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CASE18525: Horary consultation concerning Old Mrs Martha Farrar [Farren] (PERSON11665)

Question asked by the patient on 13 January 1603 at 11:50

GJ Martha Farrow of Harold 50 y. Ian. 13 ho. 11. 50 a m. tempted to make away her self

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 221, f. 283r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE27781: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON21388)

Question asked by Old Lady Dormer [Elizabeth Brown] (PERSON19498) on 13 July 1606 at 11:30

RN M came for a womā tempted moved by my lady Dormer Iuly 13 h. 11. 30 ant m 1606

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 215, f. 217r (upper left part of page)

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CASE29360: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Williams (PERSON17178)

Question asked by the patient on 2 July 1605 at 08:00

RN Thomas wylliās of Potters /Perry\ 45 y Iuly 2 h. 8 ant m 1605.

mightely tempted.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 216, f. 141r (upper right part of page)

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CASE33143: Horary consultation concerning Sara Musgrave [Blot] (PERSON20374)

Question asked by the patient on 28 March 1608 at 12:30

RN Sara Musgrave of Bletchly 25 y march. 28. {illeg} . h. 12. 30 p m 1608 |in prsenc.|1

[Astrological Chart]

7 yeres mayed {sic} 3 child. the youngest a yere & halfe old./

Notes:

1 ‘tempted’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 229, f. 81r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE47709: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Bouth (PERSON28280)

Question asked by the patient on 19 October 1618 at 09:30

RN Mr Bouth at this troubled wth violent thought to offer violenc to him selfe Octob. 19 h. 9. 30 ant m 1618.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 230, f. 64r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE47890: Horary consultation concerning Goody Joan Kent (PERSON13329)

Question asked by the patient on 25 November 1618 at 11:00

RN Goody kent of Padbey came to me lamenting her state telling me yt she cānot s {sic} resist sathan no longer novēb 25 h. 11 ant m 1618

I prayed to god for her

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 230, f. 99v (upper right part of page)

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CASE48144: Decumbiture for Mrs Agnes Kent (PERSON32263)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38540) on 28 January 1619 at 11:38

RN \Agnys Kent of Beckly/ fell to be tempted Sept 4 h. i 1. 30 p m 1618 2 days after yt she was delivered was sorely tēpted by Sathan.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 230, f. 153v (upper left part of page)

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CASE56192: Interrogation concerning Thomas Burchmore (PERSON45208)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39664) on 1 May 1623 at 13:00

RN Th. Burchmore 28 y hanged him selfe may March 31. h. 6 ant m 1623.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘Hanged him selfe but his brother cut the halter & escaped’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 218, f. 82r (upper right part of page)

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CASE31920: Horary consultation concerning Mary Derick (PERSON19476)

Question asked by the patient on 1 August 1607 at 10:30

RN Mary Derrick of Steavington very ill craveth my helpe vndr god August 1. || hor. 11|0|. 30. ant m 1607.

tēpted frō god \to forsake all./ beateth downe her mynd tēpted to kill her selfe./

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 193, f. 255r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE68755: Horary consultation concerning Mary Bignell (PERSON44151)

Question asked by the patient on 15 June 1629 between 16:20 and 18:00

RN Mary Bignell 25 {y} \of feny Compton/ mayed {sic} 10 yeres & breeding of child is tempted to kill her children troubled wth tempt kepeth her bed & will eate well

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 406, f. 57Av (middle right part of page)

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CASE39545: Horary consultation concerning Faith Harbarte (PERSON31335)

Question asked by the patient on 3 April 1612 at 16:00

RN fayth Harbart of Princes Ridgboroug 34 y Ap 3. h. 4. p m 1612. mayed {sic}/ distēpered in her brayne tēpted thric sought to perish her selfe & yet god hath prserved her.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘*’ in the left margin

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 409, f. 44v (upper right part of page)

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CASE13257: Horary consultation concerning Goody Parkins [Cowly] (PERSON14687)

Question asked by the patient on 6 May 1597 at 17:34

RN \1597 6|M|ay 6. die h. 6|5|. hor. 5ta m. 34./ Perkins a woman very crased in breane & mutch tempted. Came to me {for} {sic} quærens morb.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 175, f. 114v (upper 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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CASE53676: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Matthew Cardwell (PERSON45583)

Question asked by the patient on 10 March 1622 at 09:30

RN Goodmā Cardwell of this towne sent his water march 10 h. 9. 30 ant m 1622 1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘head light sweateth tēpted mutch wynd & melancholy’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 223, f. 18r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE17364: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Hill (PERSON18718)

Question asked by the patient on 26 June 1602 at 15:40

RN Mres Hill of Hanslop. 4{illeg}|7| y Iune 26. hor. 3. 40 p m. 1602.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘troubled in mynde & not in body tempted wth bad cogitat imagin. fansyes.’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 221, f. 114r (upper right part of page)

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CASE77680: Horary consultation concerning William Glassonbery (PERSON49869)

Question asked by the patient on 24 June 1633 at 11:00

RN Williā Glazerbery of Newp 19 y Iune 24. . h. 11 ant m 1633

Alce Howet Buckinghās Daughter an ill susp body

tempted to curse god.

full of pricking & shooting

halfe a yere ill

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 211, p. 257 (middle left part of page)

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CASE31740: Horary consultation concerning Joan Dickins (PERSON22916)

Question asked by the patient on 22 June 1607 at 08:50

RN Ione Dickings of Stocke golding 20 y Iune 22 h. 8. 50 ant m 1607. frigted or haunted wth some ill sprite mopish wōt to Drowne her selfe |suspecteth on lanckford min onc curat of b|w|oulvrton. nevr well since he was there.|

deus eius nostri miseratr. in prsenc mopish sottish laugheth looketh well.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 193, f. 228v (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?f37-extent-of-transcription=Whole%20entry;f40-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ATempted%20and%20suicidal;f41-number-of-querents=Single%20querent, accessed 27 February 2025.