50 Bradford-upon- Avon. 
During the Commonwealth and the reign of Charles IT. the prac- 
tice became prevalent of tradesmen issuing their own half-pennies 
and farthings. The want of small change had long been felt as an 
inconvenience, so that in the language of several petitioners to 
Parliament the poor man often “lost his penny,” 
which, whatever may have been its precise signification, implied 
great inconvenience. Mr. J. Y. Akerman! has drawn up a list of 
the several tokens issued in Wiltshire, and amongst them, of course, 
those belonging to Bradford. He gives us the following list, of 
an expression 
the first two of which we give drawings. Specimens of most of 
them are not uncommon in Bradford. 
(1). Obverse. PAULE . METHWIN, and three mullets. <A coat 
of arms. Crest, a cross. Reverse. IN. BRADFORD, and two mul- 
lets. In the field a cross between the letters P. M. 
rnc 
(2). Obverse. JOHN . COOKE. AND . JOSHUA. FARRAND. 
a mullet. In the field a lion rampant. Reverse. OF. BRADFORD. 
THEIR . HALF-PENY. and a mullet. In the field, three bugle 
horns. 
Obverse. Reverse. 
(3). Obv. DANIEL. DEVERREL. and a cinquefoil. A regal 
crown of the period. Rev. IN. BRADFORD. 1668. and a cin- 
quefoil. In the field D. D. four pellets, and two cinquefoils. 
(4). Obv. JOHN . COOKE. a cinquefoil, 1666, and another cin- 
quefoil. In the field, HIS. HALF-PENY. a cinquefoil, and two 
pellets. Rev. OF . BRADFORD. Two cinquefoils and a mullet. 
1 List of Tokens issued by Wiltshire Tradesmen in the 17th century. Lon- 
don, 1846. 
