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Identifier: transactionsofbr30bris (find matches)
Title: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. cn
Subjects: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Publisher: Bristol, Eng. : The Society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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lade is of Solingen orPassau make, with the wolf mark, and the hilt has curvedquillons and a disc-shaped pommel embossed with a rose oneach side. The whole is, however, now painted black, whichconceals the workmanship. The scabbard is covered withblack velvet embroidered with black silk, on one side the cityarms, on the other a crowned rose ; the central ornaments arefloral devices, and the chape has on both sides a floral devicewith the date 1677, in which year the city swords were repairedat a cost of £1 18s. 6d. The next sword that the city possessed cannot now befound, and all trace of it seems to be lost. Rudder, in 1779,in his History, describes it as being adorned with the figure ofQueen Elizabeth and E.R., 1574, and the city arms as thenborne.2 1 Corporation Plate and Insignia of Office, by the late LlewellynJewitt and W. H. St. John Hope, M.A. 2 The inventory of the goods of the city for 1793 contains : In theMayors Custody Three Swords, two Caps of Mayntenance and twoMaces.
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P. 10G. THE CITY SWORDS. The Silver Plate and Insignia of Gloucester. 107 There are in the Chamberlains Accomptes for 1566 theseitems :— lb. s. d. Also p to Albert Williams for makinge and triminge the newe Swerde v iiij o Also to Hughe Gye for makinge the Skabborde xii Also to William Hollidine for makinge the bace of the Scabbard x o Also to lawrence Hollidine for one owncethree quarters and twoe yarde of gooldeto macke the bace x viij Also p1 to him for golde to macke the bace for the blew Scabbard xij o Queen Elizabeth visited this city in 1574. There was muchlooking up of the burgesses who had not paid their fines fortheir burgeships this and the special tax upon the burgesses inthe four wards, according to their standing in the city. Theseveral trade companies were also taxed, the sums ranging from The Tailors, iiij lb. down to Weavers, x)\ The money so collected was expended in great gifts, andentertayning Her Majesty and Court. There is a careful and full-sized representatio

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  • booksubject:Bristol_and_Gloucestershire_Archaeological_Society
  • bookpublisher:Bristol__Eng____The_Society
  • bookcontributor:Allen_County_Public_Library_Genealogy_Center
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  • bookleafnumber:152
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