jan 1, 1612 - angel

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A gold coin. The coin known as the gold angel takes its name from the effigy of the Archangel Michael on its obverse, slaying the dragon, and it succeeded the noble. It was first struck in 1465 after which it became the most widely-used late medieval English coin: it was discontinued just before the Civil War (CB1): 1552 <i>iiij angelles of goulde</i>, Westerdale (YRS74/53); 1591 <i>one gold ringe of the weight of an angell</i>, Woodsome (BIA26/5); 1612 <i>17 owld angells</i>, Brandsby (NYRO44/58). Its history influenced the name given to it locally: 1532 <i>one Angell nobyll</i>, Sherburn (Th11/60); 1557 <i>one old aungell noble now in the hands of William Illingworth</i>, Halifax (Crossley160). In wills they were sometimes left to close friends or relatives to be made into gold rings: 1591 <i>I give unto Guy Faux two angels to maike him a rynge</i> ... <i>to my cossyne Riche two angels to make her a rynge</i>, Ripley (YRS55/187).

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