266 A. D. 871-900. 



of kings, whofe names are of no ufe in hiftory, but to mark the revolu- 

 tion of dark or languinary years. 



912 — Hrolf, or RoUo, after long infefting the coafts of France and the 

 adjacent countries with piratical invalions, now by a treaty with Charles 

 the Simple, king of France, eilablifned himfelf and his followers in the 

 province of Neullria, which from them has obtained the name of Nor- 

 mandy ; and he became the father of a race of dukes of Normandy, 

 whofe ducal title in the fifth generation was adorned with the fuperior 

 fplendour of that of king of England. 



900-925 — King Edward gradually recovered the dominion of the 

 country, which had been ceded to Godrun. He clofely followed the 

 example of his father Alfred in his attention to his fleet, and in reftor- 

 ing and fortifying the ruined towns, particularly in Cheihire, the Peak- 

 land of Derby, and Nottingham-fliire, which bordered on the Northum- 

 brian kingdom, then pofTeiTed by the Danes ; and he even feized and 

 fortified Manigeceafter (fuppofed Manchefter) within the limits of that 

 kingdom. 



About 930 — King Athelftan enaded, that the money fhould be the 

 fame through all his dominions, and that no money fhould be coined but 

 in towns, of which the following lifl: (hows which were then the places of 

 chief importance in the kingdom, and alfo lets us know, that the clergy 

 of the fuperior ranks fhared with the king in the prerogative of coin- 

 ing. 



Cantwarabyrig {Canterbury), to have feven coiners, viz. four for the 



king, two for the archbifhop, and one for the abbat, 

 Hrofeceaftre {Rochefter'),i\\xt.^; two for the king, and one for the bifhop. 

 Lundenbyrig [London')^ eight coiners. 

 "Winteceaftre {JVincheJler), fix. 

 Lewes, two. 



Haeftingaceaftre {Ha/lines'), one. 

 Cyfleceallre {Chlchcjler), one. 

 Hamtun {^Southampton'), two. 

 Werham {Wareham), two. 

 Eaxanceaftre {Exeter), two. 

 Sceaftfbyrig {Shaftjhury), two. 

 Other burghs, not named, one each. 



It follows of courfe, that there were artificers at every one of the 

 above towns capable of working in filver, and engraving the dies ufed 

 in coining. 



Even in the more remote kingdom of Scotland, we find at this time 

 a cafe for containing the gofpel at St. Andrews, which was covered with 

 filver, nioft probably by a native artificer, and had two Latin verfes in- 



