Among the works John Aubrey left unpublished was 'A Collection of Approved Receipts'. A list of medical cures. Today, among the 'Aubrey' manuscripts at the Bodleian Library is MS Aubrey 19, a list of 'Medical recipes'. However, it is not Aubrey's work; instead, it appears to have been created by the Carrow family towards the end of the 17th century.

The Salisbury 'Impostures' of Dr Heydock & Walter Raleigh. John Aubrey loved stories. His most famous work, Brief Lives, is replete with gossipy biographical portraits. This fascination for personal flaws, scandal and a good story spilt over into his Natural History of Wiltshire, not least in his notes on Dr Richard Heydock of Salisbury.