Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673; 1666
The Pope's Head
Henry Redman issued this trade token, worth a half penny, at his business, the Pope's Head tavern in Chancery Lane, Middlesex.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 520; Obv inscription: HENRY.REDMAN.1666 (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = The pope's head (in field); Rev inscription: IN.CHANCERIE.LANE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = HIS / HALF / PENY (in three lines of Roman capitals, in field).
See also J. H. Burn, A Descriptive Catalogue of the London Traders, Tavern, and Coffee-house Tokens current in the Seventeenth Century, presented to the Corporation Library by Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy, 2nd ed. (London, 1855), no. 300. Chancery Lane lies within the London boroughs of Camden, City of Westminster and City of London, in the ward of Farringdon Without, having formerly lain across, Holborn and Westminster in Middlesex, and the ward of Farringdon Without, in the City of London.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- 96.66/300
- Object name:
- The Pope's Head
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Redman, Henry
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- Related places:
Middlesex; Chancery Lane, Camden, City of Westminster, ward of Farringdon Without, City of London, London [Camden] [City of Westminster] [City of London], Camden, City of London, City of Westminster
- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673; 1666
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 18 mm, WT 2.30 g
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- Record quality:
- 80%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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