The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Henry Pawson ( - fl.1700)
Relevant locations: Workplace or place of business Leeds, Leeds ParishRelationships: Henry Pawson was a visitor to the collection of Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)
Linked manuscript items: as Mentioned or referenced by - "[Guest Book to Thoresby's Museum]," Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27, Leeds
Linked print sources: as Donator of object(s) - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
References in Documents:
Ball of Stone shot out of the
Cannoncalled the
Queen's Pocket-
Pistol, in the late Wars from
Pistol
Cavalier-Hillinto this Street; it is yet above
a Yard in Circumference. Don.
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CharlesI
dozen Points 3 ½ Inches from the Heel, the whole curiously wrought
and gilded.
SwordHilt , the Guard, or Basket Work
inlaid with Silver, found at
Will. Mil
nerEsq
ner
of the like WorkmanSpurs
ship.
ProtestantFlayle , given me by a Popish Recusant.
, which by Means of a covert Conveyance through theMan of War
Body of the Ship, discharges 16 Guns: It was made by Order of
John Thoresby
.Cannon
English Lady's Hat; it is of black
Velvet, the Brim but 3 ½ Inches
broad, and the Crown four high, like a fluted Pillar of Thirty two
Wreaths or Rolls.
StrawHat about two Yards and a half in Cir
cumference. Don. D.
ClothHat almost of the same Di
mensions. Don.
Jac. Coningham
Proto-Quaker called
Skimming Dish Hats, and bore his Testimony
against them; and to confess the Truth, they are almost as Novel as
his Religion, Brimes being a modern Invention since round flat Caps
were disused.
as remarkably little, being but 3 ½ Inches inCaster
the Breadth of the Brim, and three in the Height of the Crown:
Bandof
Gold and green Ribband.
&c.
Sea-weed, worn when a proud Humour comes upon them. Don. D
Vertebræof
Snakes. Don. D.
a
Stoneball above a yard in compass
shot from the Queens Pocket Pistols in
the late Wars, into this town.
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a
strawhat , the brims 9 inches broad & the
Crown 8 high, w
r. as a
wedding hatalso
is but 3½ & 3 inches
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d: Anno D
ni1699
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