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The Diary of Ralph Thoresby, F.R.S. author of the topography of Leeds. (1677-1724)
Secondary Title (i.e. Proceedings Title): Periodical Title: Publication Type:Book, Whole Authors:Thoresby,RalphEditors:Joseph Hunter
Publisher:Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley Place of Publication:London Publication Date:1830 Alternate Date (i.e. Conference Date): Volume:2 vols. Issue: Start Page: End Page: Abstract: Descriptors/Keywords: ISBN: URL:http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=IpDYUHLJQGEC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=The+diary+of+Ralph+Thoresby,+F.R.S.+author+of+the+topography+of+Leeds.+(1677-1724)&ots=ruf_xESNU9&sig=MYIJp9Sc60ogrRtGtrqXAstKtf4; http://books.google.com/books?id=O35CetMpaT0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+diary+of+Ralph+Thoresby,+F.R.S.+author+of+the+topography+of+Leeds.+(1677-1724)&lr=&ei=kilvSu_5K4SmkATEj9D3Dg
Documents in Print Item: No Documents Listed in Print Item Attached People: Collector (minor) - Courten, William (28 Mar 1642-26 Mar 1702)
Collector (minor) - Thoresby, Ralph (1658-1725)
Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - Thoresby, Ralph (1658-1725)
Artisan or Craftsman - creator - Robinson, John (-)
Subject of/in a document - Dodgson, John (-c.9 Jan 1720)
Subject of/in a document - Sharp, Thomas (c.1634-1693)
Mentioned or referenced by - Warburton, John (1682-1759)
Mentioned or referenced by - Buck, Samuel (1696-1779)
Mentioned or referenced by - Cay, Jabez (1666-1703)
Mentioned or referenced by - Stonestreet, William (1659-1716)
Mentioned or referenced by - Hunter, Jo[] (-fl. 1723)
Mentions or references - Boyse, Rachael (-fl. 1699)
Mentions or references - Nephew of Dr. Huntington (-fl. 1702)
Mentions or references - Stanhope [Justice] (-fl. 1694)
Mentions or references - Nicholson, John (-1700)
Mentions or references - Idle, Michael (-1697)
Mentioned or referenced by - Idle, Lucy (-fl. 1699)
Mentioned or referenced by - Jackson [engraver], Robert (-10 Jun 1713)
Mentioned or referenced by - Lake, John (5 Dec 1624-30 Aug 1689)
Mentions or references - Savage, Charles (c. 1622-)
Mentioned or referenced by - Savage, Mary (-1699)
Mentions or references - Dyneley, Dorcas (-15 May 1709)
Mentions or references - Dyneley, John (-1691)
Mentions or references - Dyneley, John (-1712 or 1714)
Mentions or references - Moult, William (-1727)
Mentions or references - Whitaker, Thomas (-1710)
Mentions or references - Rastrick, John (1650-1727)
Mentions or references - Gascoigne, Thomas (c. 1659-c. 1718)
Mentions or references - Thoresby, George (-1696/7)
Mentions or references - Thoresby, Joshua (-fl. 1703)
Mentions or references - Lumley, George (-fl. 1719)
Mentions or references - Bess of Hardwick (1527-1608)
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Annotation:On Courten:
Diary vol 1, 297
22 May 1695: Morning, walked with brother Thoresby to Covent Garden, whence the courteous old gentleman, Mr. Walker (alias Williams) walked with us to the Temple, and introduced us to the ingenious Mr. Charlton's museum, who showed us a noble collection of Roman coins ; he has very choice of the Emperors, but the vast number of the Family, or Consular, was most surprising to me. [editor Joseph Hunter identifies this as Obadiah Walker and adds, “ It has been very completely proved that the name of Charlton was one assumed, in the place of that which he had inherited from his ancestors, by the gentleman, whose collection of coins they went together to see. See Dr. Kippis's Edition of the Biographia Britannica, art. Courteen, for the museum of Mr. Charlton.” 297). ].
Diary vol 1, 299
Thoresby records another visit on 24 April 1695: “[I] walked to Mr. Charlton's chambers, at the Temple, who very courteously showed me his museum, which is perhaps the most noble collection of natural and artificial curiosities, of ancient and modern coins and medals, that any private person in the world enjoys ; it is said to have cost him 7,000l. or 8,000l. sterling ; there is, I think, the greatest variety of insects and animals, corals, shells, petrifactions, &c. that ever I beheld. But I spent the greatest part of my time amongst the coins, for though the British and Saxon be not very extraordinary, yet his silver series of the Emperors and Consuls is very noble. He has also a costly collection of medals, of eminent persons in church and state, domestic and foreign reformers. But before I was half satisfied an unfortunate visit from the Countess of Pembroke, and other ladies from court, prevented further queries” (299).
In his diary entry on 10 Aug 1714, Ralph Thoresby "wrote Mr. Courten’s epitaph, (commonly called Mr. Charlton, of the Temple, where he had a noble collection of curiosities, which he showed me, ast morti haec non sunt curae )" (2.250).