1632. Later on the Physicians endeavoured again to obtain a supremacy over the Barber-Surgeons, and on 13th June, 1632, procured an Order in Council which made it incumbent upon Surgeons in certain serious and specified cases of Surgery, to call in a “learned Physitian,” and to enforce this order they procured the Attorney General to exhibit a Bill in the Star Chamber in which the obnoxious clause was inserted, but on a Petition of the Barber-Surgeons complaining of the injury that would thereby accrue not only to themselves, but to the public, the King, by an Order of Court dated 22nd July, 1635, directed the clause to be struck out. After the Restoration, the Physicians again endeavoured to procure an Act of Parliament confirming their Charter, whereupon the Barber-Surgeons claimed to have a clause inserted in the Act in the nature of a proviso that nothing therein contained should be construed to the prejudice of their privileges, and again the Physicians seem to have been checkmated, for they allowed their proposed Act to fall through. Kings’ Barbers and Kings’ Surgeons seem to have secured substantial benefits from their official positions, as the following notices (from Domestic State Papers at the Record Office) testify. 25th August, 1625. There is a letter of this date from Sir James Fullerton to Secretary Conway, intimating that it is His Majesty’s pleasure to grant to Michael Andrews (Master 1635 and King’s Surgeon) a pension of £150 per annum for life. 17th December, 1625. And at this date is a grant to Thomas Caldwell (Master 1627 and King’s Barber). A graunt to Thomas Caldwell esq{r} his Mat{s} servant of ye som̃e of one thousand poundes To be received as well out of the remainder of three hundred pounds due to his Ma{tie} by Richard Harbin sometime Collecto{r} of his Ma{t}ꝭ greenwax before his accesse to the Crowne and out of the arrerages of grenewax money then due unto his Ma{ty.} As also out of the other grenewax moneys now accrewing to his Ma{tie} not being in farme. And is granted to him as of his Ma{ts} bounty in lieu of 800{li} formerly graunted unto him by his Ma{ty} of w{ch} he received no benefitt. Subscrˀ by Mr. Attorney Genˀall upon significac͠on of his Ma{t}ꝭ pleasuere by the Lord Trẽr. In addition to stray grants like the above, the perquisites and fees attaching to the Office of King’s Barber were very lucrative, and Mr. Caldwell must have done exceedingly well out of the following stroke of business.