SURFLET, Richard

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

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Richard SURFLET

Biography

Name Richard SURFLET (SURFLEET, SURFLETE)
Gender Male
Primary occupation medical physician (university education) (Physician. Surgeon. Translator.)
Period of medical practice 1577-1606
Place of birth England (?Lynn (East Anglia somewhere - King's Lynn?))
Date of birth c. 1560
Date of death 1606
Other notes Ca 1576. Accused 1587. Denied. No decision. Went to sea 1604. L to practise (whence?). Puritan.

Censorial hearings

28 April 1587
Entry S 'denied that he had practised medicine and confessed that he had no degree in letters although he had been at Trinity College, Cambridge, for two years. No decision was reached about him.'
Attitude of the accused denied
Action taken No decision reached.
Verdict case not completed
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