The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Walter Ashmore ( - fl. 1686)
Likely the same Walter Ashmore who was a prominent citizen of Tamworth, serving as church warden (1660), bailiff (1663), and alderman (1668) (Palmer, 145, 474, appendix xix, xxxix). Relevant locations: Lived at or near Tamworth, StaffordshireLinked print sources: as Mentioned or referenced by - The History of the Town and Castle of Tamworth, in the Counties of Stafford & Warwick.
References in Documents:
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Junior Proctor (MacGregor, ed.) 5 Lapis porosus et verrucosus, e Vervecis vesicâ. Mr.
Ashmore.
Stone , full of holes and
covered with warts, from the bladder of a sheep. Given by Mr Ashmore .
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Junior Proctor (MacGregor, ed.) 7 Idem iterum per Gualt Ashmorum præparatus. Ibid.
Another of the same, prepared
by Walter Ashmore . Plot
1686, p. 200 .