84. _O._ JOHN PRATT OF A bridge of four arches. _R._ STOW BRIDGE 1668 HIS HALF PENY 1/2d. 85. _O._ EDWARD SPARRYE E. I. S. _R._ OF STOURBRIDGE 1656 1/4d. 86. _O._ HUMPHREY SUTTON H. S. S. _R._ OF STOURBRIDGE 1657 1/4d. SWINFORD (OLD). 87. _O._ JOHN RICHARDSON HIS HALF PENY _R._ OULD SWINFORD 1669 Arms of Worcester; three pears 1/2d. TENBURY. 88. _O._ EDMOND LANE Arms; a chevron between three arrow-heads. _R._ IN TENBURY HIS HALF PENY 1/2d. 89. _O._ EDMOND LANE Arms as the last. _R._ OF TENBURY E. L. 1/4d. 90. _O._ ANTHONY SEARCH PLAINE DEALING IS BEST 1/2d. _R._ IN TENBURY Mercers' Arms. 1/2d. OLDBURY. 91. _O._ OLIVER ROUND St. George and the dragon. _R._ IN OLDBURY 1663 HIS HALF PENY 1/2d. THE CLOTHING TRADE. This must have been formerly an important trade in our county and city. The city of Worcester, and the towns of Bromsgrove, Kidderminster, Droitwich, and Evesham, were extensively engaged in it; and when many persons dwelling in other parts of the county had begun cloth making, much to the injury of these towns, an act was passed in the 25th year of Henry VIII, prohibiting all persons from making cloth, except such as resided in the above-mentioned places, but all persons were allowed to make cloths for their own wear, or for their children, servants, &c. At the present day only one loom is in existence in Bromsgrove, and in Worcester the trade has ceased for many years, although the Clothiers' Company still exists as a body for the administration of charitable funds. THE MORTUARY CLOTH OF THE CLOTHIERS' COMPANY.