Kendal Mint Cake been making confectionery since 1840 in the Isle of Man. When one of the four sons, Daniel Quiggin, moved to Kendal in 1880, the mint cake company was formed. In the BBC TV programme "Great British Menu", series 5, Lisa Allen visited Quiggin's factory and used Quiggin's Kendal Mint Cake in her Strawberries with Meringue & Kendal Mint Cake Water Ice dessert. In the BBC TV programme "Great British Railway Journeys" (Series 7, Episode 2), Michael Portillo visited Quiggin's factory. Wilson's Mint Cake was founded in 1913, when James Wilson purchased a factory in the Stricklandgate area of the town.
John Kendal coup d'état he became Secretary. On 1 August the Lord Chancellor of England's Great Seal was sent to the Master of Rolls for safe-keeping, by which time Kendal was known to be senior to the Clerks. Kendal was a prime mover in Richard's regime, a longtime close associate as secretary to the duke of Gloucester. Kendal surmised the role of Secretary rendering it politically as important as it ever had been. After Bosworth he was attainted by Parliament for treason with other Ricardian adherents. As King's Receiver he made many enemies in the collection of tax revenues. John Kendal John