The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Bryan Fairfax ( - fl. 1713)
A visitor to Thoresby's museum and one of his correspondents. Thoresby went to visit him in Westminster while he was staying in London on 31 May 1712. According to Thoresby, Fairfax's mother was descended from Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, through is daughter Mary, sister of Queen Elizabeth. CorrespondentRelevant locations: Residence at London, England
Relationships: Bryan Fairfax was a correspondent of Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)
Linked manuscript items: as Mentioned or referenced by - "[Guest Book to Thoresby's Museum]," Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27, Leeds
as Sender of a letter - "[Bryan Fairfax to Ralph Thoresby]," Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS2, Leeds
References in Documents:
Gratitude to my Benefactors obligeth me to acknowledge to whose
Kindess I am obliged
for some of the most valuable of the said Originals, viz. to the
most
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Dwyer; Fall; Gale(Dean of
Cressey; Daubuz, Deering,
,Yorke
to whom, and to Dr.
Hudsonthe greatest Number of the Learned Fo
reigners are directed)
Gibson; Hardy, Hickes, Hill, Hough, Hudson,
Humfrey; Milner; Nalson, Noble; Pearson, Plaxton, Priestley; Smith,
Stretton, Strype(for some very valuable
Humfrey; Milner; Nalson, Noble; Pearson, Plaxton, Priestley; Smith,
Stretton, Strype
temp. Reg. Eliz.) Talbot, Tal
lents; Wasse, and
lents; Wasse
Wilkinson. And of the Laity, Mr.
Bayns, Blythman,
Brenand, Sir
Brenand
Esq; Mr.Walter Calverley , John Chamberlayn
Churchill;Rob.
Dale , Jo. Dyneley , and
Dale
Esquires, the Executors of the LordJohn
Evelyn
Evers; Tho. Lord
, andFairfax , Barwick, Tho.
Robert
Esqrs;Bryan Fair
fax
fax
, andRoger
Gale
Esqrs; SirWill. Gilpin
, andAndr.
Fountaine ; Jo.
Hare
Hare
Esqrs; Mr.Rob. Hitch
Holmes, and
Houghton;Tho. Kirk Esq;
Dr.
,Lister
Lhwyd
Will. Lowther
John Middleton,Robert
Molesworth Esq;
Molesworth
Robert NelsonEsq
Peter le NeveEsq
Hen.
NewmanEsq
Newman
Tho. Parker, Lord Chief-Ju
stice
Will. PetytEsq
Petiver, Dr.
Richardson,Tho. Rymer Esq;
Dr.
Esq; SirSampson , Theo. Shelton
Esq;Phil. Sydenham , Robert Stephens
Wentworth
Geo. Wheeler
Woodward.
ly met with: I have
made a most diligent Inquest after those that Camden mentions at
Grimscarnear
, but can find no more ReEland
mains of them, than of the noted Inscription,
Paulinus hic prædicavit
& celebravit, at
& celebravit
, which was not to be met with upon theDewsbury
strictest Scrutiny, I could possibly make, when I went purposely to
the Place. This shews the Necessity of Repositories for such vene
rable Remains. But though those of the
fourth Cohortare lost, yet
good Hap hath brought to my Notice and Possession
ninth
Legion's, which the learned
Legion's
Hen. Savile
,Tacitus
shews to have been in
inBritain
's Time, and that it was alsoGalba
; but that it, as well as the VIth and XXth, was also calHispaniensis
led
Victrix, or that it resided at
, was not known before; andYorke
yet both are evident from the Inscription upon this Brick found there,
in
Mickle-gate
Trinity-yard
Funeral Monument of the Standard-Bearer of the said VIIII Legion
(which Way of Writing 9 is frequent upon the
Monies); ofRoman
which see the
Phil. Trans. N° 305
Oxford Livy(Vol.
6. p. 181.)
by
Bryan Fairfax
in the Middle, and were going to make use of it for two
Throughs, as
they call them, to bind the Wall; but by that worthy Gentleman's
Direction it was walled upright, with the Inscription and Effigies to
the Front, and is since removed to the Gardens of
Hen. Goodrick
at
. This Brick had been several Times made use of, withRibston
broken Stones and Brick-bats, by
Smith
casting Bells. Upon my Enquiry after Inscriptions in that ancient
City, he recollected himself that he had seen some old Letters, but
thought the Brick was lost, though upon Search we found the Piece
which is inscribed, LEG. I X. VIC. This is also an Argument of the
Peace these Parts enjoyed at that Time, which I take to be the later
End of
's Reign, making Bricks, casting up High-ways,Severus
&c.
being the usual Employment of Soldiers at such Vacancies.
Hen.
Savile
Savile
NonaHispaniensis in
, wasBritannia
one of those established by
, orTiberius , Caius
, or peradvenClaudius
ture in the later End of
; but however, that it was certainlyAugustus
here in
's Reign, and thatNero
was then Lieutenant therePet. Cerealis
of, is indisputably evident from
Tacitus, (Lib. 14. cap. 10.) where
he gives a lamentable Account of the Slaughter of Seventy thousand
Citizens, and Confederates, by the enraged
, in which NumBoadicea
ber was the Foot of this 9th Legion,
with the Horse hardlyCerealis
escaping.
ous
Hearne
BodleianLibrary
pleased with the Inscriptions you sent me relating to the 9th Le
gion, there being now no Room to doubt about the place of Re
sidence; a Thing which was unknown before; and for that Rea
son, those who have written about the
Legions, have saidRoman
nothing about this, but leave us quite in the dark; only
Ursatus
[in his Book
de Notis Rom.] does remark that it must be somewhere
in
, becauseBritain
tells us, that when the Colony atTacitus
was destroyed byCama
lodunum
lodunum
;Boadicea
Legate of thePætilius
Cerealis
IX Legion, came to their Assistance; but yet he makes no mention
of its being stiled
Victrix."
Sit mens sana in corpore sano.[*] Juvenal, Satires10.356-64: "A healthy mind in a healthy body."