Records of Harvey : in extracts from the journals of the Royal Hospital of St. Bartholomew / with notes by James Paget.

Date:
1846
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Credit: Records of Harvey : in extracts from the journals of the Royal Hospital of St. Bartholomew / with notes by James Paget. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    “Jesus 1550. Thexviiilh day of October. In the psence of Mr. Dobbys . . . Mr. Thomas Vycary . . . [and Olliers]. The same day it is agreed, that there shalbe so many gownes made of the whit rugge that is now in this house, as shalbe thought mete by the discressyon of Mr. Vycary, as well to s’rve for the wearyng & ease of ye poore men as also of the poor women that be disseased withe the pocks, provided always yl the same gownes or garments shall remayne styll to the use of this howse, & not to be carryed awaye by no maner of parson.” “ The xvi day of Januarii 155J. “ It ys orderyd, that Thomas Vicary shalbe one of the assist- aunts of this howse for terme of his lyff.” And again, on the 2nd of October, 1554, after a list of the President and governors is this entry :— “ Thys day yt ys orderyd that Mr. Vycary shall have the oversyte of all suche offycers as be wythin the hospytall, in ye absence of the Governors, and to reforme suche thyngs as he seythe amys in any offycer & to make reporte at the Gouer- nors at theyr next metyng.” That he was a resident officer is proved by a notice in 1550 for the repair of his house ; and by his being annually supplied with a livery or uniform: thus, in the discharge account of 1552-3, is an entry,— “ Fyrst, for iiij yardes of fyne newe collour for Mr. Vicar’s (lyverye), at xiis a yarde xlviiiV And in the following year— “ For Mr. Vicaryes liverye liiis.” And this livery, of much more costly material than that pro- vided for any other officer, he received every year till 1561. In many of these circumstances, Mr. Vicary’s position re- sembled that of the physicians to the hospital for several sub- set) uent years ; but in all of them, it differed from that of the surgeons ; so that there seems good reason to believe that, as I