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 148 Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. t Mortimer. Rogers, Henry. ? Sanders, Simon. f Webber, John. f Webber, John,junr. tWilliams. Williams, A. Willoughby, Roger, the elder, f Wilshire, T. f Wilshire, T. and W. pewterer in Penzance. Was refused the freedom of the Company of Pewterers of London at a Court held 5th Oct., 1681. Exeter, 1 c. 1750. His mark (No. i) appears on a piece engraved 1740; No, 2 on a tankard bearing a Wm. IV. Excise stamp. Skewis, Cornwall. In the Collection of Mr. Chas. G. J. Port, F.S.A., of Worthing, is a wood engraving which records the hanging in 1735 of this man for the murder of two Sheriff's officers and three others. Tradition records that he was a maker of pewter spoons, who formerly lived at Langtree, near Bideford. (See Guide to the Charbonnier Collection in Taunton Castle Museum.) Barnstaple, c. 1650-1700. Barnstaple, c. 1680- 1735. Falmouth, c. 1720. ?, Bristol, c. 1670. Bristol, c. 1790. Bristol, c. 1800. One might here perhaps direct attention to the similarity of the devices in many of the marks illustrated, which may point to some succession in business. It might be possible that Burgum and Catcott succeeded to the business of Ash and Hutton and retained their Rose and Crown and Hard Metal marks, being themselves succeeded by Fothergills, who used the clasped hands' device of the former. This, of course, is mere conjecture which a little searching of local records might tend to prove or disprove. Again one finds an affinity of design in the marks of Hum. Evans of Exeter, J. Ferris and Co., and John Webber of Barnstaple; whilst those of J. Dolbeare and Gauls of Exeter, are the only ones suggesting similarity with the designs of the London pew- terers' marks. It is an amazing fact that of all the hundreds