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CASE44595: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Agnes Rawlins [Clason] (PERSON34605)

Question asked by the patient on 2 April 1617 at 11:15

RN Agnys Rawlins of Stoake Hamon. 30 y Ap 2 h. 11. 15 ant m. 1617. doubteth of ill words trēbleth /is greevously tormented stomack good\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 109v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE13421: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Butcher (PERSON10241)

Question asked by the patient between 14 October 1597 and 16 July 1598

RN Els. Butch: cæpit ægrot. 1597 Octob. 13. die . h. post {sic} h. 9. she ke {sic} quivereth & trembleth. shee feared least shee was bewitched but she mended a weake after.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 111v (upper part of page)

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CASE35851: Horary consultation concerning Anne Travell (PERSON25794)

Question asked by the patient on 27 May 1609 at 16:00

RN An Travell of Sawcy forest a widow 28 y may 27 h {sic} hor. 4. p m 1609            quaketh trēbleth hed light feareth that she & her brothr are bewitched

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 203, f. 57v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE49604: Horary consultation concerning Henry Cuddington (PERSON29576)

Question asked by Mrs Hipwell (PERSON31695) on 3 September 1619 at 17:00

RN Henry Cuddington of Stony stratford i2|i| y sept 3 h. 5. p m 1619

mres Hipwell sent him on a horse to me |dead palsy bewitched by good foster.| /the boy prsent\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘paralysis’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 172v (upper right part of page)

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CASE65994: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Robinson (PERSON57771)

Question asked by the patient on 6 May 1628 at 07:45 or at 07:50

RN {Mres Mar}y Robinson of Erklinborough 25. y may. 5|6| 7. 45 ant m 1628

It first tooke her wth trēbling & quaking12

[Astrological Chart]

Mres Mary Robynson 25 y may 5|6|. h. 7. 50 ant m 1628.

Notes:

1vide Ap 25. 2. fig.’ in the left margin

2 ‘Isaac Richardson susp’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 15r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE48391: Horary consultation concerning Anne Colman (PERSON29204)

Question asked by the patient on 15 March 1619 at 14:20

RN An Colemā of litle Brickhill 44 y march 15. h. 2. 20 p m 1619. |Is in strang fits. strangly handled wth quaking fits. witchery suspected|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 201v (upper right part of page)

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CASE71284: Decumbiture for Mrs Sara Willows (PERSON61910)

Question asked by the patient on 24 January 1631 at 14:39

RN Mres Sara Wheelows first taken Ian 23 h|| 4 \3. 30/ 11. 30 30 p |ant| m 1631 |of Collingtree 2 myles frō Northāpton|

strangly taken wth strang fits lifting her vp as on shaken wth a shaking Ague wth a great hart beating |was prsent|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 79 (upper left part of page)

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CASE75730: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Wilkes (PERSON61820)

Question asked by Wilkes (PERSON61818) on 20 October 1632 at 11:30

RN A|E|lis Wilx of Souldbery 2. y & bettr Octob 20 {illeg}|| hor 11. 30 ant m 1632. /witch susp. wth palsye. stoken lame in the back {out} any ground\ /mater filia\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 83 (upper left part of page)

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CASE57561: Horary consultation concerning Mr Oliver Boteler (PERSON28235)

Question asked by Lady Anne Boteler [Farrar] [Butler] (PERSON28242) on 3 January 1624 at 11:45

RN The lady \An/ Butler for her mr Oliver Butler 9 y next march bone {sic} 28 or 29 about 12 & on in the night. of Harolde sent to me for this child Ian 3 h {sic} hor 11. 45 ant m 1623 {sic}. extree {sic} weake & feeble & cā take no physick taken wth strang fits plucking his \right/ syde & rūneth to his back being holden harde & an extree {sic} cough almost halfe a yere. & is pyned & cā not stand nor goe Ill tong suspected

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 53r (upper right part of page)

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CASE70133: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Lucas (PERSON53956)

Question asked by the patient on 3 March 1630 at 13:00

Agnis Lucas of Holywell 76. y. Mar. 3. . h. 1. p. m. 1630

taken wth a Dead Palsye yet susspecteth Alce Ayre of witcherye

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 131 (middle right part of page)

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CASE63759: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Millicent [Villicent] Sanders [Temple] (PERSON58245)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1627 at 14:30

RN Mres Millecent Sainders sister to Sr Thomas Temple at Brisworth. 5 myles beyond North Hāpton 58 y Ap. 25. h. 2. 30 p m 1627

had a fall frō a horse 6 weekes a goe frō a horse by wch her hucklebone was set out of ioynt

Then it was set by Mr Hayles & cōtinued so a fortnight & then Allen of Leycestersheere in Norton put it better in being not well set & she found ease by it a fortnight & mended and about a ten days sinc she cōplayned of it yt she could not styrr Knee nor foote. /& her Knees & toes stand ever sinc outward\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘hucklebone out of ioynt was set cānot styr her knee’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 78v (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE75775: Horary consultation concerning Rebecca Whitmell [Filpot] (PERSON61733)

Question asked by the patient on 25 October 1632 at 10:40

RN Rebecca Whitemeale of Meadesmorton 42 y octob 25. h. 10 40 ant m 1632 Vtrū venef sit passa lame in her thigh |vide octob 22|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 97 (upper left part of page)

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CASE43281: Horary consultation concerning John Rechel (PERSON34645)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38058) on 27 April 1616 at 10:30

RN Iohn Rachell of Elstoe 6 y Ap 27 h {sic} hor 10. 30 ant m 16i6. lame in the knes a fortnight ever sinc Goody Slone was denyed to bake wth her /

[Astrological Chart]

feareth yt on goody Slone hath wronged it.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 408, f. 72v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE59960: Horary consultation concerning Susan Hide [Hinde] (PERSON51435)

Question asked by the patient on 19 March 1625 at 16:00

RN Susan Hide of litle Eate 23|4| y. march 19 h {sic} hor 4 p m 1625 palsy on the right syde

Susan Hyde sent to me march 19 h {sic} hor. 4 p m. 1625 a palsy on the right syde above a yere every day a like & worse at her lying downe at night

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 18r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE74924: Horary consultation concerning The right worshipful gentlewoman Mrs Mary Peyton (PERSON56646)

Question asked by the patient on 21 June 1632 at 19:50

RN Mres Mary Pay Pea|y|ton of {sic} now at London Iune 2i . h. 7: 50 p m 1632 /paralytica cū convuls. paroxismus\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 255 (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE30418: Horary consultation concerning Joan Woodward (PERSON26162)

Question asked by the patient on 3 January 1607 at 12:00

RN Ione Woodwarde of Hardmead 50 y Ian 3. {illeg}|| hor 12. in m. 1607.

lame in her backe loynes. feetes. cānot sty{rre}1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘lame in her ioyntes’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 44v (upper right part of page)

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CASE74922: Horary consultation concerning The right worshipful gentlewoman Mrs Mary Peyton (PERSON56646)

Question asked by the patient on 21 June 1632 at 19:50

RN Mres many|ry| peyton of weare 26 or 28 y. was fat & of a sanguyne cōplexion |taken| lame on the right syde no physick will helpe for she hath had the opium of many Doctors. Iune 21 h. 7. 50 p m 1632.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 254 (upper left part of page)

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CASE55553: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Gostwick [Goddard] (PERSON50162)

Question asked by Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264) on 28 January 1623 at 11:00

RN Goody Gale for her Thomas Gostick a yere & a halfe old borne the weddensday after mysdsomer. sent Ian. 28 h. 11. ant m 1623.

It doth pyne & eate litle & doth not sper nor cānot goe it is so weake.

Elner Warner her next neighb. Elis Steaphinson who dwell boath togeathr her mother hanged

cānot kepe his water.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 164r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE62874: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] West (PERSON61455)

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

RN An West of Olny 30 y octob 5. h. 10: 30 ant m 1626 a nūnes in her hans {sic} & legs suddenly taken away

Ioane Chard susp but now dead 2 yeres sinc

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 304r (upper right part of page)

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CASE76844: Horary consultation concerning Judith Hix (PERSON51624)

Question asked by the patient on 4 April 1633 at 10:00

RN Iudith Hix of Woodstocke ma\r/yed 31 y the fryday before the lady Day Ap 4 h. 9. 20 \10/ ant m 1633 /a trēbling in her belly\ /an extreme griping in her belly\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 1 (upper 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?f2-querent-sex=Female;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3AWitchcraft%20suffered%20%28medical%29, accessed 2 March 2025.