TOKENS FROM THE LATE DAVID GRIFFITHS COLLECTION (Part II)
TOKENS FROM THE LATE DAVID GRIFFITHS COLLECTION (Part II)
The second part of the extensive series of British tokens formed by the late David Griffiths (1940-2011) comprises issues of the 17th century from counties that were tertiary interests to his main collecting areas. Nevertheless, his holdings of Bedfordshire (92 pieces), Berkshire (212
pieces), Buckinghamshire (91 pieces) and Hampshire (173 pieces) are very significant and offer collectors of these counties an increasingly rare opportunity of adding to
their holdings. This section of the sale also includes pieces of unusual shape, or with punning legends, from the Griffiths collection.
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Bedford, Anthony Boulton, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.27g/6h (GO 5; N 5; BW. 5); John Clarke, Farthing, 0.98g/12h (GO 7.1, this piece illustrated; N 7; BW. 7); Thomas Cox, Farthing, 1664, 0.87g/3h (GO 8; N –; BW. 8); William Faldo, Farthing, 1659, 0.86g/6h (GO 9, this piece illustrated; N 8; BW. 9); Robert Farman, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.24g/6h (GO 10; N 9; BW. 10); Henry Fittzhugh, Farthing, 1655, 1.19g/12h (GO 12; N 10; BW.12); Robert Fittzhugh, Farthing, 1654, 1.18g/6h (GO 11, this piece illustrated; N –; BW. 11) [7]. Mostly fine, first two and last better but second chipped
£150-200 17th Century Tokens Bedfordshire
Provenance: GO 5 and *7.1 N.T. Bagshawe Collection, Glendining Auction, 3 November 2000, lot 798 (part), additionally: GO 5 H.W. Taffs Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 November 1956, lot 854 (part); GO 8, 9, 11 and 12 N.T. Bagshawe Collection, Glendining Auction, 3 November 2000, lot 779 (part) [9 from Baldwin December 1956], additionally: GO 12 H.W. Taffs Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 November 1956, lot 854 (part); GO 10 Morton & Eden Auction 23, 28-9 November 2006, lot 375 (part).
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Ampthill, Thomas Harvye, Farthing, 1664, 1.03g/3h (Gaunt/Oddie 1A; N 1; D 1A); John Impie, Farthing, 1663, 0.78g/3h (GO 2A; N 2; D 2A) [2]. First about very fine, second about fine; the only two issues for the town £40-50
Provenance: N.T. Bagshawe Collection, Glendining Auction, 3 November 2000, lot 798 (part), additionally: *GO 1a H.W. Taffs Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 November 1956, lot 854 (part).
Thomas Harvey (†October 1707), grocer, constable 1663, wife’s name Mary. John Impie, grocer and Quaker, Dunstable street, wife’s name Anne
Anthony Boulton (†February 1696/7), grocer, apprenticed to William Faldo, chamberlain 1673, bailiff 1675, mayor 1680 and 1690, wife’s name Susan (†May 1700). John Clarke (c. 1635-74), grocer, non-conformist, wife’s name Susan (†July 1688). Thomas Cox, wife’s name Jacobin. William Faldo (1620-93), gentleman and alderman, mayor 1653, 1664 and 1666, chamberlain 1654, bailiff 1657, wife’s name Ann (†August 1665). Robert Farman, baker, High street, chamberlain 1681, bailiff 1685, wife’s name Elizabeth. Henry Fittzhugh (1615-64), churchwarden, St Paul’s, 1641, mayor 1649, burgess and alderman, wife’s name Mary. Robert Fittzhugh (fl. 1691), brother of Henry, maltster, chamberlain 1647, bailiff 1653, mayor 1656, provisional mayor 1679, wife’s name Mary
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Barton-in-the-Clay, William Hopkins, Halfpenny, 1.25g/12h (GO 3; N 4; BW. 3). Very fine; the only issue for the village
£30-40
Provenance: H.W. Taffs Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 November 1956, lot 854 (part); N.T. Bagshawe Collection, Glendining Auction, 3 November 2000, lot 798 (part).
William Hopkins, chandler, first wife Susan (†1665), second wife Elizabeth (†September 1700)
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