HALL MARKS ON PLATE.
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Nicholas de Segrave to Sir William de Swift, Clerk, on behalf of Company, the witnesses are ] ohn de Grantham and Sheriffs of London, Henry de Lecheford, Alderman de Ely, Roger of the Ward (Aldersgate), Richard de Wyhall, Robert Box and Thomas de Lincoln, goldsmiths. Dated May 19, 1323. Of this The second Hall is supfirst erection of the Hall little is known. posed to have been built by Sir Dru Barentine, in 1407. Lincoln, a goldsmith in the reign of Richard II, 1381, probably Thomas de Lincoln, before-mentioned, was summoned, with others, to give advice as to the best steps to be taken for the preservation of the coin in England, which had been exported to foreign counthe Goldsmiths'
tries in large quantities.
Roger of Ely, goldsmith, was Sheriff of London during 1323. In 1323, the site of the the mayoralty of Sir Nicholas Farmgdon. His name is appended as first Goldsmiths' Hall was purchased. witness to the deed of sale before referred to. 1 William of Wykeham, consecrated Bishop of Win324-1404. chester in 1367, is said to have designed the celebrated Gothic crozier which he left by will, with other plate, to New College, Oxford, of His own image is in the volute, kneeling v/hich he was the founder. before the Virgin, which last has been removed since the change of religion.
His great and useful talents, especially his skill in architecture, appear to have recommended him to the favour of Edward III. He persuaded that monarch to pull down a great part of Windsor Castle, and rebuild it from his plan, in that plain magnificence in which it now appears; and many other buildings were restored or rebuilt under his directions. He died on September 27, 1404. Sir Richard Betane, or Britaine, goldsmith, was Mayor 1326. in this year. 1332. Henry
de Gloucester, citizen and goldsmith of Lon" His will, originally in Latin, is given in Weever's Funeral Monuments," page 421. He was buried at St. Helens, London. He don.
bequeaths to his daughter, Elizabeth, vj shillings, being a nun in the said convent of St. Helen's, etc. The four wardens of the Company were Thomas de 1334.
Richard L^onerye, John de Makenhened, Srmon de Berking. -The four wardens of the Company Thomas de RokesRichard Lonereye, John de Kingeston, and another name
Berkel'e,
1337. ley,
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illegible.
The four wardens of the Comoany Nicholas de 1339. Walyngiuick, William D'Espagne, Robert de Shordich, jun., Nicholas de Farndon. In 1339 three London goldsmiths were retained for a year by the Chapter of St. Paul's in consequence of a bequest of gold and :
jewels to the shrine of St. Erkenwald. The four wardens of the 1340.
Company: Richard Denys, Robert de Shordich, sen., Robert le Marechal, John de Kyngesion. 1349. John Walpole, goldsmith, was buried in Allhallows Church, Bread Street, 1349.