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

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

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

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

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

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

Three letters from Bill Seaby, the second with an attachment:
(a) letter, in typescript, single page, dated 1 May 1968, thanking IS for his "offer to donate the Flemish counterfeit of the Irish long-cross penny and noting that he has not yet been able to identify another one of which IS sent a sketch and inscription, no longer with the letter. He says that he is prepared to purchase "the Irish one" for 140 francs.
(b) letter, in typescript, two pages on two folios (recto only), with manuscript notes in the hand of IS occupying the bottom third of the second page, dated 27 May 1968, referring to an enclosure (see below) in which he lays out arguments for claiming "that a proportion amounting to about 322 genuine Irish coins (possibly more) and some triangle forgeries escaped from the Brussels hoard, possibly in the early years after discovery, but more likely to fill empty trays at Baldwin's. To complete his arguments, he asks IS about the Scottish group and whether the 1750 coins recorded in the Numismatic Chronicle (1958) remain intact. WAS also wonders about the "local forgeries, continental imitations and 'obsolete' specimens in the Scottish series", noting that "The three main classes of forgery from Brussels (and elsewhere) [were] English obv./Irish rev., Irish rev./English obv., and badly blundered Irish imitations", and he asks IS whether he has noted "any such groups for Alexander III". WAS mentions that Christopher Blunt sent him "the Earle Fox notebooks with Pipe Roll entries setting out the actual long-cross amounts" for London, Canterbury and Dublin and extrapolates from them figures for other mints and considers their implications for his research. In closing, he thanks IS for helping him to obtain "two good continental 'triangles', one as a gift and one a purchase".
(c) typescript, two pages on two folios (recto only), dated May 1968, entitled "Henry III: English and Irish long-cross coinage recorded and now extant (all sums include cut halfpennies and farthings as penny units)", as referred to in the letter of 27 May (see above), laying out arguments for supposing that some coins were removed from the Brussels hoard before being recorded.
(d) letter, in typescript, two pages on two folios (recto only), dated 24 June 1968, expressing interest in learning from IS first that "a number of parcels from the Scotch portion of Brussels [were] selected by certain of the earlier numismatists, because this suggests "that there was no real attempt" to keep the coins of the smaller kingdoms intact, and second that IS has not been able to trace any contemporary forgeries in the Scottish group, because it seems very odd "that the Flemings and other makers of 'esterlin' could have been so discriminating. He describes again the main groups of Irish counterfeits, now in greater detail than in the letter of 27 May, and advises the he is intending to write up the Brussels counterfeits with Michael [Dolley] for the memorial volume to Albert Baldwin.

Three Leture Recitals by Peter Hurford. All works are by J. S. Bach. 19th, 20th and 21st of October. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kresge Auditorium.

Programme 1 (19th October):

• Sonata II in C minor, BWV 526
• Concerto IV in C, BWV 595
• From the 'Orgelbuchlein': 'Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes Sohn' BWV 601, 'Gottes Sohn ist kommen' BWV 600, 'Der Tag, der ist so Freudenrich' BWV 605
• Concerto VI in E flat, BWV 597
• From the 'Orgelbuchlein': 'Von Himmel kam der Engel Schaar' BWV 607, 'Puer natus in Bethlehem' BWV 603, 'Christum wir sollen loben schon' BWV 611, 'In dulci jubilo' BWV 608
• Sonata VI in G, BWV 530
• Concerto V in D minor, BWV 596

Programme 2 (20th October):

• Sonata V in C, BWV 529
• Concerto I in G, BWV 592
• From the 'Orgelbuchlein': 'Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin' BWV 616, 'Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf' BWV 617, 'Hilf Gott, dass mir's gelinge' BWV 624, 'Heut triumphiret Gottes Sohn' BWV 630, 'Komm, Gott Schopfer, heiliger Geist' BWV 631
• Sonata IV in E minor, BWV 528
• Concerto II in A minor, BWV 593

Programme 3 (21st October):

• Sonata I in E flat, BWV 525
• From the 'Orgelbuchlein': 'Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend' BWV 632, 'Vater unser in Himmelreich' BWV 636, 'Dies sind die heil' gen zehn Gebot' BWV 635, 'Ach wie nichtig, ach wie fluchtig' BWV 644
• Sonata III in D minor, BWV 527
• Concerto III in C, BWV 594
• Prelude and Fugue in E flat, BWV 552

Handwritten manuscripts of three lectures as part of "Three lecture recitals" given by Peter Hurford at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the 19th, 20th and 21st of October.

Consists of an annotated typescript by Karl Popper, sent to Bronowski by the author.

"Three Idols of Empiricism" was also the title given to Popper's talk at the University of San Diego (1 Feb 1967).

Three cards, in manuscript, and two letters, in typescript:
(a) card, dated 12 April 1980, about the casts of an unusual coin with the legend DИHИVVDOVꙄNH ΛVC.
(b) letter, dated 17 November 1980 from Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), thanking IS for his letter and birthday wishes and noting that he had not heard about the St Peter die; PG mentions the US elections but complains that the students lost interest in the returns once Carter had conceded; he is pleased at the progress of IS on Dark Age Coins and English Coins I, and he says that he will be interested in IS's comments on his drafts on some mints in the kingdom of Arles and on another draft on the florin; he concludes with discussion of the weather.
(c) letter, dated 6 June 1981, expressing his concerns about renovationes and why they begin; he wonders whether the Anglo-Saxon might have introduced the practice as a result of dies falling into the wrong hands, as happened in Sardinia in 1355.
(d) card, dated 11 June 1981, in which PG expresses his delight at IS's imminent election to the [British] Academy.
(e) card, dated 17 February 1982, thanking IS for letting him know of a Harthacnut [coin] that differs in type from the one in his collection and noting that his calendar is full until his departure for Dumbarton Oaks.

One card and five letters from Philip Grierson:
(a) manuscript card dated 18 February 1962, in which PG expresses sorrow that IS is "laid up" so that he did not see him the previous evening; he has some draft material to pass along to him and wishes to know whether IS will attend the "Royal" on Wednesday so that he may do so then. There is an annotation in pencil on the recto.
(b) manuscript letter on Club de la Fondation Universitaire letterhead (Bruxelles) dated 4 avril 1962, in which PG thanks IS for leaving the MS for him along with the notes and comments. He writes that his lecturing obligations leave him little free time, but he admits to expending much of what he has on pleasure reading and museum visits. He then discusses Chapter 1, which he says is not shaping up very well. PG mentions his plans to return to Cambridge on 18 April and apologises for missing two papers because of an appalling cold.
(c) manuscript card dated 2 July 1962, in which PG passes along to IS the address of a Russian scholar (Golenko).
(d) typescript letter dated 17 August and sent from Dumbarton Oaks, in which PG agrees to set aside Chapter 15 for later and states that he followed IS's advice and "began something general on Byzantine numismatics". The is some annotation about the "Hoard lit." on the verso.
(e) manuscript card dated 25 October 1962, PG enthuses about his "most interesting acquisition for a long time": an imitation gigliato struck under the Turkish emirs of Aydin at Ephesus in Asia Minor in the fourteenth century. PG gives a transcription of the legend: +MONETA:QUE:FIT:IN:ThEOLOGOS; +:DE:MANDATO:DNI:EIUS:DE:LOCI.
(f) a typescript letter of 13 November 1962, in which PG thanks IS for the paper on die output and states that he has been unproductive since returning from Dumbarton Oaks but has now started to revise his presidential address, which he expects Michael [Metcalf?] is busy refuting. Grierson discusses his own work on sovereigns as well as Winstanley's and Blunt's interest in the same. PG mentions that "The Age of the Vikings looks superficially very good", passes along the address of a Polish scholar (Tabaczynski) to IS, makes a reference to [Michael] Metcalf and looks forward to their next meetings.
(g) typescript letter 29 December 1962, in which PG states that he has been working on weights, received some nice coins from sales in Switzerland and Italy, and has just received the Huntington medal from the ANS.

Three brief "post-it" notes from Philip Grierson with three attachments:
(a) manuscript, dated 8 December 1991, serving in the place of a cover letter for an eight-page attachment of PG's forward to Lucia Travaini's book "Storia di una passione: Vittorio Emanuele III e le monete" (Salerno 1991) and sending IS "good wishes for Xmas and 1992".
(b) manuscript, dated 9 April 1994, serving in the place of a cover letter for a six-page attachment of PG's summary of "The Dumbarton Oaks Coin Collection", International Numismatic Commission, Compte rendu, vol. 40 (1993), pp. 55-60.
(c) manuscript, dated 17 December 1997, serving in the place of a cover letter for a single-page typescript of Lucia Travaini containing the rudiments of an article on a hoard of English pennies found at Pontremoli in Italy around 1822.

Contains captions for display

Consists of a limited edition publication, signed by Laura Riding with covers by Len Lye. Printed by the Seizin Press in Deyá [Deia], Majorca.

This copy was made for Bronowski (Laura Riding had written "J Bronowski's copy" above her signature).

With an envelope listing the articles.

Consists of a photocopy from Nature (journal) with an envelope listing the article.

Consists of a copy of a letter (in German) from Albert Einstein to Dr Erwin Schrödinger (Institute for Advanced Study, Dublin, Ireland) recommending Dr Robert Thornton, with a translation into English.

Consists of draft pages of a planned Anthology of Experiments in Physics by Bronowski and Roger Partington.

Consists of draft pages of a planned Anthology of Experiments in Physics by Bronowski and Roger Partington.

File divider was annotated "Note: Item 38 (Davisson & Germer) not to be included".

Consists of notes by Sylvia [Fitzgerald/Hodgson] on phone calls from Mr Gillard.

Photographs from the portraits in the possession of the 11th Baron at Birdsall House, Malton, Yorkshire. The 4th Baron's dates appear to be (1728-81).

Photographic reproduction of the portrait in Jesus College.

Contains biographical information and copy of Redman family tree

Contains letters from Thomas Oakey (1852-1935) to FB after his retirement from the Chair of Italian; three photographs of Thomas Oakey; and a handwritten copy of the obituary of Thomas Oakey published in 'The Cambridge Review', 17th May 1935.

Includes photocopy of will, photograph of memorial tablet in Nottinghamshire and extract from 'The continuation of the History of the Willoughby Family', by A. C. Wood (ed.), 1958, which mention Man.

Includes copies of paper invitations to a celebration of the centenary of the death of T. R. Malthus organised by the Faculty of Economics and Politics in Cambridge University with Professor Pigou taking the chair, attendees to dine in the College Hall later in the day, 2nd March 1935; Copy of inscription of memorial tablet in Bath Abbey, c. 1980; Copies of correspondence relating to the acquisition of Malthus' Archives by Kanto-Gakuen Univesity in Japan and a copy of the Maggs catalogue decsription for the papers, c. 1990; Catalogue entry for the 'second to last' letter sent by Malthus from an unidentified auction or book sellers' catalogue, c. 2005;

Comprises correspondence with Captain Thomas R Mackie (United States Navy, retired) relating to his experiences of having low blood pressure whilst being operated on for a hernia, which he believed led to him having brain seizures and cancer. Correspondence also relates to Mackie's suspicions that his food was being drugged at his care home, and that this was causing further seizures.

Includes copies of letters that Mackie sent to others, including Senator Edward Kennedy, press cuttings regarding Cancer research in the United States, and a letter from Mackie's friend (Captain W H Hazzard, United States Navy, retired) thanking Bronowski for his consideration.

Includes photograph on glass of Lillistone, c. 1880;

Article from the Cambridge Evening News relating to acquisition of a miscellany volume by the University Library containing a poem by Thomas Legge.

Engraving from the portrait by William Hogarth.

Etching by Emery Walker , with photograph of the painting loose in the book.

Wood engraving; Goodrich was a Fellow of the college from 1510 and d. 1554.

Includes painted photograph of Gaskin and his wife Maria Orton. Gaskin was a Fellow of Jesus from 1832 to 1842.

Tracts by Aquinas, Bonaventura and others; M. R. James's no. 54. There is a early title - Breviloquium de virtutibus antiquorum principum ac philosophorum 2o fo. Quod habebat - and a contents table at f. 2v. Contents: 1) Tractatus de ente et essencia [by Thomas Aquinas]; 2) Breviloquium de virtutibus antiquorum principum et philosophorum [by Bonaventura]; 3) Diversa themata predicatoribus proficua (a collection of 23 sermons with Exempla, Applicationes, etc.); 4) Moralitates super ysaiam prophetam; 5) Libri 19 de animalibus et eorum proprietatibus moribus hominum applicatis; 6) Declamaciones senece et aliorum philosophorum dicta moralizata, under the headings: "De redemptione generis humane" and "De misericordia dei ad nos"; 7) De 7 mortalibus (peccatis et) eorum effectibus et incomodis; 8) Sermones quidam; 9) De quinque septenis in sacra scriptura inventis; 10) De 7 mortalibus peccatis ut supra [repetition of text (7) in another hand]; 11) Alie notule morales cum aliis, with notes; 12) six (?) sermons in a bad hand.

Steel engraving from the portrait in Jesus College, Cambridge.

Lithograph.

Reproduction from a portrait of Cranmer in the British Museum.

Includes catalogue 'Cranmer - Primate of all England' for exhibition held at the British Library in 1990 which included loans of items from Jesus College; Exhibition guide and review of exhibit held in the Churchill Memorail at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, 1990; Notes on the memorial tablet to Cranmer in the College, 2002;

Copies of letters, photographs and choir manual relating to Scott's time as a choirboy at the College, owned by his great-granddaughter Angela Earland.

£0 19s 9d for work in servants hall etc.

Thirteenth International Organ Festival. St. Albans, England. President: Peter Hurford.
Programme:
Saturday July 6th: Choral Evensong (full choir). Demonstration of the small organs concert. Messa da Requiem [sic] (Verdi) by St Albans Bach Choir, Fayrfax Consort, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Walter Weller. Opening night at the club: The Stackyard Stompers.
Sunday July 7th: Opening service. Children's Prom: Richard Baker, Raymond Daveluy, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth. Bach Corner: A short recital by Andrew Parnell. Choral Evensong (full choir). Interpretation competition eliminations. An evening of Victorian pleasure.
Monday July 8th: Interpretation competition eliminations. Organ recital: Bach at Arnstadt, Marek Wolak. Interpretation competition eliminations. Lecture: The barrel organ, Robert Minney. Choral Evensong (choristers only). Peter Hurford plays Bach. Cabaret: Instant Sunshine.
Tuesday July 9th: Tournemire prize eliminations. Organ Recital: Bach at Mülhausen, Laszlo Revesz. Lecture: Australian organ building, Douglas Lawrence. Evensong (said). Concert: The Academy of Ancient Music directed by Christopher Hogwood with Patrizia Kwella. An evening with 'Sawdust'.
Wednesday July 10th: Organ recital, Ferdinand Klinda. Demonstration of the small organs. Organ recital: Bach at Weimar, Andrew Parnell. Lecture: Klaus Furtwängler. Evensong (said). Three choirs concert. The progress of love.
Thursday July 11th: Masterclass: The art of improvisation, Josef Bucher. Organ Recital: Bach at Cöthen, Neil Kelley and Alastair Miles. Members' garden party. Evensong (said). Interpretation competition finals. Hatfield Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Howard Burrell. Serenade: The Belgrade Strings.
Friday July 12th: Tournemire prize finals. Organ recital: Bach at Leipzig, Imrich Szabo. Visit to Mander's workshop. Choral Evensong (choristers only). Concert: Aquarius, conducted by Nicholas Cleobury, Timothy West. The Fayrfax Consort, directed by David Ireson.
Saturday July 13th: Demonstration of the small organs. First prizewinner's recital. Choral Evensong (full choir). Gala concert: The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley, Gillian Weir. Gala party.

Third International Organ Festival. St. Albans, England. Chairman: Peter Hurford.
Programme:
Tuesday June 29th: Eliminations. Choral Evensong. Music for organ and brass.
Wednesday June 30th: Eliminations. Alain on French organ music. Evensong (plain). Master Class (Kee). Improvisation Finals.
Thursday July 1st: Eliminations. Lecture on Registration. Choral Evensong. Heiller on Hindemith. Organ playing finals.
Friday July 2nd: Forum (for competitors and judges only). Prize winners' recital. Charles Spinks on Improvisation. Recital by Marie-Claire Alain.
Saturday July 3rd: Hurford on Building an organ. Recital by Piet Kee and Ralph Downes. Choral Evensong. Open concert.

Plan of third floor showing location of electricity cables and plugs

View of the plane tree in the Fellows Garden