CROOKE, Helkiah &c or Elias | British History Online

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

Citation:

Margaret Pelling, Frances White, 'CROOKE, Helkiah &c or Elias', in Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640 Database( London, 2004), British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-physicians/1550-1640/crooke-helkiah-etc-or-elias [accessed 20 January 2025].

Helkiah &c or Elias CROOKE

Biography


Name	Helkiah &c or Elias CROOKE (CROCUS, CRUYCK)
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	medical physician (MD) (Author. Physician to Bethlehem 1632. Physician to JI.)
Period of medical practice	1596-1635
Place of birth	England (Suffolk, 3rd son of Thomas Crooke DD)
Date of birth	1576
Date of death	Mar 1648/?1635
Address	Bur Clerkenwell 18 Mar 1648?? St Helens B 1620-2
Other notes	Ca c.1591 BA 1596 MB 1599 MD Leyden 1597 incorp Ca 1604. CRCP 25/06/1613. FRCP 21/04/1620 (resigned 1635). Trouble 1613-5 - book. Birken thesis.

Known London address


	Clerkenwell (?)
Date	1648
	St Helen's Bishopsgate
Parish	St Helen Bishopsgate
Ward	Bishopsgate (Within & Without)
Date	1620-2

College membership


Date of BA	1596
Medical education (university)	Leiden
Medical education (years)	1
MB	1599
Date of MD	1597
Degree incorporated into Cambridge University	Yes
Date became Candidate	25/06/1613
Date became Fellow	21/04/1620
Date of Candidacy	1613-1620
Date of Fellowship	1620-1635
Date elected censor	1627-1631
Lectureship	Anatomy Reader 1629
In trouble after membership	Yes
Other notes	Ca c1591. MD Leyden. Resigned Fellowship 1635
Date of birth	1576
Date of death	Mar 1648/?1635