William Nicolson - Ralph Thoresby - c. 1695

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William Nicolson

William Nicolson - Ralph Thoresby - c. 1695

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ	16333
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document.	William Nicolson
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Ralph Thoresby
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	1695
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.	Hunter 1832, vol. 1, pp. 218-191, Burnett 2020b, p. 8682
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ	Saxon , Coins Returned , Gospel , Widows Mite , Northumbrian , Medieval , Duplicates
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ᵖ	https://archive.org/details/lettersofeminent01thor/page/218/mode/2up

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'Your last came soon after I had returned some few of the Saxon coins, which were sent to me by the post, from Bishop-thorp; I was troubled that I had not kept them longer, or received your letter sooner. The kind account you gave me of the rest, might have enabled me to make better guesses, than, I doubt, it will be thought I have done. I suppose them all to have been named anciently, [----], and eight of them (as now the Liards de France) to have made a penny. This conjecture I ground upon our Saxon version of Mark xii. 42. But, truly, to what king any of the five that were sent me are to be attributed, I know not. I am still more greedily desirous to see more of them, since you tell me they are mostly coins of our Northumbrian monarchs. ... As duplicates of the Saxon pieces [----] come to your hand, remember your promise.' (Hunter 1832, vol. 1, pp. 218-19; Burnett 2020b, p. 868)