Education
Born in Northumberland, Chambre studied at Oxford, where he was elected fellow of Merton College in 1492. After graduating Master of Arts, Chambre visited Italy, studied medicine there, and graduated at the University of Padua.
Born in Northumberland, Chambre studied at Oxford, where he was elected fellow of Merton College in 1492. After graduating Master of Arts, Chambre visited Italy, studied medicine there, and graduated at the University of Padua.
Having taken holy orders, he was presented to the living of Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire. On his return became physician to Henry VII of England, and retained the position under Henry VIII. He received the degree of Doctor of Medicine at Oxford in 1531. When the College of Physicians was founded in 1518, Chambre was the first named in its charter.
He was censor of the College of Physicians in 1523.
Some of his prescriptions for lotions and plasters were preserved in manuscript, and a letter signed by him on the health of Queen Jane Seymour. In 1508 Chambre was given the living of Bowden in Leicestershire, from 1494 to 1509 he held the prebend of Codringham in Lincoln Cathedral, and from 1509 to 1549 that of Leighton Buzzard there.
And in the same diocese, as then constituted, he held the archdeaconry of Bedford from 1525 to 1549. He was also treasurer of Wells 1510 to 1543, and in 1537 canon of Wiveliscombe.
He was precentor of Exeter 1524 to 1549, canon of Windsor 1509 to 1549, archdeacon of Meath 1540 to 1542, and dean of the collegiate chapel of Saint Stephen"s, Westminster.
Chambre was also Warden of Merton College, Oxford, from 1525 to 1544. He died in 1549, and was buried in Saint Margaret"s, Westminster.