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Joseph Wilkinson ( - fl. 1704)

Preb: Visitor
Relevant locations: Residence at Dublin, Dublin County
Relationships: Joseph Wilkinson was a donor to Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)
Joseph Wilkinson was a visitor to the collection of Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)

Linked manuscript items: as Mentioned or referenced by - "[Guest Book to Thoresby's Museum]," Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27, Leeds
Linked print sources: as Donator of object(s) - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

A Chicken with four Legs hatch'd at Leedes. Don. D. Jac. Simpson. Another Chicken with four Legs, and as many Wings; this, to prevent the Fate of the former, I put into Spirits of Wine. Don. D. Kath. Norton. The Thigh Bone of a Pullet from Dublin, which after it had been broke, knit again of it self, the callous Matter having perfectly cemented it, after which it grew very fat. Don. Rev. Jos. Wilkinson. A Batt. An Ispida or King-Fisher.

Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) The Maiden-Head, an Echinus from the Irish Shore very thin and brittle. Don. Rev. Jos. Wilkinson, Dubl.
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

HEREHere are all the Sorts mentioned by Dr. Lister (g)(g) De. Cochl. Marinis, Tab. 5. . viz. the large one with 14 Ridges and as many Furrows, with the Striæ in straight Lines from the Head to the Margin, enclining to a Red, four Inches in Length and 4 ½ in Breadth; another five broad; a third less, but of a different Colour, yellowish. His 2d Sort is curiously striated with twenty Ridges; it is red, spotted with white: This strictly corresponds with his in Length, almost two Inches, larger than which he had not seen one. But here is a very fine one with a Purple Blush within, that exceeds it in a 5th Part: And a third that is less than either, yet a like Number of Furrows. The Doctor's third Sort is easily distinguish'd from all others by its Narrowness being but one Inch broad and almost two in Length. A Scallope from the Irish Shore, the largest I have seen, being above half a Foot in breadth, and near two Foot in Circumference. Don. Rev. Jos. Wilkinson Dubl. Twenty of the small Scalopes, some striated, others smooth, with Variety of Colours, single strip'd, and spotted, about half Inch broad. Dr. Grew mentions the Coralline Scallop without Ears. Here is one that answers his Description, save the Colour, which is Orange. But the most remarkable of all is an Ash-coloured one, from the Top of the Apalatæan Mountains, that part Virginia on the West, from the Rest of the American Continent; upon which Mountains great Numbers of them, and other Shells, are found, which is an undeniable Argument of an universal Deluge. Don. Roger Gale Arm.

A Catalogue of the Naturall and Artificial Curiositys in my slender Musaeum at Leedes Ano. 1708 an entire Echinus from Ireland the Reved Mr Wilkinson of Dublin
A Catalogue of the Naturall and Artificial Curiositys in my slender Musaeum at Leedes Ano. 1708 The largest Escalop from Ireland 19 inches round the Reved. Mr Wilkinson
Ralph Thoresby's guestbook of visitors to his museum (Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27)
Virtus sub pondere crescit[*] Latin Phrase: "Virtue thrives under oppression." Jos:Joseph Wilkinson of Dublin Preb:Presbyter June ye 23d 1704