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CASE27354: Horary consultation concerning Isabel Worly (PERSON21244)

Question asked by the patient on 24 May 1606 at 12:15

RN Ellen \Isbell/ Worlye of Strixxson past{or}s. 50 y may 24. ♄ hor. 12. 15 p m 1606 shee sent her watr but is mightely disquieted in mynd. yet walketh abroad.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 141v (upper left part of page)

Isabel Worly (PERSON21244)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Mind Disquieted)

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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CASE57381: Horary consultation concerning Mary Wells (PERSON61403)

Question asked by the patient on 14 November 1623 at 13:38

RN Mary Wels of fæny stratford 50 y novēb. 14 ♀ h. 1. 38 p m 1623. mynd troubled

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 22r (upper left part of page)

Mary Wells (PERSON61403)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Mind Troubled)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3AWitchcraft%20suffered%20%28medical%29;f26-querent-age-band=050-059%3A%3A50;f27-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMind, accessed 12 April 2025.

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