old receipt of Mr. Butler's Dr. Ramsey saith that about Noon one told him his Neighbour Mr. Lane was dead upon which he went thither presently and heard their complaint and then he look'd upon his gumms and teeth Next day he came to meet the other Doctours and found things as formerly have been related And he acknowledged that he set his hand to the Note formerly related and thought all had been done but withall he protested that he was and is of opinion that Mr. Lane was poisoned Mr. Pindar Mr. Coxe Mr. Dixon and Mr. Scot Chirurgions being all at the opening of the Body do severally acknowledge the blackness and Eschar in the mouth and the mortification in the stomach and Mr. Coxe saith that a quarter of a yard beneath the Stomach he found an inflammation inclining to a blackness After this information had Mr. President propounded to the Collegues to give their opinions whether Mr. Lane died of a violent death or naturally They every one severally were of opinion that he died a violent death upon some external cause Secondly Mr. President propounded to the Collegues whether they thought him to have been poisoned or not The Question being considered severally by the Fellows 18 of them were of opinion that he died of poison but 4 of them namely Sir William Paddy Dr. Andrews Dr. Crooke and Dr. Cademan did impute his death to the medicine Thirdly Mr. President desired the Collegues opinions concerning the medicine sent from the Apothecarie's whether that had in it any poisonable thing which might produce such an effect To this all the Fellows with one consent made answer that they could not give a direct censure concerning the Potion delivered by the Apothecary and made without the direction of a Doctour but if it were no other than pulvis Sanctus formerly set down that then they were of opinion that there was no poisonable thing in it which might produce such an effect But in the Bolus which remained there was found poison and all the Fellows did acknowledge it to be Sublimate Dr. Foxe pressed the Collegues for their opinion concerning the Note by him exhibited and their general opinion was that they having had no proofs but onely the inspection of the body they could not certifie assuredly of the poison Then Sir Theodore Mayerne was requested by the President and the College to draw up the opinion of the Collegues to be presented to his Majesty and to send it to Mr. President which he accordingly performed and the Friday following it was delivered to his Majesty by Mr. President Dr. Clement Dr. Hodson and Dr. Meverell at Greenwich in these words The determination of the College concerning the Questions proposed to them by the King's Majestie about the death of Joseph Lane THe College of Physicians in London being lawfully assembled by the command of their Soveregin Lord the King about certain questions proposed concerning the death of Ioseph Lane reported to be killed by poison and having made a diligent search and well considering all circumstances relating 1. As to the state of the body of the foresaid Lane 2. As to the disease which by a long series of violent symptomes brought him to his end 3. As to the kind and appearance of his death 4. As to the observations made upon his dead body by the Physicians and Chirurgions present 5. As to the conjectures taken from the strict examination of a Bolus extremely suspicious whose parts were artificially separated found in Mr. Lane's house when dead and after brought into Court before the Judges and from thence to the Physicians at their College To whom by the command and in the name of the King Letters were wrote from the Right honourable Sir Iohn Cooke principal Secretary of State that they might diligently enquire and give a faithfull account to the following Questions 1. Concerning Lane's death whether it was procured from poison 2. Their opinion about a purging potion carryed the 4th of April 1632. from Mr. Matthewes an Apothecary's shop to Mr. Lane's house and taken by Lane the 6th whether it had any thing of poison in it The College after very mature deliberation did humbly present the following Decree to his sacred Majesty as a testimony of their obedience 1. That the said Joseph Lane did certainly dye of a violent death 2. That he had taken poison and that corrosive 3. That they could determine nothing certainly concerning the Potion sent and given by Mr. Matthewes the Apothecary to Mr. Lane without the advice of any Physician because many of their medicines were too negligently prepared by their servants But if that Potion did only consist of those ingredients which he had given an account of and for which we have solely his word then there was nothing of poison contained therein 4. In the remainder of the foresaid Bolus there was found Mercury Sublimate not sweet but the most harsh and highly caustick which was separated from the rest of the Bolus and shewn to the whole College In testimony whereof the College by the unanimous consent of the President and Fellows and all present at this consultation signed this Decree with their own hands and sealed it with the College Seal that it might appear more authentick And because that from the beginning of the world to this very day good and wholsome Laws have derived their original from evil manners the whole College of Physicians doe most humbly beseech your most Sacred Majesty that as the Father of your Country you would consult the health and welfare both of your City Subjects and would by your Royal Proclamation strictly command that for the future No Grocer Drugster Apothecary Chymist or any other person presume to sell Arsenick Quicksilver Sublimate Precipitate Opium Coloquintida Scammony Hellebore or other Druggs either poisonous or dangerous to poor sorry Women or poor people which hath been too common but only to those who are willing to give their names that if there should be occasion they may give an account of the reason of their buying these dangerous medicines May it likewise please your Majesty to issue out your Royal Edict under the most severe penalties that no Apothecary for the future shall dare to compound for the Well or administer to the Sick any medicines especially Vomits Purges Opiates Mercurial or Antimonial remedies without the prescription of Physicians then living which prescription they shall be bound to produce upon the command or request of the Censors of the College He that shall act contrary shall be punished by the Law as a publick enemy to the life of man Dated from the College of Physicians in London the Last day of May 1632. And Subscribed Dr. Argent President Sir Theodore Mayerne Dr. Atkins Dr. Harvey Dr. Clement Dr. Foxe Dr. Fludd Dr. Ramsye Dr. Grent Dr. Cademan Dr. Andrewes Dr. Crooke Dr. Oxenbridge Dr. Rand Dr. Winston Dr. Wright Dr. Chamberlayne Dr. Hawlye Francis Roes alias Vintner was accused by William Clarke of
forfeiture of such as being elect refuse to be sworn or to make search Any of the Physicians in London may practise Surgery The authority and liberties of Barbers and Surgeons in London being made of one Company By whom and at what time the Barbers of London were incorporate The benefit like to ensue by joyning the Barbers and Surgeons in one Company The Barbers and Surgeons of London made one Company and incorporated The Barbers and Surgeons in London shall be exempt from bearing of armes or to be in Watches or Inquests 5 H. 8. 6. 19 H. 7. 7. The Surgeons may take yearly four condemned Persons for Anatomies No Barber in London shall use Surgery No Surgeon in London shall use the craft of shaving Every Surgeon in London shall have a Sign at his door None shall be a Barber in London but a Freeman of that Company Four Wardens shall be chosen and their authority The forfeitures of the Offenders Any person may keep a Barber or Surgeon as his Servant Any person being no common Surgeon may minister outward Medicines By what means the Surgeons of London have abused the Statute of 3 H. 8. 11. for their own gain It shall be lawfull for any person to cure outward sores notwithstanding the Statute of 3 H. 8. 11. A confirmation of the Statute of 14 H. 8. 5. touching the corporation of Physicians in London Whosoever shall be committed to Prison by the President of the Colledge of Physicians in London shall be received and kept thereby The offendours forfeiture and who shall have it and by what meanes Searching in London for Apothecary wares The penalty for resisting of search of Apothecary wares Other Magistrates shall assist the Physicians in their search * supple * rect Collegio sive Communitati * Collegio * Communitatis * Communitatis * Collegio Preamble Recitall of the Patent of Incorporation And that the same was confirmed by Act of Parliament And whereas by other Acts other Priviledges are given and yet divers Enormities abound His Majestie hereby Approves of and confirms the Premises Power to sue for the Penalties And to retayne them to their owne use Power to the Censors to examine and Correct Physicians Apothecaries c. and their Medicines And to punish them by fine imprisonment or otherwise Power granted to the Censors to call before them Physicians and examine them and to fine them that refuse to come To impose a fine upon such as practise without licence and to imprison them Apothecaryes c. to testify against undue practisers of Physick If they refuse to testify they are to forfeit twenty Shillings Power to search and destroy The Drugs and Medicines of Apothecaries c. And to examine them upon Oath or otherwise concerning the same Power to convent Apothecaries c. And to fine them for Non-appearance 20 s. And to fine them for defective Medicines 3 l. and Imprisonment Grant of fines c. to the Colledge To have an Hall And call a Convocation To make Ordinances To have a Register Who shall be sworn for the true performance of his Office Power to appoint other Officers and to give them an Cath. And them upon just cause to remove Power to take Recognizances to his Majesties use To purchase Lands Discharged from bearing Armes To have this confirmed the next Parliament To pay to his Majestie 6 l. per ann Grant of H. 8. Power to choose a President Perpetual succession A Common Seal Several Priviledges Letters Patents c. Confirmed Ao. 14 H. 8. by Act of Parliament Best construction to be made thereof Several other Powers given by several Acts of Parliament Preamble to the Grant of K. James Grant of K. James Confirmation Grant of several other Priviledges Preamble to this Grant The Grant Body Politique Perpetual succession Capable to purchase To grant and dispose To sue and be sued Common Seal Forty fellows constituted One President Ten Elects and four Censors To be chosen as hereafter mentioned The first forty Fellows For life if not removed for cause Sir Edward Alston to be the first President Ten first Elects For lives if c. Four Censors to continue till the morrow of St. Michael Elections duely to be made Power to make a Vice-President To exercise the place and power of the President in his absence Censors to be chosen out of the Fellows How New Election of Censors in case of death or removal New Elects to be chosen on death or removall How the Fellows are to be chosen Power to remove any of the Elects Fellows or Censors for cause Each person his single voice in Election Where voices even a casting voice to the President The President and all Fellows and Officers to be sworn duely to execute c. And to take the Oaths of Obedience and Supremacy Three persons to swear the present President Elects Censors and Fellows Power to the Elects or any two of them to swear the Presidents hereafter chosen Power to the President to swear the Fellows and all other Officers hereafter chosen To have a Hall President to call a Court. Not less than 15. President one of them To treat of matters c. To make Laws To punish by fine or imprisonment So as not repugnant to the Laws of the Kingdom None to practise in London or within seven miles except licensed as herein expressed Under pain of 10 l. for every Month. Power to sue for the same Power to the President Vice-President and Censors or any three of them to supervise practisers c. Power in them to summon censure and punish any Practisers offending To examine Refuse to answer Not to exceed 40 s. Power to fine for giving unwholsome Physick at will not exceeding 10 l. Also to imprison not exceeding 14 dayes Power to summon persons by Precept under hand and Seal To give an Oath The person summoned as a Witness to forfeit 20 s. if not appear or not depose or refuse the Oath c. Power to the Censors to enter houses and search To examine upon Oath To burn or destroy such Medicines c. as they find defective or corrupted Power to summon all Druggists c. If not appear To fine them at pleasure not exceeding 20 s. Bad Medicines Medicines not made according to direction c. To fine the party not exceeding 3 l. for any one offence To imprison him till payment All practisers of Physick in the Country out of the limits aforesaid to be licensed by the President and Elects or any four of them First to be examined If able approved c. By testimonial under the hands of the particular tryers Power to the President and Elects c. to summon examine and give Testimonials c. Reject persons unfit None to practise in the Country till licensed under pain of 5. l. per Mensem except Graduates in the Universities To be recovered as the 10 l. forfeiture All Fines Forfeitures and Amerciaments to be
Physitians in the Cittie of London shall be and remayne at all times hereafter for ever persons able and in Lawe capeable to have purchase receive possesse hold and enjoy any Mannors Lands Tenements Liberties Priviledges Franchises Iurisdictions and Hereditaments whatsoever of what name nature qualitie kind or condition soever the same or any of them shall bee to them and their successors in fee and perpetuity or otherwise And alsoe Goods and Chattells and all other things of what name nature quality or kinde soever the same be And alsoe by the same name to give graunt demise alien assigne and dispose the said Mannors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments Goods and Chattells And alsoe to doe and execute all other things lawfull necessary and convenient for the common profitt of the said Colledge And alsoe by the same name of the President Fellowes and Comonalty of the Kings Colledge of Physitians in the Cittie of London They shall and may for ever hereafter pleade and be impleaded answere and be answered unto defend and be defended in all and whatsoever Courts and places and before whatsoever Iudges and Iustices and other Persons and Officers of us our heires and successors in all and singular Actions pleas suites quarrells causes matters and demaunds whatsoever of what name nature qualitie or kind soever the same are or shal bee in the same manner and forme as any other subjects of this our Kingdome of England being persons able and capeable in Law or any other body Corporate or Politique within this our Kingdome may or can have purchase receive possesse give grant demise alien assigne and dispose pleade and be impleaded answere and be answered unto defend and be defended doe performe or execute And alsoe that they and their successors shall and may for ever hereafter have a Common Seale to serve and use for all causes matters things and affaires whatsoever of them and theire successors which shall alwayes bee and remayne in the custody and keeping of the President of the said Colledge of Physitians for the tyme being And that it shall and may bee lawfull to and for the President and Fellowes of the same Colledge or the major part of them for the tyme being to breake alter change or make new the said Seale from tyme to tyme att theire wills and pleasures and as to them shall séeme requisite and fitt AND alsoe from tyme to tyme and att all tymes hereafter to use and dispose of the Common Seale of the said Colledge for the time being in and about all things matters and affaires whatsoever of or concerning the same Colledge and Corporation in such manner as to them shall seeme fitt and requisite AND for the better order rule and governement of the said Colledge and Corporation and the matters and things thereof and the due and orderly correcting and punishing of all offences and offenders within the power and jurisdiction of the same Colledge and Corporation WEE doe by theise presents for us our heires and successors will ordeyne constitute declare and graunt that there bee and for ever hereafter shal bee forty Fellowes of the said Colledge and Corporation hereby constituted And that thereof att present and for ever hereafter there bee one President Tenn Elects and fower Censors duely appointed nominated and chosen to bee and shall bee respectively President Elects and Censors of the same Colledge and Corporation And all the same Fellowes President Elects and Censors respectively to bée and shalbée from tyme to tyme nominated elected and chosen and have being and continuance as such respectively in manner and forme and to all intents and purposes as in and by theise presents is hereafter mentioned and declared AND further We doe by theise presents for us our heires and successors will ordeyne constitute and appoint Sir Edward Alston Knight Sir Francis Prujean Knight Baldwyn Hamey Francis Glisson Peter Salmon George Ent George Bate Alexander Frazier William Stane John Micklethwait Nathan Pagett Jonathan Goddard Edmond Trench John King Thomas Cox Henry Stanley Daniell Whistler Charles Scarburgh Thomas Wharton Christopher Merrett Samuell Collins Luke Rugeley John Wilby Sir William Pettie Knight Christopher Terne Sir John Baber Knight John Hale Edward Greaves Thomas Croydon Gabriell Beauvoir Thomas Wolfe Martin Luellin Sir John Finch Knight Thomas Baynes William Quarterman James Hide Humfry Whitmore Robert Waller Peter Barwicke and Robert Morrison Doctors in Physicke the first and present Fellowes of the same Colledge and Corporation And to bée and continue Fellowes of the same Colledge and Corporation and to hold exercise and enjoy the office or place of Fellowes of and in the same Colledge and Corporation respectively for and dureing theire severall and respective naturall lives unlesse in the meane tyme for evill governement or misbehaving themselves in the same office or place or for Nonresidence otherwise than while they or any of them respectively shal bee or continue in the service of us our heires or successors without Licence under the Seale of the Colledge and Corporation aforesaid or under the Privy Seale of us our heires or successors or for any the like reasonable cause they or any of them respectively shal bee removed AND Wee doe by theise presents for us our heires and successors will ordaine constitute and appoint the said Sir Edward Alston Knight the first and present President of the same Colledge and Corporation And to bee and continue President of the same Colledge and Corporation and to hold exercise and enjoy the same office or place of President of and in the same Colledge and Corporation from the makeing hereof untill the morrowe of the feast of Saint Michaell the Archangell next ensueing the date hereof and from thenceforth untill another President shall bee in due manner elected and sworne according to the tenor true intent and meaning of theise presents AND Wee doe further by theise presents for us our heires and successors will ordeyne constitute and appoint the said Sir Edward Alston Sir Francis Prujean Baldwyn Hamey Francis Glisson George Ent George Bate Alexander Frazier William Stane John Micklethwaite and Nathan Pagett to bee the first and present Elects of the same Colledge and Corporation and to be and continue Elects of the same Colledge or Corporation and to hold exercise and enjoy the office or place of Elects of the same Colledge and Corporation for and dureing theire severall and respective naturall lives unlesse in the meane tyme for any reasonable cause as aforesaid they or any of them shall bee removed AND Wée doe by theise presents will ordaine constitute and appoint the said George Ent John Micklethwaite Daniell Whistler and Christopher Merrett the first and present Censors of the same Colledge and Corporation and to bee and continue Censors of the same Colledge and Corporation and to hold exercise and enjoy the office or place of Censors of and in the same Colledge and Corporation untill the morrowe of
the feast of Saint Michaell the Archangell next ensueing the date hereof and from thenceforth untill some other Censors of the same Colledge and Corporation shall bée in due manner elected and sworne according to the tenour true intent and meaning of theise presents AND for the better supply and continuance of the said severall parts and members of the said Colledge and Corporation WEE will and by theise presents for us our heires and successors Doe ordaine and graunt that Nominations and Elections shall and may from tyme to tyme when and as often as occasion shall require bée duely made of the President Elects Censors and Fellowes of the said Colledge and Corporation according to the tenour true intent and meaning of theise presents that is to say That all and every President and Presidents of the Colledge and Corporation aforesaid hereafter to be nominated and chosen shall bée from tyme to tyme nominated and chosen onely by and out of the Elects of the same Colledge and Corporation for the tyme being according to the power in that behalfe hereafter given and declared And that every such President soe nominated and chosen and duely sworne according to the contents of theise presents shall bée and continue President of the same Colledge and Corporation untill the morrowe of the feast of Saint Michaell the Archangell next ensueing such his Election and from thenceforth untill some other of the Elects of the same Colledge and Corporation shall bée in due manner elected and sworne in that office or place of President according to the true intent and meaning of these presents unlesse he in the meane tyme for ill Governement Non-residency or misbehavior in the same office or place or any the like reasonable cause shall be removed from such his office or place whome in such case we will shall bée removeable according to the tenour of theise presents And for the better effecting thereof that it shall and may bée lawfull to and for the Elects of the said Colledge for the tyme being or any five of them whereof the President of the same Colledge for the tyme being or in his absence the Vice-president of the same Colledge for the tyme being to bée one On the morrowe of the feast day of Saint Michaell the Archangell next ensueing the date hereof or within thrée dayes after And on the morrowe of that feast day yearely or within thrée dayes next ensueing for ever after to assemble and meete together in the Common Hall of the said Colledge or other convenient place within the said Cittie of London and then and there to nominate elect and choose some one of the Elects of the same Colledge for the tyme being to bée President of the same Colledge and Corporation for the yeare then next ensueing Which person soe from tyme to tyme yearely to be chosen being duely sworne according to the tenour of theise presents shall bée and continue President of the same Colledge and Corporation for and dureing such tyme and untill such further election of a new President shall be made as aforesaid unlesse in the meane tyme he shall be removed as aforesaid AND FURTHER in case any President of the said Colledge shall happen to depart this life before the morrowe of the said feast of Saint Michaell the Archangell next ensueing his election or in the meane tyme shall be putt out or removed for cause as aforesaid That then and in every such case itt shall and may bée lawfull to and for the Elects of the same Colledge for the tyme beeing or any five of them in convenient tyme after the death or removall of every such President to meete and assemble in the said Common Hall or other place aforesaid and then and there to nominate elect and choose some one of the Elects of the same Colledge for the tyme beeing to be President of the same Colledge for the remainder of the yeare then in being And which said President soe chosen shall bée and continue President of the same Colledge for and dureing the remainder of the same yeare respectively And untill such further election of a new President shall bée made for the yeare then next ensueing as herein is declared And that in all things according to the tenor true intent and meaning of theise presents AND WEE FURTHER will and graunt that it shall and may bée lawfull to and for the President of the said Colledge for the tyme being by writeing under his hand and seale from tyme to tyme at his will and pleasure to nominate constitute and appoint any one of the Elects of the same Colledge for the tyme being to bée Vice-president of the same Colledge and to bée and continue in the same office or place of Vice-president dureing the pleasure of the same President And such his Vice-president from tyme to tyme to amove and discharge and a new one againe to make of any of the said Elects as aforesaid att his will and pleasure And that every such Vice-president soe constituted being duely sworne according to the contents of theise presents shall and may from tyme to tyme in the absence of the President of the same Colledge for the tyme being have doe use exercise and enjoy all and every the powers liberties priviledges matters and things that the President of the same Colledge for the tyme being may might should or ought to have doe use exercise or enjoy by virtue of theise presents or any the Charters Acts of Parliament or Graunts abovementioned AND WEE doe further will and ordaine that the Censors of the said Colledge shall from tyme to tyme be chosen out of the Fellowes of the said Colledge in manner and forme following that is to say The President and Fellowes of the Colledge aforesaid for the tyme being att a Court to be holden on the morrowe of the said feast day of Saint Michaell next ensueing the date hereof or within thrée dayes after and on the morrowe of that feast day or within thrée dayes next ensueing yearely for ever after shall and may assemble together in the Common Hall of the same Colledge or other convenient place aforesaid and then and there nominate elect and choose any fower of the Fellowes of the same Colledge for the tyme being to bée the Censors of the same Colledge for the yeare then next ensueing which fower persons soe from tyme to tyme yearely to bee chosen being duely sworne according to the contents of theise presents and every of them respectively shall bee and continue Censors of the same Colledge untill the morrowe of the feast of Saint Michaell next after such election and further untill other Censors shall bée duely chosen and sworne into theire respective places unlesse in the meane tyme they or any of them shall bée removed for reasonable cause AND FURTHER in case the Censors aforesaid from tyme to tyme to bée chosen as aforesaid or any of them shall happen to depart this life
before the morrowe of the feast day of Saint Michaell the Archangell next ensueing theire or any of theire respective election or elections or in the meane tyme shall happen to be putt out or removed for cause as aforesaid That then and in every such case it shall and may bée lawfull to and for the said President and Fellowes of the said Colledge att a Court to bée holden in convenient tyme after the death or removall of every or any of the said Censors of the Colledge aforesaid to assemble and meete in the Common Hall or other place aforesaid and then and there to elect nominate and choose any one or more of the Fellowes of the same Colledge for the tyme being to be Censor and Censors of the same Colledge in the place and roome of such Censor and Censors as shall be then vacant by death or removall as aforesaid Which person and persons so nominated and chosen being duely sworne according to the contents of theise presents shall bée and continue Censor and Censors of the same Colledge for and dureing such tyme and in such manner as the person or persons in whose roome or place hée or they shall bée soe chosen should or ought to have beene or continued by virtue of theise presents subject alwayes to bée removeable for reasonable cause as aforesaid AND WEE doe further will and ordaine That the Elects of the said Colledge shall bée chosen out of the Fellowes of the same Colledge in manner and forme following that is to say In case of death or due removall of any the Elects of the said Colledge hereby constituted or of any the Elects of the said Colledge hereafter by virtue of theise presents to be elected nominated and chosen the President and Elects of the same Colledge for the tyme beeing or any five of them whereof the President for the tyme beeing to bée allwayes one from tyme to tyme and att any tyme after such death or deaths removall or removalls respectively shall and may assemble and meete at their said Common Hall or other convenient place in our said Cittie of London and then and there elect nominate and choose any of the then Fellowes of the said Colledge into the place or places of such and soe many of the said Elects as shall bée then voyd by death or removall as aforesaid Which persons soe to bée chosen being duely sworne according to the tenour of theise presents shall bée and continue Elects of the said Colledge dureing their respective lives unlesse for reasonable cause they shall bée removed as aforesaid AND WEE DOE further will and ordeyne that the Fellowes of the said Colledge shall bée chosen out of the Comonaltie of the said Colledge in manner and forme following that is to say In case of death or due removall of any of the Fellowes abovementioned and hereby constituted or of any of the Fellowes of the said Colledge hereafter by virtue of theise presents to be nominated or chosen the President and Fellowes of the same Colledge shall and may from tyme to tyme and att any tyme after such death or deaths removall or removalls respectively assemble and meete att a Court to be holden in theire Common Hall or other convenient place as aforesaid and then and there elect nominate and choose any one or more such and soe many of the most learned and able persons skilled and experienced in the said facultie of Physicke then of the Comonalty or Members of the said Colledge and Corporation to bée Fellowe and Fellowes of the same Colledge and Corporation in the place and places of such and soe many of the said Fellowes of the said Colledge and Corporation as shall bée then voyd by death or removall as aforesaid Which persons soe to be chosen beeing duely sworne according to the tenour of theise presents shall bée and continue Fellowes of the said Colledge dureing theire respective lives unlesse for reasonable cause they shall bée removed as aforesaid AND WEE WILL and by theise presents for us our heires and successors doe give and graunt unto the President Fellowes and Comonaltye of the Kings Colledge of Physitians aforesaid and their successors that it shall and may be lawfull for the President and Fellowes of the said Colledge att any Court or Courts to bée holden att theire Common Hall or other convenient place from tyme to tyme and as often as occasion shall require to summon heare and admonish any of the said Fellowes Elects and Censors of the same Colledge And for cause of evil Governement Non-residence otherwise then as aforesaid without Licence under the Seale of the said Colledge and Corporation or under the Privy Seale of us our heires or successors as aforesaid or for misbehaveing themselves in theire respective places or any other just or reasonable cause from tyme to tyme to expell and amove any of the same Fellowes Elects or Censors from his and theire respective place and places in the same Colledge And after due publication and entry made thereof in the Register of the same Colledge and Corporation from tyme to tyme to proceede to new Elections to supply the place or places of such person or persons soe removed or expelled according to the provision above mentioned and the tenour of theise presents AND WEE WILL and hereby declare That neither the President Vice-president Elects or Censors or any of them for the tyme being by colour of any double capacitie as such and alsoe Fellowes of the said Colledge and Corporation shall have or give more or other then each severall and respective person his or their severall and respective voyce in all or any Election or Elections or other matter or thing whatsoever directed or graunted or to be done or acted by virtue of theise presents Except onely in such case and cases where the voyces shall happen to bée even and equall And then and in every such case wherein the President or in his absence the Vice-president of the said Colledge and Corporation for the tyme beeing is to bee one We will and by theise presents for us our heires and successors doe Ordeyne and Graunt that the President or in his absence the Vice-president of the said Colledge and Corporation for the tyme being shall have and give a casting voyce to the end that all Elections matters and debates relateing to the said Colledge and Corporation may the more easilie certeinely and peaceablie bee settled and determined AND Wee will and further by theise presents for us our heires and successors doe Ordaine and Establish That all and every the Fellowes and alsoe the President Elects and Censors above named and hereby constituted and every of them And alsoe all and every the Fellowes President or Vice-president Elects and Censors and other Officers and Ministers whatsoever of the Colledge and Corporation aforesaid hereafter by virtue of theise presents to be nominated and elected and every of them shall severally and respectively take his and
The stomach its self in the bottom was fair but the upper part had a blackness round about which it was inflamed the blackness he scraped off with his nail but the other coats were sound In the Aspera Arteria there was seen no offence but one lobe of the Lungs seemed to be rotten and one part of the Liver was pale and scirrhous Dr. Meverell saith that he being on Saturday to view the body he found an Eschar between the gumms and the Cheek with blackness of the teeth the tongue also black and hard but the gula all fair and clear In the Stomach in the upper part a circular inflammation with a blackness in the middle which with his nail was easily scraped off His Liver was hard and his Lungs bad yet not so as that they should cause his death At the Sessions he said the same but there the Lord Chief Justice asking him that if the Circumstances which were alledged by the sworn witnesses were added to that he saw whether then he thought him poisoned The Dr. answered that he did think that he died of poison Francis White servant to Mr. Matthewes saith that hearing that the Bolus was disliked he went and did fetch back the Bolus and that opening it he found Sublimate in it which he shewed Cromwell and after this Francis going home Cromwell followed him and wish'd him by Fleet-bridge to cast it away which he refused to doe Dr. Gifford did further declare that Cromwell had 2 powders one white which was sublimate the other black which was some Amalgama of Quick-silver which Cromwell said he had out of his Master's pocket He did also desire the College to take into their consideration what Scammony could doe whether by that the mouth and stomach could be made black so suddenly and to cause an Ulcer with an Eschar upon the side of the mouth After the forementioned examination of several Witnesses the following Letter by his Majestie 's Order was sent to the College To my very loving Friends the President and College of Physicians in London AFter my hearty commendations You have by some other of his Majestie 's servants understood his pleasure in that which now I must by his expresse pleasure require of you That you assemble together and inform your selves as particularly as you can First whether that man for whose death one Cromwell a young man is condemned did in your judgment dye of poyson or otherwise And secondly whether that Potion which was sent from the Apothecary and which he received had any poysonable Ingredients which might produce this effect In these things you must return to his Majestie the report of your Judgment on Friday at the farthest which you must doe with the more care according to your best skill because herein you may perceive how tender his Majestie is both of his Justice and Mercy for as he is alwayes most graciously inclined to favour when the offence is of a nature capable of remission so he is no lesse graciously severe in regard of Justice and publique example that the crying Crimes of bloud and especially by poysoning which hath noe pretence of sudden anger shall not escape unpunished Doe therefore your dutyes to informe him in the truth to the uttermost of your knowledge So I rest Your assured friend to doe you service Iohn Cooke Greenwich 29 Maii 1632. BY this second Letter the College was required to resolve two things First Whether Mr. Lane died of poison or no Secondly Whether the Potion which was made by the Apothecary and taken by Mr. Lane had any poisonable Ingredients therein which might produce this effect Mr. President was desirous to hear what might further be informed by the Assistants Doctours or any other and first there presented himself Mr. Francis Banister of Bedford who came to Mr. Lane his Son-in-Law on Wednesday about 2 or 3 a clock in the afternoon There he found the â„ž of Dr. Gifford's Bolus which he sent by Cromwell to Mr. Matthewes who after some long stay brought it to Mrs. Lane which she did presently deliver to this Mr. Banister her Father which he seeing thought it more than was directed by the Doctour and presently taking it he found it sharp offending his tongue Then he sent for one Walter Mr. Matthewes his man to whom he said the Bolus was not rightly prepared and therefore caused him to go to make another Bolus according to the direction Which Bolus being brought Mr. Lane took and it did well with him and Francis the Apothecary's man coming thither on Thursday morning Mr. Banister caused him to taste the Bolus of which he presently complained and that night both the Apothecary's men came and shewed him the Sublimate in it by which both their mouths were distated and on this Thursday Mr. Banister told Dr. Gifford that there were the symptomes of Mercury for his evacuations were bloudy his tortions great his mouth black exulcerated stinking and withall he had convulsions Mrs. Elizabeth Lane sister to Mr. Lane who was in the house from his first falling sick saith that upon Friday upon the taking the purge he presently after half a dozen turns in a little room fell a vomiting and vomited black humour and bloud and that upon every stool he was ready to faint and she saith that Cromwell found fault with the maid for giving the Child Pills in that Porringer out of which Mr. Lane took the Medicine Dr. Foxe before he would make report of what he knew in this business produced the Copy of a Report made by himself Dr. Andrews Dr. Meverell and Dr. Ramsey which was as followeth We are of opinion that having found in this body some inflammation and mortification whereof must necessarily follow death by the force of them and that yet the same inflammation and mortification might proceed from some other causes it cannot be resolved by Art whether this Gentleman died by Poison or other means Which he pressed much to be assented to by the whole College and the other Doctours did acknowledge this Note to be the sense of that which they subscribed unto but the College thought fit a little to advise thereon Then Dr. Foxe related that he was called to Mr. Lane by a stranger to him and that he found some passion in the house After some time the body was opened and the mouth gula and stomach were found so as hath been formerly related and saith that the Chirurgion said the Guts were fair Then Dr. Foxe as a Censor began to enquire after the Physick given to Mr. Lane and who gave it and calling for Mr. Matthews he enquired of the Potion by whom he was informed what it was After this the Dr. coming to consult soon found cause to suspect poison Dr. Andrews conceived otherwise by whom Dr. Foxe was partly led and the rather because the Apothecary was found to have given one irregular medicine and the Dr. related how one Ioslyne died by Physick given him upon an