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Mistress PLOMLEY


Name	Mistress PLOMLEY (PLUMLEY)
Gender	Female
Marital status	Widowed 1607 (the widow Plomley of Redrith 1607. Husband: non-medical, Musician, Kings chapel)
Marital status (subsequent)	Married 1608
Primary occupation	non-medical (Widow 1607. ?Remarried 1608)
Period of medical practice	1597-1618
Address	Redrith 1607
Other notes	Accused 1607-8.


	Redrith
Date	1607


	30 March 1607
Entry	P was summoned but failed to appear.
Attitude of the accused	absent
Action taken	Failed to appear.
	3 July 1607
Entry	Widow P of Redrith failed to appear.
Attitude of the accused	absent
Action taken	Failed to appear.
	6 Nov 1607
Entry	James Milburne of Redrith said that P had agreed to cure Maria Googe for 60s. (30s. in advance) and had treated her for a month without improvement.
Initiator of the complaint	person unconnected with the patient or the case
Action taken	See next.
Number of crimes	1
	4 Dec 1607
Entry	P, summoned for the second time, failed to appear.
Attitude of the accused	absent
Action taken	Failed to appear.
	19 Feb 1608
Entry	P appeared to defend herself against Eliz. Googe's charge that the diet prescribed by P (for 30s. in advance 30s. later) had not worked. P said the fee was not for treatment but for the ingredients. Googe was described as 'querulous and peevish'. P's husband was one of the King's musicians serving in his chapel. This seemed to be a point in P's favour.
Initiator of the complaint	patient
Attitude of the accused	confessed
Action taken	To repay 10s. Dismissed.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	To repay patient's 10s.
Number of crimes	1