PHILLIPS, Mistress | British History Online

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

Citation:

'PHILLIPS, Mistress', 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/phillips-mistress [accessed 13 May 2024].

Mistress PHILLIPS

Biography


Name	Mistress PHILLIPS (FFELLIPPS)
Gender	Female
Primary occupation	medical (?Midwife)
Period of medical practice	1595-1620
Date of death	after 1610
Address	Bankside 1609
Other notes	Old. Accused 1605 1609 1610. ?=Sibell Ffellipps, midwife & witchfinder 1634?
Medical specialities	Pregnancy-divining by uroscopy (fallible!)

Known London address


	Bankside
Parish	St Saviour's [incl St Mary Magdalen & St Margaret]
Ward	Bridge Without
Date	1609

Censorial hearings


	6 Aug 1605
Entry	Christiana Gordon complained of a certain old woman called Phillips who, having examined her urine, declared her to be pregnant with a male child, which, although false, was to her great shame and ruin.
Initiator of the complaint	patient
Action taken	?
Verdict	case not completed
Number of crimes	1
	13 Jan 1609
Entry	P, a woman of Bankside, was accused by Dr Moundeford.
Initiator of the complaint	college member
Action taken	See next.
	9 Feb 1610
Entry	P failed to appear.
Attitude of the accused	absent
Action taken	Failed to appear.
Verdict	case not completed