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W46: Durham, Gateshead (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
O | Arms; a goat's head erased |
IOHN BEDFORD |
R | I A B |
IN GATESHEAD I A B | |
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The Goat's head is a rebus on the name of the Town; the same arms are on the vestry chair, made in 1666, and still preserved in the vestry. Mr. Bedford, who was a draper, was one of the "Four and Twenty of Gateshead," nominated by the Protector in 1658, in place of the former body, ejected for profanity and divers other crimes. |
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W47: Durham, Hartlepool (Farthing): (1662)
O | A hart passant |
ROGER DOBSON |
R | R E D |
IN HARTLEPOOLE R E D | |
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Mayor of Hartlepool in 1662, and for several other years. He was buried the 3rd of January, 1668. |
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W48: Durham, Stockton (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
O | IN STOKTON |
ROBERT IAKSON IN STOKTON |
R | The King's head crowned |
GOD SAVE YE KING | |
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Mayor of Stockton several times between 1664 and 1692 inclusive. |
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W49: Durham, Stockton (Farthing): (1666)
O | IN STOKTON |
IOHN WELLS 1666 IN STOKTON |
R | The King's head crowned |
GOD SAVE THE KING | |
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W50: Durham, Stockton (Farthing): (1666)
O | IOHN WELS |
IN STOKTON 1666 IOHN WELS |
R | The King's head crowned |
GOD SAVE YE KING | |
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John Wells was Mayor of Stockton in 1713 and 1714. |
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W51: Durham, Sunderland (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
O | W A F |
WILLIAM FAWCET W A F |
R | A lion rampant; the arms of Fawcet of Boldon |
IN SVNDERLAND | |
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