BRISCOE, John | 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, 'BRISCOE, John', 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/briscoe-john [accessed 21 November 2024].

John BRISCOE

Biography


Name	John BRISCOE (BISCOE)
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	medical apothecary (Apothecary. SA 1623.)
Period of medical practice	1623-1646
Date of death	?1646
Address	St Margarets's Westminster 1646. Westminster 1640.
Other notes	Trouble 1635. Another JB (druggist & grocer) is alive 1665. There are a lot of B(r)iscoes in the SA.

Known London address


	St Margaret's Westminster
Date	1646

Censorial hearings


	28 March 1635
Entry	Apothecary. Dr GRANT & Dr HAWLEY asked for him to be cited and for Dr CHAMBERS, Dr JOHNSON and Mr Sergeant Primrose to be there.
Initiator of the complaint	college member
Second initiator of the complaint	college member
Attitude of the accused	absent
Action taken	To be summoned. See below.
Number of crimes	1
	3 April 1635
Entry	Apothecary. Accused of changing Dr Johnson's prescription for Mr Primrose from trochisci Gordonii to trochisci de alkakengi, and of giving P diacodium. P died after 4 days.
Initiator of the complaint	college member
Action taken	?
Verdict	case not completed
Number of crimes	1