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

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A High Dutch captain [Bargrave] ( - )

An identified captain who gave a "small turned instrument of wood" to Bargrave. Relevant locations: Lived at or near Netherlands, Europe
 Relationships: A High Dutch captain [Bargrave] was a source of object(s) for John Bargrave (1610-1680)

 References in Documents:
Bargrave's catalogue: Rara, Antiqua, et Numismata Bargraviana (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16a)

(63). Item, a small turned instrument of wood, of about a handful, with a turned furrow in it for a cord that will bear a man’s weight; it being useful in time of war for a prisoner to make his escape, by sliding down by a wall of any hight on a cord that shall not gall the hands, but the person may slide faster or softlier as he pleaseth, by griping or loosening this instrument. It was given me at Augsburg by a High-Dutch captain.