The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Charles Banckes ( - fl. 1706)

Merch.t Visitor
Relevant locations: Residence at Hamburgh, Germany
Relationships: Charles Banckes 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) Orationis Dominicæ Versiones fermè Centum, 4to. but no Year or Place of Impression mentioned. Don. D. Banckes. From the Number of 40 Languages, wherein it was first printed at Riga, An. 1662. my honoured Friend John Chamberlayne Esq; F.R.S. hath advanced it to near 200, which I hope he will oblige the World with an accurate Edition of, his great Knowledge in many Languages (evident in his curious Tract of the Genius and Potestas of the English Tongue ϯ Lettre a un Gentilhomme Allemand touchant le Genie & la Force de la Langue Angloise, 4to. 1708.) rendering him every Way qualified for it.
Ralph Thoresby's guestbook of visitors to his museum (Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27)
s.r you haue Infynightly oblidged — your humb server.2.d aprill 1706/ Charles Banckes(of Hamburgh Merch.tMerchant)