Thomas Hearne - Arthur Charlett - 1714-06-21

Thomas Hearne

Thomas Hearne - Arthur Charlett - 1714-06-21

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	15602
InstitutionName of Institution.	Oxford, Bodleian Library
InventoryInventory number.	MS Rawlinson Letters 28, f.124
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Thomas Hearne
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Arthur Charlett
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	June 21, 1714
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Roger Gale, William Smith
LiteratureReference to literature.	Fleetwood 17071, Hearne 1885, vol. 4, p. 3682, Burnett 2020b, pp. 502, 908 n. 216, 9103
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	English , Book Production , Silchester , Local Finds , Honorius , Constantius , Gros Tournois
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ	https://tinyurl.com/yape2tj4

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'Roger Gale, who is in Oxford, reports that Smith, lately Fellow of Univ., is compiling book on English coins. 'I have by me the Chronicon pretiosum, & have formerly read it over with great Care & equal Satisfaction. 'Tis written with good Learning & Judgment, & the Observations are very curious.' Hopes Smith's remarks may not be inferior. Perhaps C. could induce him to publish. Would like to know Smith's opinion about the Grossi Turonenses. 'Our Inceptors in old Time took an oath that they would not spend in compleating their Degrees at the Comitia above three thousand Grossi Turonenses. I find that Authors differ in their opinions about their value. Trevisa however assures us in an unpublished Passage belonging to his Translation of Polychronicon that they were of somewhat less value than the English Groats, & this is the most satisfactory account I have hitherto met with.' If C. goes to Silchester, Betham will probably show him his coins. H. saw nothing lower than Honorius and Constantius.' (summary from Hearne 1885, vol. 4, p. 368)

References

^ Fleetwood, William (1707) Chronicum preciosum: or, An account of English money, the price of corn, and other commodities, for the last 600 years, London.
^ Hearne, Thomas (1885-1921) Remarks and Collections, Vols. I-XI, Oxford, Oxford Historical Society.
^ 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.