The Drapers' Arms

John Jackson, a draper, issued this trade token, worth a farthing, for his business in Carey Lane.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 470; Obv inscription: IOHN.IACKSON (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = The Drapers' arms (in field); Rev inscription: IN.CAREY.LANE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = I.M.I. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).

John Jackson was a draper when he issued this token, he later became a cook (NN16615 in the museum collection), he died in 1664, see Percival Boyd, [Inhabitants of London]. Society of Genealogists, MS.
10901. The inclusion of a middle initial on this token suggests John Jackson was married when he issued this token, but may not have been when he issued the earlier token, NN16615 in the museum collection, a middle initial commonly representing that of a wife. The arms of the Worshipful Company of Drapers are: Azure three clouds with sunbeams issuing proper crowned with imperial crowns (J. Bromley, The Armorial Bearings of the Guilds of London: a record of the heraldry of the surviving companies with historical notes; with...[illustrations] by Heather Child...(London, 1960). See also token numbers 6734a and 6734b 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. Carey Lane lies in Aldersgate Ward and the ward of Farringdon Within, in the City of London.