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CASE62834: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Easter Trollop (PERSON60487)

Question asked by Mr Thomas Stonyte (PERSON59710) on 30 September 1626 at 09:00

RN on Mr Stonyt sent for a womā {m} {sic} yt hath had the kings evill 6 y. hath bene wth king Iaes {sic} but neavr the better sendeth to me Sept 30 h 9 ant m 1626 /goody Iacksons susp.\1

[Astrological Chart]

vtrū {illeg}

Notes:

1 ‘Mres {frolick}/. Kings evil’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 297r (upper left part of page)

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CASE23019: Decumbiture for Catherine Morgan (PERSON54961)

Question asked by the patient on 23 September 1630 at 06:30

RN This strang fit of ye ague tooke Sept 22 h. 6. 40 p m 1630 |it tooke her yest in great extremity feb malig|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 152v (upper right part of page)

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CASE20315: Decumbiture for James Flavell (PERSON11796)

Question asked by the patient on 28 January 1602 at 11:00

RN this disease tooke him vnder the eare first as if he had bene stroken sodenly as it were wth a planet. Decēb. 10 hor 4. {illeg}|15| p m 1602.

feareth ill tounges.

Clement Whitton feared

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 277r (middle, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE43959: Horary consultation concerning Marshal (PERSON33026)

Question asked by Goody Marshal (PERSON33031) on 30 September 1616 at 08:00

RN Goody Marshall {sic}\chall/ of newp susp on Buckinghās daughter called goody Howet to have harmed her husb. who is sick of the new ague sept 30 h 8 ant m 16i6.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 198, f. 4v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE10890: Horary consultation concerning Robert Lane (PERSON13559)

Question asked by the patient on 19 June 1600 at 15:20

RN Robart Lane of North Crowly 37. yeres a Dropsy Iune 19 die h. 3. 20 p m. 1600

Dropsie leek./

metuit veneficiū viduæ Hall.

swelled wth red spots & angry

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 115v (upper left, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE50457: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Beeson (PERSON27942)

Question asked by the patient on 29 March 1620 at 15:30 or at 16:00

RN Thomas Beestone of Bletsoe 34 y march 29 h. 3. 30 p m 1620

Th. Beeston quærit vtrū venif sit passus mach {sic} 29 h. 4. p m 1620 /had an ague & it fell downe into his kne sorely swelled yt he cānot goe vppon it\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 154r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE21915: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18701)

Question asked by Mr Tyrringham (PERSON18812) on 13 January 1605 at 09:00

RN Mr Tyrringhās mead of Tyrringhā 24 y Ian. 13 h. 9. ant m 1605. suffocat matricis strange fits eithr of mothr or apop. litharg.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1

sleepy. Lethargye

speachles skreameth only

’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 214r (upper right part of page)

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CASE54777: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39524)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39523) on 11 August 1622 at 13:25

RN A womā of Stratford broght a litle child a v {sic} xj weeks old would sucke other bodyes teates but not hers very vnquiet & crying. hath a great cold Aug 11. h. 1. \25/ p m. 16221

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a womā susp’ in the right margin

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 222, f. 28v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE28469: Horary consultation concerning Sara Musgrave [Blot] (PERSON20374)

Question asked by the patient on 29 March 1605 at 12:20

RN Sara musgrove \of/ Bletsoe 20 y maryed 2 y. march. 29. h. 12 20 p m. 1605. troubled wth fancyes very fearfull in her mynd to loose her wits troubled in her sleepe cānot rest metuit veneficiū full of melanch cholicke

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 17r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE63278: Horary consultation concerning Knight (PERSON53131)

Question asked by Goody Knight (PERSON32388) on 22 February 1627 at 08:00

RN Goody Knights child 9 y feb. 22. h 8 ant m. 1627 |falling sick a burning feaver|

[Astrological Chart]

witch feared by her mother

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 3r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE75463: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Catesby (PERSON45756)

Question asked by the patient on 1 August 1632 at 07:00

RN falling sicknes & suffoc of the mother Aug. 1. h. h. 7 ant m 1632

Mres Elis Catesbee 12 y yt had many fits almost 20 in a day susp. Elis. Marrshall.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 435 (upper left part of page)

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CASE52239: Horary consultation concerning Lettice Sherman (PERSON58654)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON58651) on 29 March 1621 at 09:00

RN Lettice Shermā of Woulvrton 23 y march 29 h. 8 9. ant m. 162i

she came heather wth her mother. strang fits then swoūding in her bed as the falling sicknes or mother.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 102r (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?f38-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29;f40-judgment=No;f41-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil, accessed 4 April 2025.