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CASE15184: Horary consultation concerning Mary Hacket (PERSON12453)

Question asked by the patient on 20 June 1603 at 13:30

GJ Mary Hacket of Paulus Perry 11 y. Iune 20 ☾ ho. 1. 30 p. m. 1603

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 92r (upper left part of page)

Mary Hacket (PERSON12453)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

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

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172) Judgment

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CASE16173: Horary consultation concerning Robert Samuell (PERSON15569)

Question asked by the patient on 16 June 1604 at 07:00

GJ Robert Samuell of Blomham 19 y. Iune 16 ♄ ho. 7 a m. 1604

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 197v (bottom left part of page)

Robert Samuell (PERSON15569)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE14852: Horary consultation concerning Lettice Balle (PERSON9405)

Question asked by the patient on 18 April 1603 at 11:45

GJ Lettice Ball of Nash 17 y Apr. 18. ☾ ho 11. 45 a m 1603. Quærit whether any evill tongue have power over her. Cannot sleepe is light headed & sometymes talkꝭ Idly

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 55v (bottom left part of page)

Lettice Balle (PERSON9405)

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

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Lightheaded (passions)Idle talk)

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

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172) Treatment PaymentOutcome(s) Patient’s death recorded

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-volume-name=Napier%2C%20vol.%2007;f23-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f24-querent-age-band=010-019, accessed 8 February 2025.

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