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Includes Royal Commission on Cambridge University correspondence between the Master and the Commissioners, 1851-61; Notes on the revised statutes sent by the College to the Royal Commissioners, November 1857; Rough drafts of accounts to be submitted to the Royal Commission, 1851-1859; Statutes sent by the Royal Commissioners to be submitted to the Master and Fellows for approval, 19th January 1860; Letter from Fellows about the Commissioners' Proposals, 1860; Protest against the proposed new statutes sentby the College to the Commissioners, 1860; Report of the Commissioners upon the subject of certain statutes proposed by them to Jesus College, which have been objected to by the governing body of the same. Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, 7th August 1860; Remarks on the Report made to Secretary of State by the Cambridge University Commissioners respecting certain statues proposed by them to Jesus College and to which the governing body of that College objected, 1861; Letter from the Vice Chancellor about amending ordinances which still require the consent of parliament, 2nd August 1867;

Includes notes and copies of entries from the Thiepval project which included the use of some images of Jesuans killed at Thiepval. Names included are Noel Hamilton, Bernard Pigg, Bertram Evers, Mortimer Schiff, Geoffrey Sanderson, Eric Taylor, Charles Dwyer, Lancelot Ridley, Kenneth Wray, Edward MacBryan, Humphrey Barnard, Alban Preedy, 2009;

Includes notes on individuals connected with the College who were killed during WW1. Exhibition put together for 90th anniversary of First World War.

Consists of a reprint from the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (vol. 138), with a note from the author sending the reprint to Bronowski and commenting that he was missed at a conference on Time. With an envelope listing the article.

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"Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge: Approximate Holdings of Later Medieval English Coins", by Mark Blackburn, in typescript (photocopy), four pages on four folios (recto only), signed "M.A.S.B. December 1987", listing the holdings of short-cross coinage (1180-1247) and long-cross coinage (1247-1485), broken down by reign where applicable and by mint and denominations based on the information of the coin tickets and/or location of the coins in the trays, "which may not be entirely correct". There are about 1581 coins in total, excluding the holdings of Corpus [Christi College] (46 coins), Queens College (100 or more, mostly Edward pennies), and the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (unknown number, local finds of poor quality).

Five cards from Philip Grierson, all in manuscript. The first, dated 2 January 1963 (a), concerns arrangements for an upcoming visit of IS to Cambridge. In the second card, dated 17 January 1963 (b), PG states that the Norðleoda laga and Be Mircna laga [Early English Laws] "have nothing to do with Athelstan" but were, in his "private opinion", "systematizations [sic] of Abb. Wulfstan of York and little more than the vagaries of a learned man". He notes that the College is "slightly fractious" that he booked a guest room [for IS?] on the 9th, since there is a feast that evening. In the third card, dated 29 January 1963 (c), PG discusses the logistics of having his [and IS's] work typed, his work on the metrology chapter for Coins & Medals and the forthcoming visit of IS. In the fourth card, dated 11 April 1963 (d), PG writes that "April 20/21 is no good", since he will be in Spoleto then, but he expects to return in time for Metcalf's paper. PG writes that he's "glad to hear about Engel & Serrure" but laments the little time that he has for numismatics work. In the last card, dated 2 May 1963 (e), PG looks forward to another visit from IS, promising to switch from Milanese coinage to whatever subject IS may wish. He also mentions that he despatched a diatribe on mint output to Spink's in response to something that he recently received, but he regrets having done so, as he dislikes controversy.

Contains exhibition guide, advertising poster and exhibition labels.

Five envelopes with no apparent connection to any of the letters in the Personal Papers of William French. Post marked 6th April 1829 (red wax seal), March 1830 (posted from Old Broad Street), June 1839 (Bishop Stortford penny post from Mr. C George, red wax seal), 13th June 1839 (posted from Cambridge, fragments of black wax seal), 19th January 1841 (posted from Cambridge, red wax seal, from Mr. Twiss).

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".

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.

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".

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.

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.

Five Mystical Songs. Set to music for Baritone Solo, Chorus (ad libitum) and Orchestra. By Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Vocal score.
Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd., London.

Contents:

• 1. Easter
• 2. I got me flowers
• 3. Love bade me welcome
• 4. The call
• 5. Antiphon

Five obituaries for Christopher Blunt:
(a) excerpt from the American Numismatic Society Newsletter, Winter 1988, pp. 3-4, 7-8, including W. E. Metcalf's obituary of "C.E. Blunt, 1904-1987" on p. 7.
(b) Nordisk Numismatisk Unions Medlemsblad, nr. 1, Februar 1988, entire issue, including Tukka Talvio's obituary of "C. E. Blunt 16.7.1904 – 20.11.1987".
(c) excerpt from Spink's Numismatic Circular, February 1988, pp. 3-4, taken up almost entirely by H. E. Pagan's "Obituary: Christopher Evelyn Blunt 1904-1987".
(d) excerpt from the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, vol. 82 (1988), pp. 202-203, including an unattributed obituary of "Christopher Evelyn Blunt".
(e) photocopy of a page from the Numismatisches Nachrichtenblatt, no. 37 (1988), p. 6, including Peter Berghaus's obituary of "Christopher Evelyn Blunt 1904-1987".

Five short chorale preludes. For organ. Edited by Oxford University Press.
I: Wem in Leidenstagen in G major. Melody by F. Filitz (1804-76). II: On a Rouen church melody in A major. III: Song 34 (The angel's song) in G major. Melody by O. Gibbons (1583-1625). IV: Schmücke dich in B flat. Melody by J. Crüger (1598-1662). V: Gott des himmels in D major. Melody by H. Albert (1504-51).

Five verses on a melody from the Paderborn Gesangbuch (1765). For organ. Edited by Oxford University Press.
I: in A major. Metronome marking 72 beats per minute. II: B minor. Metronome marking 56 beats per minute. III: D major. Metronome marking 144 beats per minute. IV: Metronome marking: minim = 56. V: Metronome marking: minim = 60.

Five Verses on a melody from the Paderborn Gesangbuch (1765) for organ in A major.
Incomplete draft. It has verses 1, 2, 3 and the beginning of 4.

Includes photograph of painting

12¾ x 7⅝