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

'BARLOW, Edward', in Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640 Database, (London, 2004) pp. . British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-physicians/1550-1640/barlow-edward [accessed 21 April 2024]

Edward BARLOW

Biography


Name	Edward BARLOW
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	medical apothecary (Apothecary's servant 1581. Apothecary 1587. Writer.)
Period of medical practice	1571-1597
Address	? near Limehouse 1587
Other notes	Trouble 1581 (servant of A Tyne), 1587 (partner of A Pett of Limehouse under Dr Edwards of Oxford).

Known London address


	near Limehouse
Date	1587

Censorial hearings


	1 Dec 1581
Entry	'It was decided that the Comitia should be held in that place on the fifteenth day of the same month when the following should be summoned to appear: ... Edward Barlo, servant of Tyne, the apothecary...'
Attitude of the accused	absent
Action taken	To be summoned for 15 December.
	15 Dec 1581
Entry	'It was decided that Barlo should attend the next Comitia when he could reply to the charges which would be made against him.'
Action taken	Ordered to reappear.
	22 Dec 1581
Entry	'Edward Barlow the servant of Tyne the apothecary appeared. But a decision was delayed until the next Comitia at which he was ordered to appear to hear the charge made against him.'
Action taken	Ordered to reappear.
Verdict	case not completed
	14 May 1585
Entry	Appeared and confessed to practice.
Attitude of the accused	confessed
Action taken	Fined 20s.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	Fined 20s
	2 June 1587
Entry	B, now an apothecary, was accused of practice. Replied that he had merely prepared medicines according to the instructions of Dr Edwards of Oxford, in partnership with Mr Pett of Limehouse.
Attitude of the accused	denied
Action taken	?
Verdict	case not completed