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over by the king were employed in the execution of the dies for 

 his first coinage. Several changes were then introduced into 

 the legends inscribed upon the coins, the most remarkable 

 being the omission of the name of the moneyer, that of the 

 place of mintage being retained. 



There must have been several other coinages during the sub- 

 sequent part of this reign, but the only one of which the date is 

 ascertained is that which took place in the year 1300, when 

 mints were ordered to be worked at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 

 Kingston-upon-Hull, and Exeter, places not mentioned in the 

 appointment of Tournemire in 1279.^ In the 33rd year of 

 this reign (a.d. 1305), John de Sandale, who was assay-master 

 and keeper of the exchange of England, was appointed Custos 

 Cambium of London, York, Canterbury, Bristol, Chester, New- 

 castle-upon-Tyne, Kingston-upon-Hull, and Exeter.^ 



Of the pennies of King Edward I. struck at the York mint, 

 numerous specimens are extant bearing the following inscrip- 

 tions : — 



Obv. EDW R ANGL DNS HYB 

 Rev. CIVITAS EBORACI 



Eighteen York pennies were among the immense number of 

 the coins of the first and second Edwards, found in the bed of 

 the river Dove near Tutbury in Stafibrdshire, in the year 1831. ^ 

 Fourteen were in a smaller hoard of coins of the same monarchs 

 found at Wyke in the parish of Harewood in Yorkshire, in the 

 year 1836.* The greater proportion of the York coins in both 

 hoards are assigned to the first coinage of Edward I. Several 

 others, distinguished by a star upon the breast of the sovereign, 

 are supposed to be of the coinage of the year 1300. The rest 

 most probably belong to the intermediate coinages. The York- 

 shire Philosophical Society possesses four specimens, apparently 



» Ruding, Vol. I., p. 202. 2 Ruding, Vol. I., p. 26. 



3 Remarks upon coins discovered near Tutbury in Staffordshire ; By Ed^rard 

 Hawkins Esq. Archteol., Vol. XXIV., p. 148. It is computed that this find con- 

 tained not less than 200,000 pieces of money. 



* An account of coins of Edward I. and II., discovered in February 1836, at 

 Wyke near Leeds in Yorkshire ; By Messrs. Francis Sharpo and Daniel Henry 

 Haigh. Archseol, Vol. XXVIII., p. 47. 



