PHILLIPS, Mistress

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Margaret Pelling, Frances White, 'PHILLIPS, Mistress', 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/phillips-mistress [accessed 31 October 2024].

Margaret Pelling, Frances White, 'PHILLIPS, Mistress', 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/phillips-mistress.

Margaret Pelling, Frances White. "PHILLIPS, Mistress". 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/phillips-mistress.

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Mistress PHILLIPS

Biography

Name Mistress PHILLIPS (FFELLIPPS)
Gender Female
Primary occupation medical (?Midwife)
Period of medical practice 1595-1620
Date of death after 1610
Address Bankside 1609
Other notes Old. Accused 1605 1609 1610. ?=Sibell Ffellipps, midwife & witchfinder 1634?
Medical specialities Pregnancy-divining by uroscopy (fallible!)

Known London address

Bankside
Parish St Saviour's [incl St Mary Magdalen & St Margaret]
Ward Bridge Without
Date 1609

Censorial hearings

6 Aug 1605
Entry Christiana Gordon complained of a certain old woman called Phillips who, having examined her urine, declared her to be pregnant with a male child, which, although false, was to her great shame and ruin.
Initiator of the complaint patient
Action taken ?
Verdict case not completed
Number of crimes 1
13 Jan 1609
Entry P, a woman of Bankside, was accused by Dr Moundeford.
Initiator of the complaint college member
Action taken See next.
9 Feb 1610
Entry P failed to appear.
Attitude of the accused absent
Action taken Failed to appear.
Verdict case not completed
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