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John Cosins (PERSON10943)

Male, b. 1583-04-19-1585-04-17 (est.), d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Servant’, c. 18 April 1606

Rose Edling (PERSON23029)

Female, b. 1565-02-25-1567-02-23 (est.), d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Servant’, c. 24 February 1610

Temperance (PERSON42398)

Female, b. 1601-06-20-1603-06-18 (est.), d. not recorded

Occupations: ‘Maid’, c. 23 January 1628, 23 January 1628, 19 June 1628 & 11 November 1628; ‘Servant’, c. 21 October 1628 & 12 November 1628

Gray (PERSON50241)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Medical practitioner’, c. 28 April 1623

Rogers (PERSON57805)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Medical practitioner’, c. 28 April 1623

Anonymous (PERSON17545)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Doctor’, c. 10 June 1600

Anonymous (PERSON21313)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Man (servant)’, c. 20 March 1606

Boughton (PERSON28248)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Chapman’, c. 16 October 1610

Anonymous (PERSON40031)

Female, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Midwife’, c. 16 February 1625

Anonymous (PERSON42097)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Vintner’, c. 4 June 1634

Anonymous (PERSON42098)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Ship’s captain’, c. 4 June 1634

Mr Dove (PERSON29901)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Medical practitioner’, c. 25 July 1611, 19 October 1615, 30 May 1617, 24 May 1619, 8 June 1619, 16 November 1619, 23 June 1625, 3 May 1626, 7 June 1627, 29 April 1628, 28 May 1630, 23 September 1630, 12 June 1632, 10 July 1633, 5 August 1633 & 7 August 1634

Jane Blackburne (PERSON28109)

Female, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupations: ‘Servant’, c. 31 January 1618; ‘Maid’, c. 7 March 1618

Anonymous (PERSON17549)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Servant’, c. 17 June 1600

Dr Dee (PERSON29744)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Medical practitioner’, c. 9 September 1618

Wincot (PERSON21206)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Man (servant)’, c. 8 May 1605

Mr Cook (PERSON46771)

Male, b. 1551-06-18-1553-06-16 (est.), d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Medical practitioner’, c. 22 December 1622

Mrs Elizabeth Abraham (PERSON42456)

Female, b. 1586-02-22-1588-02-20 (est.), d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Waiting gentlewoman’, c. 19 February 1627, 21 February 1627 & 17 March 1627

Anonymous (PERSON39595)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Medical practitioner’, c. 16 January 1623

Anonymous (PERSON40027)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupations: ‘Man (servant)’, c. 7 February 1625; ‘Servant’, c. 15 February 1625

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?f4-residence-mentioned=No;f7-identified-entity-is-asking-about=Self;f13-occupation-mentioned=Yes;f18-identified-entity-practice=Napier;f19-entity-question-asked=Medical;f20-identified-entity-was-never=Third%20party;f21-entity-question-asked=Sex%2C%20family%20and%20generation;f22-gentry=No, accessed 20 April 2025.

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