English medicine and surgery in the fourteenth century / by D'Arcy Power.

  • Power, D'Arcy, 1855-1941.
Date:
1914
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Credit: English medicine and surgery in the fourteenth century / by D'Arcy Power. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Duke of Lancaster”). It was precisely because he was such a friend of the duke that the London mob beheaded him on Tower Hill after the Savoy was burnt in 1381. His colleague was Fr6re William de Appulton, “physician and surgeon,” who received xl marks in time of peace from the honour of Pomfret; in war time other xl marks and ranked as a gentleman, clerk, esquire, or a chamberlain, having four horses and two grooms allotted to him. Bray had received £10 a year, with 3s. a day travelling allowance. He ranked as a chamberlain with an allowance of two horses and the wage of one groom. The physicians attached to John of Gaunt, there- fore, held a good position in his household. They were men of affairs and took an active part in counsels of war. It is clear from the description of Frere William that he was prepared to act as a physician or as a surgeon,3 * * * * 8 so that the line of division between the two branches of the profession was not so absolute as is usually described. The popular idea of a physician as he is represented in Fig. 3 was generally accurate. He was a learned man who taught pupils, gave advice, pre- scribed drugs, and ordered active treatment when 3 The indenture appointing him is dated at the Savoy, March 15th, 1373, and runs: Ceste endenture faite parentre nostre seignur Johan Roy &c d’une part et frere William de Appilton physicien et surgien d’autre part tesmoigne que le dit frere William est retenuz et demourrez envers nostre dit seignur pour peas et pour guerre a terme de sa vie en manere qu’ensuit: e’estassavoir le dit nostre seignur ad done et grante a ly par an a terme de sa vie par le bon et agreable service q’il ly ad fait et ferra xl mares d’esterlinges a avoir et prendre tant en temps de peas come de guerre de les issues de l’onour de Pountfreit, par les maines de le receyvour illoeques qi pour le temps serra, as termes de Pasques et de Saint Michel par oveles porcions. Et si le dit rent soit a derier par un moys apres aucunes des termes avantditz voet et grant nostre dit seigneur que bien lise au dit frere William de destreyndre en la dite seignurie et chescune parcelle d’ycelle et les destresses retenir tanque gree ly ent soit fait. Et outre ci nostre dit seignur ad grante au dit frere William en temps de guerre autres xl marcs par an a terme de sa vie, apprendre par les mains del tresorer de guerre qi pur le temps serra (ainsi qu’il soit) tenu dez travailler ovesque nostre dit seignur tant en temps de peas come de guerre esquelles parties q’il plerra a nostre dit seignur et de faire ses ditz offices. Et serra le dit frere William a bouche en courte ovesque un gentil liomme clerc oil esquier et un chamberleyn, et prendra livre pur iiij. chivaux et gages pur deux garceons pur le temps q’il serra en courte, et a quelle temps q'il serra hors de courte as busoignes de nostre dit seignur par son commande- ment il avera gages pur chescun jour solonc son estat estcondicion par les maines del tresorer del houstel qi pur le temps serra. En tesmoig- nance, &c. Donnee etc a la Sauvoye le xv. jour de Mars l’an xlvii. [John of Gaunt’s Register, Camd. Soc. ed., 1911, Part i., No. 836.]