FREAR, Ambrose | 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, 'FREAR, Ambrose', 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/frear-ambrose [accessed 23 November 2024].

Ambrose FREAR

Biography


Name	Ambrose FREAR (FRERE, FRIER)
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	non-medical clergyman (Clergyman)
Period of medical practice	1625-1648
Other notes	In trouble 1635 & 1638. MA. ?Went to Russia to preach 1627?

Censorial hearings


	3 April 1635
Entry	Mr F, a divine, was to be cited.
Attitude of the accused	absent
Action taken	To be summoned.
	5 June 1635
Entry	F was accused of giving a huge dose of stibium to John Powell of Westminster. Mrs Hansom of Warwick Lane said that F had purged and vomited Mr Whitten, her lodger, who had died. F said that Whitten had had the pox, but a Mr Pindar said that there was no sign of pox.
Initiator of the complaint	friend/neighbour/acquaintance of the patient
Action taken	?
Verdict	case not completed
Number of crimes	2
	6 July 1638
Entry	Thomas Lovel of Cheapside, silkman, complained that F had failed to cure his father-in-law, Mr Stephens, of a palsy. F had also failed to cure L's son of the King's evil.
Initiator of the complaint	relative of the patient
Action taken	?
Verdict	case not completed
Number of crimes	2