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CASE54095: Nativity for Joseph Astill (PERSON42989)

Question asked by the patient on 4 May 1622 at 11:30

RN Ioseph Ausyll of Purton natus. Ian 20 ☾ h. 2 p m. 1612 /in great travell wth him frō fryday to me\ /the {sic}\ /the boy prsent.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 88r (upper right part of page)

Joseph Astill (PERSON42989)

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

Medical  (Not specified in question)

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

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CASE71363: Nativity for Jeremy Web (PERSON61313)

Question asked by Web (PERSON61310) on 10 February 1631 at 16:30

RN Ieremy Web. of Huntington natus Sept 2. ♃ h. 12. at night p m 1630.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 115 (bottom left part of page)

Web (PERSON61310)Jeremy Web (PERSON61313)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment 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?f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f4-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry%3A%3ANativity;f5-querent-sex=Male, accessed 20 March 2025.

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