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Each copy includes names of beneficiaries, their relationship to the deceased and how much they received. Includes Elizabeth Maria French ('a descendant of a mother of the testator'), Hannah Thrower ('stranger in blood'), Lydia Thrower ('stranger in blood') and Hannah and Lydia Thrower together ('servants of the deceased and strangers in blood'). All have signed the forms.

39 x 27⅛. One of a set of nine 'Largo to Presto'.

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".

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.

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?].

Four letters from George Tatler:
(a) manuscript, two pages on one folio, dated from Ranelagh Gardens, Stamford Brook Avenue, [London] W6, on 28 March1963, updating IS on what he has done since they last met. Most of the letter focuses on concerns over a paper, presumably the joint paper that they were preparing on the Montrave hoard for the BNJ. He raises four points in particular, asking IS for his views, and discusses other technical matters in connection with publication. He says that he will spend a week near Bury St Edmunds after exams and wonders whether there is any point to visiting local museums. He also hopes that IS will have time for a chat.
(b) manuscript, two pages on one folio, dated from Ranelagh Gardens, Stamford Brook Avenue, [London] W6, giving only the day of the week, Sunday, but probably datable to shortly before 22 October 1963, since this letter includes a list of dies according to very idiosyncratic scheme and his letter of the 22nd explains the list. GVLT notes that PW [Peter Woodhead?] would like to join their meeting on the 5th [of November] but feels that they will never get through the Knaresborough hoard if he attends, so he proposes a separate three-way meeting before 15 November, since PW will be in Spain for the second half of the month. He says that PW will ask FEJ [F. Elmore Jones] if he can borrow his Hadeleys and ask IS to borrow the CEB [Christopher Blunt] coins, which will put them "in a strong position to cover most of the dies". There is a separate sheet with his list of dies.
(c) manuscript, three pages on two folios, dated from Ranelagh Gardens, Stamford Brook Avenue, [London] W6, on 22 October 1963, thanking IS "for the 15 Hadeleys", in reference to the moneyer of Bury St Edmunds named Robert de Hadeleie, and noting that the coins "open up exciting possibilities". He says that PW [Peter Woodhead?] has 29 coins that he has "come by one more piece", which makes 30 coins and gives 15 obverse dies and 20 reverse. The coins of IS add only one new obverse and three reverse dies. He thinks that he will have recorded nearly every die once he has been to the British Museum to identify their early Bury dies. He explains his system for listing the dies and admires IS's VIIa from London as "perhaps that nicest [coin that he] has ever seen". He looks forward to his meeting with IS on 5 November, noting that they will have "the Berwicks from Baldwin's, John Malcolm's coins and the Knaresborough hoard to go through".
(d) manuscript, three pages on two folios, undated, focusing on the chronology of the early Edwardian coins.

Four letters of Herbert Schneider:
(a) typescript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Antwerp on 17 October 1961, replying that it was not a typographical error when he wrote that more than twenty pairs of dies were used to produce about 25,000 angels under Charles I.
(b) typescript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Antwerp on 25 October 1961, with two attachments, belabouring the anomalous die-output figures of only about 1000 angels per pair of dies during the reign of Charles I. Regarding Henry VI, HS notes that there are a few in addition to those listed by Derek Allen and Blunt & Whitton, but the real problem concerns how the bullion was used. He then refers back to his letter of 7 June, saying that his interest in Briot's work in Scotland comes in response the Stevenson's attribution of Briot's pattern angel to Edinburgh, with which he does not agree. In closing, he asks IS whether he would be able to have lunch or supper with him in London at the beginning of November, and he adds a PS, asking whether Potter has been able to assist IS's research on die output under Edward VI and Henry VII. The attachments consists in photocopies of two charts: "Use and life of obverse dies" and "Use and life of reverse dies".
(c) typescript, four pages in two folios (recto & verso), dated from Antwerp on 2 November 1961, evidently in reference to the paper that he mentioned in letter to IS on 25 October and explaining that he covered the die-output anomaly under Charles I but only briefly because he felt it was a side-issue. On reflection, however, he agrees with IS that he "should not leave it at that". In the letter, HS goes on to "place certain figures before the reader", namely the discrepancy the number of angels in the pyx trials and the amount of angel gold coined, "admission tickets to the touching ceremonies" exceeding "the number of angels struck at the Tower", and deliveries of bullion "to the Tower Mint out of the Privy Purse". Returning to the question of die output, he doesn't believe that dies were worn out after only about 1000 strikings and finds it unthinkable that serviceable dies were condemned. He is struck by comparison of the coinage of Charles I with that of James I, where "there are fewer dies for a coinage which was 2½ times that of Charles I. HS says that he would be prepared to accept an exceptionally low figure for the number of angels per pair of dies but not one so low as 1000 coins per pair. There is a concluding paragraph about Potter.
(d) typescript, three pages on two folios, dated from Antwerp on 18 December 1961, congratulating IS on "a very good and fair review of the basic problem" and discussing some of the difficulties arising from the inexact terminology on coin dies in secondary and primary sources. He also discusses the way that dies were actually used and how portable reverse dies might have sometimes been mixed, with an example of such a mixed die-link chain added in manuscript in the top margin of the first folio verso. He mentions evidence in "the English post-medieval series ... that ... larger and more valuable dies were from time to time withdrawn for cleaning and recutting and also for alterations of the privy marking", and in such cases not always "married" with the same dies as before. He describes "1066 and all that" as the source of all his knowledge on the Anglo-Saxon series and "the sole relevant and intelligible book on English history which has ever been published". He also discusses the possibility of fixed trussel dies having been fitted with removable caps and of hot striking, on the latter of which he suggests that IS may wish to "tackle one of the practising engineers at the Royal Mint". A heated flan would have required a less substantial blow but might have had a detrimental effect on the die. HS mentions an enclosure consisting in a "copy of ... drawings of the angel links of Charles I", but it is no longer attached. In closing, he thanks IS for sending an Edward IV angel to Spink's for his inspection.

Four letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, one folio folded into a booklet (recto & verso), dated from Haileybury on 24 June 1953, thanking CEB for returning his manuscript on Scottish coinage, noting that he also received useful comments from Dr [Humphrey] Sutherland. He discusses various options for publishing it and mentions the need for analogous works on the Irish and Anglo-Gallic series. He says that he knows little of the latter but finds it very attractive; if he were to take it on, he says, it would have to be well into the future. For the Irish coins, he says that Carolyn-Britton would be the one to carry out such an undertaking. In his Scottosh book, IS says that he wants to include an appendix on the English coins of Berwick because they are closely related to the Scottish issues and CEB's article on the subject is not well enough known, though it provides the only accurate classification of the coins. He says that he has prepared a digest of the paper and asks if CEB would agree to its inclusion with an acknowledgement. If so, he will send a copy of the digest for comment.
(b) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, one folio folded into a booklet (recto & verso), dated from Haileybury on 8 July 1953, thanking CEB for sending the Berwick material and stating that he is most interested in the bear's head penny. If it is not 1333-1335, he says, it must be later, with 1344 being the most plausible suggestion, and he pursues the matter at some length, emphasising the importance of Berwick and just how prolific was its mint.
(c) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, one folio folded into a booklet (recto & verso), dated from Haileybury on 1 September [1953], sending a spare copy of his appendix on Berwick in the event that it may be of some use, noting that it is mainly a digest of CEB's own work with a few more recent discoveries added. He asks the weight of CEB's Berwick VII/VI mule, which he is publishing in the next Numismatic Chronicle. He mentions his training for national service and imminent call-up, which will leave him "virtually lost for two years". He describes some of his recent coin acquisitions and comments that his book is now at the proof stage. He asks about the deadline for submissions for the next BNJ and mentions some of his possible contributions.
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, one folio folded into a booklet (recto & verso), dated from Elysium, Haileybury, on 29 November [1953], thanking CEB for sending a copy of his "Anglo-Saxon notes" and sending a copy of his paper in return. He says that he sure about "Heaberht" being right and comments on the distinctiveness of the early [Anglo-Saxon] pennies. He asks for the return of his paper on James III and IV if CEB has any interest in publishing it, as he would like to make a small addition. Having now read Whitton [on Henry VIII], he wonders about the significance of Mr [Herbert] Schneider's crown mule and asks about the possibility of obtaining copies of Whitton on Henry VI or back issues of the Journal.

Four letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt with a page of notes:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Rd, London SE1, on 2 August 1974, thanking CEB "for sending the Edw V card", which IS now returns along with a page of notes that he "basically compiled when [he] was last at Ramsbury" (see item (b) below). He says that he is considering the idea of publishing [i.e. writing?] "a brief note about the Parsons/Baines [coin] die, which does not appear to have been recognised (as altered) previously, unless '10' is an error for '9' in the B & W note". He says that he has intended to ask CEB whether "he had a note of a BH groat from the die of Montagnii 634 altered". Although not very important, he would be interested to know how many S/R dies are known to have been altered to BH, and how many not, because the question has implications for "the likely length of Ed IV [type?] XXII". If the nearly all the S/R dies were altered, he says, then S/R was probably introduced shortly before the death of Edward IV. Concerning the 10th century, he is surprised at the number of Edgar's moneyers who can be associated with named mints. There is a note in CEB's hand in the upper right margin to the effect that he answered the letter on 10 [December?] 1974, but there appears to be no letter of CEB of that date among the papers.
(b) "Notes on Edward V groat", manuscript (photocopy), single page, signed "IS" and dated 31 July 1974. The page of notes begins with one on "CEB doubtful B.H. groat (not in JSF trays, but in bottom drawer) has POSVI [followed by vertical double-x], which IS believes may be an altered Edward IV [type] XXI groat. Second lengthier note concerns "die-links amonst S/R & B.H. groats" and his assessment of the "rather confused" lists in BNJ, vol. 24, 177 (CAW) & vol. 25, 325 (B & W).
(c) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Rd, London SE1, on 21 October 1974, thanking CEB for his gift of two Edward IV coins and a Henry [IV?] groat.
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from the House of Commons on 24 November 1974, noting that he will miss the BNS but "feels that Stewart Lyon is the strongest competitor for [the] Sanford Saltus [medal]". He has nevertheless "asked [Stuart] Rigold to air the idea of Potter in view of his tenuous hold on life", noting that he has developed a high opinion of his work. He wouldn't push Potter's case if others were unenthusiastic but notes that it may be his last chance. He next discusses the card index, stating that he favours "the Litilmann-Osulf form", like CEB, but he puts forward two suggestions that he supposes CEB may not like. In closing, he speaks of the difficulties involved in putting together a "classification or system when you are not exactly sure what you are expecting to emerge from it".
(e) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Rd, London SE1, on 29 December 1974, hoping that CEB had a good Christmas and commenting on his failure to send out any cards. He returns Whitton's note about the Edward V dies, thanking CEB for for allowing him to see them and stating that he made a photocopy of them for his records. There is further discussion about comparison of the RCB & Hunter sun/rose pennies against CEB's with BH and the possibility of die-links. He also says that Stewart [Lyon] had told him about an Offa link.

Four letters from Konstantin Golenko:
(a) typescript, dated 3 January 1966, thanking IS for his letter and advising that he had sent the monograph of Retowsky. He states that his interest lay in English-language literature on Greek numismatics, especially in the Black Sea area, and on Roman Imperial and Byzantine coinage, and he offers to send any Soviet numismatic literature that is of interest. There are manuscript annotations [of IS] with reference to books already sent and KG's name and address in Russian/Cyrillic characters.
(b) manuscript, dated 27 January 1966, thanking IS for his list of recent English numismatic literature, saying that he would like all but one of the titles, and again offering to send an Soviet literature that he requires. KG mentions in particular the journals Numismatica y Epigraphica and Numismatica y Sphragistica.
(c) typescript, dated 10 October 1966, thanking IS for his letter and offprints, and stating that he is sending some of his "notes" on Byzantine coins. KG also notes that there is a recent catalogue of Byzantine coins in the Museum in Tbilisi (Georgia) and offers to send it if it is of any interest.
(d) manuscript, dated 8 March 1967, thanking IS for his letter and the book of J. [Robin] Porteus, which arrived safely, and stating that he has already sent the catalogue of Tbilisi and would be happy to learn of any other Soviet publications that are of interest.

Four letters from Martin Allen, two with attachments:
(a) letter, manuscript, single page, dated 10 January 1982, with photographs of coins from his own collection that may have relevance for Ian Stewart's study of the class VI and VII short-cross coinages. He describes one of the coins as a class VIa1 with obverse legend hENRICVR SRX (continuing the reading mentioned in BNJ, vol. 49, p. 31 note 18) and the other as a class VIc2/VId "mule" with ornamental letter Rs on the obverse (from same reverse die as BNJ, vol. 49, pl. IV.67-68). MRA also advises that he will be giving a short paper on the class V coins with "curls of hair in the portrait lacking enclosed pellets" at the February meeting of the BNS and asks to see photos of any of Ian Stewart's coins that may belong to this variety. He further advises that he is studying the class II-V coins of the Canterbury mint (incl. coins of the London mint of moneyers Arnaud, Goldwine and Iohan).
Two photographs, showing the obverse & reverse of the coins referred to in the letter, are attached.
(b) letter, manuscript, single page, dated 1 December 1982, referring to Ian Stewart's article on the class VIx short-cross coins in the BNJ, vol. 51, observing that IS missed an important piece of evidence for his study in the Ashmolean sylloge, part 2, no. 406, which "appears to be a second class VIc1/VIx 'mule' from obverse die O.23 ... paired with a new reverse die of the moneyer Iohan", thus providing the seventh reverse die as IS postulated in his article (p. 92). MRA refers to enclosures of photographs, no longer associated with the letter, of a "second specimen of the [class] VId/VIIa 'mule' from die combination O.81/R.86" and another coin from reverse die R.86 with a new [class] VIIa obverse. He advises that he will present a short paper on a preliminary die-study of the class Ia coins at the BNS meeting in March and would like to see photographs or casts of Ian Stewart's Ia and Ia coins.
(c) letter, manuscript, two pages on a single folio (recto & verso), dated 7 January 1983, thanking Ian Stewart for sending an offprint of his article in BNJ, vol. 51, and suggesting an addendum to clarify a few points, namely regarding the dating of the appointment of Salemun [?] at Canterbury. MRA also queries the accuracy of the statement that Walter, Roger and Iun "comprised a team of archiepiscopal moneyers ... up to the point in class VIIb where Ioan Chic replaced Eudo" as well as his identification of the moneyer Arnold. MRA reiterates his interest in Ian Stewart's class Ia and Ia coins.
(d) letter, manuscript, single page, dated 24 September 1984, thanking Ian Stewart for sending information on the Eccles hoard and enclosing photographs of two recently acquired coins that may be relevant to IS's work on coins of class VI-VII. He describes one as a class VIa2 and the other as a class VIc3/VId mule, "the first such mule recorded for the London mint", though he notes a comparable mule from the FEJ sale in 1983, lot 1222. The third coin is from an early tapered head obverse die and the "illustration from a dealer's list shows a blundered VIb1 obverse die (O.11) used with a reverse die of Abel".

Four letters from Michael Metcalf with two attachments:
(a) letter, in manuscript, three pages on two folios, dated 28 September 2006, observing that the sceatta article is taking shape nicely, but he questions the emphasis given to imitations of Byzantine coin types in 11th & 12th centuries. He sees Justinian's gold bust of Christ as a direct response to the Quinisext Council [at Constantinople in 692], which conditioned the development of Byzantine coin iconography for a long time afterwards. He then tells the story of his recent visit to the parish church in Wirksworth, where there is tomb-slab with a crucifixion showing the Lamb of God that is conventionally dated to the 8th century. The Quinisext Council nevertheless forbade this kind of thing, which leads him to think that the tomb-slab must date from the 7th century, associating it with the founder-saint who brought the Church to Wirksworth in the 650s. He concludes with a few more specific suggestions.
(b) letter, in manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated 29 September 2006, in reply a letter of IS that arrived the same morning. MM refers to Ann [Gannon]'s letter; he is doubtful about some of her ideas but agrees that other are worth exploring. He doesn't know Belting (see the first attachment) but promises to look at it when he has the opportunity. He suggests moving the "11th-12th century parallels" from the first paragraph to "somewhere at the end". He thinks that Anna Gannon makes a valid point about the possibility of the sceatta design having "been taken from some other portable prototype". He also thinks it would be difficult to prove that the coin is from a different mint than other QI-III coins, noting that the iconography on these coins is much more varied than on the QIV coins.
(c) letter, in manuscript, single page, dated 22 October 2006, saying that he has looked at Belting's book and doesn't think there is any need for changes to the text.
(d) letter, in manuscript, single page, dated 16 December 2006, saying that the typescript is looking good and that he is happy to be associated with it. He also comments that the coin must be among the interesting sceattas.
(e) excerpt of pages from Hans Belting, Likeness and presence: a history of the image before the era of art, trans. Edmund Jephcott (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994), pp. 134-135, 137-138.
(f) photograph of the Anglo-Saxon sceatta with the bust of Christ.

Four letters from Philip Grierson, in typescript, two with manuscript addenda. In the first letter, dated 3 November 1960 (a), PG responds to a proposal for a new book by IS, notes a forthcoming visit of IS to Cambridge, and invites IS to dine with him on the 26th. PG also notes that there are now three separate plans for a new book, of which the one proposed by IS has the most promise. There is a manuscript addendum in which PG uses a spelling error in the letter as a segue into one that he discovered in a tenth-century Italian source, resolving a question over a unit of weight called a "gradina", which turned out to be a "dragma". In the second letter, dated 13 November 1960 (b), PG mentions an enclosure, no longer attached, which sketches out a plan based on IS's scheme. In the third letter, dated 18 December 1960 (c), PG mentions another enclosure, again no longer attached, this time of a revised table of contents [for their proposed book]. He also states that, in response to some queries of IS on Scottish coinage, he is sending his entire folder of notes on Scottish gold. In the fourth letter, dated 29 December 1960 (d), PG relates that he took some work "home" to do over the holiday but spent his time reading a Russian book on astronomy; he also mentions a forthcoming trip to Belgium and makes arrangements to dine out with IS in Cambridge on the 14th. There is also a handwritten addendum in which PG asks IS if he will brunch with him on the 15th and then play a game of squash in the afternoon.

Five letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) manuscript, three pages on two folios, dated from 22 Finch Lane, EC3, on 19 March [1960], noting that "the two English coins in the Glenluce hoard [...] have been deliberately chipped down to the weights of the James III groat and half-groat", which in effect makes them Scottish currency, according to [R.B.K.] Stevenson, but he has asked for a cast of the Henry IV groat for CEB. He asks about the presence of Lombardic Rs on London halfpence of the second coinage of Edward III. He notes that he has two with different readings and asks whether CEB would be interested in taking them, "plus perhaps and Anglo-Saxon coin or two, in exchange for the John Baliol half-penny". He is sending the Edward III halfpence in the event that CEB is interested so that he may see them and expresses an interest in learning about their significance.
(b) manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Camlet House, Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire, on 5 June [1960], explaining his late reply to CEB's letter and his intention to make a cast from his "indifferent Robert III half-groat during a forthcoming visit to the British Museum. He notes that his holiday is subject to factors outside of his control and may preclude his acceptance of CEB's invitation to spend a weekend at Ramsbury in August, but he will let him know. He refers to an "exciting single bear's head half-penny in apparently an Edward II context" and asks whether, in mentioning the new evidence of the single bear's head coin in his paper on Scottish pence of 1280-1357, he may also mention CEB's discovery of the first mint entry for Edward III, which excludes the pence from 1333-1335.
(c) manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Camlet House, Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire, on 19 June [1960], noting that his "holiday dates are now fixed for late August", which should enable him to take up CEB's invitation for the weekend of 6 August. He expresses regret that he was unable to attend the general meeting of the Royal Numismatic Society, which caused him the miss CEB's address [i.e. the first part of his President's Address for the 1959-1960 session on Ecclesiastical coinage in England, delivered on 15 June 1960, which dates this and the preceding letter]. The last paragraph deals with "the bear's head half-penny hoard" and the efforts of IS to trace its source.
(d) manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from 22 Finch Lane, EC3, on 8 August [1960], thanking CEB "for another most happy & rewarding weekend at Ramsbury, but also especially for the John Baliol ½d." and expressing his gratitude to the ladies of the house for breakfast and for ensuring that he caught his train in Hungerford. The weekend at Ramsbury and the reference to the John Baliol half-penny, in the context of the other letters, make it possible to date the latter to 1960.
(e) manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from 40 Longridge Road, SW5, on 12 October [c. 1960?], thanking Mr Blunt for the opportunity "to attend the Essay Club dinner last evening". He promises to get in touch with CSSL [i.e. Stewart Lyon].

Comprising: a booklet containing Nicholas Humphrey's Bronowski Memorial Lecture which was broadcast on BBC 2 Television (United Kingdom, 23 Oct 1981); and a press cutting from The Listener containing the memorial lecture (29 Oct. 1981).

Four obituaries for Christopher Blunt, 1987, with photocopies of the first three:
(a) "Mr C. E. Blunt, Expert in British Coinage", unattributed, Times, 23 November 1987, original newspaper cutting.
(b) photocopy of item (a) above.
(c) "Christopher Blunt", Daily Telegraph, unattributed, 26 November 1987, original newspaper cutting.
(d) photocopy of item (c) above.
(e) "Christopher Blunt" [1987/1988?], by Marion Archibald, Independent, 25 November 1987, original newspaper cutting.
(f) photocopy of item (e) above.
(g) "C. E. Blunt 1904-1987", by Ian Stewart, in the British Numismatic Journal, vol. 57 (1987), pp. 157-160; "Publications and papers of Christopher Evelyn Blunt, Supplement [1983-1986]", by R. H. Thompson, in the BNJ, vol. 57 (1987), pp. 160-161. (NB: volume was published in 1988.)

Scores of Four Organ Concertos by J. S. Bach reconstructed by Ralph Schureck.
Contains:

• Letter signed by Chris Hazell from Decca International addressed to Paul Myers with copy to John Parry, of the possibility of Peter Hurford recording Schureck's reconstructions of these Organ Concertos in late 1987 (the letter is from March 3rd, 1986).
• Two copies of Organ Concerto No. 1 in D minor, third movement only (BWV 1052/3).
• Concerto for organ and orchestra No. 2 in D major (BWV 169/49/1053).
• Concerto for organ and orchestra No. 3 in D minor (BWV 35/1059).
• Two copies of Concerto for organ and orchestra No. 4 in D major (BWV 1045a), first movement only.
• Concerto for organ and orchestra No. 4 in D major (BWV 1045a), movements 2 and 3.

Four pieces of correspondence concerning an undeclared hoard of short-cross coins:
(a) letter from Jeffrey Mass to IS, typescript, dated 7 October [1991], explaining a recent development in the matter of an undeclared hoard of short-cross coins, whereby the owner of the hoard allowed JM to make a record of the contents of the hoard on the condition "that his name and the particulars of the find must remain confidential". JM further explains that he discussed the matter with Nick Mayhew and Michael Metcalf, who agreed with him about the importance of disseminating the knowledge. He states that he has also written to Barrie Cook for advice on how to proceed but expects that the will be put before the BNS Council. His interest, he states, lies in publishing the hoard, which consists in some 80 short-cross coins, "more than half of which are broken bits or larger fragments". JM appreciates the delicacy of the situation and the likely position of the BM, but he thinks that the information should be made public. He has already informed Martin Allen, Glenn Gittoes and Peter Woodhead of the hoard.
(b) photocopy of letter from Barrie Cook to Jeffrey Mass, typescript, dated 28 October 1991, thanking JM for his letter and suggesting that he urge the finder to declare the hoard. In respect of publication, BC states that his position left him no other option than to put the matter before the BNS Council, which was strongly against it.
(c) letter from Jeffrey Mass to IS, typescript, dated 13 November [1991], expressing his displeasure over the decision of the BNS Council not to support the BNJ publication of a report on the undeclared hoard, which he regarded as a "direct suppression of knowledge".
(d) copy of an unsigned letter to Professor Jeffrey Mass, typescript, dated 25 November 1991, bearing the notation "Our ref IS" [i.e. Ian Stewart], explaining the position of the BNS Council and suggesting alternative avenues of either publication.

Four Sketches, Op. 58. By Robert Schumann.
Edited by C. H. Trevor.
Published by Oxford University Press, London. In the series: "Oxford Organ Music".

With covers by Len Lye.

Comprises correspondence, mainly between Sylvia Fitzgerald and Larned Bradford of Little, Brown and Company publishers, on a proposed 4 volume edition of 'The Ascent of Man' book, the book contract for 'The Ascent of Man' publication in the United States and plans for a college textbook edition.

Also includes: letters from Sylvia Fitzgerald to Bronowski updating him on negotiations with Little, Brown and Company, and informing him she had spoken to Ursula [Bellugi-Klima] regarding the publication of a paper on language; and a letter from Bronowski to Sylvia on subjects including a dinner meeting with Larned Bradford and Jo Marquand about contract terms and a proposal for an expanded book or educational edition of 'The Ascent of Man'.

Additionally includes notes on advances and royalties paid for various books written by Bronowski, and notes on the proposed 4 volume edition of 'The Ascent of Man'.

Fourth International Organ Festival. St. Albans, England. Chairman: Peter Hurford.
Programme:
Tuesday June 27th: Eliminations in organ playing and improvisation. First demonstration of small organs. Choral Evensong. Demonstration of cathedral organ and recital by Ralph Downes and Peter Hurford.
Wednesday June 28th: Eliminations in organ playing. Second demonstration of small organs. Lecture-recital by Piet Kee on Buxtehude's organ works. Tea and question time (limited to 100 public) on the subject of playing organ music from various periods on different organs. Improvisation finals.
Thursday June 29th: Eliminations in organ playing. Recital by Marie-Claire Alain and Piet Kee. Choral Evensong. Lecture on the design of small organs by Cecil Clutton. Organ playing finals.
Friday June 30th: Third demonstration of small organs. Forum (for competitors only). Lecture-recital by Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini on Italian organ music. Master class by Anton Heiller. Recital by Catharine Crozier. Madrigals sung by the Alban Singers in the Amphitheatre of St. Albans School (in the school hall if wet).
Saturday July 1st: Lecture by Mr D. A. Flentrop on contemporary continental trends in the design of organs. Recital on the small organs, by Marie-Claire Alain, Tagliavini, Catharine Crozier, Albert de Klerk. Choral Evensong. Final Concert (to include first performance of IOF competition-winning concerto; first English performance of winning work in the "Schnitgerprijs Zwolle" 1966). Performers: Albert de Klerk, Anton Heiller, Ralph Downes, Gillian Weir.

Prioress (Agnes Seyntelowe?) to the Prior of Barnwell (William Downe?) concerning a dispute between their institutions (over £12?).

Contains list of fragments found with diagrams illustrating finds when doorway was created between the Prioress' Room and the Master's Lodge. Also includes a note outlining a brief history of the Prioress' Room.

Paid 7s 6d to Joseph Freeman by the Vice Chancellor for cleaning, repairing, and gilding the edge to the frame of the picture of Archbishop Bancroft.

Invoice from William Tijon to Rev Dr Frech, dated 30th of November 1830, 17 Greek St Soho. For 1 Frame, 6th area moulding, small ornaments for three quarter portraits. Packing case. Total of £7 14s. Sent on 17th of September 1831. Sent per William Tijon and Thomas Dodd.

Correspondence of Fran Colman with Christopher Blunt

File of manuscript letters in Italian from Laurence Picken's friend Franc [Fortunat?] from Ochrid, Yugoslavia. Also includes one later manuscript reply from Laurence Picken, also in Italian (1946) and three photographs - two of Franc and one of Laurence Picken [?] standing on a pier with an unidentified lady.

Includes note on assistance provided to a grateful researcher

[Engraving?] The 3rd Baron's dates are (1726-1774).

Correspondence of Ian Stewart addressed to Françoise Dumas

Comprises a letter from the Institute to Bronowski, with a reply, on plans for Bronowski to give a lecture on 'Science as a base for culture'.

Comprises correspondence relating to Bronowski visiting Auburn University as a Franklin Lecturer (3-5 May 1970), delivering a lecture on 'Protest and Prospect' (4 May) and on the publication of 'Protest and Prospect' by Auburn University Press in 'The Shape of Likelihood: Relevance and the University'.

Also includes: a schedule for Bronowski and Loren Eiseley's visits to the University (they were both Franklin Lecturers at the same time); promotional leaflets for Bronowski's visit and previous Franklin Lecturers; proofs of 'Protest and Prospect' edited by Auburn University Press (not approved by Bronowski); and a "speaking engagement" information sheet [made for the file].

Contains radio programme "Broadcast by the BBC -John Maddox and Mary Stocks interviewed Dr Bronowski in January 1964 and the programme was broadcast after he came to America. Biographical."

Pages 1 to 3 (written in ink): FRCO Fugue for organ in G major (incomplete).
Pages 3 and 4 (upside down in pencil): incomplete piece for organ in G major. Note by the author page 4: part of original manuscript of Song 34 published by Oxford University Press in "5 short chorale preludes".

Comprises typescripts, a photocopy and a reprint of papers by Fred Sommers (philosopher, visiting fellow at the Salk Institute): 'The Passing of Privileged Uniqueness' (1952) with a covering note from Sommers; 'On Concepts of Truth in Natural Languages' (1969); 'The Term Calculus' (c. Jan 1970); 'Composite Things' (undated); 'Is Identity Necessary' (Jan 1969) and 'Logical Arithmetic' (Mar 1970). Some of the papers are annotated with comments by Bronowski.

Comprises: correspondence between Bronowski and Professor Fred Sommers relating to Sommers being a Visiting Fellow at the Salk Institute in 1970 (to work on the topics of philosophy and logic with Bronowski and Leslie Orgel), and Bronowski giving Sommers advice on his article entitled 'Logical Arithmetic'; correspondence between Bronowski and the Establishment Officer for the University of Sussex (United Kingdom) including a written reference for Sommers' application for the Chair of Philosophy; and a copy of a request form for Sommers to be paid equally by Bronowski and Leslie Orgel.

Includes notes on College properties made by Jones whilst working as College Archivist in the 1960s-70s.

Black velvet with gold tassle

Two obituaries of Frederic James Edward Raby, 1888-1966. One of which was published in the 'Hymn Society Bulletin', Winter 1966-67