COUNCIL FOR 1847. 
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“ restored to York/’ and is now deposited in the Hospitium of 
St. Mary’s Abbey, under the guardianship of this Society, 
amongst other similar valuable relics of Roman York. 
The cabinet of Coins has received an interesting addition 
by a donation from Lord Wenlock, consisting of 57 pieces, a por¬ 
tion of a hoard of groats of Philip and Mary, and Elizabeth, and 
of shillings and sixpences of Elizabeth, and James I. The 
hoard was discovered in a farm at Deighton, on his Lordship’s 
estate, and immediately conveyed to him by his tenant. 
Early in the spring of last year, a large hoard of Northum¬ 
brian Stycas was accidentally discovered in a field on the banks 
of the Wharfe, in the parish of Bolton Percy. Having been 
secretly dispersed, it has not been found possible to ascertain the 
number of coins which it contained; but it is probable that it 
amounted to between seven and eight thousand, more than three 
thousand of which have, partly by donation, but chiefly by 
purchase, come into possession of the Society, forming an im¬ 
portant addition to those previously obtained by the discovery at 
York. The hoard of Bolton Percy is the fifth that has been 
discovered, all in the north of England, and during the present 
century.* This peculiar coinage is now engaging the attention of 
numismatists; and the Curator of Antiquities believes that no 
cabinet in any Museum contains so large and interesting a col¬ 
lection of Stycas, as that belonging to this Society. 
The Subscription entered into in 1846 for fitting up the 
Hospitium of St. Mary’s Abbey for the reception of the 
general collection of Antiquities, though falling short of the 
expected amount, has enabled the Council to complete the res¬ 
toration of the upper room, and to fit it up, by the adaptation of 
cases already in the Society’s possession, for the reception of the 
smaller objects requiring such protection. The lower story has 
for some years been occupied by the sculptured fragments of 
* The first occurred in 1808, in the parish of Kirk Oswald, in Cumberland. In 
1813, a few Stycas of Ecgfrid were found in the chapel-yard of Heworth, in the 
county of Durham; in 1832, about 8000 Stycas were discovered in the church-yard 
of Hexham; and in 1842 a hoard of nearly the same number was turned up in 
St. Leonard’s Place, York. 
