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Simonds D'Ewes - Thomas Knyvett - 1650-03-21
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  15662
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document. Simonds D’Ewes
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Thomas Knyvett III
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . March 21, 1650
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Westminster 51° 30' 1.60" N, 0° 7' 35.54" W
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Robert Bruce Cotton, Dudley North, 4th Baron North
LiteratureReference to literature. Ives 1773, pp. 30-11, Burnett 2020b, pp. 537, 5392
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Coin Loan , English , Saxon
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'Sir Dudley North was lately in towne, and brought me up severall English coynes in a taffety purse, amongst which I found noe lesse then twenty ancient English Saxon coyness that I wanted, and one of them of which Sir Robert Cotton never had any. Of his latter English coynes I chose some six, for which, as a testimony of my thankefulnesse, I presented him with some forty-eight pieces; with which he rested so abundantly satisfied, as I confidently beleive he can chuse ten out of these he received from me, that he woulde not exchange for all these he bestowed one me. I beseech you hasten the sending of what you intend, for a great part of my worke is ready transcribed for the presse; and should your coynes aford me but a moderate supply (of which I make little doubt), I should be much troubled with interlineing and adding.' (Ives 1773, pp. 30-1; Burnett 2020b, pp. 537, 539)

References

  1. ^ Ives 1773 
  2. ^  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.