Cambridge, Rose Taverne, Richard Allen (Publican and Councilman), Farthings, undated († 1684),...
Cambridge, Rose Taverne, Richard Allen (Publican and Councilman), Farthings, undated († 1684), in copper alloy (4), 7h, m.m. star (m.m.) RICHARD • ALLEN • ROSE, tudor rose, rev. (m.m.) TAVERNE • IN • CAMBRIDGE, R • A • I and small rose in centre, A to G in CAMBRIDGE (Cooper [1845], pp. 541; Babington 2; Searle 2; Boyne & Williamson 11; SCBI Norweb I, 421; Dickinson, Cambs 11), about very fine; also, in brass, 6h (2), similar to last, rev. A to (m.m.) (Dickinson, Cambs 11A); lastly, as before, rev. no (m.m.), 12h, 1.32g (Boyne & Williamson 12; SCBI Norweb I, 422 this coin; Dickinson, Cambs 12), some light verdigris, fine (4)
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ii) Purchased Seaby, January 1987 - £16
'A collection of Seventeenth Century Tokens: The Property of a Lady', Spink 51, 16 April 1986, lot 80 [part] - £120
iii) Purchased Seaby, £9
iv) Purchased Nigel Clark, February 1990 - £15
Mrs. R. Henry Norweb collection (with this envelope)
Purchased Baldwin, 1960
Richard Allen became landlord of the Rose Tavern in 1653. The following year he established a Coach service to Grays Inn, Holborn that cost 10 Shillings and left for London on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays. Richard Allen was appointed a Councilman in 1662, and died in the town in July 1684. However his inn would be the scene of a brutal stabbing a few decades later, when on Saturday 19 April 1707, about 10 or 11 at night, Alderman Fox quarrelled with a Mr Joseph Pyke at the Rose Taverne. An eyewitness reported: “the said Mr Fox with his penknife did stabb the said Joseph Pyke in his side near his belly; but he recovered from the wound.” [sic]
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Cambridge, Rose Taverne, Richard Allen (Publican and Councilman), Farthings, undated († 1684), in copper alloy (4), 7h, m.m. star (m.m.) RICHARD • ALLEN • ROSE, tudor rose, rev. (m.m.) TAVERNE • IN • CAMBRIDGE, R • A • I and small rose in centre, A to G in CAMBRIDGE (Cooper [1845], pp. 541; Babington 2; Searle 2; Boyne & Williamson 11; SCBI Norweb I, 421; Dickinson, Cambs 11), about very fine; also, in brass, 6h (2), similar to last, rev. A to (m.m.) (Dickinson, Cambs 11A); lastly, as before, rev. no (m.m.), 12h, 1.32g (Boyne & Williamson 12; SCBI Norweb I, 422 this coin; Dickinson, Cambs 12), some light verdigris, fine (4)
Provenance
ii) Purchased Seaby, January 1987 - £16
'A collection of Seventeenth Century Tokens: The Property of a Lady', Spink 51, 16 April 1986, lot 80 [part] - £120
iii) Purchased Seaby, £9
iv) Purchased Nigel Clark, February 1990 - £15
Mrs. R. Henry Norweb collection (with this envelope)
Purchased Baldwin, 1960
Richard Allen became landlord of the Rose Tavern in 1653. The following year he established a Coach service to Grays Inn, Holborn that cost 10 Shillings and left for London on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays. Richard Allen was appointed a Councilman in 1662, and died in the town in July 1684. However his inn would be the scene of a brutal stabbing a few decades later, when on Saturday 19 April 1707, about 10 or 11 at night, Alderman Fox quarrelled with a Mr Joseph Pyke at the Rose Taverne. An eyewitness reported: “the said Mr Fox with his penknife did stabb the said Joseph Pyke in his side near his belly; but he recovered from the wound.” [sic]
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