LANGAM, Hester

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

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Hester LANGAM

Biography

Name Hester LANGAM
Gender Female
Marital status Married 1606 (Wife of a practitioner 1606. Husband: medical, Medical practitioner)
Primary occupation non-medical (Spouse of a practitioner)
Period of medical practice 1596-1616
Address Fenchurch Street 1606
Other notes Trouble 1606. Husband actually the offender - fined. ?Ancestress of Thomas L (apothecary 1657-73)?

Known London address

Fenchurch Street
Ward Langborne
Date 1606

Censorial hearings

30 Jan 1606
Entry L, of Fenchurch Street, had a bill on her door offering a powder against chlorosis and a diet. She claimed that it had been put up by her husband before she married him, he being a practitioner.
Action taken H was ordered to bring her husband to the next meeting.
Number of crimes 1
7 Feb 1606
Entry L was pardoned if she paid a fine of 20s. and abstained in future.
Action taken Fined 20s. and pardoned on condition of future abstention.
Verdict guilty
Sentence Fined 20s. and pardoned on condition of future abstention