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CASE38236: Horary consultation concerning Edward Child (PERSON28907)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37535) on 11 June 1611 at 08:38

RN Edward Child lyeth very strangly handled. as on yt were bewitched stragling biting catching & sighing 2 y. old Iune 11. h. 8 38. ant m 1611.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 108v (upper left part of page)

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CASE45411: Decumbiture for Mary Burrells (PERSON28582)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38276) on 6 August 1617 at 07:15

RN Mary Borrell first taken on last Aug 4. h 12 \20/ in m. {sic} p m 1617 strangly taken.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 220, f. 55v (bottom centre part of page)

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CASE40064: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON37755)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37756) on 20 June 1612 at 17:50

RN a litle child of 13 wekes old taken yesterday & strangly. Iune 20 h {sic} hor 5. 4|5|0 p m 1612. like on yt had ye palsye

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 409, f. 117v (upper left part of page)

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CASE41244: Horary consultation concerning John Web (PERSON36591)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37868) on 25 April 1613 at 15:20

RN Iohn Web. of Woullyson 12 y brought to me to see in his strang fits Ap 25. h. 3. 20 p m. 1613. |here in prsenc|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 199, f. 103r (upper left 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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CASE73882: Horary consultation concerning Henry Haselwood (PERSON51133)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41494) on 28 February 1632 at 11:00

RN Henry Hazlewood 11 wee{kes} old strangly handled & lyeth dead 3 o{r} 4 tyms a day w{th} convulsions feb. 2{8} h. 11 ant m 16{32}

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 466 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE56056: Decumbiture for Mrs Elizabeth Jennings [Latch] (PERSON52517)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39656) on 16 April 1623 at 15:00

RN Mres Iēnyngs strangly taken wth sore fits of convuls Ap 13. h. 12. p {sic} at mydnight 1623. /sine consensu\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 218, f. 61v (upper left part of page)

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CASE66616: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Haddon (PERSON50567)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40721) on 18 July 1628 at 10:00

RN Th. Hadyn of Dedington 2 y Iuly 20 {illeg} Iuly 18 h. 10 ant m 1628 dyed strangly. on sonday of an Impostume & a great bunch.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 113v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE21968: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18184)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18185) on 20 February 1605 at 14:45

RN a young mā of Bothon in Huntington shire 26 y was brought sine cōsensu feb r 20. h. 2. 45. p m. 1605. strangly tormented by witchraft sinc shreve{illeg}|tue|sday Shelton the witch in prison1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘witchraft. troubled in mynd’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 415, f. 223r (upper right part of page)

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CASE33140: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON26589)

Question asked by the patient on 28 March 1608 at 10:30

RN A womā of fanystratford strangly handled gyped {sic} belly casteth alwys eateth litle kind to Iohn Rutland Mach {sic} 28 h. 10 30 ant m 1608

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 80v (upper right part of page)

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CASE50256: Decumbiture for an Anonymous (PERSON38783)

Question asked by the patient on 7 February 1620 at 12:30

RN on fryday night about 12 of the clock was taken very strangly backe belly & every where as it were wth huc\coc/kes fryday & satterday night lay as on yt should dete

feb. 4. h. 12. at night

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 127r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE54678: Decumbiture for Goody Elizabeth Cockayne (PERSON46446)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39510) on 25 July 1622 at 11:11

RN Elis Cocken of Newp. first strangly & sodenly taken on holy thursday 26 y Iuli may 30 h. 5 p m 1622 Iane Goodmā craved Drink & she gave it to this Iane & it prsently tooke her & sinc neaver well but mutch tēpted & troubled wth wynd1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mutch temptat. wynd melancholye’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 8r (bottom left, and bottom centre 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?f18-querent-identified=No;f19-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3AStrange%20affliction;f20-treatment=No, accessed 1 April 2025.