lihc Alphabet, to fignific where the Mony is ftamp'd ; as J for 
Thc(Q Saxon Monies were Denarii y Ot Pennies ; for Greaves fti 
the Denarius, p. 1 1 7. fays, In Btheke^^s time it Was tiie zoth 
part of thefilver Ounce Troy, and bigger than thr^e of our pre- 
fent Pennies ; and our Goldlmiths V^ighi^y |hisJPeniiy;-w^gfi|' 
or 24 Grains. Five of the Saxon Penntes maae a Shilling, ""an J 
(as Larnhard's GlofTary fays) ih€rff!^re48 of thpfe giiilto 
made a Pound, and 240 Pennies made a PjOUJ|d> jw 
prefcnt Proportion of our Penny anfi f^i^iicl, tho' the intrmfick 
value be about three to one differetit^' .A K] > - ^ ' 
1 cannot yet meet with any (atisfaftq?y^ Rfe^oh, '#h|; ^hi^^ 
Mony fliould be thus buried ; tho' very probably it was upon 
a fuperft itious Account : I lhall only^ofjef a bare Conjefturq of 
mine; There were, they fay, betvycieniipo a!lii3ooipiec^ 
found in the Grave ; and if 240, i.e. i /. thbii the Deceafed rhighc 
order fo many to be buried with him, as a kind of ExpiatiQa 
for having privately killed a Dane of (ervile^Condition ; {pkHvi 
Ethelred\ Law there is this Penalty, Servilis conditions JDacura 
fi Anglu6 morte affecerit, integrant folvito Lihram, If more or 
lefs was found, it might anfwer another Muld enjoined by 
th^Saxcn Laws for killing or maiming fome Perfon of another 
Quality. Or the ajlimatio capitis might be laid in the Grave 
With the Perfon that was killed. 
Thofe who believe they were Peter Pence, Rome- Scot, Rome 
Feohy ot Hearth-Penny^ I think are under a Miftake; for that 
Mony was collected every Year, and carry'd out oi the Nation.^ 
ISJor it cannot be the Soul Scot mentioned in Canute's Laws, 
(but firft required by the Council or Parliament at Eanham 'm 
Et he/red's time) to be paid at the opening of the Grave, (whence 
Sir Ifef^rySpelman, DeSepultura, thinks- the Fee demanded for 
thSOfficeof Burial i$ derived ) for it isjiot likely that Fee ojq 
SouUScot ip2Lid to the Prieft did amount to die Sum found in 
this Grave; and it is more unlikely that the Prieft fliould fo 
eafily part with his Mony, by burying it, 
I lhail, as well as I can, give you the Infcriptions on thofe I 
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