William Wake - William Stukeley - 1729-06-10

William Wake

William Wake - William Stukeley - 1729-06-10

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	15464
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document.	William Wake
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	William Stukeley
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	June 10, 1729
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature.	Lukis 1882-1887, vol. 1, pp. 217-191, Burnett 2020b, p. 4092
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	English , University Collection , Oxford
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
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'Under these circumstances of life, I do not much trouble my selfe with those amusements I before took perhaps too much pleasure in : yet as I intend both my books & coins for one of the public libraries in Oxford, where I hope they may be of more use to others than they have been to my selfe, I am willing to make my Collection of both as perfect as I can : & I have succeeded pretty well in my endeavours in both. I began late to purchase our English money yet have a perfect suite, & a tolerable large one, both for gold & silver, from King Edw. 1^st to the present times. I want only two Kings Coins, Rich. II^d & Edw. V^th of whom I believe there is nothing to be had, & I question whether ever any money was struck by him. Indeed from William the Conqueror (where I begin) to Edward I^st I have very little so that everything in that period would be very acceptable to me. I would willingly purchase anything you can procure within that space, or of King Richard II^d afterwards.' (Lukis 1882-1887, vol. 1, pp. 217-19; Burnett 2020b, p. 409)

References

^ Lukis, W.C. (ed.)(1882-87) The Family Memoirs of the Rev. William Stukeley and the Correspondence of William Stukeley, Roger & Samuel Gale, Etc., 3 Vols, Publications of the Surtees Society Vols. 73, 76, 80, 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.