THE GEORGE BERRY COLLECTION OF 17th CENTURY BUCKINGHAMSHIRE TOKENS 136
Buckingham, Peter Reynoldes, Farthings, [16]58 (2), 0.85g/12h, 0.81g/12h (both BM 50; P-M 921; N –; BW. 37); George Robins, Farthings (2), 1.02g/6h (BM 51; P-M 922; N 302; BW. 38), 0.84g/12h (dies not in BM; P-M 922; dies not in N; BW. 37) [4]. Varied state, all very rare £90-120
Provenance: BM 50 at 0.85g D.B. Griffiths Collection, Part II, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012, lot 76 (part), bt R. Gladdle; BM 50 at 0.81g D.L. Smith Collection [from Format April 1982]; BM 51 bt B. Blight 1982.
Peter Reynolds (†December 1671), lace buyer, churchwarden, wife’s name Frances; George Robins (b. May 1635), mercer, mayor 1663, removed to Banbury where he issued a halfpenny token in 1669
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Chesham, Abraham Garraway, Halfpenny, 1671, 1.87g/6h (BM 58; P-M 926; N –; BW. 46); William Guome, Halfpenny, 1671, 1.11g/12h (BM 60; P-M –; N –; BW. 44) [2]. About fine, both very rare
£150-200 Provenance: BM 58 bt Seaby 1972; *BM 60 bt Seaby 1965.
Abraham Garraway (†1705), tobacconist, first wife Mary (†1683), second wife Anne; William Grome (†1690), clothworker, first wife Susan (†1687), second wife Mary
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Chalfont St Peter, John Bennitt, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.67g/6h (BM 52; P-M 923; N –; BW. 39). About fine, very rare
£80-100 Provenance: Bt Baldwin 1965.
John Bennitt (1602-75), innholder, The Greyhound, also tailor, first wife Susanna
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Chesham, John Grover, Farthings, 1655 (2), mm. mullet both sides, Ramage dies, 1.06g/6h (BM 61; P-M 927 rev., different obv.; N –; BW. 47), mm. pierced mullet on obv., mullet on rev., 0.36g/3h (BM –; P-M 927; N –; BW. 47) [2]. First with some surface verdigris on reverse, otherwise good fine and very rare, second mediocre
£150-200
Provenance: *First J. Howard Collection, bt R. Gladdle 2007; second bt N.A. Clark 2001.
John Grover (†1696), tailor, churchwarden, wife’s name Jane
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Chesham, Richard Amond, Farthings, 1664 (2), 1.45g/6h, 0.72g/6h (BM 55; P-M 925, former this piece; N –; BW. 42); William Childe, Farthings (2), 1.04g/6h, 0.94g/6h (BM 56; P-M 925, former this piece; N –; BW. 43) [4]. Third good fine, others fair to fine
£90-120
Provenance: BM 55 at 1.45g and *BM 56 at 1.04g P.J. Preston- Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 925 [BM 55 from V. Rogers 1984, BM 56 T.O. Mabbott Collection, from Seaby May 1971], D.B. Griffiths Collection, Part II, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012, lot 78, bt R. Gladdle 2012; BM 55 at 0.72g bt N. A. Clark 1985.
Richard Amond (1609-97), clothworker, second wife Dorothy (†1704). William Childe (†1681), brewer, Baptist, first wife Mary, second wife Martha (†1672)
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Chesham, Thomas Hall, heart-shaped Halfpenny, ends of rods invisible, 1.68g/12h (BM 63; P-M 929, this piece; N 304 rev., different obv.; BW. 49). Very fine, attractively patinated
£250-300
Provenance: F.E. Baker Collection, acquired before January 1927; P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 929 [from F.E.B. October 1977]; D.B. Griffiths Collection, Part II, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012, lot 80.
Thomas Hall (1611-86), mercer and draper, churchwarden, wife’s name Mary
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