[31] This agreement I have printed entire in my “Life of Wedgwood,” p. 347.
[32] Whittington, it must be borne in mind, is a place of considerable historical and antiquarian interest. The family of De Whittington, to which “Dick Whittington” belonged, took its rise and its name from this place; and at the “Cock and Pynot” ale-house here, the great Revolution of 1688 was planned; the “Revolution House” and the “plotting-chair” being matters known to most historical readers. Here, too, the Rev. Samuel Pegge, the great antiquarian writer, lived; he being Rector of Whittington. “Pynot,” it may be added, is the provincial name for the magpie.
[33] Amongst many other works, Mr. Arthur Jewitt was author of “The History of Buxton,” “History of Lincoln,” “Lincolnshire Cabinet,” “Hand-book of Perspective,” “Hand-book of Geometry,” &c., and he contributed largely to the Penny Magazine, Brayley’s Graphic and Historical Illustrator, &c., &c. He was the intimate friend of Edward Wedlake Brayley, of John Britton, of Ebenezer Rhodes, and others. He was born in 1772 and died in 1852, on his 80th birthday.
[34] I am informed by W. Drury Lowe, Esq., owner of the estates, that a Roman coin in his possession was found in an old working of the ironstone pits.
[35] The only other examples I have met with of porcelain tokens issued by china works are those issued by the Worcester Porcelain Company, which have been described on page 254, vol. I.
[36] For a full account of this discovery see the Reliquary, vol. viii., pp. 129 to 140.
[37] See page 74, vol. i.
[38] Other urns from this place are engraved in vol. i., Figs. 233 to 242.
[39] In this partnership Mr. Copeland had no interest in the works, and Mr. Spode’s interest in the London house was comparatively small.
[40] Many of the old Derby models, moulds, etc., passed into the hands of Mr. Alderman Copeland, and have been made available by the firm.