. Trade tokens issued in the seventeenth century in England, Wales, and Ireland. evice of the Stafford Knot, and one issuer,Davenport by name, was entitled to call himself armiger, and useshis family coat on his token. One token of Walsall is struck inlead. One trader, Thomas Richardson, had evidently business in twovillages, and puts the names of Bettley and Batterley both upon histoken. The arms of trading companies represented are those ofMercers, Grocers, Ironmongers, Stationers, Apothecaries, Tallow-chandlers, and Merchant Tailors. The kings head and the royal arms also appear on the toke
. Trade tokens issued in the seventeenth century in England, Wales, and Ireland. evice of the Stafford Knot, and one issuer,Davenport by name, was entitled to call himself armiger, and useshis family coat on his token. One token of Walsall is struck inlead. One trader, Thomas Richardson, had evidently business in twovillages, and puts the names of Bettley and Batterley both upon histoken. The arms of trading companies represented are those ofMercers, Grocers, Ironmongers, Stationers, Apothecaries, Tallow-chandlers, and Merchant Tailors. The kings head and the royal arms also appear on the token. The blocks are from drawings specially made by the late LlewellynJewitt, and are most kindly lent by Messrs. Swan Sonnenschein andCo., of Paternoster Square, London, from their work entitled EnglishCoins and Tokens. The Editor. [052 TRADERS TOKENS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. ABBOTS BROMLEY,i. O. george . trigg . in = The Grocers Arms. R. ABATS . BROMLEY . 1670 = HIS HALF PENY. O. iames . Sheldon . at = The Grocers Arms. R. OSTENFEILD . 1666 = HIS HALF BETLEY and BATTERLEY. 3. O. Thomas Richardson his halfe peny 1667 (in five lines).(Script)R. in . bettly . and . balterly = The Grocers Arms. h BILSTON. 4. O. henry . pearson = A pack-horse. R. OF . BILSTON . 1666 = HIS HALF PENY. H . E . P. \ 5. A variety reads h . e . b. BURNTWOOD. 6. O. ABELL . LIFORD . AT YE = A Crown. R. IN . BVRNTWOOD . 1666 = A . M . L. J- BURTON-ON-TRENT. 7. O. John . Blundell. his . halfe . peny (in four lines). R. at . bvrtten . on . trent = Three hats. I . E . B. \ 8. O. daniell I bott | in | bvrton | d . i . b., and a rose (in five lines).R. his I half I penny | 1669 = The Mercers Arms (in threelines). (Heart-shape.) This token is in possession of Miss Bott, of Hanbury Hall, Burton, who informsme of a family tradition that members of the family have lived in Burton for 300years. Vide Shaws Staffordshire for further information. STAFFORDSHIRE. 1053 19. O. iohn . w . a . feild .
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