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CASE75730: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Wilkes (PERSON61820)

Question asked by Wilkes (PERSON61818) on 20 October 1632 at 11:30

RN A|E|lis Wilx of Souldbery 2. y & bettr Octob 20 {illeg}|♄| hor 11. 30 ant m 1632. /witch susp. wth palsye. stoken lame in the back {out} any ground\ /mater filia\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 83 (upper left part of page)

Wilkes (PERSON61818)Elizabeth Wilkes (PERSON61820)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (PalsyLameness)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Back)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

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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.

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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

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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3AWitchcraft%20suffered%20%28medical%29;f15-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20214;f16-patient-age-band=000-009%3A%3A2, accessed 25 December 2024.

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