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probably from an imperfectly preserved token, leavinpr 39 as his total. The follow- 

 ing list describes 72, of which GO are in my own collection. 



The plates exhibited are from drawings made from specimens in my cabinet 

 some two years ago, and represent the tokens fairly, as they are, not as they 

 were when fresh from the dies. I mention this as it has been suggested that the 

 tokens should have been shown more clearly drawn, with sharper lines, but I con- 

 sider these more faithful representations. 



It now remains for me to render my best thanks to the various ladies and 

 gentlemen who have kindly assisted me in the preparation of this paper, by lending 

 specimens, or allowing me to inspect their collections ; and to the different incum- 

 bents of the various parish churches, who have so cordially allowed me to inspect 

 their parish registers to obtain notices of the births, marriages, and burials of the 

 issuers and their families, a favour which in only a single instance was refused, and 

 that, unfortunately for my paper, was in a parish whose registers would have 

 afiEorded, perhaps, greater information than any other. In a few instances, I have 

 been unable to make a personal examination of the registers, but in those cases I 

 have been most ably assisted by the clergymen and others, who have made searches 

 and sent me transcripts of the entries, notably the Rev. R. H. Cobbold, of Ross ; 

 the Rev. J. F. Crouch, of Pemliridge ; and the Rev. W. Martin, of Bromyard ; 

 and I am especially indebted to our late worthy President, Mr. Piper, who sent me 

 most copious extracts from the Ledbur}- repristers. 



I must also acknowledge how much I have been indebted to the Rev. C. J. 

 Robinson, one of our former Presidents, for much valuable information, both 

 directly and by reference to his well-known work. The Mansions and Manors of 

 Herefordshire. The Rev. F. T. Havergal's Monumental Inscriptions of the Cathe- 

 dral has also been laid under contribution, with considerable advantage ; lastly, 

 my obligation to Justin Simpson, Esq., of Stamford, author of A List of the Lin- 

 colnshire series of Tradesmen's Tokens and Toivn Pieces of the Seventeenth Century, 

 must not be passed over, for, at considerable outlay of time and trouble, he 

 searched the Rolls of the Hearth Tax for this county at the Record Office, Lon- 

 don, and sent me the interesting items of information therefrom, which will be 

 quoted in the course of this paper. 



I now proceed to describe the tokens of each town, following Boyne's plan of 

 taking them alphabetically. 



BROMYARD. 



[The preceding letter "O" means the obverse of the coin, and the letter " R" the reverse.] 



1. O. lOHN . BAMEHAM = Crest of the Baynham family, a bull's head couped or. 



B. OP . BRAM-TAED =: I . P . B J 



2. O. lOHN . BAYNHAM r= Crest of the Baynham family, a bull's head couped or. 



R. OP . BRAII-TARD 31 I . P . B | 



3. A variety from a different obverse die J 



The issuer of this token belonged to a family of importance and position in 

 the town, but I have been unable to discover what trade he followed. The bull's 

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