British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Northampton, Borough, [William] S[elby and Richard] R[ands], Farthing [1653], 1.03g/6h (N 3399; W 66; BW. 74),
J[ohn] S[tevens], Farthing [1657], 1.40g/12h (N 3401 obv., different rev.; W 70, and pl.ii, 46, same dies; BW. 75),
J[ohn] T[wigden], Farthing, 1660, 1.07g/6h (N 3403; W 73; BW. 84); Richard Alcout, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.64g/12h (N 3412; W 74; BW. 65); Edward Cooper, Farthing, 1654, 0.93g/6h (N 3404; W 75; BW. 67); Thomas Cooper, Farthings (2), 1652, 1.16g/6h (N 3405; W 76; BW. 68), 1668, 1.23g/12h (N 3406; W 77; BW. 69); John Labram, Farthing, 0.96g/6h (N 3415; W 79; BW. 71); Samuel Pooel, Farthing, 1.04g/6h (N 3407; W 80; BW. 73); Bird Street, I.D.S., Farthings, 1651 (2, different dies), 1.01g/6h (N 3413; W 81; BW. 80), 1.62g/4h (N 3414; W 82; BW. 81); John Twigden, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.13g/12h (N 3408; W 84; BW. 85); Anchor Willdinge, Farthings (2, different obv. dies), 1.29g/6h (N 3409; W 86; BW. 87), 0.74g/3h (N 3410; W 85; BW. 86) [14]. BW. 65, 68, 71, 73, 77, 81 and 84 fine or better, BW. 67 poor, others generally fair, a good town group £150-200

Provenance: *BW. 65 SCMB April 1965; BW. 67 R.N.P. Hawkins Collection, Glendining Auction, 16 March 1988, lot 242 (part), bt M. Dickinson; BW. 75 bt Baldwin 1971).

William Selby, bailiff 1643-4, chamberlain 1652-3, mayor 1658-9; Richard Rands, bailiff 1642-3, chamberlain 1652-3, mayor 1666-7; John Stevens, chamberlain 1657-8, mayor 1668-9; Richard Allcut (†October 1674), wife’s name Mary, née Hill; Edward Cooper (†March 1660), innholder, Rose and Crown, draper and mercer, town bailiff 1639-40, chamberlain 1644-5, churchwarden 1645-6, wife’s name Elizabeth; Thomas Cooper (†September 1689), ironmonger; John Labram (†July 1699), mercer, The Drapery, wife’s name Sara, née Abbott (†January 1652/3); Samuel Poole (†September 1672), chandler, bailiff 1654-5, churchwarden 1656-7, wife’s name Sara (†November 1646); John Twigden (†February 1681/2), glover, bailiff 1644-5, chamberlain 1659-60, mayor 1660-1, wife’s name Prudence; Anchor Wilding (†September 1667), mercer and trunk-maker, wife’s name Anne