The Bricklayers' Arms

Richard Flewde issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his business near Turnagain Lane Bridge.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3237; Obv inscription: RICHARD.FLEWDE.NEAR (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = The Bricklayers' arms (in field); Rev inscription: TVRNAGAIN.LANE.BRIDG (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = R.E.F. / 1/2 (triad of initials in Roman capitals with denomination below, in field).

The arms of the Worshipful company of Tilers and Bricklayers are: Azure a chevron or, in a chief, a fleur-de-lis argent between two brick-axes palewise or, in base a "brush" also (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). Turnagain Lane runs east off Farringdon Street, in the ward of Farringdon Without, in the City of London, it formerly ran through Snow Hill also, before being demolished for the creation of Holborn Viaduct.