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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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CASE48096: Horary consultation concerning Anne Colman (PERSON29204)

Question asked by the patient on 18 January 1619 at 12:00

RN An Colemā of litle Brickhill 44 y Ian 1{illeg}|8| h. 10 12. 1619 /strangly handled wth fits ye mother suspecteth witchery\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 143v (upper right part of page)

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CASE38113: Horary consultation concerning Richard Dudley (PERSON29934)

Question asked by the patient on 13 May 1611 at 05:25

RN Rich Dudley of Shenly. 48 y may 13. h. 5. 25 ant m 1611. /strangly taken by fits at hart lik as on pinched & gryped. fery stroken\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 96r (upper right part of page)

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CASE26159: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Agnes [Mary] [Anne] Gunter (PERSON19804)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) between 26 August 1605 at 19:45 and 2 September 1605 at 07:00

RN sept 2

Aug 26 hor {8} {sic} \8/ p m 1605 I sawe Mary Gūther in her fitte wheathr shee be bewitched or noe. |quæro meā {sic} spōte|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 181, f. 109r (upper part of page)

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CASE65744: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Sara Clark (PERSON46296)

Question asked by the patient on 8 April 1628 at 13:00

RN Mres Sara Clarke of Gullet Lodg 45 y Ap. 8 h 1. p 1628. |sweateth|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 163r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE71721: Horary consultation concerning Richard Crowe (PERSON47372)

Question asked by the patient on 4 April 1631 at 14:45 or at 14:50

RN Rich. Crowe of sandy 40 y Ap 4. h. 2. 50 p m 163i

Rich Crowe of sandy 4{illeg}|0|{sic} |40 y| /cānot sleepe\{sic} a batch: Ap. 4 h. 2. 45. p m 1631

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, pp. 217–218 (p. 217 bottom right, and p. 218 bottom right)

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CASE64425: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Smith (PERSON35539)

Question asked by the patient on 10 August 1627 at 09:00

RN Margaret Smyth. of Broughton 43 y Aug. 10. . h. 9 ant m. 1627 |hath an ague every day sinc christmas|

strangly taken wth a rising at her hart likely to swound sa a knife & feareth to see a knife & trēbleth at it.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 185r (upper left part of page)

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CASE26756: Horary consultation concerning Henry [Harry] Dwin (PERSON19524)

Question asked by the patient on 24 February 1606 at 11:00

GJ Henry Dwinne of Selso 40 y feb 24 ho 11. a m 1606 A great pulling in his belly. pisses bloud. RN |metuit veneficiū. et inimicit{iā}| GJ

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 46v (upper right part of page)

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CASE14079: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Barber (PERSON9438)

Question asked by the patient on 28 September 1603 at 09:15

RN Mres An Barber of Kensworthe 46|5| y. sept 28. hor 9. 16|5|. ant m 1603.

was borne {illeg} {sic} on a {tuds} \shrovesōdaye/ after noone. an hour betwixt 4 & 5. /hath often bene let blood sicknes gone this 4 yeres.\ |extreeme hot. casteth vp sometymes leek whit of egge. sometymes blacke stuffe.|

[Astrological Chart]

Mres An Barber sept 28 hor. 9. 15 ant m. 1603. strangly handled wth her stomack burning & gnawing & then an intolerable paine of her hed for 20 houres not well for 40 houre & then it cōmeth once in a weeke in the wynter. & aftr hath a swelling & a gnawing in the calf of her legs.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, ff. 89v-90r (f. 89v upper right, and f. 90r upper left)

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CASE11761: Horary consultation concerning Amy Shelton [Ashby] (PERSON15745)

Question asked by Old Goodman William Hodgkins (PERSON12828) on 26 October 1598 at 08:38

RN Amy Ashby of 40 yeres old of CastleThroppe yesterday morning laye speachles. sicke \a week/ Octob. 26 of Octob. die . h. 8. 38. mi. 1598. |hodskins of litle Linford quærit.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 44v (upper left part of page)

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CASE49374: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Laughton (PERSON24145)

Question asked by the patient on 29 July 1619 at 13:00

RN Agnys lawton of Bozeat 40 y Iuly 29 h. 1. p m 1619 |payned after & before|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 126r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE50589: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Susan Heath (PERSON31570)

Question asked by the patient on 18 April 1620 at 16:20

RN Mres Susan Heath of Brackly 40 y Ap 18 h. 4. 20 p m 1620. /a noyce & singing in her eares\ Goody fen of Northall greene goody Olife of Borton suspected

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 175v (upper left part of page)

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CASE49649: Horary consultation concerning Susan Elliot (PERSON30155)

Question asked by the patient on 9 September 1619 at 10:15

RN Susan Elyot. of. Heath & Reach |42| 30|y| sept. 9. h 10. 15 ant m. 16i9: susp. annys Hickmā payned vnder the left syde of her backe ready to stop her wynd & vomyted|th| still

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 181v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12847: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Carter (PERSON10361)

Question asked by the patient on 26 November 1599 at 10:15

RN Elisab Carter of Cranfild 43 y. 14 y sinc had a childe novemb. 26. die h. 10. 15 ant m. 1599 never well sinc shee bred two twins & on dyed. /payned in her brest.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 229r (middle, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE47955: Decumbiture for Mrs Lucy Hainsworth (PERSON23557)

Question asked by Mr Hainsworth (PERSON23555) on 12 December 1618 at 14:00

RN Mres Haynsworth of Stonystratford 35 y & as mutch as frō the 4 of August last was strangly taken at the hart & did swound often tymes almost Dead Decēb. 9. h 12 1618.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 112r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12068: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Godstowe (PERSON12208)

Question asked by the patient on 13 March 1599 at 12:00

RN Mres Godstowe morbo. March. 13. a very good water. troubled wth exceeding heate. about he {sic} stomack & hart & cannot take any rest. Martij 13. die h. 12. 1599. veretr \metuit/ venef. sore pluckt & pulled. Russ{e}

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 101r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE54586: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Wells (PERSON36653)

Question asked by the patient on 9 July 1622 at 16:00

RN Mary Wels \of Redburne/ first taken strangly being devoutely affected wth a gydynes in her head & troubles of mynd & a fearfull trēbling march. 3. h. 7. 40 ant m. 16221

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mynd troubled’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 223, f. 183v (upper left part of page)

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CASE53848: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Bray (PERSON44731)

Question asked by the patient on 9 April 1622 at 17:45

RN Elis Edward of

Elis Bray of newnā 42 y Ap 9. h. 5. 45 p m. 1622. |4 child 11 y. youngest almost 2 yeres.|

[Astrological Chart]

Elis Bray \{Braye}/ of newnā 42. y. Ap. 9. h. 5. 45 p. m. 1622. |is very weake|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 46v (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE33721: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Carpenter (PERSON10335)

Question asked by the patient on 12 July 1608 at 12:15

RN Mres Carpentr of Parsnā 40 y Iuly. 12 h. 12. 15 p m 1608: strangly taken & vexed wth a tertian ague had onc an Impostume cut out of her syde by Dr Ashworthe

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 153v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE75775: Horary consultation concerning Rebecca Whitmell [Filpot] (PERSON61733)

Question asked by the patient on 25 October 1632 at 10:40

RN Rebecca Whitemeale of Meadesmorton 42 y octob 25. h. 10 40 ant m 1632 Vtrū venef sit passa lame in her thigh |vide octob 22|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 97 (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?f6-querent-age-band=040-049;f8-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f9-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil, accessed 22 January 2025.