Royal College of Physicians
Medical college founded in 1518, initially regulating practice in London and within seven miles of the city.
OrganisationSources & confidence: High confidence
Checked 2 October 2026 · AI-assisted review
1518 foundation and licensing jurisdiction initially London and seven miles around; extension to England in 1523.
- Royal College of Physicians — Timeline
1518 foundation and licensing jurisdiction initially London and seven miles around; extension to England in 1523.
- Wikidata entity identity and cross-references
The entity identity and its recorded authority identifiers; not an independent authority-register validation.
What this check doesn’t establish
- The essay’s causal interpretation about printing and trust is not established by the charter chronology.
- VIAF/ROR values were cross-checked against the Wikidata entity; the external authority registry itself was not independently inspected.
Confidence applies to the scope above, not every claim made by the underlying source. How confidence works
The 1518 charter’s licensing jurisdiction was London and seven miles around it. Parliament extended powers to the rest of England in 1523.
The essay uses the college as an example of durable professional accountability; the historical charter does not by itself establish the essay’s causal argument about printing.
In the essays
- You Can't Shame a Fork
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Record history
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