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A Catalogue of the Naturall and Artificial Curiositys
in my slender Musæum at Leedes Ano. 1708
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1 A Catalogue of the Naturall and Artificial Curiositys
in my slender Musaeum at Leedes Ano. 1708 of Animalls & 1 of Humain
Burnt Bones found in a Roman Urn
near Peckham above 1500 years old
given me by the Learned Dr. Gale Later
Dean of York who presented the pot with
the rest to the RSRoyal Society.
Calculi, 80 stones of different forms &
bigness, some an Inch & ½ long voided
from the Penis by an aged minister, Mr.
Cresnick, sent me by Mr. Priestley his Exec:r
who had near 600 of ym.
a remarkable Calculus consisting of several
Coats or crusts taken out of the bladder of
Dr. Robinson of Burniston, given me
by his relict great-granddau'ter to ABp Job:
Matthews. there were 35 in all, some as larg
as Nutmegs or litle Walnuts, but 2 spoonfuls of
moisture left.
3 Balls, voided by stool, by a poor
girl at Rawdon near Leedes of wch see
Phil: Trans. No. 291.
2 others, one surprisingly large taken
from Wm. Coldell 1693 of wch is an accot No. 304.
sent me by Capt. West with an attestation
from the surgeon.
another lately voided by an ancient per-
son at Ardlaw sent me by Dr. Craister.
a Horny excrescence above 2 ½ inches
long growing from the fingers of the
Bolton Boy in Lancashire sent me
by Dr. Wroe Warden of Manchester
2 others tho not so long, yet more
solid confirmed Horns cut by his
Surgeons from the Toes of Dr. Rousell
of Leedes
a shred of a mans skin tanned
paper stained to a perfect claret colour
by the Urine of Capt. Croft of Leedes
ye fatal stick yt was the death of ye Leedes Butcher
tho't to be the best footman in England,
cut out of his body the day before he dyed.
a hand & arm cutt off at the elbow
positivly affirmed to have been that of
the Renowned Marquess of Montross who
suffered at Edinburgh in ye late Wars for
his Loyalty to K Ch: 1rst. given me by Mr.
Pickering a Surgeon who rec'd it as a
reward for a great cure performed by
him, & would never part wth it til his
Voyage to Spain. 2 2 Quadrupedes, viviparous
particularly such as are Multifidous.
The foot of a great White Bear 8 inches
broad, wch is 2 inches more than that at
Gresham Col: wch bear yet is supposed to
have been as big as a Bull. Dr. Grews Cat: p: 12
the gift of St. Franc: Burdet Bart
The Quills of a Porcupine 10½ inches long
alternately black & white from end to end
but the black mostly of triple proportions these
were pluck'd by a Virago from a living Por-
cupine at Leedes
a young Cat (littered at Leedes) with six
feet & 2 tails, having 2 distinct bodys from
the mid back.
Mr. Jer. Cranidge's gift
a white mole & a white squirrel
with brown strakes
Don: Hen: Fairfax Arm:
the skin of a Civet Cat.
the Pisle of a Hippopotamus, 20 inches
long, the glans now dryed but 7 Inches round
Don: Franci: Burdet Barti. 2 Bifidous Quadrupedes.
The Hornes of a Roe deer of Greenland
little more than an inch long, so strangely
dos the climate alter the bulk of some
Animalls, the deer in New Mexico being
so big, yt they breed them up to draw with
as we do with Oxen, Dr. Grews Mus. Reg: 24.
the skull & hornes of a Deer from ...
The Hornes of a Spanish Ram—wrinkled
& twisted 18 inches long, the tips a
yard wanting 6 inches distant, the lesser
horns 13 inches long.
part of the Horn of a Rhinoceros,
blackish, smooth & quite thorow solid
Dr. Dan: Waldoes gift
that part of a Rhinoceros's horn yt
being next the head is porous
Don: Jabez Caii MD.
the leg of an Elk 2 foot 2 inches long
Don: Abr: Blackburn Pharmc
One of the 5 Horns of a Cade Lamb at
Leedes, 18½ inches long
Don: Josa. Ibbetson Pharm
the horn of a scotch Cow 9¼ Inches long.
Camels dawn
a larg tooth of
3 inches long
Mr B: Atkinson
a predigious tooth of an Elephant I presume
from Darbyshire, ‘tis eleven inches in circumference
besides what seemes to hath been broken off, it
seems to have been of the same animal mentioned
in the New Britannia p. 497.
Dr. H: Waynwrights gift. 3 3 Oviperous Quadrupede's.
a land Tortoise 6½ inches long & 5½ broad.
the shels of a Tortoise curiously chequerd
by Sr. Wm. Thornton Bart.
a Sea Tortoise 13 Inches long & 9½ broad
Mr. Js: Blackburn Apoth:
the Senembi or Iguana a lizard so
called in Brasile, 'tis 3 foot long wanting 1 inch.
Mr. Charles Towneley of T:ly
the Scaly Lizard, 3½ foot long, given
me under the notion of a young Crocodile,
Mr Jacob Sympson
a Crocodile 6 foot wanting (3 inches) in
length,
Mrs Archer of London
'Tis ye lacerta Indica Squamosa, Bonsii Hist. Jud: utrius
Serpents
The Skin of a Rattle-snake, chequered
brown & ash colored, 4 foot (wt. 2 inches) long
tho the ratle if entire is but of 6 joints.
Don: Thoma Wilson Mercris:
another curiously variegated, but without
rattle, & 2 inches shortr
Mrs. Wainwright.
the Rattle of anothr Snake, of 8 joints, bro't
from Pensylvania & given me
Aaron Atkinson
The skin of another snake, about same
length, 8 inches round, chequer'd white &
black alternately, it seems likest that of
the IbibacocaIbibaboca in Dr. Grews Mus: RS. p:50.
a hatband of 3 rounds made of the Vertebrae
of English Snakes given me by Mr Geo: Sorocold
ὑδραγογεύς Leodientis.
Serpens minor cinerius or India orientati Am -
plisbena dictus Land-Fowls
The Bird of Paradise, or Manucodiata, cald
the bird of God by the Nativs of the Molucca
Islands who worship them. given me by Mr.
Robt. Midgeley of Leedes Surgeon who made
5 voyages to the East Indies.
a Plume of Feathers of another Manucodiata
a white-Peacock.
the claws of an Eagle
the claws of an English Eagle taken
at Ackworth-Park near Pontsract, 'tis strongr
than the former, tho ye talons not so crooked.
Mr James Blades.
the skeleton of a swallow
Don: Gualt. Calverley de Calrly Arm:
a chicken with 4 legs hatched at Leedes
Don: Jacbi. Sympson Pharmacop:
a Feather taken out of the Coffin of Robt. Bray-
brook Bp of Lond: who dyed of the Plague Ano. 1404
wn the body was exposed Ano. 1670.
Tho: Ireton of Ireton esq Decr 76.
a Kings-Fisher
the German-Silk-Tail, a bird omitted in the
writers of ornithology, but mentioned in the
Phil: Trans: No. a bird of passage yet
2 of them shot in this Parish of Leedes Ano. 1701670. 4 Water-fowl
The Coot or Fulica shot upon the River Are
Mr. Wm. Cookson Mert.
the foot of a ...
a Willock
leg of a stork.
part of a Soland Goose from Scotland parting
the Puffin, or coulter neb Eggs
The Egg of an Ostrich very smooth & white
5½ inches from end to end, almost of a sphe-
rical figure.
other peices of the like shells
the egg of a sea mew (or perhaps of a
Guillemot) ash colored, tinged wth blackish spots
larger yn that of a hen, but acutely comical
a smal Egg within a larger, yet per-
fectly sheld .....
Mr. Fenay of Fenay. Fishes. 1. Viviperous.
a thin slice of the Unicornes Horn, white
& solid, the gift of Madam Dyneley to whose
Great Grandmother the memorable Lady Francis
Matthews, Queen Eliz: presented it.
the Pisle of a Whale in length a yard & ¼,
at the glans above a foot round tho now
shrunk up & hard as horn.
the Scapula (or Fin) of a Whale 3½ foot
long, & above 4 broad at the skirt.
a rib of a Whale
a round bone of a Whale 'tis 7 inches dia-
metre, but litle more than 1 thick
Franc: Place Arm:
the head of a Dolphin a foot & 3 inches broad
Mr Geo: Brook marinr.
the Fins of a Dolphin, 2 foot inches long, the
Tail of the same Dolphin 9 inches long & as
much betwixt the tips of it
Mr Abr:Abraham Blackburn
the gill of a Grampus a foot long.
the Egg of a Thornback or rather the bag or
case of the Egg.
the tooth of a fish cast upon the Hull shore
7 Inches long, 6 in circumference
Mr. Jo: Hodgson Mert 5 ViveperousViviperous Fishes
a young Saw-Fish above a yard long
besides the Saw, wch is more than a foot
armed on each side with 24 Spikes
a larg Saw 3 f: 7 inches long (yet but 27 spikes on one side)
above ½ foot broad at ye head
Sr. Wm. Thornton
the Jaws of a great Shark, 4 rows 5 in some places of
teeth, 5 foot 4 inches in circumference
Mr. John Brearcliffe Pharm:
a serrated Sharks tooth petrifyed, it
came from Mary-land
Ricd Richardson MD.
the skin of the Maw of a Fish taken at
Macossar, the fibres whereof do very
curiously resemble a Tree, with the
brances, leaves &c..
Mr. Robt. Midgeley of Leedes
who bro't it wth him frō ye Indys.
Oviperous Fishes
The Globe-fish or water Hedge-hog,
surrounded with sharp spikes
Mr Wm. Franceys Aldrm Derby
The Sea-Porcupine it wants the head
yet is 14 inches long
Mrs. [...] of Liverpool
a Gurnat, anothr from Sr Wm. Thornton
a Scorpion Fish Scaled Fishes
a File-fish, the scales seperated by can-
cellated lines Lattice wise with smal round
knobs wel described by Dr. Grew, Mus: RS. p: 113.
Don: Tho: Wilson jurr Mercris:
the Swallow or Flying Fish
Don: Jabez Caii MDrs.
the head & chaps of a needle-fish (as I ap-
prehend) 5½ Inches long, bro't me frō Holland by
Mr Sam: Cookson Mercht
Exanguious Fishes
a claw of a Great Lobster nigh a foot
long
the inmate crab
Crabs-Eys from Prussia
Mrs Sar: Maddox
a star-fish with 5 arms taken in the
British Sea, another of somewhat
different texture
another of 6 points
a Sun-Fish of 13 Rays, taken upon
the sands at Huntley nab & given me by
Mr Josa Turner of Leedes
a spiked Crab fish like those from the
Indys, but cast upon Yorkshire Coast
Mr Dixon Vicar of Mask. 6 Shells Single & Whirled
the broad lippd Wilk, a foot long the
right lip undulated
the spiked Wilk (murex aculeatus)
the whirl of 6 rounds, ¾ of a foot long
anothr as large sent me by Sr. Wm. Thorton
another somewhat less.
the Conick Snails some with plain
other knobbed Turbans
some undulated
the smal Whirl Snail
the Nassau Cochlea, the cochlea
Cylindrick Rhombaid, & the
Clavicula raustro recurvo,
the Reved. Mr. Stonestreet
Cochlea Calata, or great round
mouth snail of a Pearl Colour above
half a foot wide, the pearly gloss on ye
inside is natural, but the outside artificial
the Mailed Sailer both within & without
of the Pearl Colour, as is the former.
Venus shell (concha Veneris or invere-
cunda) with both lips furrowed.
a 2d stained with chesnut spots.
a 3d that is larger & Whiter yet darkr
spots, this seems to be of the high-back's sort.
a 4th. small, & white with a yellowish back
many of the smallest sort of different colours
but all furrowed on both lipps
the round Sea Urchin or button-fish
(Echinus orbicutaris) found in ye British Seas
one naked, another has the flowers Shells double single
the Sea-ear (auris marina) the
inside of a pearl Colour
another larger being near 5 inches long
the cooncommon Limpet or Parella
of difference bignesses
a larg Cylindrick that of 8 rounds,
4½ inches long
Mr Eli Fenton
an entire Echinus from Ireland
the Reved Mr Wilkinson of
Dublin Shells double
the round furrowed Escalop, Pecten
valvis rotundis.
The largest Escalop from Ireland
19 inches round
the Reved. Mr Wilkinson
others very small
Pectunculus or large Cockle full
2 inches broad with prickles ... from
Ireland & Wales
one that is 6½ inches in circumference
the thick musle shell from the rapid
river Teas,
the thin musle from Ponds
the Sheath-fish shell above half a
foot broad, or long as it is coonlycommonly mis-
computed
Mr Dixon
Margaritæ Cumbrenses, Pearls of divers
colours & washes, single & twins, also
Sand Pearls
The Rt Reved Bp of Carlile 7 Insects, with naked wings
Butterflyes of severall sorts
Adders bolt or dragon flyes
a sort of moth fly with a remarkable amot:
of a prodigious swarm of them 1699, by
the Reved. Mr. J. Hall
Insects with sheathed wings
the head of a Stag-beetle or Cervus volans
with the 2 horns an inch long branched
like those of a stag
another somewhat less
Mr Hatfield of Laughton
Brinston Bucks or Flying Harts the
entire Insect Patience Ward Es. Brinston near Blanford in Dorsetshire ye secrt. of ... Portman Es
a Locust
the Reved. Mr Coningham
Scotch Barnacles
Mr Sotherland Creeping Insects
a Scorpion
Jabez Cay MD.
the Silkworm, Bombyx, in its several
changes a worm, aurelia, & Butterfly,
with the Eggs, bags, silk &c..
Mrs. Eliz: Sykes. Woods, Plants, fruits, seeds
an Herball, being a larg Collection of
Plants made by Dr. John Nicolson of
Yorke & given me by his relict.
part of the Root of the Cinnamon tree
bro't from the Indys by Monsr Herman late
Botanick Protestor at Leyden who gave it to
Dr. Jabez Cay.
Pittwood, or Lignum Fossile of
different Colours, of wch. great Quantitys
are dug up in the levels in Yorkshire
& Lancashire
Nutts also dug up with the wood in
the Isle of Wight
Mrs Sa: Maddox
Fir cones, burnt wood, & hasell
nutts, from the mosses of Cheshire...
Jō: Woodward MD. P.M.G.
Burnt Wood & Lignum fossile dug
up in the mosses in the Parish of Leedes.
several plates of the Palmeto Leafe, about
a foot long & ¾ of an inch broad, both the
Arabians & Indians make use of the
Palme leaves to write upon.
the great Ovall Calabash, a foot in
length & 2 in compass a dark chesnut
color,
a Pear-Calabash 5 inches long 8½ in
compass of a straw colour
another somewhat less a darker colour.
a triangular black Calibash, a thick
shell 3 inches over. 8 Fruits Plants & Seeds
a branch of Cloves preserved
Hans Sloane MD. & R.S: Secr.
a Coco-nut about 7 Inches in length
& a foot in compass
another larger Mrs Briggs.
a Coco-nut with the Husk &c.
St. Wilm. Thornton
a Coco-nut shel cut for a cup.
a Cone of the male Fir.
Pine apples
a Locust the cod & fruit above
6 inches long & near 3 broad.
another somewhat less
a Lobe not so long or broad, yet thicker
Cassia the vulgar sort
Cassia Fistula Americana finely
branched, 'tis 1 foot & 9 inches long &
5 round, Pyso's Tapyra Coaynana
Jabez Cay MD.
2 sorts of Silk-Cotton with the seeds
cooncommon Cotton the cod wth wool & seeds,
Urucu, Orleana (Pysonis Nat: Hist)
Several Spikes or heads of Mayz or
Indian Wheat.
the root, stalk, (wch is joynted like a
Sugar Cane) & 2 heads of this Corn,
'tis 12 or 13 foot high brot from ye Indys by
Aaron Atkinson
Sugar Cane
Pomgranate
American Beans
orbicular Indian Peas.
a real plant comprest, & found in the
midst of a lime stone rock in Lancashire
Dr. Hargrave
Candle-berrys from Marryland
& part of Candle made of them
Corallina Opuntiades, Bandstrings
Milium Indicum
Ricinus Americanus
Physick nutt
{Phaseolus} fusco striato
{Phaseolus} Glycyrrhites
{Lobus Echinatus} fructu flavo
{Lobus Echinatus} fructu cæsio
Palma spinosis
Soap berrys
Pomifera the Cashew
Anona maxima
the Bully
a Locust all the noble present of H: Sloan MD & RS Secr.
Arbusula marina Coralloides of Chesris?
from the Coast of Norway.
Ja: Cay MD.
2 different kinds of Okra, seeds of the
Sensible plant, of Popanax
Nux vomica, Cashew, Indian shot
Mr Saml Kirshaw Mercht
a long Indian Gourd 7½ inches round
where thickest, 13 long, of a straw color
Abrus Alpini
Acacia Americana, Aldini
Prickly beans
a Great Sea-fan above 1 yard high,
& 2 foot 6 inches broad in some parts
2 other less fans, one crusted the
other naked.
warted Sea-wrack with greater &
lesser bags or vesicular knobs.
broad sea-wrack
a bunch of smal yellow flowers from
the Norway shore Mrs S: Maddox
15 grown nutts in one cluster from Holbeck
in the parish of Leedes AldrTho: Kitchingman 9 Of Minerals, 1 of Stones.
Of Animal bodys Petrifyed & such like
Echinites of severall sorts, viz
the soft Ovall White helmet stone
the hard Oval helmet stone dark co-
lored, opacous flint. Don: R: Plott LLD.
a 3d Whitish yellow.
various Spinodae of the Echini kind
the Helix or Stone Nautilus.
another smal Cornu Ammonis, ash coloured
& hard.
the Oyster-stone dark coloured.
half Oyster of a white stone.
another with both sides entire but less.
a very small one, onely 1 inch broad.
the Ostracites very larg 6 inches & ...
another somewhat less, both dark coled.
Don: Jab: Cay MD. of wch sesee his Lettr Phil: Trā No. 250.
the largest, somewhat Whiter.
don: Cav: Nevile MD.
Pectenites
a smooth Conchites
others undulated.
some compressed, perhaps the Cardites
the Musculites dark coloured muscle stone.
a peice of Turbinites Marmor, or Sussex
Marble, polished, with the turbinated
stones it is composed of. D. Ja: Cay MD.
Columna's Concha anomia rarior, ver-
tice rostrato. taken up near Grifford
in a Chalk pit.
D. Ja: Cay MD.
Entrochites of several kinds
a round one near ¾ of an Inch diameter, a
whitish stone.
another dark coloured finely radiated
another dark coloured flint with a sort
of Marcasite pith.
others about ¼ of an inch over.
others smaller the following were the noble Present
of John Woodward MD. PMG.
1 a larg Echinus Spatagus found 100 foot
deep in a chalk pit at Greenhythe Kent
full of Flint.
2 Anothr less from North fleet in Kent.
3 another from Pourfleet in Essex
4 one of the compresst kind from a chalk
pit near Croydon Surrey.
5. another with Flint adherring to it, from
Northfleet in Kent.
6. another from Hartfordshire
7. another found 200 foot deep in sinking
a well at ...... Hartfordshire.
8. the lesser sort from Nettlebed in Oxfordshire
another, from a chalkpit near Greenwich
10. a flint found in an Echinus
11. part of a long flat Echinus Spat. fields
near Burford Oxfordshire
12. Echinus Ovarius. Sittingborn Kent
13 a peice of a shell of a Pinna Marina
14 part of another. Crick Northamptonshire
15 Muites Boulton on ye waters Glocestershire
16 another sort, near Stow. Glocr.
17. a 3d Farmington. Glocr.
18. a Pectunculus from Northamptonshire
19. another sort. Sherburn Glocr.
20. another sort. Bakewell in ye Peak.
21. another sort. Portland.
22. a sort of Oyster. Barrington Quarry Glocr.
23. another near North Leach. Gloc:
24. anothr compressed. Barrington quarry Gloc.
25. anothr. Sherburn. Gloc.
26. Concha rugosa found near Worcester.
27. another. Sherburn Gloc.
28. another. Whitton Lincr
29. anothr. near Hull. Yorkshire
30. a fine Impression; of a Bivalve. Stowel Gloc:
31. another Impression. Sherburne Gloc:
32. another. Farminton Gloc.
33. a Pecten a Quarry near Oxford
34 another. Landsdown near Bath
35 another impress on flint. Hamstead Heath
36 & 37 two Pectunculi. Whitton Linc:
38 another from the same place. 10
40 }
41 } 3 more. Lands down near Bath.
42 }

43. several bodys pickt up, on ye shores of Hull
44. several Turbinated Shells wth. Pyrites in ym
clay pit Richmond Surrey.
45. Two Pectines .... Northamptonshire
46. part of an Oyster shell, a concha, 3 Buccinæ
Woolwich in Kent in the great sand pit.
47. a Pecten. Sherborn in Gloc:
48. Three Turbinated Shells Stones. Portland
49. a Pecten with Fragments of other shells
& stones. Oxenden. Northamptonshr.
51. part of a Pyrites with shining brassy sparks
Whitby shores in Yorkshire.
52. a sort of Tree-Oyster. Barrington Gloc: Quarry
53. a shell found on ye plowd lands, near
Ensum Ferry. Oxfordshire. Vegetable bodys petrifyed & other
like Stones.
Petrifyed Wood from Lough Neagh in
Ireland. Mr. Tho: Jackson VDM
Petrifyed moss from the droping wall
at Knaresburgh Yorkshire
a sort of Iceickle thence about 9 inches long.
Fern or Polypody leafe of different sorts
in the Catscaups or heads from the Coal-
mines at Newcastle. Don. Jab: Cay MD.
a very curious ore upon a sort of Iron stone
from Rochdale in Lancr.
Wilm. Clayton Esqr
a peice of the Florentina marble naturally
adorned with trees, wch appear not only
on the polished surface, but on ye outside
& the edges quite thro ye stone.
tis abt 6 Inches long & 2½ broad. Don: Ja: Cay MD.
the Asten trochite with a Pentagonal pith.
the flat entrochite, one more, one
less compressd the branched Entrochite.
the Syntrochite (not evenly piled, ½ but off)
the Trochites single joints, St Cuthberts beads
D: D: Gul: Nicolson Epis: Carl:
Conchites of a different sort Boston in Lincr
Mr Thompson
a compresst Echinus found in the midst
of a solid stone at Hinderskelf Yorkshire
Mr Etty ye Architect. Marine Productions
The branching Pounced Coral, white
a root of Corall
a Brain stone curiously wrought
Mart: Lister MD.
pari meo.
a larger Brain stone
a Convex Brain stone
Mr Ch: Towneley of T:
a Starry Fungites, convex.
a branch of White Coral with stars ...
Mr Sam: Baxtr
Arbuscula Marina Ja: Cay MD.
Bitumen floating upon the noted
Well at Pitchford in Shropshire, (set at for
Physl uses).
Jō: Gardner VDM. Gems. Pearls.
Margaritæ Cumbrenses, both single &
twins, with a curious wash. others
of the Sand Pearls.
Don: DD. Gul: Nicolson Episc: Carl:
a peice of Rock Chrystall, where may be
observed the different modus concrescendi,
bro't from Milan by Ja: Cay MD.
2 Brindle-stones from the Country of Kerry
for cutting, white, an inch long, some smal
ones of a redish cast, from Ireland
Mrs. Ma: Marshall
a Transparent Onix with moss therein
Don: Jō: Boulter Arm:
Downham Diamonds from Lancastire, some
very smal one, & 1 larg.
Dr. Jō: Hargrave
some very small Diamonds from Knaresburgh
forrest near the sulpher well.
Agate polished for hafts
48 an Agate from Gravesend Kent.
49 another from Belford Derbyshire both by
Jo: Woodward MD. 11 Regular Stones
the Belemnites, of severall sorts, viz.
black, yellow, semi perspicuous, bored at ye end
a small wormstone or Scrue
the Asteria vera or Astroites of severall
kinds of a Pentagonal figure, from 1 to 15
joints.
Don: Mart: Lister MD. Patri meo.
others of a different colur &...
Don: DD. Gut: Nicolson Episc: Carl:
a Nutmg stone
Mr. Fenay of Fenay.
one not to be distinguished by the Eye from
half a Nutmeg. it came from ye East Indys.
Mr. Tho: Wilson Mercht
a Copper-stone, a most regular Octohedra
found wth many more in the Copper Groves
at Fallum in Sweden, it has 8 flat sides,
& 6 angular points, sent me from Stockholm by
Mr. Wilm. Sykes Mercht.
Sparrs of different sorts, both the
white sparr, & sad coloured (Iron Spar)
foliated Talk
Selenites Conchites Musculites
DD Episc: Carleol:
Amianthus Lapis & Asbestitus of wch was
made the incombustible cloth.
Selenites, Ostracites, Echinus, concha rugo-
so, Belemnites, Pectunculus, Echinus Ovarius,
the compressed Echenites, Concha oblonga Crassa,
Pectens, Cornu Ammonis, Lapides Judaici, a
mass of stone wth impressions of shells ... gathered
for me by Cavendish Nevile Fellow of Univ: Col: Stones Irrgular, Ores
Emery
Killkenny marble, black with whitish spots
sent me from Dublin by Mrs Marshall
a Greyish Marble from Bolton in Yorkshire
2 Samples of very curious Marble ye one light
the other dark colour, polished, from Darbyshire
Mr. John Batty
of the Florentine &
Sussex Marble sesee before
Irish black slate from Dublin
Mrs Marshall
a Cynder from Mount Ætna
Mr Sanders of Darbyshire
Cinders from Vesuvius, bro't from that
volcano by my kind friend Ja: Cay MD.
a Flint with a sort of Spar-like substance
in the middle of it. ye sd Dr Cay.
a peice of an Iron bolt found in a stone
quarry now turned into Iron Ore again,
this being a property that Iron has and
no other metal as Dr Lister observes.
Don: Ja: Cay MD.
a Boulder wch being casually broken
appeared 2 (almost regular) Mathematical
figures, viz. an Ovall within a Square
Mr. Wilm. Cookson Merc
Antimony
Blew Vitriol
a piece of Jet from the East Riding.
Mr Dixon Vicar of Mask
round White pillars in a dark coloured stone
from Lancashire Mr Ch: Townsley of T:
Ruddle very excellent in its kind from
Eddington in Yorkshire
Robt. Molesworth Esqr
Amber of different sorts, viz., white,
with paler & deeper yellows, bro't from
Prussia & given me by Mrs Sus: Maddox
also Fossile Amber from same place & hand
a piece of Amber with a Fly imersd therein
Gold Ore from Hungary Mr. Wm Calverley
Silver Ore from Wales, Mr. Wm. Plaxton
Copper Ore from Cumberland
Lead Ore & Sulpher ... Bp Carlile
Iron Ore from same Country 12 The following were the noble Present of
the before mentioned Dr. Woodward.
A. Copper Ore from Westmoreland
B. another sort with Spar from Cornwall
C. anothr from Mr Bassets Mine in ye same County.
D. anothr wth Tin in it, from a different Mine of Mr Bassets
E. anothr sort from Sr. Wm. Godolphins Mines in Cornwall
F. anothr wth Spar pretty rich in Tin.
G. Copper Ore from Devonshire
H. Mundick from Cornwall
J. a Marcasite very beautifully variegated
K. anothr from Coleorton cole pits in Leicestrsr.
L. a mixture of Tin, Mundick & Spar.... Cornwal
M. anothr from .... Devonshire
N. Tin ore very good from Cornwall
O. a Pirites from the fields near Leiceister
P. another found near Dudley Cassta Staffordshr.
Q. part of anothr from the Shores of Scarborough
R. part of one more remarkable near Weymouth.
S. that sort of Lead Ore called Steel Ore from
Austin Moor in Northumberland.
T. Lead Ore from Mendip hill in Somrsetshr.
U. Potters Lead Ore, Winster in ye Peak Derb:
W. anothr Sample from near Bristol Com: Gloc:
X Sparr. Worksop Lead mines Peak Darb:
Y. anothr Ld Lonesdales Lead mines Westmrld.
Z. a Sparine Crustation from Okey hole
a. anothr sort, quarry near Sherburn Gloc:
b. anothr christalized, a quarry near Oxford
c a Spar very fine. Nenthead mines Cumbrld
d. Pleudo Adamantes. Kings Weston Gloc:
e. 3 samples of ye same from same place
f. Iron Ore very curious with Christallized
spr from Iron Ores in Cumberland.
g. a ferruginous body near Worcestr
h. ... from Richmond in Surrey a clay pit.
i. Selenites from the same place.
k. others from Shotover hil near Oxford
l. a 3d from ..... near Northamptonsr.
m. a 4th found in diging a well Oundle North—.
n. anothr from Worksop Mines.
o. a Miscetites surrounded with Astroites
from Farmington Grove Gloc:
p. a Belemnites from Cricklade hill Gloc:
q. anothr from Croydon chalk pits in Surrey
r. Christalline pebles from Shores in Bpk Durham
s. a fossile sent by the name of petrifyed wood
from Portland quarry.
t. anothr Crick quarry in Northamptonshire
u. anothr from an encrustating Spring at
Harrington in Northamptonshire
w. ..... Welsale in Staffordshire
x. an Agate from Gravesend Kent.
y. anothr from Belford Derbyshire.
z. a piece of the Ludus Helmontii not far
from Scarbrough.
aa. bb. cc. dd. ee. Impressions of Plants
from a Cole pit Mendip Somerstshr
ff. clay wth ye impression of Shells from Cumbrld
gg. burnt wood, mosses of Cheshire
Firr cones from same place
hasel nutts dug up in ye Isle of Wight.
hh. a mass of stones with shells in it. from
Kings Weston Gloc:
ii. anothr ... Lady Guise at Greatworth North—
kk. another.
ll. anothr from Sr Ralph Duttons park Sherburn Gloc:
mm. another from Crick Northamptonshire
mn. another most Curious. Purfleet Kent
oo. another from Purbeck.
pp. anothr... Dudley Staffordshire
qq. anothr Portland quarry.
rr. anothr wth. fragments of Entrochi in it.
ss. Entrochi & Astroitae. Shugbury Gloc:
tt. Aculei of Echini Ovarii of several sorts
& other congenerous bodys from the
chalk pits of Kent, Essex & Surrey.
uu. several turbinated shells & other bodys
from Northamptonshire.
ww. shells with delineations of shrubs
upon them. Sherborn Gloc:
xx conchi anomii from chalk pits Kent
yy. others & pectunculi from the quarrys
of Glocestershire. 13 14 Artificiall Matters &
a Burning glass.
magnifying glass
a Telescope, the glasses ground & the
tube turned by the Ingenious Tho: Sharp
MA & VDM.
an Indian Bow full 2 yards long.
the Arrows above 4 foot, the one
armed with a Fishbone, ye other with hard
Brasile wood pointed & hooked.
a Persian Bow agove 4 foot long, cu-
riously inlaid, painted & gilded, the Arrows
2 foot long, headed with Iron.
a peice of Indian Armour, well Japan'd
2 sorts of Scotch Dirks, the one with
wood, the other Ivory hilts. Mr. G Hickson
a wheel-lock Pistol curiously inlaid
with Ivory Don: Sā: Atkinson Gunsmith
a larg Sword with ye year 1444.
a larger Sword 5½ long besides with the
hilt wch is 19 inches broad
Mr Godfr. Haddon
a Gantlett Mr Js: Blackburn.
a Stone ball above a yard in compass
shot from the Queens Pocket Pistols in
the late Wars, into this town.
Mr. Hen: Pawson Mercht
an ancient Copper Skeine from Ireland
Mr. Wm. Jackson
a sort of Spanish Halberd taken out of
the Castle of Xixona in Valensia, wn
the English first reduced it that place to the
obedience of Charles 3d. Ano. 1706.
Capt. Butler.
a Spanish Pen knife, the blade near an
inch & a half broad. Mr Chr: Wilkinson Chapl:
in a Man of War.
a small Cannon.
a Ship wch having an Iron conveyance
& 16 guns, discharges as a Man of War.
Antique Spurs of several sorts, some
inlaid with silver, others gilded thro out
with prodigious Rowells.
a Gilt Spur above 6 inches long from
the heel to the Rowel Mr Sam: Smith
a Protestant Flail ut dicitur
a very curious Indian Deity, engraved &
gilded thro out, & so the inside of the
Shrine or Temple, the outside well Japand
Don: Johis Boulter Arm:
a very deformed one from the West Indys.
bro't me from Jamaica by
Mr. Saml Kirshaw Mercht
Roupys of Silver both the round & square
moneys of the Great Mogull
a half Roupy of Aurenzeebs.
Mr Amery
Several Sorts of Indian Moneys cald Wam-
pampeage, both of the black & white
cilinders & flat shells.
a piece of a Girdle or bracelet used on
their greatest payments, consisting of
15 double rows of black & white beads
the warp of Leather thongs, a few, yellow
blew & striated beads intermixed
Alderman Massys widow.
an Assonagh or Escochean used at the
funeral of Eliz: Sonam Sole dau'ter & heir
apparent of Anne Sonam an Indian Queen
in Maryland, 'tis of Doeskin placed upon
a round hoop, adorned with Roanoke Silver
& Peake Gold (shells) with rude distinction
for the several familys, bro't me thence by
Mr. James Green
an Indian Girdle said to be the said
Queens or her dau'ters.
a Barbadoes Rush basket very prettily
woven by the Indian Women, the rushes
partly of their native Colour, partly deyed
with a deep tawney.
an Indian Dish made of the bark of
a tree with the sides & rim sowed
together after the manner of twig
work.
another less of the like sort.
a large Gilded cup made of an Elks
leg Mr. Greenwoods gift. 15
a Kouser and other Vessels of ye Patna ware
in the Great Moguls Country, as thin as glass
but not transparent, 'tis said wil endure the
fire, bro't from the East Indys by
Mr Robt Midgeley of Leeds
an Indian Spoon of fine wood tipt with
silver.
a Spoon of Juniper wood, a case of
spoons of a white wood from Prussia
Mrs Madox
an Indian Lanthern of very fine Twig
work 2½ foot round, brought thence by ye said
Dr Midgeley
a very odd Lanthern made of the Skin
of the Solpen (I suppose the Scolopendra)
Mrs Sus: Madox.
Dr. R. says 'tis the pisis Echina-
tus triangularis.
2 fishing lines near 5 foot long of Indian
Plants John Boulter Es
Cassavi-bread, or rather the Sciam Sciā
being thin & vey fine.
a Bottle made of an Indian-Gourd
an Indian-Gurglot 19 Inches round wrought
of a thick blewish clay full of Mica or Cat-
silver, 'tis said to keep their liquor cool tho
exposed to the Sun.
Dr. Danl Waldo.
a vessell of the Serpentine marble
a Cohawn a peicepiece of pure Irish household shuffe
a Mader likewise yt runs upon wheels, the
the 4 sides cutt out of one entire piece of wood
Mrs Marshal of Dublin
a Tankard made of a natural knot of
wood yt looks as if artifically engraved.
Mr. Wm. Plaxton.
an old German Jugg with 3 storys of
Sampson wrought upon it.
Cheese trenchers both of the Square (yt
turn into ye form of a book) & round sort,
handsomely gilt & painted yt by the ob-
sole verses seem of good Antiquity.
a Box of Cups from Norimberge
100 one within an other, the utmost
about 2½ inched in diametre.
another set of 50 Mrs Calverley
A chariot of very curious workp of Ivory
a Cabinet of mother of Pearl, Ivory,
and Tortoise Shell curiously in laid.
a Japan Cup of very curious workman-
ship, the twig work as fine as silk or
very smal thread, wrought in flowers ...
Mrs. Jud: Dickonson Habits & Ornaments.
an Indian Fan cut in wood & turn'd
up artificially Mr Sam: Stubs.
a Formosan Shoe, adorned with
needle work, silk ... Dr. Robt Midgeley
a child shoe & stockin in one, of yel-
low leather, with Iron heel, worn by
the richer sort of people in Prussia &c..
Tho: Whitaker VDM.
a very odd sort of Shoe made of the
bark of Trees, &c.. after the manner
of Coal baskets, worn by the poorer
sort of people there...
Mrs Sus. Madox
a straw slipper from dantszick
Mr. Jō: Jacob Smidt
an Irish Brogue &
French wooden
a Persian slipper very curiously
sowed
a Lithuanian Hatband of straw-
work, with a bunch of white
seaweed, worn wn a proud humour
comes upon them. Mrs. S: Madox.
Judge Huttons Ladys cross-cloth or
brow-bit, curious needle work wrough
in silk of great variety of colours ...
Alderm Idles relict
an Antique Quoife of sow'd work, with
Gold & black silk ...
Madam Calverley of Caly
a skimming dish cloth Hat Mr. Coningham
a straw hat, the brims 9 inches broad & the
Crown 8 high, wr. as a wedding hat also hem
is but 3½ & 3 inches
Mr Hen: Pawson 16
a book, the cover curiously embroiderd
by the memorable Lady, ABp Tob: Mathews
wife, who had a Bp to her father, an ABp
to her father in law, 4 sisters marryed to
Bps & herself to an ABp.
Madam Dyneley her descendt
other needle work, & a Fetter-lock with
an Inscription very nicely done in small
by the said pious Lady.
her gt Grand dau'tr Dyneley
a Cup of very good workmanship in
Gold & Silk.
Gloves great variety of antique forms
& richly embroidered with gold & beugles
a plated Support to wear under Ruffes
Pointwork admireable fine needle
work by Madam Savage dau'ter in Law to the
Earl Rivers. given me by my bror who marryed her dau'tr
a Crance of most beautiful Colours
& curious work worn by the Brides in
Prussia Mrs S: Madox
an Indian necklace of young Oranges
from Jamaica Mrs: Kirshaw
Bracelets made of Elks claws
the Abbot of Kirkstalls, drinking glasse
nigh a foot deep with white strips
Madam Arthington
his Stirrup of cast Iron plate, the sole
seven inches broad. Mr Pollard
an Iron Spur or stay rather to screw
under ye shoe heel for more secure walk-
ing the Icy sheets in Norway, Prussian
Mrs S: Maddox
a Scrue box of Irish wood, very curiously
covered with straw work of divers colours
an Essence Bottle covered with straw as fine
as needle work, wrought at Dublin by
Mrs Marshall
A frag in silkwork
2 Historys very neatly cut in paper by Mrs.
Hoyle in Craven MadMadam Aldburgh
a Chain by Sr Gilbt Hethcarts dautr
a brass Inkern made & engraved by
a woman (Ellen Ellis of Sheffield)
Mr Rt Jackson
a Reel with silk & silver wound upon
it after put into a botles performed by
Parson Gale.
a Hexapode
Arabian-joynted Tobacco pipes, above
a yard long, prettily painted
an Indian pipe above 2 foot long, with
3 reeds in breadth, most covered with
twig work.
short clay pipes from Jamaica & Virginia
a long one of Wood not joynted tho 4 foot in length from Turky.
Mr Winter
a larg head from ye coast of Barbery
Mr Cranidge
the fine wrought Hollands pipes short & long.
Tobacco stopper made of the Royal Oak
Mr Plaxton
another very curiously turned by Parson Gale.
Esca Virginia or Tinder} Dr. Jō: Sharp.
a Cord of American Aloes} Dr. Jō: Sharp.
Punch Ladle made of a Bulls pisle. Mr Place.
a fragment of an Indian Canoe.
Indian Sere cloth
a Turkish wash ball
a masse of nails soldered together
wn London was burnt Ano, 1666.
Mr Hen: Gyles.
a Candlestick part melted with a
flash of Lightning at Leedes.
a stick fired by lighening in a mans hand Decr, 1710.
a Dye from the Tower for coining of
brass pennys, wn private persons had
Liberty of inserting their names upon the
Currant moneys. Mr. James Dawson
a Snuffe-box made in form of an Irish
Broge, another smaller.
a Dram cup of .... wood 17
The House of Comons, curiously enamel'd
upon Gold
the Effigies of Thomas Lord Fairfax the
Generall, with the prospect of an Army
at a distance, on one side, of a Battle at
large (I presume yt of Naseby) on the other
'tis enameld upon Gold with the most ex-
quisite art, being a Present from the Parliamt
to that Lord, of whose Executors it was pur-
chased with his noble Collection of Coins &
medalls by my honored father. materiam su-
purabat opus
The picture of Charles Hales Es Envoy
from K Charles 2d at Venice, very lively
enameld upon Gold
the head of Christina Queen of Sweden
enameld in smal for a Ring.
The head of Carolus Gustavus her Successr
enameld in less for a signet
the head of K. Charles 1rst painted somewt
larger.
2 hands conjoyned, in white enamell
upon glass. these 3 last from Mrs Sus. Madox
a very broad antique Gold ring supposed
to have been that of Richd Duke of Yorke
(fathr to K Edwd 4th.) being found in the
place where he was slain, near Wakefield,
within it is engraved in the characters of
that age pour bon amour. weighs near a
guiney & a half.
a silver box of ancient chased work.
another of brass of different work
a Copper plate of Mr Hollars engraving.
Jō: Boulter Es
Lambeth House etch'd upon Copper by
Mr Wm Lodge of Leedes. Mr Hen: Gyles.
The miserys of Warr, a noble Piece
of Painting upon a Copper plate
near 2 foot broad & 2½ long.
Belshazers Feast curiously painted
upon board, it seems to have been an
Original, as ye formr indisputably is.
the Pictures of K. Henry 4th.
K. Hen: 5th. & Qu: Elizabeth
all done upon board very wel.
the pictures of 3 Reformers
Wickliffe, Tindal & Knox (Wood)
Severall prospects taken at Rome
from the Via Appia &c.. by Mr. Wm Lodge
of Leedes, & curiously drawn by his Pen,
as also the Tables of Entrochi & Astroites
the Monumt at London, multangular
Tower and Roman Wal in York, the prospect
of Leedes, &c.. the Originals given me by ye
Chancellr Hen. Watkinson LLD & Mr Hen: Gyles.
a Perpetual Almanack invented, drawn,
& painted upon glass, & gilded by the
Ingenious Tho: Kirke Es FRS
Astronomical Tables & Constellations
contrived & drawn by himselfe.
a Body of 30 Rhombs & other Mathe-
matical bodys made of Pastboard ...
by the same hand.
The Survey of the Rivers of Ouse,
Are, & Calder, the Original done
by the Trinity men wn these 2 rivers
were made navigable, presented to me
by Aldrman Milner, a party chiefly con-
cern'd in yt affair procurring Act of Palt.
some Mathematical draughts done
by the curious pen of Mr. Abr: Sharp
Death playing an unwelcome tune to
a miser, painted upon glass by my Cosn
Cookson whose Present it was
a map of Yorkshire drawn by a Pen
in a smal compass Mr. Hen: Gyles 18
an Example of the Sclavonian charactr
& language, in a paper scroll about 14
foot long. Don: Sā: Ibbetson Merct:
.....of the Language & characters of
China with 2 pictures upon Chinese
transparent paper D. Johnis Gunter LLB.
.... of the Coptick characters (ꝑhapsperhaps)
tho this is rather impressed with a stile
than written, upon a single plate of the
Palmetto leafe.
a Book (or scrol) of 17 yards 2 foot long
wrapt up in QutoQuarto 8 inches broad, from
Onar in the kingdome of Canara in
the East Indys, 'tis to be writ upon with
a slate Pen. Don: Tho: Wilson Merc:
an old Manuscript Almanack 9 inches
long & 6 broad, but each wrapped in 3, the
tables of each month are divided into the
Calends, nones, Ides, with Festivals &c .. ye
reverse has an Historical accotaccount of the batles
in the North, about 300 years Antiquity
the case is wrought with Sprig work, is 10
inches long & 2½ broad D. Car: Clarkson junr
another MS Almanack painted & guilded
has the signific: of Thunder each month
in old English with an Emblem, upon the
reverse are ye Saints for each Festivall
in gold ... Don: DD. Archiep: Ebor.
an Essay of Mrs Walkiers writing who
was blind from a year old, of whom is a
remarkable accot in Bp Burnits Letters
p. 116. the Distick is
Linea si titubet, Lector, literæ vacillent
noris quam fallax sit sine luce manus.
Don: DD. Episc: Sarum.
a Specimen of Jean Francois Blanchets
a Switsers writing, wch I saw him write
with his toes, being born with out arms.
& of Jonas Whittingtons who was deafe
& dumb brone (born) who yet can paint
well in Oyl Colours, & writes wel after Copys,
but wth his own conceptions is much at a
loss in the prepositions, monasillables &t...
a Prayer or Hymn to a heathen deity
in the Indian language & character
in gold upon a blew grownd made up
into an European Fan & given me by
Madam Molesworth, whose bror the
Earl of Bellomont was Governr of New-
England.
a Callendar curiously writ & painted
by a man without hands, viz. Mathias
Buckinger of Koningsberg Ano 1700.
D. Gul: Cookson Merc:
another writing of his, with an attesta-
tion by ye master of ye ship...
D. Aldrm Dodgson
his Picture (ye copper plate said to be
engraved by himself) with an Inscrip-
tion below writ by him then in Holland
in the presence of Ricd Cranidge Merc:
a sentance writ with the end of a
Tobacco pipe as fine as with a Crows
quill by Mr Ralph Morton then of Leedes
D. Josa Ibbetson Ald
a Bond in Court hand, in one line & the
condition in another writ by the curious
pen of Mr Robt Jackson now of Leedes 19
the Instrumts of our Saviours Passion, (nails
pincers, scourges...) cut out of thin plates
of brass & fastned (with wires on the inside)
ofupon an Eggs shell, done in Prussia & bro't me
theme by Mrs Sus: Madox.
a Cabinet with half a dosen Chevaliers
in wax work, that by multiplying glasses
appear like a troop of horse, do march to
& fro with sound of the trumpet.
a Curious transparent mug of English ma-
terials, but seems to equall the Chinese,
invented & made at Yorke by Mr Francis
Place.
One of the courser pots purposely
made to preserve the fine ones for the
violence of the fine... ye Sd Mr Fr. Place.