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Dorcas Dyneley ( - 15 May 1709)

Née Mauliver. According to Ralph Thoresby’s genealogy of the Dyneley family in Ducatus Leodiensis, this Dorcas (who married Robert Dyneley, d. 27 October 1699) was daughter of John Mauliver of Lenvel and Dorcas Matthew, grand-daughter of Archbishop Tobias Matthew (Thoresby, 34). In a diary entry dated 31 August 1702, Thoresby refers to her husband, Robert, as "my late good old friend" (1: 381). In a diary entry for 12 June 1703, Thoresby records, "[was] visited by three descendants of the famous Archbishop Toby Mathew: viz. Mr. Mauleverer, his sister Dyneley, (who presented me with some of the needlework of that excellent Archbishop's lady,) and cousin Robinson, to whom showing collections" (1: 436). Relationships: Dorcas Dyneley was a donor to Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)

John Dyneley (-1691) was a uncle of Dorcas Dyneley
John Dyneley (-1712 or 1714) was a son of Dorcas Dyneley
Olive Dyneley (-17 Jun 1671) was a sister-in-law of Dorcas Dyneley
Frances Matthew (1550/51-1629) was a great-grandmother of Dorcas Dyneley
Tobias Matthew (1544-1628) was a great-grandfather of Dorcas Dyneley
Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
as Mentions or references - The Diary of Ralph Thoresby, F.R.S. author of the topography of Leeds. (1677-1724).
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

A Thin Slice of the Sea-Unicorn's Horn, white and solid; the Present of Mrs. Dorcas Dyneley, to whose Great-Grand-Mother, Frances, then Daughter-in-Law to Archbishop Parker, and after the Wife of Archbishop Matthews, Queen Elizabeth gave this very Piece.

Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

Curious Needle-work of the celebrated Mrs. Frances Matthews, who had a Bishop to her Father, an Archbishop to her Father-in-Law, had four Sisters married to Bishops, as her self was to an Archbishop. A Book with embroidered Cover of Gold and Purple Silk. Laces of different Sorts with deep Escalops (one of 3 Inches); and what is the Curiosity of them, not sowed, but woven or netted in that Form. A Knot of Ribband with these Words in Capital Letters very distinct, The Hand that wears this Fetter, to Bounty is no Detter; yet is the Breadth of the whole Ribband not the 8th Part of an Inch, all performed by the same curious Hand, and presented by her Grand-Daughter Mrs. Dorcas Dyneley. A Shred of fine Linen, that my Friend, who sent it, received from Mrs. Kath. Breres, a Person of good repute and Veracity, who died at her House, and affirmed that it was spun by a Gentlewoman after her (reputed) Death, and real Burial; after which she lived several Years, bore Children and spun many Webs of fine Linen; the said Mrs. Breres was well acquainted with her, and received it from her own Hands. An antique Smoothing Iron for Linen, the Box four Inches deep being for Charcoal not Iron-heaters: It was amongst Mr. Webster's Curiosities of Clitheroe, and was given by his Kinsman of the same Name. Wax-work Images in Mourning Habit, to shew the Fashion of the Nobility and Gentry of Poland and Prussia, when in that Condition. Don. D. Sus. Madox. Variety of Fruit very naturally represented in Wax-work. Don. D. Scarborough. The like in Glass: Two Doves of white Enamel that stand up right, though the Globe that includes them be turned round. Don. D. Jan. Milner. A Basket, a Bird, and Spun Glass admirably fine, that I saw performed at Nottingham by Mr. Nich. Strelley, the last of Strelley.

A Catalogue of the Naturall and Artificial Curiositys in my slender Musaeum at Leedes Ano. 1708 a thin slice of the Unicornes Horn, white & solid, the gift of Madam Dyneley to whose Great Grandmother the memorable Lady Francis Matthews, Queen Eliz: presented it.
A Catalogue of the Naturall and Artificial Curiositys in my slender Musaeum at Leedes Ano. 1708 a book, the cover curiously embroiderd by the memorable Lady, ABp Tob: Mathews wife, who had a Bp to her father, an ABp to her father in law, 4 sisters marryed to Bps & herself to an ABp. Madam Dyneley her descendt
A Catalogue of the Naturall and Artificial Curiositys in my slender Musaeum at Leedes Ano. 1708 other needle work, & a Fetter-lock with an Inscription very nicely done in small by the said pious Lady. her gt Grand dau'tr Dyneley