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17th Century Tokens, Billericay, Joseph Fishpoole, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.26g/12h (N 1088; BW. 16); Miles Hackluitt, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.60g/12h (N 1089; BW. 17); Abraham Thresher, Halfpenny, 0.61g/6h (N 1091; BW. 19); Samuell Wayte, Farthing, 1.11g/6h (N 1092; BW. 20) [4]. Second good fine but with punch-mark in reverse field, others fair (£50-70)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Tokens formed by Eileen Judson.

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Joseph Fishpoole (†23 January 1703, aged 56), woolman and woolstapler, lived at Apton Hall, Billericay and had considerable property interests in Great Burstead, Mountnessing and Buttsbury, wife’s name Rebecca (†9 December 1741, aged 87); Miles Hackluitt, tobacconist; Abraham Thresher, shopkeeper, witnessed the Will of Samuel Wayte in 1670, alive in 1690; Samuel Wayte (†3 September 1670, aged 51), second wife’s name Elizabeth, widow of John Thresher