British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

17th Century Tokens, Bedfordshire, Ampthill, Thomas Harvye, Farthing, 1664, 0.89g/9h (GO 1A; N 1; D 1A); Barton-in-the-Clay, William Hopkins, Halfpenny, 1.30g/12h (GO 3; N 4; BW. 3); Bedford, John Clarke, Farthing, 1.07g/6h (GO 7.1; N 7; BW. 7), William Faldo, Farthing, 1659, 0.95g/6h (GO 9; N 8; BW. 9), Henry Fittzhugh, Farthing, 1655, 1.40g/12h (GO 12; N 10; BW. 12), Robert Fittzhugh, Farthing, 1654, 1.09g/6h (GO 11; N –; BW. 11), Hugh Holton, Halfpenny, 1666, 2.34g/9h (GO 14; N 11; BW. 14), John Paulin, Farthing, 1654, 1.10g/6h (GO 18.2; N 15; BW. 18) [8]. GO 3 and 12 fine, others in varied state, GO 14 pierced £80-100

Provenance: GO 1A bt M. Blake April 2009; GO 3 E.J. Luck Collection, Simmons Mailbid Sale 48, 21 October 2009 (1) [acquired June 1981]; *GO 12 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, B. Bird Collection, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 255 (part) [from Mrs N late 1960s], E.J. Luck Collection, Simmons Mailbid Sale 48, 21 October 2009 (3) [from Seaby January 1985]; others V. Ford Collection, DNW Auction T7, 7 October 2009, lot 287 (part).

Thomas Harvey (†October 1707), grocer, constable 1663, wife’s name Mary; William Hopkins, chandler, first wife Susan (†1665), second wife Elizabeth (†September 1700); John Clarke (c. 1635-74), grocer, non-conformist, wife’s name Susan (†July 1688); William Faldo (1620-93), gentleman and alderman, mayor 1653, 1664 and 1666, chamberlain 1654, bailiff 1657, wife’s name Ann (†August 1665); Henry Fittzhugh (1615-64), churchwarden, St Paul’s, 1641, mayor 1649, burgess and alderman, wife’s name Mary; Robert Fittzhugh (fl. 1691), brother of Henry, maltster, chamberlain 1647, bailiff 1653, mayor 1656, provisional mayor 1679, wife’s name Mary; Hugh Holton, ironmonger, freeman October 1666, wife’s name Mary; John Paulin (†by 1701), innholder, The Ragged Staff, bailiff 1669, 1673, 1677 and 1686, mayor 1693, wife’s name Duglis