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John Thoresby (1592 - 20 Sep 1661)

Merchant and Alderman of Leeds (Ducatus, 73). Relationships: John Thoresby was a father of John Thoresby (1626-30 Oct 1679)
John Thoresby was a grand-father of Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)
John Thoresby was a relative of Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)
John Thoresby was a relative of Ruth Thoresby (-1669)

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

An Indian Bonnet of very fine curious Workmanship; the Out-side consists of six Triangles, of Crimson and Black waved; the Interstices of Yellow, with Lines of Black and Crimson intermix'd; the Inside is of Straw-work, Red, Purple and Yellow waved after a different Manner. Don. Tho. Garway. English Caps; one of red Velvet with sixteen Rows of Silver Lace; another of Tissue Cloth of Silver; a third so lately used as my Grandfather Thoresby's Time, richly embroidered with Gold and Silver, thick set with Spangles; the peaked Lace clear Gold. A black square Cap worn by the foreign Literati. Don. S. Molineux Arm. An Indian Cap made of Rushes, partly of their Native Colour, and partly dyed Purple, very curiously woven with indented Rows, and a Tuft like the former. A Quoife very richly embroidered with Gold and black Silk. Don. Walt. Calverly Bart. Another of Judge Hutton's Lady. Don. Alb. Dodson Arm. A Cross cloth, or Brow-bit, of the like curious Needle-work, the Flowers of various Colours well shaded and richly embroidered; it was my Aunt Idle's Mo ther's, and given me by the said pious Relict of Alderman Idle; others of Lace, and different Sorts of Needle-Work. Widows Peaks. Commode-wires of various Forms and Heights.

Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

77. An Account of what was receiv'd (viz 339 l. 18 s. 9 d. ½.) and paid to the poor visited People, when the Plague was at Leedes, An. 1645. The Number of the Weekly Bills from 12 Mar. to 18 Dec. amount to 1325. Sir Ingram Hopton's Estate and Composition at Goldsmiths Hall. Mr. Harrison's Letters relating to his Sequestration 1649. The Augmentation to Armley Chapel. What Chapels within the Parish of Leedes were certified by the Commissioners 1650, as fit to be made Parochial Churches. Collections for propagating the Gospel in New-England, paid to and by Alerman Thoresby, as Treasurer for the Wapentake 1653. Ori ginal Orders about the Cloth-workers Company, signed by my said Grand-Father, and other Justices. Papers concerning the Election of a Burgess in Parliament for Leedes. Letters and Papers concerning the Charter, when Mr. Skur impleaded the Corporation, as disaffected to the then usurped Powers. Papers relating to the Contest about the Vicarage of Leedes 1661, when Mr. Bowle's was presented by one Party, and Mr. Lake (afterwards Bishop of Chichester) by the other; with several Sheets of Original Subscriptions.