17th Century Tokens : Abingdon in Berkshire

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Click Images to View Coin Details Abingdon In the Abingdon series of tokens we ahve five halfpennies and six farthings. The name of the town is spelt by the issuers as follows: 5 times ABINGTON 4 times ABINGDON 1 time ABBINGTON 1 time ABINDON Mr. A. E. Preston, of Abingdon, informs me that all the names of the issuers are recorded in MSS. connected with the history of the borough, although few descendants are, he things, now to be found in the neighbourhood. None of the Abingdon tokens, with the exception, perhaps, of those issued by Richard Ely and William Stevenson, are commonly met with. W2: Berkshire, Abingdon (Farthing): (Date Unknown) O  Spectacles and scissors ROBERT LIFORD OF R  A comb and a fish hook ABBINGTON MILLINER Image not available The name of Liford is still found in the neighbourhood. W3: Berkshire, Abingdon (Farthing): (Date Unknown) O  A lamb RICHARD ELY R  R E LAMB IN ABINDON R E Image not available Richard Ely, probably son of the above, was master of Christ's Hospital 1701, 1706, 1715, 1724, 1726, and 1729. Also mayor of Abingdon in 1707. He was builder of a fountain called the "Castle Well," still existing in Oct Street. These tokens are more frequently met with than others in the Abingdon series. W7: Berkshire, Abingdon (Farthing): (1657) O  1657 HENRY MEALES IN 1657 R  H M ABINGTON BAKER H M Image not available W9: Berkshire, Abingdon (Farthing): (1658) O  T M S THOMAS SMITH 58 T M S R  A ship and a crescent ABINGTON GROCER Image not available Mr. H. S. Gill, of Tiverton, Devon, informs me that "This token has been assigned, by the Rev. W. G. Searle, Vicar of Hockington, near Cambridge, to the village of ABINGTON, Cambridgeshire, where he states it has been found." W10: Berkshire, Abingdon (Farthing): (Date Unknown) O  The Grocers' Arms WILLIAM STEVENSON R  W M S IN ABINGTON GROCER W M S Image not available A rather common token. There are different dies. W11: Berkshire, Abingdon (Farthing): (1667) O  A man making candles IOHN WELLS OF R  I W ABINGTON 1667 I W Image not available

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