For almost 200 years there had been a doctor resident in Bow. I was the twenty-ninth.
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THE MEDICAL GENTLEMEN OF BOW
freemasons
Crediton Freemasons 1804-1806
The Lodge of Unity was named and established in 1804. The lodge met at the Half Moon, High Street, Crediton, Devon until it was erased in 1827.
The table below shows the members, their age and occupation.
| William Drake | 42 | Miller | Crediton |
| Henry Holman | 45 | Surgeon | Crediton |
| Abraham Wreyford | 31 | Soap boiler | Crediton |
| John Parnell | 35 | Surgeon | Crediton |
| John Perikey | 33 | Attorney | Crediton |
| William Amery | 30 | Scrivener | Crediton |
| William Snell | 45 | Victualler | Crediton |
| Willm Bucknell | 22 | Watchmaker | London |
| Richd Whidborne | 31 | Sergemaker | Crediton |
| George Bury | 23 | Sergemaker | Crediton |
| Matthews Harris | 30 | Coal mercht | Topsham |
| John Channon | 28 | Stone Mason | Crediton |
| John Badcock | 26 | Malster | Crediton |
| Stephen Hugo | 27 | Surgeon | Crediton |
| John Smith | 27 | Attorney | Crediton |
| Thomas Hugo | 40 | Surgeon | Crediton |
| Simon Pidsley | 32 | Clerk | Crediton |
| William Harris | 40 | Gentleman | Crediton |
| Revd Richd Bedford | 40 | Clerk | Bristol |
| John Bent | 26 | Capt 5 Reg of Foot | Crediton |
| William Ward | 26 | Gentleman | Crediton |
| John Thompson | 23 | Linen Draper | Exeter |
| Joseph Parish | 27 | Bricklayer | Teignmouth |
| William Pidsley | 40 | Gentleman | Crediton |
