17th Century Tokens : Bradford_on_Avon-Bratton in Wiltshire

See also other Counties issuing 17th Century Tokens

Click Images to View Coin Details Bradford-on-Avon Several towns in England having the same name, it is difficult to apportion the tokens bearing that name. Under the name of Bradford there are tokens in Yorkshire, Wilts, and Sumerset. By searching parish registers, and by other kinds of inquiry, Mr. Boyne had done his best to distinguish them. To Bradford in Yorkshire he assigns the following: Wm. Bancks; John Cooke, 1666; John Cook and Josiah Farrand; John Durham, 1667; Wm. Hopkinson; Thos. Ibbotson; John Preston, 1666; Jacob Selbee, 1665. To Bradford (near Taunton), co. Somerset, Will Serle, 1659. Those in the text to Bradford, Wilts, now called Bradford-on-Avon. It will be seen by reference to Wilts Archarological Magazine, vol. v., p. 50, that some of the tokens there considered to belong to Bradford in Wilts are among those assigned by Mr. Boyne to Bradford in Yorkshire. W12: Wiltshire, Bradford-on-Avon (Farthing): (1668) O  The Mercers' Arms WILLIAM BAILY MERCER R  A nag's head, W B IN BRADFORD 1668 W B Image not available A large coin. William Baily, of Bradford, erected a monument in Bradford Church in 1695, which still remains. He died March, 1712, and was described in the register as a mercer. His monument bears his crest, a nag's head, and the Mercers' Arms. W13: Wiltshire, Bradford-on-Avon (Farthing): (1667) O  The Mercers' Arms WILLIAM BAILY MERC R  A nag's head couped IN BRADFORD 1667 Image not available W14: Wiltshire, Bradford-on-Avon (Farthing): (1663) O  The Grocers' Arms WILLIAM CHANDLER R  W C IN BRADFORD 63 W C Image not available W15: Wiltshire, Bradford-on-Avon (Farthing): (1650) O  The Grocers' Arms WILLIAM CHANDLER R  W C IN BRADFORD 1650 W C Image not available W16: Wiltshire, Bradford-on-Avon (Farthing): (1669) O  A stag SAMVELL DAVISSON R  S D OF BRADFORD 1669 S D Image not available W17: Wiltshire, Bradford-on-Avon (Farthing): (1663) O  A crown DANIELL DEVERRELL R  D D IN BRADFORD 1663 D D Image not available W18: Wiltshire, Bradford-on-Avon (Farthing): (1649) O  The Mercers' Arms IOHN GAGE OF R  I G BRADFORD 1649 I G Image not available W19: Wiltshire, Bradford-on-Avon (Farthing): (1665) O  Two pipes crossed IACOB SELBEE OF R  I S BRADFORD 1665 I S Image not available This token has been found very frequently in large numbers in Bradford-on-Avon. W20: Wiltshire, Bradford-on-Avon (Farthing): (Date Unknown) O  A chevron ensigned with a cross pattée, in base a heart PAVLE METHWIN R  A cross between P M IN BRADFORD P M Image not available The device on obverse is the merchant's mark of the issuer of the token, not the coat-of-arms of the Methuen family. This issuer was an ancestor of Lord Methuen. W21: Wiltshire, Bratton (Farthing): (1664) O  Arms of the Merchant-Tailors, but with a ball on the top of the pavilion and no flag IOHN ALLDREDG R  I E A IN BRATTON 1664 I E A Image not available

To BritishFarthings Home Page

Custom Search