THE TOKENS OF CORNWALL. 39 



Newport, in Shropshire, Mr. Boyne attributes, in addition to the two given 

 below, tokens issued by Chaloner, Huddell, Juninge, Perrot, Runham, Yonge; 

 and I have heard of others, not included in Boyne's list, and not specially 

 identified, which bear the names of Clarke, Dore, Legg, Maynard, and 

 Thornton. It should be remembered that the Cornish Newport is properly an 

 adjunct of Launceston. If the identification of the two Eowes and Norman 

 be correct, then the joint boroughs would have had a total issue of nine 

 varieties, which might very well have been. 



39. 0. lOHN . KERTON . OF , NEWPORT — Three Sheep in a fold ^ 



R IN . CORN WELL . 1688 — HIS HALF-PENY . I . I . K 

 E.G., S. 



40. *0. lOHN . KERTON . OF . NUE — Three Sheep in a fold . ^ 



B. PORT . IN . CORNWELL — I . I . K 



G. — Kerton, like so many of the trading class of that day, was a Quaker. 

 John Kerton, having been prisoner some time before, for refusing to take 

 the oath of a constable, and on that account brought to the sessions, was 

 then ensnared with the oath of allegiance, and re-committed. — " Sufferings 

 of the Quakers," vol. ii, p. 99. 



40a. 0. lOHN . NORMAN — The Grocers' arms i 



B. IN . NEWPORT — I.E.N 



This is one of the tokens given by Mr. Boyne to the Salopian Newport, 

 but Norman is a name so well known in the district that the balance of evi- 

 dence appears in favour of Cornwall. 



41. 0. ARTHVR . ROWE — A . E . A 1 



B. IN . NEWPORT . 1658 — A Beehive 



This is also assigned by Mr. Boyne to Newport, in Shropshire ; but I 

 have no hesitation in claiming it for Cornwall. Eowe is not only a common 

 Cornish name, but it is specially common in the Launceston district ; and 

 still abides in the borough itself. The late Sir William Carpenter Eowe was 

 a native of Launceston. , 



42. 0. WILLIAM . ROWE — A Beehive ^ 



B. APPOTHECARIE — W . M . R 



This is one of the tokens to which Mr. Boyne gives no locality. I claim 

 it also with confidence for Newport, for the reasons just given; the device of 

 the beehive, the armorial bearings of the family, clearly establishing a con- 

 nection between the two. 



PEN ARE. 



43. *0. FRANCES . OSGOOD .IN — An Angel ^ 



B. PENAYR . CORNWALL — F . V . O 



G. — There is more than one Penare in Cornwall; but the one here 

 intended is probably a small hamlet, in the parish of Gorran, which appears 

 in former days to have been of more importance than it is now. The triple 

 initials show that Frances really stands for Francis, and that this token was 

 issued by a man. Unless Osgood can be identified with Hosegood, a frequent 

 surname in the neighbourhood of Credition, it*has altogether disappeared 

 from the West. 



