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

'BOET, Gerald (?Gaspar?)', 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/boet-gerald [accessed 25 April 2024]

Gerald (?Gaspar?) BOET

Biography


Name	Gerald (?Gaspar?) BOET (BOATE, BOETT, BOOTE, BOTE)
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	medical physician (MD) (Physician. Author.)
Period of medical practice	1630-1650
Place of birth	Gorinchem, Holland
Date of birth	1604
Date of death	1650
Address	Aldermanbury 1641. Dublin 1649-50.
Other notes	Trouble 1630-7. Eventually LRCP 1646. Masses of evidence abt him. Brother of 95 Arnold BOET (q.v.).

Known London address


	Aldermanbury
Parish	St Mary Aldermanbury
Ward	Cripplegate (Within & Without)
Date	1641

College membership


Medical education (university)	Leiden
Date of MD	1630
Date became Licentiate	/ /1646
In trouble before membership	Yes
Date of birth	1604
Date of death	1650

Censorial hearings


	4 March 1631
Entry	Dr Meverall charged B with prescribing Aleophanginae pills for fever & diarrhoea to daughter of Mr Tayler of Watling Street. Dr Crooke charged B with giving purges to one Mr Dagge of Bearbinden Lane for hepatic liver and atrophy. B said that the girl had lientaria. He was insolent (the College found).
Initiator of the complaint	college member
Second initiator of the complaint	college member
Attitude of the accused	defiant
Action taken	To be indicted. See next.
Number of crimes	2
	16 Feb 1632
Entry	Susan Lyon, apothecary, appeared and was accused of (?& confessed to) making medicines, including 'some by Dr. Boetts prescripts as fiue or sixe for Mrs. Hollidaye'.
Action taken	?None to B.
	17 Feb 1632
Entry	The President complained of B's behaviour to the College, and said that he had set up his brother in medicine under himself. B was listed among unlicensed foreign practitioners. The Vice-Chamberlain (?) had asked Drs Betoun & Lister to recommend examining B to the President. B appeared and was accused of seeking the favour of noblemen against the College. He denied it.
Initiator of the complaint	college member
Pressure applied by College	yes
Action taken	Advised to adopt the correct procedure for getting licensed.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	Advised to adopt the correct procedure for getting licensed
	11 June 1632
Entry	B was examined and found unsatisfactory. He was warned to study for some years before reapplying. He was indignant.
Attitude of the accused	defiant
Action taken	Not licensed.
	3 July 1632
Entry	Dr Oxenbridge reported that B was training a man in medicine for £10 p.a. (and so was his brother, q.v.).
Initiator of the complaint	college member
Action taken	See next.
Number of crimes	1
	4 July 1632
Entry	B questioned about his 'trainee', who had written to Dr Oxenbridge. B said that the man, Chapman, had stolen from him and absconded. He had not given him medical instruction, though he had given him the books of Heurnius to read. B confessed to 3 years' practice & was found 'insolent' by the College.
Action taken	Prohibited from practice by the President.
Number of crimes	1
	2 Nov 1632
Entry	To be sued.
Action taken	?Decided to prosecute him at law.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	To be prosecuted at law (?)
	30 Sep 1633
Entry	Samuel Doves, brother, claimed that Mrs. Hart had been poisoned with a purge.
Initiator of the complaint	relative of the patient
Attitude of the accused	absent
Action taken	B and Doues to be summoned. See next.
Number of crimes	1
	4 Oct 1633
Entry	B was charged regarding Mrs Hart. He said he had given no purge, though he had given clysters.
Attitude of the accused	denied
Action taken	Deferred until Doves could attend.
Number of crimes	1
	18 Oct 1633
Entry	B 'chattered at length in his own defence', but Doves did not turn up.
Attitude of the accused	denied
Action taken	Deferred again.
Number of crimes	1
	6 Dec 1633
Entry	Doves appeared and repeated his charges in detail.
Action taken	?
Verdict	case not completed
	4 April 1631
Entry	To be indicted.
Action taken	To be indicted. See next.
	4 July 1634
Entry	B had been called, after Dr Grent, to Mrs Everett, and had diagnosed inflammation of the liver.
Initiator of the complaint	college member
Action taken	?See next.
Number of crimes	1
	11 Aug 1634
Entry	Hamey had been called to B's patient and had refused to come. B was offended and 'exclamed on the Colledge saying they made a Monopolye of phisicke', and complained that the College had got some people to swear that B had killed a man. Said that Mayerne, Fludd, Chamberlayne and Saunders would join with him. Dr Fludd, present, denied this. Dr Smith, like Hamey, also refused and caused offence.
Initiator of the complaint	college member
Action taken	?
Number of crimes	1
	15 Sep 1634
Entry	B to be arrested.
Attitude of the accused	absent
Action taken	To be arrested. (Was he?)
	16 Oct 1634
Entry	Thomas Barnes of Mincing Lane and his maid Christian Nowell said that B had given Mrs Barnes three purges.
Initiator of the complaint	spouse of the patient
Second initiator of the complaint	friend/neighbour/acquaintance of the patient
Action taken	?
Number of crimes	1
	17 Nov 1634
Entry	Dr Alston said that B gave medicine of Mr Butler's making in Finch Lane.
Initiator of the complaint	college member
Action taken	?
Verdict	case not completed
Number of crimes	1
	21 April 1637
Entry	To be sued for 2 years' practice.
Action taken	?Decided to prosecute at law.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	To be prosecuted at law (?)
	5 Jan 1638
Entry	'William Abell apothecary appeared vpon Summons. he was charged with vnlawfull practise of physique which he denyed avowing that the medicines he gave were directed by Dr. Meverell and Dr. Boote. he was commaunded to bring their bills to the Colledge the next tyme the Censors should meet.'
Action taken	Abell to bring B's bills to the next Censors' meeting.
	19 Jan 1638
Entry	Suit against B. William ABELL (3), apothecary, presented B's bills.
Initiator of the complaint	other medical practitioner
Action taken	?To be prosecuted?
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	To be prosecuted at law (?)
	7 Feb 1640
Entry	B confessed to having given medicine to the wife of Andrew Stone of St Mary Aldermanbury parish, for pleurisy. He had let her blood, given a julep of barley and red poppy, and also given her a potion (recipe given - crocus, olibanus, laudanum Londoninensi and red poppy syrup) to free her from the expectoration associated with pleurisy.
Attitude of the accused	confessed
Action taken	Fined £10 for ill practice & imprisoned in the Counter, Wood Street
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	Fined £10 and imprisoned in the Counter, Wood Street
Number of crimes	1
	15 April 1631
Entry	To be sued in the Court of Exchequer.
Action taken	Decided to prosecute B at law. See next.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	B to be prosecuted at law
	27 May 1631
Entry	B sought a licence. He was refused. He then offered £20 if the law suit would be dropped.
Action taken	Deferred. Offered £20 to settle lawsuit.
	23 Sep 1631
Entry	B was said to have given medicine to a present patient of Dr Rand.
Initiator of the complaint	college member
Action taken	?
Number of crimes	1
	2 Nov 1631
Entry	'Mr. Kendall, Mr. Holland and Mr. Rand Apothecaryes are to be desyred to bringe in such bills one fridaye next as they haue of Dr. Boetts.'
Initiator of the complaint	college member
Action taken	B's apothecaries to bring his bills next Friday.
	4 Nov 1631
Entry	Mr Rande, Archer, Holland, Kendall (apothecaries) brought B's bills to the College.
Initiator of the complaint	college member
Second initiator of the complaint	other medical practitioner
Third initiator of the complaint	other medical practitioner
Action taken	?
Verdict	case not completed
Number of crimes	1
	16 Dec 1631
Entry	Dr Crooke reported that B gave a drink to Mary Barton, which caused spitting.
Initiator of the complaint	college member
Action taken	?See next.
Number of crimes	1
	22 Dec 1631
Entry	Many of B's prescriptions were examined. Dr Hodgson said that Mr Harryson (apothecary) had more of them.
Initiator of the complaint	college member
Action taken	?
Verdict	case not completed