10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PYX CHEST»
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1
Mints and Money in Medieval England
Craig 1953, 396; Challis 1978, 24—5. '79 Johnson 1956, 79—81. '8° TNA: PRO,
E 364/37, rot. 6d; E 364/39, rot. 4; E 364/43, rot. 8d; E 364/46, rot. 4. Lloyd (1977a
, 245) dates the sale ofthe pyx chest to 1405-6. '8' Johnson 1956, 93—4. Challis ...
That piece he puts aside for the pyx chest. These operations are gone through
with every journey weight and a piece from each is preserved. These pieces are
afterwards deposited in a pyx chest with three keys, one of which remains in the ...
3
Ewes Use Yews 2nd Edition
... just picks at the food" [syn: nibbles, pieces] pix n 1: a chest in which coins from
the mint are held to await assay [syn: pyx, pyx chest, pix chest] 2: any re- ceptacle
in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept [syn: pyx] 3: (slang) pictures [syn: pics] ...
4
A New History of the Royal Mint
256 An oak Trial of the Pyx chest of imposing proportions, c. 1 300, from
Westminster Abbey is exhibited in the museum of the PRO (E27 case 3). Two
more remain at the abbey. 257 Lapin Philip, for example, was imprisoned by
Edward I for ...
Christopher Edgar Challis, 1992
Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century practice was for the master of the Mint to
move for a trial either because the Pyx Chest was inconveniently full or because
the outgoing man wanted to clear his accounts and obtain release of his
securities.
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The Mint: A History of the London Mint from A.D. 287 to 1948
Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century practice was for the master of the Mint to
move for a trial either because the Pyx Chest was inconveniently full or because
the outgoing man wanted to clear his accounts and obtain release of his
securities.
7
Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
... consisting of eight pieces of gold and eight pieces of silver, with three silver
trial pieces for the use of the East India Company, which were committed to my
care at the Treasury on the 27th instant, have been deposited in the iron pyx
chest at ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1837
8
Reports from Commissioners
... of the Mint Office, the Assay Department, and the Operative Department
respectively. At this trial one coin is taken from each journey weight, and is
deposited in the pyx chest for the annual " Trial of the 61 Pyx " by the Goldsmiths'
Company.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1871
9
Annual Report of the Deputy Master and Comptroller - Royal Mint
... Assay Department, and the Operative Department respectively. At this trial one
coin is taken from each journey weight, and is deposited in the pyx chest for the
annual " Trial of the Pyx " by the Goldsmiths' Company. Other pieces are taken.
Great Britain. Royal Mint, 1871
10
Pansegrouw's Crossword Dictionary
... front, fund, kit, locker, safe, store, strongbox, thorax, treasury, trunk chest bone
rib, sternum chesterfield sofa Chester Gould's detective Dick Tracy chest for
valuables coffer, safe chest in which coins are tested for weight pyx chest noise
rale, ...
