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CASE38414: Horary consultation concerning Thorne (PERSON35992)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37556) between 13 July 1611 at 18:38 and 15 July 1611 at 08:00

RN Goody Thornes child of Sherington 10 y haunted as it would seeme wth some ill thing a longe tyme & will goe it knoweth not wheathr. & lye out of dores./ can fynd no helpe./

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 200, f. 131r (upper left part of page)

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CASE39020: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Ratcliffe (PERSON34583)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSONGRP53) on 29 December 1611 at 14:40

RN Elis: Ratcliffe our lady Day next 17 y. Decēb. 29. h. 2. 3|4|0 p. m. 1611. of Stony stratford1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘is tēpted wth an evill spirit to \in/ there iudgment’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 211r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE3997: Horary consultation concerning Mr George Eveling (PERSON2596)

Question asked by the patient on 5 July 1598 at 08:50

SF mr Eveling at 50 p 8. 5 Ilij {sic} an’ m’ vtrm {sic} sit venif

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 195, f. 123r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE41188: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Bedford (PERSON27926)

Question asked by the patient on 19 April 1613 at 19:00

RN Thomas Bedford of Dunstable. 61 y Ap 19 h. 7. p m 1613. vtrū maleficiatus vl {sic} fascinatus.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 199, f. 93r (upper right part of page)

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CASE41247: Horary consultation concerning John Web (PERSON36591)

Question asked by the patient on 26 April 1613 at 10:30

RN Iohn web of woullysson 10 y. natus novēb. 26 h {sic} hor 11. 30 p m. 1602.

sent vnto me Apr. 26. h. 10. 30 ant m. 1613. /sent his water\

[Astrological Chart]

sup. by ye tyes yt brought his water yt he is bewitched.1

Notes:

1 ‘thought to be bewitched.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 199, f. 103v (upper left part of page)

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CASE43376: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Norton (PERSON33734)

Question asked by the patient on 13 May 1616 at 13:20 or at 13:30

RN mres An Norton of Bedford 38 y may 13. . h. 1. 20 a|p| m 16i6 |had a child a yere & 3 quarters sinc. & hath her terns {sic} well but hath a very strang & tender body.|

[Astrological Chart]

mres An Norton of Bedford May 13. h. 1. 30 p m 16i6.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, ff. 88v-89r (f. 38v upper left, f. 38v bottom right, and f. 39r upper left)

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CASE43681: Horary consultation concerning Denise Commin (PERSON29223)

Question asked by the patient on 18 July 1616 at 05:50

RN Denys Comyn of Prince risb in longwick Iuly. 18 h. 5. 50 ant m. 16i6

[Astrological Chart]

suspecteth witchery

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 140r (upper right part of page)

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CASE45411: Decumbiture for Mary Burrells (PERSON28582)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38276) on 6 August 1617 at 07:15

RN Mary Borrell first taken on last Aug 4. h 12 \20/ in m. {sic} p m 1617 strangly taken.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 220, f. 55v (bottom centre part of page)

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CASE45532: Horary consultation concerning Daniel Marsh (PERSON33012)

Question asked by the patient on 6 September 1617 at 11:15

RN \Mr Marshes boy & son xj y/ worst aftr crying of a xj y still hanted as before & mendeth not but still waxeth worse & worse sept 6. h {sic} hor. 11 15 ant m 1617 /of Dunstable.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 220, f. 78r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE45803: Horary consultation concerning Catherine Emerson (PERSON30202)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38926) on 1 December 1617 at 09:40

RN Katheryn Emmerton of Nash 4 y. Decēb. 1. h. 9. 3|4|0 ant m 1617.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 220, f. 130v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE47343: Decumbiture for Thomas Dyson (PERSON30018)

Question asked by the patient on 22 August 1618 at 07:45

RN Thomas Dyson was strangly taken Aug 9 h. 4 ant m 1618 31. y

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 4v (upper right part of page)

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CASE48391: Horary consultation concerning Anne Colman (PERSON29204)

Question asked by the patient on 15 March 1619 at 14:20

RN An Colemā of litle Brickhill 44 y march 15. h. 2. 20 p m 1619. |Is in strang fits. strangly handled wth quaking fits. witchery suspected|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 201v (upper right part of page)

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CASE48945: Horary consultation concerning John Bird (PERSON9742)

Question asked by the patient on 11 June 1619 at 15:00

RN Iohn Byrd of this towne sent his water beīg strangly handled & ready to die Iune 11 h. 3. p m. 1619.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 235, f. 37v (upper right part of page)

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CASE50670: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth French (PERSON49448)

Question asked by the patient on 21 April 1620 at 09:40

RN An old womā

susp yt she is haunted wth four spirit Ap 21. h. 9. 40 ant m 1620. Elis: french. in marsh Buckinghāsheere a yere soe

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 6r (upper left part of page)

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CASE51309: Horary consultation concerning Goody Gaynes (PERSON49708)

Question asked by the patient on 28 July 1620 at 16:00

RN Goody Robynson.

Goody Gaynes of Lowick 30 y Iuly 28 h. 4. p m 1620

quærit an sit gravida

strangly handled in her legs wch seeme to buckle vnder her

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 128r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE5206: Horary consultation concerning Mr Davis (PERSON2209)

Question asked by the patient on 12 April 1599 at 17:30

SF mr davies in fletstret questo 1599 12 of aprill p m’ 30 p 5. vtrum’ veneficitur nc nō

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 219, f. 41v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE53144: Horary consultation concerning Susan Neythercot (PERSON55423)

Question asked by Neythercot (PERSON55421) on 17 September 1621 at 13:00

RN Susan Neythercot for a litle child \of Moulton/ a yere & a halfe old sept. 17 h. 1. p m. 162i hath smale vse of her Lims. & hath strange fits of crying & it will clutch her hands thought to be pospessed {sic}./ pater sine cōsensu./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 99r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE53668: Horary consultation concerning Mary Smith (PERSON59216)

Question asked by the patient on 8 March 1622 at 13:00

RN Mary Smith of yardly sent for me to come to her march 8 . h. 1. p m 1622 |was sorely haunted|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 17r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE54333: Horary consultation concerning Catherine Persival (PERSON34254)

Question asked by Persival (PERSON56604) on 30 May 1622 at 12:30

RN Katherin Persivall of Old Stratford 22 y may 30 h 12. 30 p m. 1622 /mater filia\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 134v (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE54337: Horary consultation concerning Anne Newell (PERSON55312)

Question asked by the patient on 30 May 1622 at 15:00

RN An Newall of kempson vtrū venef sit passa 22 y may 2|3|0 {illeg} {sic} h. 3 p m 1622

[Partial Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 223, f. 135v (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?f53-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;startDoc=41, accessed 4 April 2025.