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17th Century, Olney, James Brierly, Farthing, 1658, scales, 1.03g/6h (Berry & Morley 145; BW. 109); Moses Freeman, Farthing, 1668, scales, 0.91g/12h (Berry & Morley 146; SCBI Norweb 330, same dies; BW. 110) [2]. First partly weak, otherwise fine and rare, second very fine but pierced (£40-50)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Tokens.

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Provenance:
*B & M 145 bt Format March 1986.

B & M 146 J L Short Collection, Spink Auction 90, 16 March 1992, lot 544 (part);
bt N Clark March 1992.

James Brierley (†1691), lace buyer, also Quaker; his first wife’s name was Mary (†April 1676); he married secondly Thomasin Knight in June1676, in a ceremony at the Quaker meeting house in the neighbouring village of Sherington. Brierley, along with John Thornton of Newport Pagnell, served 3 months in Aylesbury gaol in 1664 for his religious beliefs (SCMB September 1974, p.284); he was also fined heavily for holding a religious meeting in the street in 1670. The date of his death given in BNJ 1973, p.122, is incorrect.

Moses Freeman (†November 1673), bonelace merchant; his wife’s name was Elizabeth (†October 1707)