William Dugdale - Thomas Blount - 1679-02-15

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William Dugdale, Blythe Hall

William Dugdale - Thomas Blount - 1679-02-15
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  15537
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document. William Dugdale
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Thomas Blount
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . February 15, 1679
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Blythe Hall 53° 35' 1.32" N, 2° 50' 58.49" W
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Elias Ashmole
LiteratureReference to literature. Hamper 1827, pp. 420-1, letter CLXX1, Josten 1966, vol. 4, p. 16372, Burnett 2020b, pp. 452-33
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Fire , Collection Destruction
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'I should be glad to heare that your lodgings in Fig-tree-court did escape the late wofull fire at the Middle Temple. Mr. Ashmole hath had a wonderful losse, nothing at all saved; his man not lodging there that night. It seems the fire began in the very next Chamber to his Library, being in the corner of Pump Court. Wth much labour in search he hath found some of his silver coynes, and some of the copper, but the copper much defaced. I heare not what is become of his gold coynes, wch were of great value. I wish they were not there.' (Hamper 1827, pp. 420-1, letter CLXX; Josten 1966, vol. 4, p. 1637; Burnett 2020b, pp. 452-3)

References

  1. ^  Hamper, W. (ed.)(1827) The Life, Diary and Correspondence of Sir William Dugdale, London.
  2. ^  Josten, C.H. (1966), Elias Ashmole 1617-1692, Oxford.
  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.