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iJiscovery of Silver Coins at Beigliton. 



Mr. Wellbeloved drew attention to a donation from Lord 

 Wenlock, of 57 English Silver Coins, part of a hoard discovered 

 a fevvr months ago, on digging for the foundation of a new wall 

 adjoining the dwelling-house on one of his Lordship's Farms, at 

 Deighton, about four miles from York. The coins were con- 

 tained in an earthen vessel, which was broken by the pickaxe, 

 but the contents were carefully collected by the tenant and con- 

 veyed to Lord Wenlock. The hoard consisted of 348 English 

 Silver Coins, comprising 60 groats of Mary, 18 of them bear- 

 ing the legend of PHILIPPVS ET MARIA ; 24 groats of 

 Elizabeth, 55 shillings of Elizabeth, of eleven or twelve 

 different coinages ; 134 sixpences of Elizabeth, of 22 different 

 coinages, ranging from A. d. 1561 to a. d. 1602 ; 49 shillings 

 and 26 sixpences of James I. The shillings belong to the three 

 first years of his reign, the sixpences begin with the first and 

 end with the tenth year, and are of seven different coinages. 



The latest date of any coin in the hoard being A. d. 1613, 

 it is probable that these coins were deposited in the place in 

 which they were found, not long after that year : the sixpence 

 last coined appears to have been little worn by use. 



In generdl, the coins are in pretty good condition, excepting 

 the groats, which are all very much defaced. 



Mr. Wellbeloved mentioned, that the honesty of the tenant 

 has been rewarded by his noble landlord, by the present of a 

 silver cup, to which some of the Coins are attached, forming 

 appropriate ornaments. 



March 7th. Rev. J. Kenrick in the Chair. 



" TJiouglits on Antient Metallurgy and Mining in Brigantia 

 and other parts of Britain, suggested hy a page of 

 Flings Natural History ^ — By John Phillips, Esq., 

 F.R.S., G.S. 



To one who meditates on the progress of natural knowledge, 

 the difiiculty of penetrating to a true estimate of its condition 

 in past ages often appears unconquerable, except in cases which 



