Adrian Metcalfe (d. 1658), deputy apothecary to the household of Charles I: claim for allowance
- Date:
- 4 January 1636
- Reference:
- MS.5137/3
- Part of:
- English Royal Apothecaries
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Claim by Adrian Metcalfe (d. 1658), deputy apothecary to the household of Charles I, for an allowance for medicines dispensed to servants of the household in the quarter up to Christmas 1635. Authorized and signed by William Harvey as royal physician.
Publication/Creation
4 January 1636
Physical description
1 item Paper. 245 × 180 mm., 1 f., damaged.
Finding aids
Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).
Notes
For documents concerning other quarterly payments, see Geoffrey Keynes, The Life of William Harvey (Oxford, 1966), p. 280, and Sotheby's 6-7 Dec. 1984, lot 457.