Banner
Home | Royal/State | Colonial/British States etc | Tokens | Articles & Documents | Bibliography | Delicious icon

17th Century Tokens : Trowbridge-Warminster in Wiltshire

W Numbers refer to Williamson's  Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales and Ireland, (1891)

See also other Counties issuing 17th Century Tokens

Click Images to View Coin Details
W248: Wiltshire, Trowbridge (Farthing): (1667)
O  The Drapers' Arms
IOHN CLARKE 1667
R  A Latin cross between I C
IN TROWBRIG I C
Image not available
W249: Wiltshire, Trowbridge (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
O  E D [Edward Davis]
TROWBRIDG IN WILTIS E D
R  H D
TROWBRIDG IN WILTIS H D
Image not available
In St Jame's Church, Trowbridge, is a tablet of benefactors of the poor, on which appears:

1661. Mr. Edward Davis, £40.
1687. Mrs. Margaret Davis, £10.
1662. Mr. John Davis gave £10; the profits thereof, together with the several sums above named, are to be distributed to the poor of the parish at the Nativity of our Saviour yearly for ever.

W250: Wiltshire, Trowbridge (Farthing): (1669)
O  A merchant's mark, R D
ROBERT DARCKE 1669 R D
R  WILLTS
IN TRVBRIDGE IN WILLTS
Image not available
A Robert Darke, gent., was a freeholder of land in Steeple Ashton in 1630.
W251: Wiltshire, Trowbridge (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
O  Two pipes crossed
WILLIAM SMITH
R  W S
IN TREVBRIDGE W S
Image not available
W252: Wiltshire, Trowbridge (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
O  Two pipes crossed
WILLIAM SMITH
R  W S
IN TRVE BRIDGE W S
Image not available
W253: Wiltshire, Trowbridge (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
O  Two pipes crossed
WILLIAM SMITH
R  W S
IN TVB BRIDGE W S
Image not available
W254: Wiltshire, Trowbridge (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
O  Two pipes crossed
WILLIAM SMITH
R  W S
IN TREVBRIDGE W S
Image not available
Reverse legend is as Williamson gives it. Is this different than 251?
W255: Wiltshire, Trowbridge (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
O  A fleur-de-lys
ROBERT WITCHELL
R  R W
IN TROWBRIDGE R W
Image not available
This issuer was churchwarden in 1671, and on the tablet above named [See 249] are the following benefactions recorded:

1661. Mr. Robert Whitchell, £5.
1661. Mrs. Ann Whitchell, £5.

W256: Wiltshire, Warminster (Farthing): (1651)
O  A heart crowned
IOHN BUCCHER
R  I B
IN WARMISTER 1651 I B
Image not available
W257: Wiltshire, Warminster (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
O  An open hand
IAMES ELIOTT
R  A cock
OF WARMISTER
Image not available
W258: Wiltshire, Warminster (Farthing): (1667)
O  A heart
IOHN SLADE 1667
R  I S
IN WARMISTER I S
Image not available
W259: Wiltshire, Warminster (Farthing): (1651)
O  A dove with olive-branch
THOMAS TOOMER
R  T T
OF WARMESTER 1651 T T
Image not available

To BritishFarthings Home Page


Custom Search

Privacy Policy - Contact - Home

© 2007-2021 BritishFarthings