CLARVETTO, William

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William CLARVETTO

Biography

Name William CLARVETTO
Gender Male
Primary occupation medical empiric (Empiric. Surgeon. Claimed physician 1637 (Dorchester, Dorset: justices sceptical).)
Period of medical practice 1625-1647
Place of birth Florence, Italy
Date of birth 1597c
Date of death after 1637
Address dwelling in St Marye Magdalens Church yeard (1635). Dorchester, Dorset (March 1637).
Other notes Trouble 6 Nov 1635. 20 March 1637: examined by borough justices at D; claimed MA Padua, pract surgery Italy, France, Spain & Germany, to England 1619, MD Trinity College Cantab.
Medical specialities children's diseases?

Known London address

St. Mary Magdalens Church yeard
Parish St Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street
Ward Castle Baynard
Date 1635

Censorial hearings

6 Nov 1635
Entry 'WC dwelling in St. Marye Magdalens Church yeard is accused to have given two Medecynes to two Children in Ratcliffe, whoe both dyed the same daye, hee is supected [sic] to have poysoned them'.
Attitude of the accused absent
Action taken To be cited. The report, when made, to go (*) to the Lords.
Verdict case not completed
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