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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SwK, post: 2372019, member: 22309&quot;]<b><font size="5"><i>British &amp; USA linked via the British Civil War of 1644-1645</i></font></b></p><p><b><font size="5"><br /></font></b></p><p><i><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000">Dear all looking for further information linking the British family and the USA</span></font></i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>ONE YEAR &amp; THREE DAYS </b><i>before surrender of the city</i></p><p><br /></p><p>It is seldom when researching a coin that Gt.Britain and the USA are &#039;tied together&#039;. This has happened during the British Civil War in the North Western City of Chester UK. During 1644 to 1645 for one year and three days the City was controlled by the Royalists, governed by Lord Byron (related to the poet).</p><p><br /></p><p>There was no doubt that coins were minted at Chester to pay for troops and civil debt. Written on manuscript held in Chester today an</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<b><i>Order, 31st January 20 Charles I,</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>That plate of the citty as will amounte to the sum of one hundred pounds shall be forthwith converted into coyne for the necessary use and defense of this citty and towards the payment of the citties debts</i></b>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The mintmark of three gerbs which form one of the charges upon the city&#039;s armorial shield and the letters C H S T between the horses of the feet of the horses.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]485189[/ATTACH]</p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Charles 1 Half Crown minted at Chester 1644-45</p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3">The horse on is a peculiar form, especially about the chest which is very large; the tail much waved; under the feet the letters CHST. Behind the king a Plume. Rev. Oval shield garnished like that of Tower mint MM. Three Gerbs, the arms of Chester</font></p><p><br /></p><p>During the Civil War <b>Sir William Brereton</b> fought for the Parliamentarians and surrounded the City of Chester until is surrendered. Sir William Brereton (1550-1631) built his country house in 1586 to the north of the village of Brereton parish of Brereton in the North West of England near Chester, Cheshire, England.</p><p><br /></p><p>The family Brereton’s travelled to New England the family were interested in the New England settlements. One trip was on the &#039;Concord sanctioned by Sir Walter Raleigh&#039; another stayed at Elizabeth&#039;s Island. <b>A portrait of Sir William, dated 1579, with a cameo of Queen Elizabeth in his cap, is at the Detroit Institute of Arts.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>r</b></p><p><b>Jeff</b></p><p><b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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