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W251: Norfolk, Swanton Abbot (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | The King's head crowned |
| WILLIAM COOPER OF |
| R | A full-blown rose |
| SWANTON ABBOT | |
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| This token strikingly resembles that of William Cooper of Norwich. there are numerous entries of the Cooper family down to 1760 in the parish registers. A William Cooper was buried September 30, 1675; Wm., John, Thomas, and Mary, children of Wm. Cooper and Susan his wife, baptized between 1670 and 1680. Wm. Cooper (who probably issued the token) was buried May 13, 1707, and a Wm. Cooper, probably his son, was buried, aged ninety-six, on January 11, 1760. |
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W254: Norfolk, Thetford (Farthing): (1669)
| O | 1669 |
| WILLIAM FLANNER 1669 |
| R | W M F |
| OF THETFORD W M F | |
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| He was Mayor in 1657 |
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W255: Norfolk, Thetford (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | The Grocers' Arms |
| WORMLY HETHERSET |
| R | W H |
| OF THETFORD NORFV W H | |
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| Wormly Hetherset was Mayor of Thetford in 1671 and 1675, and again in 1693 and 1698 |
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W256: Norfolk, Thetford (Farthing): (1668)
| O | A woolpack |
| FRANCIS HOWLETT |
| R | 1668 |
| OF THETTFORD 1668 | |
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| Francis Howlett the elder, of Thetford, wool-comber, by his will dated 1670, devised his messuage in Thetford to his wife Frances for life, and after her decease to his son Thomas, to whom he also gave £100. He gave to his sons John and Francis 10s each, to his son Henry £20, and to each of his daughters, Anne and Elizabeth, £100. He gave the residue of his property to his wife Frances, whom he appointed his executrix. |
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W257: Norfolk, Thetford (Farthing): (1668)
| O | The Mercers' Arms |
| EDWARD MOORE IN |
| R | E F M |
| THETFORD 1668 E F M | |
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| He was Mayor in 1679 |
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W258: Norfolk, Thetford (Farthing): (1659)
| O | The Grocers' Arms |
| IOHN WAYMOND OF |
| R | I W |
| THETFORD 1659 I W | |
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| The above Thetford tokens, except Hetherset's, are engraved in Martin's "History of Thetford." |
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W260: Norfolk, Upwell (Farthing): (1664)
| O | Three doves. The Tallowchandlers' Arms |
| WILLIAM BOYCE |
| R | W S B |
| IN VPWELL 1664 W S B | |
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W261: Norfolk, Upwell (Farthing): (1664)
| O | The Brewers' Arms |
| IAMES BROONLES |
| R | I B |
| IN VPWELL 1664 I B | |
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W262: Norfolk, Upwell (Farthing): (1664)
| O | The Brewers' Arms |
| IAMES BROMLES |
| R | I I B |
| IN VPWELL 1664 I I B | |
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W263: Norfolk, Upwell (Farthing): (1664)
| O | A crown |
| THOMAS NVRISH |
| R | T A N |
| IN VPWELL 1664 T A N | |
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W265: Norfolk, Upwell (Farthing): (1664)
| O | The Mercers' Arms |
| SAMVELL VINCENT |
| R | S V |
| IN VPWELL 1664 S V | |
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| Upwell is partly in Cambridgeshite. The population of Upwell in the Norfolk part of the parish was in 1881 2,082, and in Cambridgeshire 1,357. |
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