The Digital Ark :: Henry Compton

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

Henry Compton, Bishop of London (1631/2 - 1713)

Clergyman, bishop, and botanist. He maintained a garden at Fulham Palace. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/6032 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Compton_(bishop) Botanist
Relevant locations: Lived at or near Fulham Palace, Fulham
Title (royalty or holy order) London, England
Relationships: Henry Compton was a member of Temple Coffee House club (-)

John Banister (1650-1692) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Henry Compton
Samuel Browne (-22 Sep 1698) was a source of object(s) for Henry Compton
William Courten (28 Mar 1642-26 Mar 1702) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Henry Compton
John Evelyn (1620-1706) was a visitor to (a person) Henry Compton
Adam Holt (1691?-1750) was a employed by Henry Compton
Alexander Marshal (1620-7?-1682) was a friend of Henry Compton
Linked manuscripts: as Mentions or references - Sloane 3961, British Library,
Linked print sources: as Mentioned or referenced by - The Club at the Temple Coffee House Revisited.
References in Documents:

Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 646. Geranium Africanum Quinquefolii Tormentillæ facie. This I observed May 9. 1697. in the Right Reverend the Bishop of London's Garden at Fulham.

Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 764. Digitalis exotica floribus albis amplissimis This elegant Plant the Right Reverend Father Henry Lord Bishop of London, shew me in Flower Sept. 26. 1700. in his own Garden at Fulham.

Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 16. In his Lordship the BISHOP of LONDON's Curious Gardens at Fulham, I yearly see many Rare Plants, and several of them not to be met with in any other Garden in England.

Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) TAB II

[Fig: figures of objects in Table 2] To the Right Reverend Father in God HENRY Lord Bishop of LONDON &c. this Table is humbly Dedicated by JAMES PETIVER F. R. S.

Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 4. Argyrocome Virginiana Atriplicis folio nobis. Conyza Virginiana Halimi folio Inst. Rei Herb. 457. 7. Elychryso affinis Virginiana frutescens foliis Chenopodii glaucis Pluck. Tab. 27. Fig. 2. Alm. Bot. 134. pl. 12. Pseudo-Helichrysum Virginianum frutescens Halimi latiori foliis glaucis H. Ox. Sect. 7. p. 90. Tab. 10. Ser. 3. Fig. 2. No. 4. & Tab. 17. Ser. 3. Fig. ult. Senecio Virginianus arborescens Par. Bat. 225. Fig. & Desc. Senecio frutescens Virginiana Atriplicis folio Ray 1799. 14. and 1861. 6. I have observed this in Flower, in the Bishop of LONDON his most Curious Garden at Fulham.

Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) Tab. LII

[Fig: figures of objects in Table 52] To the Right Revererd Father in God HENRY Lord Bishop of London, &c. This Table is humbly Dedicated by JAMES PETIVER, F.R.S.

Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 2, 3. its Fruit and Seed. The first mostly red. This strange Plant and the 4 next are Figured from those most curious Paintings, which the States of Amsterdam presented with many others to the most Reverend Father in God Henry Lord Bishop of LONDON, when his Lordship was at the Congress there, A. D. 16.

Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 3. Cape Saffron with a knotty stalk, Cat. 492. The Flower blew and white with red Spots, the stalk purple. These 3 elegant Plants were coppied, from the most Reverend the Bishop of London his Cape Paintings.

Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 4. Triangular Tendral Bryar, Cat. 523. A very odd Anomalous Plant, yet what confirms its Veracity, is another Painting of it, (besides that I saw in my Lord the Bishop of London's Book) which I purchased of Mr. Dolneus a German Surgeon amongst many other Cape Paintings I have figured in the 9th Decade, viz. from Tab. 81. to 91 in this second Volume.

Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 4. Eadem Fl. obsoleto. This differs from the last in having a dull coloured Flower. Both these Mr. Holt the Bishop of London's Gardener gave me the Paintings of, which he made from Plants growing in my Lord's Garden.

Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) GAZOPHYLACII NATURÆ & ARTIS DECAS NONA: SEU HERBARIUM CAPENSE. This DECADE Contains the Figures of One Hundred Elegant PLANTS, all growing about the CAPE of GOOD HOPE. And Copied from the Original Paintings taken from the Living Plants, viz. Those which the States of Amsterdam presented to the Right Reverend the Bishop of LONDON, when His Lordship was at the Congress there A. D. 1691. with above Fifty others Painted from Growing Plants. Lately Purchased from the CAPE. By JAMES Petiver Apothecary, and F. R. S. LONDON. Tab. 81. Fig. 1. TUrnepTurnep-leaved Cape Dandelion. c. 422. The Leaves of a deep green above and pale below. 2. Narrow jagged leaved Cape Wolfs-bane. Cat. 423. 3. Broad jagged leaved Cape Wolfs-bane. c. 424. 4. Broad-leaved Cape Golden Live-ever. c. 439. Its Roots brown, Leaves pale below, with yellow Flowers. 5. Willow-leaved Cape Flea-bane, with yellow Flowers. c. 425. 6. Box-leaved Cape Tansey. c. 442. Leaves pale green, and thick set round the Stalk. 7. Tassel-flowred Cape Dasie-bush. c. 437. The Flowerrim white, the Pate yellow. 8. A sort of Cape Marygold with a yellow Flower and black bottom. c. 436. 9. Cape Mayweed with a single yellow Flower. c. 432. 10. Blew Cape Mayweed. c. 435. The Flowers blew above, and yellow below, it's green Leaves edged with red. 11. Yellow Cape Marygold with red edged Leaves. c. 434. 12. The same with Leaves wholly green. c. 433.

Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 2. A sort of Cape Hogs-snout with 3 purple Flowers from one base. Cat. 506. This elegant Bulb is the first Plant amongst the Reverend the Bishop of London his Cape Paintings.

Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) Fig. 1. PUrplePurple Cape Corn Flag. Cat. 498. I take this to be the same with that amongst the Bishop of London's Paintings under Fig. 5. Pluk. Phytograph. Tab. 187. 4. altho' His Lordship's has but 3 Flowers, and the Leaves set higher on the Stalk.

Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 6. Tachard's Cape yellowish Star-flower. Cat. 493. This Bulb is figured in that Fathers Voyage to Siam, it's also amongst the Bishop of London's Paintings.

Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 7. Comptonia Capensis lutea, trifoliata, crispa. The Flowers yellow with large triangular Fruit. This and the next being very elegant and peculiar Plants, I have presumed to hand them down to Posterity, under the Patronage of His Lordship the Bishop of London his Name; being highly obliged to him for the Copies of them from his Paintings, which he was pleased lately to send me.

Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) Fig. 1. COmmonCommon smooth Cape Aloe. Cat. 464. The Leaves edged and spotted with white, the Flowers red, but yellow next the Stalk. Father Tachard's Figure seems the same, but that he has omitted the white Spots in the Leaves. The Flower in the Bishop of London's Paintings are all red and somewhat longer; nevertheless I take them all to be the same.

Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 2. Common prickly Cape Aloe. Cat. 463. The Flowers are wholly purple in My Lord's Paintings, and the Stalk all green; in mine the first are partly yellow and the last reddish, which may proceed from different Growths.

Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 3. Common Cape Tree Aloe. Cat. 466. In this My Lord's Painting and mine very much agree, as you may see by that Copied in Dr. Plukenet's Phytographia Tab. 129. Fig. 3.

Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 2. Cape Aloes with Onion-leaves. Cat. 468. The Flowers like the last, but when full blown turn backwards; The Stalks are red in My Lord's Paintings, and green in mine.

Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 2. Cape Melon-thistle Euphorbium. Cat. 717. This amongst My Lord of London's Paintings, is elegantly exprest both whole and cut.

Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) and four Parchments containing the Subscriptions of Archbishop Parker, (of which his Mem. p. 62.) and most of the first Sett of Qu. Elizabeth's Bishops, when they took the Oath of Supremacy. These, and their Successors, are digested Alphabetically; Abbot, Atterbury; Barckley, Barlow, Bentham, Best, Beveridge, Boyle, Bramhall, Brideoake, Bridgeman, Bullingham, Burnet; Compton, Cosins, Cox, Cumberland; Davyes, Dolben, Doping; Fell, Fleetwood, Fowler; Gardiner, Geste, Goodman, Grindall, Guning; Hacket, Hall, Harsnet, Hartstong, Hooper, Hopkins, Hough, Humfreys, Huntington, Hutton; Jewel, Jones, Juxon; Ken, Kidder, King; Lake, Lamplugh, Laud, Leighton, Lloyd, Loftus; Margetson, Marsh, Matthewes, Merrick, Mewe, More, Morley, Morton, Montague; Neile, Nicolson; Palliser, Parker, Parkurst, Patrick, Pearson, Pilkington; Rainbow, Ravis, Reynolds, Robinson; Sandys, Scory, Sharp, Sheldon, Smalridge, Sprat, Stern, Stillingfleet, Stratford; Taylor, Tenison, Thornbrough, Tillotson, Turner; Usher; Wake, Walker, Walton, Watson, Wettenhall, White, Whitgift, Wickham, Wilkins, Williams, Wilson, Worth; Young.