The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Richard Witton ( - fl. 1702)
VisitorRelevant locations: Residence at Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Relationships: Richard Witton was a visitor to the collection of Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)
Linked manuscript items: as Mentioned or referenced by - "[Guest Book to Thoresby's Museum]," Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27, Leeds
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)
Joan. Spelmanni Psalterium Davidis Latino Saxonicum vetus. Quto.
Lond. with MS. References in the Margent, by Francis Whyte Esq
Recorder of Leedes. This
Curiosity, of which the King of France is
noted to have one in
his Royal Library at Paris, (Le Long's Bibliotheca Sacra, Tom.
II. pag. 452 and 529) was the acceptable Present of Rich. Witton Esq
Ralph Thoresby's guestbook of visitors to his museum (Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27)
21 Oct 1702
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(of Wakefield Esī¢³Esque Esquire )
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