V. An Account of a large quantity of Coins of Edward I. and II. discovered in February 1836, at Wyke, near Leeds, in Yorkshire: forming a Sequel to Mr. Hawkins's Account of those of the same reigns found at Tutbury. By Messrs. Francis Sharpe and Daniel Henry Haigh, of Leeds: Communicated through Edward Hawkins, Esq. F.R.S., F.S.A.

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In February 1836, a person, in planting a tree at the end of his house at Wyke in the parish of Harewood, about eight miles from Leeds, struck upon an earthern vessel, containing a number of Coins of the early Edwards, &c. of which we shall, as far as lies in our power, give the particulars. The property on which they were found is held in trust for the Vicar of Leeds, and was bequeathed by the will of the late Right Honourable Lady Elizabeth Hastings. From whom, and at what time the property came into her family, we have not been able to ascertain; but by Kirby's Inquest, it appears that the Abbot of Kirkstall, to whose monastery most of the property in this neighbourhood belonged, was Lord of Wyke also. In the year 1831 the present farm-house was built upon the site of the old one, but was not continued so far as the original in length. It was in or under the plastered floor of the ancient tenement that these coins were concealed. The earthern vessel in which they were contained was, as far as we could learn, somewhat of the shape and nature of a Roman Urn; but every fragment of it had been destroyed previously to our inquiry. It had probably been cracked at the time of its secretion, or the cover was imperfect, as a great quantity of the coins were united together; many much oxidized, so as to be rendered quite friable and readily broken, not leaving even the slightest trace of the original silver; others were in a more perfect state ; but the generality were in very indifferent preservation.