‘Very curious and choice’: a possible hoard of seventeenth-century Evesham tokens in the collection of Rev. John Pearkes (d. 1787) (original) (raw)
2023, Token Corresponding Society Bulletin
This article discusses the origins of a large group of 17th-century Evesham borough tokens recorded in the collection of Rev. John Pearkes (d. 1787) of Bredon, some of which were used to illustrate Treadway Russell Nash's pioneering Collections for the History of Worcestershire (1781). These pieces stand out as unusually well-represented in Pearkes' collection, particularly given the limited scale of token output for the town. It seems likely that Pearkes' Evesham tokens represent all or part of a hoard found during 18th-century building work, possibly on the High Street, Bridge Street, Vine Street, or Merstow Green.
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