Storeys of Old.

An elegant silver tankard purchased by the Company of Tanners in 1718 is now in the keeping of the senior steward, Mr. J. G. Story, whose family have been connected with the company for over two centuries. The tankard cost £19 13s. 4d., and has been in use ever since at the dinners of the brethren and on the occasion of the funerals of deceased members. It is of drum shape, holds about half a gallon, and bears the names of the then stewards and the arms of the Tanners' Company. It used to be filled with mulled or spiced wine, and the Head Steward, as Chairman, proposed the Tanners' toast, viz.:-

"To Tanners, Tanners' wives and Tanners' bairns,
And to all that lies in the Tanners' Arms."

The tankard was passed round as a loving cup. This laudable custom, says the writer of the pamphlet, is still kept up, - but O degenerate race! - it is filled with stout instead of mulled wine. At the time the tankard was bought, a velvet pall was also procured from London, the cost being £24 13s. 3d. These additional excerpts are from the Roll of the Brethren of the Tanners' Company of Freemen as at May 1st, 1888, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

STORY NOTES.

Edward Story, 8 St. Benet's Place, London, E.C. Second son of Ald. William Story.

Edward Story, New Zealand, eldest son of Edward Story the younger (H.M. Customs), who was the son of Edward Story and Catherine Thompson (1773).

John George Story, of Roxburgh House, Sheriff Hill, second son of Edward Story, H.M. Customs.

Henry Harle Story, born 1848, second son of Robert Story the elder, born 1816, eldest son of Edward Story, senior.

Edward John Story, Leicester, born 1846, eldest son of Robert Story the elder, eldest son of Edward Story, senior, of Elswick High Villa.

Robert Spencer Story, Victoria Avenue, Whitley, eldest son of Robert Story, junr., who was the eldest son of Ald. William Story.

William Story, of 2 Winchester Terrace, Newcastle, second son of Robert Story, junr., and eldest son of Ald. Wm. Story. Edward Story had a son John Story.

This John Story, son of Edward and Hannah Story, née Drummond, is said to have first introduced machinery into the North of Ireland, and was shot at in Belfast for his pains. He subsequently removed to Dublin, where he established iron works. John Story married Jane Pattinson, of Benwell, who died July 1st, 1810. Their family consisted of John, born November 11th, 1800, died October 28th, 1803; Edward, born January 4th, 1803, died in the November of 1834; Jane, born August 5th, 1804. John Story married secondly, Mary Young, of Bolton-in-the-Moors, in the County of Lancaster, and by her had