The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Gulielmus Clayton ( - fl. 1701)
Alias for William Clayton
Relevant locations: Residence at Rochdale, Greater Manchester
Residence at Rochdale, Lancashire
Relationships: Gulielmus Clayton was a correspondent of Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)
Gulielmus Clayton 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:
Lithophyta, five of them having the
Impression of Plants, from
dip
Somers.
North Byerley
Com.
Woodward
Richardson
harder Stone; of these are the
. Here is alsoFilix
florida , sive Osmunda regalis, Fi
lix Mas dicta , Filix Fæmina
lix Mas dicta
Lh. ignota Planta Mineralis,
Neurophyllon carbonarium dicta, N° 184
Neurophyllon carbonarium dicta
not.
, which contain aCat-heads
FernLeaf, or
Polypodyvery fair; they are found in a particular
Stra
tum, and being struck with a Hammer very readily part in two, and
tum
discover the Plant, which is very prominent on one Side, and con
cave on the other: Of these I have from two Inches to five in Length,
the longer hath fifteen Leaves on each Side the middle Rib; one of
them is broader and contains four Plants, resembling
Lh. Trichomanes
Minerale191.
Minerale
Jab. CayM.D.
these impressions is
Iron Stone, whereupon are three of the said Plants very fair. Don.