RichardB Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 What this has to do with Sheffield ? £60-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayleaf Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Horatio Hornblower? :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrup Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 12 Fitzwilliam Street ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 What this has to do with Sheffield ? £60-ish. The person selling it has priced it in $ and not in £, indicating that they are American. Do Americans, in general, actually know anything about Sheffield? NO! So it probably has nothing to do with Sheffield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 http://www.abccoinsandtokens.com/W.1590.009.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 http://www.abccoinsa...W.1590.009.html Now, the coin is dated 1812, by which time Nelson had been dead for 7 years (Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805) and the legend on the coin "England expects that every man will do his duty" dates from that time. Is this just a commenorative halfpenny coin? If so was it "minted" in Sheffield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Nelson's chaplain on the Victory was Alfred Gatty's father in law and is buried in Ecclesfield churchyard - there that is a connection!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Here is another - in much better condition - states Sheffield as well. Asuume as Dave says where it was minted. http://www.abccoinsandtokens.com/W.1590.009.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 What a perculiar bit of knowledge ! Nelson's chaplain on the Victory was Alfred Gatty's father in law and is buried in Ecclesfield churchyard - there that is a connection!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 I'm sure Sheffield men served but Sheffield and a Naval halfpenny don't sit well together ... to me. Here is another - in much better condition - states Sheffield as well. Asuume as Dave says where it was minted. http://www.abccoinsa...W.1590.009.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrup Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Nelson's chaplain on the Victory was Alfred Gatty's father in law and is buried in Ecclesfield churchyard - there that is a connection!! http://elizabethashw...horatio-nelson/ Alexander Scott brought up his two daughters alone and campaigned for better education and schools for both boys and girls. In 1816 he received the living at Catterick, although he arrived to find the vicarage in a dilapidated state and the bills unpaid. Here he spent much of his time reading and researching. His health was never good and he died at Ecclesfield, in south Yorkshire, during the night of the 24th July 1840 at the age of 72 when he became ill whilst visiting his daughter Margaret, who was the wife of the Revd Alfred Gatty, vicar of St Mary’s church. He is buried in the churchyard. The tomb can be found if you follow the path around the back of the church. It is to the left of the path just before the gateway to the vicarage and bears the following inscription: ‘Waiting for the adoption – the redemption of our body’ Here lies buried, Alexander John Scott DD, vicar of Catterick and Southminster and Chaplain to Admiral Lord Nelson on board HMS Victory at Trafalgar. He died July 24 1840 aged 72. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 A photo of his tomb on this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markbaby Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I think some of the answer lies in the text of the page found here: http://www.thecoppercorner.com/history/18thC_hist.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I think some of the answer lies in the text of the page found here: http://www.thecopper...18thC_hist.html I think you could be right Markbaby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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