William Nicolson - Edward Lhuyd - 1696/7-01-25

William Nicolson

William Nicolson - Edward Lhuyd - 1696/7-01-25

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	16149
InstitutionName of Institution.	Oxford, Bodleian Library
InventoryInventory number.	MS Ashmole 1816, f.484
AuthorAuthor of the document.	William Nicolson
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Edward Lhuyd
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	January 25, 1697
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	William Camden, Obadiah Walker
LiteratureReference to literature.	Camden 16951, Burnett 2020b, p. 7272
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Saxon , Local Finds , Medieval , English
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ	http://tinyurl.com/yapxuper

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'I have rec’d both your present of Stones and your last Letter, with the account of your Saxon pieces. Whatever throng you believe me to be in, I am alwaies at leisure to serve you to the outmost of my power. ...
You do not tell me whether your Coins are silver or brass. I have a score of the latter Metal; found in Yorkshire, which are letter’d much at the same rate with these of yours. Your first four (and the last) have some of their kindred amongst Mr Walker’s in the late Edition of Camd. Tab. V, 21. 22. 23. particularly, your 3d seems to be the same with his 23. But I am not of his opinion that these pieces were coin’d, in honour of St. Edmund, by some following Kings. I rather think they were coin’d at St. Edmundsbury: As those that he formerly took to be peter-pence were undoubtedly at (St Peter’s in) York. He allow’d himself to be corrected in that Conjecture; and I do not see why he should not consent to it in this.'

(Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 1816, f.484; Burnett 2020b, p. 727; transcription from EMLO)

References

^ Camden, William (ed. Edmund Gibson)(1695) Britannia, 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.