James Sutherland - Robert Wodrow - 1701-02-01

James Sutherland

James Sutherland - Robert Wodrow - 1701-02-01

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	14491
InstitutionName of Institution.	Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland
InventoryInventory number.	Wodrow Letters Qu. I, f.151 (Letter 109)
AuthorAuthor of the document.	James Sutherland
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Robert Wodrow
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	February 1, 1701
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Charles Patin, Obadiah Walker
LiteratureReference to literature.	Patin 1683b1, Walker 16922, Burnett 2020b, pp. 1542-33
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Silver , English , Medieval Coins , Book Loan
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ

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'I have yours of Jan: 27 with the Herball and Coyns. ... The two small obscure Silver Coyns are both English and I have them pretty well preserved. One is of Henry the second, having on the Foreside the Kings head with a Scepter Inscription Henricus Rex. The Reverse a double Crosse with 4 Besants crosswise in each quarter, Inscription has been SIMON ON CANTE shewing it to have been the Coyn of Simon in Canturburry. The Other is of Edwatd Longshanks and has on the Foreside his head Inscr: EDWAR R ANGL DNS HYB. The Reverse a large Crosse with three Besants in each quarter, Inscr. CIVITAS CANTOR. Coyned also in Canturberry. Both of them were English Pennies, twenty of which makes ane unce of Silver. The Groat with Villa Roxburgh is of James the third. I have none Coyned in that place. If ye please to let me keep It I shall be much beholden to you, and soon return whats as Curious, which if ye enclyne (?) to, ye may send in your next Letter a List of what Coyns ye already have with their Size Stamp and Inscriptions that I may send from time to time such as I can spare and ye want. But if ye be not willing to part with your piece I shall return It on first demand. I have inclosed your two small English Pennies which ye may keep till I get them better preserved. I have sent you with this Bearer a Lend of the Book I recommended in my Last, together with Patins Historia Numismatum, and the third of Obadiah Walker a learned and great man in the University of Oxford in the late King James his time. Pray take speciall Care they be not spoiled and return them after ye have sufficiently perused them, that I may spply you with some other worth your reading.'

(NLS, Wodrow Letters Qu. I, f.151 (Letter 109); Burnett 2020b, pp. 1542-3)

References

^ Patin, Charles (1683), Introductio ad historiam numismatum. Ante hâc Gallicè bis edita; nunc Latinè versa, & novis accessionibus locupletata, Amstelædami 1683
^ Walker, Obadiah (1692), The Greek and Roman history illustrated by Coins & Medals [...], printed by G. Croom, for William Miller and Christopher Wilkinson, London.
^ 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.