William of Exeter was physician to Queen Philippa, and held a variety of church preferments; including Chancellor of Lincoln, Treasurer of Chichester, and Provost of Holyhead.[1] In addition to his physician role to the queen, he was also Clerk to the King, and was a trusted diplomat, responsible for negotiations with France.[2] Like all medieval physicians, he held double doctorates: one in medicine, the other in theology.[3] He is also said to have graduated in arts.[citation needed]
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- ^ The Collegiate Church of Ottery St Mary Being the Ordinacio Et Statuta Ecclesie Sancte Marie De Otery Exon. Diocesis p.118 CUP Archive. Retrieved August 2011
- ^ Aston, T.H. & Catto, J. I. (1984) The Early Oxford schools (Volume 1 of The History of the University of Oxford) p.575. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-951011-3 Retrieved August 2011
- ^ Getz, F.M. (1998) Medicine in the English Middle Ages p.66. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08522-6. Retrieved August 2011
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Exeter, William of". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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