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CASE38414: Horary consultation concerning Thorne (PERSON35992)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37556) between 13 July 1611 at 18:38 and 15 July 1611 at 08:00

RN Goody Thornes child of Sherington 10 y haunted as it would seeme wth some ill thing a longe tyme & will goe it knoweth not wheathr. & lye out of dores./ can fynd no helpe./

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 200, f. 131r (upper left part of page)

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CASE57656: Horary consultation concerning Hopkins (PERSON51810)

Question asked by Goody Hopkins (PERSON51837) on 31 January 1624 at 11:20

RN Goody Hopkins child sent to know wheathr bewitched Ian 2|3|1. h {sic} hor 11. 20 ant m 1624 /the child prsent\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 70r (upper left part of page)

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CASE36450: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSONGRP38)

Question asked by Mr Poulton (PERSON24947) on 30 August 1609 at 12:00

RN Mr Poulton |of london serv to old Mr Stas of london| sent to me in the behalfe of some yt by witchery had lost there sight Aug 30. . h. 0 12. 16091

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘eysight lost by witchcraft’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 203, f. 144r (bottom right 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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CASE64467: Election concerning an Anonymous (PERSON40505)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) on 15 August 1627 between 08:00 and 10:25

RN Aug. 23. h 7

[Astrological Chart]

Aug. 23. h 7 p m 1627. |make yr oynt advrsus veneficiū|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 191r (bottom 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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CASE78183: Interrogation concerning Conny (PERSON46702)

Question asked by William Conny (PERSON46715) on 4 September 1633 at 15:00

RN Williā Conye 30 y sept 4. h. 3. p m 1633

Last sonday his child is Dead bet|w|itched & could not rest: all the night long & dyed on monday night

Will: Cony of newp. 33 y. sept: 4 h 3. p m 1633.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 211, p. 423 (upper right part of page)

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CASE54777: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39524)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39523) on 11 August 1622 at 13:25

RN A womā of Stratford broght a litle child a v {sic} xj weeks old would sucke other bodyes teates but not hers very vnquiet & crying. hath a great cold Aug 11. h. 1. \25/ p m. 16221

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a womā susp’ in the right margin

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 222, f. 28v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE62662: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON40341)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40340) on 29 December 1626 at 12:00

RN a womā of Newp brought a child of 4 weekes old Decēb 29 h. 12. 1626. sup on goody Bechā Did harme it

the child wasteth & cōsumeth & so did another of her child yt dyed before

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 264r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11853: Horary consultation concerning John [Joan] Malins (PERSON13880)

Question asked by Goody Joan Malins (PERSON13903) on 7 December 1598 at 15:30

RN Iohn Malins a yere & a quarter lacking a fortnight as it were pined in all her lims & bodye hed a poer bare creature. cannot sleepe not at any time in a moneth or fortnight but crye and Drinke mater adduxit se{cū} filiolā veretr ne sit maleficio vl veneficio afflictus. Decēb. 7. die hor. 3. 30. mi. 1598 very short winded.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 62v (upper right part of page)

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CASE57536: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39790)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39791) on 30 December 1623 at 11:00

RN a litle child halfe yere old swoundeth & fometh as one having the falling sicknes. vexed wth many convulsive fits Decēb 30 h. 11 ant m. 1623.

goody Huccot next neighbour suspected

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 48r (bottom 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)

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?f2-judgment=No;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f4-patient-sex=Unknown, accessed 10 April 2025.