5 9 , ▁Tr ades c ant , ▁who ▁had ▁lost ▁his ▁only ▁son ▁seven ▁years ▁earlier , ▁leg ally ▁de eded ▁his ▁collection ▁to ▁Ash m ole . ▁Under ▁the ▁agreement , ▁Ash m ole ▁would ▁take ▁possession ▁at ▁Tr ades c ant ' s ▁death . ▁When ▁Tr ades c ant ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 6 6 2 , ▁his ▁wid ow , ▁H ester , ▁cont ested ▁the ▁de ed , ▁claim ing ▁her ▁husband ▁had ▁signed ▁it ▁when ▁dr unk ▁without ▁knowing ▁its ▁contents , ▁but ▁the ▁matter ▁was ▁settled ▁in ▁Ch anc ery ▁in ▁Ash m ole ' s ▁favour ▁two ▁years ▁later . ▁H ester ▁was ▁to ▁hold ▁the ▁collection ▁in ▁trust ▁for ▁Ash m ole ▁until ▁her ▁death . ▁Ash m ole ' s ▁determined ▁ag gress iveness ▁in ▁obtain ing ▁the ▁Tr ades c ant ▁collection ▁for ▁himself ▁has ▁led ▁some ▁sch ol ars ▁to ▁consider ▁that ▁Ash m ole ▁was ▁an ▁am bit ious , ▁ing r ati ating ▁social ▁clim ber ▁who ▁st ole ▁a ▁hero ' s ▁legacy ▁for ▁his ▁own ▁gl or ification . ▁ ▁Rest oration ▁Ash m ole ▁emb ark ed ▁on ▁further ▁catalog ues , ▁including ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁coin ▁collection ▁of ▁the ▁Bod le ian ▁Library , ▁which ▁he ▁finally ▁completed ▁in ▁ 1 6 6 6 ▁after ▁eight ▁years ▁of ▁work . ▁It ▁may ▁have ▁taken ▁so ▁long ▁because ▁Ash m ole ' s ▁progress ▁was ▁interrupted ▁by ▁the ▁Rest oration ▁of ▁Charles ▁II ▁in