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Edmund Preston ( - 1700)

A butcher. According to Ralph Thoresby, he was reputed "to be the
best Footman in England."
Relevant locations: Residence at Leeds, Leeds Parish
Linked print sources: as Agent - source of object - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

The Ribs, Vertebræ, Skull, (the largeness whereof is observable) and other Bones of a Humane Foetus, extracted from the Navel of a poor Woman at Coxwold, An. 1701. By Mr. Birbeck of Yorke, who presented them to me. An Account of this remarkable Case and Cure is already published. (b)(b) Phil. Trans. N° 275. Paper stain'd to a perfect Claret Colour, by the Urine of Capt. Croft of Leedes. The fatal Stick cut out of the Body of Edmund Preston of Leedes, the noted Butcher, thought to be the best Footman in England; he died of the Wound he received by it in skipping over a Hedge after some strayed Sheep, An. 1700. A Shred of a Man's Skin, extreamly thick, being tanned.

A Catalogue of the Naturall and Artificial Curiositys in my slender Musaeum at Leedes Ano. 1708 ye fatal stick yt was the death of ye Leedes Butcher tho't to be the best footman in England, cut out of his body the day before he dyed.