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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)

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CASE13348: Horary consultation concerning Goody Parkins [Cowly] (PERSON14687)

Question asked by the patient on 6 May 1597 at 16:45

RN Perkins a woman crased haunted by a sprite venit ad me quærens morbum 1597 maij 6. die hora 5. 15. m \hora {sic}/ 4: 45. |wth love crased|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 182, f. 61v (upper part of page)

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CASE53788: Horary consultation concerning John Bolton (PERSON44398)

Question asked by the patient on 2 April 1622 at 11:00

RN Iohn Bolton of Byssetour 33 y Ap. 2. h. 11 ant m 1622 troubled in mynd wth ill thought. & is very light headed & cānot sleepe a yere. had pils & was let blood last yere. the Divell Doth rū in his mynd./ |goody plowright susp.|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 37v (upper left part of page)

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CASE13090: Horary consultation concerning John Marsh (PERSON14005)

Question asked by Marsh (PERSON14003) on 18 February 1600 at 08:00

RN Iohn Marshe of Barnet 50 y. distempered in mind ob {l} {sic} veneficiū. et {vutpō} immisse in domū eius. feb. 18 die h. 8. ant m. 1600. filius patre /Lunatice\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 271v (upper right part of page)

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CASE32676: Horary consultation concerning Mr Potkyn (PERSON24941)

Question asked by Margery Potkyn (PERSON14999) on 4 February 1606 at 10:15

RN I came to Mr Potkins of lilly by the how 62 y feb. 4. h. 10. 15 ant m. 1606 |vxor marito sine consensu./|12

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘frentick despayreth ready to murder him self’ in chart

2 ‘& beateth his bed {sic} against the bedsteede & sayth yt he hath given him selfe to the devill’ in the right margin

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 229, f. 10r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE78793: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Baldwin (PERSON43286)

Question asked by Mr Marsh (PERSON54301) on 4 February 1634 at 09:00

RN Elis: Baldwyn of Dagnoll by Edgborugh 40 y a mayd feb 4 h 9 ant m 1634 /cānot sleepe Mr Marsh wrote\

brayne troubled will kill her father & the child sayth yt she must make her selfe away

eateth greedely to serve the Devill

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 81v (upper right part of page)

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CASE51851: Horary consultation concerning Goodman George Cockayne (PERSON29119)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39175) on 20 December 1620 at 12:00

RN Georg Cockin of newp. 31. y mayed {sic} Decēb: 20: h. 12. 1620

16. y. troubled in mynd & discontented

raging

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 20r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12171: Horary consultation concerning Frances Thomson (PERSON16408)

Question asked by Thomson (PERSON16388) on 30 March 1599 at 12:30

RN Frauncis Tomson by her husband of lowton 30 of March. die h. 12 30. mi. morbo. 1599 caput phantastijs melancholicis laborat. timore spiritu’. 42. yeres. /muscam metuit et {muo}rē\

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 116v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12317: Horary consultation concerning William Rogers (PERSON15428)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 18:00

RN Will. Rogars of Stock hāmon. 20 yeres old. troubled in minde the cannot be rid of the devill always cōmeth to his minde & cannot be shifted of him. Aprill 25. h. 6. p m. 1599. this 2 yeres.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 139v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE20875: Horary consultation concerning Mr Vincent Goddard (PERSON12177)

Question asked by the patient on 23 March 1604 at 10:00

RN Mr Vincent Goddard her brothr 23 y sent at boath these tymes maryed 3 yeres handled by fits aftr a strang māner 12 days sometymes wthout senc & feele as in a dead palsy but will not speake but cryeth at the begyning of his fit extreemely yet looketh well.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 415, f. 53r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE62241: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Hawes (PERSON51213)

Question asked by the patient on 2 May 1626 at 06:30

RN Th Haws of Princes Risborne 36|8| y May 1 {sic}. h. 6. 30 ant m. 1626.

mutch troubled in mynd & feareth ill tongues/

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 190r (upper left part of page)

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CASE78999: Horary consultation concerning Ellen Green (PERSON50329)

Question asked by the patient on 8 April 1634 at 09:00

TG Ellen greene of Fen traiton in Cambridge sh. 34. y. Ap. 8 h. 9 am. 1634. troubled in minde haunted by an ill spirit, whom se {sic} saith he speaketh to her.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 119r (upper right part of page)

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CASE42125: Horary consultation concerning Anne Winch [Pedder] (PERSON36926)

Question asked by the patient on 12 July 1615 at 11:20

RN An Winch of luton Iuly 20|5| y. Iuly. 12 h. 11. 20 ant m. 16151

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘troubled in mynd./’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 62v (upper left part of page)

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CASE28469: Horary consultation concerning Sara Musgrave [Blot] (PERSON20374)

Question asked by the patient on 29 March 1605 at 12:20

RN Sara musgrove \of/ Bletsoe 20 y maryed 2 y. march. 29. h. 12 20 p m. 1605. troubled wth fancyes very fearfull in her mynd to loose her wits troubled in her sleepe cānot rest metuit veneficiū full of melanch cholicke

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 17r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE26406: Horary consultation concerning Quicke (PERSON62762)

Question asked by the patient and Hugh Quicke (PERSON57231) on 21 February 1615 at 10:00

RW Hugh Quicke of Clifton r{a}{i}{g}nes came wth his wife, who was much trou{ble}{d} in minde & often times tempted (shee sayd) wth an e{u}ill spirite to doe her selfe a misc{h}eife./ shee suspected a man & his wife in that {to}{wne}./ & when she{illeg} came home from mee she{illeg} tould her neighbours that I shewed her that {monster} in a glasse. but shee lyed./ d. h: 10. ant: {m}: Feb: 21. 1615. they came vnto me./

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 204, f. 41r (upper right part of page)

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CASE61454: Horary consultation concerning Mr Wells (PERSON61363)

Question asked by the patient on 3 January 1626 at 14:50

RN Mr Wels troubled wth an Incubus spirit he thinketh wth flashings & lightnings. Ian. 3 h. 2 50 p m 1625 {sic}

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 67r (middle left part of page)

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CASE44189: Horary consultation concerning Goody Isabel Cole (PERSON22608)

Question asked by the patient on 24 December 1616 at 14:45

RN Elis. Col Isbell Coles of Wicken {2}|4|6 y Decēb: 24. . h. 2. 45. p m. 16i6

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 43r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE47346: Decumbiture for Richard Sanders (PERSON35065)

Question asked by the patient on 22 August 1618 at 14:00

RN Rich Sanders of Han Shenly 20 y Aug. 21 h. 9. 30 p m 1618 taken falled into a sudden strang laughing did nothing but laugh

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 5r (upper right part of page)

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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 talk Idly

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

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CASE28213: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Dolt (PERSON19493)

Question asked by the patient on 9 October 1606 at 13:00

RN Margaret Dolte of Hockly. 55 y Octob. 9 h. 1. p m 16061

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘troubled in minde’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 284v (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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?f26-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f30-judgment=No;f31-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind, accessed 29 March 2025.