Obv: (mullet)WILLIAM.BRADFORD.AT.THE , around beaded inner circle, chained bear left.
Rev: (mullet)IN.BRIDGTOWN.HIS.HALPENY , around beaded inner circle, (sexfoil)B(sexfoil) over W.E with (sexfoil) below.
ex. P. Deane, Devon duplicates.
M. Dickinson, Devon 36. Norweb addenda 6423, same dies.

Attributed to "William Bradford of the Bear in Bridgetown", Warks., 1674, "wheelwright" 1674; William Bradford "de Brigtowne" buried 14 Aug. 1679, and on 17 Aug. Elizabeth Bradford, widow; in 1639 had married Anna Hathaway, great-niece of William Shakespeare (Thompson 1994-7).

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