The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Jonathan Priestley (1634 - 27 Jul 1705)
He was described in The Nonconformist Register as "a solid Christian of considerable Piety and usefulness" (237). Thoresby writes of his "old friend" and describes this incident: "My Friend Mr. Jonathan Priestley's MS. Additions to Mr. Turner's History of Providences, furnishes us with a later Instance [of a giant], and a Native of England, Jeremiah Street (a Wiltshire man born), who, May 22. 1703. was shew'd publicly at Halifax, for his extraordinary Stature, I could, saith he (who is himself a proper Person), stand under his Arm-hole, and above an Inch to spare, and with my Hand could just reach the top of his Head. He was seven Foot and five Inches high, but corpulent and unhealthy, and falling sick at Bradford, was interred there 13 June" (Ducatus Leodiensis, 611, 621). "Jonathan Priestley, who writ the preceding memoirs of the Priestleys, was born in the year 1633, and died in 1705, aged 72" (Jackson). Other biography: http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirsofpriestl00durh/memoirsofpriestl00durh_djvu.txt CorrespondentRelevant locations: Residence at Westercroft, West Yorkshire
Residence at Winteredge, West Yorkshire
Relationships: Jonathan Priestley was a father of Nathaniel Priestley (-5 Sep 1728)
Jonathan Priestley was a friend of Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)
Jonathan Priestley was a visitor to the collection of Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)
Nathaniel Priestley (17 Nov 1699-5 Apr 1781) was a grand-child of Jonathan Priestley
Linked manuscript items: as Mentioned or referenced by - "[Guest Book to Thoresby's Museum]," Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27, Leeds
as Sender of a letter - "[Letter from Jonathan Priestley to Ralph Thoresby]," Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS7, Leeds
as Sender of a letter - "[Letter from Jonathan Priestley to Ralph Thoresby]," Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS8, Leeds
Linked print sources: as Subject of/in a document - Memoirs of the Priestley Family.
as Subject of/in a document - The Nonconformist Register, of Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths: 1644-1702, 1702-1752, generally known as the Northowram of Coley register, but comprehending numerous notices of Puritans and Anti-Puritans in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, London, &c., with lists of Popish recusants, Quakers, &c. .
as Subject of/in a work of art - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
Linked items in print sources: as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - Some Memoirs Concerning the Family of the Priestleys, Written, at the Request of a Friend, by Jonathan Priestley, An°. Domini 1696, Aetatis Suae 63.
as Subject of/in a document - Some Memoirs Concerning the Family of the Priestleys, Written, at the Request of a Friend, by Jonathan Priestley, An°. Domini 1696, Aetatis Suae 63.
References in Documents:
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on several Subjects, which Persons of all Denominations will al
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, whereby it appears that in oneDiary of Mr. Oliver Heywood
Year he preached 105 Times, besides the Lord's Days, kept 50
Days of Fasting and Prayer, nine of Thanksgiving, and travel
led 1400 Miles in his Master's Service. Don. D.
.Jon. Priestley
1. Statue of Jupiter Ammon, pag. 556.
2. Vesta.
3. Neptune, p. 487.
4. An Altar, p. 556.
5. A Roman Brick, p. 562.
6. Another, p. 563.
7. A Roman Key, p. 558.
8. A Fibula, p. 557.
9. Cuneus, p. 563.
10. Catapulta, p. 565.
11. Geat Ring or Bracelet, p. 558.
12. A Sepulchral Urn containing near a Gallon, p. 560.
14. A small one, full of the Ashes of a Child.
15. A small red Urn.
16. One of blue.
17. Another of different Form.
18. One of those commonly called Lacrimatory's, p. 565.
19. One of white Clay.
20. A red Pottle containing half a Congius, p. 560.
21. Part of a Vessel that seems to have been a Patera.
22. One of the Parts of a Roman Aquæduct, p. 564.
23. A Bead of Earth curiously wrought, p. 563.
24. Another of blue Glass with white Snakes, of that Sort call'd Adder-beads or Druid Amulets, p. 493.
25. Another curiously undulated with white, red, and dark blue.
26. The Figure and Bigness of the Head of a British Arrow,
p.
493, and 565.
27. The like of a Dart, p. 565, both of Flint.
28 and 29. The Head of a Marble Mallet, p. 565.
30. A brazen Lance, p. 566.
31. A Shield, with Brass Studs, p. 564.
32. Kendall's Medal.
Of the Roman Triumph, and the History of Adonis in the preceding
Plate, see Page 556.
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furnishes us with a later Instance, and a Native of
story of ProvidencesEngland, Jeremiah Street (a May 22. 1703
was shew'd publicly at
could, saith he (who is himself a proper Person), stand under his
Arm-hole, and above an Inch to spare, and with my Hand could
just reach the top of his Head.
He was seven Foot and five Inches
high, but corpulent and unhealthy, and falling sick at
was
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Omne bonum superne[*] "All good comes from above." Motto of the Miller family.