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 1707Fleetwood 1707, Hearne 1885, vol. 4, p. 368Hearne 1885, Burnett 2020b, pp. 502, 908 n. 216, 910Burnett 2020b |
| 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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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".
'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 Trevisa however assures us in an unpublished Passage belonging to his Translation of Polychronicon that they were of somewhat less value than the English Groats, & this is the most satisfactory account I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)
