The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Ambrose Pudsey ( - )
Relevant locations: Lived at or near Bolton-by-Bowland, LancashireReferences in Documents:
Moscardus's
a
.Roman Catapulta
Plot
, the FiStaffordshire
gure of which Tab XXXIII. Fig. 5. exactly suits
in
, about six Years ago, and was the Present ofCraven
Ambrose Pud
sey, of
sey
, EsqBolton, juxta Bolland
by the Labourers as they were making a Fence, near the Moor now
called
Monnebents, perhaps from the
Monec,Saxon
monachusand
bene
a Prayer, except some notorious Slaughter of the Monks in after Ages
might deduce it from beneoτen
interficere. This is seven Inches long,
and 2½ broad at the Edge, which was placed foremost for Execution,
and is yet sharp and piercing, the wooden Stem was fitted into the
Hollows of each Side of it, where it is an Inch and half thick.