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CASE8280: Horary consultation concerning Matthew Altham (PERSON405)

Question asked by Mrs Altham (PERSON406) on 11 October 1600 at 07:15

RN Mres Altam for her husb: brother. SF \mathewe altam of 50 yers/ RN Desp yt on weddensday last would have made him selfe away & would have drowned him selfe Octob. 11 die ♄ 7. 15 p|a|nt m 1600 cū cons. fratris. SF |sine cōsensu| RN

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 236, f. 223r (bottom right part of page)

Mrs Altham (PERSON406)Matthew Altham (PERSON405)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Tempted and suicidal )

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

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CASE18910: Horary consultation concerning Matthew Altham (PERSON405)

Question asked by Mrs Altham (PERSON406) on 11 October 1600 at 07:19

RN Mr Althoms brothr Londinensis Octob 11 die ♄ hor 7 19 ant m. 1600. tempted bi sathan to Drowne him selfe light headed.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a sathana tentatꝯ’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 32v (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

Mrs Altham (PERSON406)Matthew Altham (PERSON405)

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

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

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CASE10399: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Godfrey (PERSON12200)

Question asked by the patient on 22 April 1600 at 14:40

RN Agnys Godfrey of Thornborrowe Apr 22 die ♂ h. 2. 40 p m. a widowe 1600 head haunted & tempted this 12 yeres

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 48r (upper right part of page)

Agnes Godfrey (PERSON12200)

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

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Haunted)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Payment

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?f25-date=1600-1609%3A%3A1600;f28-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ATempted%20and%20suicidal;f29-querent-sex=Female, accessed 16 April 2025.

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