Welsh Journals

Apr., 1881. BYE-GONES. 213 Burgesses of the probable date of 1553 or thereabouts, published in Bye-gones, Mar. 28, 1877, there is the name ' Roger Pope of Shrewesbury, drap.' By being sworn a burgess of the town he no doubt had some business con¬ nection with it. Can any Shrewsbury antiquary trace any connection between Roger Pope, the draper of Shrewsbury in 1553, and Richard Pope, the gentleman of Oswestry in 1674, and tell us something about the family ? Jarco. BLANCH PARRY WINDOWS AT ATCHAM. Can any reader of Bye-gones inform me if these windows in Atcham Church, Salop, have been engraved or photo¬ graphed, and, if so, state where copies can be obtained ? Kington. James W. Lloyd. [On 18 Mar., 1874, a correspondent asked in Bye-gones " whether Blanch Parry was of Welsh extraction, and why Mrs. Burton" (who it was stated had done so) " was interested in getting the windows to Atcham'" The query was never answered. Perhaps the repetition of it will elicit a reply.—Ed.] REPLIES. COFFIN PLATES ON CHURCH WALLS (Mar. 16, 1881.)—In the little, dilapidated church of Treflys, overlooking the sea, near Portmadoc, coffin plates are still to be seen nailed to the walls ; or were when I visited it last summer, rambling from Criccieth towards Moel-y- Gest. Anyone who visits this ancient church may like to know that in a field between the building and Moel-y- Gest the remains of a cromlech can be found. A.W. OSWESTRY (June 16, 1880).—Variations in the way of spelling. I notice in Arch : Cam : Vol. Ill, 1852, the following, which may be added to the list supplied by " G.A." on above date :— Oswoldustr Osewastr Oswald'tre In the same volume we have also the following names of streets, &c, unknown in the present age :— Midelstreet........................... 1341-2 Salter's way.......................... 1331 Wyhastreet........................... 1347 Widastrete............................ 1392 Maystade ways...................... 1397 Some of these have already been noted in Bye-gones, but not all. Bookworm. EASTER CUSTOM AT CLUNGUNFORD (Mar. 31, 1880).—This reminds one of a similar custom which prevailed at Berrington, co : Salop, see Trans. Shropsh. Archaeol. Soc, vol. 3, p. 174.* W.A.L. * " In the parish chest [at Berrington] is preserved a curious document under the hand and seal of Robert [Wright], Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, dated New¬ port xxij day of August, 1639, reciting that 'As there hath beene tyme out of mynd an antient custome used w'thin the parish of Berrington, that the Parson of the said parish hath yearely upon Easter-Lay feasted all the parishioners and landholders within that parish w'th a Lovefeast, the solemnization of w'ch feast was ever yet performed in the Church (a thing noe less profane than irreligious);' and reciting that the said parishioners for perfect establishment and confirmation of the said custom had petitioned Sir Richard Lea, Baronet, patron of the said Rectory, that they may yearly and without molesta¬ tion of the incumbent, enjoy the liberty thereof. The Bishop, although he had prohibited the said feast—yet in accordance with the patron's permission he ' permits it to be held on Munday in the Easter week in any convenient place except the Church.'" APRIL 6, 1881. NOTES. SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TOKENS. The recent publication in Local Gleanings of Mr. Nathan : Heywood's valuable paper on the 17th Century tokens of Cheshiie has suggested to me that if a list of all known I tokens of this interesting series of Wales and the border counties were published in the columns of Bye-gones, with ! notes respecting the issuers, a subject which is of daily ; increasing interest would receive material assistance from | your many readers by the publication of new tokensand ; information about the trademen who issued these pieces ! for the public convenience. With this view I send you as a first instalment a list of the Shropshire series as far as known to me. Boyne describes 80 specimens of this county in his valuable work on the 17th Century tokens, published in 1858, since which time many more have turned up and a few which he included are proved to belong to other counties. It is my intention to include Boyne's descrip- j tions in the following list (omitting of course those which I do not belong to the county), and these will be distin- ' guished by the letter B. In compiling this list I have been greatly assisted by Mr. H. S. Gill of Tiverton, who has kindly furnished me with many new descriptions, and I my thanks are due to him for his help so freely given. ; My own collection numbers nearly fifty of this county, ! and from some of these I am enabled to correct a few errors in Boyne's descriptions. James W. Lloyd. Kington. SHROPSHIRE. The bulk of the tokens are farthings and half-pennies, but there are as many as 13 pennies, an unusual propor¬ tion, surpassed, however, by the adjoining border county of Chester, which boasts of 24 or more. Bridgnorth was the only town in the county that issued tokens in a Corporate capacity. Bisho2?s Castle. B. 1. Ob. RICHARD. AMBLER. APOTHC . HIS. HALF . PENNY 1670 (in six lines). Re. IN . BISHOPS . CASTLE . SQVARE . DEALING . (in four lines). (A square token). h B, 2. Ob. william . mall—a lion rampant. Re. OF . BISHOPS . CASTLE—W . L . M . $ Probably an Inn Keeper. 3. Ob. THOMAS . MASON . HIS HALFPENNY (in four lines). Re. OF . bishops castle 1670 (in four lines). i 4. Ob. edward . wollaston . IVNIOR—Arms of the Wollaston family, three pierced mullets of five points impaling------Ermine on a canton a fleur de lis Re. IN . BISHOPS . CASLLE 1670—HIS HALF PENY. £ Boyne gives an engraving of this token, but describes it wrongly. B. 5. Ob. EDWARD . WOLLASTON—E . W . Re. of . bishops . castell—A castle. Bridgnorth. B. 6. Ob. the . chamberlins . of . bridg—A castle Re. north . their . halfe . penny—1665 £ B. 7. Ob. the . chamberlaynes—A castle Re. OF . Bridgnorth—A portcullis i (There are two varieties of this token from different dies.) 30