The Still

Richard Walton, a distiller (producer of alcoholic spirits), issued this trade token, worth a farthing, for his business in Aldgate within (now Aldgate Street), Aldgate Ward, City of London. The depiction on the token is of a still, used in the production of alcoholic spirits.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 82; Obv inscription: RICHARD.WALTON.AT.YE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A still (in field); Rev inscription: STILL.WITHIN.ALGAT (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = R.T.W. (triad of intials in Roman capitals, in field).

Richard Walton was a distiller in the parish of St Katherine Cree, in the ward of Aldgate within. He bound apprentices from 1669-78, see C. Webb ‘London Livery Company Apprenticeship Registers’ (London, 1996) Webb, xi, 8-9, 14,28, and his will was proved on 12th February, 1685 (PCC PROB 11/379). See also token number 6474 in the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, 59, The Norweb Collection: Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750, Part VII - City of London.