The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
David Noble ( - 1709)
VDM: verbi divini minister (Minister of the Divine Word) in Ralph Thoresby's annotation. Noble preached at Topcliffe and Kipping, Thornton, Yorkshire (1673-74); was schoolmaster at Morley, Yorkshire; chaplain to Thomas Woolhouse, Glaspwell, Derbyshire (1678-?); ordained as a Presbyterian 1681; and preached at Heckmondwike (Upper Chapel), 1686-1709. (GEMMS-PERSON-19721) Other biography: https://gemms.usask.ca/node/774067 Relevant locations: Birth place in Inverness, ScotlandEducated at Christ's College, Cambridge University
Workplace or place of business Heckmondwike, Yorkshire
Workplace or place of business Topcliffe, North Yorkshire
Workplace or place of business Thornton, Yorkshire
References in Documents:
Ralph Thoresby's guestbook of visitors to his museum (Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27)
David Noble (of Heckmondwicke VDM)*
Post mortem vera voluptas[*] "After death is true pleasure". From an Epicurian proverb: Post morten nulla voluptas: "After death is no pleasure"