Book of Benefactors

Thomas Braithwait Esq., of Ambleside ...

Latin Text:

THOMAS BRATHWAIT de Ambleside in Com. Westmorlandi

Translation:

Thomas Braithwait Esq., of Ambleside in Westmorland, who was a great antiquary, gave this museum at his death more than 300 ancient coins, six of which are of gold, sixty-six of silver and the rest of bronze, in order to make the Museum unrivalled in one of the areas of its collection.

N.B. The person who first persuaded the noble Mr Braithwait to leave his coins to the Museum, and who then saw to their delivery, was the great and learned Sir Daniel Fleming, from Rydal Hall in Westmorland. He was formerly a commoner of Queen's College, Oxford, and he did these things out of a deep love for scholarship and singular generosity to this University.

Location:Not listed in the 1836 catalogue. The present location of these objects is unknown.

Year:MDCLXXXIV (1684);  Page Number: 9 (verso)