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CASE50160: Horary consultation concerning Susan Emerson (PERSON30211)

Question asked by the patient on 19 January 1620 at 12:00

RN Susan Emm{erson} {sic} \Emmerson of Cosgrave/ 18 y Ian 19 ☿ h. 12. 1620

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 104r (upper left part of page)

Susan Emerson (PERSON30211)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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CASE50363: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Orpin (PERSON33818)

Question asked by the patient on 13 March 1620 at 09:00

RN Elis Orpyne of Hanslop. 19|8|. y. \Weddens in whit son weeke./ march 13 ☾ h. 9. ant m 1620.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 140v (bottom right part of page)

Elizabeth Orpin (PERSON33818)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Not specified in question)

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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?f15-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f16-querent-age-band=010-019%3A%3A18;f17-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20213, accessed 29 March 2025.

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