GRAVE, Edward | British History Online

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

Citation:

Margaret Pelling, Frances White, 'GRAVE, Edward', 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/grave-edward [accessed 27 November 2024].

Edward GRAVE

Biography


Name	Edward GRAVE
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	medical apothecary (Apothecary)
Period of medical practice	1618-1641
Date of death	1641
Address	St Botolph Aldgate 1641 (will)
Other notes	Accused 1628 (prescribing and cutting vein).

Known London address


	St Botolph Aldgate
Parish	St Botolph without Aldgate
Ward	Portsoken
Date	1641

Censorial hearings


	4 Jan 1628
Entry	G was accused by Martina Pope of giving medicine to her late husband. John Tilsley, a witness, said that G had cut a vein during P's dropsical illness. G appeared and blamed P's death on his own high living. He confessed to giving julep of chicory and drymel, and a purge of hamech, succo rosarum, rose syrup, aquae cechani; also to cutting a vein.
Initiator of the complaint	spouse of the patient
Second initiator of the complaint	friend/neighbour/acquaintance of the patient
Action taken	Fined £5 and imprisoned.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	Fined £5 and imprisoned
Number of crimes	1