W.L.

Nov. 3. 1850.

_Weights for weighing Coins_(Vol. ii., p. 326.).--I am able to supply H.E.
with a reference to this subject of an earlier date than those he quotes.
In the MS. _Compotus_ or _Accounts of Sibton Abbey, in Suffolk_, in my
possession, occurs the following item, under the year 1363-4:

"Et de ix d. pro ij paribus Balaunces pro aure ponderand'."

The following extract, although of later date than H.E. requires, may yet
be not without its use to him in illustration of the subject. It occurs in
the _Compotus_ of a collegiate establishment at Mettingam, Suffolk, from an
earlier volume of which some extracts were furnished to the _Archæological
Journal_ (vol. vi. p. 62.). It is as follows, under the year 1464:--

"Item in ponderibus pro novo aura ponderant' s' nobili _xs._ di. nobyl
et quadrant' ejusdem cunagii et pro nobili de _vj_s. _viij_d. di. nobil
et quadrant' et minoribus ponderibus utriusque cunagii cum le Scolys et
Cophino pro eisdem. _ij_s. _j_d."

The new gold is of course the reduced coinage of Edward IV. I conclude that
the nobles of 6s. 8d. were the same as the angels.

C.R.M.

_Mrs. Partington_ (Vol. ii., p. 377.).--IGNORANS no doubt refers to the
oft-repeated allusion to "Dame Partington and her mop;" and taking it for
granted that he does so, I will enlighten him a little on the subject. The