Monmouthshire. THE tokens of this county are few in number, and are all of late date; the earliest was issued in the year of the Restoration. Snelling gives the token of William Meredith, of Caerleon, as a townpiece, but he was mistaken. In the former edition fifteen tokens were described. The following list, besides corrections, includes five additional descriptions. The county of Monmouth distinguished itself during the Civil War by its strong adherence to the cause of the King, due no doubt to the influence and example of its most worthy noblemen, the Marquis of Worcester and his son, whose loyalty and devotion to the royal cause cost them so dearly. The tokens of the county bear witness to the feelings of its inhabitants by the mottoes and objects represented on their obverse and reverse, viz, the King's head, the Prince of Wales's plumes, and the portcullis, which was the crest of the Marquis of Worcester. ABERGAVENNY. 1. O. WALTER. DAVIDS. IN. 1661 = ob in a lozenge. R. ABERGEVENYE = W. .D. in a lozenge. 2. O. Edward Lewis. his | Farthinge (in three lines). R. OF. ABERGAVENNY. 1667 = Arms; a fleur-de-lys. 3. 4. O. Phillip. Morgan. His. Halfe. Penny (in four lines). = 0. PHILLIP. MORGAN = The Mercers' Arms. R. OF. ABERGAVENY = 1667. 5. O. PHILLIP. MORGAN = The Mercers' Arms. CAERLEON. 6. O. WILLIAM. MEREDITH = 1668. R. OF. CARLINE. MERCER = W M. conjoined. 7. O. WILLIAM. MEREDITH. 1669 = Prince of Wales's feathers. R. A. CAERLYON. FARTHING = A man holding a halberd. The parish register of Caerleon states that William Meredith was buried Oct. 19, 1715. CHEPSTOW. 8. O. THOMAS. DAVIS HIS. HALF. PENY. R. OF. CHEAPSTOL. 1671 = 1 (sic) D. 9. O. WILL. DAVIS. OF. CHEPSTOW = The Mercers' Arms. R. MERCER. HIS. FARTHINGE = W. D. 1670. large 10. O. RICHARD. MORGAN = HIS HALF PENY within an octagon of dots. R. OF. CHEPSTOWE = 1670 within an octagon of dots. II. O. SAMVEL. MORGAN. 1670 =S. M. R. A CHEPSTOWE. FARTHING A portcullis. = 12. O. WALTER. MORGAN. 1670 = W. M. conjoined. R. A. CHEPSTOWE. FARTHING= A portcullis. R. OF. CHEPSTOW. 1672 = HIS. HALF. PENY. MONMOUTH. 14. O. GOD. SAVE. THE. KING = The King's head. c. II. R. R. OF. MONMOVTH. 1661 R. A. B. 16. O. EDWARD. BEVAN = A man making candles. R. OF. MONMOVTH HIS HALF PENY. E. E. B. 17. O. MICHAELL. BOHEWNE = The Mercers' Arms. R. MERCER . IN. MONMOVTH = M. B. 18. O. MICHAELL. BOHEWNE The Mercers' Arms. = R. MERCER. IN. MONMOTH = M . E . B. "Whereas Mr. Herbert Jones, attorney-at-law, in the town of Monmouth, well known by being several years together Under-sheriff of the same county, hath of late divers times robbed the mail coming from that town to London, and taken out divers letters and writs, and is now fled from justice, and supposed to have sheltered himself in some of the new-raised troops. "These are to give notice, that whosoever shall secure the said Herbert Jones, so as to be committed, in order to answer these said crimes, may give notice thereof to Sir Thomas Fowles, goldsmith, Temple Bar, London, or to Mr. Michael Bohune, mercer, in Monmouth, and shall have a guinea's reward."-Quoted from the London Gazette of the period by Andrew Wynter, M.D., in his "Curiosities of Civilization," 1861. 19. O. THOMAS. EDWARDS. 1671 = A portcullis. R. MERCER. IN. MONMOVTH HIS | HALFE | PENY FOR NECESARY CHANGE. 20. O. THOMAS. MORGAN. 60=The Mercers' Arms. R. OF. MONMOTH. MERCER T. G. M. |