"Chronicle [of Grafton?] _sub anno_. Froissart also mentions this fact. The silver coins were probably struck with English dies, and consequently _are not now to be distinguished_."
Now, you will oblige me by informing your English readers, that though these may have been struck with English dies, they can readily be distinguished from other English coins by the legends. They are represented on Pl. viii., Nos. 19. and 20., in my _Munten der voormalige Hertogdommen Braband en Limburg, van de vroeyste Tijden tot aan de Pacificatie van Gend_. The type is wholly English, and agrees with the coins of Edward III., as I have remarked in the text. The _Moneta nostra_ indicates a joint coin (_i.e._ common to the emperor and to the king); as Coin No. 3. Pl. xxxiii. was probably a joint coin of Edward III. and Philip VI., King of France.
Is the Walrus, or Sea-Horse, ever found in the Baltic, or in the ocean near Norway or Lapland?
Mr. J. R. Forster, in his Notes on the _Geography of Europe by King Alfred_, appended to the edition of _Orosius_ by Daines Barrington, says, at p. 243.:
"In the country of the Beormas he (Ohthere) found the _horse-whales_ or the _Walrus_, animals which he distinguishes carefully from the whales and the seals, of whose teeth he brought a present to King Alfred, and which are found _nowhere but in the White Sea, near Archangel_, and the other seas to the north of Siberia. In all the ocean near Norway and Lapland, no walruses are ever seen, _but still less in the Baltic_."
I wish to know if the walrus is found in the Baltic, and where it most abounds, with a reference to voyages or written works of authority where it is mentioned. Personal testimony would be valuable.
A great many of your readers are doubtless aware that there are in France a number of towns commonly known by the name of _Villes Anglaises_, or the English towns, and also called _Bastides_. Many of these were certainly founded by Edward I., and important privileges were granted to these _Free Towns_ from motives of sound policy. These towns are all built on a regular plan, the principal streets wide, open, and straight, and crossing each other at right angles, with a large market-place, usually in the centre of the town. I have seen several of these towns, which preserve their original ground plan to the present time. I could mention other peculiarities about them; but it is not necessary for my purpose, which is to inquire whether we have any towns in England corresponding with them, of the same regular plan and arrangement. The only one I have been able to hear of is the ruined town of Winchelsea, which corresponds closely with them, and was also founded by Edward I. If any of your readers can inform me of any other town in England of the same plan, I shall be greatly obligated to them.