British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

17th Century Tokens, Lincolnshire, Stamford, Thomas Roberts, Farthing, 1659, 0.54g/12h (PPM 15; Smith 268; N –; BW. 250); John Rogers, Farthing, 1664, 0.95g/3h (PPM 16; Smith 269; N –; BW. 251); S[ymon] Walburg and A[nthony] Manton, Farthing, 0.85g/6h (PPM 17; Smith 270; N –; BW. 252); William Walker, Farthings (2, different dies), Ramage issue, chandler, 1.16g/6h (PPM 18; Smith 272; N –; BW. 254), mm. rosette, chandlr, 1.59g/6h (PPM 19; Smith 271; N 2995; BW. 253); Henry Waters, Farthing, 0.69g/9h (PPM 20; Smith 273; N –; BW. 255) [6]. PPM 19 good fine but dark, others in varied state and PPM 18 pierced, PPM 16, 17 and 21 extremely rare £180-220

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

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Provenance: PPM 16 and 17 bt A. Judd August 2002; others except PPM 18 J. Kendall Bourne Collection.

PPM 19 only illustrated. Thomas Roberts, chandler, freeman 1654, wife’s name Mary; John Rogers, apothecary, freeman 1660, constable 1660-1, burgess 1662, chamberlain 1669-70, alderman 1674, mayor 1674-5 and 1697-8, resigned his civic duties 1711, wife’s name Elizabeth; Symon Walburge (b. Oxfordshire, †August 1674), grocer, freeman 1655, constable 1655-7, burgess 1662, mayor 1665-6, coroner 1666-7, wife’s name Margaret (†March 1699/1700); Anthony Manton (†March 1663/4), grocer, freeman 1655, constable 1655-6; William Walker, chandler, Parliamentarian, freeman 1646, constable 1651-2, removed from his post as burgess 1662, wife’s name Sarah; Henry Waters (1628-1710), innholder, constable 1650-1 and 1655-6, wife’s name Hannah (†January 1715)