Beaupré Bell - Roger Gale - 1734-01-14

Beaupré Bell, Beaupré Hall

Beaupré Bell - Roger Gale - 1734-01-14

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	15414
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Beaupré Bell
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Roger Gale
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	January 14, 1734
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	Beaupré Hall ^{52° 36' 57.46" N, 0° 14' 1.61" E}
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature.	Nichols 1781-1790, pp. 169-701, Burnett 2020b, p. 390 n. 83, 391 n. 852
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Carausius , Local Finds , Cambridgeshire , Elme , Welney
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ

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'What little collection of Antiquities I have lye in my chambers at Cambridge, and I will write to a friend there to search out a medal of Carausius, which is extremely at your service, and with you had pleased to mention some more, that the request might have been of some bulk, as there will be danger of losing so small a piece in the carriage. ... There is no doubt, as you observe, that the Romans inhabited the fenny parts of Cambridgeshire very early; the stupendous banks still remaining shew them to have first undertaken the draining, and their coins frequently found in the Great Level tell us, they remained here at least till Gratian's time; for, besides these found at March, multitudes have been dug up in other places not far distant, as at Elme, part of which fell into my hands, of which I enclose a catalogue; and at Welney, whence I had most of my Carausius's, particularly that which you are so kind as to accept. Many other monuments also of them have been discovered, as an altar at Elme 21 inches high, but no ways remarkable, and the pipes of aquaducts at Wisbich and Walpole. The urns which contained the coins at Welney lay within reach of the plow-share, and demonstrate that the surface of the country in those parts, which have not been subject to overflowing, remains in the same state it was 1500 years ago, and consequently that the turf or moor does not vegetate.' (Nichols 1781-1790, pp. 169-70; Burnett 2020b, p. 390 n. 83)

References

^ Nichols, John (ed.), Reliquiae Galeanae, in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica II.1 (London, 1781), II.2 (London, 1781), III (London, 1790).
^ Burnett, Andrew M. (2020), The Hidden Treasures of this Happy Land. A History of Numismatics in Britain from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, BNS Special Publ. No 14 = RNS Special Publ. No 58, London, Spink & Son.