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A George I gold and enamel mourning ring, found in York
The hoop engraved with memento mori type elongated skeleton, hour glass, skull and crossed bones and pick and shovel against a black enamel ground, the inside with inscription Jos Brooksbank Ar: obt,11 June 1726 aet 72 and with maker's initials W C, finger size P
The hoop engraved with memento mori type elongated skeleton, hour glass, skull and crossed bones and pick and shovel against a black enamel ground, the inside with inscription Jos Brooksbank Ar: obt,11 June 1726 aet 72 and with maker's initials W C, finger size P
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The ring was found by metal detector near Copmanthorpe, York and is accompanied by an email from the Finds Liason Officer for the West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisery Service, advising the finder that the Treasure Commitee at the British Museum did not require it to be reported.
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For similar rings of this date c.f. O.M. Dalton, Franks Bequest, Catalogue of Finger rings, Early Christian, Byzantine, Teutonic, Medieval and Later, London, 1912, ref. 1529 - 1541
Joseph Brooksbank was born in Elland in 1654. At the age of sixteen he left for London to become a haberdasher's apprentice. He was described as prosperous and a promising young man, whose enterprising spirit was rewarded with the title of Citizen for the City of London in 1681. In 1679 he married Mary Stamp daughter of Richard Stamp, merchant of The City of Reading, and niece of Thomas Stamp who became Lord Mayor in 1691. Josephs Brooksbank was later appointed a Master of the Haberdashers Company in 1718. He did not forget his local roots and in 1712 he founded Brooksbank School in Elland. Brooksbank's son, born in 1694, became Director of the Bank of England. A portrait of Joseph Brooksbank remains extant with the family
Joseph Brooksbank was born in Elland in 1654. At the age of sixteen he left for London to become a haberdasher's apprentice. He was described as prosperous and a promising young man, whose enterprising spirit was rewarded with the title of Citizen for the City of London in 1681. In 1679 he married Mary Stamp daughter of Richard Stamp, merchant of The City of Reading, and niece of Thomas Stamp who became Lord Mayor in 1691. Josephs Brooksbank was later appointed a Master of the Haberdashers Company in 1718. He did not forget his local roots and in 1712 he founded Brooksbank School in Elland. Brooksbank's son, born in 1694, became Director of the Bank of England. A portrait of Joseph Brooksbank remains extant with the family