49. APOTHECARYES.
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The present state of London: or, Memorials comprehending a full and succinct account of the ancient and modern state thereof. By Tho. De-Laune, Gent
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- The present state of London: or, Memorials comprehending a full and succinct account of the ancient and modern state thereof. By Tho. De-Laune, Gent
- Author
- De Laune, Thomas, d. 1685.
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- London :: printed by George Larkin, for Enoch Prosser and John How, at the Rose and Crown, and Seven Stars, in Sweetings-Alley, near the Royal Exchange in Cornhil,
- 1681.
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- London (England) -- History -- 17th century.
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This Company having separated
themselves from the ancient Socie∣ty
of the Grocers, grew so much
in favour with King James, that
he used to call them his Compa∣ny;
and therefore gave them a
Charter of Incorporation the 15th
of his Reign. Amongst many wor∣thy
Members of this Company, I
may not forget Dr. Gideon De Laune, Apothecary to
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King James, a man noted for many singularities in his time, a great Benefactor to to the Publick, and particularly to the Foundation of the Apothecaries-Hall in Black-Fryars, where his Statue, in white Marble, is to be seen to this day. And to whom I have the honour to be nearly related, which is not the Reason that I mention him, but to perpetuate his Memory as well as others, as his due desert; he liv'd piously to the age of 97 years, and worth (notwithstanding his many acts of publick and pri∣vate piety,) near as many thousand pounds as he was years, having 37 Children by one Wife, and about 60 Grand-children at his Funeral. His famous Pill is in great request to this day, notwithstanding the Swarms of pretenders to Universal Pill-making. This little digression, I hope, will not be offensive.