. Trade tokens issued in the seventeenth century in England, Wales, and Ireland. In the parish registers we find ; 1655. January The 29th pub. yrd time in ye market an intended marriagebetween William Porter Mercer and Frances Vernon Daughter of Mr RichardVernon of Doderhill prsh gent. & Marryed Feb 14 next. His wife Frances died November 1, 1685, and a son John in the same year. ARobert Porter was baptized December 27, 1687, and was buried January 10 in theyear following. William Porter Senr & his daughter paid Poll tax in 1690—2 shillings &William Porter Junr and his wife —2 shillings A Will
. Trade tokens issued in the seventeenth century in England, Wales, and Ireland. In the parish registers we find ; 1655. January The 29th pub. yrd time in ye market an intended marriagebetween William Porter Mercer and Frances Vernon Daughter of Mr RichardVernon of Doderhill prsh gent. & Marryed Feb 14 next. His wife Frances died November 1, 1685, and a son John in the same year. ARobert Porter was baptized December 27, 1687, and was buried January 10 in theyear following. William Porter Senr & his daughter paid Poll tax in 1690—2 shillings &William Porter Junr and his wife —2 shillings A William Porter, of Bromsgrove, disclaimed arms at the Visitation of theCounty in 1682-3. From the will we gather that the father (the issuer of the token) had disposed ofthe business to his son William. He had also parted with possession of land andpersonal effects to a considerable extent in his lifetime, thus accounting for thesmall sum at which his furniture, etc., was valued at his decease. He leavesWilliam Porter half-a-crown, to buy him a pair of gloves; he
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