A subject very rarely if ever, undertaken at a rural level. Who were these people; where did they study; how were they licensed; where did they come from; why were they attracted to Castle Hedingham; where did they live? Just a few of the questions that receive full atten-tion to detail in this work. With rural medical care outlined from the 1100’s and post. Dissolution; the rôle of religious houses, chantries, guilds and brotherhoods the historical background is laid out. The scene is set for the surgeons and apothecaries, the physicians and general practitioners who have lived and/or worked in this Borough Town. Baronial Seat of the de Vere family, the Earls of Oxford, hengham ad castrum [now Castle Heding-ham] enjoyed much patronage and prosperity from the seven hundred year unbroken line of the Earls of Oxford. The text encompasses the life and work of the known surgeons and apothecaries beginning in the 1500’s. A good place to start because of the social upheaval caused by the forced closure by King Henry VIII, of the religious houses. A wealth of private, local and county archive is contained in this work as well as from universities and national archives. Typical of this author, the text abounds with names of local places, buildings, people and trades. It is a complex subject made tangibly available to all who care about local history.
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