Anniversary Address. 19 



Each Coin not being particularized, it is not open to the 

 Members to discover the numbers in each king's reign — 

 indeed, that would be difficult in any case, for the coins of 

 these 3 Edwards are very like each other. It is laid down as 

 a rule, by numismatics (2 Ruding 305) that they are known 

 thus : — 



Edward the 1st, by his name on the Coin being Edw. 



Edward the 2nd, by his name being Edwa. and Edwar. 



Edward the 3rd, by his name being Edwardus. 



I cannot tell who G. Dominis de Line can be ; but, as the 

 Coin has the King's Arms, the Cross and Pellets, I am in- 

 clined to think it may be Qermyn Linch. He was master 

 of the mint in Ireland, 39 Hen. 6th — also in the time of 

 Edward 4th and 5th, and Richard 3rd. He was also in his 

 latter days master of the mint at London. 



In this case the deposit, by the careful soul who placed 

 them where they were found, after a lapse of some centuries, 

 must have been later than what is suggested by Mr. Hardy. 



The President produced a drawing of a tablet of lead, found 

 at the monastery of Holy Island, in 1856, on the outside of 

 the east window. It was discovered during excavations. The 

 original Tablet is now deposited in the Museum of the Anti- 

 quarian Society of Newcastle : — 





1 ANNO : M : CC : XV : TRANS : i e | 



1 LATI : SVNT : ISTI : III : M => I : | s | 



1 SILVESTER : ROBT : HELIA ? \ \ 



1 AB: ORTO: MONOCHOZ: IN:HC: LOCV | '>" | 





Translation : 

 In the year 1215, were translated these 

 three monks Silvester, Robert, Helias, 

 from the orchard (or garden) of the 

 Monks, into this place. 

 This piece of lead is Hi inches long, 31 inches broad, less 

 than l-8th, and rather more than l-16th of an inch thick. 

 Weight, 1ft). 4ioz. 



Why these Monks were buried in the garden, and then 

 transferred to consecrated ground, I cannot imagine ; unless 



