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CASE21520: Horary consultation concerning Margery Bly (PERSON9831)

Question asked by the patient on 27 September 1604 at 10:00

RN Margery Blithe of Okeley. 62 y septēb 27 ♃ hor. 10. 1604.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a fery pricke taken’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 149v (upper right part of page)

Margery Bly (PERSON9831)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Fairy pinched)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Pain and pricking  (Pricking )

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

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CASE58532: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Meadowes (PERSON54606)

Question asked by the patient on 26 May 1624 at 06:30

RN Elis Meadowe of newport May. 27|6|. ☿. h. 6. 30 ant m 1624 /goody Huet of newp suspected for her sore knee prickling & shooting.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 202v (upper left part of page)

Elizabeth Meadowes (PERSON54606)

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Pain and pricking  (PainPricking Shooting)

Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Knees)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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?f17-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3APain%20and%20pricking%3A%3APricking;f18-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f19-has-astro-chart=Yes, accessed 19 March 2025.

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