THE TOKENS OF CORNWALL. 35 



HELSTON. 



12. 0. ROBERT . COCKE — A griffin rampant i 



B. OF . HELSTON . 1666 — R . C 



B.M. — " This -was long considered one of the most respectable families 

 in the borough of Helston" (G. S. Gilbert, vol. ii, p. 85). 



13. 0. WILLIAM . PENHALVRICK — W . P i 



B. OF . HELSTON . 1667 — W . P 



T.M., G., S., — The family of Penalurick were so named from Penalurick 

 in Stithians. In Boyne's list the name is given Penhalvr. The token with 

 the name incorrect is figm-ed "Gent. Mag.," Feb., 1790, p. 118, plate 2, 

 fig. 12. 



14. 0. lOHN . PENHELICK — Three butterflies volant, two and 



one i 



B. IN . HELSTON . 1666 — I . M . P 



B., G. — The arms are those of Penhellick of Penhellick in St. Clements, 

 a younger branch of which settled at Helston. Alexander Penhelick was 

 returned for the borough in 1660 ; John Penhelick had a son born in 1659 

 who became Vicar of Gulval, but the initial of his wife's name was J. 

 (Lysons, p. cxlv ; 0. S. Gilbert, vii, p. 225). 



15. ^0. HENRY . PENHELLICK — Aruis as above (?) I 



B. IN . HELSTON . 1659 — H . P 



This token is described for me by Mr. H. S. Gill ; but Mr. G. B. Millett 

 of Penzance, to whom it belongs, is doubtful of the details. It is very much 

 corroded. 



16. 0. PETER . PRISKE . OF — 1668 ^ 

 B. HELLSTON . CORNWEL — P . P 



T.M., B., G., S. — The Priskes were a Helston family and the name still 

 exists. Mr. Boyne spells Helston with one " 1 " ; the token in the Museum 

 has two. 



17. *0. RICHARD . ROGERS — The Mercers' Arms ^ 



R. OF . HELSTON . 1868 — R . T . R 



T.M., S. — Different families bearing this name have long been con- 

 nected with Helston. The issuer of the token was, in all likelihood, a 

 member of a yeoman family settled for centuries at Skewis, in Crowan, one 

 of whom, half a century later, carried on business as a pewterer in Helston, 

 and was the chief actor in a lamentable tragedy, given in detail by Davies 

 Gilbert, ("Cornwall," vol. iii, p. 267). His elder brother, the owner of 

 Skewis, dying without issue, left the estate to his wife. Henry Eogers re- 

 sented this as an interference with his rights, and, taking possession of the 

 place, held it by force of arms against all comers. It was besieged twice, 

 once in June, 1734, and next in the March following ; five of the besiegers 

 were killed, and it was not taken until soldiers and cannon were brought from 

 Pendennis Castle. Eogers then escaped, but was afterwards caught and 

 hanged. 



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