The Royal Doctors, 1485-1714: Medical Personnel at the Tudor and Stuart Courts

Drawing upon a myriad of primary and secondary historical sources, The Royal Doctors: Medical Personnel at the Tudor and Stuart Courts investigates the influential individuals who attended England's most important patients during a pivotal epoch in the evolution of the state and the medical profession.

Aa Reduce text

Aa Enlarge text

Refine List

Classifications

Actions for selected content:

Select all | Deselect all

View selected items

Save to my bookmarks

Export citations

Download PDF (zip)

Save to Kindle

Save to Dropbox

Save to Google Drive

Save content to

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to .

To save content items to your Kindle, first ensure no-reply@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Please be advised that item(s) you selected are not available.
You are about to save

Your Kindle email address

Please provide your Kindle email.

@free.kindle.com @kindle.com (service fees apply)

By using this service, you agree that you will only keep content for personal use, and will not openly distribute them via Dropbox, Google Drive or other file sharing services

Save Search

You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".

Search Title: required Please provide a title, maximum of 40 characters.

Cancel

×

Contents

Contents

Select Frontmatter

Frontmatter
pp i-v

Get access

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login

Log in Register

Export citation

Select Dedication

Dedication
pp vi-vi

Get access

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login

Log in Register

Export citation

Select Contents

Contents
pp vii-vii

Get access

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login

Log in Register

Export citation

Select Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments
pp viii-ix

Get access

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login

Log in Register

Export citation

Select Introduction: The Tudor-Stuart Medical Household

Introduction: The Tudor-Stuart Medical Household
pp 1-16

Get access

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login

Log in Register

Export citation

Select Chapter 1 - Henrician Doctors and the Founding of the Royal College of Physicians (1485–1547)

Chapter 1 - Henrician Doctors and the Founding of the Royal College of Physicians (1485–1547)
pp 17-43

Get access

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login

Log in Register

Export citation

Select Chapter 2 - Doctors to the “Little Tudors”: Medicine in Perilous Times (1547–58)

Chapter 2 - Doctors to the “Little Tudors”: Medicine in Perilous Times (1547–58)
pp 44-66

Get access

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login

Log in Register

Export citation

Select Chapter 3 - The Medical Personnel of Elizabeth I (1558–1603)

Chapter 3 - The Medical Personnel of Elizabeth I (1558–1603)
pp 67-97

Get access

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login

Log in Register

Export citation

Select Chapter 4 - Doctors to the Early Stuarts (1603–49)

Chapter 4 - Doctors to the Early Stuarts (1603–49)
pp 98-134

Get access

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login

Log in Register

Export citation

Select Chapter 5 - The Medical Staff of the Interregnum (1649–60)

Chapter 5 - The Medical Staff of the Interregnum (1649–60)
pp 135-158

Get access

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login

Log in Register

Export citation

Select Chapter 6 - Doctors to the Restored Stuarts (1660–88)

Chapter 6 - Doctors to the Restored Stuarts (1660–88)
pp 159-198

Get access

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login

Log in Register

Export citation

Select Chapter 7 - The “Glorious Revolution” and the Medical Household of the Dual Monarchs (1688–1702)

Chapter 7 - The “Glorious Revolution” and the Medical Household of the Dual Monarchs (1688–1702)
pp 199-225

Get access

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login

Log in Register

Export citation

Select Chapter 8 - The Medical Personnel in Queen Anne’s Court (1702–14)

Chapter 8 - The Medical Personnel in Queen Anne’s Court (1702–14)
pp 226-253

Get access

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login

Log in Register

Export citation

Select Epilogue: The Collective Profile and Legacy of the Tudor and Stuart Royal Doctors

Epilogue: The Collective Profile and Legacy of the Tudor and Stuart Royal Doctors
pp 254-261

Get access

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login

Log in Register

Export citation

Select Bibliography

Bibliography
pp 262-292

Get access

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login

Log in Register

Export citation

Select Index

Index
pp 293-305

Get access

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login

Log in Register

Export citation

Metrics

Full text views
Full text views help

Total number of HTML views: 0

Total number of PDF views: 0 *

Loading metrics...

Book summary page views
Book summary page views help

Total views: 0 *

Loading metrics...

* Views captured on Cambridge Core between #date#. This data will be updated every 24 hours.

Usage data cannot currently be displayed.

Accessibility standard: Unknown

Why this information is here

This section outlines the accessibility features of this content - including support for screen readers, full keyboard navigation and high-contrast display options. This may not be relevant for you.

Accessibility Information

Accessibility compliance for the PDF of this book is currently unknown and may be updated in the future.

Our Site
Accessibility
Contact & Help
Legal Notices
Quick Links
Cambridge Core
Cambridge Open Engage
Cambridge Aspire website
Our Products
Journals
Books
Elements
Textbooks
Courseware
Join us online
Location
Please choose a valid location.
Rights & Permissions
Copyright
Privacy Notice
Terms of Use
Cookies Policy
Cambridge University Press 2025

Cancel

Confirm

The Royal Doctors, 1485-1714

Medical Personnel at the Tudor and Stuart Courts

This Book has been cited by the following publications. This list is generated based on data provided by Crossref.

Book description

Refine List

Actions for selected content:

Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-v

Dedication
pp vi-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

Acknowledgments
pp viii-ix

Introduction: The Tudor-Stuart Medical Household
pp 1-16

Chapter 1 - Henrician Doctors and the Founding of the Royal College of Physicians (1485–1547)
pp 17-43

Chapter 2 - Doctors to the “Little Tudors”: Medicine in Perilous Times (1547–58)
pp 44-66

Chapter 3 - The Medical Personnel of Elizabeth I (1558–1603)
pp 67-97

Chapter 4 - Doctors to the Early Stuarts (1603–49)
pp 98-134

Chapter 5 - The Medical Staff of the Interregnum (1649–60)
pp 135-158

Chapter 6 - Doctors to the Restored Stuarts (1660–88)
pp 159-198

Chapter 7 - The “Glorious Revolution” and the Medical Household of the Dual Monarchs (1688–1702)
pp 199-225

Chapter 8 - The Medical Personnel in Queen Anne’s Court (1702–14)
pp 226-253

Epilogue: The Collective Profile and Legacy of the Tudor and Stuart Royal Doctors
pp 254-261

Bibliography
pp 262-292

Index
pp 293-305

Metrics

Full text views

Book summary page views

Accessibility standard: Unknown

Why this information is here

Accessibility Information