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Pro
ceed
ings
of
the
SUFFOLK INSTITUTE
of
A
R
CH
A
EO
LO
G
YA
ND
H
IS
T
OR
Y
•
•
er
V
olu
m
e X
XX
V
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SH ORT E
R CO N
TR IB U
TIONS
M
ORE
ST NI
CHOL
AS T
OKEN
S FR
OM B
URY
ST E
DMUN
DS A
ND V
ICINI
TY
by t
he la
te S E
Rig
old
M A
F S
A F
R His
t S
T
he cla
ssific
ation
that
I sug
gested
for t
he St
Nich
olas o
r Bo
y Bis
hop
token
s in V
olum
e xx x
iv
P
art 2
(1978
) of t
hese
Pr
oc eed
ings was
under
elev
en se
ries ,
of wh
ich si
x (I,
II, VI
, VII
, IX ,
X)
w
ere a
ssign
ed by
distri
bution
or l
egend
to B
ury, t
hree
(IV, V
III,
XI) t
o Ely,
on e
(V ) to
Ip sw
ich
an d
on e (
III) u
ncerta
in , p
ossib
ly to
Sudb
ury. O
f the
Bu r
y ser
ies, I
I is k
no wn
on ly
from
on e
sp ec
imen,
now
lost,
an d I
X is n
ot a
regula
r ser
ies bu
t a cl
a ss of
imita
tions,
mor
e or l
essba
d, of
Bury
prod
uctio
ns .
Since
pu bli
shing
the c
lassif
icatio
n I ha
ve ha
d op p
ortun
ity to
test
its uti
lity a
nd to
supp
ly any
de f
ects a
nd m
odific
ation
s nee
ded.
Miss E
lizab
eth O
wles
, cura
tor of
Moy
se s H
all M
useum
, ha
s
ki
ndly
subm
itted
to m
y sc r
utiny
tw o
unsor
ted c
ollect
ions
made
in o
r nea
r Bu
ry, be
sides
a
rem
arka
ble s
ingle
speci
men f
rom W
hep
stead
, som
e eig
ht mi
le s to
the s
outh,
while
I ha
ve see
n
a
nd ex
am in
ed , m
ore
cursor
ily, t
he re
sidue
(twen
ty-six specim ens), in the han ds of a Lon don
d
ealer
, of w
ha t i
s repo
rted
to be
a sim
ilar l
ifetim
e s ga
theri
ng fro
m B
ury.
Th
e fir
st-nam
ed c
ollec
tion (
herein
after
refer
red t
o as Y
) ha
s no w
been
bequ
eathe
d to
the
M us
eu m
an d w
as ma
de o
ver th
e yea
rs by
Mr H
arvey
Frost
, a lo
cal bu
ilder;
it co
ntain
ed eig
ht St
N
ichol
as tok
en s a
nd th
ree ot
he r le
ad pi
eces,
which
can
safely
be a
ssume
d to b
e loc
a l fin
ds by
his
w
orkm
en an
d frie
nds.
The s
econd
col l
ection
(fifte
en in
all,
referr
ed to
as Z)
has b
een m
ad e
in
re
cent
years
by M
r M. T
aylo
r and
com e
s mai
nly fr
om th
e area
east
of the
ab be
y an d
town
, with
in
a
ki lo
metre
or s
o of
TL/87
06 45
. Th
e spe
cime
n fro
m a
garde
n at
W hep
stead
(T L
/8345
82
a
pprox
.), S
eries
VII,
3, is
illust
rated
(Fig
. 36 ),
an d
is fa
r en o
ug h
from
Bury
to m
ak e
an
ad
dition
al p
roven
ance
for A
ppend
ix u
to m
y prev
ious
paper
. The
rest
, refe
rred
to as
SG, a
re
inc
luded
by c
ourtes
y of
the de
aler,
the f
irm o
f Stan
ley G
ibbon
s. N
ot all,
pa rti
cular
ly of
Z, ar
e
ve r
y legi
ble o
r com
plete;
bu t
the collections, individually an d together, may be taken as a va lid
sam
ple
of the
Bury
toke
n pro
ducti
on .
A ll th
e Bur
y seri
esexc
ept II
are r
epres
ented
an d t
he m
ore no
rm al
piece
s a re
easily
assig
ne d to
the
ir ser
ial nu
mbers
and
lette
rs. Th
e sy
stem
works
, bu t
the
relatio
ns hip
be tw
een
the se
ries i
s
mad
e cle
arer b
y the
less
norma
l pie
ces.
F
irstly
, the
conne
ction
betw
een S
eries
I and
so me
at le
ast of
Serie
s VI a
nd V
II is m
ad e
more
ra tio
na l i
f Seri
es I , B
3 (V
ol. xx
xiv P
l. IX,
d) , a
n an o
malo
us pie
ce , w
ith b
utton
ey es
, and
also a
Bury
find
in M
oy se
s Ha l
l, is r
em ov
ed fr
om th
at po
sitio
n and
plac
ed in
a tra
nsitio
na l g
roup
k
FI
G. 36
— St N
icholas
tok en
gro at
fro m W
hepstea
d (ac
tual si
ze).
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SU F
FO L
K IN S
TIT U
TE O
F A R
CH A
EO L
OG Y
AN D
HIST
O RY
gr oa
ts
an d
hal
f- gr
oats
on
ly a
t pre
se n
t), p
re fi
xed
I, K
, th
is b
ec o
m in
g I,
K 1
, w
ith t
he r
el at
ed
p
ie ce
s nu
m be
re d
in
se qu
en c
e.
S
ec on
dl y
, a s
ur pr
is in
g nu
m b
er ,
a fif
th o
f th
e to
ta l s
am p
le ,
of r
ou g
h, a
ne pi
gr ap
hic
pie
ce s
of
no rm al , sm al l pe nny size qui te dis tinct fro m th e sm a
ll si
ze of
Se
ries
X ),
ar e
no w
sho
w n
to b
e
B
ur y
pr od
uct
io ns
. Pr
ev io
us c
la ss
ific
at ion
s ha
ve
ig no
re d
th e
m . S
ure
ly th
ey
ar e
th e
p en
ni es
tha
t
go
w i
th th
e ro
ug h
im
itati
on
gr oa
ts o
f S
er ies
IX ,
tho
ug h
no
t as
co n
sp ic
uous
ly c
lu m
sy a
s so
m e o
f
the
se .
The
y w i
ll be
cla
ss ed
as s
uc h
, to
be n
um b
ere
d IX
, 1
1, et
seq
., th
ou g
h n
ot de
sc r
ib ed
in g
re a
t
det
ai l
sinc
e the
y a
re o
bv io
usly
irr e
gul
ar a
nd
no t
fu rt
he r
se ri
al iza
ble
.
T hi
rd ly
, th
e n
um b
er s
fo u
nd
ar e
fa ir
ly c
on si
sten
t w
ith
th e
su pp
osi
tion
th a
t th
e m
ou ld
in
M o
ys e
s H a
ll V
ol.
xxx
iv ,
Pl.
V III
) w
as ty
pic
al , a
nd
th at
at
le as
t in
Seri
es I
fo u
r pe
nn i
es w
ere
ca st
to e
ve r
y on
e g
ro at
or
hal
f- gr
oa e.
Su
mma
ry
of t
he S
amp
le
The spe ci m en s ar e ta bu la te d under the ir ser ie s. The firs t fig ur e is th e dia m ete r in m m , th en th e
so
ur c
e X
, Y
or S
G ).
N e
w ty
pe s
or d
iffe
re nc
es a
re b
rief
ly d
es cr
ib ed
w h
er e
nec
ss sa
ry .
S
er ie
s I:
no r
m al
gro
ats
A
: 25
, Z
; 26
, SG
; B
2 ?
): 27
, Z
; D l
: 25
, Y
; D 3
: 25
, Y
.
S
erie
s I:
nor
m al
pe
nc e
F: 1
5, Z
i.
m .
co lo
n, n
o re
v, t
er m
in al
col
on ).
Z i
. m .
ann
ule
t, re
v, t
er m
in al
pel
le t).
Z; 6
fro
m S
G ,
of w
hic
h 4
ha v
e re
ve rs
ed E
.
G :
15,
Y
co lo
n af
te r
G EN
);
16 ,
Z 2
); 3
fr om
S
G .
J
:
16 ,
Y ; Z
, 16
, S
G ; a
ls o
3 un
cl ea
r, S
G .
Se
ries
I: tr
an s
ition
al
Gro
at ,
28
, Z,
K 2
fol
lo w
in g
K 1
= B
3);
unc
le ar
, bu
t in
ne r
ci rc
le , t
ho u
gh o
th e
rw is
e un
like
Se
ri es
V II
, ap
pa re
nt ly
rea
ds
— —
/N
ico/
lae/
—
— i
n b
la ck
le tt
er .
H
al fg
ro a
t ,
20 ,
Y , c
lipp
ed
fr om
c
. 22
m m
; m
itre
d b
us t
w ith
bu
tton
ey
es ,
ga rb
le d
L om
-
ba rd
ic r
ev ,
le ge
nd
w ith
ou t
in n
er c
ircle
.
S
er ie
s V I
: gr
oa ts
2
4, Z
, V I
, 1,
va r
ia nt,
pe
llets
fo r
le ge
nd e
xce
pt in
ner
—
/ —
C /
—),
but
to n
eye
s; 2
5, S
G , V
I,
2
, va
rian
t, m
itre
an
d g
ar ble
d l
eg en
ds e
xce
pt V
R A
9R
O N
O bI
S.
Se
ries
V I:
pe
nc e
15
, Z,
V I,
5,
va ri
an t
mit
re a
nd
re v.
—/
:V E
/R E
X /
— —
).
1
5, S
G ,
V I,
6 l
ar ge
N )
.
Ser
ie s
V II:
ha
lf-gr
oat
19
, Z,
V II
, 2;
sa m
e m
oul
d as
in V
ol.
xxx
iv P
l. X
, 1
, but
leg
en d
in f
ai r
an d
cl ea
r bl
ac k
le tte
r
le
gi bl
e as
S
on s
id e)
a/N
ico
/:
clae
/beri
.
Ser
ie s V
II :
gro
at
24
, D
: Ste
ve n
s, fr o
m W
he
ps te
ad
Fig
. 36
): V
II , 3
, m i
tred
bu
st in
cl in
ed r
., N
1, c
ro zi
er r.
, arc
s
i
n co
rn er
s, s
er ra
tions
for
obv
. an
d o
ut er
le g
en ds
, in
ne r
re ad
s
Beat
e/Ne
co/c
lae+
/ de
bu
? r
in b
la ck
let
te r.
1
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SH
OR
TE R
CO
NT
R IB
UTI O
NS
Se
ri e
s IX
:
g ro
at s
2
9, S
G
, co
ar s
e c
op y
o
f Se
rie
s
I A
.
2
5, S
G ,
m
itre
.
S
er i
es I
X :
p e
nc e
3
fr o
m
Y ,
1 f
ro m
Z
an
d 6
fr o
m
SG
, a
ll b
et w
ee
n 1
7 a
nd
15
m m
a
nd
w
ith
a r
ou g
h m
it
re
an d
st
ro k
es
fo r
le
ge n
d u
nl e
ss
ot h
er w
ise
in
di c
ate
d;
of
th e
se
17 ,
Y
is t
hi c
k,
w it
h 2
lo
ze n
ge
s un
de
r
m
itr
e, w
ea
k p
el l
et s
an d
no
le
ge n
d-c
irc
le s
; 16
, Y
ha
s th
e m
it
re r
ed u
ce
d t
o a
tria
ng
le ,
X
or /
fo
r
p
el l
et s
and
a
ga i
n n
o l
eg e
nd
-cir
cl e
on
re
v, a
s d
oe
s 1
5, Y
. T
he
re
st a
re
as
bad
, a
nd
19
, Y
ha
s
p
el l
et s
fo r
le g
en
ds
an d
th
e m
itr
e i
s tr
an s
fo r
m e
d
to a
cr
ude
ro
se t
te
of p
el l
et s
co
m p
ar e
S
er ie
s
I
X ,
9;
in
th is
co
nte
xt
it
is p
ro b
ab
ly
ad m
is s
ib l
e a
s a
lim
iti
ng
ca s
e) .
S
er i
es
X :
la r
ge
2
3 —
24
, 4
fr o
m
SG
, w
ith
co
nt i
nuo
us
or
in
terr
up
te d
sc
ro l
ls .
S
erie
s X
: s
m a
ll
1
9,
Z ,
inte
rr u
pte
d
sc r
olls
.
O
f th
e t
ot al
of
50
sp
ec im
en
s,
50
pe r
ce
nt a
re
Se
ries
I,
no r
m a
l 1
0 p
er
ce n
t g
ro a
ts ,
40
pe
r c
en t
p en
ce
);
4 p
er
ce n
t S
erie
s I
, tr
an s
itio
nal
; 8
pe
r c
en t
Se
rie
s V
I; 4
pe
r c
en t
Se
rie
s V
II ;
24
pe
r ce
nt
Ser
ie s
IX
4
pe
r c
en
t g
ro a
ts ,
20
p
er
ce n
t p
en
ce )
; 1
0 p
er
ce n
t S
er
ie s
X .
Th
e o
nl
y si
gn
ific
an t
a
ss o
ci a
te d
pi
ec e
is
fr o
m
a
w el
l- k
no w
n
se r
ie s
of
sm
all,
th
in
le a
d
to k
en s
w
ith
a v
as
t va
ri e
ty
of
o
bv e
rs e
m o
tif
s bu
t
al w
ay s
a
ne a
t s
ho r
t cr
os s
an
d p
el l
ets
, or
pe
llet
s in
ci
rc l
es ,
in
th e
qu
ar te
rs
an
d
ra
di a
l s
trok
es
fo r
le g
en
ds .
Th
is s
er i
es w
as
re c
ord
ed
fr o
m
L o
nd o
n
by
C.
Roa
ch
Sm
ith
an
d r
ec e
nt l
y
by
th
e L
on d
on
M
us e
um
U
rb a
n U
ni
t in
a
14 t
h- c
en t
ur y
co
nt e
xt .
Th
e s
pe c
im
en
he r
e
13 ,
Y )
ha s
an
ei ght -po inted star as th e des ign and est ablishe s a Bury pr ove nan ce .
d
dita
me
nta
b
y
D a
vi d
Sh
er l
oc k
S
in c
e 1
98
0 w
he n
S
tu a
rt R
ig
ol d
w r
ot e
hi s
se
con
d a
rtic
le
on
th e
se t
ok
en s
th e
re
ha s
be
en
a s
m a
ll b
ut
co
ns t
ant
fl
ow
of
ne w
fi
nd s
br
ou g
ht
to
M o
ys
e sH
al
l M
us e
um
. T
he
y h
av e
co
m e
m
ai n
ly f
ro m
B
ur
y
St Edm unds and are m os tly too w orn or dam ag ed to be ide ntifia ble . The follow ing te n id ent ified
sp e
ci m
en
s a
re h
er
e p
ub l
is h
ed
to
brin
g
this
ar
ticl
e u
p t
o d
at e
. M
or
e w
ill
do u
btl
es s
co
ntin
ue
to
be
f
ou n
d
by
m e
ta l
de
te ct
in g
, e
xc
av a
tion
o
r c
ha n
ce
bu
t th
ey
ar
e u
nlik
el y
to
al
te r
su
bs ta
nt i
al l
y M
r
R
ig o
ld
s c
lass
ific
ati
on
of
th e
se
ries
.
T
he
te n
to
ke n
s c
om
pr i
se
six
fr o
m
H o
rs ec
ro
ft H
al l
Fa
rm
, H
or
ring
er
1
—6
; d
on o
rs
N .
M a
rs h
an d
M
rs
W .
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m p
so n
), t
w o
fr o
m
un
kn o
w n
si
te s
in
Bu
ry S
t E
dm
un
ds
7
—8
; le
nd e
r K
. M
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la r
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on e
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om
6
—7
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ga t
e S
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et
9;
do
nor
M
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ne
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C
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rt
K n
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to n
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1
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. P
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e
p
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ts
in a
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le s
; w
av y
lin
e i
n p
la c
e o
f le
ge n
d.
Se
ries
X ,
C,
2
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V
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S.
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, J
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Pl.
IX
, j)
.
15
1
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OF A
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STORY
Groa
t siz
e, 2
3mm
. Ob
v.:
mitre
d bu
st t
o rig
ht w
ith c
roz i
er , L
omb
ard i
c N,
no
legen
d.
Sim
ilar
to W
hep
stea
d ex
am p
le F
ig . 3
6). R
ev.:
lon
g cro
ss w
ith p
ellet
s, leg
end
on i
nne r
r
ing
on ly:
AV
E NI
COL
AE.
Ser
ies V
I, ne
w ty
pe.
Penn
y s
ize,
17m
m.
Crud
e si
mpli
fied
lege
nds .
Ob
v.:
mitre
, N
ICH
OLA
VS?
Re
v.:
AV
EAV
E?
Serie
s VI
, new
typ
e.
Pe
nny
size,
15m
m.
Sim i
lar t
o no
. 4.
Obv
.: m
itred
crow
n,
.SAN
CTV
S N
ICH
OLA
VS?
R
ev.:
long
cros
swit
h pe l
lets
and s
mall
sal t
ire in
cen
tre, l
egen
d AV
E R
EX G
EN
TIS .
Ser i
es
I
, G,
var i
an t.
Groa
t siz
e, 25
mm.
Sim
ilar
to n
o. 6.
Obv
.: m
itred
bu s
t to
righ t
, ei t
her s
ide
S N,
lege
nd
PIE
NIC
HO
LAE
OR
A P
RO
NOB
. R
ev .:
long
cros
s and
pe l
lets,
two
ring
s of
lege
nd s,
ou t
er V
OS./
.../...
/EAD
?,
inn
er A
VE R
EX
GEN
TIS
. Se
ries I
, C
cf. V
ol. x
xxiv
, Pl.
IX,
e
).
Groa
t siz
e, 2
4mm
. Ob
v.:
Mitr
e no
cro
zier)
. Re
v.: b
ifurc
ated
cro
ss , p
ellet
s in
ang l
es.
Leg
ends
ille
gible
. Ser
ies V
I.
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