William Courten

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 * 1642/03/28 London, † 1702/03/29, Kensington. naturalist; traveller; collector; antiquarian

Correspondence of William Courten

William Courten

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ	3036
First nameFirst name(s) of the person.	William
Last nameLast name of the person.	Courten
Also known asAlternative names.	Charleton
WikidataIDWikidata ID
Birth dateBirth date: day - month - year.	March 28, 1642
Birth placePlace of birth of the person	London 51° 30' 26.35" N, 0° 7' 39.54" W
Death dateDeath date: day - month - year.	March 29, 1702
Death placePlace of death of the person	Kensington 51° 29' 56.36" N, 0° 11' 56.83" W
KeywordKeywords for the person	Naturalist , Traveller , Collector , Antiquarian
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ᵖ	https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Courten, William (1642-1702) (DNB00)
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Literature

Secondary literature	YearYear of the literature reference ᵖ	TypeLiterature type (book, journal, etc.) ᵖ	TitleTitel of the book.
Kusukawa 2017	2017	journal	William Courten’s lists of ‘Things Bought’ from the late seventeenth century

Work

Author of Catalogues of Numismatic Collections

Page	Catalogue dateDate when the catalogue was issued: day - month - year .
Courten, William - A Catalogue of my Consular Medals in Boxs No. 1.2.3.4 Anno Dni 1695	1695
Courten, William - A catalogue of ye medals & Coines that were in Mr Bohun’s Cabinet	July 1692
Courten, William - A list of medals to exchange, 2 July 1698 - London, British Library - Sloane MS 3961, ff.91-2	2 July 1698
Courten, William - Catalogo dj quellj Curiosità chj venivano Allj miej manj Nel Anno 1667 - BL, Sloane MS 3988, ff.2-10	1666
Courten, William - Coines and meddalls Bought since 1670 - London, British Library - Sloane MS 3988, ff.17-22	1674
Courten, William - Consular Medals	19 September 1695
Courten, William - June 1695. An Account of my Consular Medals in Boxs No. 1.2.3.4	June 1695
Courten, William - Numismata aurea a Julio Caesare ad Heraclium ex musaeo Carolj Croii Ducis Arschotanj a Joanne Hemelario Explicata Antuerpiae apud Petrum et Joannem Belleros Ao MDCXXVII

Author of Manuscripts of Unpublished Works

Page	Publication dateDate when the publication was issued: day - month - year .
Courten, William - A list of Roman emperors and empresses from Augustus to Nerva, with notes on rarity of the coins of each of them
Courten, William - For my Lord Colerane all true and different - London, British Library - Sloane MS 3961, f.108	11 September 1694
Courten, William - G(old) medds yt that are rare. Silver medds yt are rare
Courten, William - Mdls yt Mr Bohun wants - London, British Library - Sloane MS 3962, f.207
Courten, William - Medailles Anciennes qui sont les plus rares en or, argent et cuivre
Courten, William - Medals which I wanted - London, British Library - Sloane MS 3961, f.70	November 1700
Courten, William - Mr Bonet's remarkes on Dr Walker's Treatise of Medals
Courten, William - Notes on Roman weights - London, British Library - Sloane MS 3962, f.88
Courten, William - Remarques of Medls. How to know the true from the false - London, British Library - Sloane MS 3962, f.6

Author of Correspondence

Page	Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .
William Courten - Edward Lluyd - 1690-4-29	29 April 1690
William Courten - Henry Hare - 1694-05-19	19 May 1694
William Courten - Henry Hare - 1694-07-12	12 July 1694
William Courten - Henry Hare - 1694-09-25	25 September 1694
William Courten - Henry Hare - 1694-11-13	13 November 1694
William Courten - Henry Hare - 1694-12-06	6 December 1694
William Courten - Henry Hare - 1695-02-12	12 February 1695
William Courten - Henry Hare - 1695-03-26	26 March 1695
William Courten - Henry Hare - 1695-04-04	4 April 1695
William Courten - Henry Hare - 1699-12-07	7 December 1699
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Recipient of Correspondence

Page	Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .
Edward Lhuyd - William Courten - 1691-09-25	25 September 1691
Heneage Finch - William Courten - 1700/1-02-07	7 February 1701
Henry Hare - William Courten - 1688-03-26	26 March 1688
Henry Hare - William Courten - 1694-12-14	14 December 1694
Henry Hare - William Courten - 1695-02-14	14 February 1695
Henry Hare - William Courten - 1695-03-29	29 March 1695
Henry Hare - William Courten - 1699-11-02	2 November 1699
Henry Hare - William Courten - 1701-09-25	25 September 1701
James Sutherland - William Courten? - 1701-12-11	11 December 1701
John Evelyn - William Courten - 1695-09-18	18 September 1695

Author of Correspondence Collections

Page	Publication dateDate when the publication was issued: day - month - year .
Courten, William - London, British Library - Sloane MS 3962

References

Page	Category
John Evelyn - Samuel Pepys - 1689-8-12	Correspondence
Martin Lister - Edward Lhuyd - 1691-09-26	Correspondence
Humfrey Wanley - Unknown recipient - n.d.	Correspondence
Humfrey Wanley - Arthur Charlett 1697-08-22	Correspondence
James Sutherland - Richard Richardson - 1700-07-11	Correspondence
Heneage Finch - unknown recipient - 1700-10-14	Correspondence
James Sutherland - James Petiver - 1701-01-29	Correspondence
Andrew Fountaine - John Covel - 1701-3-12	Correspondence
Ralph Thoresby - Richard Richardson - 1701-07-03	Correspondence
James Sutherland - Robert Wodrow - 1701-10-18	Correspondence
Charles Preston - Hans Sloane - 1702-05-02	Correspondence
Richard Richardson - Ralph Thoresby - 1702-05-11	Correspondence
James Sutherland - Richard Richardson - 1702-3-12	Correspondence
James Sutherland - Ralph Thoresby - 1702-06-01	Correspondence
James Sutherland - Hans Sloane - 1702-07-07	Correspondence
James Sutherland - Richard Richardson - 1702-9-19	Correspondence
John Lely - Hans Sloane - 1703-07-02	Correspondence
Henry Hare - Hans Sloane - 1703-11-23	Correspondence

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Literature

Cabinet Acquisitions

Work

Aes Grave Africa Ashmolean Museum Athens Balbinus Barbia Orbiana Books British Coins Bronze Brutus Catalogue Claudius Cleopatra Coin Collection Coin Drawings Coin Price Coin Sale Coins Lacking Coins Sending Collection Sale Commodus Constantius Control Marks Cost Of Transport Danish Domitia Domitian Domitilla Duplicates Eid Mar English Exchange Faustina Maior Faustina Minor Forgeries Galba Gold Gordian I Gordian Iii Greek Hadrian Invoice Julia Domna Julia Paula Julian Late Roman Empire Local Finds Lucius Verus Magnentius Manlia Marcus Aurelius Mark Antony Maximus Medals Modern Museum Nerva Notes Numa Numismatic Literature Otho Paulina Payment Pescennius Niger Plataea Procopius Purchaising Coins Rarity Roman Roman Imperial Roman Provincial Roman Republican Samaritan Saxon Scottish Septimius Severus Silchester Silver Spanish Theft Tooling Trajan Tranquillina Vespasian Weights

References

Antoninus Pius Ashmolean Museum Augustus British Coins British Royal Collection Bronze Bronze Coins Cabinet Acquisitions Caracalla Catalogue Coin Collection Coin Gift Coin Price Coins Sending Collection Collection Price Collection Value Commodus Denarius Domitian Duplicates English English Collectors Faustina Faustina Maior Faustina Minor Galba Gems Geta Gold Greek Hadrian Hoard Indian Licinius Local Finds Marcellus Medal Medallion Medals Numismatic Literature Numismatic Skill Otho Oxford Pertinax Ptolemy Rarity Roman Roman Imperial Roman Provincial Roman Republican Sabina Saxon Scottish Silver Spanish State Of Preservation Theft Trajan University Collection

Relations (referenced in work)

Adolf Occo Alexander Brown Andreas Morell Antonio Agustin Benjamin Tooke Charles du Fresne Charles III de Croÿ, duke of Arschot Charles Patin Edmund Bohun Edward Lhuyd Elias Ashmole Friedrich Bonnet Heneage Finch Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Winchilsea Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine Hubert Goltzius Jacques Cronstedt James Sutherland Jean Foy-Vaillant Jean Tristan de Saint-Amant John Campbell John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter John Evelyn John Locke Martin Lister Obadiah Walker Pierre Chabert William Camden