190 



1680. Mary the daughter of Mr. Roger Bouloott and Theodosia liis wife was 

 baptized the 16th of September. 



1680 Mr. Roger Boulcott was buried the 18th October. 



In St. Peter's Register. 

 September 28th, 1680, was buried Mary, the daughter of Mr. Roger Boulcott. 



12. 0. THOMAS . ELLTON . 1666 =: The Weavers' Arms.* 



B. OF . THE . CITTT . OP . HEKEFOUD = HIS . HALF - PENY J 



In the roll of assessment of the Hearth Tax on the inhabitants of the county, 

 14, Car. ii., "Thomas EUton, St. Owen's Ward, hath in his house 3 " (hearths). 



Thomas Ellton was probably of the family of Eltons of Ledbury, one of whom 

 was Archdeacon of Hereford, and founded certain fellow.ships at Brasenose Col- 

 lege, Oxford. 



The name does not appear in the Registers of either of the City Churches 

 whicli I have been permitted to examine. 



13. O. THO . HANCOX . IN . HEREFORD =: A book. 



R. CITTV . BOOKESELLER . 1668 = HIS . HALFE . PENY (Plate 1, No. 2.) ', 



The name does not appear in the Hearth Tax Roll. 



In the register of St. Peter's is a single entry relating to this issuer, viz. : — 



1681. February 19th, baptized William, the son of Thomas Hancocks, and 

 Penelope, his wife. 



14. 0. I . H . OF . HEEEFOEn = A rose. 



R. THE MERCERS . ARMES = The Mercers' Arms t i 



15. O. lOHN . HILL . HEREFORD ■=. |d. in an oval. 



R. HIS . HALFE . PENEY . 57 =^ jd. in an oval. 4 



John Hill was Mayor of the City in 1659, and appears to have carried on busi- 

 ness in Ross as well as Hereford, as a token of same type was issued there in 1666. 



A John Hill was assessed for one fire hearth in St. Owen's Ward and in 

 Wyebridge Ward, " Jno. Hill hath in his house 5 and in a voide house in same 

 ward 2 " (hearths). 



The name of John Hill ajipears in the list of benefactors to the Cathedral 

 Library. 



In the registers of St. Nicholas Church is the following interesting entry :— 



" Buryed the 10th day of June, 1670, Mr. John Hill, alderman of this citty, 

 whose happiness it was in his tyme of mayoralty to p'clamyme (sic) King Charles 

 ye Second King of England"" 



* The Weavers' Arms : on a chevron between three leopards' faces, as many roses. These 

 arms are frequently rspresented on tokens without the chevron and not in a shield, the leopards' 

 faces only. 



t The Mercers' Arms: ademi virgin couped below the shoulders, issuing from clouds, crown- 

 ed, hair dishevelled, all within a circle of clouds. The clouds are rarely seen on the tokens, fi;^- 

 quently only the bust of the virgin. 



