Aspects of Kentish Local History

   The site was formerly occupied by an old cottage which was demolished some years ago, leaving, however, some foundations and brick flooring. It was in the act of removing the latter to extend his garden that Mr. West unearthed the hoard. In his words, which came out in his evidence at the Inquest, the first one for Treasure Trove that Mr. Rutley Mowll, the Coroner, had ever conducted: "I merely put the fork in and they came out in a lump." For the inquest a jury was empanelled. After inspecting the coins and hearing the law relating to the subject the jury found that the hoard was Treasure Trove.
  Mr. Allan reports that "Civil War finds of this type are very frequent, but this was buried much later. I cannot think of another find of the time of Charles II."
W. P. D. STEBBING.

Elizabeth. Shillings:
   Mintmarks-Marlet, Cross-crosslet (3) Lis, Pheon (2) A (2),
   Escallop, Crescent, Ton (3) Woolpack, Key (2) Anchor                 18
              Sixpences:
   1565, 1567 (2), 1571, 1573, 1578, 1582, 1583 and one illegible       9
James I. Shillings:
    Lis, Rose (10), Escallop (2), Grapes (3), Coronet (2)                      18
               Sixpences:
    1604, 1605 2
Charles I. Half-crowns: Tower Mint.
    Lis, Portcullis (2), Bell, Crown, Ton, Triangle (3), Triange in
    circle (6), (P) (4), (R), Eye (2), Sun (3), Illegible (4)                       29
               Half-crowns: York Mint                                                          1
               Shillings: Tower Mint.
   Cross, Harp (3), Portcullis (2), Bell, Ton (4), Anchor (4),
   Triangle (7), Star (4), Triangle in circle (7) (P) (8) (R) (4)
   Eye (2), Sun (4) and Illegible (4).                                                     55
               Shillings: Aberystwyth Mint                                                   1
                         mm. Book.
Charles II. Hammered Coinage:
   Half-crown: mm. Crown.
   Shilling: mm. Crown                                                                           2
               Milled Coinage:
    Half-crown 1671, 1672, 1673                                                           _3
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