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

'LUDFORD, Simon', 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/ludford-simon [accessed 25 April 2024]

Simon LUDFORD

Biography


Name	Simon LUDFORD
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	medical apothecary (Apothecary. Franciscan friar previously)
Period of medical practice	1553-1575
Place of birth	England (of Bedford)
Date of death	Aug 1575
Address	St Steven in Walbrooke 1575
Other notes	MB & MD Oxon though allegedly illiterate. Great row. FRCP 1563. Cf LAWTON 475.

Known London address


	St Steven in Walbrooke
Parish	St Stephen Walbrook
Ward	Walbrook
Date	1575

College membership


Medical education (university)	Oxford
MB	1560
Date of MD	1560
Date became Fellow	07/04/1563
Date of Fellowship	1563-1575
Date elected censor	1564-1572
Offices held	Ce 1564,1569,1572. Died when? Munk does not say
In trouble before membership	Yes
Other notes	Oxon. Cf LAWTON. FELLEND=l.kn.
Date of death	Aug 1575

Censorial hearings


	15 Feb 1553
Entry	'The following were examined and rejected, Simon Ludford, an apothecary of London and formerly a Franciscan brother:'
Action taken	Examined and rejected.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	Rejected and fined £10
	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.
	17 April 1556
Entry	'that ignorant and self-seeking Ludford, when he realised that all hope had gone for him of obtaining a degree of doctorate of medicine at Oxford, ... went to Cambridge to attempt by similar trickery to cheat the Cambridge authorities.' So three of the Cambridge men of the College (Caius, Wendy and Huicke) wrote to the Senate of Cambridge warning them against Ludford, 'an inexperienced and ignorant fellow, nevertheless vainglorious, and arrogant'.
Attitude of the accused	absent
Action taken	College wrote to Cantab against Ludford.
	12 June 1556
Entry	College wrote again to Cantab against Ludford.
Attitude of the accused	absent
Action taken	College wrote again to Cantab against Ludford.
	14 July 1556
Entry	College sent letter to Pole, Commissioner for ?reform in? Oxford University, complaining about L's admission.
Attitude of the accused	absent
Action taken	Letter written to Pole, Commissioner of Oxford U, against L.
Verdict	case not completed
	7 April 1563
Entry	'In a special Comitia Simon Ludford of Bedford, Doctor of Medicine of Oxford, was admitted a Fellow, amd paid £13 6s. 8d. as his admission fee and for a fine which the President Doctor Huicke had on 15 February 1553 assessed at £10. Because however he paid willingly and promptly, the College returned £3 6s. 8d. to him.'
Action taken	FRCP. To pay fee and fine.