17th Century Tokens, Bedfordshire, Shefford, Joseph Boulstred, Farthing, 1667, 0.41g/3h (GO 84; N 46; BW. 84); Joseph Crocker, Halfpence, 1670 (2, same dies), 2.09g/9h, 1.00g/9h (GO 85; N –; BW. 85); Isaac Sheppard, Farthing, 1664, 0.88g/3h (GO 89; N 49; BW. 89) [4]. Second centrally pierced, others about fine and better £60-80

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

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Provenance: GO 84 and 89 N.T. Bagshawe Collection, Glendining Auction, 3 November 2000, lot 801 (part), DNW Auction 54, 19 June 2002, lot 431 (part); *GO 85 at 1.00g Morton & Eden Auction 23, 28-9 November 2006, lot 375 (part).

Joseph Boulstred (†March 1691), grocer, gentleman, first wife Alice (†1670), second wife Dorothy. Joseph Crocker, draper, constable 1673, churchwarden 1694. Isaac Shepherd (†May 1674), grocer, wife’s name Elizabeth