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CASE30624: Interrogation concerning Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)

Question asked by the patient on 11 February 1607 between 08:30 and 12:00

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Richard Napier Mr the 20 of Ianuary hapned a mighty stormy wynd yt drownd 28 parishes in Sōmersetsheere ha\r/d by Bristowe mā women & child so yt the watr is gotten xx miles wthin d{illeg}|th|e lande. churches & townes all over flowed.

S|t|he like hapned in \the strond in/ Glocestersheere l {sic} in there marshes & elswhere.

reported this xj of feb by some yt came thenc yt had a great losse sep a ap p p {sic} .

I gave thē 12d./

Also in Wales in Anglesee./

this hapned Ian 20 in sep a . vac ap { } in te vs ad 11. ap.

circitr horā 3 p m 1607

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 193, f. 76v (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.), ‘CASE30624’, The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/cases/CASE30624, accessed 19 May 2025.