HAMMOND, Richard | 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, 'HAMMOND, Richard', 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/hammond-richard [accessed 31 October 2024].

Richard HAMMOND

Biography


Name	Richard HAMMOND
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	medical surgeon (Surgeon. ?Empiric)
Period of medical practice	1624-1649
Address	Windmill Alley 1634. Nr St Mary Hill Southwark '36
Other notes	Trouble 1634-9. Killed child 1639.

Known London address


	Windmill Alley
Date	1634
	near St Mary Hill Southwark
Parish	St Saviour's [incl St Mary Magdalen & St Margaret]
Ward	Bridge Without
Date	1636

Censorial hearings


	6 June 1634
Entry	H, a surgeon of Windmill Alley, was to be cited.
Attitude of the accused	absent
Action taken	To be cited.
Verdict	case not completed
	5 March 1636
Entry	John Walton of Gleane Alley, Southwark Street, said that H (of near St Mary Hill, Southwark) gave his child, 9-10 years old, a clyster including a red powder, then Diasatyricon, which killed him.
Initiator of the complaint	relative of the patient
Action taken	See next.
Number of crimes	1
	20 May 1636
Entry	Mary Walton, wife of John Walton of Gleane Alley, said that H, an 'empiric', had killed the child.
Initiator of the complaint	relative of the patient
Action taken	? (but see next).
Number of crimes	1
	3 May 1639
Entry	H was accused on the Walton case and confessed giving the clyster. John Walton thought the red powder in it was red mercury.
Attitude of the accused	confessed
Action taken	Fined £5, imprisoned, but released in 3 days without paying.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	Fined £5, imprisoned, but released in 3 days without paying
Number of crimes	1