The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Thomas Wilson (c. 1702 - 1761)
Antiquary and Master of the Charity School in Leeds. Commented on the dispersion of Thoresby's collection but probably not the same Thomas Wilson named in Ducasus as a donor and identified as a merchant. Wilson acquired Thoreby's early charters and the gave or sold some of these to Richard Rawlinson, who then bequeathed them to the Bodleian Library. Other biography: https://secretlibraryleeds.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/thomas-wilson-collections-pamphlet-for-blog-final1.pdf Relevant locations: Birth place in Wragby, LincolnshireResidence at Leeds, Leeds Parish
Relationships: Thomas Wilson was a source of object(s) for Richard Rawlinson (3 Feb 1690-6 Apr 1755)
Thomas Wilson was a member of Society of Antiquaries (-)
Jonathan Swale (-) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Thomas Wilson
Linked manuscript items: as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - "[MS annotations in a copy of Ducatus Leodiensis]," Leeds Library Ref. no. 321.10, Leeds
Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - Letters Addressed to Ralph Thoresby, F.R.S.: Printed from the Originals in the Possession of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society .
as Mentions or references - The Biographia Leodiensis: Or, Biographical Sketches of the Worthies of Leeds and Neighbourhood, from the Norman Conquest to the Present Time.
References in Documents: