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a portion of them, I believe, to the Rev. Canon Greenwell, 
but I do not remember what became of the others, when he 
removed from Yedingham to Jersey in 1868. 
(5.) The late Mr. Charles Monkman, of Malton, was, for 
a considerable time, an energetic collector. Some of his 
best specimens fell into the hands of the Rev. Canon 
Greenwell, and a few were obtained for the York Museum. 
After Mr. Monkman’s death, on April 13th, 1875, the 
remainder were quickly disposed of by his wife; but I am 
ignorant of their present whereabouts. 
(6.) The late Charley Hartley, of Malton, obtained many 
specimens of both flint and stone implements from the same 
collecting ground. These, about the year 1875, he sold to 
the late Mr. T. W. U. Robinson, of Houghton-le-Spring, 
near Durham, who had a large collection, gathered from 
all parts. Mr. Hartley afterwards made a second collection, 
which, after his death, on September 7th, 1883, was dis- 
posed of, and the best of these specimens were also 
bought by Mr. Robinson. 
(7.) The late Rev. James Robertson, Curate-in-charge of 
Barton-le-Street, also for several years periodically visited 
the part of the Wolds from which I obtained my collection, 
and he procured a large number of pre-historic relics. Most 
of these, I have been told, he disposed of, in 1876, to 
Mr. John Evans (now Sir John Evans), Nash Mills, Hemel 
Hampstead, and in 1877, my brother, the late Robert 
Mortimer, purchased the remaining portion of Mr. Robert- 
son’s collection for £25. 
(8.) Mr. George Edson, late of Malton, was a very 
careful and industrious collector of all kinds of specimens 
of archeological interest, both as an agent to Canon 
Greenwell, and on his own account. When leaving Malton, 
he sold his collection by auction on May 8th, 1891, and 
many choice specimens were disposed of to various pur- 
chasers, a few going to the York and Malton Museums. 
(9.) The late Thomas Allerson, of Norton, near Malton, 
was, like Mr. Edson, constantly being brought into contact 
with the farm servants and other field labourers, when on 
his business journeys in this neighbourhood, most of whom 
had then become well skilled in distinguishing the value of 
different specimens. They were also quite ready to take 
advantage of the extra prices to be obtained from the rival 
purchasers then in the market. So keen was this competi- 
tion at one time, that, to retain our hold of the market, we 
