The Digital Ark :: Posthumous Salwey

The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

Sea captain and relative of collector William Courten. According to Kusukawa, "Courten’s aunt had married Sir Edward Littleton, whose sister Anne had married Humphrey Salwey (1575-1652) of Moor Park. Their children included Humphrey the younger, whose only son was Posthumous, who helped settle Courten’s Montpellier bills (see BL, Sloane MS 3962, 303v-306r). He died in Barbados in 1698 as commander of the Crowne (45).

Relationships: Posthumous Salwey was a relative of William Courten (28 Mar 1642-26 Mar 1702)

Linked print sources: as Mentioned or referenced by - Appendix I to 'William Courten's list of 'Things Bought' from the Late Seventeenth Century.
as Mentions or references - Curiosity and Enlightenment: Collectors and Collections from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century.
as N/A - Curiosity and Enlightenment: Collectors and Collections from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century.
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