THE EARLY COMMERCE OF PLYMOUTH. oa 
Obv. Grace Elliott, Mercers’ Arms. 
Rev. Of Plymovth. G.E. 
There was a Mark Elliott, an apothecary. 
Obv. Margret Eaton, The Apothecaries’ Arms. 
Rev. In Plymovth, 1665. M.E. 
Probably the widow of Christopher Eaton, mentioned as an apothecary in the Siege 
accounts. 
Obv. Ivdith Ford, 1669. 
Rev. Of Plymovth. Ink; 
There was a Thomas Ford, a merchant. 
Obv. Ioachim Gevers, A Castle. 
Rev. Of Plymovth, 1656. TTA. Ge 
Poor Joachim must have died soon after this; for in 1658 Widow Gavers was carrying on 
business as one of the five vintners of Plymouth. 
Obv. Edward Geffery, The Plymouth Arms. 
Rev. In Plymoth, 1664. E.E.G. 
There was a William Gefferie, a woollen draper; anda William Gefferie, hardly the same, 
had 17s. 6d. for painting the king’s arms on the New Shambles at the Restoration. 
Obv. Ralph Gordge, Shield with three gurges (?). 
Rev. In Plymouth R M.G. 
One of the Gorges family, of St. Budeaux(?). 
Obv. Christopher Hatch, A Swan. 
Rev. Of Plymovth, 1658. C.R.H. 
I find a Philip Hatch, a farrier. 
Oiv. Michael Hooke, Grocer, The Grocers’ Arms. 
Rev. In Plymovth, 1667. His half peny. 
There was a Roger Hooke, a shoemaker. 
Obv. James Ireish at ye 3 Fish Hooks. 
Rev. Of Plymovth, 1667. TEI. 
Obv. Tames Iackson, at the The Sun. 
Riv. Svnn in Plymovth, 1651. fd ed be 
Mine host of the Sun tavern. 
Obv. Will. Movntstevens, 1670. 
Rev. Of Plymovth. Weaelavis 
That Mountstevens was not a freeman, at least when he started business, we learn from 
an entry that in the year of issuing this token he paid for leave to open his shop windows 
for the four years preceding. 
Obv. Samvill Northcott, S.N. 
Rev. Postma in Plymovth. 1653. 
Mayor in 1658, and ejected for refusing from conscientious scruples to give currency to a 
certain proclamation. Nathaniel Northcott was a mercer, and Nathaniel Northcott, jun., 
appears as an artist. 
Obv. Roger Oliver, 1663, Arms—a ee ath heat trees, 
Rev. In Plymoth, Mercer. Mar 
Obv. Edward Pateson, The Drapers’ Arms. 
Rev. In Plymovth. E.A.P. 
