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CASE72320: Decumbiture for Alice Thomson (PERSON60069)

Question asked by Thomson (PERSON60040) on 10 June 1631 at 11:30

RN This child was strangly taken may. 30. h. 12 at noon 1631

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 416 (upper right part of page)

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CASE77503: Decumbiture for Jane [Jean] Lightfoote (PERSON53731) and Lightfoote (PERSON53719) and Anonymous (PERSON41888)

Question asked by Mr Anthony Lightfoote (PERSON53721) on 7 June 1633 at 20:30

RN feb. 4 his wife his boy & his child strangly taken wth vomyting feb. 4. h. 3. p m 1633. /the gearle dyed about yt tyme\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 205 (bottom left, and bottom centre parts of page)

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CASE22075: Horary consultation concerning Francis Emerson (PERSON48529)

Question asked by the patient on 6 June 1630 at 07:00

RN francis Emmers{on} of Cosgrave 13 {y} Iune 7 {sic} h. 7 {ant} m. 1630 |strang{ly} tak{en}|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 6v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE73302: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Tyrringham [Napier] (PERSON60703)

Question asked by Sir Thomas Tyrringham (PERSON16622) on 6 November 1631 at 15:00

RN Sr Th. Tyringhā sent t{o} me to know what I think of his Daughte{rs} strang fits of skriking n{ovē b} 6 h. 3. p m 163{1} /|nō| sine cōsensu.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 271 (upper right part of page)

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CASE75858: Decumbiture for Thomas Hornedalle (PERSON51884)

Question asked by the patient on 7 November 1632 at 11:30

RN Thomas Hurndale. 21 y taken strangly & terrrifyed wth the falling sicknes no Octob 31. h. 11 p m 1632 /h 10. 30 p m. 1632\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 126 (bottom, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE75892: Horary consultation concerning William Goby (PERSON49931)

Question asked by the patient on 10 November 1632 at 12:30

RN Williā Goby of Moulton by the parke 16 y last St Georg novēb. 10. h {sic}. hor. 12. 30 p m 1632 |was at first strāgly handled|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 136 (upper left part of page)

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CASE71040: Horary consultation concerning William Ferry (PERSON48857)

Question asked by the patient on 24 November 1630 at 11:25

[Astrological Chart]

RN At this tyme was taken in his bed strangly & cānot speak offreth to cast voydeth mutch waterish & reddish water. |did bleed at nose|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 211r (bottom left part 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?f19-date=1630-1639;f20-querent-sex=Male;f21-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3AStrange%20affliction, accessed 31 March 2025.