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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.

• Patricia Hurford's order of service, 23rd October 2017. Cathedral and Abbey Church of Saint Alban.
• Peter Hurford's order of service, Choral Evensong and Thanksgiving for the life of Peter Hurford, 15th June 2019, St. Albans Cathedral.
• Peter Hurford's obituary published by The Guardian, 20th April 2019.

Letter from Tim Knox, in typescript, dated 24 November 2016, with attachment; in the letter, TM advises Lord Stewartby that the Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum were very pleased to receive from him one Anglo-Saxon silver sceat with bust of Christ on the obverse and bird to left on the reverse, which he purchased from Spink on 8 October 1986 and published with D. M. Metcalf in 'The bust of Christ on an early Anglo-Saxon coin', Numismatic Chronicle, vol. 167 (2007), pp. 179-182. The attachment consists in a carbon-copy "Museum Object Entry Form" recording the formal accession of the Anglo-Saxon sceat into the Museum's collection, dated 16 July 2016.

Manuscript & typescript papers of Martin Allen without accompanying correspondence

Letter from Stewart Lyon, in manuscript, dated 3 December 2015, as cover for the attachment, a short paper entitled "An ornamental non-portrait penny in the name of King Alfred", which SL expects "will appear in the 2016 BNJ". He refers to the imminent sale of IS's collection and states that he looks "forward to seeing the catalogue[s]" but adds that he is "not really in the market any longer". The short paper of the attachment is undated.

Letter from Jennifer Mullholland, typescript, single page, dated 26 February 2015, advising Lord Stewartby that proceeds due to him for the period from 1 February 2014 to 31 January 2015 are £62.11, which brings his account no. 11321 to £1023.30 in credit.

Correspondence of Jennifer Mulholland, Books Administrator at Spink, with Ian Stewart

Two letters from Martin Allen and one letter from Lord Stewartby to Martin Allen:
(a) typescript, single page, dated 19 January 2014, regarding offprints and preparations for a forthcoming volume of the BNJ.
(b) typescript, single page, dated 4 October 2014, thanking Lord Stewartby for an article on the coinage of Robert II and agreeing in principle that it be published in volume 85 of the Journal (for 2015), subject to peer review.
(c) copy of a letter from Lord Stewartby to Martin Allen, manuscript, single page, dated 3 November 2014, providing notes to accompany his Robert II text and asking for the return of some illustrations.

Correspondence of Philip Skingley, Associate Director of Spink, with Ian Stewart

Two letters from Philip Skingley, both typescript, single page, labelled "Royalty Statement":
(a) dated 20 February 2013, listing proceeds due to Lord Stewartby in royalties on sales of the hardback and paperback editions of his book English Coins 1180-1551, as follows:
01/02/2009 – 31/01/2010 : £750.05
01/02/2010 – 31/01/2011 : £249.95
01/02/2011 – 31/01/2012 : £185.58
01/02/2012 – 31/01/2013 : £52.04
Total : £1237.62
PS advises that the amount has been credited to his account.
(b) dated 27 February 2014, listing proceeds due to Lord Stewartby in royalties on sales of the hardback and paperback editions of his book English Coins 1180-1551, as follows:
01/02/2013 – 31/01/2014 : £53.56
PS advises that the amount has been credited to his account.

Letter from Tim Knox, in typescript, dated 29 July 2013, thanking Lord Stewartby for his support of the Appeal in memory of Mark Blackburn the previous year and informing him of the decision taken to use the funds to offer an annual one-month scholarship in Mark Blackburn's name in Anglo-Saxon/Viking coinage.

Three letters from Hugh Pagan:
(a) typescript, single page, dated 15 January 2012, informing IS of his plans to resume working on "the coins of the 'southern two-line type' [...] struck during the reigns of Eadmund, Eadred, Eadwig and Eadgar". For this, he asks IS if he would allow him to borrow the cards for the relevant coins from CEB's card file.
(b) typescript, two pages on two folios (recto only), dated 30 January 2012, thanking IS for permission to borrow CEB's index cards, which he will be to retrieve from Baldwin's in March. There follow suggestions on how best to dispose of CEB's volumes of NC and an "ex-General Fox set of auction catalogues", the latter of which could be worth as much as £25,000 and not less than £20,000. He says that the Fitzwilliam [Museum] may be have an interest in the catalogues but in addition to budgetary constraints, there will be a problem with duplication and in any case "with Mark [Blackburn]'s death the moment for a transaction of this nature may have passed" but it may be worth pursuing once the new keeper is in place. Another possibility would be the Berlin Coin Cabinet, which the Fox collection of Greek coins.
(c) typescript, single page, dated 26 September 2012, noting that he has only just become of a volume of the Correspondence of Dr William Hunter, 1740-1783, which contains a long letter of October 1770 from his brother-in-law, Rev. James Baillie, saying that he is sending him 57 coins, "evidently predominantly Scots". HEP reproduces an excerpt from the letter showing that the "Roberts and Davids" were found last Spring five miles above Hamilton up the Clyde in a small earthen pot with "a great many small coins of Edward III of England" and that "the two gold coins [...] were found this Summer in a small earthen pot in a kail yard at Biggar" in the south of the County. HEP supposes that Hunter obtained a parcel from the Brownlee hoard.

Correspondence of Simon Blunt with his sisters Anne Caroline Morrison (née Blunt) and Judith Elisabeth Mustoe (née Blunt)

Letter from Simon Blunt to his sisters Anne Caroline Morrison (née Blunt) and Judith Elisabeth Mustoe (née Blunt), typescript, single page, dated 18 June 2012, noting that Ian Stewartby had been to the house and spent three days looking through the library, fulfilling a promise that he had made to Christopher Blunt to assume responsibility for the library. On his recommendation, two additional volumes were given to the Fitzwilliam Museum. He further recommended that the rest be sold before demand for books dwindled any more than it already had, due to the availability of so much material on-line. Lord Stewartby also put the family in touch with prominent numismatic book dealer Douglas Saville. SWB says that Douglas Saville spoke highly of CEB, describing him as "the perfect English gentleman", and he encloses a copy of a letter just received from him. Douglas Saville spent a day in the library looking through. SWB suggests that any money received from the sale be divided between the three of them. In the lower margin, beneath the signature, it is indicated that the letter was CC-ed to Ian Stewartby. There is also the manuscript note: "Ian, Thank you so much. I do like Douglas".

Correspondence from Douglas Saville to Simon Blunt

Letter from Douglas Saville to Simon Blunt, typescript, single page, dated 15 June 2012, thanking SWB for inviting him to look through the numismatic books of Christopher Blunt. He offers £18,000 for all the numismatic books in the "main library", amounting to "probably rather less than 20% of what is currently of the shelves there", plus a few others stored elsewhere. If the offer is acceptable, he proposes to pack and collect the books at a mutually agreed time and to deliver payment by cheque at that time, adding that he will be happy to augment the offer if he were to find anything of particular significance that had thus far escaped his notice.

Two MS letters from Gwyneth Ashby, offering material (PP/Picken/4/1/SMITHA, PP/PICKEN/4/1/SMITHM, PP/Picken/6/1-3) to the College archive from Anthea Smith's papers.

Biographical information and miscellaneous materials on and/or relating to Ian Stewart's closest numismatic colleagues

Two letters from Martin Allen with attachments:
(a) typescript, single page, dated 15 August 2011, in two original versions, concerning arrangements for the subscription for the portrait medal for Mark Blackburn.
(b) typescript, single page, dated 12 October 2011, concerning plans for a volume of essays in memory of Mark Blackburn, to be edited by Martin Allen, Rory Naismith and Elina Screen.
There are three attachments:
(c) information leaflet, two pages on two folios, undated, entitled "A Medal for Mark Blackburn" (in two copies, one with each version of letter (a), providing details about the medal and the artists that collaborated in its design and production, Ian Rank-Broadley and Lisa Cardozo Kindersley.
(d) obituary for Mark Blackburn, The Times, 30 September 2011, p. 64.
(e) Money & Medals: Newsletter for Numismatics in Britain, no. 54, December 2011, with obituary for Mark Blackburn and, appropriately, a focus on coin hoards, featuring the 2010 'Near Selby' (Yorkshire) hoard of some 300 Roman denarii; the Brussels hoard of 1908, which consisted of nearly 150,000 English and Continental Medieval coins; and the 2007 Hackney hoard of 80 US gold $20 double eagles dated from 1854 to 1913.

Letter from Hugh Pagan, in typescript, single page, dated 21 September 2011, informing IS of a discovery that he made from a genealogical table published in the Antquities Journal, vol. 91 (2011), p. 296. The discovery concerns William Allen and how he came to have a parcel from the Shillington hoard. According to HEP, William Allen was the son Phebe Lucas, who was herself daughter of William Lucas, of Hitchin, apparently head of the Lucas family that owned land at Shillington.

Correspondence of Penny Collins with Lord Stewartby

Letter from Penny Collins, typescript, dated 22 June 2011, asking Lord Stewartby to prepare a short citation for Dr Mark Blackburn, winner of the Derek Allen Prize, for the British Academy Awards Ceremony on 6 October 2011, to be returned using an enclosed form by 5 September 2011. The attachment consists in a short paragraph, in typescript, single page, undated, anonymous, presumably written by Lord Stewartby, that briefly summarises Mark Blackburn's career as a numismatist.

Correspondence of Mark Blackburn with Robin Jackson

Photocopy of a letter from Mark Blackburn to Robin Jackson, British Academy, typescript, single page, dated 29 April 2011, in response to receiving news that he had been awarded the Derek Allen Prize for Numismatics.

Correspondence of David W. Dykes with Ian Stewart

Letter from David Dykes, typescript, single page, dated 11 February 2011, concerning the Blunt Prize of the BNJ. He notes that the President of the BNS asked him to put together a panel to consider suggestions for the Prize, adding that Martin Allen and Graham Dyer have already agreed to join him in the exercise. He asks IS whether he has any candidate in mind and, if so, to provide a brief statement in support. He states that a copy of the Prize regulations is attached (though it is no longer with the letter) and lists previous recipients of the aware. In a postscript, in manuscript in the lower margin, DWD congratulates IS on his achievement with his book English Coins.

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."

The Bronowski Collection contains papers, photographs, audio recordings and films, mainly originating from work carried out by Bronowski after he moved to La Jolla, California, in 1964. Most series are from Bronowski's office at the Salk Institute and were organised by his secretaries. Earlier material can be found in Bronowski 1 "Old Files".

Consists mainly of open reel audio tapes of Bronowski's lectures and radio broadcasts.

Letter from Peter Sarris, in typescript, single page, dated 6 December 2010, with attachment; in the letter, PAVS requests permission to publish a photographic reproduction of the Anglo-Saxon coin "seeming to bear an image of Christ", which IS had published with D. M. Metcalf in the Numismatic Chronicle, noting that he wishes to use it as a counterpoint to an image of a Byzantine gold solidus of Justinian II. The letter makes no reference to any enclosure, but there is associated with the letter an excerpt from a numismatic sales catalogue showing an image of a Byzantine gold solidus of Justinian II (CNG 70, 21 September 2005, lot 1117).

Letter from Philip Skingley, manuscript, one page, undated but, based on context, from very early in the new year, with three attachments. PS wishes IS a Happy New Year and encloses a copy of a letter from Brad Shepherd and an article that he has submitted for publication in the Numismatic Circular. The letter and article draw attention to an erroneous attribution of Lord Stewartby in his book on English coins. PS asks for IS's advice about the proposed article, asking whether the author, Brad Shepherd, has a point.
The three attachments are as follows:
(a) Photocopy of a letter from Brad Shepherd to Philip Skingley, typescript, single page, dated 21 December 2009, recounting that he recently acquired "the new 'English Coins' volume by Lord Stewartby" and noting that the "rose" mint-mark commonly associated with a unique farthing of Henry VIII from his second coinage is not a rose at all but a lis. BS says that he is the owner of the coin, having acquired it from DNW [i.e. Dix, Noonan and Webb] several years earlier; he also states that his attribution is confirmed in an article by Tim Webb Ware from the 1980s and through correspondence with Paul Withers. Accordingly, there are no Henry VII second coinage farthings with a rose mint-mark.
(b) Draft paper, typescript with illustrations, two pages on two folios (recto only), undated, entitled "Misattribution of the Henry VIII 'rose' mintmark farthing", by B. Shepherd. The paper argues that the mint-mark of the rose reputedly on the second coinage farthing of Henry VIII from the Tower mint is not a rose but a lis. The mark on this unique coin resembles that on other Henry VIII farthings, where it is clearly distinguishable as a lis.
(c) Published version of the same paper of B. Shepherd, entitled "Misattribution of the Henry VIII 'rose' mintmark farthing", excerpted from the Numismatic Circular, May 2010, p. 73.

Letter in which MA notes that he has been working a chapter on the period from 1158 to 1278. He also states that Lord Stewartby's book made him aware of the potential use of "the Fox file on Long Cross mints and moneyers" and asks Lord Stewartby about the possibility of seeing it. Finally, MA describes some results of his recent research on two new mint accounts that may be of interest to Lord Stewartby, one of the Bury St Edmund moneyer John de Rissebroth for 1250 and the other of Calais for 1442.

Letter from Chris Howgego, in typescript, congratulating IS on the publication of his book on English Coins 1180-1551 and thanking him for sending a complimentary copy.

Personal papers about Peter Hurford as organ scholar at Jesus College.
Contains:

• Notebook with record of organ music performed at Chapel Services from 1950 to 1954.
• Letter from the Dean of Jesus College, Reverend P. Gardner-Smith to appoint Peter Hurford as organist and choir director for the college (28th February 1956).
• Letter from R. Y. Jennings supporting the Dean's letter.
• Typewritten page on "The commandments for choristers".
• Typewritten page on terms for "The Chapel Choir".
• Picture of portrait of Dr Frederick Brittain (Fellow of Jesus College), with a comment on the back about the appointment of the Hurfords at Jesus College in January 1958.
• Letter from Dr F. Brittain to Peter Hurford (Christmas 1963, New Year 1964).
• Letter from the Bursar of Jesus College regarding a memorandum on the organ (22nd September 1967).
• Typewritten copy of the memorandum about the conditions of the organ (7th September 1967).
• Letter from Peter Hurford to the Master of Jesus College Prof. Robert Mair in reply to the Master's letter (13th November 2006).
• Letter from the Master of Jesus College, Prof. Robert Mair, informing that the Society of Jesus College elected Hurford into an Honorary Fellowship (10th November 2006).
• Printed e-mail from Daniel Hyde, Director of Chapel Music at Jesus College, regarding a series of concerts at the College Chapel (6th May 2008).
• Letter from the Master of Jesus College Prof. Robert Mair in response to Peter Hurford's letter (12th February 2009).
• Letter from Peter Hurford to the Master of Jesus College Prof. Robert Mair declining an invitation to attend the Benefactor's dinner (6th February, 2009).

Letter from Philip Skingley, typescript, one page, dated 21 August 2007, with one attachment and three other related items. The letter is cover for the draft agreement concerning IS's work on English Coinage 1180-1551. PS describes it as a standard agreement, in draft, and invites IS to raise any issues he may have with it.
(a) attachment of draft agreement, four pages on four folios (recto only), same date, with IS's annotations and corrections in pencil.
(b) related item, invoice to Lord Stewartby, from Spink, dated 8 December 2009, for the purchase of his book
(c) list entitled "Complimentary copies of English Coins", typescript, one page, undated, with annotations.
(d) another copy of the same list, with differing annotations.

Photocopy of letter from Stewart Lyon to Simon Keynes, in typescript, single page, dated from Ardraeth on 11 September 2009, with one attachment. In the letter, SL informs SK that he has received from Martin Allen photos of a "fascinating penny ... found very recently near Chichester ... of Eadred with floral reverse based on one of Edward the Elder's special types. He describes the coin as "broken in three pieces" but notes that it is the first such recorded penny, nevertheless adding that "a round halfpenny by a moneyer Hildulf, probably of this type, is known (BMS 685)". He says that "The moneyer of the new floral coin, Eadweard, is known for two pence of Edmund", and he puts forward evidence for identifying the mint as Shrewsbury. The previously unrecorded coin is unusual in that it gives the king's title as REX SAXONUM instead of REX ANGLOR~. He therefore asks why moneyers working in a town such as Shrewsbury "would changed Eadred's title from (or to) Rex Anglorum to (or from) Rex Saxonum. The letter refers to enclosure of an enlarged photo. The attachment consists in a green post-it note that was affixed to the photocopied letter; the note is in manuscript, dated 11 September [2009], addressed to Ian [Stewart], asks for his views on the letter's contents and refers to an enclosed photo, though no photo remains associated with the letter.

Letters from Stewart Lyon, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ardraeth on 6 September 2009, recounting his recent visit with Robert Graham and summarising very briefly his collection, as follows: "Edward III (lots), Richard II (some), Henry IV (hardly any), Henry V (some), Henry IV (fair amount), Edward IV (loads), Richard III (a few, including a halfpenny from very worn dies if Edward IV, but with fresh pellets for the eyes)". Stewart Lyon describes Mr Graham's farm as occupying "high ground in the back of beyond, about ten miles north of Hereford" and "hard to find". He writes that the part of the house that he saw was "like a relic of a bygone era, with very basic and mostly damaged wooden furniture", adding that [his wife] Elizabeth "wouldn't go in". He describes Mr Graham himself "as an oddball", which he says is consistent with the impression from locals of whom he was asking directions, but he notes that Mr Graham is a collector of considerable interest. He finishes with a brief mention of the recently concluded Glasgow Congress, and in a postscript, he asks if there is any news on IS's [stolen] Scottish coins.

Letter from Robin Davis, in typescript, one page, dated 22 June 2009, thanking IS for sending a copy of his book and describing it as "absolutely magnificent".