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W1: Northumberland, Newcastle (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | The Mercers' Arms |
| CHARLES BARKER |
| R | IN NEWCASTELL |
| GABRIEL FVLTHORP IN NEWCASTELL | |
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| Charles Barker, son of Francis Barker, of Topcliff Manor, co. York, and Gabriel Fullthorpe, were apprenticed to Alderman Mark Milbank; they were both made free of the Newcastle Mercers' Company in 1660. |
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W2: Northumberland, Newcastle (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | Arms of the Blackett family; on a chevron between three mullets pierced, as many escallops |
| WILLIAM BLACKETT |
| R | The Merchant-Adventurers' Arms |
| MARCHANT IN NEWCASTLE | |
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W3: Northumberland, Newcastle (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | A D |
| ANTHONY DOBSON A D |
| R | A D |
| OF NEWCASTLE A D | |
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| Anthony dobson was the son of a substantial feltmaker of Newcastle. He appears to have been an obstinate man, in frequent trouble with the authorities. He espoused the popular side during the Civil Wars. |
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W4: Northumberland, Newcastle (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | A fleece |
| IOHN GAVSTELL |
| R | I I G |
| IN NEWCASTLE I I G | |
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W5: Northumberland, Newcastle (Farthing): (1660)
| O | A castle |
| WILLIAM HVTCHINSON |
| R | A merchant's mark, composed of W H and 4 |
| OF NEWCASTLE 1660 W H 4 | |
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| William Hutchinson was of the Merchant-Adventurers' Company. In 1688 he was appointed Alderman of Newcastle, with others, by mandamus of James II., to the exclusion of those elected by the burgesses; October 1 he was chosen Mayor, but on November 5 following he was displaced by Nicholas Ridley, elected under the new charter, by which all the liberties of the town were restored. Hutchinson was a Dissenter. |
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W6: Northumberland, Newcastle (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | Arms of the town of Newcastle; three castles, two and one |
| WILL LONDON IN NEW |
| R | W L |
| CASTLE VPON TYNE W L | |
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| He was one of the Protector's "four-and-twenty" for Gateshead. |
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W7: Northumberland, Newcastle (Farthing): (1664)
| O | 1664 |
| HENRY SLINGER 1664 |
| R | H S |
| OF NEWCASTLE H S | |
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W8: Northumberland, Newcastle (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | The Mercers' Arms |
| EDWARD SPENCER |
| R | E P S |
| IN NEW CASTELL E P S | |
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W9: Northumberland, Newcastle (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | A castle |
| HENRY TOMPSON |
| R | H E T |
| IN NEWCASTELL H E T | |
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W10: Northumberland, Newcastle (Farthing): (1659)
| O | Three figures standing |
| IOHN THOMAS 59 |
| R | I M T |
| IN NEWCASTLE 16 I M T | |
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| The Three Indian Kings, on the Quayside. The present name arose from the custom of giving the three kings of Cologne an Eastern or swarthy hue. |
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