The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Nicholas Fenay ( - fl. 1700)
There are two Nicholas Fenays living around Ralph Thoresby's time noted in Annals of the Church and Parish of Almondbury written by Charles Augustus Hulbert. Relevant locations: Residence at Fenay, AlmondburyRelationships: Nicholas Fenay was a donor to Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)
Nicholas Fenay 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 ...
as Mentions or references - Annals of the Church and Parish of Almondbury, Yorkshire.
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)
Miscellanea Curiosa. N° 68Journal de Sçavansb)b)
Phil. Trans. N° 230
the Relation of a small Egg found within a great one; such an
in OvoNich. Fenay
nothing extraordinary in its Form or Size, but
the inner is more Sphe
rical, and very small, about the Bigness of that of a Pigeon,
but as
solid a Shell as the outer.
Lump growing
at the small End; whereas that in the Repository
of the c)c)
p. 78.
A Catalogue of the Naturall and Artificial Curiositys in my slender Musaeum at Leedes Ano. 1708
a smal
fectly sheld .....
M of Fenay .
a smal
within a larger, yet perEgg
fectly sheld .....
r. Fenay
A Catalogue of the Naturall and Artificial Curiositys in my slender Musaeum at Leedes Ano. 1708
a
M of Fenay .
one not to be distinguished by the Eye from
a
Nutmgstone
r. Fenay
one not to be distinguished by the Eye from
Ralph Thoresby's guestbook of visitors to his museum (Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27)
Febr: 22 [*] i.e. 1700. This is the same hand as Henry Pawson
N:Nicholas Fenay
(of Fenay Gent.Gentleman )
nd: 1699
Nosce Te ipsum.[*] Latin Phrase: "Know Thyself"