Martin Lister - John Thoresby - 1675-05-29

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Martin Lister - John Thoresby - 1675-05-29
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  16127
InstitutionName of Institution. London, British Library
InventoryInventory number. Stowe MS 745, f.105
AuthorAuthor of the document. Martin Lister
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. John Thoresby
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . May 29, 1675
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. York 53° 57' 56.37" N, 1° 4' 27.50" W
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Stephen Tempest, Samuel King
LiteratureReference to literature. Roos 2015, pp. 791-2, letter 03601, Wykes 20162, Burnett 2020b, pp. 711, 7163
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Local Finds , Silver , Roman
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia  http://tinyurl.com/ybenqar8
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'For my honoured friend Mr Thiresby at his house in Leedes
I gave \you/ trouble of showing me your Coins, for which I thanke you. …
Stephen Tempest of Kellbrooke within a mile of Earby lately found some old coin, as he was sealing mole hills in a cleft there.
At Broom in Cumberland many Coines were found and one Sam: King belonging to ye Countesse has got of ym by him. …
[added at bottom] I hear yt at Gainsborough many coins were found in a sand hill the last yeare; amongst which was a very fair one of Severus in Silver.'

(British Library, Stowe MS 745, f.105; Roos 2015, pp. 791-2, letter 0360; Wykes 2016; Burnett 2020b, p. 711)

RemarksRemarks regarding the annotation. (en)

The letter is addressed simply to 'Mr Thiresby at his house in Leedes', and it is not clear whether this refers to John Thoresby or his son Ralph. EMLO and Roos 2016 both give the recipient at Ralph, but Wykes 2016 suggests John. Burnett 2020b, p. 711 accepts Wykes suggestion, noting that Ralph is not known to have had much interest in numismatic matters until the early 1680s. (en)

References

  1. ^  Roos, A.M. (2015) The Correspondence of Dr. Martin Lister (1639–1712), Volume One: 1662–1677, Leiden, Brill.
  2. ^  Wykes, D.L. (2016) "Dissenters and the Writing of History: Ralph Thoresby's 'Lives and Characters'", in J. McElligott (ed.) Fear, Exclusion and Revolution: Roger Morrice and Britain in the 1680s, London, pp. 174-88.
  3. ^  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.