The annals of Kendal: being a historical and descriptive account of Kendal and the neighbourhood: with biographical sketches of many eminent personages connected with the town . ther by individual tradesmen of limited to eighty persons ! For a ? WyftVs Kyrkeing, the limit was threemeasses of , or twelve persons. One cannot imagine a reason forthese restrictive Bye-Laws, without reference to the indulgence of dissipatinghabits. 1 From this term has probably arisen the provincial term broMS, which wefrequently hear given, not only to the copper coinage, but also to wealthgenerally. For i
The annals of Kendal: being a historical and descriptive account of Kendal and the neighbourhood: with biographical sketches of many eminent personages connected with the town . ther by individual tradesmen of limited to eighty persons ! For a ? WyftVs Kyrkeing, the limit was threemeasses of , or twelve persons. One cannot imagine a reason forthese restrictive Bye-Laws, without reference to the indulgence of dissipatinghabits. 1 From this term has probably arisen the provincial term broMS, which wefrequently hear given, not only to the copper coinage, but also to wealthgenerally. For instance, it is usual to say, in speaking of a man possessed ofproperty, he is worth a deal o brass. TRADESMEN S TOKENS. 131 the town and neighbourhood, or by any of the TwelveSeverall Companyes of incorporated freemen, or fraternitiesof traders which were formerly associated, constituted, andrecognised, within this borough. The catalogue is composed of nine varieties, arranged inthe order of their respective dates, extending, it will be seen,over an interval of thirteen years—viz., from 1656 to 1669—Hadwens Token (No. 9) being the only one which is notdated. No. Obverse—thom . sandes . of*—In the field, A teasel and a — kendali, . 1656 * — „ A wool-comb. In Mr. Boynes collection. Thomas Sandes, who was Mayor of Kendalin 1647-8, made a fortune as a dealer in Kendal Cottons, and resided inthe front house of the Elephant yard, (now the Elephant inn, which wasrebuilt about thirty years ago,) using the back premises as. his founded, in 1670, Sandes Hospital. (See subsequent page.) No. 2.
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