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CASE49065: Horary consultation concerning Harris (PERSON31404)

Question asked by Mr Thomas Marsh [March] [the elder] (PERSON4816) on 23 June 1619 at 08:40

RN my Cosen hee marsh. for Sr Arthur Harrys his Daughter of 17 or 18 y. Iune 22|3| ☿. h. 8. 40 ant m 1619 /strangly troubled wth melanch ready to desp & to make her selfe awey.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 58v (upper right part of page)

Mr Thomas Marsh [March] [the elder] (PERSON4816)Harris (PERSON31404)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction (passions))

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (TroubledMelancholyDespairTempted and suicidal )

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

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CASE26507: Horary consultation concerning Sara Musgrave [Blot] (PERSON20374)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON21273) on 26 December 1605 at 12:00

RN Sara musgrave Decēb 26 ♃ h. 12. 1605.

tempted in mynd

miserablely afflicted god helpe her

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 1v (bottom left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON21273)Sara Musgrave [Blot] (PERSON20374)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Tempted and suicidal Afflicted (passions))

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Outcome(s)

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CASE39020: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Ratcliffe (PERSON34583)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSONGRP53) on 29 December 1611 at 14:40

RN Elis: Ratcliffe our lady Day next 17 y. Decēb. 29. ☉ h. 2. 3|4|0 p. m. 1611. of Stony stratford1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘is tēpted wth an evill spirit to \in/ there iudgment’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 211r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Anonymous (PERSONGRP53)Elizabeth Ratcliffe (PERSON34583)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Tempted and suicidal )

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Outcome(s)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?f24-patient-age-band=010-019;f26-querent-is-asking-about=Others;f27-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ATempted%20and%20suicidal, accessed 8 January 2025.

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