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

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Anne Moorcraft ( - )

Relevant locations: Residence at Wakefield, West Yorkshire
 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)

But the most remarkable is one voided 16 Febr. 1710. by Anne Moorcraft a poor Widow, yet living in the Alms-House at Wakefield when she was three Months above Fourscore Years of Age. It is yet (though Part wasted) 4 ½ Inches in Circumference one Way, and above half a Foot the other. This was the acceptable Present of the Reverend Mr Scot Vicar of Wakefield.