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CASE46858: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Matts (PERSON33125)

Question asked by the patient on 15 June 1618 at 09:00

RN Dorothy matts of whitechurch. 56. y. Iune. 15. ☾. h: 9 ant m 1618. buryed her ed|l|dest sons this day 6 weekes. & hath taken mutch greefe & feareth. venef. mutch troubled in mynd

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 143r (bottom left part of page)

Dorothy Matts (PERSON33125)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Grief (passions)TroubledMind)

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

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

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CASE77805: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Baldwin (PERSON21945)

Question asked by the patient on 8 July 1633 at 14:30

RN Elis: Baldwyn 56. y. Iuly. 8. ☾. h. 2. 30 p m 1633 of Chafford by Vxford

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 294 (middle centre part of page)

Mrs Elizabeth Baldwin (PERSON21945)

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

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

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

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CASE50192: Horary consultation concerning Frances Luffe (PERSON32846)

Question asked by the patient on 24 January 1620 at 15:00

RN Francis Looffe of Elstoe 56. y. Ian 24 ☾ h. 3. p m. 1620

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 114v (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

Frances Luffe (PERSON32846)

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) Judgment Outcome(s)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-querent-age-band=050-059%3A%3A56;f17-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3AWitchcraft%20suffered%20%28medical%29;f18-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind, accessed 3 April 2025.

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