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Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640 Database. Originally published by Centre for Metropolitan History, London, 2004.

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Margaret Pelling, Frances White, 'PALMER, Richard', 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/palmer-richard [accessed 24 November 2024].

Richard PALMER

Biography


Name	Richard PALMER
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	medical physician (MD) (F of Peterhouse. Physician to (dying) Prince Henry 1612. Physician to St Thomas's Hospital.)
Period of medical practice	1590-1625
Place of birth	London (b London (?St Peter le Poer), son of Andrew Palmer)
Date of birth	c. 1558
Date of death	Apr 1625
Address	St Olave Silver Street 1625 (will)
Other notes	Ca 1576 BA 1580 MA 1583. LRCP 1593, FRCP 1597. Papist (Gee 1624). ??SA member?

Known London address


	St Olave Silver Street
Parish	St Olave Silver Street
Ward	Aldersgate (Within & Without)
Date	1625

College membership


Date of BA	1580
Date of MA	1583
Medical education (university)	Cambridge
Date became Licentiate	09/04/1593
Date became Fellow	25/02/1597
Date of Fellowship	1597-1625
Date elected censor	1599-1619
Date made Elect	1616
Date elected Treasurer	1621-1624
Date elected Consiliarius	1624-1624
Date elected President	1620-1620
Offices held	Ce 1599,1600,1605,1608,1611,1612,1616,1617,1619
In trouble before membership	Yes
Other notes	Ca 1576. MA Cantab by 30/03/1593. MD Cantab by 25/02/1597.
Date of birth	c.1558
Date of death	Apr 1625

Censorial hearings


	30 March 1593
Entry	P, MA Cantab, admitted practising for 6 months. He was examined and found not illiterate, but a worthy young man.
Action taken	Examined and found not unworthy. Deferred.
	9 April 1593
Entry	Examined, approved, licensed - to pay £4 p.a. until his doctorate, 40s. p.a. thereafter till FRCP.
Attitude of the accused	asked for College membership
Action taken	LRCP.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	To be licensed
	25 Feb 1597
Entry	Richard Palmer, of London, Doctor in Medicine of Cambridge, was admitted as a Fellow.
Action taken	FRCP
	11 Dec 1609
Entry	Dr P was charged with having tried to instal a Doctor not yet known to us, still less a Licentiate, in a medical position at St Thomas's Hospital, Southwark (against the College's own nominee). He said it was not College business & Dr Atkins had approved of his plan; and he threatened to resign. It was decided to acquiesce in his choice of candidate provided the man became a Licentiate.
Action taken	None, provided the man in question became LRCP.