The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
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.)
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 . and his
Queen . No. 497 and 499 3
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