The Digital Ark :: John Buggs

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John Buggs (1603 - 1640)

Apothecary, tobacco seller, and botanist. In 1632, at the insistence of the Royal College of Physicians, he was imprisoned as an "empiric" (apothecary) practicing physic without a license. After his fee was paid by the Society of Apothecaries, Buggs went to Leiden to earn his M.D. and was incorporated by Oxford in 1635. Nonetheless, the College of Physicians blocked his appointment as physician at Christ Church Hospital. He was also an actor, named in a petition of the College to the Lord Chamberlain as "one of the Queen of Bohemia's players, sometime an apothecary" (Raven, 274, n. 4; Leith-Ross, 171-2).

Buggs participated in botany expeditions with Thomas Johnson and William Broad and was named a benefactor in Musaeum Tradescantianum. Other biography: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-physicians/1550-1640/buggs-john Botanist
Relevant locations: Educated at Leiden, South Holland
Educated at Oxford University, Oxford
Place of display (non-collection) at London, England
Relationships: John Buggs was a friend of William Broad (-)
John Buggs was a friend of Thomas Johnson (c. 1600-1644)
John Buggs was a source of object(s) for Tradescanti (-)

Linked print sources: as Mentioned or referenced by - English Naturalists from Neckham to Ray: A Study of the Making of the Modern World .
as Mentioned or referenced by - The John Tradescants: Gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen .
References in Documents:

Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) Principall Benefactors to the precedent Collection. {King Charles.} {Queen Mary.} George Duke of Buckingham. Lady Katharine Dutchess of Buck: William Laud Archbishop of Cant: Robert Earle of Salisbury. William Earle of Salisbury. Earle of Carlisle. Lord Viscount Dorchester. Lord Viscount Faulkland. Lord Strange. Lord Goring. Lord Cambden. Countesse of Arundell. Lady Matrevers. Lady Denbeigh. Lady Wootton. 180Musæum Tradescantianum. Lady Mary Villers. Lady Goring. Lady Killegray. Lady Christian Leviston. Sir Thomas Roe. Sir Christopher Hatton. Sir Henry VVootonWooton. Sir Kenelme Digby. Sir Nathanael Bacon. Sir Butts Bacon. Sir Dudly Diggs. Sir Henry Vane. Sir Henry Palmer. Sir Robert Heath. Sir Peter Manwood. Sir John Trever. Sir William Boswell. Sir Clipsby Crew. Sir Alexander Gourdon. Sir James Bagg. Sir David Kirke. Sir Richard Wiseman. Sir John Smith. Sir John Wieldes. Sir Henry Meldree. Musæum Tradescantianum.181 Sir John Aemoote. Lady Roe. Lady Graimes. Doctor Owin. Doctor John Hill. Doctor Thomas Wharton. Doctor William Broad. Doctor Bugg. William Murray Esq. William Curteene Esq. Elias Ashmole Esq. Captain Weddell. Captain Plumbey. Captain Ireland. Captain Cleborne. Captain Prim. Captain Wood. Captain West. Captain Swanley. Captain Adam Denton. Captain Trenchfield. Captain David Atchinson. Mr. Nicolas, Secretary to the Navy. Mr. John Slany Merchant. Mr. Charleton Merchant. 182Musæum Tradescantianum. Mr. James Boovy Merchant. Mr. John Millen. Mr. Thomas Howard. Mr. White of Burntwood. Mr. Ofield. Mr. Ofley. Mr. Greene. Mr. Munke. Mr. Sadler. Mr. Bushell. Mr. Liggon. Mr. George Tomasin. In EEBO copy: Scratched out in original document and has "Thomason" written beside it in ink. Mr. Dells. Mr. Gage. Mr. Pergins. Mr. Robert Martyn. Mr. Trion. Mr. Woolfe. Mr. Browne. Mr. Martin Masters. Mr. Butler. Mr. Phillips. Mr. Harison. Mr. Pette. Mr. Short. Musæum Tradescantianum.183 Mr. Bound. Mr. Stone. Mr. Bartholomew Hagatt. Mr. Reeve. Mr. Francis Cline. Mr. Thomas Herbert. Mr. Rowland Bucket. Mr. Snelling. Mr. Rowe. Mr. Smith. Mr. Butterworth. Mr. le Goulz. Mr. William Martyn. Mr. Lanyon. Mr. Gasper Calthoofe. Mr. William Lambert. Mr. John Benson.