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Walter Stonehouse, Reverend (c. 1597 - 17 Jul 1655)

Botanist, gardener, and numismatists, whose collection of coins and medals was acquired (after his death) by Lord Fairfax. Fairfax's collection was then purchased by John Thoresby and inherited by his son, Ralph. Ralph Thoresby also had in his possession a manuscript by Stonehouse titled "Nummorum Antiquorum Thesaurus." Stonehouse maintained a garden "well stocked with plants," and in 1648, he "was in correspondence with" William Howe, to whom he sent "dried specimens of Trifolium" (Jeffers, 102-3). He was part of a "literary circle" associated with Sir John Jackson of Hickleton which also included Sir Henry Wotton (Macray, 148). He was rector of Darfield from 1631. Botanist
Collector (minor)
 Relevant locations: Birth place in London, England
Educated at Wadham College, Oxford University
Educated at Magdalen College (Oxford), Oxford University
Lived at or near Darfield, Yorkshire
 Relationships: Walter Stonehouse was a source of object(s) for Thomas Fairfax (17 Jan 1612-12 Nov 1671)
Walter Stonehouse was a correspondent of William Howe (1620-1656)
Walter Stonehouse was a friend of John Tradescant, the Younger (4 Aug 1608 [bap.]-22 Apr 1662)
Walter Stonehouse was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Henry Wotton (1568-Dec 1639)

Ralph Johnson (1629-1695) was a friend of Walter Stonehouse
Linked print sources: as Mentioned or referenced by - A Register of the Members of St. Mary Magdalen College, Oxford: From the Foundation of the College. Vol. III. Fellows: 1576-1648 .
as Mentioned or referenced by - Edward Morgan and the Westminster Physic Garden.
as Mentioned or referenced by - Letters Addressed to Ralph Thoresby, F.R.S.: Printed from the Originals in the Possession of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society .
as Mentioned or referenced by - 'The Exactness and Nicety of Those Things': Sir John Reresby's Garden Notebook and Garden (1633-44) at Thrybergh, Yorkshire.
 References in Documents:
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) TAB. LXXX.
[Fig: figures of objects in Table 80]
To Mr JOHN THORPE, Master of Arts, of University College in OXON. This Table is, humbly Dedicated by JAMES PETIVER, F. R. S.
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

159. Nummorum Antiquorum Thesaurus; by the Rev. Mr. Stonehouse, Rector of Darfield Com. Ebor. Upon whose Death the ancient Coins and Medals, of which this contains the Chronological Series, were purchased by Tho. Lord Faifax, of whose Executors, Mr. John Thoresby purchased both those, and his Lordship's own valuable Collection; all which are part of the preceding Catalogue. To those of the said three noted Antiquaries are now added what I have been able to procure at my own Expence, or by the Kindness of my Friends, for near Forty Years past.

Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

Of the same Size is the Head of Julius Cæsar delicately emboss'd in Wax upon Copper: This was amongst the Lord Fairfax's Curiosities, and had been the Reverend Mr. Stonehouse's, who placed it in the Front of his Medals, with this Inscription, Julius Cæsaris ectypum in cerâ, ex antiquâ Carneolâ.