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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 72 NE 171
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Silver Penny of Henry VI

Summary

A silver penny minted during reign of Henry VI. Hawkhurst, Romney Marsh.


Grid Reference:TQ 75 29
Map Sheet:TQ72NE
Parish:HAWKHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (minted during, Medieval - 1422 AD to 1461 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Medieval - 1422 AD to 1461 AD)

Full description

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In a strawberry field at Little Orchard near the Moor, Mr H. S Hodges on 1st feb 1968, found a pinecone-mascle silver penny of Henry VI of the Calais mint.(1)(2)


<1> Grove, L.R.A., 1970, Researches and discoveries in Kent: Hawkhurst, (Article in serial). SKE16119.

<2> Romney Marsh Research Trust, 2010, Romney Marsh Research Trust Gazetteer 2010 (Unpublished document). SKE16034.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Article in serial: Grove, L.R.A.. 1970. Researches and discoveries in Kent: Hawkhurst,. Arch Cant 85, 196.
<2>Unpublished document: Romney Marsh Research Trust. 2010. Romney Marsh Research Trust Gazetteer 2010.