LAWTON, David | 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, 'LAWTON, David', 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/lawton-david [accessed 24 November 2024].

David LAWTON

Biography


Name	David LAWTON (LAUGHTON)
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	non-medical (Coppersmith / tinker)
Period of medical practice	1545-1566
Other notes	Examined & punished 1553 & 1555. MB Oxon 1555. RCP furious - said L illiterate - great row 1556. ?Husb of 475?

Censorial hearings


	15 Feb 1553
Entry	'The following were examined and rejected, ... David Lawton, a copper-smith:'
Action taken	Examined and rejected.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	Rejected
	1555-6
Entry	'There were examined and punished ... David Lawton, a tinker'.
Action taken	Examined and punished.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	Punished
	11 Jan 1556
Entry	'The University of Oxford was moderately rebuked by the College in a letter written by the President and sealed with the common seal, because Simon Ludford, an apothecary, and David Lawghton, a copper smith, both illiterate men, had received degrees in medicine.' (Text of letter given in Annals.)
Attitude of the accused	absent
Action taken	College wrote letter of complaint to Oxford University.
	14 July 1556
Entry	College sent letter to Pole, Commissioner ?for reform in? Oxford University, complaining about the admission of L and saying that he was illiterate & cd not decline 'corpus'.
Attitude of the accused	absent
Action taken	Letter written to Pole, Commissioner for Oxford University.
Verdict	case not completed