The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Tokens

17th Century, High Wycombe, William Fisher, Farthing, 1652, Clothworkers’ arms, 0.85g/6h (Berry & Morley 215; BW. 161); Robert Frier, Farthing, rose, 1.30g/12h (Berry & Morley 216; SCBI Norweb 354, same dies; BW. 162); Jeremiah Gray, Farthing, 1652, swan chained to left, 1.08g/6h (Berry & Morley 217; SCBI Norweb 355, same dies; BW. 163) [3]. First fair, second about fine, last with planchet marks on reverse, otherwise good very fine with a dark patina, the first two rare (£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 215 S & B Bulletin, May-June 1994 (T 83).

B & M 216 J Anderson Collection, Croydon Coin Auctions, 17-18 October 1995, lot 1372 (part).

*B & M 217 F E Baker Collection, October 1977 [acquired before January 1927].

William Fisher (†1659), clothworker, also churchwarden; served as mayor, 1651; he married firstly Anna Guy [not Gray, as in BNJ 1973, p.124] in February 1635, secondly Sarah King (née Harding, †1661).
Robert Fryer, innkeeper of The Rose; married Elizabeth Turner in November 1633.
Jeremiah Gray (†1664), innkeeper of The Swan, formerly located at 5 St Paul’s Row, High Wycombe and demolished in November 1966; he married a widow, Martha Tomb, in January 1646 (she †1664). Gray was elected a town councillor in 1658