17th Century Tokens : Battle-Boreham in Sussex

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Click Images to View Coin Details W19: Sussex, Battle (Farthing): (Date Unknown) O  The Merchant-Taylors' Arms IONAS LVLHAM IN R  I L BATTEL IN SVSSEX I L Image not available W21: Sussex, Battle (Farthing): (Date Unknown) O  The Grocers' Arms IOHN MEDHVRST OF R  I I M BATTELL IN SVSSEX I I M Image not available The name still exists in the town. W22: Sussex, Battle (Farthing): (Date Unknown) O  A double-headed eagle displayed THOMAS PAGE AT THE R  T P SPRED EGEL IN BATTELL T P Image not available W23: Sussex, Battle (Farthing): (Date Unknown) O  The Mercers' Arms GILLES WATTS OF R  G W BATELL IN SVSSEX G W Image not available In 1689 Giles Watts, of Battle, left by will £50 for charitable purposes. He was an ancestor of James and William Watts, Esqs., of Battle. Hollington (Sussex) parish register records: "Dec. 5, 1636. Marryed Gyles Watts of the parish of Battle, and Dorothy Yelding, of Hollington."--Cit. S. A. C. xxi. 139. Lower ("Sussex Worthies," p. 232) gives a biographical notice of a descendant, Dr. Giles Watts, baptized at Battle in 1725, and died there in 1792. His father, Giles Watts (perhaps a son of the issuer) in 1722 married Jane Relf, of a gentle family, at Ashburnham. W24: Sussex, Bexhill (Farthing): (1665) O  The Grocers' Arms SAMVELL IVRY ATT R  S I BEXLE IN SVSSEX 65 S I Image not available The Vicar (Rev. C. L. S. Clarke, B. C. L.) kindly sends the following notes from the parish registers: 1670. John, son of Samuel and Mildred Jury, bapt. 30 June. 1670. John, son of Samuel and Mildred Jury, buried 15 Nov. 1671. Hannah, daughter of Samuel and Mildred Jury, bapt. 17 Sept. 1674. Samuel, son of Samuel and Mildred Jury, bapt. 25 Jan. 1692. Samuel Jury buried March 7th. Affidavit brought the 10th. (This was no doubt the issuer.) The spelling on this token curiously preserves the old pronunciation and spelling, which in the Domesday Survey is Bexelei. W25: Sussex, Billinghurst (Farthing): (1666) O  1666 MATHEW WESTON 1666 R  M W IN BILLINGSHVST M W Image not available The Burrell MS., 5,699 Addl., p. 48 (British Museum), gives the following extracts from the parish registers: Baptism. 1654. Elizabeth, d. of Matthew Weston, gent., Oct. 15. Baptism. 1657. Alan, s. of Matthew Weston, gent., March 27. Baptism. 1666. Grace, d. of Matthew Weston, gent., Aug. 15. Marriage. 1682. Mr. Wm. Withy and Mrs. Mary Weston, July 27. Burial. 1665. Susanna, d. of Mr. Matthew Weston, May 3. W26: Sussex, Bolney (Farthing): (1666) O  A hart lodged THOMAS LINTOTT R  T L OF BOLNEY 1666 T L Image not available The Lintotts were long connected with Bolney. For an account of the family, see S. A. C. viii. 275. The late Mr. M. A. Lower refers to intermarriages between the family of Scrase, of West Blatchington, with Lintott, of Bolney, and other gentry families of the county.--S. A. C. xxiv. 18. W27: Sussex, Boreham (Uncertain): (1666) O  The Mercers' Arms IOSEPH ELSTON R  I E 1666 BOREHAM IN SVSSEX I E 1666 Image not available This place is a manor and hamlet in Wartling parish.

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