The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
M. Gandy, Rev. ( - fl. 1713)
A proctor of the university Relevant locations: Member of Oriel College, Oxford UniversityReferences 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 .
the Proctors of the
th1712/13
A
for building his
came from an Acorn planted there by
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 at