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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, 'THOMSON, Thomas', 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/thomson-thomas [accessed 23 February 2025].

Thomas THOMSON

Biography


Name	Thomas THOMSON
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	medical apothecary (Apothecary. Grocer)
Period of medical practice	1616-1637
Address	The Chequer Holborn 1627
Other notes	Accused 1626 1627.

Known London address


	The Chequer, Holborn
Parish	St Andrew Holborn
Ward	Faringdon Without
Date	1627

Censorial hearings


	4 Aug 1626
Entry	T, grocer, denied claiming to cure fevers, but confessed that he had administered 'something that might have caused discomfort' 3 times. He had started with this as a boy and would not tell the College what the medicine was.
Attitude of the accused	confessed
Action taken	Not fined.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	Not fined
	Michaelmas 1626
Entry	Then the President made a speech denouncing the quacks, namely Butler, Blanke, and Thomson: he resolutely bound all by the oath.
Initiator of the complaint	college member
Attitude of the accused	absent
Action taken	?
Verdict	case not completed
	4 May 1627
Entry	T, of the Chequer, Holborn, denied selling cures for ague, but admitted that he had given 2 to Lady Andrews and to a Mr Leonarde, the son of the Herald. He claimed that Dr Baskerville had sent to him in the case of Lady A.
Action taken	?
Verdict	case not completed
Number of crimes	2