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Group of five papers regarding Christopher E. Blunt and his Coin Collection, plus two newspaper reports:
(a) 'Biographical Data of C. E. Blunt', typescript (photocopy), three pages on three folios (recto only), unattributed and undated but written in the first person and therefore datable to before 20 November 1987 when CEB died.
(b) 'Further Biographical data of E. E. Blunt', typescript (photocopy), two pages on two folios (recto only)

Manuscript & typescript papers of Christopher Blunt without accompanying correspondence

Two papers of biographical information on Christopher E. Blunt, one by CEB and the other by his son Simon Blunt.
(a) 'Biographical Data of C. E. Blunt', typescript (photocopy), three pages on three folios (recto only), unattributed and undated but written in the first person and attributable to CEB and therefore datable to before 20 November 1987 when CEB died.
(b) 'Further Biographical data of E. E. Blunt', typescript (photocopy), two pages on two folios (recto only), signed 'S W Blunt, 6 December 1987,

Correspondence from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, with related correspondence from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt interspersed; some of the correspondence contains attachments.

Five letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, one with attachment, and one set of notes from Ian Stewart signed by Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 24 July 1987, thanking IS for his telephone call that morning and noting that he has told Stewart [Lyon] they will be expecting him for the day on Saturday. He says that Baldwin's are holding for him "the Diola of Offa from the recent sale" but that it is frail so they prefer not to post it. If IS can get hold of it, they can look at it together, but he says that IS should not go to any trouble as Peter [Mitchell?] is planning to visit him in August. He says that he prefers 973 as the date of the Chester 1857 hoard rather than BP's 970 "because we know that there was an HR3 in the find".
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, one folio (recto & verso), on Ramsbury letterhead but dated from Ridgeway Hospital,Eroughton, Swindon, on 31 October 1987, with attachment (see item (c) below), thanking IS and family for their love and good wishes. He says that he will know more when his doctor calls. He refers to an enclosed [letter?] from Marion [Archibald] on the Offa/Withred [?], asking IS to make a copy and return it. He notes that her conclusions are similar to theirs and that it is reasonable for her, as a museum assistant, not to wish to recommend such a controversial piece to the Trustees. He mentions Harry Manville being here [i.e. in the UK] and, having sent to him "the first 85 closely typed pages of his and Tony Robertson's index for 1731-1799", which he describes as a "fascinating miscellany". He promises to put together all tenth-century stuff when he returns home.
(c) enlarged photocopy of an Offa coin image, single page, with manuscript caption that reads: "found at Eastbury, Lambourne, Berks, November 1987" (attached to item (b) above).
(d) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, single page, dated from Ramsbury on 2 November 1987, informing IS that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer and doesn't have much time. He hopes to get home on Thursday.
(e) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, single page, dated from Ramsbury on 3 November 1987, notifying IS that he has "a set of sample machine plates proofs back for CTCE [= Coinage in Tenth-Century England] for [him] to keep". He says that it's difficult to judge from his sick bed but they look alright. A set has gone to CSSL [i.e. Stewart Lyon]
(f) notes evidently taken by Ian Stewart from CEB's dictation, in typescript, two pages on two folios (recto only), with the heading "Notes from Ian Stewart signed by Christopher Blunt on 9.11.87", written in CEB's voice in the first person. The notes summarise the importance of the Blunt collection, stress that it should be available to future scholars for study, and outline possible arrangements for disposing of it. CEB expresses interest in the collection being "accepted by public museums with Treasury consent in lieu of tax/duty", wishing that the Fitzwilliam Museum be given the opportunity to acquire the bulk of the later coins from the 13th-16th centuries to raise the level of that institution's series of English silver coins to that "commensurate with the outstanding collection of Continental [coins] deposited by Prof. Grierson. He also wishes the Fitzwilliam "be able to acquire a selection of my Anglo-Saxon and other coins in order to fill out their existing holdings and make them more representative". He notes that he has bequeathed a few individual pieces to the British Museum and wishes that a further selection of items of great interest, particularly in the Anglo-Saxon series, be made available to the Museum for acceptance in lieu of tax. Subject to the financial requirements of his executors, he allows that further coins made be offered to other museums. Remaining coins, beyond any that his beneficiaries may wish to keep, would be set aside for disposal by private treaty or auction; he appoints IS to oversee the disposal of his numismatic assets and, if necessary, to act as arbitrator between or adviser to the parties involved. He asked that the entire collection be photographed and the prints available for sale to the BNS. If the SCBI Committee wishes to publish a volume of his Anglo-Saxon coins, he hopes that the Blunt Trust would be able to contribute towards the costs. Assuming that the Fitzwilliam Museum acquires the bulk of his later coins, he hopes that they are published in due course in the Medieval European Coinage series. At the bottom of the first page, there are CEB's clarifications to the preceding matter. The second page includes extracts from CEB's will and wishes, willing two coins of two 8th-century Kentish kings plus a further penny that he attributes to Edward V to the British Museum and wishing that a medieval seal matrix formerly belonging to Shirley-Fox go to the Wiltshire Archaeological Society, and that a rare 17th-century token issued by John Samuel Blunt and a prisoner-of-war engraved piece be among any items to be retained.
(g) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, typescript, single page, dated from Ramsbury on 10 November 1987, thanking IS for giving so much thought to the problem of his coin collection. He regards the solution proposed by IS as admirable and has signed the letter that IS wrote (see item (f) above). He says that the arrangements primarily concern the two elements of his English coin collection, but there are other elements that may be dealt with separately, e.g. Continental coins that may supplement Philip Grierson's coins [in the Fitzwilliam]. He refers to IS's recommendation that the whole collection be photographed, which he understood as applying to the English elements only. He says that a number of his books have been earmarked to be given to friends and agrees that other friends be given a chance to take away any other books before sale, at their valuation. He likes IS's idea that his later Medieval [English?] coins provide an off-set for Philip's in MEC. He says that he has asked his son Simon to put aside his paper copies of Burns' Scottish Coinage, which he wishes to give to IS. In a postscript, he says that there are a number of Fox notebooks relating to coins, "in the cupboard behind the piano", that are destined for the Fitzwilliam Museum.

Six letters and one card from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, three pages on two folios, dated from Ramsbury on 4 January 1987, promising to get "a set of the Ash/Hunt plates" for IS if he can but noting that OUP has not done a good job with them so far. He asks for advice from IS over a disagreement he is having with James Graham-Campbell in regard to the Cuerdale hoard. While his reading of the numismatic evidence suggests that the hoard came from the south, James Graham-Campbell's is interpreting the evidence from the jewellery and ingots to suggest that the hoard "came from Ireland and was on its way to – where I don't know, perhaps York". CEB thought that the hoard began to take shape in France and gathered material as it went north to Lancashire. He asks IS what he thinks and wonders whether he can contribute a piece about the Cuerdale coins to JGC's volumes on Cuerdale when their views on the treasure differ.
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, single page, dated from Ramsbury on 20 January 1987, thanking IS for his letter about Wilfrid [Jasper Walter Blunt, CEB's brother, who died in early January 1987]. He notes that Stewart [Lyon] doesn't rule out the possibility that Cuerdale came to Lancashire via Ireland and promises to write in detail. CEB also says that he understands Marion [Archibald] "has put forward some new ideas on Alfred's dating of the London monogram type".
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, typescript, single page, dated from Ramsbury on 5 February 1987, thanking IS "for all the thought you have given to the questions of which way the Cuerdale hoard was travelling and how it was made up". He says that he has sent copies to both CSSL [i.e. Stewart Lyon] and James Graham-Campbell. He notes that numismatists are in general agreement on the origins of the two continental elements in the hoard, the Kufic element and the Northumbrian Viking group, but there remains disagreement on the Anglo-Saxon element and the St Edmund Memorial coins. He says that he has invited JGC to Ramsbury to discuss the question of origin but he hopes "to get him off his idea that because he believes the ornaments to be Irish [...] the hoard must be coming direct as a whole from Ireland".
(d) postcard from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, dated Tuesday 10 February [1987] and postmarked from Swindon, Wiltshire, 11 February [19]87, saying that he expects the first set of proofs for CTCE [= Coinage in Tenth-Century England] at the week-end of 21 February.
(e) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, three pages on two folios, dated from Ramsbury on 25 February 1987, saying that it was good to talk with IS and Stewart [Lyon] the previous day. He states that he "looked up the Coenwulf", of which he had a note from a reference in SNC [i.e. Spink's Numismatic Circular], November 1986, p. 247. He notes that the coin was bought by [Derek] Chick, who he says "must by now have an impressive lot of of early Mercian coins". He notes that he looked in at Spink's to see the coin, which he says was "the ordinary tribrach type". He says that he has also looked at the Armitáge fragment at the BM, of which Marion [Archibald] "kindly provided a couple of enlarged polaroids", which he encloses one for IS to keep. He likes the idea of IS to list the Cuerdale coins in columns as they did for Bossall, but notes that it will not be possible to include a column for the Ashmolean.
(f) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 4 March 1987, mentioning a problem that has arisen about which he suggests they speak by telephone. He says that he failed to send the typescript of hoards and single finds in its final form to Mark [Blackburn], who has now returned his copy with a large number of corrections, virtually all of them of punctuation. He encloses Mark's letter. If it were up to him, CEB says that he would leave things as they are, but acknowledges that that they should defer to him as editor. Apart from the editorial corrections, "the proofs are in good shape". There is a postscript in which CEB asks IS whether he will be attending the Oxford Symposium on Northumbria in the 9th century on 10-12 April, as the dates partially overlap with their planned meeting at Ramsbury on 9-10.
(g) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 15 May 1987, thanking IS for his notes on two chapters of CTCE [= Coinage in Tenth-Century England] and "for putting that curious [...] piece of Burgred" his way. He says that he "had a 'field day' at Spink's", purchasing not only the Burgred but also "a base striking of Edward the Confessor".

Eight letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 6 June 1985 (on British Academy letterhead where the BA address has been struck through), saying that "Stewart has gone to Earth again" and that he hasn't heard anything from him since he went to the USA at the end of April. He asks IS to give him a gentle prod. CEB continues his letter on 7 June, noting the arrival of IS's card and commenting in reply how nice it would be if IS can visit in late July and/or early August, as he will be bereft when his daughter Anne returns to the USA on 28 July. He adds that he has obtained another Offa at crippling cost.
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 7 July 1985, inviting IS and his family to come to Ramsbury from about 27 July to 4 August. He also wonders whether he told IS that "all four Alvaldvs [?] are from different dies", in each case with a pellet-stop before DV(s), making it look like his name were Alwald and DVS were a title.
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 20 July 1985, looking forward to the upcoming visit of IS and his family. He says that he has just received the Gutric text and plates of "the Ash/Hunt Scottish volume in SCBI" and is hoping to have some guidance from IS over the editing, noting that Mark [Blackburn?] "is fairly house-bound as their infant is due shortly", which means that he cannot depend on full consultation with him. He also comments on the arrival of the BM Ath[elstan]-Edgar proofs, which Marion [Archibald] is anxious about, so his own work on CTCE [=Coinage in Tenth-Century England] has had to suffer, though he is hoping to picking it up again as soon as the family vanishes for the USA. He again refers to all four of the surviving Alwalds being from different dies, and provides the obverse readings and references for all four, noting once more the position of the stop and the possible implications.
(d) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 7 July 1985, advising IS that a forthcoming number of Spink's Numismatic Circular will contain "a great rarity at (if the price is correct) a quite silly price". He describes it as "Eadred: CTCE 217 IR var. (d)", noting that the BM has one and he has another, the SNC specimen is the third.
(e) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 2 November 1985, conveying news received from Mark [Blackburn] about a new coin find from Yorkshire. He mentions a forthcoming to visit to London on Thursday the 14th and wonders whether IS will be available for dinner that evening.
(f) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 18 November 1985, expressing admiration of IS's table of mints but wonders whether he is depending on the Edgar BC coins (PCB 438) for the Thetford entry, asking if a question mark wouldn't be advisable, since he regards the attribution as doubtful. He points other entries that may also deserve similar qualification. He mentions two projects that gained acceptance as British Academy Publications and notes that he is worried about John Brand's pamphlet. While agreeing that it "seems to have some useful thoughts", he does not trust the treatment of the documentary material, and he remarks on the uneasiness of others over the matter,
(g) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 27 November 1985, referring to some coins that he was able to show IS and remarking specifically on a curious Edmund piece of which he has also told Stewart [Lyon], but also expressing doubts about the story of how they came to be found along the side of the Thames. He asks IS whether he knows of any other St Peter penny found so far south. In a postscript, he notes the "splendid material" received from Stewart [Lyon], "and more promised".
(h) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 5 December 1985, sending enlarged photographs of Hunter 675 taken when they were considering whether it was an altered Edgar, a question they later put to rest. He now takes into account Stewart [Lyon]'s suggestion that it may be an altered Athelstan, presenting the pros and cons, as he sees them, at some length. There is same closing discussion about some of the plates for CTCE [= Coinage in Tenth-Century England].

Seven letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 11 January 1985, thanking IS for sending his little paper on that curious variety of the Portcullis groat of Henry VIII and inviting him to cite the JSF [d.1939?] specimen, which he believes may be RCB's [i.e. Raymond Carolyn-Britton] second specimen. CEB tells IS that he has prepared a binder comparable to the one he sent to him for Stewart Lyon, to which he may add what he likes, and discusses further the status of their volume [i.e. CTCE = Coinage in Tenth-Century England], proposing an Easter target date for all manuscripts. He says that "Rosemand Gunstone has 'surfaced' (her phrase)", and he asked her whether she's available to do some typing for CTCE, which she is happy to do. He notes that he has secured the Edgar CC of Northampton by [the moneyer] Eadulf, which was found in the vicinity of Stevenage. He asks IS to thank Deborah for his "Erik Bloodaxe mug".
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 19 February 1985, stating that he has written "a little note on the NEAT coin of Edgar, which he intends to offer to SNC [i.e. Spink's Numismatic Circular], and further discussing Neatishead as the possible mint. He reiterates his resolve to obtain the coin and then turns to Peggy Dolmi-Radcliffe's coins, Edw I to Henry VII, which are coming up for sale at Glendinings on 17 April. He encloses a copy of his piece on the Edgar and would welcome comments.
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, single page, dated from Ramsbury on 6 March 1985, sending "another batch for CTCE" [i.e. Coinage in Tenth Century England], having sent a set to Stewart [Lyon]. He reports that Spinks (Finn) "bought NEAT from a small, reasonably reliable dealer" who claims that it was found within seven miles of Neatishead. He says that they may need to revise his little note. In a postscript, he writes "Ashdon hoard enclosed".
(d) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 15 March 1985, reporting that Michael Metcalf has visited him and has left "first-rate" photographs of the Forum coins that he will retrieve upon his return from Cyprus. CEB says that DMM will adopt their classification, which he will send him, and welcomes advice. He said that DMM became involved in the Rome project as a result of an assistant keeper from Rome coming to work at Oxford and getting to know him. A new keeper was appointed in Rome and arranged to have the coins from the hoard cleaned. She then wrote to Michael asking him whether he would be interested in writing it up. The initiative thus came entirely from the other side. After cleaning, most of the coins are in very good condition, though a few have suffered some damage in cleaning, about which he provides some additional details.
(e) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 15 April 1985, noting that he has received an invitation to the Trial of the Pyx in which he detects IS's hand, but stating that he must decline the invitation because it takes place soon after his departure for the USA to visit her daughter Anne in her new home. Turning to CTCE [= Coinage in Tenth-Century England], he says that "Stewart [Lyon] has now come up with a detailed listing of moneyers", which he is now studying. He says that, incidentally, Stewart may be in a good position, based on his work on Edward, to learn whether Marion is starting a second Sylloge volume. He notes that he leaves for Lawrence, Kansas, [USA], on the 30th [of April] and stays there until 16 May. In a postscript, he says that he hopes "soon to get down to Athelstan in the light of Stewart's work".
(f) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 2 May 1985, relating how he talked to David Wilson about concerns over "the non-publication of major hoard reports" and noting how he is becoming bored with their persistence in this. He says that Wilson told him about "a young man called [Barrie] Cook", who had been appointed to the vacant post of Assistant Keeper and will eventually assume some of the responsibilities that now belong to Marion [Archibald] and relieve her of a lot of pressure. CEB says that he also asked DW whether Marion was starting to work on a second Sylloge volume. If she was, and the period were from Alfred to Edward the Elder, as has been mentioned, "then she could build on Stewart for the latter", but she would need to do her own research on Alfred, but DW didn't know. Anyway, he says that he suggested giving priority to hoards like "Fishpool, Prestwich, Lincoln and Colchester. CEB suggests that unless they "can find out if Marion has been told to prepare BMS II – and stop it – the prospect of seeing the hoard reports in print is as remote as ever". In speaking with DW, CEB says that he tried to stress that they were not in any way criticising Marion, "who works like a beaver – but just has too much put on her". He looks forward to the Easter break and the prospect that Stewart [Lyon] will finish Edward for CTCE, since his own revision of Athelstan will depend in part on Stewart's revised arrangement, but he understand that the work has already produced a new moneyer for both Edward the Elder and Edmund.
(g) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Lawrence, Kansas [USA], on 10 May 1985, folded into quarters for enclosing in an envelope addressed to "Ian Stewart" and carrying the instruction "To be given to him after my death" (see item (h) below), telling IS how much he has "valued the friendship of [him] and [his] family, especially since Elisabeth died". He tells IS that, "as an entirely inadequate return, [he has] asked that a few little things that might be of interest should be sent to [him]. With most of these things, he says, IS will have no problem, but his "fairly voluminous numismatic correspondence and papers (including a large box of Dolleyiana!) may well prove more" than IS either wants to have or cope with. A lot of the material "is only fit for a bonfire", and he hopes to sort it out "once CTCE is out of the way", but some will likely be of interest. If IS feels he cannot cope with the material, then he suggests that it may be worth exploring whether Mark Blackburn/Fitzwilliam Museum is/are interested. He notes that "there will obviously be in some of the letters things that are indiscreet or confidential and hope[s] they will be treated accordingly". He says that he also has smaller parcels of papers from Winstanley and King, which should be treated in the same manner. In the event that no-one wants that papers, Reading University would probably want the Stenton letters. He adds that he has instructed his executors, his children Simon and Judith, to consult IS about the handling of the coin collection, with Peter Mitchell acting as a provisional advisor. The greatly increased value of coins makes the collection an important part of the estate.
(h) envelope with which item (g) above was associated, undated but addressed to "Ian Stewart" with the instruction "To be given to him after my death", in CEB's hand.

Seven letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 15 June 1984, saying that he would welcome a visit from IS and his family in August and making some preliminary arrangements. He encloses a draft of a short paper "on the York dies and lead pieces, asking IS for his views, saying that he hasn't yet sent it to Stewart [Lyon] and noting that York has agreed to him publishing on the subject.
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 21 June 1984, thanking IS for his helpful comments on the section with which he agrees entirely and saying that he is sending a revised draft to Stewart [Lyon] "in the hope that he will too". He thanks IS for the photograph of the Edgar [coin of the moneyer] Wiferth, noting that they now have "most of that moneyer 'under wraps' though the odd one may still elude [them]". He says that he is pleased about IS getting "the anon[ymous] fragment from SNC [i.e. Spink's Numismatic Circular] 3575" and describes it as "a jolly rare coin – probably ex Walters 1932, 41". He also notes the Ceolnoth coin 3576, which "looks generally rather similar to Hunter 401 and that group". [NB: Ceolnoth was Archbishop of Canterbury, d. 870.] He says that he just received from Sandy Campbell [?] a fascinating Eadred HT1 by [the moneyer] Herewig that he just acquired.
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 11 September 1984, congratulating IS on the outcome of the [recent cabinet] reshuffle, which shows that his efforts are appreciated. He refers to Stewart Lyon's letter and list of moneyers, whiich he describes as very helpful.
(d) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 5 October 1984, thanking IS for his postcard from Scotland and observing how it is that "Glasgow has at last woken up to the importance of the Burnell collection", which he looks forward to seeing. He says that his arm is slowly progressing and that he is spending his "enforced houseboundness [sic] of CTCE [i.e. Coinage in Tenth-Century England] and [has] got the chapters on HT for Eadmund and Eadred into [...] final shape". He is starting Edwig, he says. He also refers to "the Garrett catalogue", which he describes as "the size of the telephone directory", and adds that "really it is outrageous when a man loans a splendid collection to a place of higher learning like the Johns Hopkins University – and they pop it".
(e) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 2 November 1984, reporting useful progress of CTCE, notably a visit from "Halsey [?] and a technical man from OUP" to go through the typescript and the "rather frightening tables of moneyers – which however failed to frighten them at all". He thinks they are not far from having the complete text. He refers to a Mercian solidus from the in which the BM is interested, but he has learned from Patrick Finn that an "investor collector" is also interested specifically in the Anglo-Saxon series.
(f) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 14 November 1984, referring to a "pretty problem" on which he would like to know IS's opinion. He explains the Spinks has an Edgar BC penny by the moneyer BOGE in the typical East Anglian style and gives a transcription of the reverse legend: BOGEMONETANEAT. The coin is said to have been found near Neatishead in Norfolk, which may suggest a new mint there, but he thinks it is a highly unlikely place for a mint and in any case is near Norwich. CEB spends the rest of letter discussing the coins, ultimately suggesting that he will go for it only if the BM drops out.
(g) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 4 December 1984, telling IS that he has passed his BEH Memorial paper to Philip [Grierson]. He sends IS a a coin to keep, as he acquired a better example from the Spink's Numismatic Circular September 1984.

Six letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, one with an attachment:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 12 January 1984, concerning the plates for CTCE [i.e. Coinage in tenth-century England]. He notes that a new coin of Edgar has just turned up from Ireland, an irregular of CC type, which he is hoping to acquire, and he discusses the coin at some length, noting that it came in the company of two other coins, an Athelstan of Chester by Wulfstan and an Eadred of uncertain mint by Ingelberd, and that he is trying to obtain all of them. He thanks IS for the off-prints and refers to Hywel Dda and looks forward to the prospect of Stewart [Lyon] pushing his work on CTCE forward.
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 19 January 1984, reporting that he managed to obtain all three of the coins he sought [from Spink]. He sends his cards and says that he is trying to find out more about their provenance [i.e. beyond the fact that he acquired them from Spink and that they are said to have come from Ireland]; he says "an 'old' hoard is suggested – or find" (see item (c) below).
(c) attachment to item (b) above, photocopy of CEB's index cards for the three coins acquired, with details about reign, type, mint and moneyer, legends, weight and pedigree, all in CEB's hand, undated but giving as pedigree "Spink Jan 1984 from Ireland" for each of the coins.
(d) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, single page (recto only), dated from Ramsbury on 9 February 1984, stating that "the three coins prove to be 'strays' from Smarmore, with the probability of a fourth lurking somewhere", but adding that they "must be careful about publishing the provenance" because "Dublin might well get upset". He agrees with IS's "comments about the slightly irregular Wallingford: too good for an out-and-out contemporary imitation, and the metal, though it looks a bit 'off'' may not be as bad as all that". He says that they will be able to include the coin in plate 20 next to the proto-type.
(e) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, single page (recto only), dated from Ramsbury on 2 April 1984, saying that he plans to "go for the Offa" in the new Glendining catalogue "if Marion [Archibald] isn't doing so" and observing in a footnote that it is from the same obverse die as BMA 43 [= CEB's no. 72] but the reverse differs from both. He asks IS whether he has seen lot 67, which is reputedly "an Edgar Heriger CC", though he says it may simply be a mis-identification.
(f) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, single page (recto only), dated from Ramsbury on 25 April 1984, thanking IS and others for their letters after their recent visit. He says that he has "sent Marion [Archibald] the key and asked her to photograph the coins" that IS wants. He refers to a letter just received from Stewart [Lyon].
(g) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 26 May 1984, informing IS that, after Stewart Lyon's visit, he redrafted two sections in Edgar's North-eastern group, sent CSSL a copy for comment and now encloses one for IS. He says that CSSL has in turn redrafted CEB's last two paragraphs, which he also encloses, but says that he is not happy with the changes and asks IS for his opinion. He enumerates his concerns in some detail and then briefly touches on a few other matters of lesser concern.

Three letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, one with attachment, and two letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript (carbon-copy), two pages on two folios (recto only), dated 11 September 1983, thanking IS for the copies of the moneyers' lists and making some comments on them. He says that he very much enjoyed the recent visit of IS's family and notes that Liz Pirie will be visiting him this week. During the visit, he expects to be appraised of her latest thinking on the stycas, but he adds that he knows little about them and therefore hesitates to express an opinion. He understands that she is not happy about the way they have asked her to arrange the material for her sylloge volume.
(b) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Baldwin Crescent, London SE5, on 8 October 1983, thanking CEB for the retyped material on the horizontal types and reporting that he now has Stewart Lyon's note on weights. He says that an expanded version would sit nicely as a short chapter on metrology in CTCE [i.e. Coinage in tenth-century England]. He asks CEB whether he has seen the Vecchi catalogue and comments on some of the lots. He expresses his opposition to a copyright fee for Chester and his disappointment at missing the last SCBI committee meeting. He refers to the "sad news about Harry Norweb" and briefly comments on his recent trip to Southeast Asia. There is an annotation in CEB's hand in the upper right margin that reads "Ans 15/10", but there is no letter of that date from CEB among IS's papers.
(c) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Baldwin Crescent, London SE5, on 19 November 1983, welcoming news about the [British] Academy taking on CTCE [i.e. Coinage in tenth-century England] and expressing relief that Henry [Loyn] approves of the historical chapter, which he says was "dreadfully difficult to write". He comments briefly on the plates and apologises in advance for not being to attend the forthcoming BNS meeting.
(d) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, typescript (carbon-copy), two pages on two folios (recto only), dated 27 November 1983, commenting on the Viking 939-954 chapter [of CTCE, i.e. Coinage in tenth-century England], on a new article in the BNJ by two French scholars who are attributing six Charles the Bald coins of Quentovic in the Boulogne Museum to Cuerdale, and on other matters relating to CTCE.
(e) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 13 December 1983, asking IS to read the BNJ article on the alleged Cuerdale coins, i.e. M. Dhénin and P. Leclercq, 'The coins of Quentovic from the Cuerdale hoard in the Museum of Boulogne-sur-Mer', BNJ, vol. 52 (1982), pp. 104-107. CEB wishes to know whether IS shares his doubts and says that he has sent a similar letter to Stewart [Lyon]. If they both agree with him, he proposes to insert a few paragraphs in which he expresses his doubts into his forthcoming BNJ paper on the composition of the Cuerdale hoard and invite comments from the authors.
(f) untitled paper, manuscript (photocopy), three pages on three folios (recto & verso), undated, with the following incipit: "Recently the suggestion has been made that six Carolingian coins form [sic; recto: from] the mint of Quentovic in the Boulogne Museum are from the Cuerdale hoard". There are just over two pages of text plus four brief endnotes. Although unattributed, undated and untitled, the paper forms the latter part of CEB's article on 'The composition of the Cuerdale hoard', BNJ, vol. 53 (1983), pp. 1-6. Because CEB refers explicitly to the additional paragraphs in his letter of 13 December 1983, the draft typescript may be attributed to CEB and dated to before the date of his letter.

Three letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and two letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, one with an attachment:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 7 April 1983, noting that [Antony] Gunstone had sent the photographs for his Southern museums volume on which he would like some help and asking IS to looks over the ones that concern Offa's coins since he had CEB's index cards for the Offa coins. He says that he has put his comments at the bottom of Gunstone's list and asks for the return of the photos and list. He reports on Michael Dolley's funeral and names some of the people who attended. He says that he explained IS's absence to the Dolley family and they replied that they had received "a charming letter" from him.
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 14 April 1983, thanking IS for his comments on the Gunstone photos and noting that some of the points he made had completely escaped him. He discusses the "puzzling Offa from Southampton" and his struggles to come up with a satisfactory reading of it. He says that he now has photographs of the Lough Ennell coins, observing that the small fragment indeed looks like an Alfred BMC XXI. He notes that there are also "some intriguing St Edmunds (post-Cuerdale)", some "sword 'temple' type coins", which ha says are "probably continental", and about ten small fragments. He describes some unusual characteristics on some of the St Edmunds.
(c) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Baldwin Crescent, London SE5, on 16 April 1983, thanking CEB for his letter and expressing satisfaction that his notes on the Gunstone coins were helpful. He says that he will be interested to see the photographs of the Lough Ennell coins and comments briefly on CEB's descriptions. There is an annotation in the upper right margin of the recto in CEB's hand to the effect that he answered the letter on 19 April, though there is no letter of this date from CEB among the papers of IS.
(d) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, two folios (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 6 May 1983, thanking IS for returning the photographs of the Lough Ennell coins with his comments on them. He says that he has received a copy of [Michael] Kenny's text from Dublin, which he will show to IS later. In the meantime, he says that he wants "to show the temple-type coins to Mark [Blackburn] who has been working on this series for Philip [Grierson]'s great catalogue". He also wants to discuss the St Edmunds with [Hugh] Pagan, who will be visiting him the next weekend. He reports on his successful visit to Chester, which he says has a good deal of 10th-century Anglo-Saxon material from the various Chester hoards. There is discussion of the way some of the hoards were originally handled and of Sylloge politics. He mentions plans for IS to visit later in the summer, Mark Blackburn's recent visit and, in a postscript, a memorial service for Michael [Dolley] in Belfast.
(e) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from the House of Commons on 14 July 1983, enclosing his uncorrected draft on Offa (see item (f) below). The upper right margin carries an annotation in CEB's hand that reads "Ans 26/7", but the papers of IS contain no such reply.
(f) paper entitled "The London mint and the coinage of Offa", typescript (photocopy), 17 pages on 17 folios (recto only), one paragraph per page/folio, unattributed and undated, but referred to in Ian Stewart's letter of 14 July 1983 to Christopher Blunt (see item (e) above), and therefore attributable to Ian Stewart and datable to before 14 July.

Three letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, one with an attachment, and two letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, single page, dated from Ramsbury on 17 February 1983, writing that he has just learned from MMA [i.e. Marion Archibald] that the alleged [gold] thrymsa in the Spink sale is indeed a forgery. He notes that it had already been submitted to the BM with two sceattas but condemned. Attached (see item (b) below) is a page excised from a numismatic sales catalogue.
(b) attachment to letter from from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart of 17 April 1983 (see item (a) above) consisting in a folio excised from the plates of a numismatic sales catalogue, undated and unidentified but presumably closing soon after the date of the latter to which it is attached, possibly Spink (UK) auction 27, 16 March 1983. The piece in question appears to be lot 193.
(c) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Baldwin Crescent, London SE5, on 13 March 1983, thanking CEB for allowing him to borrow his Offa card index and wondering whether he ever thought to publish a list of specimens "like the one for Coenwulf" that they did for their joint work [with Stewart Lyon] in the BNJ on Southern England, 796-840. He notes that he has been working on a piece on the London mint under Offa for the MD [i.e. Michael Dolley] festschrift. He further notes that Edward Baldwin photographed his anonymous Viking sword/hammer fragment and reduced the enlargement of the Dunmore specimen, and he encloses a spare print of the latter for CEB's card index. He asks whether there is any more news about the Lough Ennell find and then refers to Michael Dolley's poor state, expressing sympathy for his wife Mary.
(d) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 19 March 1983, informing IS that the Regnald proofs have arrived and noting that he has marked a few points [for correction], listing them below, while complimenting the OUP and [Michael] Metcalf [as editor]. He says that DMM has deleted the reference to Michael Dolley's reply, which leads him to suspect that MD "is near the end of the road as far as any scholarly work is concerned". He relates how MD's wife Mary has said that she cannot take it any longer and that MD will need to go to a home, something that the doctors have said was eventually inevitable. He refers to MD's trip to Dublin to receive his doctorate, which he has undertaken despite being "quite unfit to travel", and notes that Mary and their daughter Mary will be stopping at Ramsbury during Holy Week on their way from London to Teignmouth. CEB thanks IS for his letter about Offa and the photograph and says that he never really thought about publishing a list of the Offa coins but is happy for anyone to use his card index towards that end. He nevertheless states that he would be interested in publishing a corpus of the coins of [king] Berhtnulf [of Mercia].
(e) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Baldwin Crescent, London SE5, on 27 March 1983, writing that "we have been thinking of so much this week-end after the sad news of Anthony". He turns to the coins, agreeing that "[Michael] Metcalf and the OUP [...] have made a marvellous job of [their] difficult text" and noting that he is returning [the proofs] with their points marked but wishes to add a footnote at the very end in reference to his paper on the circumscription-sword and Si[h]tric in the BNJ. There are further comments about the clipped down Regnald hand coin, CEB's Heriger note and the Eadred in "Martin's latest list".
(f) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 4 April 1983, thanking IS for writing about Anthony. He says that he went to the BM for Robert Carson's farewell party and talked with David Wilson about his successor. He learned that DW "had deliberately not sought to fill the post until [John] Kent had had a chance to show his metal", adding that "he clearly has some doubts about him". CEB also says that he will attend Michael Dolley's funeral on Wednesday and explain to MD's wife Mary why IS cannot be there.

Two letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, one with an attachment, and four letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, one with an attachment:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Baldwin Crescent, London SE5, on 4 August 1982, thanking CEB for his hospitality at Ramsbury and expressing his view that they made useful progress on CTCE [i.e. Coinage in Tenth-Century England]. He says that he is returning CEB's Edmund – Eadwig lists with a spare copy, having made copies for Stewart [Lyon] and himself, and that he is now revising the types/classification chapter. He also says that his next task will be the pre-927 Vikings, which he hopes to do during the [Parliamentary] recess.
(b) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), on House of Commons letterhead and dated 24 August 1982, returning "Dolley's stuff", having taken a copy. He also encloses "a few addenda for NC", which he suggests CEB can relay to [Michael] Metcalf if he approves of them. He asks CEB for a photograph of his "anonymous sword/hammer (CS) coin" for the BNJ paper and mentions that [Michael] Kenny sent a print of the Dunmore specimen. He explains that he has been asks to write a note on the date of the first St Peter die and attaches a brief paper entitled "The date of the St Peter coin die from Coppergate" (see item (c) below), asking CEB if he thinks it will do.
(c) paper entitled "The date of the St Peter coin die from Coppergate" [by Ian Stewart], typescript, three pages on three folios (recto only), unattributed and undated but attached IS's letter of 24 August and referred to in the letter (see item (b) above), so therefore attributable to IS and datable to before 24 August 1982.
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Baldwin Crescent, London SE5, on 5 September 1982, returning CEB's "Oswald" in a clean copy and another on which IS has made some comments. He thanks CEB for his suggestions regarding his coin die note, noting that he is not acknowledging any assistance in his forthcoming papers "purely for tactical reasons", though he will be happy to do so if CEB wishes "to risk contamination by association". He returns CEB's note from MD [i.e. Michael Dolley] and sends one of his own (see item (e) below). In closing, he asks whether CEB has "seen the nice late St Edmund, Bonham's 938", and wonder whether lot 941 has four pellets in the form of a cross at the top. There is an annotation in ink in the upper right margin of the recto in CEB's hand that reads "Ans 7/9".
(e) photocopies of a card from Michael Dolley, signed only "M", dated 2 September 1982, which was attached to IS's letter to CEB of 5 September (see item (d) above). There are annotations on the photocopies in CEB's hand, one associating the card with "Ian Stewart" and the other appearing to suggest that MD uses H/N where he means H/M to refer to Hiberno-Manx.
(f) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 7 September 1982, thanking IS for the "Oswald" note and his comments on it. There is some discussion of Michael Dolley's card to IS before CEB reports that he has now received "a sad letter from Kristen Bendixen enclosing a copy of NNUM [i.e. Nordisk Numismatisk Unions Medlemsblad] with a paper of which Dolley sent us the typescript" and explaining how impolitely he has been treating her. CEB says that he has had to write and apologise for MD's poor manners. He discusses MD's piece in NNUM before turning to the upcoming Bonham's sale and the interesting pieces on offer.
(g) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from the House of Commons on 4 November 1982, thanking CEB for the note of another Anlaf and noting that he has completed a short chapter on imitations. He notes that Challis has asked him to review Merseyside, which he says could be useful for CTCE, and he sends a draft. He a service for Dorothy [Whitelock, died 14 August 1982], which he was unable to attend. He adds that Marion [Archibald] has sent him a letter about classification, which they have talked about, and that he plans to discuss the matter with Stewart [Lyon].
(h) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, typescript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 10 November 1982, thanking IS for sending the draft review of the Merseyside volume, which he returns with his "trifling comments". He suggests that there is some slight support for IS's later dating of the Cuerdale hoard, based on the recent identification of the Kufic coins of 895-896 in BNJ, vol. 46, p. 26. The subsequent discussion revolves around the Morley St Peter hoard and the "Church" type of Athelstan. He lists several points that lead him "to wonder whether Dolley and Gay may not have been right (NC 1958, pp. 124-125) in regarding the 'Church' type [like IS] as an early (almost experimental) issue after Athelstan gained York, which was replaced by Reganld's monopoly", but he still disagrees with them on other matters. He therefore agrees with IS "in regarding all the 'church' coins as likely to have been issued immediately after York" fell to Athelstan, but he wishes to leave open the question of whether some coins were perhaps struck for the archbishop. He refers to an enclosure of a letter from John Brand, noting that he is inclined to accept his suggestion about Birmingham and likes other points that he makes at the bottom of the first page. He asks for the return of the letter with comments.

Two letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, one with an attachment, and three letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, two with a total of three attachments:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 10 May 1982, commenting briefly on IS's chapter for Philip Grierson's book "The Anglo-Viking Coinages". He also mentions Liz Pirie's styca paper and the mostly unfavourable comments that it has received [from members of the Sylloge committee?], except for Michael Dolley, who has insisted that it must be taken seriously; otherwise, "all seem afraid that publication outside the Sylloge is the proper course".
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 11 May 1982, saying that he enjoyed reading IS's paper and enclosing a few noted (see item (c) below). He assumes that IS has sent a separate copy to CSSL [i.e. Stewart Lyon] and that he need not do so. In a postscript, which runs from the recto over to the verso, he notes that he is offering the BNJ his paper on Howell Dda [i.e. Hywel Dda] and will send it for comments once he hears from Wilmer Dykes.
(c) "Notes on BHIHS' paper on The anonymous Anglo-Viking coins of the Sword and Hammer type" [by Christopher Blunt], manuscript, two numbered pages on two folios (recto only), unattributed and undated but clearly in CEB's hand and specifically referred to in the in CEB's letter of 11 May (see item (b) above).
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, single page, on House of Commons letterhead and dated from the Finance Committee on 11 May 1982, enclosing a paper that he describes as "a spin-off from reorganising Regnald/Bossall" [entitled "The anonymous Anglo-Viking coins of the sword and hammer type"] (see item (f) below) with a page of attached notes (see item (e) below). He noted that he has provisionally offered the paper to [Christopher] Challis for the next BNJ. He asks for comments and advice on several points regarding the paper and its bearing on their relations with Michael Dolley. There are annotations in pencil in the left margin and the lower margin in CEB's hand, and there is a note upper right in pen in CEB's hand that reads "Ans 12/5/82".
(e) notes, manuscript (pencil), single page, unattributed, undated and without title but clearly in CEB's hand, attached to the IS's letter of 11 May (see item (d) above) and with the heading "Has Ian compared ..."?
(f) paper entitled "The anonymous Anglo-Viking coins of the sword and hammer type" [by Ian Stewart], typescript, 10+1+3 pages (10 numbered pp. of text with unnumbered page consisting in a manuscript table (photocopy) inserted between pp. 7 & 8 plus 3 unnumbered pp. of notes) on fourteen folios, unattributed and undated but attached to IS's letter of 11 May (see item (d) above) and with the table in IS's hand.
(g) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Baldwin Crescent, London SE5, on 22 June 1982, commenting on the "splendid news about the Eadwald" and thanking CEB for the joint letter about CTCE [i.e. Coinage in Tenth-Century England]. He says that he will go through CEB's letter and comment on progress shortly but also notes that Parliament is very demanding at the moment; he suggests getting together for a weekend in late August or September. He encloses a paper entitled "The coinage of Sitric I" (see item (h) below), which he describes as "part 2 of [the] BNJ paper on [the?] CS type". He says that he is waiting to hear from Stewart [Lyon] about Elizabeth Pirie's paper at the BNS, adding that "it needs to be checked at this stage, before damage is done". There is a note in pen in the upper right margin of the recto in CEB's hand that reads "Ack 25/6".
(h) paper entitled "The coinage of Sitric I" [by Ian Stewart], typescript, seven pages numbered 11-17 plus one page of notes on eight folios (recto only), unattributed and undated but attached to IS's letter of 22 June (see item (g) above) and referred to in the letter.
(i) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, three pages on two folios, dated from Ramsbury on 25 June 1982, commenting that the revised second part of IS's paper cannot give offence to any reasonable person but adding that their friend is not reasonable. He says that he "had not put Sihtric's coinage quite as late as 926" and offers a few "trivial" points. He mentions that he was unable to attend Liz Pirie's paper on stycas but hopes it went well.
(j) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Baldwin Crescent, London SE5, on 3 July 1982, reporting that the history chapter is finished and that he is returning CEB's copy of the first draft plus the new one that incorporates the latest comments of CEB, Dorothy [Whitelock] and Henry [Loyn?]. He says that he now working on revising the classification chapter and on CEB's Athelstan chapter, after which he hope to go through the Edmund-Edgar chapters. He notes that CEB's new Eadward raises the question about when "the early (portrait) East Anglian coins of Coenwulf were struck. In a postscrtipt, he mentions the problem of the Æ diphthong and other similar characters common to Anglo-Saxon script. There is a note in pen in the upper right margin of the recto in CEB's hand that reads "Ans 8/7".

Six letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, one with an attachment, plus two notes, and one letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, typescript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 4 March 1982, enclosing a copy of a letter from Michael Dolley in answer to CEB's suggestion that he and IS use the New History of Ireland (NHI) dating for Regnald, 918-921, and raising a further point. CEB described MD's reply as "typically torturous on the first point" and completely ignoring the second, and he quotes an excerpt from MD's letter as an example. He proposes simply to use the NHI dates for Regnald and to add a brief qualifying footnote. After a few further lines on the subject of MD, CEB mentions a forthcoming visit from Michael Metcalf during which they will discuss the recasting of the Regnald paper and explain the problems that lie in consolidating all of Regnald's coins into one list. There follows discussion of Stewart Lyon's "helpful comments", noting the practical difficulties entailed in meeting one of them. There appears to be one attachment (see item (b) below), though it is not specifically referenced in the letter,
(b) attachment to item (a) above, typescript (copy), single page, unattributed and undated but with the heading "Suggested letter to MM" and the manuscript annotation "Ian" immediately above, asking him to return with comments. In the suggested letter, CEB explains that presentation of the Regnald material is problematic and asks for "comments from a new eye". He says that they wish to take into account the comments of Dolley and Smyth and wonder whether MM would be willing to ask them if copies of their comments to him may be passed to them. Alternatively, he asks whether MM would prefer CEB and IS to ask them directly. He states that their interest is merely to make their paper "as factually correct as possible".
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 11 March 1982, reporting that he expects no further trouble with Michael Metcalf after lunching with him at Ramsbury on the previous day, but adding that he did press for a revision of the listing along the lines that he proposed in his original letter. He says that he is revising the paper and will send it to IS for comment when he has finished. There is further discussion of Michael Dolley. CEB hopes that IS will be able to attend the Sylloge committee meeting on the 17th and foreshadows some of the topics for discussion. He also says that he learned from DMM [i.e. Michael Metcalf] about Peter Sawyer taking early retirement and planning to live in Sweden.
(d) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 13 March 1982, informing IS that "from obscure remarks made by Michael Dolley it appears that he is out to make mischief at the SCBI meeting on Wednesday over his not having been 'consulted' before we submitted our paper to NC". He mentions several points on which MD disagrees with or doubts or questions or refuses to accept assertions that IS and CEB are making in their paper and the references they are using to support them. CEB proposes to "ignore all this and leave it to him to print if he wants to (and if DMM accepts)".
(e) notes entitled "Regnald paper, note for Ian (14 March 1982), manuscript, single page of lined paper, unattributed but clearly in CEB's hand, raising a few further points on their joint paper and noting that it is otherwise ready to go to DMM [i.e. Michael Metcalf].
(f) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, single page, on House of Commons letterhead, dated 2 April 1982, thanking CEB for his letter. He says that he has the nearly finished Regnald/Bossall revision and that he is sending a copy of MD's card (confidentially). He mentions a worry about Hunter [?], says he "will not divulge this, but it is very disturbing". He says that "Stewart [Lyon] also has strong reservations about the [Elizabeth] Pirie text", which "clearly cannot go into the Sylloge". He says that he will write briefly to Powell about it and perhaps share his thoughts with Henry [Loyn?] separately.
(g) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, single page (recto only), dated from Ramsbury on 7 April 1982, wondering whether "it would not be wise to omit altogether the reference to the Carlus [?] sword" since it is not really relevant and would obviate potential criticism.
(h) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on Good Friday [i.e. 9 April] 1982, thanking IS for all he has done to make the Regnald paper "so satisfactorily non-controversial, while sticking to our guns on all essential points", singling out in particular the way he dealt with Dunmore Cave in the footnote. He raises only two points, one "trifling" about an apparent typographical error and "the other of more substance". He says that he read IS's comments on Liz Pirie's Sylloge ideas and wonders what MD will think of them, noting that HEP [i.e. Hugh Pagan] was against and his impression is that CSSL [i.e. Stewart Lyon] was no less unhappy.
(i) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 24 April 1982, thanking IS for two letters and enclosing Hall's list of Viking hoards in Ireland. He says that he is very glad to have a photocopy of the Bossall plates and thanks IS "for the further draft chapter" for Philip Grierson's book. He says that he has completed his main index but is waiting for a reply from CSSL [i.e. Stewart Lyon] on one or two Edward points; he has gone to the US on the Concorde, he notes, but he will have copies made in due course. He says that "things are in a terrible state at Teignmouth" [South Devon], with "Michael back in hospital, having, he tells me (and Mary confirms), been tempted to suicide". He expresses sympathy for Mary, Michael Dolley's wife.

Seven letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, two with attachments, and one letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Ian stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Baldwin Crescent, London SE5, on 1 January 1982, sending "various things, but mainly an annotated copy of the Ed-chapters [sic] with various suggestions", asking for its return for reference. He says that he has just received comments on Regnald & Bossall, which he needs to examine in more detail.
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 7 February 1982, thanking IS for sending the draft chapter for Philip Grierson's book. He also thanks IS for the copies of the Michael Dolley correspondence, noting that he has behaving in this way for some time. He says that they managed to obtain Dolley's comments on their Regnald paper, explaining that Michael Metcalf initially declined to forward copies of Dolley's comments but later agreed to send the relevant parts. He mentions that Dolley told him of a little piece of information that will help their Regnald argument, but suspects that he hadn't thought through the implications for their paper. There is further discussion about Michael Dolley and his long letter to IS, with CEB wondering what IS plans to do about it. He suggests that a diplomatic approach is likely to prove fruitless unless one is prepared to accept all of MD's arguments.
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 9 February 1982, expressing delight with IS's chapter for Philip Grierson's 10th-century work but identifying a few points of fact with which he is not entirely happy. On the verso, he turns to further thoughts on the matter of Michael Dolley and his refusal to allow Michael Metcalf to pass on his comments on IS and CEB's Regnald paper. He makes it clear that he does not wish to engage in any kind of negotiation with MD over the comments, since it may go on indefinitely, and says that unless MM feels that he can send them along, he wants to forget the matter, acknowledging that MD is not well.
(d) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, single page, dated from Ramsbury on 11 February 1982, enclosing "the four papers to which Michael Dolley refers in the second page of his letter to [IS] of 2 Feb", which he identifies as:

• Dunmore [presumably in reference to: Michael Dolley, 'The 1973 Viking-age coin-find from Dunmore Cave', Old Kilkenny Review (1975), 70–79].
• Hall's list [presumably in reference to: Richard Hall, 'A Check list of Viking-age coin finds from Ireland', Ulster Journal of Archaeology, vol. 36-37 (1973-1974), pp. 71-86].
  -Dolley and Lynn [presumably in reference to Michael Dolley and Christopher Lynn, 'A provisional note on the incidence of coin-hoarding in Viking-age Ireland', Irish Archaeological Research Forum, vol. 3, no. 2 (1976), pp. ?].
• Leggagh [presumably in reference to: Michael Dolley, 'The c. 1843 Leggagh (Nobber) coin-hoard reconsidered', Riocht na Midhe, vol. 5 (1972), pp. 14-21].
  In closing, evidently in reference to: Michael Metcalf, he says that "he obviously is in an embarassing [sic] position and I would guess that MD is using every trick to make him feel more so! If we can help him out, I most gladly would".
  (e) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, typescript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 23 February 1982, with attachment (see item (f) below), sending IS "Michael Dolley's seven pages of comments on our Regnald paper". He says that "a lot are irrelevant", "some are trivial", "a number are patronisingly – even offensively – worded", "one, at least, is simply inaccurate", and "one or two are valid". He reiterates his feeling that "MM [i.e. Michael Metcalf, as editor of the Numismatic Chronicle] has got himself into an embarassing [sic] position and we must try and help him out". He proposes to learn from MM whether he intends to send any revised version of their paper to MD. If MM feels obliged to do, he says that MD is bound to raise further queries resulting in a further waste of time, so he suggests withdrawing the paper altogether and publishing it elsewhere, in which case they would invite MD to publish a reply.
  (f) attachment to CEB's letter of 23 February 1982, typescript (photocopy), seven full pages on seven folios (recto only), unattributed and undated but with a manuscript annotation in the upper right corner of the first page in CEB's hand that reads "Dolley comments on Regnald". The photocopy includes a few corrections and additions in Michael Dolley's hand.
  (g) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from the Travellers' Club, Pall Mall, London, on 25 February 1982, explaining that he had a chance encounter with MM [i.e. Michael Metcalf] at Baldwin's, as both of them were "up for the Pyx exhibition at the Goldsmith's Hall". CEB says that MM told him he would be asking MD for comments on any revised version of the paper but will show it to him and probably invite him to produce a reply. CEB says that he told MM that they could produce a revision that meets MM's points and would welcome a reply from MD in the same volume but had no intention of remodelling their entire paper along the lines the MD suggested. In closing, he describes the Pyx exhibition at Goldsmith's as very attractive.

Letter from Christopher Blunt to Stewart Lyon, manuscript (photocopy), three pages on three folios (recto only), dated New Year's Eve 1981, thanking CSSL for the time and effort he took in commenting on his joint paper with Ian [Stewart] on Regnald. He first explains in broad terms the background and context of the views that he and Ian expressed in their Regnald paper, and then focuses on the details with specific page references to the draft paper. In a postscript, he notes "rather worrying news about Michael Dolley". Immediately after returning home from Torbay Hospital for Christmas, he became very unwell and had to go straight back into hospital. He also asks CSSL to send a copy of his letter to Ian.

Correspondence of Christopher Blunt to Stewart Lyon

Three letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and three letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, two with attachments:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Baldwin Crescent, London SE5, on 12 September 1981, thanking CEB for the St Peter photographs saying that he "would be glad to keep the Geashill one and return the fragment for our plate", for which his thinks the die is the same as Cop. [i.e. SCBI Copenhagen?] 600. He suggests amending the text and adding a note as attached (see item (b) below). He asks whether Athelstan in B. 309 "is not a mule between an obv. of Aethelerd and a Regnald rev. He further wonders whether most of the smaller southern mints closed before BC and if CC might have been a sort of recoinage for which additional mints were opened. There is an annotation in pencil in CEB's hand in the left margin that addresses these questions. He notes that "Smyth II is now at the Trackers" and that he will miss the upcoming Sylloge meeting. There is a postscript asking about an idea of MD [i.e. Michael Dolley] on Bury St Edmund.
(b) note entitled "The Church Type of Athelstan", manuscript, single page of lined paper, signed "IS" and dated 30 July 1981, attached to item (a) above, with six numbered points, concerning: (1) the association of Birchall's specimen by Regnald of York with his other Bossall coins; (2) the need to look for a distinctive coinage for the archbishop of York if the St Peter coinage is not [arch-?] episcopal; (3) the unlikelihood of a rare York coinage of early Athelstan struck by several moneyers without other connections with the mint; (4) the fact that Regnald is the only certain York moneyer who puts the name on his dies and the possible implications of this; (5) the identities of a Frotier and Thurstan, who may be [moneyers] Frotger of Shrewsbury and Turstan of Leicester; (6) the greater likelihood of Birchall's coin being from Bossall if the non-Regnald examples of the type were from elsewhere.
(c) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from the Hotel Phoenicia, Floriana Malta, on 28 September 1981, returning the classification section of SCBI with his comments and noting that "the only point of substance is the portrait of NE II", which he feels does not wear a helmet and should be recorded under BC (NE II) as "helmet-like" or with some such description. He promises comments on their tenth-century work "in due course" but says that "the amount of space devoted to [Michael] Dolley's crackpot idea about HR3 ... is out of proportion", effectively giving it too much prominence and status. He asks CEB whether he would consider publishing a note on the matter elsewhere, as he is "for Dyke's equally daft notion about Howell". IS continues the missive from home, dated 2 October 1981, thanking CEB for his letter of the 25th [not among the papers of IS], expressing delight about the new die and agreeing that a piece should be added to Bossall. He refers to a Sylloge question about the incorporation of Celtic that he wishes to discuss.
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Baldwin Crescent, London SE5, on 18 October 1981, thanking IS for his letter [which is evidently absent from Lord Stewartby's papers] and sending a few brief comments. On HR3, he refers to an enclosure (see item (e) below) but adding that he "would like to remove from CTCE [Coinage in tenth-century England] reference to [Michael] Dolley in connection with Edwig's BC coin", perhaps relegating "the bit about authenticity" to a footnote. He says that he would rather not give Dolley's idea "further currency". On the Celtic matter, he says that he takes CEB's point and briefly offers a somewhat cryptic explanation of his own position. On Athelstan, he says that he asked CSSL [i.e. Stewart Lyon] whether he had made any progress towards a revived two-line late in the reign and encloses his response (see JCPP/Stewartby/1/1/LYON/1981/1). He also notes that he has lost the comments that CEB sent on a Edwig half-penny that the BM acquired from a recent sale and asks him to remind him of the moneyer and type. He concludes with a comment on CEB's note on Peterborough and MONTA ZC, which reminds of a coin published in the Numismatic Chronicle, 1953, pl. VI.28, with the inscription MONITA SCORVM that was found in Northamptonshire. The letter is unsigned but on IS's personal letterhead and clearly in his hand.
(e) note entitled "HR3", manuscript, single page on House of Commons letterhead, unsigned and undated but attached to item (d) above and clearly in IS's hand, commenting on the manner in which English coinage was arriving in Ireland during the tenth century.
(f) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript (carbon-copy), two pages on two folios (recto only), dated 28 October 1981, thanking IS for his letter of 18 October for passing on Stewart Lyon's interesting comments on Athelstan. He needs more time to finish his consideration of the latter but finds himself inclined to agree with many of CSSL's arguments and observations. He says that concurs with IS about relegating the discussion about the Edwig BC to a footnote. There is further comment on the Celtic question in connection with SCBI and on the business about the helmet (or lack thereof), followed by more detailed discussion of Bossall. CEB relates that he now has photographs of the two Birchall coins they needed and that the Regnald "Church" of Athelstan is from two new dies. Finally, he informs IS that the Edwig half-penny is type HT1 var.
(g) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, typescript (copy?), single page, dated 27 November 1981, returning IS's piece on historical background with a few trivial comments. He refers to his experiments with presenting the table of moneyers by mints and types in tabular form and asks IS for comments on his efforts. In so doing, he noticed that Thetford had not been included, whereas in SCBI they are including Thetford with a question mark and suggests that do the same for the tenth-century volume. He mentions some dangerous forgeries of Anglo-Saxon and Norman coins of which Marion [Archibald] produced some photographs for the last BNS [meeting].
(h) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, typescript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 3 December 1981, enclosing a letter from Michael Metcalf in the event that he hadn't sent a copy to IS. He says that the Michaels [i.e. referring also to Michael Dolley], "have landed themselves in a pretty pickle" and asks what they do about the matter. His first thought was to withdraw the paper, but he feels that it ought to be published and that the Numismatic Chronicle is the best outlet, so it would be necessary to know the objections of MD and Smyth. He says that he is "not prepared to indulge in a running squabble with MD", having already been involved in one once before over a paper that he had co-authored with John Brand and describing MD as even more unbalanced. He suggests that a possible way forward would be to write to MM saying that they note his points and will attempt to meet them, that they will attempt to do the say in regard to the points raised by MD and Smyth if they could have them, and that they "are in fact replying to views which [they] consider numismatically unsound put forward in Smyth's Scandinavian Kings in the British Isles and by MD and Moore in BNJ 43, pp. 45-59.

Three letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and four letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 18 June 1981, thanking IS for the extract from the Economist. He says that he "collected the stycas for Eliz[abeth] Pirie", who photographed them, and that he has now left them with Marion [Archibald] for IS together with the flower fragment and Anlaf plus his own Regnald hand type fragment (ex Grantley), which he asks IS to accept, since "it will perhaps fill a gap until you have the same good fortune as I have had as to get a whole one". He notes that there are two more Raven coins of Anlaf in the SCBI text for Norse Kings, providing references but adding that they are unchecked, and asks for the return of his cards on this series. He then turns to "some interesting points" that IS raised about Offa's coins, noting his difficulty of accepting Eadberht as bishop but allowing that the coin of the moneyer Osmod might have come from an obverse die prepared for Æthelheard. He nevertheless says that he "wouldn't be entirely happy about having Offa's coinage start with portrait coins", which he reads as the implication of a suggestion made by IS. In closing, he notes that "Michael [Dolley] turned up to take his medal looking less ill than when we last saw him" and that "he made a very good reply".
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 23 June 1981, observing that there is a "snag" in the hoard section. He refers to the surprising number of hoards and suggests that "a certain number of them can probably be omitted, but he notes that this would still leave a large number and thinks that they cannot afford the space. He suggests that "maybe the best solution is to list the hoards and cut the text that follows to a bare minimum" [i.e. by giving less than full descriptions of the contents] and asks for IS's views.
(c) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), on House of Commons letterhead, dated 6 July 1981, thanking CEB for his kind remarks about the Academy and for his support, and adding that he was happy to learn about Philip Grierson's collection. There is reference to plans for coming to Ramsbury and about the typing of manuscripts. There is an annotation in the upper margin of the recto in the hand of CEB to the effect that he answered this letter on 8 July, but there is no letter of this date among IS's papers.
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Baldwin Crescent, London SE5, on 11 August 1981, thanking CEB for his hospitality, the Regnald [coin?] and his "birthday halfpenny". He expresses his concern that CEB is doing the bulk of the work towards their 10th-century volume but is pleased with the progress. He says that his [separate publication of the] "Regnald-Bossall paper will enable [him] to shorten the first Viking chapter considerably" and that he will be interested in CEB's reaction "to the bits about St Peter and the general arrangement of the York coinages.
(e) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 21 August 1981, stating that "typing is such a bore" but wondering whether IS can struggle with his writing. Most of the letter consists in CEB's comments on IS's paper on the Bossall hoard. After that, he asks whether IS has seen the Bonham sale catalogue, 14-15 September, lot 1141, which he describes as the second known half-penny of Edwig and a curious variety of Eadred.
(f) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Baldwin Crescent, London SE5, on 24 August 1981, thanking CEB for his comments on his Regnald paper, which he has updated taking them into account, and expressing relief that CEB finds his argument acceptable. He says that he has acquired a copy of Smyth II, which contains much of interest but is "rather undisciplined", and has taken an copy for CEB. He hasn't seen the Bonham catalogue but says that he's not competing. He notes that Philip [Grierson] is looking forward to visiting with CEB.
(g) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Baldwin Crescent, London SE5, on 7 September 1981, beginning with further discussion of Regnald/Bossall before turning to the Repton William the Lion, for which he gives the reading +RAVL: ON ROCE:, "or similar", and briefly discusses the inscription and its variations. He says that he has been reading CSSL [i.e. Stewart Lyon] on Edward the Elder and finds it "terribly difficult to follow (not his fault)". Having worked through the chapter, however, he has been at the early Athelstan coins with two-line inscriptions and suggests that these in most cases can be sorted by style. He suggests adding a postscript to either CSSL's chapter or to CEB's chapter on Athelstan about this. The letter has an annotation in pencil in the upper right margin in CEB's hand that reads "Re Repton William the Lion, Ack 10/9".

Three letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and three letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 24 January 1981, saying that Liz Pirie asked him to pass along to IS a photograph of the "splendid Sihtric penny, the only one apparently with sword to left. Because the obverse legend is retrograde, moreover, he wonders whether "the die-maker has simply copied directly from a coin". He discusses the coin over a paragraph before turning to their 10th-century work. He says that he has read through Stewart Lyon's revision of Edward the Elder, noting that it is difficult to for him follow without better illustrations though he has the clear impression that he is making good sense. He says that he has sent him "some trifling comments". He explains that he hasn't done very much work himself because he has been preoccupied in dealing with a large hoard of Roman coins.
(b) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Baldwin Crescent, London SE5, on 14 February 1981, expressing relief that CEB has found Post-B. [i.e. Brunanburh] and is allowing him to borrow it. He notes that he also has Stewart Lyon's and plans to incorporate notes from both of them. He says that he has completed a first draft of the rewritten chapter on 939-954, though it still needs a lot of tidying up and annotation. He is adding Canterbury and Oxford for Edred but "hesitant about 2T = Stamford for Anlaf", though he does "believe EBR in York". He says he "was glad to see the doubtful St Peters in print" and is now working on Regnald and Bossall. He mentions the meeting between CEB and CSSL about Edward the Elder. He wonders whether CEB has looked at BMC 1142-1165 St Peter and any similar Edward coins in the BM, adding that he likes CEB's idea of a new St Peter hoard, since Walmgate is too late and the Bossall coins too uncorroded.
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, three pages on two folios, dated from Ramsbury on 16 March 1981, thanking IS for the draft Anglo-Viking corpus and complimenting him on the vast amount of material it includes. He goes on to comment on the draft in greater detail.
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, single page, dated from the House of Commons on 14 March 1981, thanking CEB for his comments on the draft corpus but stressing the important roll that CEB's card index played in enabling him to put the material together. He encloses a copy of the text in provisional form and asks him to comment on it and show it to Marion [Archibald].
(e) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 23 March 1981, expressing his delight with IS's work on 939-954 and saying this his arguments are entirely convincing. He encloses "some entirely trivial comments" and a list of suggested illustrations, and then turns to other matters related to their 10th-century project. In particular, he notes that he has completed the moneyers' index, which he describes as a major job but worth the effort. it needs only cross-checking against the lists at the beginning of each section and some tidying up, following the forms suggested by Veronica.
(f) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from the House of Commons on 30 March 1981, thanking CEB for approving so enthusiastically of IS's Viking draft and offering his helpful comments and corrections. Once he has comments from Stewart [Lyon], he will complete the text and get it ready for press before turning to the earlier Viking chapter, which he says will be easier to deal with once the Regnald die-study and Bossall bits are removed. He expresses the hope that they will be able to have a text for the bulk of the volume by the end of the year. He asks whether it would acceptable to use Rome I, II & III for the Vatican, Forum and 1846 hoards, noting that Michael Dolley's use of A & B [for two of them?] effectively rules out any possibility of using A, B & C. He thanks CEB for the invitation to Ramsbury and asks whether he saw the St Edmund half-penny in Seaby. There is an annotation in CEB's hand in the bottom right margin of the verso.

Three letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt with three attachments:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Baldwin Crescent, London SE5, on 28 August 1980, recommending minor changes to three paragraphs of "admirable" piece and suggesting that only the first one is of any significance. He advises "not to use wording that implies there were no pennies before Offa when the Hongham [?] coins are likely to have been struck". He refers to an enclosure described as "Post-Brunanburh" and says that he heard from Elizabeth Pirie news about the St Peter die from Coppergate.
(b) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), on House of Commons letterhead, dated 26 November 1980, returning CEB's two-page draft of "Proposed order of Norse coins 939-954 in the BM Sylloge (2 plates)" (see item (c) below) with his own proposed arrangement (see item (d) below). He agrees that BMA 319 belongs "under Edgar irregular" and encloses "a few notes on B-F-V equivalents" (see item (e) below).
(c) draft manuscript, two pages on two folios of recycled paper (recto only), entitled "Proposed order of Norse coins 939-954 in the BM Sylloge (2 plates)", unattributed and undated but unmistakably in CEB's hand.
(d) draft manuscript, single page of lined paper, with the heading "This was my provisional order for mini-corpus", unattributed and undated but in IS's hand.
(e) draft manuscript (photocopy?), single page, untitled, unattributed and undated, but in IS's hand, concerning the names of certain moneyers on Viking coins and the interchangeability of the B-F-V.
(f) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Baldwin Crescent, London SE5, on 12 December 1980, enclosing CEB's text plus two copies, having sent others to Marion [Archibald] and Stewart [Lyon]. He suggests that completion of the book is "now in sight" and notes that his task is to redo the section on the later Vikings. He informs CEB that he has acquired "the BMC Ie by Heremod", which he regards as regular, and an HR2 Odelriht.

Five letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart with one attachment and two letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Rd, London SE1, on 13 April 1980, reporting that he completed the chapter on the Vikings to 927 and promises to send it once it is typed. He notes that he has now incorporated large chunks of CEB's Regnald text and that parts of his Bossall/Regnald paper now appear in the historical introduction, the Viking chapter, the Bossall appendix and the conclusions. After the Vikings, he says, he will focus on the post-939 coinage, including "English bits and Viking II", but he says that he would like to see some of the material before doing anything more on imitations and irregular coinages. He is pleased that CEB acquired the "Heriger" while mentioning that he obtained the Edgar Othelriht from Spink and sent a polaroid to Edinburgh to check on its correspondence with SCBI 602.
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 26 April 1980, thanking IS for the photograph of his curious irregular piece of Edgar and for the drawings of the Edinburgh 602 fragment. He says that he heard from Gunstone that [an image of] one of their coins is in the National Portrait Gallery, and he gives some details. He says that he is hoping "to make a very exciting addition" that will be relevant for IS's work on the Vikings 939-954. He is referring to the St Edmund memorial coin that was in Seaby's May Bulletin, which is in fact a "Heming" [i.e. moneyer?], a coin that he discussed in his paper on that coinage for a Suffolk local society journal [i.e. "The St Edmund Memorial Coinage", Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology, vol. 31, pt 3 (1969), pp. 234-255 & pl. 31].
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 28 April 1980, informing IS of news from Elizabeth Pirie of a new moneyer for the Anlaf raven type. He also reports that her excavations at Coppergate in York have yielded a small hoard of no more than four coins, "all slightly oxidized and [...] stuck together", but once they were cleaned they appeared "about as good as new". He describes the coins as being two coins of Athelstan and two coins of Anlaf, both raven type, one of the usual moneyer ÆĐELFERD and the other of the new moneyer ODELER, and he says that Veronica [Smart] is satisfied with the name. The rest of letter discusses the coin, the spellings on it and its implications.
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Rd. London SE1, on 4 May 1980, thanking CEB for the "two letters and such exciting news" and reflecting briefly on the new pieces of information.
(e) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, single page, dated from Ramsbury on 26 April 1980, informing IS of further information on Regnald, including a record he had made of one illustrated by [Andrew] Fountaine in 1705 and another example that he has just seen in Camden's Britannia (1695), meaning that they now have two specimens recorded early among the Anglo-Saxon coins. Despite this, he says, "Taylor Combe [numismatist, 1774-1826] did not feel able to accept the type as English in origin or rather produced in England".
(f) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 23 June 1980, noting that his collaborations with IS and Stewart [Lyon] have given him much pleasure and that "numismatic excitements have [also] been pouring in from other sources". He refers to news from George Boon about a new hoard, the ongoing research on the Coppergate find and a little parcel mostly of coin fragments that includes an irregular crux Athelstan with the inscriptions +CMRNZ? DERWO and REEDL | + + + | BIAZN, of which he encloses a rubbing (see item (g) below). The are about a dozen lines of discussion on the piece.
(g) coin rubbing, mentioned and discussed in item (f) above.
(h) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, three pages on two folios, dated from the Travellers' Club, Pall Mall, London, on 28 June 1980, saying that he has come away from their dinner and discussion of the previous evening much encouraged to continue work on the 10th century. He notes that Henry Loyn has just been elected FBA and mentions that he will look into "what Stewart [Lyon] says about Edward's 'rose' type" before moving on to discuss IS's hoard section [for their 10th-century work] and recommending additions and improvements. There is a one-page postscript that begin (and ends) on the recto of the second folio, in which CEB welcomes the suggestion that CSSL and IS "draft a preparatory historical section [for their book] and to have another separate section at the end with conclusions".

Four letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and two letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt with one attachment:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Westminster Hospital on 6 March [1980], saying that he had been reading up on Brescia Mia to have something to think about while in hospital for his wisdom teeth. He encloses notes of "a few random thoughts" (see item (b) below) on which he asks CEB's comments.
(b) set of notes of Ian Stewart in two copies (one on yellow paper), manuscript (carbon-copies), on House of Commons letterhead, dated 6 March 1980, signed "IS" and entitled "Viking Notes", with eleven points or questions (attached to item (a) above) [about Brescia Mia?].
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, three pages on two folios, dated from Ramsbury on 7 Match 1980, thanking IS for sending his thoughts on "Brescia mia" and noting that it is time for him to rethink his own views on the subject. He says that "Elizabeth Pirie is being pressed to produce a piece on that curious lead object with the Edwig die impressions and is from happy about it". He discusses Pirie's views, the object and his own efforts to advise her at some length.
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from the House of Commons on 17 March 1980, following up on his "Viking Notes" and saying that his ruminations arose from the observation that "the relatively common [...] standard type was not in Rome, but to many (much rarer) Viking coins [...] were", which led him to wonder the whether the standard type were a bit later, "or if Aura & Rathulf were at this stage striking farther south so that their coins, like Arnulf's and Nothe's, entered the Rome hoard before the standard type had penetrated Southumbrian currency.
(e) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, three pages on two folios, dated from Ramsbury on 28 Match 1980, returning copies of a paper to IS with a few notes, reiterating his view that one of their main problems concerns the relationship between certain of the "irregular" coinages and "the regular coinage to which they are occasionally die-linked" and dismissing some of the possible explanations. He says that he has gone through his card index, distinguishing between "some thoroughly irregular" coins and others with only slight irregularities. He goes on to discuss coins recently found by metaldetector in Suffolk. He refers the new house with "the very aristocratic address of Baldwin Crescent" and mentions his wife Elizabeth's continued hospitalisation. He notes that Philip's project [i.e. MEC?] had "quite a good reception at the British Academy" but notes that one or two people worried that it may set a dangerous precedent for claims from other museums.
(f) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 31 Match 1980, noting that the following thoughts have arisen from "a lot more work on the early Vikings". He mentions the need for coordination between IS's chapter on the subject and his on Regnald, proposes to merge his own piece in with IS's chapter and discusses some of the adjustments needed.
(g) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 11 April 1980, writing to report that he has just "acquired the Edgar Heriger with retrograde legend on the name" and noting that "it proves to be the Lockett specimen, 3708a, which die-links with Lockett 3706d by A[smaued?].

Three letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart with attachment and three letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) card from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 4 October 1979, thanking CEB for his comments on Wigard and for his generous enclosures. He says that Mark [Blackburn] has sent him "a new draft about the dating, which is getting closer to what is needed". He is pleased to hear of CEB's honourable membership of CIN and excuses himself for the very brief note.
(b) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 13 October 1979, thanking CEB for the imitations and comments on them. He mentions "the very poor HR2 [i.e. horizontal rosette?] at Spinks" being "ridiculously dear at £50" but says that "it seems to be of interest". He asks whether there are "any Edgar coins of this type by an Othel-- moneyer" and says that he will ask Caldwell for a photograph of Ed. [Edinburgh?] 602, which seems similar. He informs CEB, for his records, that he has an Edgar HR2 (fragment), like Smarmore, and an Eadred HT1 [i.e. horizontal trefoil?] of Gothin, like BMC 48. He asks about an Edward coin with the inscription divided into three segments by points [i.e. pellets?] and notes that "Mark [Blackburn] has produced a dating draft which is getting very close to what is needed", though he wonders whether the Professor [i.e. Michael Dolley?] will agree.
(c) cutting of paper with manuscript note, undated and unattributed but originally attached by paper to the letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt of 13 October 1979 and with the main body of the note apparently in CEB's hand, describing a "large uncouth [?] penny, thin and pierced", with the obverse inscription +EA:DGARRE presumably around a cross in the centre and the reverse inscription OĐEL | O+O | RIHT in three lines with one cluster of seven pellets (six pellets around one central pellet) above and below. The object is further described as "a very nasty looking coin, but struck and lettering not too bad". There are some annotations apparently in IS's hand.
(d) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 24 October 1979, responding to IS's query about "the rather odd Edgar coin of HR2 by [the moneyer] Othelriht" and likening it to Grantley 1099 but determining that it probably is not the same coin. After discussing this coin at some length, he turns his attention to the Edgar coin that IS recently acquired from Spink. IS had wondered whether it could be a coin of Athelstan rather than Edgar but CEB thought it more likely to be of Edgar. CEB says that he recently received correspondence from someone named [Anthony] Freeman, a history schoolmaster who has been doing extensive research of late Anglo-Saxon moneyers and is extending it through to William I. He says that Freeman was much interested in IS's study of the Sussex and Devon mints. He further says that Freeman's work is serious and that he deserves encouragement, explaining that, although a member of the BNS, he is able to attend few meetings and therefore knows few people. He asks IS whether he could get in touch with him, and he gives him the man's address and phone number.
(e) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, single page, on House of Commons letterhead dated 31 October 1979, complimenting CEB on his overstrike paper. He asks whether all "Athelstan CCs overstruck on HTs could imply a partial or attempted recoinage", and he thanks him for his comments about Othelriht, wondering whether he might have been a different moneyer from Othelric. He promises to telephone Mr Freeman.
(f) card from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 18 November 1979, saying that he has "a note of a paper by J.H. Pollexfen in NC 1868 (?) on later Scots coinage" and asks CEB if he could give him the title and page numbers. He says that he has finished his first draft of the Historical Introduction, though it needs adjustment before typing.
(g) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 20 December 1979, saying that he has been through IS's appendix on the Bossall hoard, which he describes as an improvement on his own account, and he encloses a note primarily of a new provenance for Regnald. He says that he has nearly completed his paper for the January RNS and will send IS a copy upon completion, noting that IS's later dating of the Karolus St Peter suits his proposed dating of Regnald and hopes that IS will make any necessary amendments to his arguments in his revision of the chapter on the 900-927 Viking period [in the 10th-century book]. He says that they have never discussed the presentation of the hoard evidence for the period, which is extensive but includes a lot of hoards that add nothing to the picture for one reason or another. There is further discussion about the hoard evidence and the 10th-century volume.

Three letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and three letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt with two attachments:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, single page, on House of Commons letterhead dated from 6 August 1979, enclosing the Droitwich proofs of his joint article with CEB, asking CEB to look them over and considering whether to add a reference to a relevant lot in a forthcoming Spink sale. He says that he enjoyed his stay at Ramsbury and apologises that he wasn't very sociable but notes that the numismatics benefitted, having almost completed a short chapter on imitations. There are three postscripts. In the first, he asks whether CEB sent back the St Peter [coin?], noting that he's very suspicious of it. In the second, he asks whether two coins could be early East Anglian Athelstans. In the third, he says that the Commons library has lost its copy of EHD I [i.e. English Historical Documents, vol. I] and asks to borrow CEB's copy.
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, single page, dated from Ramsbury on 10 August 1979, thanking IS for everything that he sent and stating "here is vol. I of EHD". He says that he bought the St Peter coin, which he has determined is clearly a struck piece, having "had it under the binocular microscope" with Marion Archibald. He says that he then took the coin to Frank Purvey, who "carefully and unhesitatingly pronounced it genuine", and asked him to try and get more information on its provenance, which he believed to be East Anglia.
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 13 August 1979, confirming that he sent EHD and hoping that it had reached IS by now. He encloses his piece on Howel [sic; recto: Hywel] Dda and asks for comments. He mentions a "fascinating Cnut hoard from North Wales" consisting in 204 coins. He also acknowledges that his acquisition of the St Peter coin before the arrival of IS's letter might have been rash. He recounts his investigations with Marion Archibald and discussions with Frank Purvey, the latter of whom, he notes, "had an interest in authenticity". He says that the Droitwich proofs have gone back and responds to IS's query about two of his coins possibly being early East Anglian Athelstans.
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St Georg'e Road, London SE1, on 26 August 1979, thanking CEB for sending EHD and asking to keep it until he has drafted the historical introduction. He returns Howell [Hywel?], having taken a copy for himself, but asks whether it may go somewhere outside their 10th-century volume to avoid giving unnecessary attention to the [David] Dykes theory. He notes that Henry Loyn has written about Sitric and Regnald and hopes to "resolve that dating business at the next Sylloge meeting". He encloses a copy of his letter to Stewart Lyon about Edward the Elder, noting that CSSL's text is very difficult to follow in its present form but surely "is on the right lines". He says that he aims to adjust the ex-Brescia Mia text, which is really excellent but needs only slight reogranisation. He hopes that he was wrong about the St Peter coin but is glad that it looked okay under the microscope. He advises CEB, for his records, that he purchased the Edwig Bedford HAR ... ex Bird from Spink and, much more exciting, a broken Edmund, of which he encloses a rubbing. He mentions a certain "Martin", proposing to send Sheil comments on the Scots and CEB on the Saxons. In a postscript, he wonder whether the Forum hoard might have been earlier than 946, because "the Rome III figures show much lower proportions of Edward and Athelstan in relation to Edmund", which suggests that the coins were removed from circulation before the end of Edmund's reign.
(e) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, single page, dated from 18 September 1979, enclosing a rough draft of a chapter on imitations and inviting comments. He thanks CEB for the information about Grigard, noting that "its obverse reading is most unusual". He also wonders whether he had asked "about the Lindsay-Martin correspondence", supposing that CEB "will be able to say all that is needed on the Saxon part" while he does the Scottish part.
(f) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 28 September 1979, suggesting that IS's Edmund / Grigen is from the same reverse dies as BMC 134, as suspected, and going on the discuss "the two BM coins of Eadred". He also returns to IS an irregular piece that he had given him some time ago. He then mentions an Edgar penny of Winchester that he "didn't much like the look of" because of its "casty appearance", but he found that a similar coin was recorded in 1744, so he is now planning to take it to the BM to look at it through the microscope. Finally, he discusses the "useful Sylloge meeting" and the "useful talk that he had with Christopher Challis" afterwards.

Three letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and three letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt with two attachments:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 8 January 1979, writing that being house-bound has enabled him to make good progress on the 10th-century volume and that he expects to have something to show him when he come to visit at Easter. He says that he has written to CSSL [i.e. Stewart Lyon] to ask how he getting on with the Edward the Elder piece and whether he would be able to join them at Easter. CEB then lists the "main pieces" that he still lacks, apparently in reference to particular coin types: (1) the c/bust type Edmund-Edgar and (2) the St Peter coinage. He notes that he is puzzled about Mercia 957-959 because they have more coins than they ought to have. He acknowledges that he needs to get to work on metrology and the hoard evidence, but recognises that the most demanding chapter will be the conclusion, which will need to pull together all the material. He asks for confirmation that IS is doing the saints and when he might expect the draft, expressing his hope "to get the material in sufficiently good shape by midsummer to put it out".
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 25 January 1979, discussing financial arrangements for the publication of the East Anglia sylloge and expressing his concern that a loan of about £1500 will be needed to meet the shortfall in funds available for publication. He is worried about how to deal the current situation and says that he has written to Dorothy [Whitelock] and Michael [Dolley] to ask for their views and also asks IS for his. DW agreed that there should be a meeting with [Michael] and [J.M.] Wallace-Hadrill, but would prefer not to come herself. CEB asks IS whether it would be appropriate to arrange the meeting at the House of Commons at a time when both he and Michael are in London, noting that Micheal and Mark Blackburn should now be in Berlin & Dresden but are due back on Sunday.
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, single page, dated from Ramsbury on 31 January 1979, enclosing material "for information" and promising to keep IS posted. CEB notes that Michael Dolley has returned from East Germany after what Mark [Blackburn] described as a successful visit. Marks nevertheless said that MD was exhausted and wondered whether "he would get off to Australia on Friday".
(d) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript (carbon-copy), two pages on two folios (recto only), dated 1 March 1979, informing IS that the BM coin room is closing for two months for "stock-taking". He appraises IS of what he has accomplished, noting that he spoke with [Robert] Carson, who is as upset as anyone about the matter, and explained to him that [the closure?] "would cause great unhappiness, particularly among students from abroad". CEB's impression was that the decision came from the Trustees and not just the Director, and that it arose from concerns over security. He says that he asked Robert whether it would help if he were to write a letter to the Director in the interest of pointing out the sadness that the decision will cause. Robert said that there could be value in such letters, but he did not feel that the decision would be reversed. CEB says that the best they can do is to express their views to the Director.
(e) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, single page, dated 10 April 1979, thanking CEB for his hospitality at Ramsbury and noting how much more relaxing it was to think about the problems of the 10th century rather than those of the 20th. He encloses the final section of his of his Vikings draft, which he describes as merely a basis for discussion and will need to be rewritten. He also encloses a copy of a pre-reform part of a paper by Stewart [Lyon]. He says that his overstrike of Edmund is missing from his 10th-century tray, and wonders whether he might have left it with CEB.
(f) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 22 April 1979, thanking IS for sending the final part of his Viking contribution and the copy of the pre-reform part of CSSL's 1976 paper, commenting on CSSL's paper and noting that he will meet with CSSL after the upcoming BNS meeting. He says that he doesn't believe that he has IS's Edmund overstrike, at least not if it's a whole coin, but he says that IS did leave with him a cut quarter that IS thought was overstruck on something. That coin is now in the BM and therefore "incommunicado for another fortnight", noting that it should reopen on 5 May.

Correspondence of Christopher Blunt with W. M. Wallace-Hadrill

Letter from Christopher Blunt to J. M. Wallace-Hadrill, typescript (copy), single page, dated 31 January 1979, regarding plans [of the British Academy] to place the publication of the Sylloge of coins of the British Isles [SCBI] under the umbrella of the Publications Committee. CEB expresses the concern [of the SCBI Committee] that any such arrangement may "involve an additional cog in the editorial machine" and/or hold up SCBI publications to fit into the broader publications programme of the Academy. He welcomes the fact that the new arrangement would relieve the Committee of its financial responsibilities but he would also welcome the opportunity to discuss the matter in the interest of clarity. He proposes a meeting and suggests that Ian Stewart, another Committee member, also attend, further stating that Committee Chairman Dorothy Whitelock asked him to do this. He suggests meeting at the House of Commons.

Three letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and three letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt with two attachments:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, single page, on House of Commons letterhead dated from 13 July 1978, complaining that his work on the Finance Bill has prevented him from writing sooner and explaining that it will not be feasible to accept CEB's invitation to Ramsbury. He nevertheless proposes to see how things are shaping up in September. The letter then continues, in different ink, to suggest that the half-term holiday in October may be longer-term possibility. He says that he is pleased to learn about the progress on the BM Sylloge. He encloses a copy of a paper by Michael Dolley entitled "A possible explanation of Aelfred the Great's abandonment of the concept of periodic recoinage", which he says Christopher Brooke described as "a parody of the academic manner" and he wonders himself "how on earth does one edit that for a general readership"?!
(b) "A possible explanation of Aelfred the Great's abandonment of the concept of periodic recoinage", by Michael Dolley, typescript (photocopy) with additions, annotations, corrections, etc., seven pages on seven folios (recto only), undated but datable to before 13 July 1978 (date of the previous item to which it was attached).
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript (carbon-copy), two pages on two folios (recto only), dated 19 July 1978, noting the "strange effusion from Michael [Dolley]". He observes that the paper acknowledges that CEB had seen an earlier draft, though if he had, CEB says that MD must have changed a great deal. He cannot think of how to go about editing it.
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, typescript (form letter, photocopy) with manuscript additions, single page, on House of Commons letterhead, undated but datable to before 4 August 1978, when CEB replied to this letter. IS encloses a copy of his paper on "Anglo-Saxon gold coins" for the Humphrey Sutherland Festschrift and thanks CEB for his help with it. He also encloses "a summary of two-line variants and rare types" [from Edmund to Eadgar], which he describes as "very provisional" (next item).
(e) untitled table, manuscript, single page, unattributed and undated but attributable to IS and datable to before 4 August; described in the letter to which is was attached (previous item) as "a summary of two-line variants and rare types"; the column headings suggest that it covers the coinage from Edmund to Eadgar.
(f) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript (carbon-copy), four pages on four folios (recto only), dated 4 August 1978, thanking IS for the offprint from the CHVS [i.e. Humphrey Sutherland] Festschrift and for the "summary of two-line variants". On the latter, he has jotted a few notes on a separate sheet (i.e. page four). He notes that he has been working on the three-line variants of Eadwig and Eadgar and finds himself increasingly unhappy with some of Michael's idea, explaining why at length.
(g) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 14 November 1978, noting that Julia White typed his piece for the ANS and asking IS to make that she charges him for the work. He says that he is "plodding away at the two-line type" and that he has "nearly got the Athelstan cards for the Sylloge in shape for typing.
(h) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, single page, on House of Commons letterhead dated from 29 November 1978, thanking CEB for his hospitality at Ramsbury and expressing the feeling that things are falling into place as regards their work on the 10th-century coinage.

Two letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and four letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt with one attachment:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, single page, on House of Commons letterhead dated from 23 January 1978, thanking CEB for his letter of the 7th and the photographs, advising that he has a cast of the sword/hammer type and sending an offprint. He agrees "about the Theodmaer being kept quiet" but suggests telling Seaby & [B...] in confidence. He says that he has been working on imitations for the PG [i.e. Philip Grierson] Festschrift and is feeling very grateful to CEB for his gift of "the Robert de Bethune with Scottish profile". He notes that he will deal with Droitwich once this "is under control". There is a manuscript note in pencil the upper right margin in CEB's hand that reads "Ack 10/2".
(b) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, single page, dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 28 March 1978, sending the bibliography for Scotland and CEB's Droitwich notes, and mentioning a recent coin acquisition. There is a manuscript note in pen the upper right margin in CEB's hand that reads "Ans 4/4".
(c) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript,one folio (recto & verso), dated from the House of Commons on 8 May 1978, asking whether it would be convenient for him to come down to Ramsbury during the next brief recess, noting that it would be his last chance for a visit for quite some time. He comments that Michael [Dolley] was well behaved at the last SCBI meeting, which leaves him feeling suspicious. There is a manuscript note in pencil the upper right margin in CEB's hand that reads "Ans 9/5".
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), on House of Commons letterhead dated from 24 May 1978, noting that CEB's "comments about Michael [Dolley] are worrying". He describes the "Droitwich comments" as "only a symptom" and suggests responses on various points, noting that the enclosed extracts from Heffers' latest catalogue will suffice to deal with Cheshire Domesday comment.
(e) photocopy of two pages (63-64) [from Heffers' latest catalogue], attached to the previous item, listing the "new county-by-county printing of Domesday Book". The note about the Cheshire volume states that it covers modern Cumbria, Lancashire and much of North Wales, which "are attached to the account of 'Cheshire' in the original text".
(f) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript (carbon-copy), two pages on two folios (recto only), dated 25 May 1978, taking notice that the upcoming Glendining sale (7 June, lot 304) features a crux type penny said to be from the same dies as SCBI Ashmolean 506 but describing it as "a base metal forgery". He suggests that he could look at the coin when he is in London on the 5th. CEB then expresses disappointment with Michael Dolley over his behaviour, noting that the problem is becoming known in academic circles and has probably cost him one or more of the various posts he has been trying to get.
(g) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, three pages on two folios, dated from Ramsbury on 11 June 1978, beginning with the statement that "Michael Dolley is becoming increasingly a bore" and referring to his correspondence with Miss Colman in which she seconds MD's doubts, giving "valid reasons for doing so". CEB then says that he wrote to David Hill who, according to MD, "has his reference to Nautwich being a DB [i.e. Domesday Book] borough, but no reply. By chance, however, he ran into Drigson [sic; recto Dodgson (John McNeal) has written on Cheshire for the English Place-Name Society series and was surprised at the idea that Nautwich might have been a borough since he always understood Chester to be the only DB borough in Cheshire. On the basis of these two judgements, CEB suggests that they retain what they have written but add a footnote, of which he provides a draft as basis for discussion, and once they agree on the form of words, send the revised text back to [Nick] Mayhew. If any further objections to the paper are raised, CEB proposes that they withdraw the paper from the BNJ with a formal letter of complaint. He then recounts that he recently had a telephone call from Peter Berghaus who said that Otto Mørkholm in Copenhagen received a "terrible letter" from [Michael] Dolley complaining about the Irish section of a research study in the mistaken belief that Mørkholm was the editor and asking him to write a formal letter of apology on the subject to the Royal Irish Academy. He says that "Peter thought he must have made some appalling blunder in somehow missing out Ireland" but adds that he was able to tell him that Dykes had the matter in hand and advised him not to write anything to the RIA. He describes MD's behaviour as "intolerable" and says that he how keeps his correspondence with him to a bare minimum.

Six letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and two letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, single page, on House of Commons letterhead dated from 12 July 1977, sending CEB an example of Bury [type] VI from [the] Colchester [hoard?] to complete his long-cross collections.
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, two folios (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 14 July 1977, thanking IS for the Bury type VII penny. He also notes that he has been studying a "strange parcel of Northumbrian coins" and writes on this at some length.
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, single page, dated from Ramsbury on 19 July 1977, reporting that Terry Volk has sent him the 1974 Fitzwilliam report, which contains an illustration of a William II type III penny of Bedford by Lifwi[ne] that was found at Shillington and given to James Wyatt of Bedford by John Evans. He notes that inscription clearly reads as follows: +LIFPIONBEDFRI. He mentions another Shillington coin of William II type II, giving a reference from Spink Numismatic Circular from January 1911. Finally, he asks IS how near he is to releasing the Salisbury coin to Spink.
(d) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 9 August 1977, informing IS that Spinks offered him the Salisbury penny for £50 while pointing that the coin would probably sell for £125-150 on the open market; he thanks IS for the role that he might have had in the affair. He also advises IS of another possible Shillington parcel from the Archdeacon Parnell sale in 1887 and briefly describes its contents.
(e) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), on House of Commons letterhead dated from 6 September 1977, thanking CEB for his family's hospitality during their recent visit to Ramsbury. He says that they made good progress on the 10th century and the tables of moneyers need to be included despite their size. He notes that [Nick] Mayhew would be happy to take his Droitwich paper for next year's BNJ [i.e. 1978] and that he has "delivered [Mavis?] Mate to [Michael] Metcalf. He thanks CEB for the two half-groats and wishes him luck with the index. He returns CEB's note on St Peter hoards [in reference to his 1957 joint article with Michael Dolley in the BNJ?], noting that he has taken a copy for himself.
(f) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 16 September 1977, saying that he has found three more Shillington coins in the sale of William Ransom of Hitchin in 1925 and giving the catalogue descriptions but adding that they may be [Derek] Allen coins. He also reports on his "very useful meeting with MMA [i.e. Marion Archibald] on the Sylloge", noting that the prospects are improved by her liberation from her [secretary]-ship of the RNS.
(g) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, single page, dated from Ramsbury on 12 November 1977, adding another coin to their reconstruction of the Shillington hoard: William II BMC II Norwich Toufie.
(h) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 21 December 1977, sending IS a list of the material that he has put together for the research on Droitwich. He mentions that he has received the approval from Dorothy Whitelock and Mrs [Gelling] over something they have put in a note [of one of their papers?]. He also says that he and Marion [Archibald] were wondering how best to present the "circular" types and Edmund – Edgar, explaining the two possibilities that they had in mind, and notes that she is making good progress on the BM SCBI. He then recounts the last meeting of the TT [i.e. Treasure Trove?] committee, expressing concern over the view of Peter Mitchell that the BM was still acting as arbiter in the prices that it gave to finders.

Five letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and four letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, single page, dated from the House of Commons on 7 February 1977, returning "the T.T. memo and 957/9 + photocopies" and sending "the rest of A/S gold", noting that he would welcome any comments and criticisms.
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript (carbon-copy), four pages on four folios (recto only), dated 12 February 1977, thanking IS for returning the papers and commenting at length on his draft on Anglo-Saxon gold.
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 25 March 1977, writing that he has been through IS's draft introduction; he suggests a couple of paragraphs and makes a few comments on it. He mentions running into David Wilson while he was working at the BM and talking to MMA [i.e. Marion Archibald]. He says that he enquired about the Sylloge, suggesting that it should be a British Museum publication and have a longer introduction than other volumes and further enquiring about the prospects for a later volume. CEB says that the Sylloge Committee warmly supported the idea of MD [i.e. Michael Dolley] doing such a thing as long as the project had British Museum approval. He also states that DW "was obviously fully aware of the problems and made it clear that he backed his Keeper", noting that "he described MD as 'a disruptive influence' and [...] expected trouble" over the keepership vacancy, all while MMA was there. CEB says that he was surprised by all this and when he said so, DW answered that Michael was trying to move to Ireland. CEB notes that he has labelled his letter "in confidence" for obvious reasons but says that he will tell Dorothy [Whitelock] about and invites IS to tell Philip [Grierson]. He also talked with DW about the Lausanne gold penny. On the recto, in the upper left margin, there is a manuscript note in CEB's hand that reads "Confidential", underlined. The letter is accompanied by a carbon-copy on two folios (recto only).
(d) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 2 April 1977, advising IS that his draft needs a few alterations. He notes that Rev. George Musgrave was Lord of the Manor of Shillington and not the vicar., and that Commander and Mrs Lucas recently took up residence in the Manor following the death of his mother. Once they have an agreed draft, CEB suggests to "try it in Spinks", asking them if they would have any objection to their telling Commander Lucas about their problem and enquiring whether he produce evidence of the marriage. He says that he "wouldn't like to write without their assurances because" he feels that they might "have been given the name of Lucas in confidence". In closing, he asks for the return of the carbon. There are traces of typescript on the verso, running almost perpendicular to the manuscript.
(e) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, single page, dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 16 April 1977, stating that Douglas Liddell had casually told him "that the 'Shillington' parcel came from one of two brothers Lucas who, like his grandfather, was in the church and who lived at Lewes". IS suggests that they send the draft to DL, saying that they are planning to offer it to the Numismatic Circular and asking him whether to submit it to Mr Lucas and about the propriety of contacting the commander. IS notes that he is now working on Droitwich and asks the meaning of the name of the Worcester moneyer PICINC. In connection with this, he states his interest in illustrating the Hunter "two sceptres" coin and asks from whom should he seek permission. In a postscript, he hopes that CEB enjoyed his holiday and expresses excitement about an unnamed hoard of early pennies.
(f) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, three pages on three folios (recto only), dated 8 May 1977, thanking IS for his letter and expressing his satisfaction that IS has found time to work on Droitwich. He comments on a paper of Mark Blackburn, the options for illustrating the Hunter "two sceptres" coin, the suggestions of Dorothy W. [i.e. Whitelock] for the Sylloge and IS's interesting idea about the name PICINC. There is also discussion of the Shillington note, a copy of which CEB says that he sent to Douglas Liddell, of matters relating to their work on the 10th-century volume, and of the constraints of the Act under which the BM operates in regard to the disposal or exchange of anything that is not an absolute duplicate.
(g) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 1 June 1977, agreeing that Mark Blackburn "seems to be the best prospect for a long time". He asks whether it would be convenient to visit Ramsbury at the end of August and refers to the agreements they have reached [with Stewart Lyon] on questions of format, presentation and style [in their joint work on the 10th century]. There is a note in pencil in the upper right margin, in CEB's hand, which reads: "Ans 7/6".
(h) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 13 June 1977, enclosing a first draft on the cross and rosette type for a joint paper with CSSL [i.e. Stewart Lyon]. He has also sent copies to him and to MMA [i.e. Marion Archibald] and they would appreciate any comments. He also encloses his suggestions for the make-up of their volume, and there is discussion of other guests [who will be at Ramsbury when IS visits]. The letter concludes with CSSL's fundraising ideas for the BNS and a reference to a forthcoming BNS meeting.
(i) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from the House of commons on 15 June 1977, noting that the Shillington proof was sent to Stockwell and asking for CEB's help in gathering together casts for Droitwich illustrations. He agrees with some of CEB's suggestions about format and style for their 10th-century volume but raises further questions to be addressed. He says that he may not be able to attend the BNS meeting as he expects to be tied up in the House of Commons. There is a manuscript note in the upper right margin, apparently in CEB's hand, which reads: "Ack 24/6".

Four letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and one letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 22 February 1976, adding to what he wrote on the previous day [?] by recounting the history of the Crockerton coin hoard, from near Warminster, found in March 1972, during the three and a half years that it took for the reward to reach the finders. There is a manuscript note in the upper right margin of the recto, in pen in the hand of IS, which reads: "Treasure Trove File"; in the upper left margin is the number "13" encircled.
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 23 March 1976, writing about a "surprise" ruling of the [British] Academy Council on the "Start in Fund" [?] and about the possible publication of Philip Grierson's collection. He refers to the Secretary being harassed by the Council over money, proposes that they try to compile some facts and figures, and asks IS how he would like to proceed. He also notes that he is enclosing a draft of the minutes regarding the matter for IS to edit and improve before he sends it to Dorothy [Whitelock]. In the upper letter left margin is the number "17" in manuscript.
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 24 May 1976, writing that he has received a helpful reply from Dorothy W. [i.e. Whitelock], who makes suggestions. His impression is that she thinks they are on the right track. He also notes that she sound a Searle reference that had eluded him and promise to let IS if hears anything further from Spinks about the Lucas family.
(d) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 8 September 1976, noting his delight that IS thinks the plan for a 10th-century volume is a "starter" and adding that Stewart [Lyon] feels the same. CEB's idea is that they should aim to publish it around the same time as the Sylloge volumes in 1979. He refers to two enclosures: one is a list of the buyers of lots in the [Derek] Allen sale and the other is a photocopy of a parcel of coins in SNC [i.e. Spinks Numismatic Circular] from May 1910 that he just obtained from Spinks. He suspects that the parcel "is the source of most of the coins in NK [?] recorded as bought by Evans ex Spink – and note that BMC 221 adds specifically ex Shillington". He asks for the return of the photocopy and notes that he just received proofs of the plates from OUP for the Wessex Sylloge, which he promises to show IS, and he thanks IS for proving him with a reference.
(e) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, typescript (carbon-copy), dated 28 October 1976, noting an enclosure of "a copy of a letter from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury which came out of the blue and goes a very long way towards meeting the points which I made to him earlier this year". He suugests that CEB may be interested to see a copy of a statement that IS made to the press about it. He also asks that CEB provide comments for the Minister "concerning the working of the proposed Committee".

Two letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart with various attachments and two letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt with various attachments:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from the House of Commons on 5 September 1975, noting that he enjoyed re-reading CEB's "Vikings" on which he has made a few comments in pencil. He sends a paper of his own entitled "The early period" to CEB for comment (see item (b) below), noting that he has also sent a copy to Michael [Dolley], who he suspects will disapprove on the grounds that it represents an intrusion on his preserve. He nevertheless explains that he initially "devised this for [his] own records" after "trying to cope with Exeter, Barnstaple & the Sussex mints without a simple scheme of types [...] and found that it saves endless space and confusion". He then complains that "a trivial thing" that he submitted to the BNJ for Miscellanea in late 1973 has not yet reached the proof stage, noting that Michael [Dolley] is also anxious and wondering whether Hugh [Pagan] needs a little support. He finally refers to an enclosed note from Denzil Davis following their meeting (see item (c) below).
(b) "The early period" (attached to item (a) above), typescript (photocopy), two pages on two folios (recto only), undated and unsigned, but there is a manuscript annotation in the upper right margin, in CEB's hand, that reads "Sussex mints, BHIHS".
(c) letter from Denzil Davies [Labour MP & Treasury Minister from 17 June 1975], typescript, single page, dated from Treasury Chambers on 31 July 1975 (attached to item (a) above), in reply to IS's letter of 9 July [1975] to Bob Sheldon [Labour MP & Treasury Minister from 18 October 1974] about the Mint Museum. Denzil Davies notes that he read Dr [John] Kent's memorandum and that careful thought is being given to it as the Mint considers proposals for a Mint Museum. He expects to have the full study before him "fairly soon" and therefore refrains from making any comment on Dr Kent's memorandum.
(d) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, single page, dated from Ramsbury on 26 September 1975, enclosing his correspondence with Peter Seaby as well as notes of what he has in mind to say [at a BNS meeting] (see items (e-g) below). He describes it as "not an easy discussion" and appears to refer to political machinations within the BNS.
(e) letter of Peter Seaby to Christopher Blunt, typescript, single page, dated 11 September 1975 (attached to item (d) above), offering to read a paper at the BNS "on the 'York' group of Stephen's irregular issues", introducing his main lines of argument, enclosing notes that show "in what direction [his] mind is working" (see item (f) below), and asking CEB to comment upon the notes. He also asks CEB whether he has an offprint of his paper with FEJ [i.e. F. Elmore-Jones] on 'Two Wiltshire coin hoards in the time of Stephen' that he can spare.
(f) "The 'EBORACI' coins of Stephen's reign and related issues", typescript (photocopy), five pages on five folios (recto only), undated and unsigned but identifiable as the notes to which Peter Seaby refers in his letter of 11 September (see item (e) above).
(g) letter from Christopher Blunt to Peter Seaby, manuscript (carbon copy), two pages on two folios (recto only), dated 26 September 1975 (attached to item (e) above), thanking Peter Seaby for his letter with notes on the curious coins of Stephen. He encloses in return his paper with FEJ [i.e. F. Elmore-Jones] from the WAM [i.e. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine]. He acknowledges that the series is difficult but expresses his opinion that it cannot be dissociated from Northumbria, and he goes on at some length to justify his opinion, but he adds that he is not an expert on Stephen and his comments may have little validity. In a postscript, he notes that Ian Stewart would be interested to see what Peter Seaby had written and hopes that he has objection to CEB having shown the notes to him.
(h) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 3 December 1975, enclosing a draft of his paper to the RNS [i.e. Royal Numismatic Society], which is entitled "Viking coinage in England to 954" (see item (i) below), and asking IS for comments and corrections. He notes that he had to differ with [Michael] Dolley on some points, so he needs his facts to be straight, and he add that it will be obvious how much he owes to IS, Stewart [Lyon] and Hugh [Pagan].
(i) "Viking coinage in England to 954" (attached to item (h) above), typescript (copy), twenty-one pages on as many folios (recto only), undated and unsigned but identifiable as CEB's paper that he referred to in his letter of 3 December.
(j) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from the House of Commons on 20 December 1975, enclosing his revision of the section on Athelstan – Edgar for his paper on Sussex (see item (k) below) and another passage (see item (l) below) on which he would like to have CEB's comments.
(k) "The early period" [i.e. the Athelstan – Edgar section for IS's Sussex paper], typescript (photocopy), four pages of text plus a further two pages of notes and/or references and a manuscript table on seven folios (recto only), undated and unsigned but identifiable as the paper to which IS refers in his letter of 20 December.
(l) untitled passage on Widia, the first moneyer of Steyning, typescript (photocopy), single page, undated and unsigned but identifiable as the passage to which IS refers in his letter of 20 December.

One letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and four letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, one with attachments:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, two pages on two folios (recto only), dated 1[9] January 1975, asking IS to look at two Scottish coins from the Winchester [Cathedral] Car Park hoard (Numismatic Chronicle 1961, p. 187 & pl. 24) and provide reverse readings to the extent possible, which will help him to complete his report with Michael Dolley on the excavations. He also notes, incidentally, that the reference to BH [i.e. Brussels Hoard] 84 for no. 18 looks wrong, but further states that he will not be referring to BH numbers in the new report. There is then lengthy discussion of "an amusing 'crumb' on Emary", which CEB realised when looking at the catalogue for the sale Walter Wilson's coins at Sotheby's on 26 July 1847. One lot consists in "a small square mahogany medal cabinet (five drawers) lined in velvet, adapted for 'Denarii' size; formerly Emary's of Hastings", and CEB considers some of the implications of this. CEB then replies to the queries of IS about the sun and rose pence of RCB and Hunter before commenting on the Offa link.
(b) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from the House of Commons on 27 January 1975, giving CEB his readings of the two Scottish coins from the Winchester [Cathedral] Car Park hoard. He comments briefly on the "fascinating sidelight on Emery" and then says that he anticipates being asked to write a piece about Sussex mints for a volume on the county during the Anglo-Saxon period. He would be interesting in contributing something with "a bit of originality" and asks to discuss the the period before Edgar's reform with CEB, especially on the question of whether it may be possible to attribute unsigned coins to Sussex mints with any confidence.
(c) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one page (recto only), on House of Commons letterhead but lacking the actual date; the letter may be dated to shortly before 25 February 1975 on the basis of a manuscript annotation, in CEB's hand, which reads "Ans 25/2/1975". IS thanks CEB for his "very thorough notes on Chichester & Lewes" and expresses relief "that Iohan of Edmund is to be deleted". This part of the letter ends abruptly but there is an additional manuscript note in pencil in IS's hand and signed "Ian", which states that he has not yet been able to resolve domestic arrangements for Easter but thanks CEB for the invitation and asks if he may fill him in on the details before too long.
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), on House of Commons letterhead, dated 5 March 1975, returning a note of Michael [Dolley] and expressing interest in CEB's "comments to Michael about Anlaf's flowers". There follows discussion about plans for coming to Ramsbury for Easter. In a postscript, IS notes that he dictated the enclosed text on "The Barnstaple mint and its moneyers" (see item (e) below) to Peter Mitchell's secretary and asks CEB to make any appropriate corrections, comments, additions, etc., adding the Peter [Mitchell] might have already sent him an uncorrected copy.
(e) "The Barnstaple mint and its moneyers" (attached to item (d) above), typescript, six pages on six folios (recto only) plus a manuscript table in one page on a further folio, undated and unsigned. There are two copies, one uncorrected carbon-copy on lightweight and the other a photocopy on heavier paper with interlinear manuscript corrections in IS's hand.
(f) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 2 April 1975, thanking CEB for "the two Henry half-pence" and for their lengthy discussions about numismatics during his stay [at Ramsbury]. He reports that Michael [Dolley] rang and left a message with his secretary that he must not leave Barnstaple out. He asks "what on earth can be going on" and hopes to speak with MD "while he is over". In a postscript, he refers to an enclosure that "raises a lot of questions in view of the new taxes".
(g) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from the House of Commons on 17 June 1975, saying how much his family enjoyed their [recent?] visit to Ramsbury. He thanks CEB for the coins of Henry VIII and comments that "there is still a good deal to learn from them". He encloses his "piece on Henry VII", hoping that it resuscitated the sovereign groat. In a postscript, he says that he would like to see CEB's "Brescia Mia" [?] again if it goes into typescript.

Two letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and two letters and a card from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) card from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, dated from St George's Rd, London SE1, on 12 February 1974, asking CEB to see the Numismatic Chronicle volume for 1932, pl. XI.14 and remark at the foot of p. 107, which he had missed. He says that the British Museum as a die-duplicate that is ex-Balcolmbe. He further says that he doesn't have NC 1898 but asks whether the report [of the Balcolmbe find] makes any reference to the coin in question. On another matter, he notes that he has been speaking with Stewart Lyon about Eadmund / red / wig / gar, a subject they hope to pursue at Ramsbury.
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 14 February 1974, stating that there is nothing comparable in the 1898 report [on the Balcolmbe hoard] to the coin illustrated in the Lawrence paper in NC 1932. He suggests that IS look at lot 156 in the forthcoming Glendinings sale of 13 March, and discusses the example.
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 6 June 1974 "(D-Day in 1944!)", making arrangements to meet with IS at the City University Club on the 12th at 12.45. He thanks IS for his advice about the introduction of MM [i.e. Michael Metcalf] and mentions the necessity of treating the matter delicately. He says that he has read IS's Caistor note and observes that "every reference relies on the Astronomer sales catalogue, lot 189, which gives as reference Ruding, pl. 20.8". He says that the description "corresponds and is convincing", noting that the moneyer's name reads as LEOFMANN. He adds that, according to his notes, "RCL 672a is ex Burstal 70 ex Stockholm duplicates", which suggests that there is a die duplicate in Stockholm; he further notes that "a cursory glance at BEH doesn't throw one up, but it could well be a later acquisition". In closing, he thanks IS for taking an extra copy of his [Pyr... Illustrations?], which he is glad to have "because one so easily ... forgets what one has (often labouriously) worked out".
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from the House of Commons on 13 June 1974, thanking CEB for a copy of Asser but focusing on [Michael] Metcalf's paper, the text of which he describes as "much improved", but he promises to bear in mind CEB's doubts about it when forming his own judgment, which he will report at the next sylloge meeting.
(e) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Rd, London SE1, on 14 July 1974, giving his initial favourable impressions of CEB's Athelstan text and wishing him happy birthday. He says that he has had little time for anything apart from "Westminster and the City", but he describes an idea that has in mind for a note and asks CEB whether he may consult his records on the pre-reform coinage of Edgar. He refers to an attached note for CEB's files "in case you return to Stephen hoards, etc."

"The Cuerdale Hoard: Catalogue of the coins from this hoard at Downham Hall, Clitheroe, Lancashire, 1973", typescript (copy), 31 pages on as many folios (recto only), including title page, eight pages of text, one of notes, one of abbreviations and references, and 20 pages of descriptions of the coins in the plates (which are not included with the paper), not otherwise dated, signed C.E.B., with a short note from CEB to say that he has given copies to CSSL [i.e. Stewart Lyon] and MMA [i.e. Marion Archibald]

Four letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and three letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 6 October 1973, congratulating CEB on his receipt of an AMH [?] medal and noting how infrequently it has been awarded to English numismatists. He says that he has just returned from Dublin, where he picked up a copy of the MD [i.e. Michael Dolley] publication on Irish history in the 12th-14th centuries but wasn't able to understand much of it. He also asks CEB about "the irony of MD being unable to read his paper of Edgar's reform at the Michaelmas meeting in 1973".
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 8 October 1973, thanking IS for his congratulations advice, commenting on Michael Dolley's Irish history and conceding that he had not appreciated the significance of the Michaelmas 1973.
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 26 October 1973,
discussing arrangements for exhibits.
(d) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 28 October 1973, thanking IS for reminding him of two references. He expects trouble "with our friend" but feels fortified [by information that IS has passed to him]. He mentions that Lowick has found a kufic coin from the Cuerdale hoard, which encourages him to trace as many of these as he can and record them properly, noting that there are six in Liverpool.
(e) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 10 November 1973, expressing his support of CEB's suggestion for the exhibits. He reports finding "an Edward small ('blundered inscr.')" that reads +GODRCCONGEPIITI and asks CEB whether he would like to publish it along with his William I [in the BNJ]. He expresses interest in CEB's plans to record the kufic coins from Cuerdale. He also mentions seeing a Flanders sterling of Robert de Bethune with the Scottish type in CEB's [coin] trays and asks whether he may have a cast of the coin. He says that he collating material on the profile/mullet sterling imitations.
(f) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 21 December 1973, thanking CEB for "such a marvellous Christmas present ... [of] Count Robert's coin", which he says is so close to Bruce's that "it must have been directly inspired". IS also thanks CEB for a copy of his Cuerdale note, comments on the "marvellous run of coins still at Downham", and mentions John Brand's return home "after a painful time". He says that he has acquired "the little (centre of a) Rainalt hand/Karolus ex F.B." and offers to CEB if the type is not already represented in his collection.
(g) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, three pages on two folios (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 27 December 1973, thanking IS for sending the Seaby book with Whitton's articles and discussing some finer points about referencing a particular collection. He recounts the ongoing Christmas holiday at his house and says that he is "still having trouble with Michael [Dolley] over demonetisation". He notes that he is supposed to be reading at the BNS on the Bath hoard next month and plans to add discussion of the Kintbury hoard because it was found within six years of the other hoard and was closed within an even shorter interval. He says that he has now managed to identify some of the coins from Kintbury and has discovered that he even owns one of them.

Three letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and four letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, one with an attachment:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 14 March 1973, with one attachment, returning a paper of Christopher Blunt (i.e. the attachment), briefly commenting upon it and recommending that he publish it. He also sends two unidentified offprints and apologises that he will be on holiday in mid-May and must therefore miss the BNS meeting at which CEB will share his reminiscences. Finally, he expresses the hope that Victoria Stileman, the typist that CEB engaged to turn his Athelstan manuscripts into typescript, is proving her worth.
(b) paper entitled "Privy Marking and the Trial of the Pyx", manuscript, six pages on six folios of lined paper (recto only), undated and unattributed, but clearly in CEB's distinctive hand, attached to IS's letter of 14 March 1973 (described above). CEB eventually published the paper as 'Privy-marking and the trial of the pyx', in Studies in numismatic method presented to Philip Grierson, ed. C.N.L. Brooke . . . [and others] (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983), pp. 225-230.
(c) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 10 July 1973, expressing satisfaction that Victoria Stileman is coping with CEB's Athelstan text and advising on remuneration. He also sends a [coin] fragment, which he describes as "much too miserable a thing to be dignified as a birthday present", but would like to CEB to have it. In closing, he mentions the "encouraging news about [the] BM Sylloge".
(d) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 1[8] July 1973, thanking IS for his advice about Victoria Stileman and for the Athelstan [from the moneyer] Berngar, noting that there was a coin of this moneyer in the Skye hoard and another in the Forum hoard.
(e) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 30 July 1973, thanking CEB for his hospitality and for his generous gift of a York penny and Henry IV groat. IS then asks CEB to keep the rosette/OXO imitation, though not in exchange because it is "ridiculously unequal".
(f) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 6 August 1973, commenting on IS's recent visit to Ramsbury and discussing various numismatic issues before noting that he goes to America for about a month on the 23rd.
(g) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 16 September 1973, stating that he "found this bomb on [his] City desk" and is delivering it to Albany for his return. He says that Herbert S. [i.e. Schneider] was over and that he "learned all sorts of fascinating things from him". IS then asks CEB whether he has a copy of WJWP [i.e. Potter] on Richard II AV. He says that he has been looking through the Fox papers on 1327/44 that CEB lent him and may have found some interesting (new?) things that he would like to discuss with Peter Woodhead. He also says that Michael [Dolley] has written about being stuck in Scandinavia until October and therefore not being able to speak at the BNS, adding that he has asked him to read a piece on Sihtric Caoch and an Hiberno-Norse note but conceding that he can hardly understand them. He says that found the two enclosed papers among his papers, having presumably inadvertently picked them up with his, and apologises if CEB has been looking for them. He closes by saying that he has been looking into privy marks again and would like to do something with CEB on the subject at some point in the future.
(h) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 28 September 1973, noting that he failed to respond to a point in IS's letter of 16 September. CEB tells IS to feel free to show the Fox notes to Peter Woodhead and to discuss them with him, also noting other Fox material relevant to IS's lines of enquiry. CEB does not believe that he has a copy of Potter on Richard II AV but suggests that IS approach [Edgar] Winstanley or [Michael] Metcalf.

Three letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart with one card and two letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, two pages on two folios of recycled paper (recto only), dated 2 December 1972, commenting on IS's review of Michael Dolley's Medieval Anglo-Irish coins.
(b) card from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, dated 8 December 1972, thanking CEB for his comments on the review, promising to take account of them and elaborating on the significance of documentary references in the close rolls to denarii hiberniae, which he argues need not refer specifically to Irish pennies.
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated 14 December 1972, hoping to be able to deliver a gift [?] personally "to avoid the visit you propose", adding that "the two little coins come with [his] best wishes". He says that "the florin penny appears not to be recorded by Fox" so he is unable to say whether "he had it when he wrote". He describes the other as "a poor thing" that may fill a gap in IS's collection.
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on Boxing Day 1972, describing the Henry IV penny as "one of the most unexpected and exciting Christmas presents [he] can ever remember having received". He also thanks CEB for Durham XVI with retrograde N, and he asks to say whether it will be too much for him to do Athelstan by about July.
(e) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated 27 December 1972, thanking IS for his part in the Edw III ½ groat. He says that he was touched by the proposals for a sep[arate?] American [birthday?] volume, but the form must be for "you all to decide". He also discusses plans to get the Athelstan volume finished by the end of May, and will try to engage a girl with the capacity to deal with both his writing and the unusual terminology of numismatics.
(f) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 31 December 1972, expressing pleasure to know that CEB finds the prospect of the birthday volume as happy as do many of his friends. He suggests that CEB use the same person for his typing that IS uses, a Miss Victoria Stileman who is a family friend and works at the Ashmolean. He goes into some detail about the working arrangements that he has with her.

One letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and four letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, two folios (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 18 March 1972, evidently in reply to an invitation to come to Ramsbury, with IS noting that his family will be away in Rhodes during the second half of April. He asks CEB to give his apologies to the Sylloge Committee. He wonders whether there is "any chance of BM/Norwich disgorging some of the 300 duplicates from the Morley St P[eter] hoard to other museums" and about Peter Sawyer's opinion of the index volume. He notes the "marvellous review of Petersson in BNJ by B.M. [i.e. Brita Malmer?] and thanks CEB for offering "something on pseudo-Athelstans". He comments favourably on the subject of "Ruskin on coins" and is pleased to learn that "there will be offprints from the D.W. Festschrift".
(b) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 8 April 1972, welcoming CEB's "offer of a talk on some [his] earlier numismatic acquaintances" and commenting on CEB's report about the Sylloge Committee meeting.
(c) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 29 August 1972, expressing delight over his florin pennies and thanking CEB for allowing him to see his many 15th-century treasures, leaving "duly fortified for EC2 and mumps"!
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 18 October 1972, reporting that "Brian Warwick has offered [him] a Doubleday Ed III post-treaty ½ groat from the same obv. as his Henry IV, so he mentions to CEB in the event that he would like it. He expresses concern that, after the last Sylloge Committee meeting, it seemed the numismatic function of the proposed index was in danger of being neglected, since it must facilitate searches of reign, type, mint, moneyer and/or combination of these.
(e) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, two folios (recto & verso), dated 23 October 1972, thanking IS for bringing the Edw III ½ groat to his attention as he would like to have it. There is reference to an oversight apparent in the Lessen catalogue and suggests the [Eric] Harris has a sharp eye for variants in the relevant series. CEB says that he stayed out of discussions over the index at the Sylloge Committee meeting, "partly because Michael dolley is so touchy about any suggestions in it that do not conform with his own ideas". He also wishes to avoid imposing "too great a burden on the person who will be doing the work" [i.e. Mrs Sharp?], since it will be "a fairly mammoth task". He agrees that what IS proposes would be best but is doubtful about asking her to go into such detail. The letter continues with discussion about various aspects of the proposed index.

One letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and three letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 7 July 1971, thanking CEB for some sale catalogues and commenting on an enjoyable weekend. In a postscript, he says that CEB's gift has made him owner of a Grantley catalogue, which had enabled him to see that his coin of Offa is not Grantley 822 as he had thought but a die-duplicate.
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio, dated 12 July 1971, wondering whether IS's supposed die-duplicate of the Offa coin (= Grantley 822) may be the one he saw at Baldwin's in 1957, which later came into "the collection of a man called C.A. Childers of Sheltisham" [?], who he says sold some of his coins. He notes that it doe-links with other coins, including one that Lawrence described as coming from false dies, but CEB regards IS's example as genuine and says that it is a very nice addition to his collection. CEB says that he has written [Patrick] Finn [at Spink] about an Athelstan coin and there follows discussion of the price being asked for it. He says that there is no word from Michael [Dolley] since 6 June, despite having sent him letters that call for an answer, and asks IS to let him know if he hears anything.
(c) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, two folios (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 18 July 1971, enclosing a paper for BNJ vol. 40, which he thinks will be his only contribution. He says that CEB's information adds to what he knows about the Offa coin, noting that that "the Lawrence 'forgery' was new to [him]". He asks about Metcalf's reference to the "Astronomer 84" coin, noting that "it could be RCL 347 ex PCB or BMC 9". He refers to an enclosure the notes "Ealred coins by dies" and, in closing, is "glad to hear that MD is communicado again". There is a lengthy postscript, occupying the better part of one full folio, that deals with "WJA's Reading theories about the Stefanus R die" – in reference to W.J. Andrew (1859-1934), who was writing 1903-1934 and published several articles touching upon the coinage of Stephen during that time – and IS's preparations of the illustrations and references for his Stefanus R article in the Numismatic Chronicle. The attached note, in manuscript in pencil, is entitled "Offa's coins of Ealred", undated, with diagrams that show or suggest the progression of four obverse and five reverse types.
(d) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio, dated 4 August 1971, thanking IS for his paper at the BNS. He
says that, according to his notes, "Astronomer 84 = PWCB 1602 = Lockett 347, now Ashmolean". The Astronmer sale, he adds, was in 1906. He warns IS about "a nasty forgery floating around if Alfred BMC IX moneyer Ælfstan", promises to make arrangements for a cast to be made of his X/IX mule at the British Museum and encloses his copy of the Dolley-Goddard paper in PRIA [i.e. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy], which IS had asked to borrow. He also says that he "got the two Athelstans" and, in a postscript, notes that "correspondence with Ireland still strangely one-sided".
(e) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 8 August 1971, enclosing "the Bristol plate with [his] ideas about sub-calasses pencilled in". He also thanks CEB for the information about Astronomer and the Alfred forgeries, and for arranging the cast of his mule at the BM. He asks to keep the PRIA paper for a little while, notes that he has sent MD [i.e. Michael Dolley] a draft on Hiberno-Norse for comment and wonders when he will hear from him. He expresses his disappointment that his paper for the BNJ on Victorian bronze coins was "relegated to Miscellanea". He hopes to see [Michael] Metcalf in Oxford when he goes Ewelme and remarks on CEB's acquisition of the Athelstans. In a postscript, he notes an enclosure of another instalment of the Naxos hoard with two Londe Civitas.

One letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and three letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 10 January 1971, thanking CEB for his invitation and asking about arrangements. He looks forward to discussing the editorship and agrees that John Brand would make a good [BNS] officer.
(b) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 31 January 1971, referring to a coin that he describes as interesting because it is overstruck, has unusual typology and has an inscription ending in a form of ND that he wasn't able to find anywhere. He offers the coin to CEB since he is more likely to identify it and thanks him for the enjoyable weekend. In a postscript, he says that it is a third of a penny that he acquired from Seaby in 1955 but has no pedigree.
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, single page, dated 14 March 1971, saying that he will soon need to tell his co-editors of the BNJ about his intention to step down from the editorship as soon as the volume now in press is done. He says that he will be happy to help his successor but is not prepared to act as a buffer between the new editor and [Michael] Dolley, stressing that his main reasons for stepping down are that he has been editing the BNJ for too long and that he finds dealing with Dolley increasingly difficult and unpleasant and wishes to rid himself of that unpleasantness. He writes to IS rather than Stuart Rigold because already knows the background; he welcomes him to show the letter to Rigold but otherwise asks that he treat it the matter in confidence.
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 18 March 1971, acknowledging that it would right for CEB to advise his co-editors in haste since some "fairly prompt moves" will be necessary to ensure the smooth operation of the BNJ. He also says that CEB is "right about not being a buffer" and sympathises with him that [Michael] "Dolley's behaviour has been such an unnecessary burden. He hope that leaving the editorship will give CEB more time to pursue his own work.

Two letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and four letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, typescript (carbon copy), one page, dated 18 May 1970, thanking IS for his letter of 14 May, which does not appear to be among the items that CEB arranged to be returned to IS after the death of the former. CEB states that he knows only three specimens of the Alfred of Exeter [coin]: BMC 79, Morley St Peter hoard and Brittell's. He says CENARD cannot be regarded as an Athelstan moneyer of Exeter, since "the coin on which the British Museum Catalogue is relying is in fact one of those crude north eastern types and cannot [...] have been issued at Exeter". He says that the four Sigeland coins of which he is aware equally are not of Exeter. He also looks forward to seeing IS at the Sylloge Committee meeting on the following afternoon, when he will give him copies of the Exeter section of the forthcoming Copenhagen Sylloge.
(b) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 20 May 1970, thanking for the Athelstan information and asking whether CEB can tell him who the Exeter moneyers were and what were their types. He then provides a short list of other pre-reform (Edgar) examples of Exeter that he has noted with their moneyers. The point of his immediate reply, however, is to ask whether the Copenhagen Sylloge "is beyond correction" and propose a correction based on his reading of no. 462, which he transcribes as HVNNIONMEALM and identifies with the moneyer HVNNA of the mint of Malmesbury. If it is too late to add a note for the entry, he asks whether he may "politely point it out in [his] Exeter paper"?
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, typescript (carbon copy), one page, dated 22 May 1970, naming the Exeter moneyers of Athelstan as Abun and Raegenold. He says that the Copenhagen Sylloge is probably beyond correction but thanks IS for "bringing it to notice", confides that he is inclined to accept the reading and promises to raise the matter with [Michael] Dolley. He says that as long as the Exeter paper appears after the Sylloge, "there can be no possible objection to [...] mentioning it".
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 13 September 1970, resigning himself to the fact that he will be able to offer the next BNJ only "a (rather dull) piece on Alex III". He asks CEB whether he is a potential contributor to the 1971 BNS programme and remarks upon the passing of Tony Thompson [d. 3 September 1970]. He adds that he was reading on that very day the joint article of CEB and JDAT on 'Forgery in the Anglo-Saxon series', BNJ, vol. 28 (1956), pp. 18-25 & pl. I , noting that he has acquired a product of their 19th-century forger. There is a note in the upper right margin of the recto in CEB's hand to the effect that he answered the letter on 17 September, but there is no CEB letter of this date among the Stewartby papers.
(e) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 13 December 1970, congratulating CEB on the excellent new [British Numismatic] Journal and asking whether he has a review of Petersson's Anglo-Saxon Currency for the next one. He says the Philip [Grierson] has sent him a photocopy of a review by [Brita] Malmer in English translation, which would be valuable to have published, noting that it runs to thirteen pages. There is a note in the upper right margin of the recto in CEB's hand to the effect that he replied to the letter on 16 December, but there is no CEB letter of this date among the Stewartby papers.
(f) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, six pages on three full folios (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 30 December 1970, expressing his satisfaction about arrangements for the Malmer review. There is brief comment on "the NORĐ coin" and then a lengthier one on potential editors for the BNJ and officers for the BNS; he makes a few suggestions but worries that, "with M[ichael Dolley] an active editor, weight and patience are needed, and diplomacy". The subject moves to the future of the BNJ and the BNS, given "that there seems to be a missing generation of numismatists, say, between the ages of 40 and 60. He notes the "growing stature and maturity" of Marion [Archibald], "both numismatic and personal", praises her handling of the Colchester project and remarks on the quality of her papers to the BNS. He concludes by saying that "it would be good for the subject, the Society and the BM if she would come occupy the central position which distinguished predecessors have done". There is a note in the upper right margin of the recto in CEB's hand to the effect that he answered the letter on 8 January [1971], though there is no CEB letter of this date among the Stewartby papers.

One letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and four letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio, dated from Ewelme on 1 February 1970, congratulating CEB on the latest volume of the [British Numismatic] Journal but noting a blemish in his contribution on Ethelred and asking rectification could be slipped into a miscellanea plate in the Journal this year or next. He expresses enthusiasm about the possibility of seeing mint figures for the early 18th century from [Peter Alan] Rayner and/or [John P.C.] Kent, hopes that "the MD [i.e. Michael Dolley] problem is sorting itself out, and noting that the death of FB [i.e. Albert Henry Frederick Baldwin, d. 12 January 1970] has led to the discovery of all the unsold Scottish coins from the Brussels hoard. In a postscript, he says that he is happy to learn that CEB's work on Athelstan will appear as a Special Publication of the Royal Numismatic Society. There are annotations in CEB's hand on the recto, with one in the upper margin
(b) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio, dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 16 February 1970, thanking CEB "profoundly" for his "very kind & generous" present of "the die-linked pseudo Ethelred". He apologises for inadvertently missing the Sylloge Committee meeting, thanks CEB for the Ethelred photographs and comments that it may be better to use casts for the miscellanea plate. He also hopes for a resolution to the the Irish problem and "the miserable predicament which exists at present".
(c) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio, dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 20 March 1970, saying that he enjoyed CEB's survey of St Edmund and enclosing his "miserably few examples" in case they are of interest. He expresses his view that the coinage is not "a city coinage of a patron saint like St Peter, Martin etc." and looks forward to seeing the paper in print. He also warns that he will not attend the next BNS meeting and asks CEB to give Michael [Dolley] "the enclosed note of apology for his missing paper". In a postscript, he asks whether it is a "fair criterion that Cuerdale St Es have A [with an inverted circumflex crossbar] and later A [without crossbar].
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio, dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 2 April 1970, assuring CEB that he is in no hurry for the return of his St Edmunds [i.e. coins] and agreeing that these coins likely derive from a number of different mints but wondering what the inscription INR means. He considers the notion that the "Rex Do Alfred St Edmunds" were struck at Canterbury but tends towards the view of Michael [Dolley], who suggests East Anglia. He asks whether Marion Archibald is aware of the proposed invitation to join the Sylloge Committee, and expresses satisfaction that she asked him to do the Scottish element of the Colchester hoard. He says that "she is now in an understanding & cooperative frame of mind" but feels that "the BM's Dollophobia is unabated". He also states that, in view of his other commitments, he is unlikely to have his short-cross article ready for the next BNJ, but does have one or two short pieces that would be suitable. In a postscript, IS enquires about BNJ offprints.
(e) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, typescript (carbon copy), one folio (recto & verso), dated 6 April 1970, in reply to IS's letter of 2 April, beginning with discussion of Michael Dolley's reference about the possibility that the REX DO coins were struck in East Anglia. He goes on to say that Marion Archibald has been invited to join the Sylloge Committee but she has declined without stating a reason, though he adds that IS can probably guess the reason and says that Michael [Dolley] "is completely mystified". He is pleased that IS is doing the Scottish component of the Colchester hoard and that the BNJ would be delighted to have it in principle but notes that Michael [Dolley] now wants "to be consulted on everything. He tells IS not to worry about the short-cross article because the journal may have more than it can manage, but he asks IS not to broadcast as much since room can always be made for good-quality material. CEB notes that he has had several enquiries about offprints and has written to Dublin about it but has not yet had any reply.

Letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and two letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Rd, SE1, on 11 December 1968, asking CEB to check a reference in the Ducatus Leodiensis reputed to state that there were coins of William I in the Bramham Moor hoard. He suspects that the references may be to coins of William the Lion, whose coins were not recognised in 1756, and further wonders whether coins of David I and Malcolm IV might have been in the hoard.
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folios (recto & verso), dated 22 December 1968, with an enclosure of some sort that is not clearly described. He thanks IS for coming to their "little party in Albany on Friday", referring also to Lady Stenton. There are annotations in pencil in Ian Stewart's hand on the verso.
(c) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Southwark on 29 December 1968, saying that it was kind of CEB to remember "Tingstäde" [Gotland, Sweden] for him. He says that, since returning to Ireland, M [i.e. Michael Dolley] had sent him the plates, and he wonders whether there is still time for corrections. In the event that there isn't, he makes several suggestions (about which he has also written to M). He says that his next paper for the BNJ, subject to checking a few points, is done, and he promises the final version in a week or two.

Two letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and three letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated 2 September 1968, replying to a query about short-cross mint accounts in the Fox notebooks. CEB encloses a photographic slide that shows what there is in summary form; he will show IS the actual notebook when he visits on the weekend of the 14th. The slide and original envelope in which the letter and slide were sent are attached.
(b) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Rd, SE1, on 18 September 1968, thanking CEB for the roses groat and making passing references to [Horace Herbert] King and Stewart [Lyon]. He regrets that he is very doubtful about the forthcoming Sylloge Committee meeting due to being "terribly short-staffed at the bank". He notes their enjoyment of the weekend.
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, two small folios (recto & verso), dated 1 November 1968, asking IS for his views on a point of difference between Michael [Dolley] and himself over a William I coin of the PAXS type in the Stockholm Sylloge. He explains the issue at some length, apologises for bothering IS with the problem but notes that time is short if they are to have the volume ready for the Reading Congress in March. In a postscript, he comments upon "a satisfactory meeting with OUP", about which he has written to CSSL [i.e. Stewart Lyon] in detail.
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Rd, SE1, but without the date, which is added in CEB's hand in square brackets: "[c. 9 Nov. 1968]". IS agrees that the comment of Michael [Dolley] about the William I PAXS coin cannot stand as it is but must be either abbreviated or expanded, and he gives some possible formulations. He welcomes CEB to refer to his support. There is a note in upper right margin of the recto in CEB's hand to the effect that he acknowledged the letter on 13 November.
(e) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Rd, SE1, on 15 November 1968, enclosing an offprint and part of a paper on Scottish mints for the Baldwin volume on which he asks CEB to comment. He is also anxious "that it doesn't conflict with [CEB's] ideas about English Berwick". Because it's his last copy, he asks for its return as soon as possible and for the comments to be made in a particular manner. In a postscript, he asks whether CEB would second [Robert B. K.] Stevenson for the BNS.

Two letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and three letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript,one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Rd, SE1, on 2 February 1968, reporting that he is "in the middle of M's Irish Edw. I", probably in reference to an unpublished paper presumably of Michael Dolley [?], expressing doubts about the "dating indices and the Irish output volume", and delineating his doubts at some length. In view of his doubts, IS suggests that an Irish specialist such as [David] Dykes would be more appropriate to referee the paper than, say, Peter Woodhead, but he will ask CSSL [i.e. Stewart Lyon whether he agrees]. IS says that he will do the Numismatic Literature summaries but asks whether HS [i.e. Herbert Schneider?] wants summaries of papers that appear in journals other than the BNJ and NC. A note in the upper right margin of the recto in CEB's hand suggests that he answered on 7 February, but there is no CEB letter of that date among the Stewartby papers.
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, two small folios (recto & verso), dated 24 April 1968, remarking on Ian Stewart's St Martin paper and stating that he finds the "arguments about the ordering of the types of the St Peter [coins] most satisfying". CEB nevertheless notes that IS has wrongly "avoided giving a deposit date to Morley St Peter", adding that he finds c. 925 difficult to accept, stating his reasons at some length and expressing his interest in learning IS's views on the matter. CEB also comments positively on the paper that IS read at the BNS and advises that he will be in Portugal so IS shouldn't expect a reply to any letter. In a postscript, he says that [Horace Herbert] King has spoken to him about giving up the editorship [of the BNJ] but he has so far persuaded him to stay on; he stresses that they must someone to work with him at first and then take over from him, and he suggests that IS may like to think about this.
(c) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Rd, SE1, on 27 April 1968, thanking CEB for the proof corrections to his St Martin paper and the interesting letter. He discusses a few editorial points and then comments on CEB's appealing thoughts about early Aethelstan, which he will be interested to follow as they develop. He says that he will think about candidates for the editorial work, remarks on the death of [Charles Wilson] Peck and wishes CEB "a good fortnight in Portugal". A note in the upper right margin of the recto in CEB's hand suggests that he answered on 5 May, but there is no CEB letter of that date among the Stewartby papers.
(d) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, three pages on two short folios (recto & verso), dated 21 June 1968, stating that he has also received "a somewhat hysterical letter from Michael [Dolley?] alleging that an editorial meeting had been held without his knowledge and complaining bitterly", a day after CEB had written to him to suggest that a meeting is needed for the summer. He feels that Michael "is jumping to conclusions on evidence that is clearly inadequate". He otherwise thanks IS for his postcard and agrees to speak at the BNS if needed but offers to withdraw if the programme fills up substantially. He suggests two alternatives: (1) mint output in the long- and short-cross coinages, or (2) North/Southampton from Athelstan to Edward the Martyr.
(e) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Rd, SE1, on 30 June 1968, suggesting that later August or early September would be best for prospective weekend visit to which CEB has invited him. He thanks CEB for the list of papers, commenting briefly on some of them. He informs him that he is putting his "Closeburn" paper "into cold storage" but encloses a brief note for the next BNJ. He remarks on the Sylloge [committee] meeting with reference to CHVS [i.e. C. Humphrey V. Sutherland] and EJW [i.e. Edgar J. Winstanley] and notes that he is "recovering from the shock of recently discovered Brussels material at Baldwins". A note in the upper right margin of the recto in CEB's hand suggests that he answered on 3 July, but there is no CEB letter of that date among the Stewartby papers.