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Gregory WISDAM

Biography


Name	Gregory WISDAM (WISDOM, WISDOME, WISEDOM, WYSDOM, WYSDOME)
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	medical physician (MD) (Physician to Barts 1555)
Period of medical practice	1555-1599
Place of birth	England (?Burford, Oxon)
Date of death	1599
Address	?Barts 1555. S Mich Bassishaw 1599 (& Savoy?) will
Other notes	Accused 1570. LRCP 1582. [Cf 829 John WYSDAM.] Brother of Robert W, early reformer. Overseer of will 1566 (?bro Robert's admon 1568).

Known London address


	Tower (in prison)
Parish	Tower Liberty = St Peter ad Vincula (in the Bailey)
Ward	Tower (Street)
Date	1553
	Barts (?)
Parish	St Bartholomew the Less (the Hospital)
Ward	Faringdon Without
Date	c1555
	St Michael Bassishaw
Parish	St Michael Bassishaw
Ward	Basinghill
Date	1599
	Savoy, Middlesex
Date	pre-1599

College membership


Date became Licentiate	04/12/1582
In trouble before membership	Yes
Other notes	Lic on his humble petition
Date of death	1599

Censorial hearings


	28 June 1570
Entry	'On 28 June the President and censors decided that Gregory Wisdam should pay a fine of £6 if Hector Nones could prove the charge of wicked and ignorant conduct in administering a clyster to a certain Antony Pylbrogh. If the case were proved and he refused to pay the fine, then he would be put in prison to stay there until he paid the fine.'
Initiator of the complaint	college member
Action taken	To be fined £6 if charge was proved; deferred till next meeting.
Number of crimes	1
	15 July 1570
Entry	'On 15 July it was agreed that Dr. Hector should produce witnesses to prove the charge against Wisdam, but he could not do so.'
Initiator of the complaint	college member
Action taken	Presum charge dropped.
Verdict	not proven
Number of crimes	1
	6 July 1582
Entry	'It was also agreed that the humble petition of Gregory Wisedom to be admitted as a Licentiate should be allowed and that he should pay annually to the College £8 and in addition a gift according to his generosity towards the building of our College.'
Action taken	LRCP. £8 p.a. + gift.
	27 Nov 1582
Entry	'It was decided that Gregory Wisedom should be admitted a Licentiate and that he should pay the College £5 in cash and for the rest of his life he should pay annually £4 in quarterly instalments. This he willingly promised to do.'
Action taken	LRCP. £4 p.a. + £5.
	4 Dec 1582
Entry	W's letters patent were prepared. They described him as a 'worthy man who had for long practised medicine'.
Action taken	LRCP.