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CASE51934: Horary consultation concerning Mary Bettle (PERSON44108)

Question asked by the patient on 17 January 1621 at 15:40

RN Thomas Bettle of Bozeat most dogged to his wife as on hanted wth an ill spirit & loveth a wench in the towne. hath beyond the seas done some desp deede & rā into England curseth & bā{re}th & threatneth his wife his wife signifyed this vnto me Ian 17 h. 3. 40

he beateth her ill most cōtinually

Mary Betle his wife

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 233, f. 36r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE56366: Horary consultation concerning Goodwife Priscilla Cox [Wheeler] (PERSON29485)

Question asked by the patient on 22 May 1623 at 12:00

RN Mres Cock of Stachden 40 y may 22 h 12 1623

body & ioynt as on bewitched wch she feareth.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 110v (upper right part of page)

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CASE64304: Horary consultation concerning Joan Arys (PERSON42881)

Question asked by the patient on 19 July 1627 at 15:30

RN Ione Ar\r/ys of Barton harteshorne 2|3|2 y Iuly 19 . h. 3. 30 p m. 1627

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 166v (upper left, and middle right parts of page)

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CASE65883: Horary consultation concerning Bridget Stevens (PERSON59579)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40646) on 22 April 1628 at 13:00

RN Bridget Steaphens of Grafton vnderwood 36. y. Ap: 22. h. 1. p. m. 1628

[Partial Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 186r (upper left part of page)

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CASE63064: Horary consultation concerning Frances Ratcliffe [Countess of Sussex] [Lady Frances Mutes] [Frances Shute] (PERSON57309)

Question asked by the patient on 9 November 1626 at 14:00

RN The Comtes of Sussex |francis Suite by her forrer {sic} husb but by her father mutus| 36. y 38. y. novēb. 9. h. 2. p m 1626 |The Earle her husb 52 y:|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 335r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE51309: Horary consultation concerning Goody Gaynes (PERSON49708)

Question asked by the patient on 28 July 1620 at 16:00

RN Goody Robynson.

Goody Gaynes of Lowick 30 y Iuly 28 h. 4. p m 1620

quærit an sit gravida

strangly handled in her legs wch seeme to buckle vnder her

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 128r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE56160: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Joan [Joanna] Prescot (PERSON57057)

Question asked by the patient on 28 April 1623 at 12:00

RN Mres Ione Prescot in Holborough \in London/ 52 y Ap 28 h. 12. 1623. /she was p\ |An Leader. Kendall by her husb dead she did love this mā|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, ff. 76v-77r (f. 76v upper right, and f. 77r upper left)

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CASE64618: Horary consultation concerning Goody Dorothy Hearne (PERSON51311)

Question asked by the patient on 19 September 1627 at 14:00

RN Dorothy Sh Herne of Shabington by Tame 24 y mayrd {sic} 4 y. sept 19 h. 2. p m 1627 suckleth mynd troubled sinc mydsomer feareth witchrafte {sic} feareth yt her husb: loveth els wh{er} mynd troubled feareth on goody Shuffes mother yt cōneth {sic} often to her house

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 219r (upper left part of page)

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CASE58279: Horary consultation concerning Goody Agnes Ashburnor (PERSON42901)

Question asked by the patient on 24 April 1624 at 11:00

RN Agnys Ashburnour of Olnye 3|4|0 y Ap. 24 h {sic} hor 11 ant m. 1624 /quærit an sit gravida.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 163r (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)

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%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f19-date=1620-1629;f20-question-asked=Sex%2C%20family%20and%20generation, accessed 19 March 2025.