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CASE30909: Horary consultation concerning Sara Quincey (PERSON24988)

Question asked by the patient on 20 March 1607 at 10:50

RN Sara R|Q|uincy of lowick 36 y march 20 ♀ h. 10 50 ant m 1607 |strangly handled|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 117r (upper right part of page)

Sara Quincey (PERSON24988)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction )

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

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CASE31296: Decumbiture for Mr Francis Shaxton (PERSON15740)

Question asked by the patient between 21 April 1607 at 19:50 and 22 April 1607 at 06:25

RN M^r Shaxton taken w^th a strang fit Apr 21. ♂ h. 8. 25 p m {sic} \7. 50. p m/ 1607 /put it for 7. 50 p m 1607.\

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 193, f. 169r (bottom left part of page)

Mr Francis Shaxton (PERSON15740)

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

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction )

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

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CASE30863: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Martha Smith (PERSON15928)

Question asked by Mr Ralph Smith (PERSON15860) on 13 March 1607

RN march 13. M^r Smith of milton did visite me in kindnes. 1607.

he told me y^t his wife is sick aft^r a strange maner & feareth y^t she is not w^th child. ve\r/y costive

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 193, f. 110r (upper right part of page)

Mr Ralph Smith (PERSON15860)Mrs Martha Smith (PERSON15928)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction )

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Constipation)

Sex, family and generation (Childbirth)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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CASE32602: Decumbiture for Mr Thomas Kelly (PERSON24000)

Question asked by the patient between 23 January 1608 at 14:00 and 25 January 1608 at 09:50

RN Thomas kelly Ian 22. ♀ h. 9 ant m had a sore shaking aguish fit 1608.

the lady Constables mā. Thomas kelly fell into a new & a strang aguish fit shaking bed & chāb^r round about ♄. 9. ant m. 1608.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 345v (upper left, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE30229: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Swaddon (PERSON20912)

Question asked by Dr Swaddon (PERSON25642) on 1 November 1606 at 12:15

RN Doctor Swaddon for his wife of great Horwood 50 y novēb 1. ♄ hor 12 15. p m 1606

sent her wat^r a|&| a lett^r strangly visited w^th ach sometymes in her left shoulder sometymes in her backe & tormēted in belly & stomack his his {sic} request is y^t I would come to him

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 11v (upper left part of page)

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CASE32306: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Manners [Countess of Rutland] (PERSON24331)

Question asked by the patient on 21 October 1607 at 14:00

RN The Countes of Rutland 21 y Octob. 21 ☿ h. 2. p m. 1607 |hed strange legs & knes swell. back/|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 305r (upper left part 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?f33-querent-identified=Yes;f37-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20193;f38-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3AStrange%20affliction, accessed 29 March 2025.