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

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Mary of Modena, Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (5 Oct 1658 - 7 May 1718)

Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/18247 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Modena Relationships: Mary of Modena was a wife of James II of England (1633-1701)

Margaret Dawson (-) was a employed by Mary of Modena
References in Documents:
MS Book of Benefactors (MacGregor, ed.)

The very Reverend Father in Christ, John [Fell], by the Grace of God Bishop of Oxford and Dean of Christ Church, gave the collection, as a token of his good will to the Ashmolean Museum, two original medals, one of them gold and the other silver, struck to commemorate the coronation of their Royal Highnesses King James II and Queen Mary Beatrice of England on 23 April 1685; also an outline map of Africa and two ancient maps of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. (One hopes that there may be more.)

Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Mary of Modena Queen of England, Scotland, France and Ireland.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Junior Proctor (MacGregor, ed.) [Addendum 6] Mr. Crynes's account of the Feather-piece which he left to the Museum. This Mexican Feather-piece was given to Mrs. Margaret Dawson (one of the Gentlewomen of the Bedchamber to Mary of Modena, wife of King James the Second, as her nephew said; & as appears by the printed depositions on the birth of the Prince of Wales) by the said Queen Mary. Mrs Dawson left it by will to her nephew Dr. Harrison of All Souls, after whose death I bought it. N. Crynes Mr. John Shippen told me he saw five pictures of the same kind in the King of Spain's Cabinet (I think) at the Escurial.
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 72 The Coronation Medals of James II. and his Queen. No. 497 and 499 3