The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (04 Jan 1581 - 21 Mar 1656)
Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625 and 1656, famous for his life-long project of working out a biblical chronology of the world events Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28034 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ussher Relevant locations: Title (royalty or holy order) Armagh, County ArmaghReferences in Documents:
Adder-beads to be met with in
Country having no Snakes; but here is an Amulet from thence
every
whit as efficacious; it is near an Inch long, and of the Colour of
Amber.
AncientRing , which I suppose be
longed to the
Richard BeauchampEarl of
Device upon his Signet,
viz. a
Bearwith a ragged Staff; for which see
his Monument in
W. Dugdale
an agreeable Fateor Destiny, which may perhaps relate to his
MartialDisposition and Victories in
Iron or Steel very odly twisted with the Brass, on each Side of the Signet
(which is of a third Metal,
viz. Copper gilded) is a glassy Ruby.
The
, who were noted of old for these Practices hadSamothracians
Stars of Iron in their Rings of Gold. On one Side of the said In
scription is the old Character for
a Cross by each. There was a vast Variety of
Ringsor
Amulets,
which in the dark Days of Popery were eagerly sought after by poor
deluded People, with different
Saintsupon them; but the Name of
the
Smith
Phil.
Trans. N° 155
Trans
from the LordTalisman
on one Side is an unintelligible Character, upon the other in modern
Letters L H with ☿ and
one Side, and an Anchor of
Hopeon the other, with crooked Lines
and Figures round; the former is engraved, this stamped as Money,
both have a Hole punched to hang about the Neck.
me by
Areafill'd with
Planetary Characters, and this Inscription round,
In Deo confido, re
vertentur Inimici mei retrorsum: Upon the other Side are
vertentur Inimici mei retrorsum
A pavore inimici Custodi vitam
meam oh tu Jehova, with ♃ and ♀ in Conjunction in ♓. The Effects
meam oh tu Jehova
formerly attributed to these Figures were altogether miraculous; the
Spark, for whom this was erected, expected, by Virtue thereof, to
obtain both
Honourand
Beauty; that with
Merchandizingand
Gaming. These are engraved upon Silver; those
used of old for the Preservation of Cities were
Statuary Telesmsmade
under a certain Configuration of the Heavens, the most propitious
The Blind and the Lame hated
byDavid 's Soul,
by
for these Images. And the
brazen-Serpent, which
Talisman,
as those who write in Defence of the Practice, affect to call him)
made in the Wilderness is said to be the first Occasion, not given,
but taken, of all these Telesmatical Practices,
Gregory's Notes upon
the Scripture,
p. 41.)
, sentCharm
me by
Furness,
Soldier, who was slain in a Skirmish, notwithstanding the Protection
he promis'd himself from this Billet of the
which is thus inscribed,
.Sancti tres Reges, Caspar, Melchior, Balthasar
Orate pro nobis nunc & in hora mortis nostræ
vres, sorcellerie toute sorte de malefice & morte subite.
Charm
may be added another Sort of a
Cheat, one
that his Tongue was cut off by the
Parts of
Account of his miserable Case writ upon his Breast, many Justices and
Physicians had attempted the Discovery of the Imposture, but in
Vain till
John Morris
(which he inherited from his Grand-Father Colonel
prized
CharlesI.
that the said Youth had learnt beyond Sea the Trick of drawing his
Tongue so far into his Throat, that it appeared like a Stump only:
Hereupon the said
and the begging Billet deposited here by the said
Morris
was also famous for
Pantomimianor
Antick-Dancing, which Archbi
shop
to. to which is added the
of Worcester's
Parallel Scriptures*,
Peterborough
of
Usher's
Chronology, An Index to the holy Bible, or an Ac
count of the most remarkable Passages in the Old and New Testament, point
ing to the Time wherein they happened, and the Places of Scripture wherein
they are recorded. And Tables of Scripture-Measures, Weights and Coins;
with an Appendix containing the Method of calculating its Measures of
Surface, hitherto wanting in Treatises of this Subject, by the R. R.
Richard Lord Bishop of Peterborough . Memorandum, That though
count of the most remarkable Passages in the Old and New Testament, point
ing to the Time wherein they happened, and the Places of Scripture wherein
they are recorded. And Tables of Scripture-Measures, Weights and Coins;
with an Appendix containing the Method of calculating its Measures of
Surface, hitherto wanting in Treatises of this Subject, by the R. R.
Measures of
Lengthand
Capacityhad been learnedly treated upon
before, yet this of the Measures of
Surfacesis a new Discovery,
for which the World is obliged to the said learned
Cum
berland.
berland.
Scala Mundi. Auctores ex quibus extrahitur, funt,
. 2.Brutus de
gestis Britonum
gestis Britonum
. 3.Venerabilis Beda de
gestis Anglorum
. 4.Willie
lmus Malmsburiensis de gestis
Anglorum
lmus Malmsburiensis
. 5.Will Pictavensis Can
cellarius Parisiensis
cellarius Parisiensis
.Frater Martinus Pænitentiarius Papæ
6.
. 7.Johannes de Porta
. That this is a Book of greatGildas
Value appears by the Character given it by a Right Reverend
Author, who all will allow to be a most competent Judge, and
who is pleased to mention it, with others of great Value re
ferr'd to by
Usher
Selden
&c. (
b)
b)
Bishop ofCarl
Hist. libr. I Vol. pag. 199
it ends many Years before the Reformation (
viz. 12
H. 6.) yet in
the Catalogue of Popes is inserted
, with the sameJohannes Papissa
Hand as the rest of the Book.
Miscellanies.
Elizabeth
ters of the
Essex
Egerton
Lenox
with later Transactions in the Reigns of
James
Charles
1st and 2d of both Names; as also during the
Interregnum; the
Ministers Reasons against the
Engagement: Committees Proceedings
against
Case
Gospelin
India.
Colonel
Venable's Instructions from
for subduing theOliver
.West-
Indies
Indies
Tirrel
Usher
the County of
, who were put in and left out by severalYorke
Revolutions.
EasterDay.
Usher's
Stat. & Success.
Stat. & Success.
. FromEcclesiarum Christianorum
, andSelden , Perrot , Sla
ter
ter
, of Tythes.Carlton
of Lots.Gataker
of Usury.Fenton
Annotationes in Iliados Homeri .
De Atheniensium & Romanorum
Magistratibus .
Magistratibus
. ad an.Ex Paulo Jovio in descriptione Britanniæ . Ex Geo.
Lillii Chronico Anglo , Saxonum , &c
Knighthood
Nobility, Precedency,
&c.
from
.Segar
Norroy
scriptions of
Parker
of the first Sett of
Elizabeth
of Supremacy. These, and their Successors, are digested Alphabeti
cally;
.Abbot , Atterbury ; Barckley , Barlow , Bentham , Best , Beveridge ,
Boyle ,
Bramhall , Brideoake , Bridgeman , Bullingham , Burnet ; Compton ,
Cosins , Cox , Cumberland ;
Davyes , Dolben , Doping ; Fell , Fleetwood , Fow
ler ; 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 , Mor
ley , Morton , Montague ; Neile , Nicolson ; Palliser , Parker , Parkurst , Pa
trick ,
Pearson , Pilkington ; Rainbow , Ravis , Reynolds , Robinson ; Sandys ,
Scory , Sharp ,
Sheldon , Smalridge , Sprat , Stern , Stillingfleet , Stratford ; Tay
lor , Tenison ,
Thornbrough , Tillotson , Turner ; Usher ; Wake , Walker , Wal
ton , Watson , Wettenhall ,
White , Whitgift , Wickham , Wilkins , Williams ,
Wilson , Worth ; Young
ler
ley
trick
lor
ton