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

Citation:

Margaret Pelling, Frances White, 'SAUNDERS, Patrick', 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/saunders-patrick [accessed 31 October 2024].

Patrick SAUNDERS

Biography


Name	Patrick SAUNDERS (SANDERS)
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	medical physician (MD) (Physician)
Period of medical practice	1603-1638
Place of birth	England (Anglus-Occidentalis [=of the West of England])
Date of death	1638
Address	Great St Helen's Bishopsgate parish 1621-38
Other notes	Warned 1613. Accused 1615 1617. Rejected as CRCP 1617 but CRCP 1620. ?MD Leyden? <NB: can Anglus-Occidentalis mean IRISH?>

Known London address


	Great St Helen's Bishopsgate
Parish	St Helen Bishopsgate
Ward	Bishopsgate (Within & Without)
Date	1621-38

College membership


Medical education (university)	Leiden
Date of MD	not known
Date became Candidate	30/09/1620
Date of Candidacy	1620-1638
In trouble before membership	Yes
Other notes	?MD Leyden (Munk: Franeker)
Date of death	1638

Censorial hearings


	10 Sep 1613
Entry	S had studied medicine for 10 years, though he'd only been in university for 2 months. He 'practised among friends only'.
Action taken	Warned.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	Warned to abstain
	23 Sep 1631
Entry	S accused George BUTLER (135, qv) of giving 8-10 mineral pills to Mr Askue of Bridwell dock.
Action taken	?
	1 Dec 1615
Entry	S was charged by Moundeford with giving a clyster and letting blood in Crooked Lane.
Initiator of the complaint	college member
Action taken	To reappear.
Verdict	case not completed
Number of crimes	1
	25 Nov 1617
Entry	S failed to appear.
Attitude of the accused	absent
Action taken	Failed to appear.
	5 Dec 1617
Entry	S presented himself for examination. He had no degree, though he had 'passed a while' at Christ Church, Oxford. He had practised in London for 4 years, following Polish and German ('quacks') methods. He had read some Galen & gave several replies to anatomical questions (details in Annals). But though 'not without learning' he refused to give his sources. He was advised to study medicine more carefully.
Action taken	Not approved, though not unlearned. Prohibited from practice.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	Prohibited from practice. Not licensed
	2 June 1620
Entry	S, now MD Franeker (28 Aug 1619), had been incorporated at Oxford on 2 Dec 1619. He was examined and approved for the first time.
Action taken	Approved on first examination.
	7 July 1620
Entry	S was examined and approved for the second time.
Action taken	Approved on second examination.
	1 Sep 1620
Entry	S was examined and approved for the third time.
Action taken	Approved on third examination.
	Michaelmas 1620
Entry	S was examined and approved for the fourth time.
Action taken	Approved on fourth examination and elected CRCP.
	28 Jan 1631
Entry	S accused George BUTLER (135, qv) of giving mercury pills to the wife of Captain Paparelli of Redriff, causing severe salivation. (Goulston knew about the case.)
Action taken	?