Tankard

The arms inscribed on this tankard are probably those of the Eyles family. Sir John Eyles was Lord Mayor of London in 1688. Sir Francis Eyles, director of the East India Company and an alderman, was created a baronet in 1727. The tankard was purchased from a member of the Endicott family of Boston, but the connection between them and the Eyles family has not been traced. The donor writes: "This tankard came from the Endicott family of Boston, but of the details of its ownership I am ignorant. There has been much speculation as to the coat-of-arms. It has been attributed to Thos. de Corbridge, Archbishop of York, 1300–1304; and to the Eyles family. It is said that the Endicotts, or some branch of the family, were descended both from the Archbishop and the Alderman."