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Company, but no payment by them for the use of the poor of Mere 
can be traced since 1636. 
TRADESMEN’s TOKENS. 
The following were issued by Mere tradesmen :— 
(1) Obverse. tHOMAS GAMBLIN=1665 4d. 
Reverse. 1N MEERE=1.G. 
(2) O. RicHARD prrmAN=A man making candles jd. 
R, oF MEERE. 1669=R.1.P. 
(3) O. ROBERT ; PITTMAN : OF=HIS HALFE PENNY. 4d. 
MEERE : DRAPER : 1668=The Drapers’ Arms. 
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(4) O. wiLLIAM roGGERS=A horse ambling. 4d. 
R. 1N: MEERE: 1666=w.R. conjoined. 
Tue Market Howse. 
The Market House, which stood in the middle of the town, was 
demolished in 1863, and the present Clock Tower was erected on 
its site in 1868. It was a medieval structure of two stories. The 
ground-floor consisted of the Market House proper, and had 
originally two arches on each side open to the street. Above this 
was an upper chamber, the Court House of the Duchy of Cornwall. 
This room is often mentioned in the churchwardens’ book ; some- 
times it is called the “‘ Cross House,” or “‘ Cross Loft,’’ ! sometimes 
the “ Guildhall Chamber.” In the early years of this century 
it was used as a schoolroom ; here Charles Glover educated the boys 
under Tatum’s Charity, and Mr. W. Barnes in 1823 kept his 
school when he first came to Mere, succeeding a Mr. Robertson. 
THe Cuurcu House. 
This building stood in a dilapidated condition on what is now 
the playground attached to the National Schools till 1890. _ From 
1The cut of the “Cross Loft” is a reproduction of a woodcut in the Gentle- 
man's Magazine, circa 1825. 
The illustration of the Market Place and Market House is a full-size re. 
production of an old print, engraved by 8. J. Lander after Josh. Lander, circa 
1830—40. 
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