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CASE57561: Horary consultation concerning Mr Oliver Boteler (PERSON28235)

Question asked by Lady Anne Boteler [Farrar] [Butler] (PERSON28242) on 3 January 1624 at 11:45

RN The lady \An/ Butler for her mr Oliver Butler 9 y next march bone {sic} 28 or 29 about 12 & on in the night. of Harolde sent to me for this child Ian 3 h {sic} hor 11. 45 ant m 1623 {sic}. extree {sic} weake & feeble & cā take no physick taken wth strang fits plucking his \right/ syde & rūneth to his back being holden harde & an extree {sic} cough almost halfe a yere. & is pyned & cā not stand nor goe Ill tong suspected

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 53r (upper right part of page)

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CASE74922: Horary consultation concerning The right worshipful gentlewoman Mrs Mary Peyton (PERSON56646)

Question asked by the patient on 21 June 1632 at 19:50

RN Mres many|ry| peyton of weare 26 or 28 y. was fat & of a sanguyne cōplexion |taken| lame on the right syde no physick will helpe for she hath had the opium of many Doctors. Iune 21 h. 7. 50 p m 1632.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 254 (upper left part of page)

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CASE55553: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Gostwick [Goddard] (PERSON50162)

Question asked by Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264) on 28 January 1623 at 11:00

RN Goody Gale for her Thomas Gostick a yere & a halfe old borne the weddensday after mysdsomer. sent Ian. 28 h. 11. ant m 1623.

It doth pyne & eate litle & doth not sper nor cānot goe it is so weake.

Elner Warner her next neighb. Elis Steaphinson who dwell boath togeathr her mother hanged

cānot kepe his water.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 164r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE12567: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Pen (PERSON14848)

Question asked by Mr Edward Pen (PERSON14841) on 22 August 1599 at 22:15

RN Mary pen of Stony stratford 29 yeres taken speachles & shaking & throtte{illeg}|ll| & rore & burne. thus taken the 22th day of August. about 10 a clock at night die  {sic}. 10. at night 1599. marit vxore

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 183r (upper left part of page)

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CASE64386: Decumbiture for Patience Worcester (PERSON62242)

Question asked by Mr William Worcester (PERSON62233) on 2 August 1627 at 10:00

RN Mr Worcesters child of Olny a quarter of a yere old taken strangly wth convulsions Aug. 1. h. 11 p m 16271

Notes:

1 ‘Convulsions’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 178v (upper left part of page)

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CASE74924: Horary consultation concerning The right worshipful gentlewoman Mrs Mary Peyton (PERSON56646)

Question asked by the patient on 21 June 1632 at 19:50

RN Mres Mary Pay Pea|y|ton of {sic} now at London Iune 2i . h. 7: 50 p m 1632 /paralytica cū convuls. paroxismus\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 255 (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE19386: Horary consultation concerning Mary Carreck [Harrison] (PERSON10338)

Question asked by the patient on 7 May 1601 at 19:00

RN Mary Carack of Newport 20 y maij 7 d hor 7 p m. 160i

tormented wth a rising vp to her throat as if shee was haunted.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 112v (upper right part of page)

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CASE21766: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Child (PERSON10499)

Question asked by the patient on 26 November 1604 at 10:25

RN Elis Child of Puddington 3 26. y novēb. 26. hor. 10. 25. ant m 1604. /vid novemb 20 fig 1.\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘feareth a cōsūption’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 190r (upper left part of page)

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CASE30980: Horary consultation concerning John Wingfield (PERSON26120)

Question asked by the patient on 27 March 1607 at 11:00

RN Iohn Winckfild of Toceter. 25. y march. 27. h. 11. ant m 1607 /a shomaker feareth the a cōsūption.\1

Notes:

1metuit veneficiū very fearfull & doubtfull’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 127r (upper left part of page)

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CASE31296: Decumbiture for Mr Francis Shaxton (PERSON15740)

Question asked by the patient between 21 April 1607 at 19:50 and 22 April 1607 at 06:25

RN Mr Shaxton taken wth a strang fit Apr 21. h. 8. 25 p m {sic} \7. 50. p m/ 1607 /put it for 7. 50 p m 1607.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 193, f. 169r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE47218: Horary consultation concerning Goody Joan Ekins (PERSON30122)

Question asked by the patient on 3 August 1618 at 12:40

RN Goody Ekins taken wth on of her old fits as on hanted wth some ill spirit August 3. h. 12. 40. p m 1618

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 201, f. 207r (upper right part of page)

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CASE72861: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON41419)

Question asked by the patient on 4 September 1631 at 07:00

RN On of Houghton Bedford 20 y malig feaver Sept 4. h. 7. Ant m 163i /strangly taken sinc yest\ |malig feaver|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 130 (upper left part of page)

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CASE21258: Horary consultation concerning Marian Web (PERSON16903)

Question asked by the patient on 12 July 1604 at 09:30

RN maryon web 20 y Iuly 12. . hor. 9. 30 ant m 1604.

faynt & feeble. stomacke. can not eate any thing

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 107r (upper left part of page)

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CASE50117: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Clark (PERSON29024)

Question asked by the patient on 4 January 1620 at 15:00

RN Mres Elis: Clarke of {illeg}|Y|e {illeg}|r||l|{illeg}|v|erton 26 y Ian 4. h. 3. p m. 1619 1620. is blynd supposeth her selfe to be quick wth child |vryne good but full of slymy dregs| a shooting of & rūning vp & downe of certen humours & it maketh her to swound sinc. St Steaph. days twice /a day sinc swoundeth\ gone in a swound

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 94v (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE35851: Horary consultation concerning Anne Travell (PERSON25794)

Question asked by the patient on 27 May 1609 at 16:00

RN An Travell of Sawcy forest a widow 28 y may 27 h {sic} hor. 4. p m 1609            quaketh trēbleth hed light feareth that she & her brothr are bewitched

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 203, f. 57v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE65994: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Robinson (PERSON57771)

Question asked by the patient on 6 May 1628 at 07:45 or at 07:50

RN {Mres Mar}y Robinson of Erklinborough 25. y may. 5|6| 7. 45 ant m 1628

It first tooke her wth trēbling & quaking12

[Astrological Chart]

Mres Mary Robynson 25 y may 5|6|. h. 7. 50 ant m 1628.

Notes:

1vide Ap 25. 2. fig.’ in the left margin

2 ‘Isaac Richardson susp’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 15r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE32602: Decumbiture for Mr Thomas Kelly (PERSON24000)

Question asked by the patient between 23 January 1608 at 14:00 and 25 January 1608 at 09:50

RN Thomas kelly Ian 22. h. 9 ant m had a sore shaking aguish fit 1608.

the lady Constables mā. Thomas kelly fell into a new & a strang aguish fit shaking bed & chābr round about . 9. ant m. 1608.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 345v (upper left, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE54588: Horary consultation concerning Isabel Fisher (PERSON49014)

Question asked by the patient on 10 July 1622 at 07:12

RN Isbell fisher 20 y. of this tow{ne} Iuly 10 h. 7. 12 ant m 1622 /strangly handled sleepeth mutch eateth litle.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 183v (upper right part of page)

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CASE29942: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Perses Whaley (PERSON16998)

Question asked by the patient on 14 November 1605 at 14:00

RN Mres Whaly of Cosgrave. h. 1. 30 p m. 1605.

on leg swelled. y{sic} on & boath sid ill by fits. back extreme ill.

& on boath legs have red spots vp to her thighes & sweateth every night. / h. 2. p m 1605.

It.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 231r (upper right part of page)

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CASE40912: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Arden (PERSON27440)

Question asked by the patient on 13 February 1613 at 14:00

RN Margaret Arden of North Crowly 25 y febr. 13 h {sic} hor. 2. p m. 1613. /not maryed.\ /a litle head ake\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 199, f. 43v (bottom right, and bottom left parts 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?f16-querent-age-band=020-029;f19-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f20-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil, accessed 18 March 2025.