1635 at 10:30

SRN Goody Roe of this Towne. Iune 19. ♀ h. 10. 30. a. m. 1635. /suspects goody Typpany and one Hywood of Newport\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘veneficiū susp.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 216r (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

Goody Rowe (PERSON34876)

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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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)

Dorothy Matts (PERSON33125)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Grief (passions)TroubledMind)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment 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?f14-querent-age-band=050-059%3A%3A56;f15-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f16-language=Latin, accessed 19 March 2025.

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