The wanderings of a pen and pencil . eeting with the Kingat Edge Hill. There is good reason tobelieve (in the teeth of the archaeologistHamper) that Queen Elizabeth re-mained here two days. In the archivesof the town is a grant of estates bearingher seal, the grant concluding as follows:— Teste me ipsa, apud Walshale;tertio decimo die Julii, anno regninostri vicessimo octavo. The otherrecords are too numerous to mention;and as they are not connected withany object of much interest existing inthe town and relating to earlier days,we dismiss the inquiry. The stapletrade here is of sadlery, ironm
The wanderings of a pen and pencil . eeting with the Kingat Edge Hill. There is good reason tobelieve (in the teeth of the archaeologistHamper) that Queen Elizabeth re-mained here two days. In the archivesof the town is a grant of estates bearingher seal, the grant concluding as follows:— Teste me ipsa, apud Walshale;tertio decimo die Julii, anno regninostri vicessimo octavo. The otherrecords are too numerous to mention;and as they are not connected withany object of much interest existing inthe town and relating to earlier days,we dismiss the inquiry. The stapletrade here is of sadlery, ironmongery,and harness metal, in every visited an extensive manufactorybelonging to Mr. James Marlow, in the hamlet of the Windmill, and saw thevarious articles prepared for exportation, from the bullock chain ofthe Canadian emigrant to the hugely rowelled, plaited spur of the Mexicanmuleteer and the heavy intricate adornment of the Mameluke stirrupiron. We were at no loss to detect in some of these home-made samples K 2. Corporation Seal. 68 WANDERINGS OF A PEN AND PENCIL. articles exhibited frequently as curiosities in the cupboard museums of pro-vincial rarity-hunters. Birmingham was formerly denoted in the super-scription of letters as near to Walahall; thus being figured down as aninferior station. Some have gone so far as to state that Walsall was far inadvance of Birmingham in manufactured iron goods at a much earlier I do not believe this at all, for Camden and Leland both mention the toy-shop of Europe (as it has since been termed) as abounding with forges,smiths, and lorinters; and yet the crafte of Bishop Arundels period hintsat nothing which can induce us to believe that a lorimer (or horse-trappingmaker) existed then in Walsall, or in the fraternity or guild. The occupa-tions were set down in the document as before related. Influentialpersons residing in Staffordshire, and holding interest at court, hadobtained from several kings of England r
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