An Account of fome Szkon :Coyns found in SufFelk ; Com- 
municated by Sir P,S. ^ S.Soc. 
IN May 1687» zt Honedon nigh Clare in Suffolk, the Sexton, 
as he was digging a Grave in the Church-yard, met with 
Some fay ^ Skull ; and near it his Spade broke a Teffow Earthen 
there was, P^/, wherein were many Silver pieces of S^^x^?» Mony, 
9iQ Pot. fome of which I have fecn, and endeavoured to read 
the Infcriptions, which are fo various, that there are fcarce two 
aHke, tho'they are generally of the fame brgnefs, i//s&. of a 
Groat, and about the fame weight. I ghefs this variety of In- 
fcriptions arifeth from the many Mafters of the Nlint who were 
appointed to coyn Mony in feveral Places, and who might each 
of them have a different Stamp : and I find this Conjefture of 
mine countenancc4.by a Paflage in K. A£*thel^qf{% J^ws, Print- 
ed by Z.^7w^^/:^. 
Cantuarm Monet arli VII SuntOy quorum quidem IV RegUy II 
PrafuU ^ac unus C£nobiarch£ defervtto. In Civitate Roffenji tres 
fnt^ Regit duo, tertiiu Eptfcopi. Londm Vllf. Vintonia VI. 
InvicoLemfioWm In vko Haflingo L Cicejlri<e\. Ham- 
ton£ 11. ExceJirUll. Werham II. SchaftshurU If. Ad 
aliud quodque oppidum Monet arius unus ejio. 
To confirm my Opinion, That the feveral Mafters of the 
Mint made different Reverfes, I have obferved great variety 
in Henry III. Coyn, viz^ 
NICOLE Os^ LVND. ; ^ 
WILLED (V LVND/ : 
WILLEM CV Cmr, Canterhury (iwxx. 
moAFUy (V GLov. 
Thefe Names being probably the Mafters of the Mint s, the 
Laws is to the Mints being not altered. 1 Hen.VL Cap. i. 
The Ring's Council might aflign Mony to be Coyned in as ma,* 
ny Places as they will ( ^ ) 
But now in France, tho' there be Mints in feveral Cities^ 
yet there is no differencain the Infcriptions, only a Letter of 
the 
