Publications
A Medal of the Rye Volunteers, 1794, by J. B. Caldecott, F.S.A., published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 5, article, pp.288-289) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]
A Trade Token (ref: p.252), by J. B. Caldecott, published November 1937 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 8, reply, p.253) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library
Sussex Taverns in 1636., by John B. Caldecott, published 1938 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 79, article, pp.61-73) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500350] & S.A.S. library
A Gold Angel, by J. B. Caldecott, F.S.A., published 1938 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XII no. 7, article, pp.480-482) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2317] & The Keep [LIB/500183]
A Sussex Doctor's Card of 1800, by J. B. Caldecott, F.S.A., published February 1938 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 1, article, pp.2-5) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library
Two Heraldic Roundels and a Gold Angel found in Sussex, by J. B. Caldecott, F.S.A., published February 1939 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 5, article, pp.136-138) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library
Sussex Seventeenth-Century Tokens, by J. B. Caldecott, F.S.A., published 1940 (reprint from the British Numismatic Journal, vol. xxiii) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
review by H. J. G. [H. J. Glover] in Sussex Notes and Queries, August 1940:This twenty-page booklet gives the latest, and probably, but for some lucky find, the final word on this subject. Though intended for the expert and the collector, many Sussex people will find much to interest them, not only in the introductory remarks, but also in the list of corrections and additions, which include many bits of local history.
Though Bramber has to lose its one token to Ellesmere, Salop, Eastbourne only has to pass one to Westbourne at the other end of the county and may even be able to regain William Birridge's halfpenny from Bourne (Lincs). Westham, juxta Pevensey and not West Ham in Essex, is now definitely the home of Edward Edwards's token. The spelling of our Westham as two words is really not strong evidence for Essex, as it occurs so in the Parish Register and other documents. Locally it is always pronounced as two words, and probably always has been and (may we hope?) always will be. Spelling, says Mr. Caldecott, was not a strong point with Sussex tradesmen in the 17th century. The Parish Registers show that the clergy had the same weakness.
Mr. Caldecott gives a list of the occupations of the issuers of tokens and ingeniously explains the rarity of butchers and bakers. He also deduces the relative importance of the towns at this time by the numbers of tokens issued, Chichester heading the list with 37. The county has the distinction of possessing the only token bearing the arms of the Needle makers Company, "representing an industry formerly a staple one at Chichester."
Sussex was, characteristically, slow in adopting the token habit. It needed the persuasion of the travellers of the London die-sinkers to induce the tradespeople to adopt the practice.
The Brighton Museum has the most complete public collection of Sussex tokens, excelling even the British Museum, though the latter is rich in the rarer specimens.
Though Bramber has to lose its one token to Ellesmere, Salop, Eastbourne only has to pass one to Westbourne at the other end of the county and may even be able to regain William Birridge's halfpenny from Bourne (Lincs). Westham, juxta Pevensey and not West Ham in Essex, is now definitely the home of Edward Edwards's token. The spelling of our Westham as two words is really not strong evidence for Essex, as it occurs so in the Parish Register and other documents. Locally it is always pronounced as two words, and probably always has been and (may we hope?) always will be. Spelling, says Mr. Caldecott, was not a strong point with Sussex tradesmen in the 17th century. The Parish Registers show that the clergy had the same weakness.
Mr. Caldecott gives a list of the occupations of the issuers of tokens and ingeniously explains the rarity of butchers and bakers. He also deduces the relative importance of the towns at this time by the numbers of tokens issued, Chichester heading the list with 37. The county has the distinction of possessing the only token bearing the arms of the Needle makers Company, "representing an industry formerly a staple one at Chichester."
Sussex was, characteristically, slow in adopting the token habit. It needed the persuasion of the travellers of the London die-sinkers to induce the tradespeople to adopt the practice.
The Brighton Museum has the most complete public collection of Sussex tokens, excelling even the British Museum, though the latter is rich in the rarer specimens.
John Taylor's Tour of Sussex in 1653, by J. B. Caldecott, F.S.A., published 1940 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 81, article, pp.19-30) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2166] & The Keep [LIB/500348] & S.A.S. library
An Oath of Allegiance to George I, 1723 [by Ann Caldicott of Selmeston], by J. B. Caldecott, published November 1941 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 8, article, pp.219-222) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library
Finds at Greatham, by J. B. Caldecott, F.S.A., published August 1942 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 3, article, pp.49-51) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library
A "Ghost" Token of Bramber, by J. B. C. [J. B. Caldecott], published November 1942 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 4, note, pp.89-90) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library
The Penfold Bequest: Coins and Tokens, by John B. Caldecott, published 1943 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 83, article, pp.101-114) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2168] & The Keep [LIB/500346] & S.A.S. library
A Chichester Token and Richard Dally, by J. B. Caldecott, published May 1946 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XI no. 2, note, p.47) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8229][Lib 2210] & The Keep [LIB/500213] & S.A.S. library