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Identifier: transactionsofbr26bris (find matches)
Title: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. cn
Subjects: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Publisher: Bristol, Eng. : The Society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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at on the tokens.Of the several firms named, the only business still carried onis that of the Terrells. But the note is of still further interest,as it was made payable at the bank of Will™ Storrs Fryand Sons, of 4 St. Mildreds Court, London. WilV^ Storrs Fry (1736—1808), the founder of this bank,was the younger brother of Joseph Fry (1728—1787), whowas the first member of this family to settle in Bristol, andcommenced the manufacture of chocolate. At the date the note was issued the bank was carried onby the sons of Will™ Storrs Fry, one of whom, JosephFry, married Elizabeth Gurney, afterwards well known asElizabeth Fry the philanthropist. CITY MACE, I761. This interesting object, which is in excellent condition, ismade of wood; it measures rather over 37 inches long, and isjust under 2 inches in diameter. At one end are the initials J. W. beneath the arms ofBristol, and at the other the date 1761 below the royal arms;these embellishments are painted in gold upon a light blue
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Face page 119. Plate IV. Bristol Arch^ological Notes for 1902. 149 background in compartments, the central division betweenthe bands being a bright red.^ After a careful inspection of the names of city officials inthe year 1761, it is hardly open to doubt that the initials werethose of John Wraxall, city sword-bearer, 1750 to 1768. Butwhy a sword-bearer should require a mace is a difficultquestion to solve nearly a century and a half after the event;though careful enquiries and minute search have been madeas to the necessity of the time, no satisfactory explanation canyet be offered. Mr. W. H. St. John Hope, M.A., the greatestauthority on civic insignia,^ to whom I wrote fully upon thesubject, kindly replied as follows :— I do not remember any such staff elsewhere. Thesword-bearer certainly did not have a mace bearer of hisown, but he might have been the bearer of this particularstaff on particular occasions. And Mr. G. E. Weare, who has carefully studied theorigin and use of maces

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