Letter from Robert Lemon
Reference code
SAL/01/02/40/07
Title
Letter from Robert Lemon
Date
1848
Level of description
item
Scope and content
Relating to the exhibition of a piece of oak with an arrowhead lodged in it, said to be the tree and one of the arrows from the story of St. Edmund. The original cover letters presented with the object itself on 13th Nov 1848 are also included.
Mentioned in the minutes for 30th Nov 1848: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.039.103
The full transcript of the letters, including a brief history of the related mythology included with the initial cover letter, are included in the proceedings of the Society, Vol.1, Issue 5, 1849, pp.227-281: https://doi.org/10.1017/S095079730001742X
The arrowhead itself is presumed to be in the collection of the Moyse’s Hall Museum in Bury St. Edmunds (although their website makes no mention of that object specifically*): https://www.hoxnehistory.org.uk/buildings/listed-buildings-and-ancient-monuments/abbey-hill/st-edmunds-monument/
*While the website doesn’t state that this is on permanent display it was included in a 2022 exhibition on relics relating to St. Edmund: https://www.moyseshall.org/News/edmundbonefragment220825.cfm
Mentioned in the minutes for 30th Nov 1848: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.039.103
The full transcript of the letters, including a brief history of the related mythology included with the initial cover letter, are included in the proceedings of the Society, Vol.1, Issue 5, 1849, pp.227-281: https://doi.org/10.1017/S095079730001742X
The arrowhead itself is presumed to be in the collection of the Moyse’s Hall Museum in Bury St. Edmunds (although their website makes no mention of that object specifically*): https://www.hoxnehistory.org.uk/buildings/listed-buildings-and-ancient-monuments/abbey-hill/st-edmunds-monument/
*While the website doesn’t state that this is on permanent display it was included in a 2022 exhibition on relics relating to St. Edmund: https://www.moyseshall.org/News/edmundbonefragment220825.cfm
Creator
Lemon, Robert (1800-1867), archivist