Post-Medieval — 1648-1673
The Grocers' Arms
William Halstead, a grocer issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his business in Fleet Street.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 1078. Obv inscription: WILLIAM.HALSTED.AT.THE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = The Grocers' arms (in field); Rev inscription: IN.FLEET.STREET.HIS.1/2.PENY (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A monogram (in field).
William Hlastead of St Bride, b. 1633, Grocer; md. Elizabeth Bickerton 1662, see Percival Boyd, [Inhabitants of London]. Society of Genealogists, MS. 28808. See also token number 6953 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. The arms of the Worshipful Company of Grocers' are: Argent a chevron Gules between nine cloves Sable (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). Fleet Street is in the ward of Farringdon Without, in the City of London.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- 96.66/494
- Object name:
- The Grocers' Arms
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Halsted, William
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- Related places:
Fleet Street, ward of Farringdon Without, City of London, London [City of London], City of London
- Production date:
- 1648-1673
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 21 mm, WT 1.76 g
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 80%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
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