ATTERTON, John

Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640 Database. Originally published by Centre for Metropolitan History, London, 2004.

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Margaret Pelling, Frances White, 'ATTERTON, John', in Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640 Database( London, 2004), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-physicians/1550-1640/atterton-john [accessed 31 October 2024].

Margaret Pelling, Frances White, 'ATTERTON, John', in Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640 Database( London, 2004), British History Online, accessed October 31, 2024, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-physicians/1550-1640/atterton-john.

Margaret Pelling, Frances White. "ATTERTON, John". Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640 Database. (London, 2004), , British History Online. Web. 31 October 2024. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-physicians/1550-1640/atterton-john.

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John ATTERTON

Biography

Name John ATTERTON (ATHERTON)
Gender Male
Primary occupation medical surgeon (Surgeon 20 March 1608 (Testimony of the Chirurgeons), 1616, 1638. ?Also physician 1624 (Gee)?)
Period of medical practice 1608-1648
Address Whitefriars 1616
Other notes Trouble 8 March 1616, 22 Dec 1638 (ADERTON: originally 861, NEWFELON). Popish physician (John Gee's catalogue 1624).

Known London address

Whitefriars
Parish Whitefriars
Ward Faringdon Without
Date 1616

Censorial hearings

8 March 1616
Entry A, a surgeon of Whitefriars, denied giving medicine to Sir Henry Crooke at Christmas.
Attitude of the accused denied
Action taken ?
Verdict case not completed
Number of crimes 1
22 Dec 1638
Entry 'John Aderton practiser in Chirurgery as appeared by the Testimony of the Chirurgeons Martij 20 1608. forbidden to practise physick.'
Action taken A was forbidden to practise.
Verdict guilty
Sentence Forbidden to practise
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