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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, 'GEYNES, 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/geynes-john [accessed 31 October 2024].

John GEYNES

Biography


Name	John GEYNES (GAYNES, GENES, GENYNGS, JANYS, JAYNES, JAYNYS, JENYNS, JENYS, JEYNES, JEYNYS)
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	medical physician (MD) (Physician)
Period of medical practice	1532-1563
Date of birth	c.1505
Date of death	23 Jul 1563
Address	Port of Grace (Newhaven) 1563
Other notes	Anti-Galenist & thus in trouble with College 1559-60. Recanted. FRCP 1560.

College membership


Date of BA	1526
Date of MA	1529
Medical education (university)	Oxford
Medical education (years)	6
Date of license to practise	1532
MB	1532
Date of MD	1535
Date became Fellow	15/11/1560
Date of Fellowship	1560-1563
Date elected censor	1561-1563
Date made Elect	1562
In trouble before membership	Yes
Other notes	Anti-Galen 1559. Recanted 1560. MD Oxon 1535.
Date of birth	c.1505
Date of death	23 Jul 1563

Censorial hearings


	22 Dec 1559
Entry	'John Geynes, that influential and not unwise man, was ordered to show the College within one month all the written evidence justifying his claim to all, learned and otherwise, that Galen had erred on certain points: this he was to do in the presence of everyone in the College gathered in the regular Comitia, for he was not ashamed to indict the man. This action was taken on the same day, the twenty second.'
Action taken	To appear at a full Comitia and prove his assertions.
Number of crimes	1
	30 Oct 1560
Entry	'In December of the previous year, John Geynes, a physician, had been summoned to appear because he had been accustomed to declare in public that Galen had erred: ... But since he refused to come ' sensibly, he was constrained by the sheriffs of London ... to appear or else be committed to jail.' So he appeared with 22 counts in writing against Galen. 'these discussions lasted three days, namely the thirtieth of October and fourth and fifth of November this year.'
Action taken	G was engaged in public debate on the merits of Galen. See next.
	4 Nov 1560
Entry	Second day of public debate.
Action taken	G was engaged in public debate on the merits of Galen. See next.
	5 Nov 1560
Entry	Third day of public debate. 'During these days of the discussion in the defence of Galen, the Fellows could find no evidence in the points brought forward by Geynes that Galen had committed any errors. However as Geynes was unable to justify his claims, he made a public declaration that Galen was not at fault ... He confirmed these points by signing the following statement: I, John Geynes, do acknowledge that Galen has not made any mistakes in those matters which I brought against him. The writing of Geynes himself in his own hand appears most distinctly on the forty second folio of the record book. Having made this submission and reconciliation, and seeing the danger of improving too far ... he was admitted a Fellow on 15 November of the present year 1560.'
Action taken	G lost the debate, publicly recanted and was later made FRCP.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	To recant in public and become College member