18th Century Tokens, Crewkerne, Samuel Sparks & Bartholomew Gidley, Halfpence, 1797 (2), 9.57g/6h (DH 104), 9.90g/6h (DH 105); Freshford, John Moggridge and Thomas Joyce, Halfpence, 1795 (4), 9.69g/6h (DH 107), 9.43g/6h (DH 108), 10.29g/6h (DH 108a), 9.46g/6h (DH 109); Yeovil, Brett & Cayme, Halfpenny, 1797, 9.29g/7h (DH 110); County series, Lutwyche’s Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry Halfpenny, 1796, 9.18g/12h (DH 24) [8]. DH 105 fair, DH 107 and 108 extremely fine with considerable original colour, DH 108a very fine and on a large flan, very rare, DH 109 better, others mostly fine £140-180

Provenance: DH 110 bt Seaby 1966
DH 108a only illustrated. Sparks & Gidley, linen and woollen manufacturers. John Moggridge (c. 1720-1803) and his business partner Thomas Joyce (1759-1817), erected the purpose-built Dunkirk mill, intended predominantly for the mechanical spinning of yarn, in the early 1790s. Joyce later leased Freshford mill and by 1810 was the parish’s largest landowner and employer, but in 1813 he acquired the Staverton factory and disposed of his interests at Freshford (Dykes, BNJ 2004, pp.190-7). The Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry was formed of two corps, the West Somerset Yeomanry, established at Milverton on 25 July 1794 and the East Somerset Yeomanry at Castle Cary in May 1794