article_snippet: Bedlam was used by a hugely diverse population from right across the social spectrum and from different areas of the Tudor-period city.'
article_snippet: London’s response to the plague crisis in the 16th Century .
article_snippet: Names include Sir Ambrose Nicholas, who was lord mayor of London in 1575, and Dr John Lamb (also known as Lam or Lambe), an astrologer and advisor to the First Duke of Buckingham.
article_snippet: Lamb was said to have been stoned to death by an angry mob outside a theatre in 1628 following allegations of rape and black magic.
article_snippet: Others identified in the research, carried out by 16 invited volunteers, include victims of riots by 'Fanatiques', noted in the diaries of Samuel Pepys in January 1661.