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CASE11889: Horary consultation concerning Ursula Thorpe (PERSON16425)

Question asked by Mr Michael Hipwell (PERSON12796) on 21 December 1598 at 09:15

RN vrsula Thorpe of Stony stratford keepeth the bull. hipwell vnkle vnto Thorpe 32 yeres old sick ever sinc mikelmas goeth abroade. Dece {sic} sent by Mr Olivr Barker. for his wife sister is her mothr in frendship & kindred Doubteth wheathr shee be bewitched & hath a canker in her tongue & tented shee hath an ill stomacke & spitteth putrifyed bloode. Decēbr. 2i. die ♃. h. 9. 15. ant m. 1598.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 70r (upper left part of page)

Mr Michael Hipwell (PERSON12796)Ursula Thorpe (PERSON16425)

Medical>Symptoms (specified) (Spitting blood)

Medical>Parts of the body>Head and neck (Throat and mouth)

Medical>Symptoms (specified)>Lesions and abscesses (Canker)

Medical>Parts of the body>Torso (Stomach)

Medical>Illness (general) (Illness)

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

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

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CASE2790: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON8310)

Question asked by the patient on 7 November 1597 at 17:00

SF {illeg} {of} {illeg}1 yeres state mend {or} peir & wher he shall {hau}e any further sicknes or no/ at 5 p m 7 nou’

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 226, f. 248v (upper right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON8310)

Medical>Current state (‘stat(e)’ or ‘stat(us)’)

Medical>Prognosis (Mend or pair)

Personal affairs>Predictive (General predictions)

Practitioner: Dr Simon Forman (PERSON2824) 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?f38-date=1590-1599;f39-patient-age-band=030-039;f40-querent-age-band=070-079, accessed 2 April 2025.

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