STANFORD, Alice | 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, 'STANFORD, Alice', 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/stanford-alice [accessed 22 November 2024].

Alice STANFORD

Biography


Name	Alice STANFORD (STAMFORD)
Gender	Female
Marital status	Widowed 1609 (?Widow 1609 - son-in-law guarantees her?)
Period of medical practice	1545-1610
Date of birth	c.1525
Date of death	c.1610
Address	Golding Lane Middlesex 1605
Other notes	Accused & warned 1605. Son-in-law gave bond 1609.

Known London address


	Golding Lane, Middlesex
Parish	St Giles without Cripplegate
Ward	Cripplegate (Within & Without)
Date	1605

Censorial hearings


	5 April 1605
Entry	S, aged 80, of Golding Lane, Middlesex, confessed 'that she had no other means of supporting herself and her family and that she had practised medicine throughout her life and was even now still practising'. Because of her poverty and her age, and because her son stood surety for £20, she was rebuked and admonished only.
Attitude of the accused	confessed
Action taken	Admonished and surety taken for £20. Dismissed.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	Admonished and surety taken for £20 (bond to abstain?)
	3 Nov 1609
Entry	S was 'an old woman of stubborn nature, for whom her son-in-law entered into a bond for the future'. See E.
Attitude of the accused	defiant
Action taken	?Another bond for abstention taken.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	Bond to abstain