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17th Century, Stony Stratford, Christoph. Clifton, Farthing, pot of lilies, 1.01g/6h (Berry & Morley 166; BW. 124); Henrey Honnor, Halfpenny, 1664, 1.11g/3h (Berry & Morley 170; SCBI Norweb 338, same dies; BW. 127) [2]. First good very fine and nicely patinated, second good fine (£90-120)

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

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Provenance:
*B & M 166 Glendining Auction, 11-12 July 1929, lot 361 (part);
F E Baker Collection, October 1977 [from Spink, September 1929].

B & M 170 gift of R G Morley, Christmas 1969 [from his school classmate, T Williams, Stony Stratford]

Christopher Clifton (†April 1686), pewterer, also churchwarden in 1653; his wife, whose name is unknown, †December 1678. He lived on the west side of the town.
Henry Honnor (1636-1692); born at Fenny Stratford, his wife’s name was Mary (†August 1687). He also lived on the west side of the town, where he is recorded as an overseer in 1672