Michael A L Cooke, MA, "John Banister's Family. An Elizabethan Surgeon's Connections"

"John Banister's Family. An Elizabethan Surgeon's Connections" by Michael A. L Cooke: "These notes consist substantially of an account by the author made available to Andrew Griffin for his article on John Banister in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The author has made a few changes and revisions."

Contents: I The Bedford Pedigree
II The Portrait
III Banister's sister and their parents
IV The Lowths and the Dudleys
V The Grey Affinity
VI Sedgebrook and Grantham
VII The Voyage
VIII Banister in London<
Appendix I David Banister chirurgeon
Appendix II John Banister, Clerk of Christ's Hospital Summary

Banister, also spelt Banester, c. 1532/3-1599, was a surgeon (member of the Barber-Surgeons' Company), in 1593 licensed by the College of Physicians to practice medicine and surgery, a follower of Paracelsus, and prolific medical writer.

2007

1 file 48 word-processed A4 folios in slide binder, with cover sheet

Given to the library at Wellcome Collection by Michael A L Cooke, Aug 2007