Æ farthing, 1656. Diameter 15mm.  * HENRY· STEBBINGE· IN around; in centre, a bird left, its beak points to the middle of N.  R. * WOODBRIDG· GRCER· 1656 around HS monogram.  BW 362; Norweb 4496. Glossy green patina, Fine.

In 1674, Henry Stubinge paid tax on 10 hearths, the third largest property in town.
The ancient Suffolk town of Woodbridge derives its name from its wooden bridge over the River Deben.  It is in the area of East Anglia and close to several major archaeological sites of the early Anglo-Saxon period, including Sutton Hoo. 
In Elizabethan times the traditional Woodbridge industries of ship- and boat-building, weaving, sail-cloth manufacture, rope and salt making prospered along with the wool trade, so the port was enlarged, and shipbuilding and timber trade became very lucrative so that a customs house was established there in 1589.
Its famous almshouse, commemorated on a token of 1796, was founded in 1587 by Thomas Seckford. The first Seckford Almshouse had brick and stone rooms built to house thirteen local men.  The Seckford foundation still exists today, with both residential homes and sheltered flats.
Its population in 1830 was 4060, though in more recent times it has grown to 11,000

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