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56 NEWPORT BOROUGH. some irregular way, eight, and sometimes twelve, inhabi- tants of Newport Borough were from time to time, thenceforth, appointed to let and manage not only the fair and markets, but, apparently, certain lands belonging to the parish of St. Stephen. The profits of the fair and markets seem to have been blended with the rents of the lands, and were together employed for the " better support relief and reparation of the Church and the Borough, and towards the maintenance of the poor persons there." We hope hereafter to trace the history of these " Church Lands," but it is beyond the scope of our present work to do more than mention here the fact that from an early period, the parishioners of St. Stephen held Cargentle estate (now, we believe, commuted for a perpetual annuity of £25 issuing out of that estate), a little meadow in Holyrood Lane, the Chapel House, near the Churchyard, several dwelling houses, herb-gardens, and orchards, and a decayed Market House and its adjoining hall, all situate in St. Stephen ; Hessacott in Boyton; and Heale in Lifton. Holyrood Fair continued to be held annually upon the 14th September until the year 1878. Associated with Newport are the following Trade Tokens : Obverse. Arthur : Rowe : a. e. a. Reverse. In : Newport : 1658. (A Beehive.) O. William : Rowe. (A Beehive. ) R. Appothycarie : w. m. r. O. Degory : Bewes : of : Sant : (The Mercers' Arms. £d.) R. Stephens : Lanceston : d. b. O. John : Kirton : of: Newport. (Three Sheep in a fold. £d.) R. In : Cornwall : 1658. His half-penny, j. j. k. O. John : Kirton : of: Nue. (Three Sheep in a fold.) R. port : in : Cornwall : j. j. k. O. John : Norman : (The Grocers' Arms.) R. In : Newport : j. e. n.