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CASE20924: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Burgess (PERSON10198)

Question asked by the patient on 29 March 1604 at 09:45

RN Thomas Burges of \northe/ Crowly lately come thithr 51 y martij 29. hor 9. 45. ant m 1604.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 60r (upper right part of page)

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CASE44056: Horary consultation concerning Alice Coursey (PERSON29425)

Question asked by the patient on 5 November 1616 at 14:00

RN Alce Course of Hanslop no \{illeg}|4|0 y/ novēb. 5 h. 2. p m 16i6

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 19v (upper left part of page)

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CASE67808: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edmond [Edward] Ferrers [Ferry] (PERSON30336)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40851) on 28 February 1629 at 15:25

RN Edward fery the lord Wentwort 38 y feb 28 {illeg}|| 3. 25 p m 1629

Edward fery of Tyddington 36 y feb 28 The Lord Wentsworths baylie febr 28. h {sic} hor. 3. 30. p. m. 1629.

Ed {f}ery {sic} \Ed. fery/ baylie of Tyding 38 feb 28 h {sic} hor. 3. 25 p m 1629 /strangly handled witch susp\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, ff. 70r-v, 71r (f. 70r bottom left, f. 70r bottom right, f. 70v upper left, and f. 71r middle right)

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CASE53759: Horary consultation concerning Mr Brograve [Justice of the Peace] (PERSON44909) and Edmonds (PERSON48347)

Question asked by Mrs Dorothy Brograve (PERSON44916) on 25 March 1622 at 16:20

RN Mres Brograve sent me a token her husb. full of greev|f|e for the burning of his house & good & Mr for Mr Edmunds Daughter 17. y march. 25 h. 4. 1|2|0 p m 1622 |Mr Edmunds Daughter.| |harted {sic} as her fathr thinketh wth some ill creature/|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 32v (upper left part of page)

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CASE48096: Horary consultation concerning Anne Colman (PERSON29204)

Question asked by the patient on 18 January 1619 at 12:00

RN An Colemā of litle Brickhill 44 y Ian 1{illeg}|8| h. 10 12. 1619 /strangly handled wth fits ye mother suspecteth witchery\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 143v (upper right part of page)

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CASE32140: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Twigdon (PERSON25841)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26466) on 21 September 1607 at 13:45

RN Elis Twigden of feddingworth 22 y septēb. 21. h. 1. 45 p m 1607 |cū cōsensu|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘disquieted in minde/’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 282v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE22075: Horary consultation concerning Francis Emerson (PERSON48529)

Question asked by the patient on 6 June 1630 at 07:00

RN francis Emmers{on} of Cosgrave 13 {y} Iune 7 {sic} h. 7 {ant} m. 1630 |strang{ly} tak{en}|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 6v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE25180: Horary consultation concerning Joan Poole (PERSON34109)

Question asked by the patient on 11 July 1610 at 14:30

RN Robart \Ioane/ Pau {sic}le paster {sic} of {sic} Harrold. sickned Iune 27. {sic}

Ione Paule \ {sic}/ 12 y of Harrold strangly taken Iuly 11. . h. 2. 30 p m 16i0 sickned at Olny fare

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 91v (upper right part of page)

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CASE70221: Horary consultation concerning Judith Favell (PERSON48795)

Question asked by the patient on 13 March 1630 at 11:30

RN Iudith favell of Barfoote taken wth a flie. yt sh{e} could drive away f{rō} her, was strangly ha{nd}led of \mary/ |Maryon| On Bonfil{ds} wife susp. march 13 h {sic} hor 10 11. 30 ant m. 1630

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 158 (upper right part of page)

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CASE48391: Horary consultation concerning Anne Colman (PERSON29204)

Question asked by the patient on 15 March 1619 at 14:20

RN An Colemā of litle Brickhill 44 y march 15. h. 2. 20 p m 1619. |Is in strang fits. strangly handled wth quaking fits. witchery suspected|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 201v (upper right part of page)

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CASE53144: Horary consultation concerning Susan Neythercot (PERSON55423)

Question asked by Neythercot (PERSON55421) on 17 September 1621 at 13:00

RN Susan Neythercot for a litle child \of Moulton/ a yere & a halfe old sept. 17 h. 1. p m. 162i hath smale vse of her Lims. & hath strange fits of crying & it will clutch her hands thought to be pospessed {sic}./ pater sine cōsensu./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 99r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE19276: Horary consultation concerning Mary Key (PERSON13344)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1601 at 14:00

RN Mary kay of Wooddell 28. a meaden Apr 25 die hor. 2. p m. 160i

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 92v (upper left part of page)

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CASE39020: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Ratcliffe (PERSON34583)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSONGRP53) on 29 December 1611 at 14:40

RN Elis: Ratcliffe our lady Day next 17 y. Decēb. 29. h. 2. 3|4|0 p. m. 1611. of Stony stratford1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘is tēpted wth an evill spirit to \in/ there iudgment’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 211r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE18804: Horary consultation concerning Anne Middleton (PERSON4997)

Question asked by the patient on 5 February 1599 at 07:30

RN An Middleton 10 yeres old hath many strang fits a londonour over against Paules church. her fathr is a linnen Dra well his wife was Mr Grys syster. well acquainted wth my brothr Sandy

quærit causa morbi in prsentia filij et patris in prijs ædib patris sui feb. 5 die hor 7. 30 m: ant m 16 1599

veneficiu suspicatr

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 11r (upper right part of page)

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CASE54333: Horary consultation concerning Catherine Persival (PERSON34254)

Question asked by Persival (PERSON56604) on 30 May 1622 at 12:30

RN Katherin Persivall of Old Stratford 22 y may 30 h 12. 30 p m. 1622 /mater filia\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 134v (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE43321: Horary consultation concerning Robert Ampes (PERSON27372)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38068) on 4 May 1616 at 11:00

RN Williā

Robart Ampts of Sundon 72 {sic} feb 22. /1544\ \came/ may 4 h {sic} hor. 11. ant m. 16i6

ill in his head evr sinc sonday last quite bereaved of his sences. & cā make no answere. & was nevr so before. it seemeth yt he sawe some ill thing.

Nicholas d{illeg}|D|ay the myster {sic} susp for a bad mā mayed {sic} he & his wife agree not no child his neighb susp him given to ill vices pracheth every sonday.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 79r (upper left part of page)

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CASE33157: Horary consultation concerning William Rogers (PERSON25140)

Question asked by the patient on 29 March 1608 at 10:15

RN Wylliā Rogers of Sulbery 30 y. a batch. march. 29 y. {sic} h. 10. 15 ant m 1608

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 83r (upper left part of page)

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CASE41739: Horary consultation concerning Lettice Ashby [Underwood] (PERSON27481)

Question asked by the patient on 17 August 1613 at 08:15

RN An \Lettice/ Ashby \otherwise vnderwood/ of Stony stratford 26 y. Aug. 17. h 8. 15 ant m. 1613. |metuit veneficiū|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 199, f. 187r (upper left part of page)

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CASE48630: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Stilton (PERSON35765)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1619 at 08:39

RN Elisabeth Stilton 51 y may 5 h 9. 8. 39. ant m 1619 |susp sorcery|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 353r (upper right part of page)

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CASE54095: Nativity for Joseph Astill (PERSON42989)

Question asked by the patient on 4 May 1622 at 11:30

RN Ioseph Ausyll of Purton natus. Ian 20 h. 2 p m. 1612 /in great travell wth him frō fryday to me\ /the {sic}\ /the boy prsent.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 88r (upper right 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?f14-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f16-question-asked=Medical;f17-treatment=Yes, accessed 15 January 2025.