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CASE10235: Horary consultation concerning Ursula Cole (PERSON10738)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON42168) on 2 April 1600 at 10:00

RN Vrsula Coles of Ashon 26. y. Apr. 2. die h. 10 ant m 1600 this day sennet at night. cū consensu1

[Astrological Chart]

Iames Linwell of Ashon yt was amis & nowe is mended by yt I gave him ill in his mynd about a yere since he causd this body to come.

Notes:

1 ‘troubled in minde.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 27r (upper left part of page)

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CASE28213: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Dolt (PERSON19493)

Question asked by the patient on 9 October 1606 at 13:00

RN Margaret Dolte of Hockly. 55 y Octob. 9 h. 1. p m 16061

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘troubled in minde’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 284v (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE32140: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Twigdon (PERSON25841)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26466) on 21 September 1607 at 13:45

RN Elis Twigden of feddingworth 22 y septēb. 21. h. 1. 45 p m 1607 |cū cōsensu|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘disquieted in minde/’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 282v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE21968: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18184)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18185) on 20 February 1605 at 14:45

RN a young mā of Bothon in Huntington shire 26 y was brought sine cōsensu feb r 20. h. 2. 45. p m. 1605. strangly tormented by witchraft sinc shreve{illeg}|tue|sday Shelton the witch in prison1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘witchraft. troubled in mynd’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 415, f. 223r (upper right part of page)

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CASE30740: Horary consultation concerning Henry [Harry] Doe (PERSON11337)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26291) on 1 March 1607 at 13:25

RN Henry Doe of Cranfild 23 y march. 1. h. 1. 25 p m 16071

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘light headed talketh of sathan mynd not quiet’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 94v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE13090: Horary consultation concerning John Marsh (PERSON14005)

Question asked by Marsh (PERSON14003) on 18 February 1600 at 08:00

RN Iohn Marshe of Barnet 50 y. distempered in mind ob {l} {sic} veneficiū. et {vutpō} immisse in domū eius. feb. 18 die h. 8. ant m. 1600. filius patre /Lunatice\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 271v (upper right part of page)

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CASE27354: Horary consultation concerning Isabel Worly (PERSON21244)

Question asked by the patient on 24 May 1606 at 12:15

RN Ellen \Isbell/ Worlye of Strixxson past{or}s. 50 y may 24. hor. 12. 15 p m 1606 shee sent her watr but is mightely disquieted in mynd. yet walketh abroad.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 141v (upper left part of page)

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CASE31089: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Frayne (PERSON23301)

Question asked by the patient on 8 April 1607 at 10:00

RN Elis. frene of Woburne. 40 y Apr 8 h. 10. ant m 1607.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mynd troubled’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 142v (upper left part of page)

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CASE35850: Horary consultation concerning Edmond Wotten (PERSON26173)

Question asked by Anne Travell (PERSON25794) on 27 May 1609 at 16:00

RN Edmund Wootton of sawcy forest 30 y May 27. h {sic} hor. 4. p m. 1609 |p mer vxor marito lunatico soror fratre. sine consensu./|12

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1lunaticus’ in chart

2 ‘mynd disquieted’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 203, f. 57v (upper left part of page)

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CASE10476: Horary consultation concerning Gillian Charge (PERSON10436)

Question asked by the patient on 1 May 1600 at 09:00

RN Gillion Bunker \Charge/ of Ampthill 30 y. {illeg}|m|ay. 1. die h. 9. ant m. 1600

[Astrological Chart]

Gillien Chardge afflicted & disquieted in mind. thincketh prayers will doe her litle good./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 57r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE29480: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Prior (PERSON20562)

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

RN Thomas Pryer of Sondon 21 y. Iuly 30. h. 2. 38 ant m 16051

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘troubled in mynde as on haunted mopish’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 158v (upper right part of page)

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CASE31915: Horary consultation concerning Anne Herick (PERSON23738)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26430) on 31 July 1607 at 09:00 or at 09:30 or at 10:30

RN An Herick of Collintree: 16 y Iuly 31 . h. 9. ant m. 1607

[Partial Astrological Chart]

An Herick of Collingtree by Mylton hard by Gayston 16 y Iuly 31. h. 9 \10 30/ ant m. 1607. sine consensu1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘wits & mynd troubled.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 254r-v (f. 254r bottom right, and f. 254v upper left)

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CASE21860: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Joan Taylor (PERSON16356)

Question asked by the patient on 31 December 1604 at 12:00

RN Ione Taylor of Litlington. 28 y Decēb. 31. hor. 12. p m 16041

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mutch distempered in mynde.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 205r (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)

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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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CASE34389: Horary consultation concerning Avis Rogers (PERSON25148)

Question asked by the patient on 11 November 1608 at 11:25

RN Avys Rogers Pamsford in cābridg sheere 31 y novēb. 11. h. 11. 25 ant m 1608. 4 child & daughters all the yongest a yere old.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mynd troubled mopish’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 244v (upper left part of page)

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CASE30926: Horary consultation concerning Goody Marian Sampford (PERSON25218)

Question asked by the patient on 21 March 1607 at 14:30

RN Maryon Sanford of Parsnā parish 46 y march. 21 hor. h|2| {sic} 2. 30 p m 1607.1

Notes:

1 ‘lightheaded mynd troubled a heavy harte.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 119r (upper 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%3AMind, accessed 17 April 2025.