Medicines used in the families of the fourth and fifth earls of Northumberland
MS. Rawl. A. 393, fols. 8, 38b, 55, 59b, 62, 63
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Title
Medicines used in the families of the fourth and fifth earls of Northumberland
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. A. 393, fols. 8, 38b, 55, 59b, 62, 63
Summary
Medicines used in the families of the fourth and fifth earls of Northumberland:
(fol. 8) by lady Northumberland at Lekynfeld, 10 Hen. VIII.;
(fol. 38b) by Henry, son and heir of the fifth earl, 23 Hen. VII.;
(fol. 55) by the cupbearer of the earl, struck at the jousts at Greenwich, circa 27 Hen VII.;
(fol. 59b) receipt of a "connyng doctor" in the earl's house;
(fol. 62) cure of the earl's secretary, M. Newton, 1512, by a receipt "shewid hym by one Weston of Wath parke, a litill from Malton in Ridaille, whom God pardon;"
(fol. 63) notice of the 4th earl, slain at Thirsk in 1489.
Date
[temp. Hen. VII. and Hen. VIII.]
Language
English
Physical extent
1 item
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Collection contents
Rawlinson A: English History
A collection of medical receipts, copied by sir John Reed
Medicines used in the families of the fourth and fifth earls of Northumberland
