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Excerpt from History of the Worshipful Company of Pewterers of the City of London, Vol. 2: Based Upon Their Own Records
The custom of requiring new brethren to present a silver spoon and the officers of the Yeomanry to give silver bowls or nests of cups provided the Company with a goodly store of plate, but this began to disappear as early as the close of Elizabeth's reign, when it became necessary to sell plate to comply with the royal demands for financial aid. Hawkers and pedlars proved a source of constant trouble to the Com pany, in spite of the severe penalties laid upon them by statutes and other ordinances.
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