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Description: | Copper alloy trade token of Richard Boyse of Colchester, 1668.Mason, 1902, Ancient Tokens of Colchester, page 19.
Richard Boyse was a maltster, being the son of a rich brewer. We know from his will that he had four sons, Peter, James, Robert and William, and a daughter Anne. He bequeathed each child a ??100 and left his land at Bentley Fale (?) to his youngest son William and his land and house at Dedham to Anne. Anne was also left the chest of drawers in the parlour that held the linen. (Judson 1987, The lives and wills of Essex token issuers, page 60. | Subjects: | Trade | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | McDonald, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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