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CASE28469: Horary consultation concerning Sara Musgrave [Blot] (PERSON20374)

Question asked by the patient on 29 March 1605 at 12:20

RN Sara musgrove \of/ Bletsoe 20 y maryed 2 y. march. 29. h. 12 20 p m. 1605. troubled wth fancyes very fearfull in her mynd to loose her wits troubled in her sleepe cānot rest metuit veneficiū full of melanch cholicke

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 17r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE75858: Decumbiture for Thomas Hornedalle (PERSON51884)

Question asked by the patient on 7 November 1632 at 11:30

RN Thomas Hurndale. 21 y taken strangly & terrrifyed wth the falling sicknes no Octob 31. h. 11 p m 1632 /h 10. 30 p m. 1632\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 126 (bottom, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE48749: Horary consultation concerning Robert Haines (PERSON31218)

Question asked by the patient on 18 May 1619 at 08:00

RN Robart Haynes of litlington 23 y may 18  {sic}. h. 8 ant m 1619. had a quart ague 2 y. & then grew heavy harted & solitery & light headed

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 4r (bottom right 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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CASE28547: Horary consultation concerning Henry Fisher (PERSON11750)

Question asked by the patient on 8 April 1605 at 07:30

RN Henry Fishr 40 y my man will. vnckle Apr 8. {h}|| hor. 7. 30 ant m. 1605. brought again his water. being not well. |metuit veneficiū|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘strāgly handled hed harte backe. a cold temples gydy headed’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 28r (upper right part of page)

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CASE64425: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Smith (PERSON35539)

Question asked by the patient on 10 August 1627 at 09:00

RN Margaret Smyth. of Broughton 43 y Aug. 10. . h. 9 ant m. 1627 |hath an ague every day sinc christmas|

strangly taken wth a rising at her hart likely to swound sa a knife & feareth to see a knife & trēbleth at it.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 185r (upper left part of page)

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CASE21915: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18701)

Question asked by Mr Tyrringham (PERSON18812) on 13 January 1605 at 09:00

RN Mr Tyrringhās mead of Tyrringhā 24 y Ian. 13 h. 9. ant m 1605. suffocat matricis strange fits eithr of mothr or apop. litharg.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1

sleepy. Lethargye

speachles skreameth only

’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 214r (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;f20-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind;f21-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29, accessed 2 April 2025.