The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (26 May 1650 - 16 Jun 1722)
Relevant locations: Title (royalty or holy order) Marlborough, WiltshireReferences in Documents:
A Catalogue of the Benefactors to the Anatomy Schoole in Oxon. (Rawlinson Q.e. 36)
The Rev. M. Gandy , formerly of Oriel Coll. one of
the Proctors of theUniv. gave (Feb. 13 )
ATobacco-stopper , made out of the an Oake, that lately stood in
St. James's Park , but was destroyed by the Duke of Marlborough
for building hisHouse at St. James's . The said oak
came from an Acorn planted there byK. Charles the second,
being one of those Acorns that he gathered from the famous
Royal Oak when he was preserved in it from the
Fury of the Rebells in his Defeat by them atWorcester .
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