BARKER, William | 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, 'BARKER, William', 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/barker-william [accessed 31 October 2024].

William BARKER

Biography


Name	William BARKER
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	medical physician (MD) (Physician at Charterhouse Hosp 1617. Q Anne's physician 1617??)
Period of medical practice	1599-1623
Place of birth	London (Of London; son of Thomas Barker, 52)
Date of birth	c. 1580
Date of death	after 1623
Address	?London 1601-23, Salop 1623-. ?St Mary the Virgin Alderm 1635.
Other notes	Oxford 159?3 BA 1597 MA 1599 MB MD 1607 (incorp Ca 1609). Trouble 1611-23 (?). Various BSC ?ancestors/relns. Father may have been orig. from Bristol.

Known London address


	St Mary the V Aldermary (?)
Parish	St Mary Aldermary
Ward	Cordwainer Street
Date	1635

Censorial hearings


	6 Nov 1612
Entry	Appeared and answered that he thought that Oxford University (of wch he was MD) had given him authority to practise anywhere.
Attitude of the accused	made an excuse
Action taken	?
Verdict	case not completed
	23 May 1623
Entry	Dr Barker of Oxford who had been summoned appeared: the President asked him by what right he practised medicine here. 'He sayd as a Doctor of ye vniversitie and vnless he be dispensed with for his othe there, he can or will not here comme to be examined, but confesseth practise here yis ten yeares and hopes to have as good as some of vs.'
Action taken	?
Verdict	case not completed