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Mr. James Creswick ( - )

Relevant locations: Lived at or near Beghall, Yorkshire
 References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

Fourscore Stones of different Forms and Bigness, some an Inch and a half long, others roundish and rugged, voided from the Penis of an aged Minister, Mr. Creswick of Beghall, and sent me by his Executor Mr. Priestly, who had a Box containing about Six hundred of them; they are dark coloured and gritty. Some large Stones voided, and others cut out of the Urethra of Joshua, the Son of Thomas Spurret of Leedes; two very odd ones taken out of the right Kidney, and two very large found in the Bladder when he was dissected Nov. 1711. by the ingenious Mr. S. Pollard, who presented them to me: One of them weighed near two Ounces, is 5 ½ Inches in Circumference one Way, and 4 the other. These are whiter and smoother than the Rest, but broader.

Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 243. The Life of Mr. John Angier of Denton Com. Lanc. by Mr. O. Heywood, with Notes and Additions, by Mr. Newcome of Manchester, &c. Sermons of the said Mr. Angier, Mr. Sharp, of Leedes, Mr. John Firth of Mansfield, Mr. Edm. Hough Vicar of Hallifax. And Advice to an only Child, by Mr. James Creswick of Beghall; the Originals of their own Writing Don. D. John Priestley. Note the first and last of these are now printed.
A Catalogue of the Naturall and Artificial Curiositys in my slender Musaeum at Leedes Ano. 1708 Calculi, 80 stones of different forms & bigness, some an Inch & ½ long voided from the Penis by an aged minister, Mr. Cresnick, sent me by Mr. Priestley his Exec:r who had near 600 of ym.