Hall marks on gold & silver plate

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barred round about that no man might come nigh it, for there was
none of this plate touched there was sufficient besides." Robert
Amades was buried in the church of St. Mary Wolnoth.
1 5 18. The four wardens of the Company in this year were
Sir Thomas Exmew, knight, Roger Mu7idy, Henry Calton, and
Robert Oxendly. Their names are attached to a bill of expenses
for " a drynking and dinner on St. Dunstan's day " ; amount,
28 9s. 6d.
1 5 19. Ralph Latham, goldsmith. In the will of Rawf Lathom,
citizen and goldsmith, 15 19, is mentioned: "Duos pelves argenti
cum lavat's in medio unius est una Rosa in alio scutum armor
'meor.'" C. P. C. Ayloffe. A goldsmith of the same name, probably
his son, is in the list of Freeman Householders of the Gold-
smiths' Company in 1553.
1 5 19. Sir John Thurston, goldsmith and embroiderer, also
Sheriff and Alderman. Stow informs us that he erected, at his own
cost, on the bank of the river Thames, extensive granaries for storing
up corn for the consumption of the city in times of scarcity, also
six very large and four smaller public ovens. He gave ^^40 towards
rebuilding Imbroiderers' <strong>Hall</strong>, in Guthurons Lane (now Gutter
Lane), and ii^ioo towards rebuilding St. Foster's Church, wherein he
was buried in 15 19. At an assembly of the Company in 1 521, it is
"
recorded : Forsomuch as Sir J. Thurston, Upper Warden, was de-
parted to Almighty God (on whose soul have mercy), the felliship
named and chose to be Copper Warden in his roome Sir Thos. Exmewe,
Knt."
1522-3. Sir John Mundy, goldsmith, Mayor, 1522-3, was son
of William Mundy, of Wycombe, Bucks. He was buried in the
church of St. Peter in Cheape; ob. 1537. The name of Roger Mundy
(his son) is signed to a bill of expenses at St. Dunstan's feast as
Warden of the Company in 1518.
1526. At St. Mary Overie, Southwark, between 1548 and 1550,
they parted with four chalices, weighing fifty-four ounces, to one
Calton, at the sign of the " Purse" in Chepe, of which the said Calton
made two communion cups weighing but fifty-two ounces, the
balance due being 17s. 8d. ("Surrey Church Notes," by J. R. D.
Tyssen.)
1526. Hans Holbein, artist, born at Augsburg, 1494, died in
London in 1543. He was introduced by Erasmus to Sir Thomas
More in 1526, when he came to England. He entered the service of
Henry VIII in 1537, and remained in England until his death. He
designed numerous pieces of goldsmith's work, cups, jewellery, etc.,
during this reign. A drawing by him, for a cup for Queen Jane
Seymour, is in the print-room of the British Museum, as well as
designs for jewels. Other drawings are preserved at He was buried in St. Catherine Cree Church.
Basle, etc.
1530. Thomas Calton, goldsmith at the "Purse in Chepe." His
name is signed to a bill of expenses as Warden of the Com.pany in
1526. At St. Mary Overie, Southwark, between 1548 and 1550, they
parted with four chalices, weighing fifty-four ounces, to one Calton,