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CASE30740: Horary consultation concerning Henry [Harry] Doe (PERSON11337)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26291) on 1 March 1607 at 13:25

RN Henry Doe of Cranfild 23 y march. 1. ☉ h. 1. 25 p m 16071

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘light headed talketh of sathan mynd not quiet’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 94v (bottom right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON26291)Henry [Harry] Doe (PERSON11337)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Lightheaded (passions)MindDisquieted)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Devil )

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

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CASE61268: Horary consultation concerning Savage (PERSON58308)

Question asked by Savage (PERSON58301) on 9 November 1625 at 14:30

RN on Savage of Tiffild came to me for his Daughter of 23 y troubled in mynd by a dreame yt Sathan put into her head by wch by fits she is sorely troubled novēb. 9 ☿ h. 2. 30 p m. 1625

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 38r (upper left part of page)

Savage (PERSON58301)Savage (PERSON58308)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (TroubledMindBad dreams)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Devil )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment 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?f16-has-astro-chart=Yes;f17-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3ADevil;f18-patient-age-band=020-029%3A%3A23, accessed 12 March 2025.

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