manuscript hull john (1 Ergebnisse)

Contemporary full vellum; darkened but sound. 20.5 x 16cm. John Hull married Grace Freckleton nee Aspinall, widow of Revered Roger Freckleton of Bispham with whom she had two sons (Henry and Thomas). He lived in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, and with Grace he had three sons, the eldest of whom John Hull, 1761-1843, is listed in the DNB as an eminent physician and botanist. John Hull (senior) died in 1768 and most of the entries are before this. The few entries after 1768 are presumably in the hand of an executor, or possibly one of his stepsons. Examples of payments include: Tommy's flute, a new watch in Liverpool, a wig, silver shoe buckles, mahogany desk, wages for making, mending and altering a riding coat, linseed oil, sugar for syrup, a small lock for a drawer, carriage of goods from York, a quart of French brandy, payment to John Dickson for hedging the garden, &c. There are listings of accounts with Geo. Skelton, and Jas. Row, both druggists in York (1745), account with Aunt Hull, separate expence at the Stable (1758), John Gardner's Account, Edmd. Brown's Account about building (1758), Richard Hardman's Acccount to do the stable, two little houses & two kitchens, Day Book for all the Expence about the Buildings, The entry for January 1st 1761 reads, 'Then began to keep an account for Henry & Tommy Freckleton; (it being our marriage day).' and includes a list of goods received from the estate of his wife's first husband, and also a list of expenditure on refurbishing the shop counter, dated 1745 (June November). John Hull, 1761-1843, 'an orphan at six years of age, poor, friendless, by the best use of all means of education within his power, by unwearied industry, by constant self-denial, he duly qualified himself for the practice of his profession'. ref: Porter, J. History of the Fylde of Lancashire, 1876. He became a leading physician and obstetrician in Manchester, helped establish the Manchester Medical Society in 1834, and served as its first president from 1834 to 1838, presenting his library to the Society.