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Scot, Reverend ( - fl. 1710)

Vicar of Wakefield Relevant locations: Lived at or near Wakefield, West Yorkshire
 References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

But the most remarkable is one voided 16 Febr. 1710. by Anne Moorcraft a poor Widow, yet living in the Alms-House at Wakefield when she was three Months above Fourscore Years of Age. It is yet (though Part wasted) 4 ½ Inches in Circumference one Way, and above half a Foot the other. This was the acceptable Present of the Reverend Mr Scot Vicar of Wakefield.