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TitleOrd, Craven

Held atSenate House Library, University of London

Reference codeMS152

Datec1810

Creator
- Ord, Craven (1756-1832) antiquaryMore Info on CreatorLess Info on Creator
  Craven Ord (1756-1832) was Vice-President of the Society of Antiquaries and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He compiled a fine collection of impressions of brasses and of historical manuscripts. His Suffolk collections are in the British Museum. Publications: Description of a carving in the Church of Long Melford (London, 1794); Vain boastings of Frenchmen. The same in 1386 as in 1798. Being an account of the threatened invasion of England by the French the 10th year of King Richard II. Extracted from ancient chronicles (J. Pridden, London, 1798).

Scope and ContentManuscript volume containing a collection of notes and papers compiled by Craven Ord, [1810], relating to the coinage and offices of the Mint and Mint Assays, from the twelfth century onwards. Includes transcripts of material extracted from Thomas Madox The history and antiquities of the Exchequer of the Kings of England (London, 1711); medieval chancery rolls and early Exchequer records; an [eighteenth] century engraving of Mint officials at work, headed 'A part of the standard of weights and measures in the Exchequer, Anno 12 Henrici Septimi'; printed material including 'Copy of an Indenture made in 1469 between King Edward IV and William Lord Hastings, Master of the Mint...respecting the coinage in the Tower of London', Archaeologia, XV (1806).

Provenance: from the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet (1792-1872) as MS 9386. Bought by Herbert Somerton Foxwell at the Phillipps sale at Sotheby's, 19 Jun 1893.

Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.

Conditions governing accessAccess to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Special Collections Reading Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details. At least 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Extent1 volume containing 139 leaves

Physical descriptionManuscript quarto. Binding; 19th century calf with blind-tooled frame of chevrons surrounding concentric frame of blind-tooled double fillets followed by blind-tooled border of flourishes. Five raised bands on spine with blind-tooled double fillets on top and bottom of each band. Edge of board and interior edge of leather decorated with blind-tooled floriated design. Title of work blind-tooled on second spine compartment. Grey endpapers. Bound to 24.6 x 19.6 cm

System of ArrangementSingle item. The material is arranged under the various reigns.

Finding aidsCollection level description.

Other University of London Manuscripts relating to the Royal Mint and coinage include MSS 14, 21, 51, 62, 72, 100, 102, 108, 151, 154 and 499.

Level of descriptionfonds

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