17th Century Tokens : Dunwich-Eye in Suffolk

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Click Images to View Coin Details W117: Suffolk, Dunwich (Farthing): (Date Unknown) O  I F W IOHN WHITTMAN I F W R  I F W OF DVNWICH I F W Image not available The custom of marrying in the time of the Commonwealth was, first to publish the banns in the market-place, then to solemnize the marriage before the Mayor or bailiffs of coroporations or justices of the peace. During this period Whiteman appears to have been a registrar of marriages, for in the register of Framlingham we find that "Alin Davison," one of the "bailies of Dunwich" and "witnes John Whiteman, regester there," performed the office upon an inhabitant of Framlingham and one of Farnham, who were married at Dunwich in 1656. W119: Suffolk, East Bergholt (Farthing): (Date Unknown) O  H L conjoined HABBAKKVK LEYMAN H L R  H L conjoined IN EAST BARDGHOLT H L Image not available Fitch's MSS. mention one of H Leyman, with the word "Draper" on it, and heart-shape. W120: Suffolk, Eye (Farthing): (Date Unknown) O  The Grocers' Arms GEORGE BRAYHAM R  G M B IN EYE GROSSER G M B Image not available W121: Suffolk, Eye (Farthing): (Date Unknown) O  The Grocers' Arms NATHANIEL FLOWERDEVO R  N F GROCER IN AYE N F Image not available The Flowerdews were, in the sixteenth century, seated at STanfield Hall and Hethersett, in Norfolk. Edward Flowerdew was Under-steward for the borough of Great Yarmouth, and afterwards one of the Barons of the Exchequer. He gave to the Corporation of Yarmouth a silver cup gilt in 1586. Samuel Flowerdew, curate, was buried at Eye, November 1, 1681. W122: Suffolk, Eye (Farthing): (1659) O  The Grocers' Arms RICHARD GVILBERT R  R G GROCER IN EYE 1659 R G Image not available

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