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The dates on the tokens of this county extend from 1651 (No. 40) to
1671 (No. 168). Of these year, 1657 and 1667 were the most prolific,
nearly one quarter (29) of the whole number of tokens (214) bearing the
latter date. [Williamson obviously has a math error here! This
percentage is closer to 15% than 25%.]
A catalogue of Cambridgeshire tokens, by Charles Cardale Babington,
M.A., was published in the Communications of the Cambridge Antiquarian
Society, vol. i., pp. 15-28 [1851]. Charles H. Cooper, esq., Coroner
of Cambridge, prints a list of tokens of the town of Cambridge,
compiled by Mr. Bowtell (MS. Bowtell, iii. 647-652), about the year
1810, in his "Annals of Cambridge," vol. iii. [1845], pp. 541-543. He
likewise sent to Mr. Boyne a few additions, as did also Samuel Smith,
esq., of Wisbech, with some interesting notes.
There are also articles in the "East Anglian," vol. ii., pp. 349, 367;
vol. iii., pp. 2, 39, by Justin Simpson; vol. iii., p. 47, by C
Golding; vol. iii., p. 11 (notes by C. Golding, and another
correspondent). See also MS. Cole xxxii. 163, 192 [Brit. Mus.].
The above and other materials the Rev. W. G. Searle, M.A. used in his
pamphlet, "The Coins, Tokens, and Medals of the Town, County, and
University of Cambridge," published by the Cambridge Antiquarian
Society in 1871.
"Thence to Cambridge, where the Muses
Haunt the Vine-bush, as their use is;
Like sparks up a chimney warming,
Or flyes bear a dunghill swarming.
In a ring they did enclose me,
Vowing they would never lose me.
'Bout midnight for drinke I call, sir,
As I had drunk nought at all, sir;
But all this did little shame me,
Tipsy went I, tipsy came I;
Grounds, greenes, groves, are wet and homely,
But the schollers would'rous comely."
Barnabee's Journal
| Cambridge Tokens Whose MM. is not a Mullet on
Both Sides |
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Doubtful
13. James Anderson
61. John Lowry
50. Thomas Powell
No. MM.
47. William Gorham
Rose of five leaves
14. Nicholas Apthorpe
16-7. John Bird
19. Jonathan Browne
82. Will. Waterson
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Mullet and rose
63. John Marston
Heraldic rose of six leaves
15. William Bassett
34. Ri. Cooke
35. John Craske
56. Francis Jerman
57. Stephen Johnson
71-3. Thomas Powell
80. Benjamin Spence |
| Trades whose Arms are given on the
Cambridgeshire Tokens |
Bakers
Fishmongers
Grocers
Haberdashers |
Leather-Sellers
Merchant-Tailors
Mercers
Tallow-Chandlers
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| Dates of Cambridgeshire Tokens |
| 1651 |
E__ F__, at the Mitre Inn |
| 1652 |
Wm Bryan; Edw. Clark; John Ewin; John Newton |
| 1653 |
Edward Challis; Francis Challis; John Sparkes |
| 1654 |
Edw. Clark (Cole). Cornelius Fuller, Ely; Hovell Joanes, Soham |
| 1656 |
Peter Collins, Hy. Meales, Abington; John Reade, Ely;
Rob. Neale, March; John Clment, Sutton; Wm. Burten, Swavesey |
| 1657 |
John Lowry (?); Will. Waterson. St. Apthorpe,
Gamlingay; John Bittin, Linton; Thos. Harrison, March; "Ockington"; Wm.
Waite, Newmarket; Nath. Stearne, Soham; John Buckhurst, Samuel Seeley,
Sutton |
| 1658 |
Owen Mayfield, John Eades, Whittlesey; Henry Tunard,
Wisbech; Nicholas Mallabar, Ely; Thos. Smith, Abington; Howell Jones,
Soham |
| 1659 |
Joseph Tifford. Ralph Skittar, Ely; Stephen Apthorpe,
Gamlinghay; Wm. Bryant, Newmarket; Thos. Dawson, Swaffham |
| 1660 |
Rob Harwood; Hy Raper. Ro. Denton, Swaffham |
| 1661 |
Wm. Turkington, Ely |
| 1662 |
Wm. Gotobed, Ely; Hy. "Tinard," Wisbech |
| 1663 |
Joseph Linsey; Francis Russell. Thos. Porter, Ely; Hy
Tunard, Wisbech |
| 1664 |
Thos. Fellsted. Thos Lensley, Ely; Rob. Moody,
Isleham; Thos. Trowell, Soham; Saml. Vincent, Wm. Boyce, James
Broonles, Thos. Nurish, Upwell; Ri. Harrison, and John Moyes,
Wisbech |
| 1665 |
Sam. Long; Thos. Powell (Bowtell). John
Bellamy, Wisbech |
| 1666 |
Jos. Heath; Thos. Powell. Hugh Conny, Caston; John
Weatherhead, Ely; St. Apthorpe, Gamlingay; Wm. Reade, Isleham; John
Ingram, March; Mary Kent, Soham; John Turner, Wilbraham; John Finch,
Wisbech |
| 1667 |
John Bird; John Chaplin; John Craske; John Dod;
Francis Hampson; James Hawke; Francis Jerman; James Potter; Thos.
Powell; Sarah Pleydell, Wm. Wells, Thos. Dring, Chatteris; Rob. Little,
Charles Seale, Croydon; Hy. Austin, Wm. Chevill, John Knowls, Ely; John
Badcock, Fordham; Jos. Hervie, Gamlingay; John North, Hinxton; Eliz.
Allen, Isleham; Rob. Halls, Rob. Moore, Linton; Thos. Harrison, March;
Hy. Francis, Newmarket; Jeffrey Willison, Newton; Rob. Ives,
Whittlesey; John Bellamy, Ant. Rachell, Wisbech |
| 1668 |
Thos. Ewen; John Perke; Benj. Spence. Ro. Millard,
Caston; Ph. Chambers, Cottenham; Hy. Johnson, Croydon; Ro. Adams,
Doddington; Littleport; John Pearce, Littlington; Thos. Robinson,
Upwell; Thos. Davie, Whittlesey; Hy. Coldwell, Wisbech |
| 1669 |
Wm. Bassett; Ri. Cooke; St. Johnson. John Johnson,
Doddington; Thos. Harrison, Thos. Towers, March; Wm. Briant, Walter
Poulter, Newmarket; John Norris, Willingham |
| 1670 |
John Frohock; Wm. Smith. Thos. Coape, Wm. Smith,
Chatteris; Chr. Challice, Histon; Ro. Adams, John Saunders, March |
| 1671 |
Rob. Crow, Soham |
| Exteme Dates |
| 1651 |
"At the Miter in Cambridge" |
| 1671 |
Robt. Crow, of Soham |
- Abington, Brinkley, Burwell
- Cambridge (A-B)
- Cambridge (C)
- Cambridge (D-G)
- Cambridge (H-M)
- Cambridge (N-Z)
- Chesterton, Croydon, Doddington, Eltisley
- Ely (A-G)
- Ely (H-Z)
- Fordham, Gamlingay, Haddenham, Histon, Ickleton
- Isleham, Linton, Littleport
- March, Newmarket
- Over, Soham, Soham and Hornswell (Heningswell, Suffolk), Stanton, Sutton
- Swaffham, Swaffham Bulbeck, Swavesey, Thorney, Upwell
- West Wratting, Whittlesey, Wilbraham (Little)
- Wisbech
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