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W10: Cambridgeshire, Cambridge (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | A lion rampant; no inner circle |
| IAMES ALDERS |
| R | I A, mintmark a mullet |
| IN CAMBRIDGE I A | |
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| James Alders of Trinity Parish was one of the bailiffs of the Corporation 1653-1657. He was appointed common councipman in 1662 (Cooper, Ann. iii. 463). |
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W11: Cambridgeshire, Cambridge (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | A Tudor rose, mintmark a mullet |
| RICHARD ALLEN ROSE |
| R | R I A, mintmark a mullet |
| TAVERNE IN CAMBRIDG R I A | |
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| Richard Allen first occupied the Rose Inn in 1653. He was appointed common councilman in 1662. The letters of this token vary much in size. |
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W12: Cambridgeshire, Cambridge (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | A Tudor rose, mintmark a mullet |
| RICHARD ALLEN ROSE |
| R | R I A |
| TAVERNE IN CAMBRIDG R I A | |
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W13: Cambridgeshire, Cambridge (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | A lion rampant |
| IAMES ANDERSON |
| R | [Unknown] |
| IN CAMBRIDGE | |
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W14: Cambridgeshire, Cambridge (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | A globe on a stand, no inner circle |
| NICHOLAS APTHORP |
| R | N A, mintmark a rose of five leaves |
| IN CAMBRIDGE N A | |
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| Nicholas Apthorpe was appointed common councilman in 1685. |
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W16: Cambridgeshire, Cambridge (Farthing): (1667)
| O | The Merchant Tailors' Arms, rose of five leaves for a mintmark |
| IOHN BIRD 1667 |
| R | 1667, rose of five leaves for a mintmark |
| OF CAMBRIDGE 1667 | |
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| The arms are a royal tent between two robes, on chief a lion passant. This token bears the date on both sides. |
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W17: Cambridgeshire, Cambridge (Farthing): (1667)
| O | A fess between three birds |
| IOHN BIRD 1667 |
| R | 1667, rose of five leaves for a mintmark |
| OF CAMBRIDGE 1667 | |
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| Mentioned by Cole. |
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W18: Cambridgeshire, Cambridge (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | The Bakers' Arms; no inner circle, mullet for a mintmark |
| JOHN BLACKLY BAKER |
| R | I A B, mullet mintmark |
| IN CAMBRIDGE I A B | |
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| The arms are a balance between three garbes, on a chief barry wavy of four. John Blackly was of Trinity Parish. |
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W19: Cambridgeshire, Cambridge (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | The Grocers' Arms, rose of five leaves for a mintmark |
| JONATHAN BROWNE |
| R | IO I B in monogram, a rose of five leaves for a mintmark |
| IN [rose] CAMBRIDGE [rose] IO I B | |
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W20: Cambridgeshire, Cambridge (Farthing): (1652)
| O | Three cloves, mullet for a mintmark |
| WILL BRYAN IN CAMBRIDG |
| R | W H B, mullet for a mintmark |
| CONFECTIONER 1652 W H B | |
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| William Bryan was Mayor in 1650 and 1657. He was displaced from being alderman in 1662 (Cooper, Ann. iii. 503). He died in 1690. |
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W21: Cambridgeshire, Cambridge (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | The Bakers' Arms, mullet for a mintmark |
| I B VNDER THE ROASE |
| R | I E B, mullet for a mintmark |
| IN CAMBRIDGE I E B | |
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| The letters on the obverse are much smaller than those on the reverse. A Mr. Bryan died at the Rose Inn in 1652, and his widow was succeeded by Rich. Allen in 1653. In 1470 this tenement was the endowment of a fellowship at Queen's College; it was afterwards called St. Paul's Hostel. The college sold it in 1529, and it subsequently became an inn (W. G. Searle Hist. of Queen's College). The Rose was the starting-point of the London stage coach from 1655. Rose crescent now occupies the site of its yard. |
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