John Lambe

For other people named John Lambe, see John Lambe (disambiguation).

John Lambe (or Lamb) (c. 1545 – 13 June 1628) was an English astrologer and quack physician[1] who, by around 1625, served George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham as his personal advisor.

Accused of black magic and rape, he was stoned to death by an unruly mob in London.[1]

1628 woodcut of Lambe's death from A Brief Description of the Notorious Life of John Lambe.
  1. ^ a b Rumsey, Thomas R. (1984). Men and Women in Revolution and War, 1600-1815. Longman Group. p. 20. ISBN 978-0883341780 "In 1628, John Lambe, charlatan, astrologer, quack physician, and creature of the hated Duke of Buckingham, was set upon by the London mob as he left a theater and battered to death."