Coins bearing the names of St. Eadmund, St. Peter, and St. Martin. Of
the first of these nearly 1800 were found at Cuerdale, and therefore
they must have been struck before 905; they bear in one form or other
the name of the saint. The next, vulgarly known as “Peter’s Pence,” are
supposed to have been struck somewhere between 905 and 941; and those
of St. Martin from 921 to 942.
Archbishops, bishops and abbots, were in early times permitted to
coin money. Those known before the time of Æthelstan’s decree that
all the money in the kingdom should be uniform, are the following:
of Canterbury, Archbishops Jaenbrht, 736-790; Æthelheard, 790-803;
Vulfred, 803-830; Ceolnoth, 830-870; Ethered, 871-891; and Plegmund,
891-923. Of York, Archbishops Eanbald, 796; and Vigmund, 831-854.
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