ANGELS.[150]--A gold coin of the value of 7_s._ 6_d._

ANGELLOTS,[151] or ANGELET, is described to have been a half-angel,

current for 3_s._ 9_d._; but in the only place where it is mentioned in

these Accounts, it must have been inserted by a mistake of the writer

for _Angel_, as eighteen Angellotes are said to have amounted to 6_li._

15_s._ i.e. 7_s._ 6_d._ each.

CROWNS.[152]--A silver coin generally worth 5_s._; but all the entries

in which it is mentioned prove that its value was then but 4_s._ 8_d._

CROWNS OF THE ROSE.[153]--Gold pieces coined by Henry the Eighth in

1526: they were current for 4_s._ 6_d._

CROWNS OF THE SUN.[154]--French gold coins, so called from the Mint

mark. They were current in this country for 4_s._ 6_d._

RIALS, OR ROYALS.[155]--A gold coin then worth 11_s._ 3_d._ a half and

quarter real or royal were of proportionate value.

SOVEREIGNS.[156]--A gold coin of the value of 22_s._ 6_d._ from 1518 to

1534; after which they were current for 20_s._ The only entry in which

they are mentioned is of a person having in 1531 borrowed 11_li._ 5_s._

in "Souferayns," _i. e._ ten sovereigns, for the King.

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