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

'MOORE, William', 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/moore-william [accessed 18 April 2024]

William MOORE

Biography


Name	William MOORE (MORE)
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	medical physician (Practitioner of physic. Prefect of Knightsbridge Leper Hospital)
Period of medical practice	1597-1620
Date of death	1620
Address	Knightsbridge 1607. Near Knightsbridge 1615
Other notes	Accused 1607 1615. ?Guider at Kingsland (Hackney) Leper Hosp 1601-2. ?BA, Archbishop's Lic 1605 (Raach). 525a.

Known London address


	Knightsbridge
Date	1607

Censorial hearings


	30 March 1607
Entry	Elizabeth Googe of Golding Lane complained about M, of Knightsbridge. She had paid him 20s. for an ordinary diet (40 days) and frequent purging, but had had no improvement. M was summoned and appeared.
Initiator of the complaint	patient
Action taken	M to repay his fee and go to prison. Prison later forgiven.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	To repay patient's money and go to prison
Number of crimes	1
	15 Dec 1615
Entry	John Atkinson confessed that a certain Moor, a kinsman of his living near Knightsbridge, had given him a dietic drink for several days beginning at last Michaelmas.
Initiator of the complaint	patient
Action taken	?
Verdict	case not completed
Number of crimes	1