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With a final programme script (columns for "shot", "vision", "footage" and "sound") for programme 4 with some annotations.

Also includes handwritten notes by Bronowski on "entropy measures disorder".

Also includes a photocopy of the final programme script (with columns for "shot", "vision", "footage" and "sound") for programme 1.

With a final programme script (columns for "shot", "vision", "footage" and "sound") for programme 1 with some annotations.

Consists of a typescript (with a few annotations) of Bronowski's published poems from 1928-1940, organised by date order with a preface and a contents list.

Also includes a press cutting about the governance of City University of New York, 1965 (from inside the same envelope).

Comprises material relating to the publication of Bronowski's Silliman Memorial lectures given at Yale University in 1967.

Valuations of the land and crops grown on it.

Two typescript papers by Stewart Lyon:
(a) "Variations in the weight of the late Anglo-Saxon penny", two pages on two folios (recto only), dated 9 January 1964, which takes as its point of departure some comments on Carolingian weight standards made by Karl Morrison, University of Minnesota, in a recent article in the journal Speculum. CSSL seeks to formulate a hypothesis to resolve the problem concerning fluctuations in the weight of the penny during the last century of the old Anglo-Saxon state.
(b) " 'Renovatio Monetae' in England in the eleventh century", typescript, five pages on five folios (recto only), dated April 1964, which seeks to delineate a model of the "modus operandi" in the system of "Renovatio Monetae", which can be traced back to the recoinage late in the reign of King Eadgar (959-975).

"Two Tudor notes: 1. A doctored sovereign of Henry VII", by Ian Stewart, typescript (copy), single page, undated and unattributed but datable to no later than 1972 when the published version of the paper authored by Ian Stewart appeared in the British Numismatic Journal.

Two songs set to Anonymous 16th Century Words for voice and keyboard. 1. "Balow" in B minor (metronome marking: 104 beats per minute). 2. "The Knight of the Grail" in C major (metronome marking: dotted crotchet = 80).

By John Ashton

Two Sentences from an Order for Holy Communion Series 3 for SATB (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) with divisions and Organ. I: "Truly the Lord is in this place", in G major. II: "Through Christ Jesus", in G major (metronome marking: minim = 64).
Published by Novello & Company Limited.

Two records from Peter Woodhead, without cover letter(s), concerning Continental imitations of sterlings:
(a) photocopy of six-page manuscript (recto only), entitled "From the monetary history of Lippe", with original manuscript notation above, evidently in the hand of IS, which reads "Translation by Peter Woodhead March/72". The record is otherwise undated. There is no indication of the original source.
(b) photocopy of eleven-page manuscript (recto only), entitled "Woodhead sterlings", undated. The manuscript lists coins of Brabant, Flanders, Hainaut, Cambrai, Namur, Liege, Luxembourg, Herstal, Loos, Porcien, Serain, Saint-Pol, Arleux, Rethel, Sancerre, Bar, Toul, Lorraine, Aquitaine, Holland, Gelderland, Cunre, Cologne, Trier, Julich, Aachen, Schöneck, Siegen, Munster, Dortmund, Osnabrück, Mark [Hamm?], Schwalenberg, Lippe, Waldeck, Dorpat [Tartu, Estonia?], Sweden, Uncertain. There are further notes on the "Hull Dock hoard" and "Sundry poor sterlings in an envelope" that are set aside for possible use in destructive analyses.

Consists of a draft typescript with a few annotations of a book, on Alexander Pope and William Blake, by Bronowski [precursor to 'William Blake, A Man Without a Mask'].

Consists of typescript drafts of a book by Bronowski, on Alexander Pope and William Blake, which had been sent to publishers. Also includes a letter from a publisher recommending that the section on Blake be expanded into its own book [led to 'William Blake, a Man without a Mask'].

Three pieces of correspondence between Ian Stewart and Elizabeth Wetton:
(a) photocopy of letter from Ian Stewart to Elizabeth Wetton, in manuscript, two pages on two folios (recto only), dated 20 January 1981, asking whether it would be possible to incorporate additional adjustments into his paper on imitation [for the Grierson Festschrift, published in 1983], with a short list of the adjustments.
(b) photocopy of letter from Ian Stewart to Elizabeth Wetton, in manuscript, single page, dated 20 January 1981, with attachments. The letter, in response to an undated note from Christopher Brooke (attached), provides cover for the return of a signed "Memorandum of Agreement", also in a photocopy, undated but with the date 11 August 1981 appended to two of the four signatures. IS also asks whether it will be possible to add several lines to one of his notes. There is a further attachment of a photocopy of a letter from Elizabeth Wetton to Terence R. Volk, dated 12 August 1981 (JCPP/Stewartby/1/3/WETTON – VOLK/1981/1).
(c) letter from Elizabeth Wetton to Ian Stewart, in typescript, single page, dated 26 August 1981, thanking IS for returning the signed contract. She also notes that his sub-edited typescript has not yet been sent to the typesetter because the Press has not yet received the photographs from Terry Volk; as a consequence, it will be possible to make the addition to note 39 that he has requested.

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,

"Two notes on hoard evidence for the transfer of English coins to Scandinavia", by Ian Stewart, typescript, three pages on three folios (recto only), undated but perhaps datable to about 1980. The paper appears to cover only the first of the two notes, sub-titled "1. The English content of the Munkegaard hoard". The upper margin of the first page carries the attribution, in manuscript: "Ian Stewart". The text is on House of Commons paper. There are two attachments: (a) one, also on House of Commons paper, gives a list of English mints with numbers of examples given across nine different categories, amounting to 79 for the 79 English coins of Aethelred II from the Munkegaard hoard; (b) the other, on a sheet of lined scrap paper, has the heading "Munkegaard" and lists the mints represented for each type.

Two notes from Peter Mitchell:
(a) brief note, manuscript, dated 24 January [1989], signed "P", stating that there is "no further news from Brettell who is 81 yrs old now", in reference to Patrick Brettell (see notes), and that "we buried Herbert two weeks ago", in reference to Herbert Schneider, who died in January 1989, which dates the note.
(b) note, manuscript, single page, undated, unsigned, but bearing the same penmanship as Peter Mitchell's brief note of 24 January. The right half of the page is taken up with a photocopy of five photographs showing the obverse and reverse of coins, while the left side is occupied by brief notes on them. For the first: "Hy I, ½ / IX mule of Sandwich, different moneyer to Mack, not a word until JPCK is hooked", in reference to John Kent, Keeper of Coins & Medals at the British Museum. For the second and third: "to BM". For the fourth: "Christies 28 Feb 89", which provides the terminus post quem. For the fifth: "Slipped through the net in 1988 to USA – authenticity doubted at the time".

34⅞ x 22. Printed under supervision signed K.M.Frost.

Discussing a claim for Quit Rent by Miss Chamberlain, and thanking the College for its seal, in the matter of the loan for dilapidations.

Two letters of Christopher Blunt in reply to letters of Ian Stewart:
(a) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated 1 March [1962], referring to the attached copy of [Derek] Allen's monograph and apologising for the condition of the cover. IS thanks CEB for Trewhiddle, presumably in reference to material or publications on the Trewhiddle (Cornwall) hoard of Anglo-Saxon pennies, found 1774; he also thanks CEB for an Anglo-Saxon dictionary and the loan of other books, and he asks to borrow to CEB's copy of vol. I of Engel and Serrure.
(b) letter of Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated 4 March 1962, in reply to the preceding letter of Ian Stewart, thanking IS for the Derek Allen monograph and consenting to lend him the Engel & Serrure volume. He says that IS and Stewart [Lyon] have drawn his attention to a question regarding the origin of the so-called "Cuthred" coins between either Mercia and Kent. He states that they fit better in the former and that "the moneyer must surely be EADCAR, explaining some of the difficulties in reading the signature on the coins. He agrees that they have made good progress on Mercia 820-840 and can explain their differences of opinion in a footnote. There is a postscript about ĐES [in the inscription ĐES MONETA] referring to the [money of the] king, but he regards it as the best solution thus far conceived and preferable to reading ĐES as a personal name.
(c) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated 8 March 1962, instructing CEB to keep the [Derek] Allen monograph as ha owns the Iron Age publication in which it originally appeared. IS says that he has been discussing the 820s with CSSL [i.e. Stewart Lyon] and they are happy dissociate the "Cuthred" from Kent and assign it to Mercia / East Anglia. He also says that he will give [notes about?] the Copenhagen Viking series to CEB at the next BNS meeting and expresses regret that "Galster's work is wasted" in the interest of reducing the text to "minimum essentials". IS explains his "mistrust of [the] ĐES M[ONETA]" interpretation but allows that it is "perhaps preferable to a moneyer's name". He discusses a "Pendred", favouring its interpretation as a presentation piece and looking forward to CEB's paper on it. In a footnote, he wonders "Bruun 1920" means.
(d) letter of Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated 10 March 1962, in reply to the preceding letter of Ian Stewart, thanking IS for allowing him to keep the Derek Allen monograph and giving his impressions after seeing the cleaned "Cuthred" at the BM. He acknowledges a previous misreading of the inscription but still dislikes the coin in the Kentish series, preferring East Anglia. There is further discussion of ĐES MONETA and Pendred, and he says that "Bruun 1920" is in reference "to a parcel of coins acquired by Bruun in that year, as distinct from the Bruun gift of 1928".

Two letters from W. J. W. Potter:
(a) typescript, one folio (recto & verso), dated 5 July 1964, focusing on extrapolations from obverse die counts to determine die output, evidently during a couple of years in the reign ofEdward III (1327-1377). WJWP states that he derived his figures from the lists of LAL [i.e. Laurie Asher Lawrence], which he describes as "vague especially for the obverses". He says that the "figures show a disproportionately large number of obverses" while the number of reverses is in line with "the totals supplied according to orders of 25 July [13]53 and 21 February [13]54". WJWP estimates that obverse die output was 12,000 for groats, 13,000 for half-groats and 15,000 for pennies, which would imply that "less than half the original obverse dies are represented in surviving specimens". He suggests a way for IS to check the figures, working from the BM, Doubleday and Lockett collections or catalogues.
(b) typescript, single page, dated 26 July 1964, dealing first with a discrepancy between the number of reverse dies and bullion figures in York during the time of Edward III. In regard to dies represented in surviving specimens, WJWP thinks that "one in three is a low figure" and expects "at least one in two".

Two letters from Veronica Smart:
(a) manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated 22 January 1992, in response to a query from IS about Tom Fort [who contributed a paper entitled "The coinage of Beorhtric, King of the West Saxons, 786-802", Classical Numismatic review, vol. 17, no. 1 (1st Quarter, 1992), pp. 4-5, 44]. She says that TF is an American research student who worked on the Worcester charters before starting a PhD on the historical implications of the ninth-century coinage. She does recall the paper on Beorhtric but allows that she might have seen an earlier manuscript version. "Like many you research students, I suspect", she says, "Tom has a yearning to overturn accepted attributions and fly kites".
(b) manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated 7 February 1992, thanking IS for his letter and the enclosures. Regarding IS's identifications, she commented to Tom Fort that "the problem lay in ascertaining just how common or otherwise any name was", since the available sample is "only the tip of an iceberg". She explains that, linguistically, TF's argument is rather complicated, but concludes by saying that if he wishes to court controversy, he must be prepared to "expect as good as he gives".

Two letters from Terence Volk:
(a) typescript, single page, dated 6 May 1980, explaining that he has come across a note from IS about photographs for the Berghaus volume, to which he asks whether he has replied. He thanks IS for his comments on Lallemand and promises to send his own "comments on the academic note to introduce the articles".
(b) typescript, single page, dated 21 July 1980, thanking IS for his notes on the Hatz article and enclosing a cheque as a contribution towards translation costs [for the Philip Grierson Festschrift]. He says that he will be able to make a further contribution once he has "received our second allocation of £200 from the CUP", which he expects to have upon submission of the manuscript.

Two letters from Stewart Lyon:
(a) typescript, single page, dated 30 June 1987, thanking IS for the BAR Cunnetti draft and noting that "there is nothing of substance with which I would quarrel" but also drawing attention to "a few minor points". He says that he is attaching copies of comments to Christopher [Blunt] on charters of CTCE [i.e. Coinage in tenth-century England] and thanks IS for his comments on chapters 3 and 15. He also congratulates IS on his promotion. In a marginal note, in manuscript, there is a reference alongside a comment on p. 8 to an "attached note from Dorothy Whitelock c. 1960".
(b) typescript, two pages on two folios (recto only), dated 5 August 1987, addressed to both Christopher [Blunt] and Ian [Stewart], thanking CEB for the hospitality he showed to CSSL during a recent visit to Ramsbury. He is writing to both of them in reference to some old typescripts that are still of interest. One concerns "the CC moneyer Igolferth[es]" and "SCBI Edinburgh 565, which reads: +IGOLFERĐESMOTO" with IN or NI in the field. He suggests that the coin belongs to Newark, which raises the possibility of a connection with the Newark moneyer Ingolf. He therefore recommends some changes to several lines of their text in Chapter 10, but the first page of the letter is cut after the fist recommended change and a further line that reads "Lines 363-5: replace by", with perhaps the bottom 3-4cm of the page missing. There are three more recommended changes on the second full-length A4 page. CSSL then discusses his unpublished paper of 1976 to the BNS entitled 'The hand types of Æthelred II in the context of Edgar's Reform', in which he devotes attention to the Tetney, Chester (1950) and Iona hoards gives a histogram similar to one that Jonsson recently sent to Christopher [Blunt]. He says that a photocopy is enclosed and suggests that it may be relevant for Chapter 18. Finally, he refers to a division of Offa's moneyers into three categories according to whether struck portrait and/or non-portrait types, "based on the seminal paper in Anglo-Saxon Coins", and noting that a photocopy is enclosed.

Two letters from Stewart Lyon:
(a) in manuscript, dated 21 November 1971, mainly in reply to a reference of IS to his missing styca of Eanbald [II?], archbishop of York (fl. 796-803). There is also a PS about a [new] detector-find of a hoard of more than 160 Anglo-Saxon sceattas, with SL asking IS whether he knows anything about it.
(b) in manuscript, dated 3 December 1971, in which SL congratulates IS for receiving the Sanford Saltus Medal of the British Numismatic Society. There is further discussion of IS's missing coin of Eanbald and the hoard of some 160 sceattas reported in Coin Monthly.

Two letters from Stewart Lyon:
(a) in typescript, two pages, dated 9 May 1983, thanking IS for sending a copy of the Grierson Festschrift and complimenting his "paper on Offa for the Dolley memorial" but taking issue with the importance that he gives to certain letter forms in Offa's later coinage. To illustrate his point, he reproduces Christopher Blunt's list of Offa's moneyers in South-East England and East Anglia. There is also discussion of Offa's light series, particularly with regard to the portrait coins in the queen's name struck under the moneyer Eoba at Canterbury and to whether Dud and Udd were the same person. SL concludes with four brief but specific points on the paper.
(b) in manuscript, one page, dated 10 May 1983, following up on the letter of the previous day with figures for royal and ecclesiastical coins from Canterbury and discussion of the same. In conclusion, SL asks whether there is scope here for a joint paper and notes the "resemblance between Beaghard reverse and that of Tidheah for Eadbarht Praen".

Two letters from Stewart Lyon:
(a) in typescript, dated 4 February 1993, asking IS whether he has "any news of the St Peter paper", since he just acquired a large fragment of the cross type from Spink and thought that "it would be nice to slip a reference to this coin into a postscript to the paper if there is to be a further proof".
(b) in manuscript, dated 30 December 1994, thanking IS for his note on the moneyer "Monn (a)" and adding that his explanation of the various epigraphs or symbols seems plausible. SL indicates that he is "hoping to see the alleged Hywel coin", which he says Marion has seen and "Oxford apparently analysed [...] as 92.5% silver, 7% copper, ½% impurities – mainly arsenic – which doesn't augur well for its authenticity", though its reputed weight of 1.64g "is not excessive".

Two letters from Stewart Lyon:
(a) manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated 27 March 1990, thanking IS for the lunch at the House of Commons and the "very useful chat", also apologising "for the delay in following it up". He says that his revisions "leave the order of the sword types unresolved", but he is certain that "hammer/mallet came first", based on Bossall, which he describes as "the main source of both Regnald and hammer/mallet but not of cross". He also says that the hoard looks like "a parcel of coins of c. 920 ±3, with a lacing of later issues including Athelstan". He says that "most of the other considerations point in the same direction" and build up to a telling combination. He will not press IS against his will if he still wishes to the leave the question open and therefore leaves the paper's finishing touches to him.
(b) typescript, two pages on two folios, dated 12 November 1990, thanking IS for his letter and his draft of the Bossall paper. He notes that the Numismatic Chronicle is short of contributions asks whether IS would consider placing it there. If so, he suggests that he refer at the beginning of the article to his earlier joint paper with Christopher [Blunt] in 1983. Other suggestions focus mainly on "[Michael] Dolley's long-standing preoccupation with the views of leading historians about Lincoln in 918". He points out that Dolley was already ill by the time that IS and CEB developed the "numismatic solution of removing Sihtric and Circumscription Sword across the Humber and allowing the sword of St Peter to fill the gap, with the Raienalts fitting in with the Regnald of 919. He also asks IS to correct a minor error in the 1983 article.

Two letters from Stanisław Suchodolski:
(a) typescript, single page, dated from Warsaw on 18 January 1961, thanking IS for his letter but explaining that he hesitates to comment on die durability. There are neither written sources nor dies available in Poland for study. The figure of 3000-5000 widely accepted in the Polish literature is merely indicative. It may be correct for the 11th-12th centuries, when coinage in Poland was very primitive, but it is perhaps too small for later. He notes evidence to suggest that counterfeiting workshops were able to produce more than 5000 coins [per pair of dies] and finds IS's claims that a pair of dies may produce 10,000-25,000/30,000 reasonable.
(b) typescript, single page, dated from Warsaw on 8 November 1961, as cover for some offprints, which he sends, even though he doesn't know IS personally, because he understands from Professor Grierson that IS may be interested in the subject of renovatio monetae and mint technology.

Two letters from Simon Jervis to Anil Seal:
(a) typescript (photocopy), two pages on one folio (recto & verso), dated 25 June 1991, labelled "Fitzwilliam Museum Research Project", providing cover for "a two-page summary of our scheme to create a Research Assistantship within the Department of Coins and Medals to work on the Blunt Collection" (no longer associated with the letter). SJ also suggests four referees: Prof. Philip Grierson, Sir Ian Stewart, Dr D. M. Metcalf, Prof. Christopher Brooke.
(b) typescript (photocopy), two pages on two folios (recto only), dated 8 July 1991, with two attachments. The letter is labelled "Fitzwilliam Museum, Department of Coins & Medals – Research Assistant (3 years), Library Cataloguer (1 year)", and is in application for support from the Isaac Newton Trust. There are two attachments (items (c) & (d) below):
(c) typescript (photocopy), single page, undated, consisting of a list of four referees: Prof. Philip Grierson, Sir Ian Stewart, Dr D. M. Metcalf, Prof. Christopher Brooke.
(d) typescript (photocopy), three pages on three folios (recto only), undated, further details about the Department of Coins & Medals and the need for the posts.

Two letters from Simon Blunt, the first with attachment:
(a) letter from Simon Blunt, manuscript, single page, dated 3 November 1987, providing cover for the attachment and giving a little background. He says that the attachment is an extract from Christopher Blunt's "book of wishes", something that he prepared when recently in America, and that it encapsulates his views. Simon says that he transcribed a copy from his father's reading, though his father does not know about the transcription, which is attached:
(b) attachment to the above letter, entitled "Extract from Christopher Blunt's book of wishes", typescript, single page, dated 1986, in which CEB acknowledges that his coin collection makes up the bulk of his estate and ruminates on the best way(s) to dispose of the collection.
(c) letter from Simon Blunt, manuscript, a little more than one page on one folio (recto & verso), dated 11 November 1987, conveying his father's appreciation of Ian Stewart's support and his memorandum (see JCPP/Stewartby/1/1/BLUNTC/1987/1(a)) and referring to an enclosure of a document entitled "Acceptance in Lieu", which is no longer associated with the latter. He says that [his wife] Julia is bringing to London three volumes on Scottish coins that CEB wanted IS to have.

Two letters from Robin Eaglen, in manuscript, both with attachments. In the first, dated 11 January 1992 (a), RE thanks IS for his letter of 2 January and preparations for the publication of his thesis. He then relates his experience in working up a paper that he delivered at a conference on 13th-century England in Newcastle, contrasting the prompt response that he receives in his communications with IS against the more responses that he receives from academics. The attachment, in typescript, is appears to be made up of related excerpts from RE's thesis (pp. 231-234, 237, 255-256) dealing with coins from Bury struck under the moneyers Willelm, Norman, Simund and Ioan. In the second letter, dated 4 February 1992 (b), RE thanks for his correspondence on "Norman/Simund" and responds to particular points. The attachment is a draft paper on "The mint of Bury St Edmunds in the 1220s" focusing on the moneyer Norman, in two copies, unattributed, but with a note of acknowledgment to Robin Eaglen for his comments on the notes.