Southampton (Hampshire) Conder Halfpenny Token 1791 AU/UNC Sr.Bevois Promissory

Description

Southampton (Hampshire) Conder Halfpenny Token 1791 Sr.Bevois Promissory
Obverse: Bust of St Bevois in helmet, with plume and armour (right). Legend: 'SR. BEVOIS SOUTHAMPTON'.
Reverse: Arms of Southampton. Legend: 'PROMISSORY 1791 HALFPENNY'.
Edge inscription:
PAYABLE AT THE OFFICE OF W.TAYLOR R.V.MOODY & Co
Lovely collectible condition  for type, see photograph.
D&H No: 89. Diameter 29mm.
AU/UNC
—W. Taylor, whose mil! was at South Stoneham, about four miles from Southampton, was a maker of rope-blocks for ships and gun carriages, as shown on the shield. There is a Samuel Taylor described as a brewer in the Universal British Directory of 1790-5. Richard Vernon Moody died in 1792 ; the writer of the Bazaar Note s states that he was a member of the Corporation. Sir Bevois is recorded as being a very powerful man ; a sword of great size is shown at Arundel Castle, said to have been his weapon. On the wall of Bar-gate are sculptured a representation of Ascupart, a giant, and of Sir Bevois, who fought and conquered him.
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