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Mrs. Halsey ( - fl. 1658)

Relevant locations: Residence at Lockington's house, The King's Arms
Relationships: Mrs. Halsey was a sister of John Bargrave (1610-1680)

References in Documents:
A memo dated 28 April 1658 (Canterbury Cathedral loose papers)
Memorandū Memorandum Apll April 28. 1658 In 2 trunks left wth with my sister Halsy at Mr Mr. Lockentons house at the kings armes in Knight­ riders streete neer old fishstreet.
In the pockets of my black cloath breeches left in the haire truncke. A meddale of gold of the Emp. Ferdinand iii of 4 to sterl A siluer meddal of Pope Innocent 10th and one of Alexandr Alexander vii. A large siluer meddale of the young Prince of Orange. 2 smale peeces of gould, and one of siluer of the Coronation of the king of Bohemia, when I was present. A pistol of the Sede Vacante, another of France, and another of the Prince of Orange. Thirteen gould Ducats or Hungars. Seauen peeces of old gould 1 Siluer peece guilded of Charles I K of England. A Jubile peece of siluer, wth with the porta Santa.
A greate gould ring with my uncle Roberts seale. a gold inamel seale with a woman cut in a stoane. A gold ring with a cutt, Aristot head, in a granade stoane. Betweene 20 and 30 intaglios, or cutt stoanes for rings. 4 good Cameos or rilieuo stoans for rings. 2 fine peeces of pasto’s anticos. 2 onixes, Tourquois, and about 30 more stoanes for rings. A greate tooth with the gums turnd into stoane. A lapis stellaris like a heart. A pretty bigg peece of Amathist un cutt. Seuerall serpents teeth turned into stoane. A read and white Jasper ball, and a bloodstone ring. A blew stoane owt of the mines of Tiroll. 6 or 7 molachites stoanes, a steele chaine, a broken gold ring, with a siluer spoone, and a forke. a paper of smale false rubies Cacus his preiste in brass. an old Esculapius in brass. A greene silke and siluer Naples scarfe. a Roma sot torranea lamp, and lacrimatoiolachrymatory of earth. A sexangular peece of Chrystal about 5 inches long, as it naturally groeth, and I had it amongst the Rhetian Alpes. A box of pictures of the kings passion; Another box of pictures.
In the haire trunk more left. An Oual white box with 58 græcian and Roman meddalls with other antiquities. A white square box with about 12 medalous and 60 old Greeke and Roman Medalls, with little statutes and other antiquities. 3 paire of Camuchios or Gemps his hornes, an inlaid high dutch powder flaske; a muschroome in stoane. 40 peeces of Juspmuk caines. A Cilinder.
In a canuas purse 3 precious stoane padlocks, an antiquity of Tiber cutt in Corrall. a load stone. 3 high dutch coynes of about halfe a crowne a peece, other stoanes: a ring squint. In a white Oual box, a mouse, a Lyon, a tygar, and a cat, that runn with watch worke on wheeles. The Cutts of the fountaines, Baserielicco’s statues Pallaces, &t of Rome. The Cut of ye the Church at Milan, Strasbourg &t An Oual white box wth 15 large stoanes and Pasto’s antiquo’s, with some garnet stoanes with a round box in it of aboue 100 false stoanes. 2 or 3 optick glasses, a canuas bagg of siluer minerals. A leather purse with beads, gloves in walnuts, a brass Hercules, a doffindolfin, and old key of ye the tēmpletemple of Luna, stoanes and coynes ropt up in a paper. A blew and yellow knit purse full of high German mony. A leather purse wth with about 25 siluer and brass Roman coines, with the reliques of Sybilla Cumana’s grotto. A Persyan tweezer, an Optick longsight wth with figures. A little redd box wth with the 12 Cæsars and other meddals. A box with geese and ducks, another wt with 2 wax figures and Venice mony in sugar. A Canuas bagg with seuerall memorials of my trauell. A Emperor on horseback in a picture for the Cilindar Seueral, Hungarian, Bohemian, high Dutch, Italian, latin, bookes. Diuers papers, and writings.
In the black trunke. A wodden eye for optick glasses A trumpet of barks of trees. 2 moddels for chamber fountaines. A high Dutch woman in wax in a box. Venus and Cupid in wax in a box. Hens and Chickins in wax in a box. A Storke, a Chamois or Gemps in a box. 2 greate pots, and one lesser one, a pestle and morter, a salt seller, a standish, and a broken candlestick, all of Serpentine stoane. An Emperors figure in Clay. 2t.
A Cast marble table frō from Rome, with figures, Orpheus and the beasts about him. A bears skine.