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CASE31491: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Pearson (PERSON24864)

Question asked by Goodman Pearson (PERSON24859) on 25 May 1607 at 10:45

W Goodman Person of Kemson for his daughter Dorithye of 2|y|. 2. ☾. May. 25. hor. 10. 45. A. Mer. 1607.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 193r (bottom left part of page)

Goodman Pearson (PERSON24859)Dorothy Pearson (PERSON24864)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

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

Practitioner: Mr Willoughby (PERSON21200) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE32059: Horary consultation concerning Isaac Foulkes (PERSON23261)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26455) on 12 September 1607 at 10:54

RN Isaac fouke of Houghton Regis a yere old the fryday sennet before St Thomas Day Sept 12 h {sic} hor. 10 54 ant m 1607

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 273r (bottom left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON26455)Isaac Foulkes (PERSON23261)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

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

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

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CASE30598: Horary consultation concerning William Cooper (PERSON19373)

Question asked by Mrs Jane Cooper [Church] (PERSON10917) on 6 February 1607 at 11:00

RN C|M|res Coo sent to me to come Downe to see her child. Wylliā of 6 y feb 6 ♀ h. 11. ant m 1607 /extreme sick & gnaweth the clothes\ /metuit veneficiū\

[Astrological Chart]

& Mr Ducobes sonn Ih|o|hn for his baldnes feb. 6. ♀ h 11 ant m 1607.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 193, f. 72v (upper left part of page)

Mrs Jane Cooper [Church] (PERSON10917)William Cooper (PERSON19373)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

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

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

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CASE30826: Horary consultation concerning George Cottrell (PERSON22703)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26301) on 10 March 1607 at 12:40

RN George Cottrell of newp 6 y march 10 ♂ h. 12. 40 p m 1607

thought to be bewitched by Elis woodfild

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 105v (bottom right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON26301)George Cottrell (PERSON22703)

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

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

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CASE32593: Horary consultation concerning William Morgan (PERSON14262)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26527) on 23 January 1608 at 12:00

RN Wylliā Morgen borne lāmas day was 6 yeres being eithr ♀. or ☉

wylliā Morgen of laundon 6 at lāmas last Ian. 23. h {sic} hor. 12. in m. 1608 /bleedeth still when the ☾ is in ♈ or ♌. margery Bagly suspected\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 344r (bottom left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON26527)William Morgan (PERSON14262)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Bleeding)

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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CASE30277: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Lingard (PERSON24232)

Question asked by Lingard (PERSON24231) on 8 November 1606 at 07:20

RN Elis Lingard of Lowick a yere & a quartr novēb. 8 ♄ hor 7. 20 ant m. 1606. /pater sine consensu\12

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘morbꝯ comitialis’ in chart

2 ‘convulsio.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 18r (upper left part of page)

Lingard (PERSON24231)Elizabeth Lingard (PERSON24232)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Falling sickness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fits and convulsions (Fits)

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment PaymentAstrological 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;f5-volume-name=Napier%2C%20vol.%2012;f6-patient-age-band=000-009, accessed 7 February 2025.

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