British Tokens

17th Century Tokens, Buckinghamshire, Aylesbury, Richard Butler, Farthing, 1666, 1.02g/6h (BM 11; P-M 905; N 282, this piece; BW. 9); Gyles Childe, Farthing, 1.03g/6h (BM 12; P-M 905; N 283; BW. 10); Edward Cope, Farthing, 1.07g/3h (BM 13; P-M 905; N 284; BW. 11); William Dawney, Farthing, 1657, mm. lis both sides, 0.75g/12h (BM 15; P-M 906; N 289; BW. 12); Joseph Freer, Farthing, 1652, 0.71g/6h (BM 18; P-M 908; N 285; BW. 14); Thomas Hill, Farthing, 1.48g/6h (BM 20; P-M 908; N –; BW. 16) [6]. BM 11 and 13 about very fine, BM 12 and 15 about fine, others in excavated state £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: *BM 11 Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection [from Baldwin], SNC September 1987 (5370), Mrs Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 28, 28 January 1997, lot 538 (part); BM 12 bt J.L. Holman 2000; BM 13 W.J. Faulkner Collection, Mrs Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 28, 28 January 1997, lot 538 (part); BM 15 found on an allotment in Aylesbury 1946, Howard Collection, bt R. Gladdle May 2006; BM 18 and 20 Hodgkin Collection, Bonhams Auction, 22 May 2002, lot 732 (part) [with Seaby 1964 and 1965 respectively].

Richard Butler (†January 1691), innholder, The Crown, corner of High street and Market square, brazier, wife’s name Susanna (†February 1697/8). Gyles Childe (†November 1661), mercer, first wife Ellen (†June 1636), second wife Dorothy. Edward Cope, draper, wife’s name Dorothy (†July 1674). William Dawney (1613-85), innholder, The King’s Head, Market square, churchwarden 1665, wife’s name Elizabeth (†August 1692, aged 84). Joseph Freer (b. January 1625/6), grocer, wife’s name Mary (†April 1660). Thomas Hill (†May 1676), mercer and draper, Baptist, tried and condemned to death as a heretic in 1662 for refusing to conform but reprieved by a personal pardon granted by Charles II