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CASE18113: Horary consultation concerning Edward Beech (PERSON9611)

Question asked by the patient on 18 October 1602 at 07:15

GJ Edward Beech of Redbourne 40 y. Octob 18 ho. 7. 15 a m. /fearfull\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 226v (upper left part of page)

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CASE33661: Horary consultation concerning Parnell Green [Boughton] [Allen] (PERSON12366)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26619) on 2 July 1608 at 10:00

RN R N {sic}

Parnell Greene {illeg}|o|f Burcot. 44 y. Iuly 2. hor. 10. ant m. 1608. /doubtfull exceeding fe{illeg}|ar|\full |Burros \exceeding/ fearfull suspitious & doubtfull feareth some haunteth her/| |sine consensu.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 144r (upper right part of page)

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CASE32943: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Chivoll (PERSON10505)

Question asked by the patient on 5 March 1608 between 11:30 and 11:45

RN Elis. Chivoll of fæny stratford. 38 y march 5 h {sic} hor 11. 30 ant m. 1608. |a gnawing at her harte afrayd in her mynd|

[Astrological Chart]

Elis: Chevoll of fæny stratford. |38 y| march {illeg}|5|{sic} hor 11. 45 ant m. 1608.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 52r-v (f. 52r bottom right, f. 52r bottom left, and f. 52v upper left)

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CASE29481: Decumbiture for Thomas Prior (PERSON20562)

Question asked by the patient on 30 July 1605 at 14:38

RN Thomas Pryer taken strangly. Iuly 20. h {sic} hor. 11. p m. 1605. wth a feare & a quaking calling vppon god for mercye.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 159r (upper left part of page)

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CASE27048: Horary consultation concerning Joan Martin (PERSON20276)

Question asked by the patient on 4 April 1606 at 16:00

RN Ione martyn of n Eversole 31. y ma\r/yed Apr 4. h. 4 p m. 16061

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mopish & fearfull.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 91r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE13654: Horary consultation concerning John Beech (PERSON9612)

Question asked by the patient on 18 April 1603 at 11:30

RN Iohn Beech not farre frō Luton came to me from my house at Linford to London to ta|l|ke wth me & to have my counsell Apr 18. hor. 11. 30. ant m. 1603.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mynd disquieted but not distracted & healthy but troubled wth feare & fancyes.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, f. 21r (upper 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)

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?f40-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f42-date=1600-1609;f43-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AFear, accessed 17 April 2025.