Ord, Craven
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TitleOrd, Craven
Reference codeMS152
Datec1810
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).
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Extent1 volume containing 139 leaves
Physical descriptionManuscript quarto. Bound in calf.
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