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Rachael Boyse ( - fl. 1699)

Née Ibbetson, she married Thoresby's friend Joseph Boyse (1660–1728)at Leeds, in 1699 (Diary, I: 328). Thoresby seems to have been related to the Ibbetsons: he refers several times to his "cousin" Ibbetson and mentions several Ibbetsons throughout. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/3151 Relevant locations: Lived at or near Leeds, Leeds Parish
Relationships: Rachael Boyse was a relative of James Ibbetson (-fl. 1694)
Rachael Boyse was a relative of Joshua Ibbetson (-)
Rachael Boyse was a relative of Samuel Ibbetson (-3 Sep 1697)

Joseph Boyse (1660-1728) was a husband of Rachael Boyse
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 - The Diary of Ralph Thoresby, F.R.S. author of the topography of Leeds. (1677-1724).
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) The Mare-Maids Head, Echinus Ovarius: These are very rare and much less than the former; of four from the Indies, not one above an Inch Diameter; one less than that of Dr. Plot's (e)(e) Hist. of Oxf. engraved, Tab. V. Num. 6. , of which he questioned whether the Shell of any Animal in Nature could exactly correspond. Don. D. Jud. Dickenson Lond. A very curious Echinus of a larger Sort, that is seven Inches round, and adorned with ten equidistant double Rows of larger and smaller Spikes alternately. Don. D. Rac. Boyse Dubl. The Maiden-Head, an Echinus from the Irish Shore very thin and brittle. Don. Rev. Jos. Wilkinson, Dubl.