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Description: | A copper alloy trade token of Thomas Burgis of Stony Stratford. One side has a rather worn shield that is difficult to dicipher but appears to have a division in chief with emblems in both sections all is enclosed in THOMAS BURGIS. The reverse has three worn initials enclosed by STONY STRATFORD. Found in a small copper alloy trinket pot with three other local tokens.Thomas Burgis (†1696), baker and grocer by trade, was a Quaker who married Anne Greene in 1627, so died a very old man. (pers comm Peter Preston-Morley)
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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