Letter from Edward Hoare
Reference code
SAL/01/03/011/050
Title
Letter from Edward Hoare
Date
20 Mar 1848
Level of description
item
Extent and format
4 pp.
Scope and content
Concerning a sketch of a silver decade ring, found at an Abbey of Whitby in Yorkshire, and belonging to Dr. Proctor of York; also mentions a decade ring belonging to Mr. Goddard Johnson; the Letter's author compares the decade rings to the "decades" (rosary beads) used in present day by the lower orders of the Roman Catholic people.
Creator
Hoare, Edward (b 1807), writer and antiquary
Archival history
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