17TH CENTURY TOKENS ASSOCIATED WITH SAMUEL PEPYS
17TH CENTURY TOKENS ASSOCIATED WITH SAMUEL PEPYS
From the Collection of George Berry The tokens in the following 22 lots are all of
establishments frequented and known to the diarist Samuel Pepys (1633-1703). The detailed private diary Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669, which was first
published in the 19th century, is one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. The tokens, and the background to their issuers, are described in greater detail in the vendor’s Taverns and Tokens of Pepys’ London (Seaby, 1978).
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Chancery Lane, W.B.I. THE POPES HEAD TAVERN, Farthing, 0.92g/6h (N –; Berry p.42; BW. 509); Thomas Kent, Farthing, 1.65g/12h (N 6749; Berry p.40; BW. 510); William Mart, Halfpenny, 2.23g/12h (N 6751; Berry p.40; BW. 514); Lewis Willson and Henry Morris, Farthing, 0.94g/6h (N 6750; Berry p.40; BW. 1102); Holborn Conduit, Anthoney Joyce, Farthing, 1.00g/6h (N 7122; Berry p.80; BW. 1427) [5]. First fine, others fair but last with nail piercing, mostly scarce
£70-90
Provenance: *First bt N.A. Clark 1993; second bt N.A. Clark 1979; third bt N.A. Clark 1990; fourth bt N.A. Clark 1980; last F. Sedgwick Collection, Spink Auction 51, 16 April 1986, lot 26 (part), bt Baldwin.
Kent 188
Greenwich, E.E.P. AT THE BARE TAVERNE, Farthing, 1650, 1.07g/6h (N –; Hogarth 1174; Berry p.76; BW. 331); S.A.S. AT THE SHIP TAVERNE, Farthing, 1649, 0.68g/6h (N –; Hogarth –; Berry p.76; BW. 334) [2]. Fair to fine, first scraped and pierced, second rare
£50-70
Provenance: First bt N.A. Clark 1981; second exchanged with Seaby 1980
Berry speculates that the issuer of the first token was William Johnson, later vintner at The Drake in Bell Yard; Thomas Kent, vintner, The King’s Head, c. 1630-60; William Mart, vintner, The King’s Head, fl. 1666, previously vintner, The Queen’s Head, Fleet street, apprenticed 1650; Lewis Willson and Henry Morris, vintners, The King’s Head, apprenticed 1651 and 1653 respectively, succeeded Thomas Kent but the partnership was broken in 1662; Anthony Joyce (†January 1668), chandler, vintner, married Katherine Fenner, a cousin of Pepys
City of London 191
Cheapside, Thomas Benson, Farthing, 1650, 0.90g/6h (N 6760; Berry p.44; BW. 573); Thomas Coates, Farthing, 1650, 0.97g/6h (N 6762; Berry p.46; BW. 575); Thomas Dudley, Farthing, 0.52g/6h (N 6767; Berry p.48; BW. 579); George Peirce, Farthing, 1665, 1.12g/12h (N 6756; Berry p.44; BW. 594) [4]. Last very fine, others in varied state, second and third with nail piercings
£50-70 189
Bishopsgate Street, Edward Drayton, Farthing, 1.30g/6h (N 6585 rev., different [earlier] obv.; Berry p.34, but different obv. to those shown; BW. 228); Ascanius Hicks, Farthing, 0.91g/6h (N 6584; Berry p.34; BW. 232); Edward Nourse, Farthing, 1666, 8.12g/12h (N 6592; Berry p.33; BW. 247); Bishopsgate Without, R.K.S. AT THE MOVTH TAVERN, Farthing, 1.08g/6h (N 6649; Berry p.35; BW. 323) [4]. About fine and better, first with heavy obverse die flaw
£80-100
Provenance: *First bt N.A. Clark 1983; third bt N.A. Clark 1979; others bt S.E. Schwer 1979.
Edward Drayton (†1677), vintner, The Ship, aka the Great James, apprenticed 1623; Ascanius Hicks, vintner, The Ship, aka the Great James, apprenticed 1624, married Susan Ellis 1637, succeeded by Edward Drayton; Edward Nourse (1624-90), brazier, situated next door to The Bull, son of the Gloucester issuer Luke Nourse, married Mary Wells 1649
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Provenance: First two bt N.A. Clark 1979; third R.A. Nott Collection, Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection, B. Bird Collection, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 287 (part).
Last only illustrated. Thomas Benson, vintner, The Bull’s Head, 1641-62; Thomas Coates, vintner, The Feathers, previously vintner, The Feathers, Cateaton street, apprenticed 1636, first wife’s name Elizabeth (†1653), second wife Ann Coates (married 1654); Thomas Dudley, vintner, The Mitre, 1648-50; George Pierce, vintner, apprenticed 1653, fl. 1670, wife’s name Mary
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