Ruding, Rogers

Manuscript volume containing notes in the hand of Rogers Ruding, Vicar of Malden, [1817-1818], consisting of extracts from legislation relating to coinage, and used in Ruding's Annals of the coinage of Great Britain (Nichols, Son, and Bentley: London, 1817-19). The extracts are marked 'used' or 'not used'. Includes a list of sources.

Rogers Ruding (1751-1820) was educated at Merton College Oxford University, and gained an MA in 1775. A well known numismatist, he was also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Ruding held the living of Malden from 1793. Publications: A proposal for restoring the antient constitution of the mint, so far as relates to the expence of coinage. Together with the outline of a plan for the improvement of the money; and for increasing the difficulty of counterfeiting (London, 1799); Annals of the Coinage of Britain and its dependencies; from the earliest period to the end of the fiftieth year of the reign of his present Majesty (Nichols, Son, and Bentley: London, 1817-19).

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Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.

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Manuscript folio. Bound in cloth.

Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

The British Library, London, also holds papers relating to the Annals of the coinage of Great Britain , (Ref: Add MSS 18072-96).

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This manuscript was part of the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet (1792-1872) as MS 8871, and was bought by Herbert Somerton Foxwell at the Phillipps sale, Sotheby's, 10 Jun 1896.

University of London manuscripts relating to the Royal Mint and coinage include MSS 14, 21, 51, 62, 72, 100, 102, 108, 151, 152 and 499.

Used in Rogers Ruding Annals of the coinage of Great Britain (Nichols, Son and Bentley, London, 1817-1819).