Francis Willughby - John Ray c.1662
Francis Willughby
Francis Willughby - John Ray c.1662
| FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ | 13998 |
| InstitutionName of Institution. | |
| InventoryInventory number. | |
| AuthorAuthor of the document. | Francis Willughby |
| RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. | John Ray |
| Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . | 1662 |
| 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. | Derham 1718, p. 9Derham 1718, Burnett 2020b, p. 1212Burnett 2020b |
| KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ | Local Finds , Hoard , Gold Coins , Silver Coins |
| LanguageLanguage of the correspondence | English |
| External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ᵖ |
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".
I met with several Adventures in the remaining part of my Journey after I left you; and amongst the rest with one very lucky one, of a new discovery of Medals. You may remember the Day we parted I had intended to have gone to Cirencester, but hearing by the way of a great deal of Treasure that was found in a Field, I presently conjectured it might be Roman Coin, and diverted my Course thither. The Field was near Dursly (a Town we left about a Mile of the left Hand as we rod from Glocester) where I found above Forty People digging and scraping; and bought a great many Silver Medals of them, and one incomparable fair one of Gold, that had been found a little before. The whole History how these came to be discovered, I shall reserve till I see you.
