GEORGE GALE. 
25 
VI. on October 1470, gold coins —angels and angelets—were 
minted at York, having the lys as the mint mark. St. Michael is 
shown slaying ttie dragon. The reverses are snronnded by Latin 
inscriptions, that on the angel signifying “ By Thy Cross, save us, 
O Christ, our Redeemer,” and that on the half angel “ Hail, O 
Cross, our only hope.” Of silver coins, groats and half groats 
were issued, on the King’s breast is the letter for Eboracum. 
The York gold coins of Edward IV. were the rose noble 
issued 1465-1470, the half rose noble, and the quarter rose noble. 
They bear respectively Latin inscriptions rendered as follows : 
“But Jesus passing through the midst of them went his way” 
(Luke iv. 30) ; “ O Lord, rebuke me not in Thine indignation ” 
(Ps. vi. 1), and “ He shall be exalted in Glory ” (Ps. xii. 9). 
The silver coins were groats, half groats, pennies and halfpennies, 
bearing CIVITAS EBORACI on the reverses. The York mint 
marks are the rose, sun, or lis. 
The bullion received at the York mint for the purpose of being 
coined was : 
From Michaelmas 1469 to Michaelmas 1470— 
Silver, ^1312 6 o Gold, £88 o o 
From Michaelmas 1470 to Michaelmas 1471— 
Silver, £"242 8 o Gold, ^"54 7 10 1 
At the close of 1469 Edward IV. was dethroned, but in 1471 was 
restored. 
The York mint was kept employed during the reigns of Richard 
III., Henry VII., and Henry VIII. 
Henry VII. in 1503, altered the type of silver coin, the King’s 
portrait being given in profile, whilst on the reverse the shield is 
prominent, the mint name being omitted. At York, during the 
reigns of both Henries, silver groats, half groats, pennies, and half 
pennies were coined. 
In the reign of Edward VI. the King’s mint master at York was 
George Gale, goldsmith, of York, who had been under-treasurer of 
the mint during the reign of Henry VIII. George Gale was 
Sheriff of York in 1530, and Lord Mayor in 1534 and 1549. He 
was the ancestor of Dr. Thomas Gale, Dean of York, father of 
Roger Gale and Samuel Gale, the eminent antiquaries. One of 
the mint master’s daughters married Sir Thomas Fairfax, father 
1 Davies, p. 3S. 
