The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Jacob Simpson ( - )
Thoresby mentions a "cousin Simpson" a few times in his diary. There is also a surgeon by that name alluded to by Rev. George Paxton in letter addressed to Thoresby. Relevant locations: Lived at or near Leeds, Leeds ParishRelationships: Jacob Simpson was a donor to Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)
Linked print sources: as Donator of object(s) - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
as Mentioned or referenced by - Letters Addressed to Ralph Thoresby, F.R.S.: Printed from the Originals in the Possession of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society .
References in Documents:
Scaly Lizard, or Lacerta Indica
Squamata (i)i)
p. 313.
and half in length. Don. D. Scenck, used
as an Antidote against Poison.Sam Molineux Arm.
Chicken with four Legs hatch'd at Jac. Simpson.
vent the Fate of the former, I put into Spirits of Wine.
Don.Kath. Norton.Thigh Bone of a Pullet from
it had been broke, knit again of it self,
the callous Matter having
perfectly cemented it, after which it grew very fat. Don.Jos. Wilkinson.Ispida or King-Fisher.
Dæmonology
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