Post-Medieval — 1650
The Cock
This trade token, worth a farthing, was issued at the Cock tavern, in Norton Folgate, Middlesex.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2086; Obv inscription: AT.THE.COCK.IN (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A cock (in field); Rev inscription: NORTVN.FOLGATE.1650 (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = B.E.H. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).
See also, 96.66/854, in the museum collection. Norton Folgate used to be an area in the parish of St Botolph, in Stepney, Middlesex; the name survives in a road which forms part of the boundary between the City of London and Tower Hamlets.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- NN17968
- Object name:
- The Cock
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- B.H.
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- Related events:
- Related places:
Middlesex; Norton Folgate, City of London & Tower Hamlets, London [City of London] [Tower Hamlets], City of London, Tower Hamlets
- Production date:
- 1650
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 16 mm, WT 0.71 g
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 80%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
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