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CASE75286: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Grisel Barrat (PERSON43632)

Question asked by the patient on 14 August 1632 at 07:00

RN Mres D|G|rysell \Barret. of. {sic}/ of Benson in Oxf sheere 30. y Aug. 14 h. 7. ant m 1632. |a mayden| /vtū {sic} patitr veneficiū taken strangly in all her lims 11 weekes\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 374 (middle right part of page)

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CASE22060: Horary consultation concerning Alice Cooper (PERSON46954)

Question asked by Cooper (PERSON46909) on 4 June 1630 at 14:45

RN Alce Coo of Emmerton 44 y Iune 4 h. 2 45. p m. 1630

lame in all her ioynts hands arms legs feet

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 4r (upper right part of page)

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CASE74449: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Thoroughgood (PERSON60117)

Question asked by the patient on 28 April 1632 at 09:00

RN Agnys T{illeg}|h|orougg|h|\w/good of Tadloe in the County of Cābridg. 16 y Ap 28. h {sic}. hor 9 ant m 1632 susp veneficiū |goeth wth crutches.| |her hucklebone cānot be put|

[Partial Astrological Chart]

was prsent

susp veneficiū

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 116 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE70131: Horary consultation concerning Francis Butlye (PERSON45441)

Question asked by the patient on 3 March 1630 at 13:00

Francis Butlye of Holywell 39. y. March. 3. . h. 1. p. m. 16301

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘lame in the Hipps’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 131 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE70218: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Tod (PERSON60235)

Question asked by the patient on 12 March 1630 at 17:50

RN Mres Tod of Cūberton. 24 y. Ma\r/ch 12 h. 6 {sic} \5. 5{0}/ p m 1630 |stomack weake lame frō her huckle{bone}/bone\ {sic} to h{er} heele & arme of the right sy{de}|

[Astrological Chart]

Mres Tod of Cūberton by Cābridg 3 ryiles {sic} sent March 12 h. 5. 50 p {sic} 1630

a bad stomack

witchery suspected by Goody Wode to whō she gave a peticoate. her mother & neighbous {sic} suspect it vehemently

sent me a wrought Cap

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, pp. 156-157 (p. 156 upper right, and p. 157 upper left)

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CASE74396: Horary consultation concerning Goody Briggs (PERSON44811)

Question asked by Briggs (PERSON44805) on 23 April 1632 at 12:30

RN Goody Brigs of Thorneborough 62 y Ap. 23. h. 12. 30 ant m {sic}. 1632. |in a manor mopish cā rest day nor night & sencles a dead palsy vexed disq| |no vse of her right syde arne {sic} & leg.|

[Astrological Chart]

filius matre

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 102 (upper left part of page)

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CASE78934: Horary consultation concerning Brown (PERSON45035)

Question asked by the patient on 25 March 1634 at 19:00

TG Thomas Brownes wife of Rance {illeg}|3|2 y. March 25 h. 7 p M. 1634 hath a heate & swelling which first begann in her face & now runneth from one member into anothersuspecteth wichcraft. hath beene troubled this 12 moneth.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 111v (middle right part of page)

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CASE75057: Horary consultation concerning John Johnson (PERSON52585)

Question asked by the patient on 11 July 1632 at 09:50

RN Iohn Ihounson 58 y Iuly 11. h. 9. 50 ant m 1632 /of Dodington by wellingborough\

shephead

a fortnight sinc was taken in his knee swelled & rūneth vp to his thighs & backe & cānot rise |a bad stomacke|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘back thighs hucklebone & knee cānot styrre nor rise nor helpe him’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 302 (upper right part of page)

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CASE69927: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON41064)

Question asked by the patient on 7 January 1630 at 11:30

RN A poer bagger womā cōpl of prickings shootings in head & legs almost 2 y caused by an ill body yt she susp Ian 7 h. 11. 30 ant m 1630

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 48 (middle right part of page)

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CASE71106: Decumbiture for Joan [Joanna] Bradbury (PERSON44643)

Question asked by the patient between 16 December 1630 at 13:20 and 17 December 1630 at 09:20

RN Ioane Bradbery of great Horwood 42 y taken strangly in her right hucklebone wth great ach about thigh & share pulling her in peeces cānot stand vppon it nothing to be sene taken Octob. 3. h. 5. 20 p m 1630

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 21 (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE77507: Horary consultation concerning Anne Silvester (PERSON58757) and Silvester (PERSON58755)

Question asked by Anne Silvester (PERSON58757) on 8 June 1633 at 06:00 or at 07:30

RN An Silvester of Hunsdon in Hartford sheere 42 y Iune 8 h {sic} hor 6 ant m 1633

strangly handled in her feete wth pulling & gnawing her feete wth extremity of payns & her hands pill all over & the tops wore away wth the payne & did extremely vomyte at the first for 4 days 16 weekes. & had 2 child wch vomyted sorely & on child dyed & she cānot sit vp nor goe but as she she {sic} is caryed nor cānot abyde any to touch her hands & feete & are extreme hot

vryne very good Iune 8. h {sic}. hor 6 ant m 1633. /h. 7. 30 ant m 1633\

[Astrological Chart]

Iune 8 h {sic} hor 6. ant m 1633.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 206 (upper left, upper right, and middle centre parts of page)

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CASE74216: Horary consultation concerning Mr W (PERSON60874)

Question asked by the patient on 4 April 1632 at 11:20

RN \It begā on thursday last betwene 4. 30 p {sic} 1632/ M W veneficū ach in his \right/ should in extrmty {sic}. ever sinc Easter day yt he cānot sleepe Ap. 4 h. 11. 20 ant m 1632

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 47 (upper left part of page)

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CASE75775: Horary consultation concerning Rebecca Whitmell [Filpot] (PERSON61733)

Question asked by the patient on 25 October 1632 at 10:40

RN Rebecca Whitemeale of Meadesmorton 42 y octob 25. h. 10 40 ant m 1632 Vtrū venef sit passa lame in her thigh |vide octob 22|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 97 (upper left part of page)

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CASE76667: Horary consultation concerning Robert Summerley (PERSON59783)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41796) on 13 March 1633 at 12:20

Robt Suerly 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.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 214, p. 371 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE77291: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) and Mrs Eleanor Aylet (PERSON43141)

Question asked by Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) on 16 May 1633 at 07:00

RN Mres Aylet Elner Aylet of Magdalen Laver in Essex 40. May 16 h 7 ant m 1633

came into my prsenc wth there waters

her daughter Elenor Aylet 17 y mopish & idle headed for 4 yeres & her shoulder bone come out & goeth crooked

had a great cold in her head & cānot be removed

her mynd troubled wth divrse conceits & feares

very healthfull in her body.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 136 (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE75830: Decumbiture for John Flacke (PERSON49065)

Question asked by the patient on 2 November 1632 at 08:00

RN Iohn Flack of Winbish taken & tormented in his right thigh rūning vp to his tongue & head b. {sic} Sept 22 h 12. 30 p m 1632. 60 y

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 117 (upper left part of page)

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CASE73904: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Eastone (PERSON48283)

Question asked by the patient on 31 March 1632 at 10:00

RN was first strangly taken feb 28. h. 9. p m 1632.

[Astrological Chart]

fell downe dead & had 2 or 3 fits in an houres & will \doth/ quake skreame & crye

feb 28 h. 8 40 \30/ p m 1632 /of all tes body & toes\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 473 (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?f15-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f19-date=1630-1639;f20-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints, accessed 29 March 2025.