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CASE24835: Decumbiture for Robert Huggins (PERSON13010)

Question asked by the patient on 24 May 1610 at 07:00

RN Robart Huggyns first taken after yt he had lapped a tree & then did did {sic} drink & grew worse taken strangly may 19 h {sic} hor 10 ant m 16i0

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 43v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE30909: Horary consultation concerning Sara Quincey (PERSON24988)

Question asked by the patient on 20 March 1607 at 10:50

RN Sara R|Q|uincy of lowick 36 y march 20 h. 10 50 ant m 1607 |strangly handled|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 117r (upper right part of page)

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CASE43376: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Norton (PERSON33734)

Question asked by the patient on 13 May 1616 at 13:20 or at 13:30

RN mres An Norton of Bedford 38 y may 13. . h. 1. 20 a|p| m 16i6 |had a child a yere & 3 quarters sinc. & hath her terns {sic} well but hath a very strang & tender body.|

[Astrological Chart]

mres An Norton of Bedford May 13. h. 1. 30 p m 16i6.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, ff. 88v-89r (f. 38v upper left, f. 38v bottom right, and f. 39r upper left)

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CASE47343: Decumbiture for Thomas Dyson (PERSON30018)

Question asked by the patient on 22 August 1618 at 07:45

RN Thomas Dyson was strangly taken Aug 9 h. 4 ant m 1618 31. y

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 4v (upper right part of page)

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CASE68982: Decumbiture for Emmanuel Scrope [First Earl of Sunderland, Lord President of York] [Lord Scrope] (PERSON58391)

Question asked by the patient on 15 July 1629 between 16:00 and 19:00

RN My H lord strangly & desperately taken Iu Easter Eve last being h {sic}. h 12. at night Apr 4. h {sic} hor. 12 at midnight 1629

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 406, f. 100v (upper left part of page)

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CASE40251: Horary consultation concerning Henry Sam (PERSON35043)

Question asked by the patient on 26 August 1612 at 10:00

RN \Henry Sam 34. y./ of luten strāgly taken wth an ague Aug 26 h. 10 ant m. 1612

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 409, f. 146r (upper left part of page)

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CASE49379: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Panton (PERSON33954)

Question asked by Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) on 30 July 1619 at 07:00

RN Mr Wallys in Mres Pantōs behalfe being strangly visited quærit vtrū mrs Panton nō sit passa veneficiū Iuly 30. h. 7. ant m 16i9

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 127r (upper left part of page)

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CASE58668: Horary consultation concerning Lady Dimmock (PERSON47878)

Question asked by the patient on 20 June 1624 at 16:20

RN {m}y Lady Dimocke came {to} me at my lady Ienins house at the strand for {m}y counsell for her long & strang sicknes after sond\r/ye medsons taken by the most {s}kilfull Doctors & yet cā fynd no remedie/ Iune at Charing Crosse 38 y. Iune 20. h. 4 20 p. m. 1624. |Came her selfe to me|

At{sic} This day I dyned wth my Cosen Tyrlingten at his howse & at my ladies at sup where I lay I /tale & leane\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 2r (upper left part of page)

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CASE65262: Decumbiture for Emmanuel Scrope [First Earl of Sunderland, Lord President of York] [Lord Scrope] (PERSON58391)

Question asked by the patient between 28 January 1628 at 13:39 and 29 January 1628 at 09:20

RN My Lord prs sorely griped Ian 29|8| \/ h. 9. 20 \13. p 13. p m/ ant m {sic} 1628 strangly handled & had may {sic} good stooles on after another

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 78v (upper left part of page)

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CASE75434: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Alice Davis (PERSON47607)

Question asked by the patient on 1 September 1632 at 08:39

RN on Mres Davyes neere to Salisbury /at Stratford vndr the Castle\ sent to me for her melancholy Aug. sept1. {illeg}|h| {sic} hor. 2 8 39 ant m 1632 /strangly hadled {sic}\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 424 (upper right part of page)

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CASE70221: Horary consultation concerning Judith Favell (PERSON48795)

Question asked by the patient on 13 March 1630 at 11:30

RN Iudith favell of Barfoote taken wth a flie. yt sh{e} could drive away f{rō} her, was strangly ha{nd}led of \mary/ |Maryon| On Bonfil{ds} wife susp. march 13 h {sic} hor 10 11. 30 ant m. 1630

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 158 (upper right part of page)

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CASE18726: Horary consultation concerning Catherine Jakeman (PERSON13168)

Question asked by Mr Robert Jakeman (PERSON13166) on 14 February 1603 at 10:50

RN The Mr Iackmans child |of billington| Katheron of 4 y. febr. 13 {sic} hor. 10. 50. ant m 1603. payned very strangly in her fundament as if it had some emrods or swelling wthin it

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 314r, f. 313v (f. 314r bottom left, and f. 313v bottom right)

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CASE25525: Horary consultation concerning Mary Ferry (PERSON30342)

Question asked by the patient on 18 October 1610 at 13:40

RN Mary feary of Raynold 3{0}|7|. y octob. 18 h. 1. 40 p m 16i0 long sicke went to mother lane & missed of her strangly taken coming backe

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 143r (upper right part 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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CASE75286: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Grisel Barrat (PERSON43632)

Question asked by the patient on 14 August 1632 at 07:00

RN Mres D|G|rysell \Barret. of. {sic}/ of Benson in Oxf sheere 30. y Aug. 14 h. 7. ant m 1632. |a mayden| /vtū {sic} patitr veneficiū taken strangly in all her lims 11 weekes\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 374 (middle right part of page)

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CASE13804: Horary consultation concerning Richard Carter (PERSON10352)

Question asked by the patient on 3 June 1603 at 13:30

RN Rich Carter of Althrop \Sr/ |Iohns Spence\r/s man.| 32 y. Iune 3. hor. 1. 30 p m. 1603.12

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘piles. hed bottom of his belly’ in chart

2 ‘Rich Carter swounded stranglye.’ in the right margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, f. 42v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE48837: Horary consultation concerning Ellen Gibson [Gibbs] (PERSON30863)

Question asked by the patient on 26 May 1619 at 15:45

RN Ellen Gybson of morthāpton {sic} 31 y may 26 {illeg}|| h. 3. 45 p m 1619 strangly wth {illeg}|s|welling in her knes & cōtraction of sinowes a long tyne {sic} many medsons applyed litle good

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 19r (upper left part of page)

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CASE11870: Horary consultation concerning Goody Frances Marshal (PERSON14021)

Question asked by Goodman Thomas Marshal (PERSON14014) on 12 December 1598 at 09:30

RN Frauncis Marshall of Newport very strangly can scarce speake, only maketh signes for water to coole her her mouth is furred white wth extreeme heate taketh her Drinke by a quill. first bound but yt I gave her vnbound her nowe in a laske & extreeme hot & drye Decēb. 12. die h. 9. 30. mi ant m 1598. troubled in her sleepe.

{sic} husband vxore sine cōsensu

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 65v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12455: Horary consultation concerning Goodman William Kilpine (PERSON13362)

Question asked by the patient on 14 May 1599 at 18:30

RN Williā{sic} Kilpine hath his beasts wch die vndr his s {sic} hand very strangly & sodenly quaking & trembling hath lost 7 beast & 2 mares moved his q. at: 14 of May die h. 7. 6. 30. 1599

Agnes Campion.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 163r (upper left part of page)

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CASE62873: Decumbiture for Agnes [Anne] West (PERSON61455)

Question asked by the patient on 5 October 1626 at 10:30

RN An West \of Olny/ suddenly taken sept 24: h. 6. 30 p m. 1626. /francis Gaudorne & his sister susp. Katherin Chardge now Sterling would fome at her mouth wth strang f{its} of {weake} {illeg}\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 304r (middle 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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3AStrange%20affliction;f21-practitioner-is-querent=No;f22-querent-age-band=030-039, accessed 19 March 2025.