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BEWTER, Robert

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

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Robert BEWTER

Biography

Name Robert BEWTER
Gender Male
Primary occupation medical empiric (Quack)
Period of medical practice 1545-1573
Other notes Arraigned 1555 1560 & 1563.

Censorial hearings

1555-6
Entry 'There were examined and punished ... Robert Bewter'.
Action taken Examined and punished.
Verdict guilty
Sentence Punished
1560-1
Entry 'Perseval, William Stinton, and Spenser the grocer, Robert Bewter and the Italian Julius, all quacks, were restrained.'
Action taken Restrained.
Verdict guilty
Sentence Restrained
1563-4
Entry 'Peter Vanduram, ... Bewter, Patric, all empirics, were reprimanded, and among these some were punished by imprisonment as were Rocheford and Persevalle.'
Action taken Reprimanded.
Verdict guilty
Sentence Reprimanded