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John Gascoigne ( - )

Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

Terra Sigillata with Turkish Characters, like that in Wormius (d)(d) Mus. Wormianum, p. 9., only this is marked upon both Sides, that but upon one. Terra Lemnia, the red Lemnos, Earth, so close and coherent as not to colour the Fingers. Armenian Bole, first brought to Rome in Galen's Time, when the Plague raged. Terra Japonica, both red and brown, and dark-coloured. Don. D. Jo. Hunter. Terra Fabrilis Rubrica, Rubrick or Ruddle, very good from Edlington near Doncaster, the Seat of my honoured Friend Robert Molesworth Esq;. Here is also a yellow Ochre, but so gritty that I suspect it is not that from Oxfordshire, which is accounted the best in the World (e)(e) Plot' s Nat. Hist. Oxon, p. 55.. This Dr. Plot supposeth may in Process of Time be converted from yellow Ochre to Rudle first, and after to Black Chalk, by a certain Transmutation so much spoken of by Naturalists. However that be, this brings us to the Chalks, of which here are the Red and the Black both used in Drawing. Terra Saponaria, Fullers Earth from Kent; it is vulgarly called Walker Earth, for the Reason before-mentioned, pag. 82. Tobacco-Pipe-Clay that burns white and clear, from Wortley in this Parish, of which see Page 196. Of the Clays, Argilla; Dr. Merret (f)(f) Pinax Rerum Nat. Brit. pag. 219., besides the White, mentions also the Ash-colour, Blew, Yellow and Red. Of a Sort of red Argil, full of Mica or Cat-Silver, I found a great Quantity near the Coal-Mines of John Gascoigne Esq; cast up in making a vast Drain betwixt Parlington and Berwick in Elmet; and at the same Depth, viz. 12 Foot, that for the same Reason that Fossil-Wood is called Noah's-Ark, may be concluded an Antedeluvian Nut A delicate fine white Sand from Lisbon.

Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

Stemma Regalis Augustissimi Monarchæ Jacobi Magn. Brit. Fran. & Hib. Regis, &c. it is curiously delineated upon Parchment from Malcolme, and St. Margaret, to Prince Henry 1604. Don. D. Jo. Boulter Arm. Pedigree of Brooke Baron of Cobham. The Original Subsidy for the Wapentake of Skyrake granted to K. Hen. 8. An. 1549. subscribed by John Gascoigne Esq; &c. Commissioners. Don. D. Cyr. Arthington Arm. The third Subsidy to K. Ja. I. for the said Wapentake, subscribed by Sir Tho. Fairfax, and Sir Hen. Goodricke Knts. 1605. A List of the Lord Mayors of Yorke (and short Historical Notes) from 1488 to 1588; all upon Parchment.