> I believe this request by Joan du Lee is more about making medicine a profession like carpetry, masonry and similar which were supported through masters, jour

> I believe this request by Joan du Lee is more about making medicine a profession like carpetry, masonry and similar which were supported through masters, journeymen and guilds, than about hindrance based on sex. There's no translation[1] here, but the UK National Archives record contains what may be a less conjectural summary that suggests the request explicitly discusses her treatment: > Lee requests letters under the great seal that she is able to go safely about the country without disturbance of the people who disdain her because of her practice. Her husband was killed in the king's first journey into Wales and she has since then gone barefoot and taken the penance of the fast called the fast of St Mary praying for the maintenance of the king's royal and glorious estate. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9335069 https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9335069 [1] Interestingly the language is Middle French, not Middle English.