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Auction 20122 27 May 2020
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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
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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]
Estimate: £80 - £100
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]
Estimate: £80 - £100