The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Mr. Hewson ( - )
Possibly the Mr. William Hewson, minister in the rectory of Shotwick in 1658, as recorded in Minutes of the Committee for the Relief of Plundered Ministers, p. 227. Relevant locations: Workplace or place of business Shotwick, CheshireLinked print sources: as Mentioned or referenced by - Minutes of the Committee for the Relief of Plundered Ministers: And of the Trustees for the Maintenance of Ministers: Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire, 1643-1660, Part II 1650-1660.
References in Documents:
A Brief Narrative of a Strange and Wonderful Old Woman that hath a Pair of Horns (1676)
The first time was but a single Horn, which
grew long, but as slender as an Oaten straw:
The second was thicker than the former: The
two first Hewson
whose Wife this Rarity was first discovered) ob
tained
of the Old Woman his Parishioner: They
kept not an equal distance of time in falling off,
some at three, some at four, and another at
four Years and a halfs Growth.