TOPPY, William

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

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William TOPPY

Biography

Name William TOPPY
Gender Male
Primary occupation medical apothecary (Apothecary. Servant of Thomas GREY grocer (344, q.v.))
Period of medical practice 1550-1570
Other notes Punished 1560.

Known London address

with 344 => St Dionis Backchurch?
Parish St Dionis Backchurch
Ward Langborne
Date 1560

Censorial hearings

1559-60
Entry 'But the grocers Edward Stephenson, Hugh Morgan, Thomas Grey and his servant William Toppy were punished because they had sold and without the authority of a physician prescribed pills which they had made badly from vinegar of squills.'
Action taken Punished.
Verdict guilty
Sentence Punished
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