References
Chart showing the number of references in each month of the diary’s entries.
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John Battersby
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Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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Pauline • Link
from L&M Companion
(d. 1681). A prosperous apothecary, at the Great Helmet, on the n. side of Fenchurch St; Master of the Society of Apothecaries of London 1674-5.
Second Reading
San Diego Sarah • Link
Eric the Bish found this on a random WordPress website – link below:
“Pothecary, Potticary — Middle English: apotecarie, ultimately from Latin apothecarius “store-keeper” (specifically of spices and drugs — only later came to mean some-one who prepared drugs, an apothecary).”
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