Browne Willis - John Bettesworth - 1733-06-09

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Browne Willis

Browne Willis - John Bettesworth - 1733-06-09

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ	14207
InstitutionName of Institution.	Gloucestershire Archives
InventoryInventory number.	D340a/C35
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Browne Willis
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	John Bettesworth
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	June 9, 1733
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.	Burnett 2020b, p. 16531
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ	British Coins , Gold Coins
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
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'I hope you rec’d the account I sent you of the \respective/ Gold Coins minted in each Reign – our Antiquary Society proposes to print it shortly & then I hope to make you a present of it. I shall be very glad to hear your Treasure encreases, & wish you \may/ have the choice of several valuable peices. ... I have got some few Gold Coins of late of the collector of the Excise but no very uncommon pieces. They will be all travelled to the mints where will be a vast stock but they tell me none will be to be disposed of till the year is out viz. a^bt 8 months hence, when some Thousand pounds may be purchased, tho: very likely some may by favour be procured sooner. I have of late run thro: several things a^bt our coin & find I have omitted Two Gold Peices of Henry the 8th viz. His quarter Angel, one of wch broke lose(?) in these parts last Saturday, they(?) day ///////; Twas minted not long before his death. I had the half Angel \before/ the Legend of which is Henric viii di gr Rex A’gliae R/ o crux Ave Spes Unica. The quarter Angel has on one side Henricus viii di Gra: A’glie: reverse Francie z Hibernie Rex. The other peice of His is the George Noble which is as described to me like His Angel that has the George on horseback instead of the Angel St Michael standing over the dragon. I hope to have a particular acc^t of this coin, & I trust good Mr Dean will pardon my interrupting Him, especialy as I have another thing to mention…'

(Gloucestershire Archives, D340a/C35; Burnett 2020b, p. 1653)