Richard Masters | |
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President of the Royal College of Physicians | |
In office 1561–1561 | |
Personal details | |
Died | 1588 |
Alma mater | All Souls' College University of Oxford |
Richard Masters (also Master, Mastre or Maistres) was a leading 16th-century English physician and personal doctor of Queen Elizabeth.
Masters was the son of Robert Masters of Streetend in Willesborough, Kent. He became a fellow at All Souls' College in Oxford, eventually graduating with a B.A. in 1533 and an M.A. in 1537. [1]
He was a personal acquaintance of Rudolph Walther and in 1539 accepted a benefice from the Church of England, however, he forfeited it believing he was not a good clergyman. [2]
Masters enrolled at the University of Oxford to study medicine, and by 1545 was an admitted M.B. and granted a licence to practise medicine. [2] In 1553 he became a fellow at the College of Physicians and served as a censor between 1556 and 1558 and in 1560. In 1561 he served as President of the college, and as consiliarius in 1564 and 1583. [1]
In 1559, Master was granted a patent of £100 annually to serve as the personal physician to Queen Elizabeth. [2]
In 1568, Elizabeth granted Master a coat of arms and properties formerly in the possession of the Abbey of Cirencester. [3]
Queen Elizabeth gave Master a silver cup topped with the falcon badge of her mother Anne Boleyn. [4] The cup is known as the "Boleyn cup" and was given to the parish church of Cirencester. It has London hallmarks for 1535. [5]
In 1562, Masters was made Prebendary of York, and in 1565 issued a royal patent for his family and heirs from the Queen receiving the Cirencester Abbey. [1] [6]
Masters married Elizabeth, daughter of John Fulnetby, Esq. and had seven sons, including: [2]
Masters died in 1588.
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