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Description: | A complete copper alloy farthing trade token of John Bowell (AD 1632-1693), dated (AD) 1657. Born in Wendlebury near Bicester, on 24 August 1646, when he was 14, Bowell was apprenticed to the mercer John Nixon at 96 High Street, Oxford. He was admitted free just over seven years later on 20 November 1653. He became Mayor of Oxford in AD 1680/81. Bowell's trademark was the sugarloaf, seen on the reverse of the token; by 1656, Bowell had his own shop on the site of the present 113/114 High Street (for more information see http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/mayors/1603_1714/bowell_john_1680.html ). Williamson Oxfordshire no. 125.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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