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CASE36011: Horary consultation concerning Alice Gray (PERSON19774)

Question asked by the patient on 21 June 1609 at 10:12

RN Alce Graye of Grendon 50 y Iune 21 h. 10. 12 ant m 1609

[Astrological Chart]

this womā hath bene troubled this 5 yeres wth some bad bodye & cānot make chese but it will have bunches & it wilbe bytter & stronge of the Rūnet

Alce Cave of yt towne 60 y who hath an Ill name./ & Doll Risinge. |her mother Margery Rising susp dead.|

cheese looketh & is well whiles it is 3 weekes old. afterward it waxeth bitter & is strong of the rūnet./ she lost 2 y. sinc 2. beasts fomyg.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 203, f. 77r (upper left part of page)

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CASE42067: Horary consultation concerning George Jefferies (PERSON32089)

Question asked by the patient on 28 June 1615 at 15:15

RN Georg Geffery of Moulsoe susp for the sodayne & strang Death of his cattle lately. on Eliz woodfild of Neuport yt goeth about a begging Iune. 28. . h: 3. 15 p m 16i5

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 196, f. 52r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE49057: Horary consultation concerning Goody Sheffield (PERSON35239)

Question asked by the patient on 22 June 1619 at 12:00

RN Goody Sheafeld of Clyfton by Stampford a womā great wth child & a very honest womā 3{illeg}|8| y Iune 22 h {sic} hor. 12. 1619

fell out wth a womā & doth feare her tongue yt sayd she would be avenged hath had i6 pigs dyed

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 57v (upper left part of page)

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CASE59520: Horary consultation concerning Richard Renbow (PERSON57386)

Question asked by the patient on 10 December 1624 at 15:00

RN Rich Raynbow of Ridgmont susp on goody Greene & another as cōfederate & tner good vnderwod D|for| there moping horse Decēb. 10 h. 3. p m. 1624

[Partial Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 124r (upper left part of page)

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CASE66753: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Ferdinando Ward (PERSON61081)

Question asked by the patient on 5 August 1628 at 08:00

RN M Fardinando Warde of Ravensdon Aug. 5 h. 8 ant m 1628

hath his hogs bewitched by on Margaret Price who is suspected & curseth

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 214v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE9344: Horary consultation concerning Mr Nicholas Knight (PERSON4383)

Question asked by the patient on 27 May 1601 at 07:00

SF Nicolas Knighte of Lambeth Dean 1601 27 of may An m’ at 7. Vtrun’ {sic} I{ean} \allis/ baker \of lambeth den/ or alls soot wyddowe of stretham in surrey haue bewitched his cattell/.1

[Blank Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1alls baker de quo dixit/’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 411, f. 90v (upper left part of page)

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CASE13327: Interrogation (Visit) concerning Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)

Question asked by the patient on 16 September 1597 at 11:55

RN Ihone Smith came to me q accusata veneficij. vt se purgaret |1597| Sept. 15|6| die .  {sic}. 11. 55. mi. ant merid.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 47r (upper part of page)

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CASE13362: Interrogation (Visit) concerning Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)

Question asked by the patient on 16 September 1597 at 17:15

RN 1h 5 15. post merid die h. 5. 15. post merid. Ihone Smith venit vt se purgaret a crimine et accusat seu suspicione potius veneficij negat se suem occidisse. venef. emisse

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘1597 sept 16 die ’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 73v (upper part of page)

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CASE13413: Interrogation (Visit) concerning Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)

Question asked by the patient on 24 January 1598 at 10:00

RN Old gooddy Barnwell came to me to purg her selfe of the suspition of venefic imputed vnto her by Blage & Mres Blundell. Ian: die 24 Ian. die h 10. ant merid. 1598. {illeg} s{illeg}/

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 107v (upper part of page)

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CASE14583: Interrogation concerning Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172)

Question asked by the patient on 7 March 1603 at 10:00

GJ Anne Hull of Harould 50 y. March {illeg}|7| ho 10 a m 1603.

[Astrological Chart]

accused of witchcraft

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 17v (upper left part of page)

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CASE20367: Interrogation (Visit) concerning Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)

Question asked by the patient on 7 February 1602 at 17:20

RN Ioanna Barnewell iterū me accessit feb 7 hor. 5. 3|2|0 p m 1602. vt me iterū cōveniret.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 404, f. 286r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE43955: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Colman (PERSON22628)

Question asked by the patient on 28 September 1616 at 15:20

RN Co Thomas Colmā came to me to make his cōplaynt agayst {sic} Ione Barnewell sept. 28. h {sic} hor 3. 20 p m 16i6 /in his owne son.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 4r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE75964: Interrogation concerning Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)

Question asked by the patient on 20 November 1632 between 09:00 and 10:15

RN Goodmā Ward came to acq me yt he had found out the womā yt had skill to search witches & told me what the prsūpt they had of G l g {sic} goody B & h son H. novēb 20 h. 9 ant m 1632 |he brght {sic} me a bottle of hock|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 156 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE30979: Horary consultation concerning Goody Foulkes (PERSON23264)

Question asked by the patient on 27 March 1607 at 10:00

RN Goody foukes of newport 68 y march 27. h. 10 ant m 1607.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1metuit veneficiū’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 126v (upper right part of page)

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CASE53174: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Jane Harte (PERSON51044)

Question asked by the patient on 24 September 1621 at 15:30

RN {sic} Mres Hart of Bishophathfield 46 y sept 24 h. 3. 30. p. m. 1621.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 105r (upper right part of page)

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CASE51188: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Morgan (PERSON14266)

Question asked by the patient on 10 July 1620 at 10:25

RN Goody Morga{illeg}|n|e Iuly 10 {illeg}|| h. 10. 25 ant m. 1620 of laundon

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 103r (upper left part of page)

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CASE58279: Horary consultation concerning Goody Agnes Ashburnor (PERSON42901)

Question asked by the patient on 24 April 1624 at 11:00

RN Agnys Ashburnour of Olnye 3|4|0 y Ap. 24 h {sic} hor 11 ant m. 1624 /quærit an sit gravida.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 163r (upper left part of page)

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CASE68541: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Joan [Joanna] Prescot (PERSON57057) and Mr John Prescot (PERSON57051)

Question asked by Mrs Joan [Joanna] Prescot (PERSON57057) on 25 May 1629 at 16:00

RN Mres Prescot of Kemolton priory 60 y may 25 h. 4. p m. 1629 /metuit veneficiū nothing spereth wth them {sic} |them|\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 406, f. 22r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE79115: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142)

Question asked by the patient on 9 July 1634 at 07:45

SRN Mrs. Eloner Aylett of Magdalen Laver 4{1}|3|. y. Iuly 9. h. 7. 15. a. m. 1634.

[Astrological Chart]

[Blank Astrological Chart]

Mrs. Elenor Aylett of Magdalen Laver in Ep Essex 43. y. came her selfe. Iuly 9. h. 7. 45. a. m. 1634. /veneficiū suspicatr\

[Astrological Chart]

Elizabeth Spacy. in high rowding neere Athrop Hall.

Richard Ba{b} Pavitt & his wife \Rebecca./ of Leaden Roadinge.

Parnel Sharpe.

An Mathew of Harlow.

Ieffery Holmes & Ioane & her Mothr Ione dowsett.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, ff. 145v-146r (f. 145v upper left, f. 145v upper right, f. 146r upper left, and f. 146r upper right)

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?f22-question-asked=Personal%20affairs%3A%3APersonal%20relations%3A%3AWitchcraft%20suspect;f23-number-of-practitioners=Single%20practitioner;f24-question-asked=Personal%20affairs, accessed 19 February 2025.