Brokes Road/Pilgrims Way, Reigate

Report by D W Williams of the discovery on a development site of a large late medieval coin hoard by R Mintey using a metal detector. There were 6701 coins, of which 125 were of gold including two half nobles of previously unrecorded issues. The coins mostly date to the reign of Henry VI. Two jugs were also recovered, and they have been restored and recorded. One is a Tudor green type and the other an unglazed pink vessel. A link with the rebellion of Jack Cade in 1450 was at first considered but further study indicated that the latest coins were two pennies of Henry VI issued in 1454-60. The suggested date of the hoard is about 1454 or shortly after. Dr Barrie Cook of the British Museum identifies this as the largest post-1351 hoard on record. Hoards of the mid 15th century are very rare: the best known of only three recorded is the 1972 Reigate hoard. (254; 261; report in SyAC 83, 91-96)
Year: 
1990
ID: 
1699
NGR: 
TQ250511
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