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CASE25538: Horary consultation concerning Catherine Lane (PERSON32515) and Arnetrue Lane (PERSON32514)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37389) on 20 October 1610 at 10:00

RN Katheron lane of lowton 4 y \half a yere |a quartr of a yer|/ octob. 20 h {sic} hor 10 ant m. 16i0 Arnetrue lane 17 /metuit veneficiū\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 144v (upper right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON37389)Catherine Lane (PERSON32515)Arnetrue Lane (PERSON32514)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE13893: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Linge (PERSON13726) and Elizabeth Linge (PERSON13727)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17902) on 6 July 1603 at 10:00

RN An lingnes of great brickhill 10 y. Iuly. 6. ☿ hor. 10. ant m 1603. Esila Elisabeth lingne 9 y.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘metuit veneficiū malarū linguarū.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, f. 59v (upper right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON17902)Agnes [Anne] Linge (PERSON13726)Elizabeth Linge (PERSON13727)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Not specified in question)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE25811: Horary consultation concerning Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264) and Edward Gale (PERSON30739)

Question asked by Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264) on 12 January 1611 at 10:30

RN An Gale of Goldington now brought a bed & her milk is gone & dryed vp sodenly & her child ill. suspecteth ill peop. Ian 12. {illeg}|♄| hor. 10. 30 ant m 16 {sic}12. 1611.

Dorothy Katlyn. Elinor Warner Ione Chāberlyn. 2 of yt name./

Edward Gale./

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 239, f. 185r (bottom right part of page)

Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264)Edward Gale (PERSON30739)

Medical >Women’s matters (No milk)

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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CASE78543: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Eleanor Aylet (PERSON43141) and Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142)

Question asked by Mrs Eleanor Aylet (PERSON43141) and Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) on 31 October 1633 at 10:15

RN Mres Elenor Aylet of Madalen Laver. 17 octob 31 ♃ h. 10 15 ant m 1633 |hath thē well 2 y| |troubled in her sleepe| sent her water mother & daughter brought her|th|ere {sic} waters. |sleepeth well|

[Astrological Chart]

Elis: Spacy of High Rooding appeared plainly to her in her sleep |this night| & then not well 2 or 3 days after

Richard Pavet & h{is} wife susp:

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 412, f. 19v (upper right part of page)

Mrs Eleanor Aylet (PERSON43141)Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Astrological Chart

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?f21-time-of-day=AM%3A%3A10%3A00-10%3A59;f23-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f24-number-of-patients=Multiple%20patients, accessed 2 April 2025.

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