98 DORSET TRADE TOKENS. 



My acknowledgments are due to the clergy of many parishes 

 who have so kindly furnished me with information from their 

 registers as to the issuers, or " tokeners," who lived in the 

 Commonwealth and Restoration periods. 



The marginal numbers are those of the 1889 edition of 

 Boyne's work, Vol. I., pp. 163 to 199. 



The abbreviation O. is for "obverse" and R. for "reverse," 

 while the sign " = " implies that what follows is shewn in the 

 field or central portion of the token. 



BEAMINSTER. 



3. O. Henry Brayne = The Mercers' Arms. 



R. Of Bemester. 1657. = H.B 



Henry Braine of Beaminster was assessed for 2 hearths in a 

 hearth tax return for 1664, now among the Rawlinson MSS. in 

 the Bodleian library. This return is very full, and covers the 

 whole county with the exception of Poole. 



BLANDFORD. 



10. O. Thomas Bridle = The Mercers' Arms. 



T> 



R. In Blandford. 1659. ~, , , 



The town name should read ' Blanford." 



In 1664, 3 hearths. 



E 



11. O. Richard Eabris = A crown. ^ ~ 



R. In Blanford. 1666. His half peny. 



The surname should read " Embris." 



In 1664, 2 hearths. 



Administration was granted in the Archdeaconry Court at 

 Blandford 1692 and 1706; the later grant referring, perhaps, to 

 a son of the issuer who bore the same name. 



12. O. Henry Forrest = St. George and the dragon. 

 R. In Blandford. 1663. = H.F. 



