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Title: The Annals of the Barber-Surgeons of London
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[Illustration: King Henry VIII]
THE ANNALS OF THE BARBER-SURGEONS
OF LONDON, COMPILED FROM THEIR
RECORDS AND OTHER SOURCES, BY SIDNEY
YOUNG, ONE OF THE COURT OF ASSISTANTS
OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BARBERS
OF LONDON, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY AUSTIN
T. YOUNG.
~Let me embrace thee, good old chronicle,
That hast so long walk’d hand in hand with time.~
_Shakespeare._
[Illustration]
LONDON:
BLADES, EAST & BLADES,
23, ABCHURCH LANE, E.C.
1890.
~A mery chylde he was, so god me saue
Wel coude he let blood, clyppe, and shaue.~
_Chaucer._
PREFACE.
That the foundation of the Commerce, and consequently of the Greatness,
of London was laid by the old Livery Guilds--few will question. Much
is already known, through the Histories of such of them as have
been written--and an apology from me is not needed for a further
contribution to so interesting a study. But whilst I make no apology
for the contribution, I crave the indulgence of my readers for any
shortcomings which, from a literary point of view, may appear in this
work; I invite their attention to the matter, rather than to the style
in which it is expressed.
About eight years ago I applied to our Court for permission to search
the Records, and my request being complied with, I devoted such spare
time as I could secure from an engrossing occupation to the compilation
of these Annals. The work has necessarily led to the burning of much
midnight oil, because every extract and every line has been made _by
my own pen_. The researches have extended to the examination of all,
and the transcript of a considerable portion of thirteen lengthy
Charters and sets of By-laws, as also to the entire perusal of about
a hundred books of Records. In addition to this, there has been much
labour expended at the British Museum, the Public Record Office, the
Guildhall, and Somerset House.
The material thus collected became so voluminous, that I experienced
considerable difficulty in separating it into Subject Chapters, and
also in deciding what to retain and what to reject; my endeavour in
this respect having been to preserve all that is really interesting and
curious, discarding dry legal passages, doubtful points, and wearisome
repetitions.
None but those who have had experience of the crabbed eccentric writing
and contractions of former times (see some of the _fac-similes_ given)
and of the abbreviated “Court hand” Latin in which Charters and other
Records were penned, can have the least idea of the trouble and care
required in their deciphering; but in this respect I have not spared
pains in giving literal and accurate transcripts.
In no case have I modernized the old spelling, or interfered with the
quaintness of the original expressions; though all dates occurring
between the 1st January and 24th March prior to the year 1752 (when
“old style” was extinguished) have been rectified, and the “historical
year,” according to our present computation, given; thus rendering the
chronology systematic, and avoiding confusion and inaccuracy.
It is a matter of the greatest regret, that whilst we possess some
earlier records, our Court Minutes previous to 1551 are lost. It
is conjectured that they must have been at the Hall in 1793 (as a
partial list of Masters was then compiled), but all trace of them has
now disappeared. Again, the Minutes from 1651-1689 are now missing,
although they were at the Hall about forty years ago.
I may here take the opportunity to remark that the Barbers and
Barber-Surgeons held a somewhat distinctive position apart from other
Companies, inasmuch as they were a Professional rather than a Trade
Guild, and their History, consequently, becomes invested with an
especial interest. Another point to which I, as a Barber, am proud
to refer is that our Company stood out, alone, as the pioneer of
Technical Education, hundreds of years before it became as popular
as it now is. From the middle of the fifteenth century the Company
was careful to provide for Surgical Lectures, and the regular and
systematic instruction of its members. The means originally employed
may have been primitive, but they were dictated by high motives, and
gradually extended and developed; a Museum (a poor one, it is true)
and a valuable Library were founded, an Anatomical Theatre was built,
and every opportunity taken to encourage the Scientific study of
Surgery--all with results fraught with the greatest benefit, not only
to London, but to the Kingdom at large.
In conclusion, I desire to express my thanks to those who have aided
me in my work, and especially to my dear and valued friend, Past
Master Charles John Shoppee, whose practical assistance, advice and
encouragement all through, have been to me of the greatest service. Mr.
D’Arcy Power, M.A., has laid me under much obligation, and particularly
for revising and perfecting my translation of the Norman-French
Ordinances, 12th Rich. II. My son, Austin Travers Young, has rendered
valuable assistance in delineating the several Illustrations throughout
the work, and lastly, I must record, with gratitude, my obligation to
Mr. Edward Lawless for the attention and care bestowed upon me on the
numerous occasions of my visits to the Hall.
The preparation of this work, a somewhat arduous task for an Amateur,
has been to me purely a labour of love, and, in laying down my pen I
may be permitted to add, that my best wishes for the Ancient Mystery of
Barbers are summed up in the words of our time-honoured toast, “_The
Worshipful Company of Barbers, Root and Branch, and may it flourish for
ever_.”
SIDNEY YOUNG.
ALWYNE ROAD, CANONBURY.
_March, 1890._
1889-1890.
THE COURT OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BARBERS OF LONDON.
~Master~:
WILLIAM AARON ECCLESTONE, Esq.
~Wardens~:
WILLIAM LUMLEY, Esq.
JAMES COPE CORNISH, Esq.
JOSEPH WILSON, Esq.
~Assistants~:
HENRY EVANS, Esq.
CHARLES JOHN SHOPPEE, Esq.
JAMES HARVEY, Esq., Deputy.
HENLEY GROSE SMITH, Esq.
GEORGE AUSTIN, Esq.
RICHARD JAMES ATKINSON, Esq.
CHARLES HOWARD ATKINSON, Esq.
WALTER HENRY WILKIN, Esq., Alderman.
JONATHAN DENNY, Esq.
THOMAS GEORGE DRIVER, Esq.
NATHAN SALAMAN, Esq.
JOHN CARY LOVELL, Esq.
EDWARD CHARLES CORNISH, Esq.
GEORGE AUSTIN, Jun., Esq.
WALTER LUMLEY, Esq.
THOMAS ARTHUR GREENE, Esq.
SIDNEY YOUNG, Esq.
ALFRED LOW, Esq.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Preface iii
The Court of the Company 1889 1890 vi
Contents vii
List of Illustrations, etc. ix
Table of Leading Dates xii
The Names of the Masters and Wardens from the year 1308 1
A list of such members of the Company as have served the Office
of Serjeant Surgeon 18
A list of King’s Barbers 19
A list of members of the Company who have served the offices of
Sheriff, Alderman or Lord Mayor of the City of London 19
Historical Account, The Barbers Unincorporate 21
Historical Account, The Barbers Incorporate 51
Extracts from Court Minutes, etc., more particularly relating
to the Internal History of the Company 169
Precedence 239
Court of Assistants 242
The Commonalty 252
Apprentices 261
Freemen 270
Liverymen 273
The Yeomanry 276
The Clerk 288
The Beadle 299
Surgery 308
Surgical Lectures and Demonstrations 361
Wardens’ and other Accounts 379
Disputes 423
Heraldry 431
Feasts 443
The Irish Estate 468
Charities 481
Inventories 486
Plate 492
Pictures 508
Biographical Notices of Eminent Members 514
Lord Burgavenny 514 Martin Browne 546
Lord Windsor 515 Edward Arris 547
The Duke of Monmouth 515 Sir John Frederick 550
The Earl of Leven 516 Sir Nathaniel Herne 554
Sir John Aylef 516 Sir John Lethieullier 556
Thomas Vicary 522 Ephraim Skinner 558
Richard Ferris 524 Sir Humphrey Edwin 560
John Pen 525 Sir William Stewart 562
Nicholas Alcocke 527 Charles Bernard 563
Robert Balthrop 528 Sir John Bull 565
Sir Peter Proby 532 Claudius Amyand 565
William Clowes 535 Sir Thomas Challoner 567
William Clowes, jun. 537 William Cheselden 568
Thomas Thorney 538 Ambrose Dickins 570
Peter Thorney 539 Sir Cæsar Hawkins, Bart. 571
John Gerard 540 Walter Henry Wilkin 572
Sir Thomas Bludder 545
Sundry Monumental Inscriptions 573
Appendices 575
ERRATA.
p. 28 l. 20, for “religions” read “religious.”
p. 126 l. 7, for “Sugeons” read “Surgeons.”
p. 135 l. 3, for “1869” read “1864.”
p. 144 l. 20, for “1869” read “1864.”
p. 169 foot note 1, for “1526” read “1525.”
p. 258 l. 3, for “freemen” read “freeman.”
p. 473 l. 7, for “Peek” read “Peck.”
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, &c.
PAGE
FRONTISPIECE--Henry VIII, from a portrait by Holbein at the Hall.
Old Cabinet of Masters’ Names at the Hall 1
Historical Account 21
Henry VIII and Edward IV 51
Great Seal of Edward IV 55
Fac-simile, Grant to Robert Ferbras and others, of property
in Walbrook, 1462 61
Fac-simile, Saints Cosmo and Damian, and the Surgeons’ Arms 69
Fac-simile of a Diploma granted to a Surgeon in 1497 69
Portrait of Sir Thomas More 77
Holbein’s Picture at Barbers’ Hall 83
Fac-simile Page of Court Minute Book 99
Initial of Charter, Philip and Mary 101
Heading of By-Laws, 1606 116
Interior of Court Room 132
Plan of Estate 135
Old Entrance to Barber-Surgeons’ Hall 144
The Committee Room, Barbers’ Hall 168
A Master and Wardens, etc. 169
Fac-simile Title-page to Charter Book 197
Fac-simile Corn Note 212
The Compter in Wood Street 213
Portion of the Master’s Silver Garland 239
A Grotesque, over the Court Room Door 242
A Procession of Liverymen 252
An Initial Letter from the Audit Book 252
Seals of some of the Charters 288
Autograph of Charles Bernard (Clerk) 294
John Paterson 298
E. L. 299
One of the Beadle’s Mace Heads 302
Surgical Instruments, &c. 308
Alderman Arris 360
Sir Charles Scarborough and Alderman Arris at a Demonstration,
on either side S. Cosmo and S. Damian 361
An Initial Letter from the Audit Book 361
Fac-simile Page of Court Minute Book 363
Upper and Middle Wardens’ Garlands 379
An Initial Letter from the Audit Book 380
An Initial Letter from the Audit Book 396
Barber-Surgeons’ Hall, 1674-1864 415
Renter Warden’s Garland 422
Disputants at the Bar of the Court 423
Inigo Jones 430
Arms of the City of London, the Barbers, the Surgeons,
and England 431
The Barbers’ Arms 432
Engraving in Bowl of Henry VIII’s Cup 435
The Barber-Surgeons’ Arms, 1561 436
The Barber-Surgeons’ Arms, 1569 438
Serving a Feast 443
The Irish Estate 468
The Old Poors’ Box, and names of Benefactors 481
Taking an Inventory 486
Some of the Plate 492
Henry VIII’s Grace Cup 498
King Charles’ Cup, Queen Anne’s Punch Bowl, and Atkinson’s
Punch Ladles 500
Martin Browne’s and Sir John Frederick’s Loving Cups 502
Collins’ Flagon, Monforde’s Hammer, and Arris’ Cups 503
Tea Spoons 505
The North Side of the Court Room 508
S. Y. 514
Portraits of Sir John Aylef and Thomas Vicary, after Holbein 522
Arms of Sir John Aylef 516
---- John Pen 525
---- Robert Balthrop 528
---- Sir Peter Proby 532
---- William Clowes 535
---- John Gerard 540
---- Martin Browne 546
---- Edward Arris 547
---- Sir John Frederick 550
---- Sir Nathaniel Herne 554
---- Sir John Lethieullier 556
---- Ephraim Skinner 558
---- Sir Humphry Edwin 560
---- Sir William Stewart 562
---- Charles Bernard 563
---- Sir John Bull 565
---- Claudius Amyand 565
---- Sir Thomas Challoner 567
---- William Cheselden 568
---- Ambrose Dickins 570
---- Sir Cæsar Hawkins, Bart. 571
---- Walter H. Wilkin 572
Seals of the Barber-Surgeons 575
[Illustration]
TABLE OF LEADING DATES.
1308. Richard le Barber, the first Master of the Barbers’ Company,
is sworn at Guildhall.
1388. The Masters of the Company make a return to the King’s Writ,
and set forth their then ancient ordinances.
1451. Grant of Arms to the Masters of Barbery and Surgery within
the Craft of Barbers.
1462. Edward IV incorporates the Barbers by Royal Charter.
1493. Informal alliance between the Barbers (Barber-Surgeons) and
the Fellowship of Surgeons.
1530. The Barbers’ Ordinances are settled and allowed by Sir Thomas
More.
1540. The Fellowship of Surgeons are united (by Act of Parliament
32 H. VIII) to the Company of Barbers.
1569. Grant of Arms to the Barber-Surgeons.
1605. James I grants a new Charter.
1629. Charles I grants a new Charter.
1684. All of the Company’s Charters are surrendered to the King.
1685. James II grants a new Charter.
1745. The Surgeons are separated (by Act of Parliament 18 G. II)
from the Barbers.
[Illustration]
THE NAMES OF THE
MASTERS AND WARDENS
_From the Year 1308_.
_K.B. signifies King’s Barber; K.S. King’s Surgeon, and S.S.
Serjeant-Surgeon._
------+-----------------------------------------+--------------------
AN{o.}| MASTERS OF THE BARBERS. | SWORN AT GUILDHALL.
------+---------------------+-------------------+--------------------
1308 | Richard le Barber. | ---- | December, 1308.
1375 | John Queldrick. | ---- | ----
1376 | Lawrence de Weston. | John de Grantone. | ----
1377 | Thomas Boyvel. | Will{m.} Osneye. | 26 August, 1377.
1378 | John Pacon. | Rich{d.} Morys. | 15 October, 1378.
1382 | Rich{d.} Capoll. | John Haydon. | 19 September, 1382.
1383 | Reginald Godard. | Walter Gisebourn. | 15 September, 1383.
1384 | William May. | Simon Conyngesby. | 6 October, 1384.
1386 | John Pacon. | John Levelyf. | 13 April, 1386.
1388 | John Shepey. | Rich{d.} Caupoll. | 16 April, 1388.
1388 | John Haydon. | Henry Cook. | 10 September, 1388.
1389 | Rich{d.} Geddyngs. | John Cheyr. | 22 September, 1389.
1390 | John Pacon. | John Bestchirche. | 31 August, 1390.
1391 | John Childe. | Will{m.} Chapman. | 27 November, 1391.
------+---------------------+-------------------+--------------------
------+---------------+------------------------------+----------------
| | |Masters of the
| | |Barbers prac-
AN{O.}| MASTERS. | WARDENS. |tising the art
| | | of Surgery.
------+---------------+------------------------------+----------------
1415 | ---- | ---- | ---- |Simon Rolf.
| | | |Richard Wellys.
1416 |John Brampton. |John Morysch. |Richard Clerc. |John Parker.
| | | |Simon Rolf.
1417 |Richard Wellys.|John Queldryk.|Will{m.} |John Child.
| | | Chapeley. |John Parker.
1419 |Roger Rooke. |John Dalton. |John Blakye. |Rich{d.} Wellys.
| | | |Simon Roolf.
1421 |John Branton. |Will{m.} |Will{m.} Bacon.| ----
| | Shiplake. | |
1423 |Will{m.} Hunne.|Will{m.} |Will{m.} |Simon Rolf.
| | Chapelyn. | Ryggewyk. |John Dalton.
1424 |Rich{d.} |John Queldryk.|Rich{d.} |Rich{d.} Welles.
| Snadenham. | | Merlawe. |Simon Rolf.
1428 |Simon Poule. |John Purchas. | ---- |Simon Rolf.
| | | |Rich{d.} Welles.
1441 |Pierce Pope. |John Warwick. |John Roote. | ----
1442 |Pierce Pope. |John Warwick. |John Roote. | ----
1443 |John Roote. |John Urse. |John Waystbe. | ----
1444 |Henry Grave. |John Grafton. |John Mereston. | ----
1445 |Henry Grave. |John Grafton. |John Mereston. | ----
1446 |John Blakey. |Roger Scripe. |Will{m.} Legge.| ----
1447 |John Daulton. |Will{m.} |Tho{s.} Willot.| ----
| | Woodhouse. | |
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
AN{o.}| MASTERS. | WARDENS.
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
1448 |John Struge. |John Hobbis. |John Grafton. |John Porter.
1449 |Tho{s.} |John Warwick. |Will{m.} Hill. |Roger Webb.
| Geffery. | | |
1450 |John Grafton. |John Wale. |John Wakeley. |Edmund Callowe.
1451 |John Struge. |Tho{s.} |Tho{s.} Wallis.|Hugh Harte.
| | Willot. | |
1452 |John Wakeley. |John Porter. |Will{m.} Legge.|Rob{t.} Dasons.
1453 |John Daulton. |Edmund |Roger Scripe. |John Caster.
| | Callowe. | |
1454 |John Urle. |Will{m.} Hill.|Tho{s.} Wallis.|Will{m.} Hayles.
1455 |John Grafton. |John Pinchon. |Rob{t.} Dasons.|John Wilkinson.
1456 |Roger Scripe. |Tho{s.} |Will{m.} |Henry Brooke.
| | Browne. | Whitebred. |
1457 |Tho{s.} Willot.|John Pinchon. |John Caster. |John Lunne.
1458 |John Porter. |Will{m.} |Will{m.} |Reg{ld.} Young.
| | Hobbis. | Pollet. |
1459 |John Caster. |Rich{d.} |Tho{s.} |John Morden.
| | Eastey. | Castard. |
1460 |Will{m.} Legge.|Hugh Harte. |John Saunders. |Tho{s.} Folliot.
1461 |Roger Scripe. |Will{m.} |Tho{s.} |Rich{d.} Kent.
| | Hobbes,_S.S._| Goddard. |
1462 |Rob{t.} |John Pinchon. |Rowland |John Springet.
| Dallahouse. | | Frankish. |
1463 |Will{m.} Hill. |Rich{d.} |Regin{ld.} |Rich{d.}
| | Gastey. | Young. | Cappell.
1464 |John Grafton. |Rich{d.} |Tho{s.} |Will{m.}
| | Eastey. | Goddard. | Whitebred.
1465 |Tho{s.} Willot.|Tho{s.} |Tho{s.} |John Bone.
| | Wallis. | Collard. |
1466 |Regin{ld.} |Rowland |Rich{d.} Kent. |Rob{t.}
| Young. | Frankish. | | Holliday.
1467 |John Caster. |Tho{s.} |Rich{d.} |John Daunt.
| | Goddard. | Brightmore. |
1468 |Rowland |Rob{t.} |Will{m.} |Tho{s.} Green.
| Frankish. | Holliday. | Atwood. |
1469 |Roger Scripe. |Rob{t.} |John Morden. | ----
| | Palmer. | |
1470 |Tho{s.} |Rich{d.} |Will{m.} |Barth{w.}
| Goddard. | Brightmore. | Pallet. | Crosby.
1471 |Will{m.} |Lawrence |Will{m.} |Rob{t.} Scott.
| Whitebred. | Austin. | Pewall. |
1472 |John Pinchon. |Rob{t.} |Rich{d.} |Edmund Walsh.
| | Scarlett. | Lucas. |
1473 |Will{m.} Hill. |Rob{t.} |John Drumacks. |John Hingham.
| | Palmer. | |
1474 |Rob{t.} |Rob{t.} Scott.|John Johnson. |William Gatard.
| Dallahouse. | | |
1475 |Rob{t.} |Lawrence |Will{m.} |Rich{d.}
| Holliday. | Austin. | Horton. | Southnam.
1476 |Rich{d.} Kent. |Barth{w.} |Will{m.} |John Wilson.
| | Crosby. | Pewall. |
1477 |Reginald Young.|Rob{t.} |George |Rich{d.}
| | Scarlett. | Robinson. | Chambers.
1478 |John Morden. |Alex{r.} |Philip Potter. |Simon Cole.
| | Slight. | |
1479 |Rob{t.} |Will{m.} |Lawrence |Tho{s.} Parkins.
| Studdis. | Horton. | Rogers. |
1480 |Will{m.} |Rob{t.} |John Johnson. |Rich{d.}
| Pewall. | Palmer. | | Moneycock.
1481 |Tho{s.} |Lawrence |Rich{d.} |John Denmark.
| Goddard. | Austin. | Lucas. |
1482 |Will{m.} |Rob{t.} |Rich{d.} |Rich{d.}
| Horton. | Scarlett. | Chambers. | Southnam.
1483 |Rob{t.} |James Scott. |John Stanton. |Rich{d.}
| Holliday. | | | Hayward.
1484 |John Pinchon. |John Johnson. |Edward Walch. |Rob{t.} Lilley.
1485 |Rob{t.} |Philip Potter.|John Tounnyage.|Rich{d.}
| Holliday. | | | Hayward.
1486 |Reginald Young.|Rich{d.} |John Wilson. |John Papworth.
| | Chambers. | |
1487 |Rich{d.} Lucas.|Simon Cole. |John Johnson. |Rich{d.} Nevell.
1488 |Rob{t.} |Philip Potter.|Ralph Dowell. |Will{m.} Oakley.
| Scarlett. | | |
1489 |Rob{t.} Palmer.|Rich{d.} |James Ingolsby.|Owyn Mayne.
| | Hammond. | |
1490 |Rob{t.} |Rich{d.} |John Johnson. |Tho{s.} Walton.
| Holliday. | Suddenham. | |
1491 |John Johnson, |James Scott. |Ralph Dowell. |Nicholas Lyving.
| Sen{r.} | | |
1492 |John Johnson. |Rich{d.} |Rich{d.} |Henry Tyley.
| | Haward. | Nevell. |
1493 |James Scott. |James |James Holland. |Roger Sheene.
| | Ingolsby. | |
1494 |Robert |Owyn Mayne. |Nich{s.} |John Browne.
| Scarlett. | | Lyving. |
1495 |Rich{d.} |James |James Holland. |Will{m.} Newton.
| Nevell. | Ingolsby. | |
1496 |Rob{t.} |Will{m.} |John Knott. |Tho{s.} Dawes.
| Holliday. | Oakley. | |
1497 |John Johnson. |Roger Sheene. |Andrew Oliver. |Henry
| | | | Haselhurst.
1498 |James Scott. |James |John Sommers. |Henry Geery.
| | Ingolsby. | |
1499 |Rich{d.} |James Holland.|John Robertson.|John Botelier.
| Heyward. | | |
1500 |James Scott. |Tho{s.} |John Knott. |Will{m.}
| | Daniell. | | Maresfield.
1501 |James Ingolsby.|Nich{s.} |Henry Geery. |Will{m.}
| | Lyving. | | Ashwell.
1502 |Roger Sheene. |John Knott. |Tho{s.} |John Peerson.
| | | Atkinson. |
1503 |Nich{s.} |Henry |Will{m.} |Tho{s.} Apleton.
| Lyving. | Haselhurst. | Lythego. |
1504 |Tho{s.} Dawes. |Tho{s.} |Will{m.} |John Oakley.
| | Atkinson. | Withers. |
1505 |Henry |John Peerson. |Will{m.} |Edm{d.}
| Haselhurst. | | Kerkby. | Milliners.
1506 |James Ingolsby.|Henry Geery. |John Woodward. |Tho{s.} Gibson.
1507 |John Johnson. |John Knott. |Will{m.} |John Mullyns.
| | | Ashwell. |
1508 |Nich{s.} |John Peerson. |Will{m.} |John Tayler.
| Lyving. | | Kerkby. |
1509 |Henry Geery. |Will{m.} |John Woodward. |Rob{t.}
| | Lythego. | | Misleden.
1510 |John Knott. |Tho{s.} |Will{m.} |Edw{d.} Potter.
| | Apleton. | Hopkinson. |
1511 |John Peerson. |Will{m.} |Tho{s.} Gibson.|Tho{s.} Martin.
| | Kerkby. | |
1512 |John Johnson. |Will{m.} |John Oakley. |Rob{t.} Maynard.
| | Lythego. | |
1513 |James Holland. |Will{m.} |John Tayler. |Nich{s.} Morton.
| | Ashwell. | |
1514 |Will{m.} |Tho{s.} |Walter Kellet. |Henry Baldwin.
| Kerkby. | Gibson. | |
1515 |Will{m.} |John Woodward.|Edw{d.} Potter.|Edw{d.}
| Lythego. | | | Arundell.
1516 |Tho{s.} |John Tayler. |Rob{t.} |Rich{d.} Went.
| Apleton. | | Handsom. |
1517 |John Johnson. |John Oakley. |Roger Foster. |Will{m.}
| | | | Morreyson.
1518 |Tho{s.} Gibson.|Henry Baldwin.|Rob{t.} |Tho{s.} Twynne.
| | | Myneyard. |
1519 |John Peerson. |Walter Kellet.|Rich{d.} Ude. |John Banks.
1520 |John Peerson. |Edw{d.} |John Banks. |Henry Cazor.
| | Potter. | |
1521 |Tho{s.} Gibson.|Edw{d.} |Edw{d.} |George Brian.
| | Potter. | Arundell. |
1522 |Tho{s.} Gibson.|Nich{s.} |Rich{d.} Went. |Rich{d.}
| | Morton. | | Sermont.
1523 |John Tayler. |Nich{s.} |Rich{d.} Went. |Rich{d.}
| | Morton. | | Sermont.
1524 |John Tayler. |Tho{s.} |Rich{d.} |John Enderby.
| | Twynne. | Tayler. |
1525 |Will{m.} |Henry Baldwin.|Henry Cazor. |Tho{s.} Viccary.
| Kerkby. | | |
1526 |Edward Potter. |John Banks. |Rob{t.} Simson.|Will{m.} Kidd.
1527 |Henry Baldwin. |Tho{s.} |Rich{d.} |John Younge.
| | Twynne. | Tayler. |
1528 |Walter Kellet. |Tho{s.} |John Potter. |Tho{s.} Sutton.
| | Viccary. | |
1529 |Tho{s.} Gibson.|Edward |John Enderby. |Rich{d.} Gower.
| | Arundell. | |
1530 |Tho{s.} |Rich{d.} |Ralph Garland. |John Ayliffe.
| Viccary,_S.S._| Tayler. | |
1531 |Henry Baldwin. |Henry Cazor. |Tho{s.} Wench. |Nich{s.}
| | | | Simpson.
1532 |John Banks. |John Potter. |John Ayliffe. |George Holland.
1533 |Will{m.} |Ralph Garland.|Peter Daiseman.|James Tompson.
| Kerkby. | | |
1534 |John Potter. |John Goodby. |Rob{t.} Postle.|John Bird.
1535 |John Potter. |John Ayliffe. |John Bird. |Charles Wyght.
1536 |Tho{s.} Twynne.|Ralph Garland.|James Tompson. |John Newman.
1537 |Nich{s.} |John Johnson. |George Holland.|Will{m.} Rewe.
| Simpson, | | |
| _K.B._ | | |
1538 |Sir John |John Bird. |Tho{s.} Surbut.|George Geene.
| Ayliffe,_K.S._| | |
1539 |John Penn, |K. Barber. |John Hutton. |Henry Pemberton.
| _K.B._ | | |
1540 |Edmund Harman, |James Monford,|William Tilley.|Rob{t.}
| _K.B._ | _K.S._ | | Sprignall.
1541 |Tho{s.} |James Tompson.|Tho{s.} |Rich{d.} Bowle.
| Viccary,_S.S._| | Johnson. |
1542 |John Bird. |Charles Wyght.|Will{m.} |John Gyle.
| | | Sherborn. |
1543 |John Johnson. |James Monford,|James Banks. |Robert
| | | | Waterford.
|George Holland.| _K.S._ |James Tompson. |Christ{r.}
| | | | Salmon.
1544 |John Younge. |Rob{t.} |Rich{d.} Bowle.|John Atkinson.
| | Postle. | |
1545 |John Bird. |George Geene. |Henry |Rob{t.}
| | | Pemberton. | Brownhill.
1546 |Tho{s.} |Will{m.} |Dan{l.} |Tho{s.} Gale.
| Viccary,_S.S._| Tilley. | Sambrook. |
1547 |John Enderby. |Peter |Rob{t.} |John Smith.
| | Daiseman. | Sprignall. |
1548 |Tho{s.} |John Skinner. |John Newman. |John Gyle.
| Viccary,_S.S._| | |Will{m.}
| | | | Otherborn.
1549 |Geo{e.} |Rob{t.} |Rob{t.} |Augustine
| Holland. | Waterford. | Brownhill. | Clarke.
1550 |Geo{e.} Geene. |Tho{s.} |Rich{d.} Bowle.|Tho{s.}
| | Johnson. | | Stockdale.
| | | |Matth{w.}
| | | | Johnson.
1551 |Rich{d.} |Rob{t.} |John Barker. |James Wood.
| Ferris. | Sprignell. | |
1552 |Christ{r.} |Tho{s.} Knott.|Aug{ne.} |Rich{d.} Elliot.
| Salmon. | | Clarke. |
1553 |Rich{d.} Bowle.|John Atkinson.|Tho{s.} |Hugh Lymcocke.
| | | Whittingham. |
1554 |Rob{t.} |Aug{ne.} |Will{m.} Green.|John Bonnar.
| Sprignell. | Clarke. | |
1555 |Tho{s.} Knott. |Tho{s.} Gale. |John Smythe. |Tho{s.} Fysshe.
1556 |Geo. Holland, |Rob{t.} Brown.|Alex{r.} Mason.|Rich{d.}
| _K.S._ | | | Tholmwood.
1557 |Tho{s.} |Tho{s.} |James Wood. |John Warren.
| Viccary,_S.S._| Whittingham.| |
1558 |John Atkinson. |Hugh Lymcocke.|William Walton.|Geo. Vaughan.
1559 |George Geene. |Will{m.} |Tho{s.} Baylie.|John
| | Greene. | | Smarthwaite.
1560 |Tho{s.} |James Wood. |John Bonnar. |Rob{t.}
| Whittingham. | | | Balthrop.
1561 |Tho{s.} Gale. |Alex{r.} |John Standon. |Rob{t.} Mudesly.
| | Mason. | |
1562 |Rich{d.} |Will{m.} |Rob{t.} |Rich{d.} Hughes.
| Ferris, _S.S._| Walton. | Mudesly. |
1563 |Rob{t.} |Rich{d.} |Geo. Vaughan. |John Weste.
| Brownhill. | Tholmwood. | |
1564 |Will{m.} |Rob{t.} |Tho{s.} |Nich{s.}
| Greene. | Balthrop. | Robinson. | Archenbold.
1565 |Rob{t.} |Geo. Vaughan. |Rich{d.} |Geo. Corron.
|Balthrop,_S.S._| | Hughes. |
1566 |James Wood. |Tho{s.} |Nich{s.} |Tho{s.} Burston.
| | Barber. | Archenbold. |
1567 |Alex{r.} Mason.|Rob{t.} |Geo. Corron. |John Robinson.
| | Mudesly. | |
1568 |Rich{d.} |Nich{s.} |Tho{s.} |Rich{d.} Wisto
| Tholmwood. | Archenbold. | Burston. | (_died._)
| | | |John Field.
1569 |George Vaughan |John Standon. |John Field. |Humphry Paris.
| (_died._) | | |
|Alex{r.} Mason.| | |
1570 |Tho{s.} Barber.|Rich{d.} |John Robinson. |John Yates.
| | Hughes. | |
1571 |Tho{s.} Barber.|George Corron.|Rob{t.} Clarke.|Will{m.} Bovey.
1572 |Rob{t.} |John Robinson.|Tho{s.} Banks. |Edw{d.} Ireland.
| Mudesly. | | |
|Alex{r.} Mason | | |
| (_died._) | | |
1573 |Rob{t.} |Tho{s.} |John Hitchen. |Will{m.} Bull.
|Balthrop,_S.S._| Burston. | |
1574 |Rich{d.} |Tho{s.} |Will{m.} Bovey.|Rich{d.} Upton.
| Hughes. | Robinson. | |
|George Corron | | |
| (_died._) | | |
1575 |Tho{s.} |John Feild. |Will{m.} |John Mason.
| Whittingham. | | Swaine. |
1576 |Tho{s.} |Tho{s.} |John Yates. |Will{m.} Crowe.
| Burston. | Banckes. | |
1577 |John Feild. |John Hitchen. |Christ{r.} |Henry Rankyn.
| | | Swaldell. |
1578 |Tho{s.} |John Yates. |Rich{d.} Wisto.|Leonard Coxe.
| Banckes. | | |
1579 |John Hitchen. |William Bovey.|William Crowe. |Tho{s.} Bird.
1580 |Rob{t.} |Christ{r.} |Edward Ireland.|John Haysie.
| Mudesly. | Swaldell. | |
1581 |Will{m.} Bovey.|Will{m.} |Henry Rankyn. |Edw{d.} Griffin.
| | Swaine. | |
1582 |Tho{s.} |Will{m.} |Leonard Coxe. |Rich{d.} Wood.
| Banckes. | Crowe. | |
1583 |Christ{r.} |Rich{d.} |Tho{s.} Bird. |Will{m.} Gale.
| Swaldell. | Wisto. | |
1584 |John Hitchen. |Henry Ranken. |John Haysie. |Rich{d.}
| | | | Sprignall.
1585 |Will{m.} Crowe.|Leonard Coxe. |Rich{d.} Wood. |Henry Bradley.
1586 |Rich{d.} Wisto.|John Haysie. |Edward Griffin.|John Leycock.
1587 |Henry Rankyn. |Tho{s.} Bird. |Rich{d.} |John Johnson.
| | | Sprignall. |
1585 |Leonard Coxe. |Rich{d.} Wood.|Will{m.} Borne.|George Denham.
1589 |John Haysie. |Edward |Will{m.} |John Martin.
| | Griffin. | Gooderus. |
1590 |Tho{s.} Bird. |Will{m.} Gale.|Tho{s.} Wayte. |John Izard.
1591 |Rich{d.} Wood. |Rich{d.} |Geo. Baker, |James Bates.
| | Sprignall. | _S.S._ |
1592 |Edward Griffin.|Will{m.} |Geo. Denham. |John Dards.
| | Gooderus, | |
| | _S.S._ | |
1593 |Christ{r.} |John Leycock. |John Izard. |John Burgess.
| Swaldell. | | |
1594 |Will{m.} |Will{m.} |Will{m.} |John Newsom.
|Gooderus,_S.S._| Borne. | Clowes. |
1595 |Will{m.} Gale. |John Martyn. |James Bates. |John Peck.
1596 |Tho{s.} |John Izard. |Tho{s.} Warren.|Lewis Atmer.
| Banckes. | | |
1597 |George Baker, |James Bates. |John Dards. |John Gerrard.
| _S.S._ | | |
1598 |John Leycock. |John Burgess. |Tho{s.} |Robert Johnson.
| | | Thorney. |
1599 |Rich{d.} Wood. |John Dards. |John Newsom. |Will{m.} Martyn.
|Will{m.} Borne |Tho{s.} |Will{m.} |Edw{d.} Rodes.
1600 | (_died._) | Thorney. | Martyn. |
|John Leycock. | | |
1601 |John Martyn. |Lewis Atmer. |Christ{r.} |Rob{t.} Fuller.
| | | Frederick. |
1602 |Tho{s.} |William |Edw{d.} Rodes. |Tho{s.} Martyn.
| Thorney. | Martyn. | |
1603 |Will{m.} |John Peck. |Rob{t.} Fuller.|John Richmond.
|Gooderus,_S.S._| | |
1604 |John Leycock. |Christ{r.} |Tho{s.} Martyn.|Rich{d.} Mapes.
| | Frederick. | |
1605 |John Peck. |Edw{d.} Rodes.|Will{m.} |John Fenton.
| | | Fyninge. |
1606 |William Martyn.|Rob{t.} |Rich{d.} Mapes.|Randall Foster.
|Thomas Thorney.| Fuller. | |
1607 |John Gerrard. |Tho{s.} |John Fenton. |Tho{s.} Veare.
| | Martyn. | |
1608 |Edward Rodes. |Rich{d.} |Robert Johnson.|Roger Jenkins.
| | Mapes. | |
1609 |Christ{r.} |Will{m.} |Randall Foster.|Edw{d.}
| Frederick, | Fyninge. | | Ingolsby.
| _S.S._ | | |
|William Gale | | |
1610 | (_died._) |John Fenton. |Tho{s.} Veare. |John Hassall.
|John Pecke. | | |
1611 |Robert Fuller. |Rob{t.} |Roger Jenkins. |Abraham Allen.
| | Johnson. | |
1612 |Richard Mapes. |Randall |Abraham Allen. |John Kerrell.
| | Foster. | |
1613 |John Fenton. |Thomas Veare |Edw{d.} |John Coghill.
| | (_died._)[1] | Ingolsby. |
1614 |John Hassall. |Roger Jenkins.|John Kerrell. |Lewis Rogers.
1615 |Sir Peter |Edward |John Coghill. |Rich{d.} Cooper.
| Proby, _Ald._| Ingolsby. | |
1616 |Christ{r.} |John Kerrell. |Lewis Rogers. |Jasper Arris.
| Frederick, | | |
| _S.S._ | | |
1617 |Ralph Bovey. |Lewis |Jasper Arris. |Peter Porter.
| (_died._) | Rogers[2] | |
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
[1] John Hassall chosen Warden.
[2] Rich{d.} Cooper chosen Warden.
------+---------------+-----------------------------------------------
AN{o.}| MASTERS. | WARDENS.
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
1618 |Edward |Henry Ofeild. |Peter Porter. |Tho{s.} Borne.
| Ingolsby. | | |
1619 |John Coghill. |Peter Porter. |Tho{s.} Borne. |Tho{s.} Allen.
1620 |Richard Cooper.|Tho{s.} Borne.|Tho{s.} Allen. |John Newman.
1621 |Randall Foster.|Tho{s.} Allen.|Dominic |John Dards.
| | | Lomleine. |
1622 |Alexander |Jasper Arris |John Newman. |Rich{d.}
| Baker, _J.P._| (_died_.)[3] | | Wateson.
1623 |John Kerrell. |Dominic |Rich{d.} |Rich{d.}
| | Lomleine. | Wateson. | Thornebury.
1624 |Joseph Fenton. |Rich{d.} |Rich{d.} |Andrew Wheatley.
| | Wateson. | Thornebury. |
1625 |Henry Ofeild. |Rich{d.} |James Molines. |John Woodall.
| | Thornebury. | |
1626 |William Clowes,|James Molines.|Andrew |Rich{d.}
| _S.S._ | | Wheatley. | Morrice.
1627 |Tho{s.} |Andrew |John Woodall. |Dan{l.} Hinxman.
| Caldwell, | Wheatley. | |
| Esquire, | | |
| _K.B._ | | |
|Thomas Borne | | |
| (_died_.) | | |
1628 |Tho{s.} |John Borne. |Will{m.} |Arthur Dowton.
| Caldwell, | | Walker. |
| Esquire, | | |
| _K.B._ | | |
1629 |Dominic |Rich{d.} |Arthur Dowton. |George Roades.
| Lomeline. | Morrice. | |
1630 |Richard |John Newman. |Dan{l.} |Edw{d.}
| Wateson, | | Hinxman. | Waterhouse.
| _Surgeon in | | |
| Ordinary to | | |
| the King._ | | |
1631 |Rich{d.} |Dan{l.} |Tobias |Henry Blackley.
| Thornbury. | Hinxman. | Johnson. |
1632 |James Molines. |Arthur Dowton.|Rich{d.} |John Ward.
| | | Powell. |
1633 |John Woodall. |Rich{d.} |Henry Blackley.|George Predey.
| | Powell. | |
1634 |Richard |Henry |John Heydon. |John Davyes.
| Morrice. | Blackley. | |
1635 |Michael |John Warde. |Nicholas Heath.|Will{m.} Huckle.
| Andrews, | | |
| _Surgeon in | | |
| Ordinary to | | |
| the King._ | | |
1636 |Richard Powell.|John Heydon. |Will{m.} |Lawrence Cotton.
| | | Huckle. |
1637 |Henry Blackley.|Will{m.} |Lawrence |Tho{s.}
| | Burgin. | Cotton. | Trevellion.[4]
| | | | (_Dismissed._)
1638 |William Clowes,|William |George Dunn. |Henry Wateson.
| _S.S._ | Lingham. | |
1639 |Thomas Davyes, |Nicholas |Tho{s.} |Will{m.}
| _K.B._ | Heath. | Collins. | Bignell.
1640 |John Heydon. |Henry Wateson.|Martin Browne. |Tho{s.} Browne.
1641 |John Ward. |Lawrence |Tho{s.} Browne.|John Pinder.
| | Cotton. | |
1642 |William Burgin.|George Dunne. |Edward Arris. |John Lufkin.
1643 |Nicholas Heath.|Will{m.} |John Lufkin. |Henry Boone.
| | Bignell. | |
1644 |William Huckle.|Tho{s.} |Henry Boone. |Robert Clarke.
| | Collins. | |
1645 |Lawrence |Martin Browne.|Robert Clarke. |Will{m.} Gurney.
| Cotton. | | |
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
[3] John Dards chosen Warden.
[4] Will{m.} Lingham chosen Warden.
------+---------------+-----------------------------------------------
AN{o.}| MASTERS. | WARDENS.
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
1646 |George Dunne. |William Kings.|Will{m.} |Ralph Foster.
| | | Gurney. |
1647 |William |Henry Boone. |Ralph Foster. |Will{m.}
| Bignell. | | | Bennett.
1648 |Thomas Collins.|Rob{t.} |Will{m.} |John Madocks.
| | Clarke. | Bennett. |
1649 |Robert Clarke. |Will{m.} |John Madocks. |Tho{s.} Allen.
| | Bennett[5] | |
| | (_died_.) | |
1650 |William Kings. |Will{m.} |John Frederick.|Cha{s.}
| | Gurney. | | Stamford.
1651 |Edward Arris, |Ralph Foster. |Thomas Allen. |Tho{s.} Turner.
| _Ald._ | | |
1652 |William Gurney.|Rob{t.} |Cha{s.} |Rob{t.}
| | Bullock. | Stamford. | Westbrooke.
1653 |Martin Browne. |John Madocks. |Tho{s.} Turner.|Lawrence Loe.
1654 |Sir John |Tho{s.} Allen.|Abraham Clarke.|Tho{s.} Bowden.
| Frederick, | | |
| _Ald._ | | |
1655 |Henry Boone. |Tho{s.} |Lawrence Loe. |Tho{s.} Kingman.
| | Turner. | |
1656 |Ralph Foster. |Cha{s.} |Nicholas |John Perkins.
| | Stamford. | Brothers. |
1657 |Robert Bullock.|Robert |Will{m.} |Tho{s.}
| | Westbrook. | Watson. | Calveley.
1658 |John Madocks. |Lawrence Loe. |Will{m.} |Ralph Thickness.
|Sir John | | Rymmer. |
| Frederick, | | |
| _Ald._ | | |
1659 |Thomas Allen. |John Perkins. |Ralph |John Sotherton.
|Charles | | Thickness. |
| Stamford. | | |
1660 |Thomas Turner. |Thomas Bowden.|John Sotherton.|Thomas Burton.
1661 |Humphry |Tho{s.} |Tho{s.} Burton.|Tho{s.} Canham.
| Painter,_S.S._| Calveley. | |
1662 |Thomas Lisle, |Nicholas |James Farre. |Joseph Bynns.
| _K.B._ | Brothers. | |
1663 |John Knight, |John |Joseph Bynns. |Tho{s.} Hall.
| _S.S._ | Sotherton. | |
1664 |Ralph Foliard, |Ralph |Tho{s.} Hall. |Tho{s.} Hollier.
| _K.B._ | Thickness. | |
1665 |Richard |Tho{s.} |Tho{s.} |John Harvie.
| Wiseman,_S.S._| Canham. | Hollier. |
1666 |Thomas |Tho{s.} |John Harvie. |James Pearse,
| Calveley. | Hollier. | | _Duke of York’s
| | | | Surgeon_.
1667 |Lawrence Loe. |James Farre. |James Pearse. |Will{m.} Fryer.
1668 |Thomas Canham. |James Pearse. |Will{m.} Fryer.|Will{m.}
| | | | Markham.
1669 |John Knight, |John Harvie. |Will{m.} |Tobias Sedgwick.
| _S.S._ | | Markham. |
1670 |James Farre. |Tobias |Will{m.} |Henry Barker.
| | Sedgwick. | Markham. |
1671 |Ralph |Will{m.} |Henry Barker. |James Brooks.
| Thickness. | Fryer. | |
1672 |John Harvie. |Henry Barker. |James Brooks. |Henry Johnson.
1673 |Tho{s.} |James Brooks. |Henry Johnson. |Rich{d.} Powell.
| Hollier. | | |
1674 |Sir Nathaniel |Henry Johnson.|Rich{d.} |Will{m.} Perse.
| Herne, | | Powell. |
| _Alderman_. | | |
1675 |James Pearse, |Rich{d.} |Will{m.} Perse.|Will{m.}
| _The King’s | Powell. | | Bellamy.
| and Duke’s | | |
| Surgeon_. | | |
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
[5] Martin Browne chosen Warden.
------+---------------+-----------------------------------------------
AN{o.}| MASTERS. | WARDENS.
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
1676 |Sir John |Will{m.} |Will{m.} |Tho{s.} Symonds.
| Letheuillier,| Perse. | Bellamy. |
| _Sheriff_. | | |
1677 |Henry Johnson. |Will{m.} |Tho{s.} |Tho{s.}
|John Knight, | Bellamy. | Symonds. | Middleton.
| _S.S._ | | |
1678 |William Fryer. |Tho{s.} |Tho{s.} |Edmund Thorold.
| | Symonds. | Middleton. |
1679 |William Perse. |Philip Foster.|Tho{s.} Page. |Rich{d.}
| | | | Cheshire.
1680 |James Brooks. |Edmund |Rich{d.} |George Horsnell.
| | Thorold. | Cheshire. |
1681 |Edmund Thorold.|Tho{s.} |Geo. Horsnell. |Tho{s.} Baylie.
| | Middleton. | |
1682 |Richard Powell.|Tho{s.} Page. |Tho{s.} Baylie.|Edw{d.}
| | | | Cockaigne.
1683 |Thomas Page. |Rich{d.} |Edw{d.} |Rob{t.} Leeson.
| | Cheshire. | Cockaigne. |
1684 |Richard |Geo. Horsnell.|Rob{t.} Leeson.|Rob{t.}
| Cheshire. | | | Sanderson.
1685 |George |Robert Leeson.|Rob{t.} |John King.
| Horsnell. | | Sanderson. |
1686 |Robert Leeson. |Robert |John King. |Will{m.}
| | Sanderson[6]| | Layfield.
| | (_died_.) | |
1687 |Thomas Hobbs, |John King. |Will{m.} |John Darling.
| _S.S._ | | Layfield. |
1688 |Sir Humphry |Will{m.} |Roger Knowles. |John Stambrooke.
| Edwin, | Layfield. | |
| _Alderman_. | | |
1689 |John Conny, |John |Roger Knowles. |John Darling.
| Esquire. | Stambrooke. | |
1690 |William |Roger Knowles.|John Jackson. |Henry
| Bellamy. | | | Rossington.
1691 |William |John Jackson. |Henry |Rich{d.} Hewett.
| Layfield. | | Rossington. |
1692 |John King. |Henry |Rich{d.} |John Deane.
| | Rossington. | Hewett. |
1693 |Roger Knowles. |Rich{d.} |John Deane. |Will{m.} Clarke.
| | Hewett. | |
1694 |Richard Hewett.|Tho{s.} |Will{m.} |Tho{s.} Caister.
| | Gardiner. | Clarke. |
1695 |Henry |Will{m.} |Tho{s.} |George Minikin.
| Rossington. | Clarke. | Caister. |
1696 |William Clarke.|Tho{s.} |George Minikin.|Tho{s.}
| | Caister. | | Litchfeild.
1697 |Thomas |George |Tho{s.} |John Pinke.
|Gardiner,_S.S._| Minikin. | Litchfeild. |
1698 |George Minikin.|Tho{s.} |John Pinke. |James Wall.
| | Litchfeild. | |
1699 |Thomas |John Pinke. |James Wall. |Barth{w.} King.
| Litchfeild. | | |
1700 |John Pinke. |James Wall. |Rich{d.} Marks.|Will{m.} Oades.
1701 |James Wall. |Rich{d.} |Will{m.} Oades.|Ralph Hatley.
| | Marks. | |
1702 |Richard Marks. |Will{m.} |Ralph Hatley. |Will{m.}
| | Oades. | | Pleahill.
1703 |Charles |Ralph Hatley. |Will{m.} |John Worts.
| Bernard,_S.S._| | Pleahill. |
1704 |Ralph Hatley. |William |John Worts. |Zachariah
| | Pleahill. | | Gibson.
1705 |William Oades. |John Worts. |Zach{h.} |Will{m.} Bond.
| | | Gibson. |
1706 |John Worts. |Zach{h.} |Will{m.} Bond. |Gratian Bale.
| | Gibson. | |
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
[6] John Conny chosen Warden.
------+---------------+-----------------------------------------------
AN{o.}| MASTERS. | WARDENS.
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
1707 |Zachariah |Will{m.} Bond.|Gratian Bale. |Will{m.} Moss.
| Gibson. | | |
1708 |William Bond. |Gratian Bale. |Will{m.} Moss. |Anth{y.}
| | | | Herenden.
1709 |Gratian Bale. |William Moss |Edw{d.} Green. |Simon Lynch.
| | (_died_).[7]| |
1710 |Simon Lynch. |Edw{d.} Green.|Will{m.} |Rich{d.} Harvey.
| | | Watkins. |
1711 |Edward Green. |Will{m.} |Anth{y.} |Joseph Cousins.
| | Watkins. | Herenden. |
1712 |William |Anth{y.} |Joseph Cousins |Joseph Greene.
| Watkins. | Herenden. | (_died_).[8] |
1713 |Anthony |Will{m.} |Rich{d.} |Christopher
| Herenden. | Smith. | Harvey. | Toms.
1714 |William Smith. |Richard |Christ{r.} |Alex{r.} Geekie.
| | Harvey. | Toms. |
1715 |Richard Harvey.|Christ{r.} |Joseph Greene. |Robert Hayes.
| | Toms[9] | |
| | (_died_). | |
1716 |Robert Hayes. |Joseph Greene.|John Shott. |Will{m.} Loup.
1717 |Joseph Greene. |John Shott. |Alex{r.} |James Northall.
| | | Geekie. |
1718 |John Shott. |Alex{r.} |James |Will{m.}
| | Geekie. | Northall. | Cotesworth,
| | | | Esquire.
1719 |Alexander |James |Will{m.} Loup. |Sam{l.} Rayson.
| Geekie. | Northall. | |
1720 |James Northall.|Will{m.} Loup.|Sam{l.} Rayson.|Henry Myddelton.
1721 |William Loup. |Sam{l.} |Will{m.} |Will{m.}
| | Rayson. | Cotesworth, | Blanford.
| | | Esquire. |
1722 |Samuel Rayson. |Will{m.} |Will{m.} |Will{m.} Cole,
| | Cotesworth, | Blanford. | Esquire.
| | Esquire. | |
1723 |William |Will{m.} |Henry |John Randall.
| Cotesworth, | Blanford. | Myddelton. |
| Esquire. | | |
|William | | |
1724 | Blanford |Henry |John Randall. |James Ferne.
| (_died_). | Myddelton. | |
|John Shott. | | |
1725 |Henry |John Randall. |Will{m.} Cole, |January Farmer.
| Myddelton. | | Esquire. |
1726 |John Shott. |Will{m.} Cole,|January Farmer.|Henry Bull.
| | Esquire. | |
1727 |William Cole, |January |James Ferne. |John Nicholls.
| Esquire. | Farmer. | |
1728 |January Farmer.|James Ferne. |John Nicholls |Ambrose Dickins,
| | | (_died_).[10]| Esquire,_S.S._
1729 |Ambrose |Will{m.} |Claudius Amyand,|Luke Maurice.
| Dickins, Esq.,| Parker. | |
| _S.S. to_ | |Esquire, _S.S._|
| _Queen Anne,_ | | |
|_King Geo. I.,_| | |
|_King Geo. II._| | |
1730 |William Parker.|Claudius |Luke Maurice. |Edw{d.}
| | Amyand, | | Woodward.
| |Esquire,_S.S._| |
1731 |Claudius |Luke Maurice. |Edw{d.} |John Barnwell.
| Amyand, | | Woodward. |
| Esquire,_S.S._| | |
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
[7] Will{m.} Watkins chosen Warden.
[8] Will{m.} Smith chosen Warden.
[9] John Shott chosen Warden.
[10] W{m.} Parker chosen Warden.
------+---------------+-----------------------------------------------
AN{o.}| MASTERS. | WARDENS.
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
1732 |Luke Maurice. |Edw{d.} |John Barnwell. |Tho{s.}Bridges.
| | Woodward. | |
1733 |James Ferne. |John Barnwell.|Tho{s.} |John Watts.
| | | Bridges. |
1734 |John Barnwell. |Tho{s.} |John Watts. |William Petty.
| | Bridges. | |
1735 |Edward |John Watts. |Will{m.} |Dan{l.} Fradin.
| Woodward. | | Petty. |
1736 |John Watts. |Will{m.} |Dan{l.} Fradin.|John Wheeler.
| | Petty. | |
1737 |Thomas Bridges.|Dan{l.} |John Wheeler. |John Truelove.
| | Fradin. | |
1738 |Daniel Fradin. |John Wheeler. |John Truelove. |James Dansie.
1739 |William Petty. |John Truelove.|James Dansie. |Tho{s.}
| | | | Essington.
1740 |John Truelove. |James Dansie. |Will{m.} |Joseph Wood.
|John Wheeler | | Haddon. |
| (_died_.) | | |
1741 |James Dansie. |Will{m.} |John Hayward. |Jonathan Medley.
| | Haddon. | |
1742 |William Haddon.|John Hayward. |Jonathan |Joseph Sandford.
| | | Medley. |
1743 |John Hayward. |Jonathan |Joseph |Humphry Negus.
| | Medley. | Sandford. |
1744 |Jonathan |Joseph |Humphry Negus. |Will{m.}
| Medley. | Sandford. | | Cheselden,
| | | | Esquire.
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
MEMORANDUM.--That on the 24th June, 1745, The Surgeons were by Act of
Parliament separated from The Barbers.
------+---------------+-----------------------------------------------
AN{o.}| MASTERS. | WARDENS.
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
1745 |Jonathan |Humphry Negus.|Edw{d.} Boxley.|Sam{l.} Rutter.
[11]| Medley. | | |
1745 |Humphry Negus. |Edw{d.} |Sam{l.} Rutter.|Rob{t.} Scrooby.
| | Boxley. | |
1746 |Edward Boxley. |Sam{l.} |Rob{t.} |Rich{d.}
| | Rutter. | Scrooby. | Swithin.
1747 |Sam{l.} Rutter.|Rob{t.} |Rich{d.} |John Bearblock.
| | Scrooby. | Swithin. |
1748 |Robert Scrooby.|Rich{d.} |John Bearblock.|Will{m.}
| | Swithin. | | Roberts.
1749 |Richard |John |Will{m.} |Tho{s.} Cotton.
| Swithin. | Bearblock. | Roberts. |
1750 |James Theobald,|John |Will{m.} |Tho{s.} Cotton.
| Esq. | Bearblock. | Roberts. |
1751 |John Bearblock.|Will{m.} |Tho{s.} Cotton.|John Whiting.
| | Roberts. | |
1752 |William |Tho{s.} |John Whiting. |Rich{d.} Lookes.
| Roberts. | Cotton. | |
1753 |Thomas Cotton. |John Whiting. |Rich{d.} |Peter Theobald,
| | | Lookes. | Esq.
1754 |John Whiting. |Peter |John Pepys. |Will{m.}
| |Theobald, Esq.| | Glenister.
1755 |John Pepys. |Will{m.} |Thomas Potter. |Michael I’Ans.
| | Glenister. | |
1756 |Michael I’Ans. |John Blundell.|Will{m.} |Charles Moore.
| | | Tillett. |
1757 |John Blundell. |Will{m.} |Charles Moore. |Thomas Griffin.
| | Tillett. | |
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
[11] Mr. Medley had been Master of the Barber-Surgeons from Election
day, 1744, until the 24th June, 1745, and was Master of the Barbers
from that date until Election day, 1745, when Mr. Negus was chosen.
------+---------------+-----------------------------------------------
AN{o.}| MASTERS. | WARDENS.
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
1758 |William |Charles Moore.|Thomas Griffin.|Alexander Glen.
| Tillett. | | |
1759 |Charles Moore. |Thomas |Alex{r.} Glen. |Achilles
| | Griffin. | | Preston.
1760 |Thomas Griffin.|Alex{r.} Glen.|Achilles |John Lowther.
| | | Preston. |
1761 |Sir Tho{s.} |Alex{r.} Glen.|Achilles |John Lowther.
| Challenor, | | Preston. |
| _Ald._ | | |
1762 |Alex{r.} Glen |John Lowther. |John Marshall. |Isaac Burton
| (_died_.) | | | (_died_).[12]
|Achilles | | |
| Preston. | | |
1763 |John Lowther. |John Marshall |Samuel Norton. |Will{m.}
| | (_died_).[13]| | Hurford.
1764 |Samuel Norton. |Will{m.} |Will{m.} Evans.|Will{m.} Peirse.
| | Hurford. | |
1765 |Will{m.} |Will{m.} |Will{m.} |Edw{d.} Parker.
| Hurford. | Evans. | Peirse. |
1766 |Will{m.} Evans.|Will{m.} |Edw{d.} Parker.|Tho{s.}
| | Peirse. | | Holehouse.
1767 |Will{m.} |Edw{d.} |Tho{s.} |George Russell.
| Peirse. | Parker. | Holehouse. |
1768 |Edward Parker. |Tho{s.} |George Russell.|Sam{l.}
| | Holehouse. | | Plackett.
1769 |Thomas |George |Sam{l.} |John Wilding.
| Holehouse. | Russell. | Plackett. |
1770 |George Russell.|Sam{l.} |John Wilding. |Tho{s.} Barnett.
| | Plackett. | |
1771 |Sam{l.} |John Wilding. |Tho{s.} |Joseph Hill.
| Plackett. | | Barnett. |
1772 |John Wilding. |Thomas |Joseph Hill[14]|John Rogers.
| | Barnett. | (_resigned_).|
1773 |Thomas Barnett.|John Rogers. |Timothy Baylie.|Geo. Veriar,
| | | | Esq{re.}
1774 |John Rogers |Timothy |Geo. Veriar, |John Paterson,
| (_died_.) | Baylie.[15] | Esq{re.} | Esq.
|Timothy Baylie.| | |
1775 |George Veriar, |John Paterson,|James Scott. |Rich{d.}
| Esq{re.} | Esq. | | Wainwright.
1776 |John Paterson, |James Scott. |Rich{d.} |Will{m.} Stock.
| Esq{re.} | | Wainwright. |
1777 |James Scott. |Rich{d.} |Will{m.} Stock.|Will{m.} Stagg.
| | Wainwright. | |
1778 |Rich{d.} |Will{m.} |Will{m.} Stagg.|James Potter.
| Wainwright. | Stock. | |
1779 |William Stock. |Will{m.} |James Potter. |Will{m.} Kippax.
| | Stagg. | |
1780 |William Stagg. |James Potter. |Will{m.} |Will{m.}
| | | Kippax. | Roberts.
1781 |James Potter. |Will{m.} |Will{m.} |Will{m.} Slade.
| | Kippax. | Roberts. |
1782 |Will{m.} |Will{m.} |Will{m.} Slade.|Tho{s.} Harris.
| Kippax. | Roberts. | |
1783 |Will{m.} |Will{m.} |Henry Wichells.|John Berrow,
| Roberts. | Slade. | | Esq{re.}
1784 |William Slade. |Henry |John Berrow, |Will{m.} Dodds.
| | Wichells. | Esq{re.} |
1785 |Henry Wichells.|John Berrow, |Will{m.} Dodds.|Tho{s.} Garrood.
| | Esq. | |
1786 |John Berrow, |Will{m.} |Tho{s.} |Tho{s.} Golding.
| Esq{re.} | Dodds. | Garrood. |
1787 |William Dodds. |Tho{s.} |Tho{s.} |Rob{t.} Emerton.
| | Garrood. | Golding. |
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
[12] Sam{l.} Norton chosen Warden.
[13] Will{m.} Evans chosen Warden.
[14] Timothy Baylie chosen Warden.
[15] James Scott chosen Warden.
------+---------------+-----------------------------------------------
AN{o.}| MASTERS. | WARDENS.
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
1788 |Thomas Garrood.|Tho{s.} |Rob{t.} |John Davison.
| | Golding. | Emerton. |
1789 |Thomas Golding.|Rob{t.} |John Davison. |Rob{t.} Downes.
| | Emerton. | |
1790 |Robert Emerton.|John Davison. |Robert Downes. |Ralph Eden[16]
| | | | (_resigned_).
1791 |John Davison. |Robert Downes.|Daniel Adams. |David Lamb.
1792 |Robert Downes. |Daniel Adams. |David Lamb. |John Adams.
1793 |Daniel Adams. |David Lamb. |John Adams[17] |George Grange.
| | | (_died_). |
1794 |David Lamb. |George Grange.|Thomas |John Slee.
| | | Thompson. |
1795 |George Grange. |Tho{s.} |John Slee. |John Knox.
| | Thompson. | |
1796 |Thomas |John Slee. |John Knox. |Edm{d.} Humphris
| Thompson. | | | [18]
| | | | (_resigned_).
1797 |John Slee. |John Knox. |Rob{t.} |James Lyon.
| | | Douglas. |
1798 |John Knox. |Rob{t.} |James Lyon. |Francis Pearson.
| | Douglas. | |
1799 |Robert Douglas.|James Lyon. |Francis |Jeremiah James.
| | | Pearson. |
1800 |James Lyon. |Francis |Jeremiah James.|Joseph Atkinson.
| | Pearson. | |
1801 |Francis |Jeremiah |Joseph |James Speight.
| Pearson. | James. | Atkinson. |
1802 |Jeremiah James.|Joseph |James Speight |Tho{s.} Herbert.
| | Atkinson. | (_died_). [19]|
1803 |Joseph |Thomas |Will{m.} Long. |James Clay.
| Atkinson. | Herbert. | |
1804 |Thomas Herbert.|Will{m.} Long.|James Clay. |Joseph Wells.
1805 |Will{m.} Long. |James Clay. |Joseph Wells. |Rob{t.} Garwood.
1806 |James Clay. |Joseph Wells. |Rob{t.} |Will{m.} Baylie.
| | | Garwood. |
1807 |Joseph Wells. |Robert |Will{m.} |Tho{s.}
| | Garwood. | Baylie. | Hampshire.
1808 |Robert Garwood.|Will{m.} |Tho{s.} |John Wilt.
| | Baylie. | Hampshire. |
1809 |William Baylie.|Thomas |John Wilt. |John Hart.
| | Hampshire. | |
1810 |Thomas |John Wilt. |John Hart. |John Driver.
| Hampshire. | | |
1811 |John Wilt. |John Hart. |John Driver[20]|Charles Swan.
| | | (_died_). |
1812 |Charles Swan. |Thomas Rowney.|Thomas Law. |Rich{d.} Jones.
1813 |Thomas Rowney. |Thomas Law. |Rich{d} Jones. |John Benj{n.}
| | | | Cole.
1814 |Thomas Law. |Rich{d.} |John Benj{n.} |Thomas Stimson.
| | Jones. | Cole. |
1815 |Richard Jones. |John Benj{n.} |Tho{s.} |John Papps.
| | Cole. | Stimson. |
1816 |John Benj{n.} |Tho{s.} |Malcolm |Peter Skipper.
| Cole. | Stimson. | Dunnett. |
1817 |Malcolm |Peter Skipper.|Rich{d.} |Tho{s.} Adam.
| Dunnett. | | Morgan. |
1818 |Peter Skipper. |Richard |Tho{s.} Adam. |Anthony Lyon.
| | Morgan. | |
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
[16] Dan{l.} Adams chosen Warden.
[17] Tho{s.} Thompson chosen Warden.
[18] Tho{s.} Herbert chosen Warden.
[19] John Field chosen Warden.
[20] Thomas Law chosen Warden.
------+---------------+-----------------------------------------------
AN{o.}| MASTERS. | WARDENS.
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
1819 |Richard Morgan |Tho{s.} |Anthony Lyon. |Will{m.} Vale.
| (_died_). | Adam.[21] | |
|Thomas Adam. | | |
1820 |Anthony Lyon. |Will{m.} Vale.|James Clapp. |James Carpenter.
1821 |William Vale. |James Clapp. |James |Daniel Stewart.
| | | Carpenter. |
1822 |James Clapp. |James |Daniel Stewart.|James Hemp.
| | Carpenter. | |
1823 |James |Daniel |James Hemp. |James King.
| Carpenter. | Stewart. | |
1824 |Daniel Stewart.|James Hemp. |James King. |James Lyon.
1825 |James Hemp. |James King. |James Lyon. |Tho{s.} Kidder.
1826 |James King. |James Lyon[22]|Tho{s.} Kidder.|Warman Thorn.
| | (_died_). | |
1827 |Thomas Kidder. |Warman Thorn. |Edw{d.} Grose |Geo. Whitehead.
| | | Smith. |
1828 |Warman Thorn. |Edw{d.} Grose |Geo. Whitehead.|Tho{s.} Wharton.
| | Smith. | |
1829 |Edw{d.} Grose |Geo. |Tho{s.} |Will{m.} Twinch.
| Smith. | Whitehead. | Wharton. |
1830 |George |Tho{s.} |Will{m.} |Will{m.}
| Whitehead | Wharton.[23]| Twinch. | Robinson.
| (_died_). | | |
|Thomas Wharton.| | |
1831 |William |Samuel Closs. |Geo. Hadden. |Philip Lawton.
| Robinson. | | |
1832 |Samuel Closs. |George Hadden.|Philip Lawton. |Henry Waite.
1833 |George Hadden. |Philip Lawton.|Henry Waite. |Joseph Carter.
1834 |Philip Lawton. |Henry Waite. |Joseph Carter. |John Benj{n.}
| | | | Lings.
1835 |Henry Waite. |Joseph Carter.|John Benj{n.} |William Sallis.
| | | Lings. |
1836 |Joseph Carter. |John Benj{n.} |Will{m.} |Tho{s.} Skegg
| | Lings. | Sallis. | Driver.
1837 |John Benj{n.} |Will{m.} |Tho{s.} Skegg |Sam{l.}
| Lings. | Sallis. | Driver. | Edenborough
| | | | (_died_). [24]
1838 |William Sallis.|Tho{s.} Skegg |Joel Edwards. |George Browne.
| | Driver. | |
1839 |Tho{s.} Skegg |Joel Edwards. |George Browne. |Henry Patten.
| Driver. | | |
1840 |Joel Edwards. |George Browne.|Henry Patten. |Robert Low.
1841 |Joel Edwards. |Henry Patten. |Robert Low. |John Atkinson.
1842 |Henry Patten. |Robert Low. |John Atkinson. |George Sadler.
1843 |Robert Low. |John Atkinson.|George Sadler. |Tho{s.} Burn
| | | | Hopgood.
1844 |John Atkinson. |George Sadler.|Tho{s.} Burn |John Colley.
| | | Hopgood. |
1845 |George Sadler. |Tho{s.} Burn |John Colley. |John Annis.
| | Hopgood. | |
1846 |Tho{s.} Burn |John Colley. |John Annis. |Will{m.} Vale.
| Hopgood. | | |
1847 |John Colley. |John Annis. |Will{m.} Vale. |Will{m.} Hemp.
1848 |John Annis. |Will{m.} Vale.|Will{m.} Hemp. |Alex{r.}
| | | | Rowland.
1849 |William Vale. |Will{m.} Hemp.|Alex{r.} |Will{m.} Hare.
| | | Rowland. |
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
[21] James Clapp chosen Warden.
[22] Edward Grose Smith chosen Warden.
[23] Sam{l.} Closs chosen Warden.
[24] Joel Edwards chosen Warden.
------+---------------+-----------------------------------------------
AN{o.}| MASTERS. | WARDENS.
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
1850 |William Hemp. |Alex{r.} |Will{m.} Hare. |Rich{d.} Haines.
| | Rowland. | |
1851 |Alexander |Will{m.} Hare.|Rich{d.} |Sam{l.}
| Rowland. | | Haines. | Holehouse.
1852 |William Hare. |Rich{d.} |Donald Gray. |Ralph Smith
| | Haines. | | Kirby.
1853 |Richard Haines.|Donald Gray. |Ralph Smith |Tho{s.} Will{m.}
| | | Kirby | Wood.
| | | (_died_).[25]|
1854 |Tho{s.} |James Fred{k.}|John Heaps. |Tho{s.}Brock.
| Will{m.} Wood.| Burn. | |
1855 |John Heaps. |Tho{s.}Brock. |Robert Low. |James Carpenter.
1856 |Thomas Brock. |Robert Low. |James |Tho{s.} Worton.
| | | Carpenter. |
1857 |Robert Low. |James |Tho{s.} Worton.|James Reeve.
| | Carpenter. | |
1858 |James |Tho{s.} |James Reeve. |Martin Love.
| Carpenter. | Worton. | |
1859 |Thomas Worton. |James Reeve. |Martin Love. |Will{m.}
| | | | Dunsf{d.}
| | | | White.
1860 |Martin Love. |Will{m.} |Will{m.} Riley.|John Swainston.
| | Dunsf{d.} | |
| | White. | |
1861 |Will{m.} D. |Will{m.} |John Swainston.|George Whiting.
| White. | Riley. | |
1862 |William Riley. |John |George Whiting.|Henley Smith.
| | Swainston. | |
1863 |John Swainston.|George |Henley Smith. |Abraham Western.
| | Whiting. | |
1864 |Henley Smith. |Abraham |John Swainston.|Francis
| | Western[26] | | Cuthbertson
| | (_died_). | | (_died_). [27]
1865 |Francis |John Mason. |Thomas |John Waite.
| Snelling. | | Carpenter. |
1866 |Thomas |John Waite. |Henry Sallis. |George Driver.
| Carpenter. | | |
1867 |John Waite. |Henry Sallis. |George Driver. |Will{m.}
| | | | Dunnett.
1868 |Henry Sallis. |George Driver.|Will{m.} |James Cornish.
| | | Dunnett. |
1869 |George Driver. |William |James Cornish. |John Carter.
| | Dunnett. | |
1870 |John Carter. |James Douglas |Henry Evans. |Richard Atkinson
| | Bennett[28] | |Cordell Loader.
| | (_died_). | |
1871 |Henry Evans. |R. A. C. |Edward Stone. |Frederick Baker.
| | Loader. | |
1872 |R. A. C. |Edw{.d} Stone.|Fred{k.} Baker.|H{y.} Edw{d.}
| Loader. | | | Murrell.
1873 |Edward Stone. |Fred{k.} |H. Edward |Tho{s.}
| | Baker. | Murrell. | Emberson.
1874 |Frederick |H. Edward |Tho{s.} |Edward Ruff.
| Baker. | Murrell. | Emberson. |
1875 |H. Edward |Tho{s.} |Edward Ruff. |Fred{k.} Wilson.
| Murrell. | Emberson. | |
1876 |Thomas |Edward Ruff. |Fred{k.} |Cha{s.} John
| Emberson. | | Wilson. | Shoppee.
1877 |Edward Ruff. |Fred{k.} |Cha{s.} John |James Harvey,
| | Wilson. | Shoppee. | _C.C._
1878 |Cha{s.} John |James Harvey, |Ja{s.} Henry |Benj{n.}
| Shoppee. | _C.C._ | Pitcher. | Woolley.
1879 |James Harvey, |Ja{s.} Henry |Benj{n.} |George Austin,
| _C.C._ | Pitcher. | Woolley. | sen{r.}
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
[25] Will{m.} Hare chosen Warden.
[26] Will{m.} Dunsford White chosen Warden.
[27] Francis Snelling chosen Warden.
[28] Edw{d.} Stone chosen Warden.
------+---------------+-----------------------------------------------
AN{o.}| MASTERS. | WARDENS.
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
1880 |Ja{s.} Henry |Benj{n.} |Geo. Austin, |Will{m.} Ruston.
| Pitcher. | Woolley. | sen{r.} |
1881 |Benj{n.} |Geo. Austin, |Will{m.} |Rich{d.} Ja{s.}
| Woolley. | sen{r.} | Ruston. | Atkinson.
1882 |Geo. Austin, |Will{m.} |Rich{d.} Ja{s.}|Walter H{y.}
| sen{r.} | Ruston. | Atkinson. |Wilkin, _Ald._
1883 |William Ruston.|Rich{d.} |Walter H{y.} |Jonathan Denny.
| | Ja{s.} | Wilkin, _Ald._|
| | Atkinson. | |
1884 |Rich{d.} Ja{s.}|Walter H{y.} |Jonathan Denny.|Cha{s.} Howard
| Atkinson. | Wilkin, | | Atkinson.
| | _Ald._ | |
1885 |Walter Hy. |Jonathan |Tho{s.} George |Nathan Salaman.
| Wilkin, _Ald._| Denny. | Driver. |
1886 |Jonathan Denny.|Tho{s.} George|Edw{d.} Cha{s.}|George Austin,
| | Driver. | Cornish. | jun{r.}
1887 |Edward Cha{s.} |George Austin,|W{m.} Aaron |Will{m.} Lumley.
| Cornish. | jun{r.} | Ecclestone. |
1888 |George Austin, |W{m.} Aaron |Will{m.} |Ja{s.} Cope
| jun{r.} | Ecclestone. | Lumley. | Cornish.
1889 |W{m.} Aaron |Will{m.} |Ja{s.} Cope |Joseph Wilson.
| Ecclestone. | Lumley. | Cornish. |
------+---------------+--------------+---------------+----------------
[Illustration]
A LIST OF SUCH MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY AS HAVE SERVED THE OFFICE OF
SERJEANT SURGEON.
This List, as well as the list of King’s Barbers, is undoubtedly
incomplete, but contains the names of all those of whom any record
exists at Barbers’ Hall. A short account of the Office of Serjeant
Surgeon etc., may be seen in _The Medical Times_ for 1867, vol. 2,
p. 438.
William Hobbes, W. 1461.
Thomas Vicary, M. 1530, &c.
Richard Ferris, M. 1562.
Robert Balthrop, M. 1565.
William Gooderus, M. 1594.
George Baker, M. 1597.
Christopher Frederick, M. 1609.
William Clowes, M. 1626.
Humphrey Painter, M. 1661.
John Knight, M. 1663.
Richard Wiseman, M. 1665.
Thomas Hobbs, M. 1687.
Thomas Gardiner, M. 1697.
Charles Bernard, M. 1703.
Ambrose Dickins, M. 1729.
Claudius Amyand, M. 1731.
John Ranby, S.S. to George II, sworn a foreign brother of the
Company 5 October, 1722.
Sir Cæsar Hawkins, Bart., S.S. to George III, admitted to the
Livery 1736.
Thomas Gataker, S.S. to George III, was free of the Company.
M. signifies Master. W. Warden.
A LIST OF THE KING’S BARBERS.
Nicholas Simpson, M. 1537.
John Penn, M. 1539.
Edmund Harman, M. 1540.
Thomas Caldwell, M. 1628.
Thomas Davyes, M. 1639.
Thomas Lisle, M. 1662.
Ralph Foliard, M. 1664.
M. signifies Master.
A LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY WHO HAVE SERVED THE OFFICES OF
SHERIFF, ALDERMAN OR LORD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LONDON.
-------------------------+-------+--------+--------------------+------
NAME. |MASTER.|SHERIFF.| ALDERMAN. |MAYOR.
-------------------------+-------+--------+--------------------+------
Sir John Ayliffe | 1538 | 1548 |Bridge Without, 1551| --
(_Grocer_) | | |Dowgate |
Sir Peter Proby | 1615 | 1614 |Queenhithe | 1622
(_Grocer_) | | | |
Sir John Frederick | } | |{Vintry, 1653 | 1661
(_Grocer_) | 1654} | 1655 |{ |
_M.P. for Dartmouth,_| 1658} | |{Coleman Street |
_M.P. for the City._ | } | | |
Edward Arris | 1651 | -- |Bridge Without, 1663| --
Sir Nathaniel Herne | 1674 | 1674 |Billingsgate, 1676 | --
_M.P. for Dartmouth._| | | |
Sir John Lethieullier | 1676 | 1674 | ---- | --
Sir Humphry Edwin | 1688 | 1688 |Tower | 1697
(_Skinner_) | | | |
Sir William Stewart | -- | 1711 |Cripplegate, 1711 | 1721
(_Goldsmith_) | | | |
Sir John Bull | -- | 1718 | ---- | --
(_Clothworker_) | | | |
Sir Thomas Challoner | 1761 | 1762 |Aldgate, 1760 | --
Walter Henry Wilkin | 1885 | -- |Lime Street, 1888 | --
-------------------------+-------+--------+--------------------+------
[Illustration]
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT
THE BARBERS UNINCORPORATE.
The origin of the Barbers’ Guild partook of a religious character; and
the meeting together of men of the craft for religious observances, for
attending the funerals and obits of deceased members and their wives,
and for feasting once a year, gradually transformed a semi-social and
religious guild into what ultimately became a purely secular or “trade
guild.” This religious origin is borne out by the very important Return
made by the Barbers of London, to the Writ of 12th Rich. II, and is
strengthened by reference to the Returns made by the Barbers of Lincoln
and of Norwich (both which latter are preserved at the Record Office),
and which clearly point to those guilds being of a religious character;
indeed the Barbers of Norwich do not seem to have had a single secular
or trade ordinance in their constitution.
1388. In the Return of the Barbers of London to the Writ of Richard
II, the Masters recite that they “have found a document amongst the
articles of their records made of the time to which memory runneth
not,” concerning the points upon which the fraternity was founded;
PRIMEREMENT al honourance de Dieu et touz ses Seyntes et pur
excitac͠on les c͠oens des gentz a bien faire et perseverance avoir et
bien faitz. . . . .
FIRSTLY to the honour of God and all his Saints, and to stir up the
commons of the people to do well, and to have perseverance in well
doing. . . . .
Regulations were made enjoining charity, attendance at funerals and
obits, against the enticing away of the servants of others, providing
for the amicable settlement of disputes, and the like.
The articles above briefly referred to, contain nothing in particular
as to trade regulation or inspection, leaving a pretty certain
inference that they were made for the governance of a social and
religious guild or fraternity. We shall presently see that in 1308, the
Company partook of the nature of a trade guild, and we may therefore
reasonably presume that the articles made in the time to which memory
in 1388 did not run, were drawn up _previous_ to 1308, and therefore
without much hesitation we may assign the origin of the Barbers’
Company to at least the xiij{th.} century.
In the early part of the reign of Edward II, and indeed for a long
while previously, the Barbers were practitioners in the art of Surgery;
at all events they performed the minor operations of that craft, such
as bleeding, tooth-drawing, cauterization, and the like.
The Barbers having been accustomed to assist the monks in the surgical
operations performed by them in early times, acquired a degree of
proficiency which enabled them to practise as Surgeons themselves. Up
till about the xij{th.} century the practice of Surgery and Medicine
was however almost wholly confined to the Clergy, who seem to have
enjoyed the double privilege of curing men’s bodies as well as their
souls. In 1163 the Council of Tours, under Pope Alexander III,
considering that a practice which involved in its operations the
shedding of blood, was incompatible with the holy office of the clergy,
forbad them to interfere in any matter of Surgery; the consequence
of this edict was that they gave over the operations of Surgery but
continued to practise the healing art of Medicine.
As already said, the Clergy very frequently employed the Barbers
as their assistants, and committed to them the preparation of
the medicated baths and the performance of sundry minor surgical
operations. No doubt the Edict of Tours was hailed with joy by the
Barbers, who thus found a lucrative practice thrown in their way,
and seized the opportunity of practising as Surgeons “on their own
account,” calling themselves Barber-Surgeons, and practising both
Barbery and Surgery.
_c._ 1307. The archives preserved at the Guildhall have many entries
concerning the Barbers’ Company, and in _Letter-Book D._ 157{B.}
there is an ordinance concerning the Barbers of London, which shows
that at this time they were occupied in Surgery, and advertised
their profession in an objectionable manner, which was very properly
forbidden by the City authorities.
DE BARBOURS. Et que nul barbier ne soit se ose ne si hardy qil mette
sank en leur fenestres en apiert ou en view des gentz, mais pryvement
le facent porter a Thamise sur peine des doux souldz rendre al oeps
des Viscountz.
CONCERNING BARBERS. And that no barbers shall be so bold or so hardy
as to put blood in their windows, openly or in view of folks, but let
them have it privily carried unto the Thames, under pain of paying
two shillings to the use of the Sheriffs.
1308. The first express entry which we have concerning our Company is
the presentation and admission of Richard le Barber, as Supervisor
or Master of the Barbers, before the Court of Aldermen in 1308
(_Letter-Book C._ 96).
RIC’S LE BARBOUR ex oppõito ecc̃lie omñi scoꝜ parue elect’ est et
p’sentatˀ pˀ Barbitonsores london die Martˀ p’xˀ p’t fm̃ Sc̃e Lucie
virgĩs Anno R. E. fiɫ R. E. sc̃do coram dñis Nichõ de ffarndon tũc
maiore london Johñe de Wengũue cetˀisqʒ Aldermĩs ad custodiendˀ
officiũ BarbitonsoꝜ &c. Et admissus est et jurˀ q’d quolibet mense
faciet scrutiniũ pˀ totñ officiũ suũ et si quos invenˀit lupanarˀ
id alio mõ inhonestos et in scandalũ officii &c. eos distringat &
distriaõem in cam’am apportari faciet &c.
RICHARD LE BARBOUR dwelling opposite to the Church of Allhallows the
Less, was chosen and presented by the Barbers of London, on Tuesday
next after the feast of Saint Lucy the Virgin (_13th December_) in
the second year of the reign of King Edward, son of King Edward,
before Sir Nicholas de Farndon, then Mayor of London, John de
Wengrave and other Aldermen, to have supervision over the trade of
the Barbers &c. And he was admitted and made oath that every month
he would make scrutiny throughout the whole of his trade, and if he
should find any among them keeping brothels, or acting unseemly in
any other way, and to the scandal of the trade, he was to distrain
upon them, and cause the distress to be taken into the Chamber (_of
London_) &c.
The foregoing record does not appear very creditable to the reputation
of the Barbers of Edward the Second’s time, but it should be remembered
that in those days, and for a long period before and afterwards, the
Barbers superintended the Baths (Bagnios) and that these places were
not infrequently the resort of improper characters; a few of our
predecessors had perhaps, under the circumstances, been somewhat lax in
their morality, and let us hope that Richard le Barber administered to
those whom he found offending, due correction according to his oath and
their deserts.
It would not seem from the terms of the admission, that the Master was
at that period elected annually, and the Office was probably held by
one man for a considerable number of years. There is no entry in the
City books (which have been carefully examined for the purpose) of
another admission to the Office until the year 1376, when two Masters
were appointed, and then for some years subsequently two new Masters
were sworn in annually.
1309. In this year we find the first record of an admission of a Barber
to the freedom of the City, and several others occur about this period
(_see_ Freemen).
1310. On Wednesday next after the feast of the Nativity, 4th Edward II,
Gerard the Barber was sworn keeper of the Gate of Newgate (_Letter-Book
D._ 113), and there are other entries of Barbers being appointed
keepers or porters at the City gates; from one of these, in 1375, it
would seem that they were to keep a strict watch that no lepers should
enter the city, and it was doubtless on account of their surgical
knowledge enabling them to distinguish those afflicted with leprosy,
that these offices were conferred upon them.
1310. On Monday before the feast of St. Gregory the will of Richard
le Barber, our first Master, was proved in the Court of Husting. To
Katherine his wife and Johanna his daughter, he left tenements and
rents in Bread Street, Cordwainer Street, Queenhithe, Candlewike
Street, and Whitecrouche Street. To Thomas de Mangrave his apprentice,
a shop in Bread Street; to the fabric of London Bridge 20{s.,} and the
residue to pious uses.
1312. The earliest admission of a Surgeon (_not_ a Barber Surgeon) to
the freedom is that of “Magister Johẽs de Suthwerk cirurgicus,” who was
sworn on Friday before the feast of St. Barnabas, 5th Edward II, and
who paid nothing for his freedom, being admitted at the instance of
Hugh de Waltham, Town Clerk.
Among the Archives at Guildhall are various entries relating to early
Barbers, which, although not touching upon the history of our Company,
may properly be preserved in these pages, and I shall therefore give
translations of a few of them.
1315. On Monday next after the feast of the Purification of the
Blessed Virgin Mary, in the 8th Edward II, by common assent of the
Mayor and Aldermen in the Hustings of pleas of Land, there was
granted and demised to William de Dounesheued, Barber to Sir John de
Sandale, Chancellor of our Lord the King, a certain house belonging
to the Bridge of London, to have and to hold to the said William for
his whole life, he paying yearly on the usual days two and a half
marks to the keepers for the time being of the said Bridge, which
said house is situate between a house belonging to the said Bridge in
which John Mew now dwells towards the West, and a house belonging to
Thomas le Maderman towards the East, in the Parish of Saint Dionis
Backchurch London. And the said William, the said house and its
appurtenances in all needful manner shall sustain, and against wind
and rain cause the same to be defended during the whole term of his
life.
And there was a proviso that if the rent should remain unpaid for a
whole year that the Bridge Keepers should re-enter. (_Letter-Book E._
28{B.})
1319. On Thursday after the feast of St. Valentine, 13th Edward II,
there was enrolled an obligation by which Roger the Barber (servant to
John de Dallinge, Sheriff of London) and Margaret his wife, were bound
to pay £100 to Sir John de Laugecombe, Rector of the Church of Laumaz
Heys (_sic_) before the feast of Easter. (_Letter-Book E._ 85.)
1320. On Wednesday next after the feast of Saints Fabian and Sebastian,
13th Edward II, Lawrence the Barber, one of the men sworn to keep the
Poultry Market on Cornhill, laid an information against John Bakon that
he the said John was a forestaller of the Market. (_Letter-Book E._
96{B.})
1320. In the same year among the names of the Citizens assessed to
contribute to a fine of £1,000 to the King, occurs that of Thomas the
Barber. (_Letter-Book E._ 106{B.})
1320. On Monday next before the feast of St. Margaret the Virgin, 14th
Edward II, the Wardship of Alice, Joane and Agnes, children of John de
Wynton, Barber, deceased, was given to Joane his widow; several shops
and houses in the City belonging to the deceased are scheduled as for
the benefit of the Wards, and Robert de Lamyngton, John de Bristolle,
Barber, and Roger de Croidon were bound as sureties. (_Letter-Book E._
114.)
Instances also occur of City Wards (sons of Barbers deceased) being
apprenticed by the Chamberlain to various trades.
1340. In 14th Edward III, Hamo the Barber was assessed by the City
at £10 as his contribution towards a forced loan of £5,000 to the
King (_Letter-Book F._ 33) and six years later (1346) Hamo was again
assessed at 20_s._ towards a “present” of 3,000 marks to the King.
1370. On 14th March, 44th Edward III, the wardship of Alice (aged 3
years), daughter of Nicholas the Barber, was given to Gilbert Prince,
who was to use her legacy of 40 marks for her benefit.
1374. On the 28th July, 1374, Lawrence de Weston, Barber (Master of
the Company in 1376), and Margaret his wife, mother of the said Alice,
came before the Mayor, &c., and proved that the said Alice was dead,
whereupon Gilbert Prince, the Executor of Nicholas the Barber’s will,
was discharged, and the money paid to Lawrence and Margaret de Weston.
(_Letter-Book G._ 244 and 317{B.})
Reverting now from individuals to the Company, we find that the Barbers
existed as a Trade Guild, but unincorporated certainly from the year
1308, and that they were at first ruled by one Master, and later on
(in 1376) by two Masters, appointed annually. This Company of Barbers
was composed of two classes of Members--viz., those who practised
Barbery proper (perhaps including phlebotomy and tooth drawing), and
those who practised Surgery, and who were, for distinction sake, called
Barber-Surgeons (in the City books they are spoken of as “Barbers
exercising the faculty of Surgery”). For aught we know to the contrary,
a perfect harmony and good understanding existed between these two
sections of the Company, and it is probable that the ranks of the
latter were continually recruited from the former.
1381. The earliest evidence of the existence of our Hall is to be found
in Harl. MS. 541, which contains a list of Companies’ Halls in the
City, temp. 5 Richard II, by which it appears that the Barbers’ Hall
was then, as now, in the Parish of Saint Olave, Silver Street, and
doubtless on the same site; the entry is, “Barbar hall y{e} p’yssh of
Seynt Oluf in Sylverstrete.” In 1490 the Hall is _known_ to have been
on the same site.
1388. In this year Richard II sent his writs all over the Kingdom to
enquire into the nature and constitution of the several guilds and
fraternities, religions, social or craft, and the returns to these
writs, which must have been an immense number, were formerly kept among
the Records at the Tower of London. Herbert, in his History of the
Livery Companies, refers to his fruitless endeavours to discover these
returns, and I have made diligent enquiry at the Record Office for
them also, with the undoubted result that all of those which relate to
the London Trading Guilds are lost. There are, however, a great number
relating to London religious guilds and to trade guilds all over the
country. Two of these concerning the Barbers of Norwich and of Lincoln
are so highly interesting that I have preserved them in Appendix A.
Amongst our Archives at Barbers’ Hall, is a vellum book of Ordinances
written out fair in 1658, and therein is to be found a copy of the
return made by the Barbers of London to the writ of Richard II, and
which the Company caused to be extracted from the Tower Records in
1634. It is certified by William Colet as agreeing with the original,
but unfortunately Mr. Colet (although he was Deputy-Keeper of the
Records) or his copyist has made one or two mistakes, which necessitate
a little hiatus in the translation, and he has put the year as the 11th
instead of the 12th of Richard II. That the latter year is the correct
one is abundantly proved by the dates on the original writs and on the
numerous returns still in existence at the Record Office, as also by
the names of the Masters certifying, who are recorded at Guildhall as
having been admitted 10th September, 12th Richard II.
Richard II was more solicitous as to the funds and property of the
Guilds, than he was about their observances, and our predecessors seem
to have quickly acquainted him with their pecuniary position, “the
which Company have neither tenements nor rents to their common use.”
The Masters recite an old document which they found in their strong
box, and which will well repay perusal; it opens with a devout
dedication to the Trinity, the Virgin Mary, and the glorious company of
heaven, and the first Ordinance being expressly made in honour of God
and all saints, and with the intention of stirring up the people to do
well and to persevere therein, we must all approve of it. It provides
firstly, that decayed brethren shall have an allowance of 10-1/2_d._
per week, if their poverty have not come about by their own folly.
The second and third Ordinances relate to attendance at funerals and
obits of deceased members. Then follow certain rules, that no man shall
entice away another’s servant; the Masters to settle disputes, payment
of quarterage, refusal of office, absence from Mass and the yearly
feast, the livery clothing, &c., &c. It is well to observe here the
evidence of the antiquity of our livery, of the quarterage, and of the
feast, all of which have come down to these days.
Some later Ordinances are added, which were apparently made in 1387.
This return is probably the only one extant of the whole of those made
by the London trade guilds, and is therefore of the highest interest.
A copy of the original (which is in Norman French), together with a
translation, follows.
COPIA extracta ex Bundell’ Fraternitatum et Gildar’ Civitatis
London remaneñ de Recordo prout patet in Rotulis dñi Regis infra
Turrim London.
Anno xj{o}.[29] Ricardi Secundi.
[29] A mistake for Anno xij{o.}
JOHAN HEYDON et Hen Cook Mestres[30] William Chapman et William
Gomine Surveyours de la Compaignie appelle ffraternite des Barbers de
la Citee de Londres dauncien temps ordeigne certifiant au Counsail
ñre S{r.} le Roy en sa Chancellarie la forme manere et condicion de
touz articles obseruancez et lour circumstances contenuz en la paper
de dite Compaignie en la forme quesuyt la quel compaignie nont nul
teñt ne rent a lour c͠oe oeps les queles articles la dite Compaignie
nont usez en lour temps forsqz soulement pur auer lour vesture un
foitz per añ et paier lour quarterage pur sustiner pouerez geñtz de
mesme la Compaignie et un foitz per añ assembler pur manger et eslire
neuells Mestres et Surveiours sanz ascun autre article de sontz
escript mettre en use forsqz ceux qˀ tan soulement sont faitz al
honour de dieu mes purtant qils ont trouez un paper one les articles
de sontz escriptz fait del temps donc memorie ne court ils les ont
p’sentez a vrẽ tressages discrecions.
[30] Sworn Masters of the Barbers, 10 Sept., 1388. 12th Ric. II.
(_Letter-Book H._ 235{B.})
CESTE ENDENTURE fait en nom̃ de Dieu omnipotent pier et fitz et
seynt Esperitz et de nr̃e Dame Seynt Marie et de tout la gloriouse
Compaignie de Ciel de la foundacion et de Lordinance de la fraternite
des Barbers de la Cite de Londres tesmoigñ coment et sur queux pointz
la dite Fraternite est funduz et ordeigne.
PRIMEREMENT al honourance de Dieu et touz ses Seyntes et pur
excitac͠on les coẽns des geñtz a bien faire et perseuerance auoir
en bien faitz est ordeigne qˀ si ascun frere de cel fraternite qi
ad este de cell fraternite per vij anz sil cheit en mischief ou en
pouerte pˀ auenture issint qil neit de quoy il purra viure de son
propre et ces ne luy aucigne de sa propre folye qu donqz il auera
chescun semaigne de lour c͠oe boyste x{d.} oᵬ. pur sa sustenance.
ITEM quant ascun frere du dite fraternite soit mort les freres de la
dite fraternite serront la veyle al dirige et le jour al Messe et al
dirige et al Messe del Moys obit et qˀ chescun tiel frere mort eit
xxx messes de lour c͠oe Boyste et qˀ chescun frier qˀ soit absent
sanz reasonable eucheson a ascun des ditz iiij foitz qil mette a lour
c͠oe Boyste en noun de ses offrandes et dispences queux il deust auer
fait sil eust este en p’sent iij{d.}
ITEM quant ascun Meistre de la dite Fraternite eit feme Mort qˀ les
freres de la dite ffraternite soient a La Vigile et a la Messe le
jour de sont enterment et a la Moys obit et quel frer qˀ soit absent
a ascun de tres foitz qil paie pur chescun foitz qil soit absent en
lieu des costages et autres dispences queux il ferreit sil feusse
present a lour c͠oe boyst iij{d.}
ITEM qˀ nul frere de la dite Fraternite abette autri seruant hors des
seruice son Meistre priuement ne apertement.
ITEM si ascun debate surdre pˀ entre ascuns des freres qˀ dieu defend
et ces soit redresse per amour per la consideration des Meistres de
la dite Fraternite . . . . . faire bonement et qˀ nul ne sue vers
autre en autre manere autant qil ad assaie sil puisse pˀ leide des
ditz Mestrez estre recorde.
ITEM qˀ chescun frere de la dite ffraternite veigne chescun quarter
del an et paie son quarterage a Collectors decell issint qˀ les dits
Collectors ne.
ITEM accorde est entre toutz les ditz freres qˀ quel de eux qˀ refuse
son office quant ces vient a luy sil voet estre de ces allegge qil
paie a lour c͠oe boyst.
ITEM si ascun frere soit absent a lour Messe et Manger quant il serra
un foitz en lan qil paiera a tant en offrandes et toutz autres choes
come un.
ITEM qˀ nul des ditz freres allowe autre hors de sa Meason.
ITEM si ascun frere per auenture tarie ses paiements entre añ et
demy qil face gree demz les ij anz sanz rien outre le certain doñ.
Et sil ad luy soient . . . . . . p’donez issint qil paie ce gest
aderer. Et a ceux pointz tenir solonc amendement si mistier soit qils
soient amendez ceste Fraternite sont entre jurez et ont chescun de
eux pleine sa foy et si fra chescun qi serra de la dite ffraternite.
Et accorde est entre eux . . . . . . endenture soient enclos en lour
c͠oe boyst et lautre demurge vers les Mestres qˀ serront pur le temps
de la dit fraternite.
ITEM chescun frere du dit fraternite paie en arres pur son Drap auant
la mayn xl{d.} ameyns.
ITEM qˀ chescun frere garde la liuere ij anz enterrement deuant qil
le donne ou vende ou aliene la liuere en ascun manere sur peyne de
paier al compaignie un noble dor sur lour grace.
ITEM est ordeyne le dymenge ps̃ch ensuant lassumpc͠on de nr̃e Dame
lan le Roy Richard sẽde xj{o.} qe les Surveiours du dit Mistier
soient esluy per lassent de tout la ffraternite et nemy per les
Mestres.
ITEM qˀ nul du dit Fraternite paie plus pur son mangre qˀ xiiij{d,}
en apres.
ITEM ordeyne est qˀ chescun Meistre qˀ eslisera ascun autre home pur
estre en son lieu cesta sauoir pur estre Meistre celuy qˀ eslisera
tiel home pur estre Meistre apres lan serra obligee per mesme luy a
la Compaignie pur la monoy en un obligacon.
Convenit cum Recordo
WILLŨS COLET.
A COPY taken from a Bundle “of the Fraternities and Guilds of the
City of London” which remains of record, as the same is seen in
the Rolls of the Lord the King, at the Tower of London.
Anno 12.
Richard II.
JOHN HEYDON and Henry Cook, Masters, William Chapman and William
Gomine, Surveyors of the Company called the Fraternity of Barbers
of the City of London of ancient time established, certifying
to the Council of Our Lord the King, in his Chancery, the form
manner and condition of all the articles, customs and their
circumstances contained in the Records of the same Company in the
form following:--The which Company have neither tenements nor rents
to their common use, And these articles the said Company have not
used in their time excepting only for to have their Livery once a
year, and to pay their quarterage to maintain the poor folk of the
same Company, and once a year to assemble to feast, and to elect new
Masters and Surveyors without any other article of their writing to
put forward except those which only are made to the honour of God;
but, however, as they have found a document amongst the articles of
the Records, made of the time to which memory runneth not, they have
presented it to your most wise discretions.
THIS INDENTURE made in the name of the Omnipotent God, the Father
and Son and the Holy Ghost, and of our Lady Saint Mary and of all
the glorious Company of Heaven, concerning the foundation of the
Government of the Fraternity of Barbers of the City of London
Witnesseth how and upon what points the said Fraternity is founded
and ordained.
FIRSTLY to the honour of God and all his Saints, and to stir up the
Commons of the people to do well, and to have perseverance in well
doing, it is ordained that if any brother of this Fraternity who has
been of this Fraternity for seven years by chance fall into trouble
or into poverty, and if he have nothing of his own by which he may be
able to live, and it be not through his own folly, that then he shall
have each week from their common box tenpence half penny for his
sustenance.
ITEM. That when any brother of the said Fraternity dies the brethren
of the said Fraternity shall go on the Vigil to the dirge, and on
the day[31] to the Mass, and to the dirge and to the mass of the
month’s obit, and that each such brother dead have thirty masses from
their common box,[32] and that each brother who is absent without
reasonable excuse at any of the said four times, shall put into their
common box in place of his offerings and expenses, as he ought to
have done if he had been present, three pence.
[31] The day of the funeral.
[32] Thirty masses sung at the expense of the common box.
ITEM. When any Master of the said Fraternity has a wife dead, the
brethren of the said Fraternity shall be at the Vigil and at the Mass
on the day of her burial and at the month’s obit, and that brother
who is absent at any of the three times shall pay for each time that
he be absent, in place of the costs and other expenses which he would
have borne if he had been present, three pence to their common box.
ITEM. That no brother of the said Fraternity entice any servant from
the service of his master, privily or openly.
ITEM. If any dispute arise between any of the brethren, which God
forbid, it is to be amicably settled by the decision of the Masters
of the said Fraternity [_and they are_] to deal plainly,[33] and that
no one sue another in other manner than at the assize (_?_) [_and
then only_] if he be empowered by leave of the said Masters to be
recorded.
[33] _i.e._, honestly.
ITEM. That each brother of the said Fraternity shall come
each quarter of the year and pay his quarterage to the
collectors[34] . . . . . .
[34] I am unable to complete this sentence.
ITEM. It is agreed between all the said brethren that whoever of them
refuses his office when it comes to him, if he wishes to be relieved
of it, that he pay to their common box.
ITEM. If any brother be absent from their Mass and Feast when it
shall be once a year, he shall pay so much in offerings and all other
things as one present.
ITEM. That none of the said brethren put [?] another out of his
house.
ITEM. If any brother by chance delay his payments beyond a
year-and-a-half, that he make acquittance within two years without
any [_penalty_] beyond the ordinary fine. And if he be thus forgiven
that he settle the matter at once.
AND to hold these points pursuant to amendment alone if the Mystery
will that they be amended, this Fraternity are sworn among themselves
and have each of them pledged his troth, and so from each who shall
[_hereafter_] be of the said Fraternity. And it is agreed amongst
them that this Indenture be enclosed in their common box, and the
counterpart be held by the Masters for the time being of the said
Fraternity.
The document which the Masters found amongst their records made in “the
time to which memory runneth not” probably ends here, and the following
Items (see the third one) were doubtless additional Ordinances made
circa 1387.
ITEM. That each brother of the said Fraternity pay in pledge for his
livery, when he has the same, forty pence at the least.
ITEM. That each brother keep the livery two whole years before he may
give, or sell, or alienate it in any manner, under pain of paying to
the Company for their pardon, a noble of gold.
ITEM. It is ordained that on the Sunday following the Assumption of
our Lady in the 11th year of King Richard the Second,[35] that the
Surveyors of the said Mystery be elected by the assent of all the
Fraternity, and no longer by the Masters.
[35] 18th Aug., 1387.
ITEM. That none of the said Fraternity hereafter pay more than
fourteen pence for his feast.
ITEM. It is ordained that each Master who shall choose any other man
to be in his place, that is to say for to be Master; he who shall
choose such man to be Master for the year shall be bound by himself
for him, in an obligation to the Company for the money.[36]
[36] _i.e._, a guarantee for his honesty.
It agrees with the Record,
WILLIAM COLET.
Coeval with our Company of Barbers there existed in the City of London,
another Fraternity or Guild, that of the Surgeons, in no way connected
with the Barbers, but, like them, existing by prescription only and
unincorporated. It is not to be expected that these two Companies
would, in the days of so much trade protection and jealousy, exhibit
an over-friendly feeling towards one another, and the records of the
period, though meagre, show that this was the case. The Surgeons’ Guild
at no time appear to have been a numerous body, indeed there is reason
to believe that frequently their numbers were less than a dozen, and
they possibly never exceeded twenty.
In the researches undertaken for the purpose of this work, various
references to the Surgeons’ Guild have turned up, and although at this
early period there was much in common between the two Fraternities, I
have considered it quite apart from the subject in hand to go into any
detail concerning that Guild, more especially as it has recently been
so ably and fully dealt with by Mr. D’Arcy Power in his “Memorials of
the Craft of Surgery.”
1376. In the 50th Edward III, the Barbers made a complaint to the Mayor
and Aldermen against unskilled practitioners in Surgery, and prayed
that two Masters should be yearly appointed to inspect and rule the
craft, and that none should be admitted to the freedom of the City, but
upon due examination of their skill; and this was granted by the Court,
entered of record and Lawrence de Weston and John de Grantone were
chosen Masters. The following is a translation of the original record
concerning this matter.[37]
[37] In this and some other cases I have adopted the able translations
made by Mr. Riley in his “Memorials of London and London Life.”
To the honourable Lords, and wise, the Mayor and Aldermen of the City
of London, shew the good folks, the Barbers of the same city, that
whereas from one day to another there resort men, who are barbers,
from uppelande[38] unto the said city, who are not instructed in
their craft, and do take houses and intermeddle with barbery,
surgery, and the cure of other maladies, while they know not how
to do such things, nor ever were instructed in such craft; to the
great damage, and in deceit, of the people, and to the great scandal
of all the good barbers of the said city:--therefore the said good
folks do pray that it may please your honourable Lordships, for
the love of God, and as a work of charity, to ordain and establish
that from henceforth no such stranger, coming to the said City from
uppelande, or from any other place, of whatsoever condition he be,
shall keep house or shop for barbery within the same city, before
that he shall be found able and skilled in the said art and office
of barbery, and that, by assay and examination of the good folks,
barbers of the same city, whom out of the said craft it may please
you to ordain thereunto. And that it may please you to ordain and
establish, that from henceforth there shall always be two good men of
their said craft chosen by their common assent to be Wardens of the
craft; and that such two persons shall be presented unto the Mayor,
Recorder, and Aldermen, of the said city, and sworn before them well
and lawfully, to the best of their power and knowledge, to rule their
said craft; and that the said Masters may inspect the instruments of
the said art, to see that they are good and proper for the service of
the people, by reason of the great peril that might ensue thereupon;
and that on the complaint of such two Masters, all rebellious persons
in the said craft, shall be made to come before you, and whosoever
shall be found in default against this Ordinance shall pay to the
Chamber 40 pence. And that from henceforth no man of their craft
shall be admitted to the franchise of the said city, if he be not
attested as being good and able, upon good examination before you
made. And that no foreigner shall keep house or shop in their craft
within the said city, or the suburbs thereof. And that this Ordinance
shall be enrolled in the Chamber of the Guildhall of London, for all
time to last.
[38] The general name for country places in those days.
And the same was granted unto them. Whereupon, Laurence de
Westone and John de Grantone were chosen Masters of the Barbers.
[_Letter-Book H. 28._]
The foregoing ordinance must surely have given umbrage to the Surgeons’
Guild as it placed the Barbers upon an equal footing with them in the
examination of Surgeons, the inspection of their instruments, etc.; and
this more especially as seven years previously (in 1369) the Surgeons
had obtained from the same Court an Ordinance investing them with the
power of presenting the defaults of all unskilful Surgeons.
1382. As an example of a quack Surgeon’s method of practice, and of his
rogueries and punishment, the following case of Roger Clerk will be
found interesting:--
Roger Clerk, of Wandelesworth,[39] on the 13th day of May in the 5th
year (_Richard II_), was attached in the Chamber of the Guildhall of
London, before the Mayor and Aldermen, to make answer, as well to the
Mayor and Commonalty of the City of London, as to Roger atte Hacche,
in a plea of deceit and falsehood: as to which, the same Roger said,
that whereas no physician or surgeon should intermeddle with any
medicines or cures within the liberty of the city aforesaid, but
those who are experienced in the said arts, and approved therein, the
said Roger Clerk, who knew nothing of either of the arts aforesaid,
being neither experienced nor approved therein, nor understood
anything of letters, came to the house of him, Roger atte Hacche, in
the parish of St. Martin, in Ismongereslane, in London, on Thursday,
the morrow of Ash Wednesday, in the 5th year, etc.; and there saw one
Johanna, the wife of the aforesaid Roger atte Hacche, who was then
lying ill with certain bodily infirmities, and gave the said Roger,
her husband, to understand, that he was experienced and skilled in
the art of medicine, and could cure the same Johanna of her maladies,
if her husband desired it.
[39] Wandsworth.
Whereupon, the said Roger atte Hacche, trusting in his words, gave
him 12 pence, in part payment of a larger sum which he was to pay
him, in case the said Johanna should be healed. And upon this, the
same Roger Clerk then and there gave to the said Roger atte Hacche an
old parchment, cut or scratched across, being the leaf of a certain
book, and rolled it up in a piece of cloth of gold, asserting that it
would be very good for the fever and ailments of the said Johanna;
and this parchment, so rolled up, he put about her neck, but in no
way did it profit her; and so, falsely and maliciously, he deceived
the same Roger atte Hacche. And he produced the said parchment here
in Court, wrapped up in the same cloth, in proof of the matters
aforesaid.
And the said Roger Clerk personally appeared, and the said parchment
was shown to him by the Court, and he was asked what the virtue of
such piece of parchment was; whereupon, he said that upon it was
written a good charm for fevers. Upon being further asked by the
Court what were the words of this charm of his, he said;--“Anima
Christi, sanctifica me; Corpus Christi, salva me; in isanguis
Christi, nebria me; cum bonus Christus tu, lava me.”[40] And the
parchment being then examined, not one of those words was found
written thereon. And he was then further told by the Court, that a
straw[41] beneath his foot would be of just as much avail for fevers,
as this said charm of his was; whereupon, he fully granted that it
would be so. And because that the same Roger Clerk was in no way
a literate man, and seeing that on the examination aforesaid, (as
well as on others afterwards made,) he was found to be an infidel,
and altogether ignorant of the art of physic or of surgery; and to
the end that the people might not be deceived and aggrieved by such
ignorant persons, etc.; it was adjudged that the same Roger Clerk
should be led through the middle of the City, with trumpets and
pipes, he riding on a horse without a saddle, the said parchment and
a whetstone, for his lies, being hung about his neck, an urinal also
being hung before him, and another urinal on his back. [_Letter-Book
H. 145._]
[40] “Soul of Christ, sanctify me; body of Christ, save me; blood of
Christ, saturate me; as Thou art good, Christ, wash me.”
[41] In allusion, perhaps, to the custom of men who were ready to
perjure themselves, as false witnesses, to go about with a straw
sticking out from between the foot and the shoe--“men of straw.”
[Riley.]
1390. In connection with the Surgeons’ Guild, four Master Surgeons of
the City were sworn before the Mayor, etc., in this year, and _they_
were to make scrutiny amongst persons practising the art of Surgery,
and to present defaults. [_Letter-Book H._ 248.] It will be remembered
that in 1369 a somewhat similar Ordinance was made for the Surgeons’
Guild, and this one in 1390 was probably obtained as a set off to the
powers vested in the Barbers by their Ordinance of 1376, and by way
of assertion of equal rights with them in matters surgical. Anyhow
it is very clear that there were two distinct bodies within the City
ruling the craft of Surgery at this period, each, no doubt, claiming
jurisdiction over its own members, and both anxious and ready to
interfere with outsiders, and probably with each other. It is curious
to note that in the Ordinance of 1390, above referred to, the Masters
inspecting are authorised to make scrutiny not only of men, but of
“women undertaking cures, or practising the art of Surgery”; and here,
in the 19th century, we find history repeating itself, and women again
“intermeddling in matters surgical.”
As might be expected the dual scrutiny exercised over persons
practising surgery, by two distinct and antagonistic Companies,
produced considerable jealousy and unpleasantness, and there are
various records extant indicative of cases of attempted interference
with the Barbers’ privileges, one of which is distinctly stated to have
been the work of the Surgeons and Physicians, as doubtless also were
the others.
1410. By _Letter-Book I._ 94, it appears that the Ordinances for the
Barbers made in 1376 were confirmed to them with the significant
addition that they should enjoy the same, “without the scrutiny of
any person or persons of any other craft or trade, under any name
whatsoever other than the craft or trade of the said Barbers, either
as to shaving, making incision, blood letting or any other matters
pertaining to the art of Barbery or of Surgery, in the craft of the
said Barbers now practised, or to be practised hereafter.” This
Ordinance is, I think, clearly directed against the Masters of the
Surgeons’ Guild, who had sought to exercise their authority over the
Barbers using the faculty of Surgery.
1415. Complaint having been made to the Mayor and Aldermen, concerning
the unskilful and fraudulent practice of certain Barbers in matters of
Surgery, the privileges of the Barbers were again recorded, though the
Company who had hitherto nominated their own Masters, were somewhat
shorn of that privilege, as the Mayor, etc., directed the names of all
the Barber (Surgeons) to be brought before them, and after due enquiry,
_they_ selected two of them for Masters, and gave them their charge and
oath.
1416. “Certain trustworthy and discreet” Barber (Surgeons) complained
to the Mayor, etc., that notwithstanding the last order, there were
still unruly members in the craft, and a fresh Ordinance was enacted
which imposed a penalty on offenders.
The Ordinances above referred to are to be found in _Letter-Book I._
149, and are as follows:
Be it remembered, that on the 10th day of April, in the 3rd year,
etc. (_1415_) it was intimated in a relation, and not without alarm,
unto Thomas Fauconer, Mayor, and the Aldermen, how that some barbers
of the said city, who are inexperienced in the art of surgery, do
oftentimes take under their care many sick and maimed persons,
fraudulently obtaining possession of very many of their goods
thereby; by reason whereof, they are oftentimes made to be worse
off at their departure than they were at their coming: and that, by
reason of the inexperience of the same barbers, such persons are
oftentimes maimed; to the scandal of such skilful and discreet men
as practise the art of surgery, and the manifest destruction of the
people of Our Lord the King.
And the said Mayor and Aldermen, wishing to obviate an evil and
a scandal such as this, as also, to provide a fitting remedy for
the same, and considering first, how that the said barbers by
themselves, without the scrutiny of any other persons of any other
trade or craft,[42] or under any name whatsoever, have supervision
and scrutiny over all men following the craft of barbery, and within
the liberty of the said city dwelling, as to all manner of cases
touching the art of barbery or the practice of surgery, within the
cognizance, or to come within the cognizance, of the craft of the
said barbers;--as by a certain Ordinance, made and ordained in the
time of Richard Merlawe,[43] late Mayor, and the then Aldermen,
and in the Chamber of the said City of London enrolled, of record
fully appears;--did determine and ordain that in future, by the
more substantial part of all the barbers following the practice
of surgery, and dwelling within the liberty of the said city,
there should be chosen two of the most skilful, most wise, and
most discreet men, of all the barbers following such practice of
surgery, and dwelling within the liberty of the said city; seeing
that oftentimes under their scrutiny and correction there would
be found cases of possible death and maiming, where, if ignorant
and indiscreet men should undertake the management thereof--the
which might God forbid--in their judgment grievous errors might
unexpectedly ensue, by reason of such unskilfulness. And that the
same Masters, so often as they should be thus chosen, on election
should be presented to the Mayor and Aldermen, for the time being,
there by the said Mayor and Aldermen to be accepted and sworn etc.
[42] See the Ordinance of 1410.
[43] Mayor 1409-10.
And lest perchance a difference of opinion might in future as to
such election arise, therefore, the said Mayor and Aldermen, after
taking counsel on the matter aforesaid, on Friday, the 3rd day of
May, in the same year (_1415_), caused to be brought before them the
name of every barber who followed the practice of surgery and dwelt
within the liberty of the said city, in order that, after enquiring
into the duties and experiences of their practice and skill, in
manner theretofore approved and customary, they might be the better
able to accept such Masters. And hereupon, because that, among other
names, Simon Rolf and Richard Wellys, citizens and barbers of the
said city practising the art of surgery, as well for their knowledge
and probity, as for the different kinds of difficult cures that had
been sagaciously performed and effected by them, were by trustworthy
testimony, upon sound and umblemished information, commended before
any others, precept was given by the said Mayor and Aldermen to
Baldwin Tettisbury, one of the serjeants of the said Mayor, to summon
the said Simon and Richard for Monday the 6th day of May then next
ensuing, to appear before the said Mayor and Aldermen in the Chamber
of the Guildhall aforesaid, there to make the oath to them by the
said Mayor and Aldermen to be administered.
Upon which Monday the said Simon and Richard, by virtue of such
summons, appeared before the Mayor and Aldermen in the Chamber
aforesaid. And hereupon the said Simon and Richard were then accepted
by the said Mayor and Aldermen, and sworn upon the Holy Evangelists
of God, well and faithfully to watch over and oversee all manner of
barbers practising the art of surgery, and within the liberty of the
said city dwelling; to maintain and observe the rules and ordinances
of the craft or practice aforesaid; no one to spare, for love,
favour, gain, or hate; diligently without concealment to present unto
the Chamberlain of the said City, for the time being, such defaults
as they may find; at all times, when duly required thereto, well and
faithfully to examine wounds, bruises, hurts, and other infirmities,
without asking anything for their trouble; and what they should
find, at their discretion, when duly required thereto, distinctly
to certify unto the Mayor and Aldermen of the said City, for the
time being; as also, well and faithfully to conduct themselves from
thenceforth in future; and all other things to do and perform, which
of right are befitting or requisite for the masters or overseers of
such practice to do.
AFTERWARDS, on the fourth day of July, in the 4th year, etc. (_1416_)
before Nicholas Wottone, Mayor, the Recorder, and the Aldermen, in
full Court, upon truthful information of certain trustworthy and
discreet men of the craft of Barbers, practising the art of surgery
aforesaid, as of other able and substantial men of the said city, it
was stated how that, notwithstanding the Ordinance aforesaid, very
many inexperienced men of the said craft of Barbers, indiscreetly
practising the art of surgery, did presume, and in their presumption
pretend, that they were wiser than the Masters inspecting, and, as
to certain infirmities--indiscreetly excusing themselves therein,
on the insufficient grounds that they are not liable to the peril
of maiming or of death--did altogether disdain to give notice of
the same to the said Masters inspecting, according to the Ordinance
aforesaid, or to be discreetly examined by them as to the same, or
diligently to be questioned thereon. Upon which pretence, they did
not hesitate daily to take sick persons, in peril of death and of
maiming, under their care, without shewing such sick persons, or such
infirmities and perils, unto the same Masters inspecting; by reason
of which presumption or unskilfulness, such sick persons were exposed
to the greatest peril, either of maiming or of death. Wherefore, the
said Mayor and Aldermen were prayed that, for the common advantage of
the whole realm, and the especial honour of the said city, they would
deign to provide some sure remedy for the same.
And accordingly, the Mayor and Aldermen, assenting to the said
petition, as being just and consistent with reason, having taken
diligent counsel as to the matters aforesaid, and considering that
very many of such persons in these times are more in dread of loss
or payment of money than amenable to the dictates of honesty or a
safe conscience, did ordain and enact, that no barber, practising
the art of surgery within the liberty of the said City, should
presume in future to take under his care any sick person who is in
peril of death or of maiming, unless he should show the same person,
within three days after so taking him under his care, to the Masters
inspecting, for the time being, by the barbers practising the art
of surgery within the liberty of the said City to be elected, and
to the Mayor and Aldermen presented, and by them specially to be
admitted; under a penalty of 6_s._ 8_d._ to the Chamber of London in
form underwritten to be paid, so often as, and when, against this
Ordinance they should be found to act; namely, 5 shillings to the use
of the Chamber of the Guildhall, and 20 pence to the use of the craft
of the Barbers.
1423. In this year certain Ordinances were made by the Mayor (Sir
William Walderne) and Court of Aldermen which are entered in
_Letter-Book K._ 6{B.} This record relates to what Mr. D’Arcy Power,
in his “Memorials of the Craft of Surgery,” has termed a “Conjoint
College” of the Physicians and Surgeons, and has little to do with our
Company, beyond the fact that the scrutiny and oversight of persons
practising Surgery is given to the Masters of the Surgeons’ Guild.
The subject of these Ordinances and many very interesting remarks
thereon and on the Conjoint College may be seen at p. 52, &c., of Mr.
D’Arcy Power’s work; and the record itself is set forth in full at
p. 299; furthermore, extracts from it, so far as the same relate to
the privileges and practice of the Surgeons, are to be found in the
beautiful old vellum MS. formerly belonging to that Guild, and now in
the possession of the Barbers’ Company.
Armed with this additional authority, the Surgeons’ Guild again sought
to interfere with and scrutinize the Barber-Surgeons of the Barbers’
Company. These latter, however, must have had good friends at Court,
and were not slow in asserting and obtaining confirmation of their
rights and privileges, as will be seen by reference to the following
record in _Letter-Book K._ 27{B.}:--
1424. MEMORANDUM. That on Friday the 10th day of November in the
third year of the reign of Henry the Sixth from the Conquest
before John Michell, Mayor, Thomas Knolles and other Aldermen, and
Simon Seman and John Bithewater, Sheriffs of the City of London,
It was granted and ordained that the Masters of the faculty of
Surgery within the craft of Barbers of the same city, do exercise
the same faculty even as fully and entirely as in the times of
Thomas Fauconer late Mayor, and other Mayors, it was granted unto
them, notwithstanding the false accusation (_calumpnia_) which the
Rector and Supervisors of Physic and the Masters of Surgery pretend
concerning a certain ordinance made in the time of William Walderne
late Mayor (_1423_) and entered in the letter book K, folio 6, the
which, they now endeavour to enjoin upon the said Barbers.
1451. With the exception of a few references (which are noticed
elsewhere) the City records are silent concerning the Barbers’ Company
until this year, when the Master and Wardens, styled here “Gardiani,”
with certain honest men of the Mystery of Barbers, brought a Bill
before the Mayor and Aldermen, praying them to establish certain
Ordinances, and to enter them of record, which was granted and done.
These Ordinances provided for the enforcement of stated penalties
in cases of disobedience and related to attendance upon summons,
settlements of disputes, refusal of office, admission of members, evil
speaking, assemblies and payments, instruction of “foreyns,” employment
of aliens. They are to be found in _Letter-Book K._ 250, and are the
first written in English, all previous ones being either in Latin or
Norman French in the originals.
MEMORANDUM q{d.} xxv{to.} die ffebruarii Anno regni Regis Henrici
Sexti post conquestˀ vicesimo nono veniunt hic in Curˀ Dñi Regis
in Camˀa Guyhald Civitatis london coram Nich̃o Wyfold Maiore &
Aldermannis ejusdem Civitatꝭ magistˀ & Gardianˀ necnon cẽti probi
homines misterˀ barbitonsoꝜ Civitatꝭ p’dcẽ & porrexerunt dcisˀ Maiore
& Aldermannis quandam billam sive supplicacioñe vˀboꝜ sequentˀ seviem
continentem Unto the ryght Worshipfull and Worshipfull lord and
souvˀaignes Mair and Aldremen of the Citee of London,
BESECHEN most mekely all pˀsones enfˀunchised in the craft and
mistier of Barbours wythin the said Citee That it please unto your
lordshippˀ and Right wise discrecions for to consider howe that for
as moche as certein ordin{a}nces been establisshed made and entred
of Record in the ch{a}umber of the yeldhall of the said Citee all
pˀsonnes of the said Craft have fully in opinion for to obeye observe
and kepe theim and noon other in eny Wise, So been y{r.} many and
divˀse defaultes often tymes amonges your said besechers not duely
corrected for default of such other ordin{a}nces to be made and
auctorised sufficiently of record in the said ch{a}umber, like it
therefore unto your said lordshippe and grete Wisdoms of your blessed
disposicons for the pˀpetuell Wele and good Rule of the said Craft
for to establissh and make these ordinaunces here folowyng pˀpetuelly
to endure and for to be observed and putte in due execucion in the
same craft And to be auctorised of record in the said ch{a}umber
for evˀ And your said besechers shall pray god for you.
FFIRST that evˀy barbour enfˀ{a}uncheised householder and other
occupier of the same craft holdyng eny shopp of barberye wythin the
Citee of london shall be redy att all manˀ som̃ons of the Maisters
and Wardeins of the same craft for the tyme being that is to sey for
the Kyng the Mair or for eny Worshipp of the said Citee And yef eny
man occupying the said craft in manˀe and fourme aforesaid absent him
from eny such som̃ons wythoute cause reasonable and thereof duely
convict than he to pay at the ch{a}umber of the yeldhall xiij{s.}
iiij{d.} that is to say vj{s.} viij{d.} to the same ch{a}umber and
other vj{s.} viij{d.} to the almes of the said craft. Also that evˀy
man enfˀ{a}uncheised under the fourme abovesaid that disobeyeth
and kepeth not his houre of his som̃ons at eny tyme w{t}oute cause
reasonable and yˀof[44] duely convict shall paye to the almesse of
the said craft at evˀy tyme y{t.} he maketh such defaute ij{d.} And
yef eny of theim what so evˀ he be of the same craft that disobeye
this ordin{a}nce he shall paye to the ch{a}umber of the yeldhall
iij{s.} iiij{d.} at evˀy tyme that he maketh such default.
[44] thereof.
ALSO that yef eny matˀe of debate or difference be betwene eny
pˀsoones of the said craft Which god defend, that none of theim shall
make eny pursuyt at the comˀon lawe unto the tyme y{t.} he that
findeth him aggreved in that pˀtie hath made his compleint unto the
maister and Wardeins of the same craft for the tyme being and they
to ffynyssh the matˀe and the cause of the said compleint Wythin
vj dayes after such compleint made and yef they conclude not and
ffynyssh the same matˀe Wythin the said vj dayes that yanne it be
lefull to either pˀtie to take the benefice of the comˀon lawe Wythin
this Citee So alwayes that the pˀtye ageinst whom the compleint is
made be not fugityf And what pˀsone of the said craft that doth
contrarie this ordin{a}nce shall paye at evˀy tyme at the chaumber
of the yeldhall xiij{s.} iiij{d.} that is to sey vj{s.} viij{d.} to
y{e} said ch{a}umber and oy{r.} vj{s.} viij{d.} to y{e} almesse of
y{e} said craft.
ALSO that noon able pˀsone of the said craft enfˀ{a}uncheised shall
refuse eny manˀ office or clothing pˀtinent to the said craft Whan
and What tyme that he be by his bretheren be abled and elect y{r}to
upon pein to paye at the ch{a}umber of the yeldhall xl{s.} that is
to wete xx{s.} to the same ch{a}umber and other xx{s.} to the said
almesse Also what man of the said craft that absenteth him fro the
said eleccion Wythoute cause reasonable or absent him fro the dyner
to be made the same day and will not paye therto his pˀt thanne he
shall paye at the said ch{a}umber iij{s.} iiij{d.} that is to sey
xx{d.} to the same ch{a}umber and other xx{d.} to the almes of the
said craft.
ALSO that the maisters and Wardeins of the same craft that nowe be
or in tyme to come shall be, shall not take admitte or resceive eny
pˀsone in to the bretherhede or clothing of the same craft Wythoute
the com̃on assent of the bretheren of the said craft or the more
pˀt of theim upon pein of eviˀch such maister or Wardein that doth
cont{a}rie this ordin{a}nce xx{s.} that is to say x{s.} to the
ch{a}umber and x{s} to the almesse of the said craft.
FFURTHERMORE it is ordeigned that from hens forward yef eny man
occupying the said craft be imfouled and of evell Will and malice so
be unavised to revile or reprof eny man of the same craft that is to
seye for to lye him or wyth other dishonest Wordes misgovˀne him in
presence of the said maisters and Wardeins or in eny oy{r.} places
and pˀof[45] by the report of the said maisters and Wardeins be duely
convict what so evˀ he be of the same craft that is so misgovnˀed at
eny tyme shall paye at the said ch{a}umber for evˀy such default
vj{s.} viij{d.} that is to say to the same chumber iij{s.} iiij{d.}
and to the Almes of the said craft iij{s.} iiij{d.}
[45] Query “y{r} of” == thereof.
ALSO it is ordeigned that evˀy man enfˀ{a}uncheised of the said
craft under fourme aforesaid shall assemble with his ffelashipˀ of
the same craft by thassignement of the said maisters and Wardeins
being for the yeer in a certein place limited by theim at iiij tymes
of the yeer And at evˀy such quarter day in the yeer evˀy brother
enfˀ{a}uncheised and being of the clothing therof shall paye to the
almes abovesaid iij{d.} And evˀy man that is so enfˀ{a}uncheised
of the same craft and is not of the clothing of the same shall paye
to the same almes j{d.} Which iiij dayes be these that is to saye
the tewesday next after all hallown day the tewesday next after
candelmasday the tewesday next after Trinite sonday and the tewesday
next after lammas day to thentent that the said maisters and Wardeins
shall enquere amongꝭ the said compaignye so assembled that yef eny
default ranker or discord be hadd or moved amongꝭ theim that thanne
the said maisters and Wardeins shall sett theim at rest accord and in
unite to that they canne or may, after the fourme and custume as have
been before used And what parsonne of the said craft be absent eny of
the said dayes wythoute cause reasonable he shall paye for evˀy such
day iiij{d.} to the expenses of the said maisters.
ALSO it is ordeigned and establisshed that no barbour nor other
able pˀsonne using barbourye shall enfourme eny foreyn nor him
teche in no wise in eny manˀ point that belongeth to the craft of
barbourye or surgˀye wherby the same foreyn shall pˀceyve and take
by his own capacite and exˀcise unto the tyme that the same foreyn
be bounden appˀntice to a pˀsone barbour or other pˀsonne able
enfˀ{a}uncheised using the same craft Wythin the Citee of london
upon peyne to paye at the ch{a}umber of the yeldhall for evˀy such
defaute iiij marc, that is to say to the same ch{a}umber xxvj{s.}
viij{d.} and to the Almes of the said craft other xxvj{s.} viij{d.}
AND also that no barbour nor other able pˀsoone occupying the same
craft shall take eny Alien nor stˀ{a}unger in to his sˀvice unto
the tyme that the same alien or stˀ{a}unger be examined by the
maistˀ and Wardeins of the same craft of his abilite and Connyng
And thereupon the maistˀ and Wardeins With other vj or viij of the
moost able and Kunnyng pˀsonnes of the craft shuld taxe him after
his abilite after that hem semeth that he be worthy to take yeerly
for his salarie And also that no Barbour shall take eny alien or
stˀ{a}unger that hath been or w{t}in sˀvice wyth an other barbour
enfˀ{a}uncheised before that he knowe well that the same sˀvnt hath
complete his coven{a}ntes wyth his former maister upon pein to
paye for evˀy such defaute at evˀy tyme that he be founde defectif
ayenst eny of these ordin{a}nces at the said ch{a}umber xiij{s.}
iiij{d.} that is to wete to the same ch{a}umber vj{s.} viij{d.}
and to the said almesse vj{s.} viij{d.} and also make restitucion of
the damage unto the pˀtie that findeth him greved.
AND also that no man occupying the said craft shall pˀcure eny
other mannes sˀvnt oute of sˀvise upon the peyn aforesaid and
damage unto the pˀtie pleintif And also it is ordeigned that from
hensforward that no harbour enfˀ{a}uncheised nor eny other able
pˀsoons occupying the said craft shall not take into his sˀvice
eny stˀ{a}unger or forein for lasse time thanne a yeer And what
pˀsone enfˀ{a}uncheised or occupying the said craft disobeys this
ordin{a}nce shall renne in the pein of xiij{s.} iiij{d.} that to be
devided in manˀ and fourme above said.
AND also that no pˀsons of the said craft of barbours nor other able
pˀsone occupying the same craft huyre no ffˀ{a}unchised man of the
same craft oute of his shopp ne dwellyng place upon pein of xl{s.}
that is to wete to the said ch{a}umber xx{s.} And to the Almesse of
the said Craft other xx{s.}
Qua quidem billa coram dˀcĩs maiore & Aldermannis lectˀ & per
eosdem plenius intellectꝭ Qua videtur eisdem qˀd omnes articuli
in dˀca billa contentꝭ sunt boni & honesti ac racioni consomˀ,
&c., &c. (The articles were ratified confirmed and ordered to be
entered of Record in the books of the Chamber of London.)
Nothing is now heard of the Surgeons’ Guild for some years, although
they were still in existence. It is quite probable, that finding the
Barbers had invariably obtained the protection and countenance of the
City authorities, whenever their privileges had been assailed or called
in question, they had given over their attempts at interference with
them as hopeless, and allowed our worthy predecessors to continue to
“exercise the faculty of surgery,” in peace; and being unmolested they
doubtless grew in numbers, in importance, and in the knowledge of their
art, until it was admitted that their position as one of the Guilds,
warranted them in applying for a Charter of Incorporation, which was
granted to them by Edward IV in 1462.
1413. Before proceeding to refer to this important epoch in the history
of our Company, it will be well to introduce a very remarkable
letter, which was written by Thomas Arundell, Archbishop of Canterbury
(formerly of York), to the Mayor, etc., of London, in which he
complained that the Barbers, being, alas! “without zeal for the law of
God,” kept their shops open on the Sabbath days, and he besought the
Mayor and Aldermen (his “sons in Christ, and dearest friends”) to put a
stop to this practice. No trade, perhaps, has from the earliest days,
down to our own times, owned such persistent breakers of the Fourth
Commandment as have the Barbers. Our records abound with by-laws,
enacted and renewed over and over again on this subject, and details
of the delinquencies of numerous Barbers in this respect, and of their
punishments by fine and imprisonment crop up everywhere.
The Archbishop’s letter reveals to us the fact, that nearly 500 years
ago, men were constituted much as they are now; in that “that which
touches the body or the purse, is held more in dread than that which
kills the soul,” and he shrewdly suggests that the clerical punishment
of “the greater excommunication,” should be augmented by a fine to be
levied by the Civil authority. This letter is so deeply interesting
that no apology is needed for reproducing it here. The original is to
be found in _Letter-Book I._ 125.
1413. On the 24th day of July, in the first year, etc. (Henry V) the
Reverend Father in Christ, and Lord, Thomas, by Divine permission,
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Legate of
the Apostolic See, sent here, to the Mayor and Aldermen of the City
of London, certain Letters Close of his, containing words as follow:--
“Sons in Christ and dearest friends.--We know that you do seek for
the things which are of above, and that you will the more readily
incline to our desires, the more surely that the things as to which
we write are known to tend to the observance of the Divine law,
the maintenance of public propriety, and the rule of the Christian
profession. We do therefore write unto you on this occasion, to
intimate that when we were presiding of late in our Provincial
Council, holden at London, with our venerable brethren, the
Suffragan Bishops, and our clergy of the Province of Canterbury, it
was publicly made known unto us with universal reprobation, that
the Barbers of the City of London, over the governance of which
city you preside, being without zeal for the law of God, and not
perceiving how that the Lord hath blessed the seventh day and made
it holy, and hath commanded that it shall be observed by no abusive
pursuit of any servile occupations, but rather by a disuse thereof,
in their blindness do keep their houses and shops patent and open on
the seventh day, the Lord’s Day, namely, and do follow their craft
on the same, just as busily, and just in the same way, as on any
day in the week, customary for such work. Wherefore we, with the
consent and assent of our said Suffragans and clergy, in restraint
of such temerity as this, have determined that there must be made
solemn prohibition thereof in the City aforesaid, and that, of our
own authority, and that of our said Provincial Council; and not there
only, but also throughout the Diocese of London, and each of the
cities both of our own Diocese and of our Province of Canterbury; to
the effect, that such barbers must not keep their houses and shops
patent or open, or follow their craft, on such Lord’s Days for the
future, on pain of the greater excommunication; in the same manner as
it has been enacted and observed of late in our time, as to the City
and Diocese of York, as we do well recollect. But, dearest children,
seeing that so greatly has the malice of men increased in these days,
a thing to be deplored--that temporal punishment is held more in
dread than clerical, and that which touches the body or the purse
more than that which kills the soul, we do heartily intreat you, and,
for the love of God and of His law, do require and exhort you, that,
taking counsel thereon, you will enact and ordain a competent penalty
in money, to be levied for the Chamber of your City, or such other
purpose as you shall think best, upon the Barbers within the liberty
of your City aforesaid, who shall be transgressors in this respect;
that so at least, those whom fear of the anger of God does not avail
to withold from breach of His law, may be restrained by a scourge
inflicted upon their purse, in the way of pecuniary loss; knowing
that we in the meantime, after taking counsel hereon, will devise
measures for the prevention of this, and for the due publication of
our Provincial enactment aforesaid. Fare you well always in Christ.
Written at Ikham[46] on the 13th day of the month of July.
[46] Near Wingham, Kent.
THOMAS, Archbishop of Canterbury.”
An Ordinance was forthwith made thereupon, to the effect, that no
barber, his wife, son, daughter, apprentice, or servant, should work
at such craft on Sundays within the liberty of the city, either in hair
cutting or shaving, on pain of paying 6_s._ 8_d._ for each offence;
5_s._ thereof to go to the new work at the Guildhall, and the remainder
to the Wardens or Masters of the Barbers within the city.[47]
[47] Riley p. 594.
1422. In August of this year Henry V died, and thirty-two of the City
Companies assisted at his obsequies, going in procession and carrying
torches. From an entry in _Letter-Book K._ 1{B.}, it appears that the
Barbers bore four torches on this occasion.
1447. This year the Company seem to have contributed 40_s._ towards
the cost of the Roof of the Chapel at Guildhall, as appears by the
following entry in _Journal IV_, 198 (25th October, 26 Henry VI)--
Itmˀ gardiani misterˀ barbitonsoꝜ & importaverunt in Cur xl{s.}
sterlingoꝜ pˀse & misterˀ sua ad coopturam Guyhaɫd Sc̃. Capelle.
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THE BARBERS INCORPORATE.
Hitherto we have considered two distinct and somewhat hostile
fraternities, the Surgeons on the one hand, and on the other the
Barbers (consisting of Barbers and Barber-Surgeons), both of them
City Guilds, existing by prescription, having independent rules and
Ordinances for their government and the scrutiny and correction of
abuses in their respective Crafts, the former Company few in number,
the latter far more numerous and popular; the Surgeons without, and the
Barbers with, a Livery.
Of these two fraternities, the Barbers by the regular and every day
nature of their calling, as shavers and hair cutters, together with the
practice of Surgery combined by so many of them, were the most likely
to become the more popular Company; their fees would surely be on a
lower scale than those of the more aristocratic Surgeons, and their
numbers and constant intercourse with the citizens, in their capacity
as Barbers, enabled them easily to extend their connection as Surgeons.
In all their contentions with the Surgeons’ Guild, as far as we know,
they held their own well, and thus it was that their place in the City,
as a Livery Guild of at that time an ancient standing, their position
as the professors of useful and scientific arts, their numbers and
presumable affluence, all rendered it desirable that they should be
placed upon the same footing as the better class of Guilds, by their
acquisition of a Charter of Incorporation, which they accordingly
obtained from the young King Edward IV in the first year of his reign
(1462).
Thomas Knot (Master, 1555) has recorded in one of our books, a
Translation of this Charter, which Mr. J. Flint South (who does not
appear to have seen the original Latin one) has transcribed, and this
has been adopted by Mr. D’Arcy Power (page 326). Thomas Knot wrote a
good hand, and was a zealous champion of the Barber-Surgeons in his
time, but he made egregious blunders in some of the writings recorded
over his signature, and although there is not great fault to be found
with him in this instance, it is suggested that the Translation given
below, is perhaps a more literal one than that which Knot has handed
down.
The Charter is still preserved at our Hall, and is contained on a small
skin of parchment; the initial letters of the title, which were at the
time left to be illuminated have never been filled in, and the document
is therefore not the work of art which one is accustomed to see in
Charters of this period; it bears signs of having been frequently used,
the ink in some places being worn, and the words only legible with the
aid of a magnifying glass. The great seal pendant is not quite perfect,
but is a beautiful specimen and highly artistic. The following is the
text of the Charter:--
(E)DWARDUS dei grã (R)ex (A)nglie & (F)rancie & (D)ominus (H)ibñie.
(O)mnibus ad quos pˀsentes lrẽ pˀuenint saltm̃ (S)ciatis q̃d
nos considerantes qualitˀ Diɫci nõb prˀbi & liᵬi hoiẽs mistere
BarbitonsoꝜ Ciuitatis nr̃e london vtentes mistera siue facultate
SirurgicoꝜ tam circa vulña plagas lesiones & alias infirmitates
ligeoꝜ nroꝜ ibidem curandˀ & Sauandˀ q{a}m in extracc͠oe sanguinis
& denc̃iu hˀmꝰ ligeoꝜ nrõꝜ g{a}ndes & multiplices intendencias &
labores pˀ longa tempora sustinuerunt & supportauerunt indiesqʒ
sũtinere & supportare non desistunt qualitˀ etiam pˀ ignoranciam
negligenciam & insipienciam nonnulloꝜ hˀmꝰ barbitonsoꝜ tam liᵬoꝜ
hõim Ciuitatis nr̃e pˀdc̃e q{a}m alioꝜ SirurgicoꝜ forincecoꝜ & non
liᵬoꝜ hõim eiusdem Ciuitatis indies ad eandem Ciuitatem confluenciũ
& in mistera SirurgicoꝜ minus sufficientˀ eruditoꝜ q{a}m plurima ac
quasi infinita mala diuˀsis ligeis nr̃is in vulnĩbʒ plagis lesionibʒ
& aliis infirmitatibʒ suis pˀ huius modi Barbitonsores & Sirurgicos
sauandis & curandis ob eoꝜ defc̃m ante hec tempora euenerunt quoꝜ
quidem ligeoꝜ nroꝜ alii ea de causa viam vniuˀse carnis sunt
ingressi alii autem eadem causa tanq{a}m insanabiles & incurabiles
sunt ab omĩbʒ derelecti similia qʒ mala vel peiora infuturˀ in hac
parte euenire formidatˀ nisi remedm̃ congruũ supˀ hoc pˀ nos cicius
pˀuidetuˀ Nos enim attendentes & intime adũtentes qˀd huiusmodi
mala ligeis nr̃is ob defc̃tuˀ debit supˀuis scrutinii correccõis &
punicõis huiusmodi barbitonsoꝜ & SirurgicoꝜ minus sufficientˀ in
eisdem misteris siue facultatibʒ vt pˀdcm̃ est eruditˀ & instructˀ
euenire contingunt. Ad humilem supplicacoẽm dilc̃oꝜ nobˀ pˀdcoꝜ
pˀboꝜ & liᵬoꝜ hõim pˀdcẽ mistere BarbitonsoꝜ in Ciuitate nr̃a pˀdcã
concessimꝰ eis qˀd mistera illa & omẽs hoiẽs eiusdem mistere de
Ciuitate p’dc̃a sint in re & noiẽ vnũ corpus & vna Coitãs pˀpetua. Et
qˀd duo principales eiusdem Coitãtis vna cũ assensu duodecim vel octo
pˀsonaꝜ ad minus Coitãtis illius in mistera Sirurgie maxime expert
singulis annis eligˀe possint & facˀe de Cõitate illa duos magr̃os
siue Gubñatores in mistera Sirurgicˀ maxime exp̃tˀ. Ad supˀuidendˀ
regendˀ & gubñandˀ misterˀ & Cõitatem pˀdictˀ & omẽs hoiẽs eiusdem
mistere negociti eoꝜdem imp̃pm̃. ET QˀD QˀDEM mãgri siue guᵬnatores
& Coit̃as heañt successionem pˀpetuam & coẽ sigillum negociis dcẽ
Coit̃atis impˀpm̃ sˀuiturˀ. Et qˀd ip̃i & successores sui impˀpm̃
sint pˀsone habiles & capaces ad pˀquirendˀ & possidendˀ in feodo &
pˀpetuitate trãs tenˀ redditus & alias possessiones quascunqʒ usqʒ
ad valorem quinqʒ marcaꝜ pˀ annũ ult{a} reprisas et qˀd ip̃i noiã
magr̃oꝜ siue GuᵬnatoꝜ & Coit̃atis mistere barbitonsoꝜ london pˀlitare
& imp̃litari possint coram quibuscuqʒ indicibʒ in Curiis & acciõbʒ
quibuscuqʒ ET QˀD pˀdci magr̃i siue Guᵬnatores & Coit̃as & eoꝜ
successores congregacoẽs licitas & honestas de seipˀis̃ ac statuta &
ordinacoẽs pˀ salubri gubnacoẽ supˀuisu & correccõe misteria pˀdictˀ
sˀcdm̃ necessitatis exigenciam quociens & quando opus fuit̃ facẽ
valeant licite & impune siue occõne vel impedimento nr̃i heredimi
vel successoꝜ nr̃oꝜ Justicˀ EscacioꝜ Vicecomitum CoronatoꝜ aut alioꝜ
BalliuoꝜ vel ministroꝜ nr̃oꝜ heredemi vel successoꝜ nr̃oꝜ quoꝜcuqꝜ
dum̃odo statuta & ordinacoẽs illa contˀ leges & consuetudines regni
nr̃i Anglˀ nullo modo existant. PRETERIA VOLUMꝰ & concedimꝰ pˀ
nos heredbʒ & successoribʒ nrĩs quantũ in noᵬ est qˀd magr̃i siue
Guᵬnatores pˀdcẽ Coit̃atis pˀ tempore existenˀ & eoꝜ successores
impp̃m h̃eant supˀuisum scrutinm̃ correccoˀem & guᵬnacoˀem om̃i
& singuloꝜ liᵬoꝜ h̃oim̃ dcẽ Ciuitatꝭ SirurgicoꝜ vtencm̃ mistera
BarbitonsoꝜ in eadem Ciuitate ac alioꝜ SirurgicoꝜ forincecoꝜ quoꝜ
cuq̃ʒ mistera illa Sirurgicꝭ aliquo modo frequentancm̃ & vtencm̃
infra eandem Ciuitatem & suburbia eiusdem ac punicoẽm eoꝜdem tam
liᵬoꝜ q{a}m forincecoꝜ pˀ delictis suis in non pˀfecte exequendꝰ
faciendꝰ & vtendꝰ mistera illa necnon supˀuisum & scrutinm̃ omim̃odoꝜ
instrumentoꝜ emplastoꝜ & aliaꝜ medicinaꝜ & eoꝜ receptꝭ pˀdcos̃
Barbitonsores & Sirurgicꝭ huiusmodi ligeis nris̃ pˀ eoꝜ plagis &
vulnibʒ lesionibʒ & huiusmodi infirmitatibʒ curandꝰ & sauandꝰ dandꝰ
imponendꝰ & vtendꝰ quociens & quando opus fuit pˀ comõdo & vtilitate
eoꝜdem ligeoꝜ nr̃oꝜ ita qˀd punicio huiusmodi BarbitonsoꝜ vtencm̃
dc̃a mistera Sirurgicꝭ ac huiusmodi Sirurgicꝭ forincecoꝜ sit in
pˀmissis delinquencm̃ pˀ fines am̃ciamenta & imprisonamenta corpoꝜ
suoꝜ & pˀ alias vias rõnabiles & congruas exequaturꝰ. Et qˀd nullus
BarbitonsoꝜ vtens dcã mistera Sirurgicꝭ infra dcãm Ciuitatem aut
suburᵬ eiusdem aut alius Sirurgicus forincecus quicuq̃ʒ & exequendꝰ
faciendꝰ & exẽcendꝰ eandem misteram Sirurgicꝰ aliquo modo infuturꝰ
in eadem Ciuitate vel Suburᵬ eiusdem admittat{a} nisi primicũs pˀ
dcõs magr̃os siue guᵬnatores vel eoꝜ successores ad hoc habiles
& sufficientes in mistera illa eruditus approbetꝭ & pˀ plenarˀ
comprobac͠one sua in hac parte maiori Ciuitatis pˀdictꝰ pˀ tempore
existenꝰ pˀ eosdem magrõs siue Guᵬnatores ad hoc pˀsentet{a.}
VOLUMUS eciam & concedimꝰ pˀ noᵬ heredibʒ & successoribʒ nr̃is
quant̃u in noᵬ est qˀd dc̃i magr̃i siue guᵬnatores ac Coit̃as pᵭc
mistere BarbitonsoꝜ nec successores sui nec eoꝜ aliquis quoquo modo
infuturꝰ infra Ciuitatem nr̃am pˀdcañ & Suburᵬ eiusdem sumoniunt{a}
aut ponant{a} neqʒ eoꝜ aliquis sumoniat{a} aut ponat{a} in aliquibʒ
assisis iuratis enquestis inquisicõibʒ attinctis aut aliis
recognic̃oibʒ infra dc̃am Ciuitatem & Suburᵬ eiusdem impostimi coram
maiore aut vicecountꝭ seu Coronatꝭ dc̃e Ciuitatis nr̃e pˀ tempore
existenꝰ capiendꝰ aut pˀ aliquem officiariũ siue ministm̃ sũu vel
officiarios siue ministros suos sum̃oniandˀ licet iidem Jurati
inquisicões seu recognic͠oes sum̃ fuiñt supˀ br̃i vel briᵬʒ nr̃i
vel heredimi nroꝜ de recto SED qˀd dc̃i mag̃ri siue Guᵬnatores ac
coit̃as mistere antedc̃e & successores sui ac eoꝜ quiᵬt vˀsus nos
heredes & successores nr̃os ac vˀsus maiorem & vicecomites Ciuitatis
nr̃e pˀdcẽ pˀ tempore existenꝰ & quoscũqʒ Officiarꝰ & ministros suos
sint inde quieti & penitus exonãti impp̃m pˀ pˀsentes. ET VLTERIUS
nos considerac͠oe pˀmissoꝜ de gr̃a nr̃a sˀpaɫi concessimꝰ pˀ noᵬ &
successoribʒ nr̃is pˀfatis mag̃ris siue Guᵬnatoribʒ ac Coit̃ati dcẽ
Mistera BarbitonsoꝜ & successoribʒ suis hanc liᵬtatem viᵭelt qˀd ip̃i
pˀpetuis futuris temporibʒ pˀsonas habiles & sufficientꝰ eruditos &
informatos in dct̃i mistera Sirurgicꝰ & pˀ mag̃ros siue Guᵬnatores
mistera illius pˀ tempore existenꝰ in forma pˀdc̃ti approbatꝰ &
maiore Ciuitatis pˀdc̃e pˀ tempore existenꝰ vt pˀdc̃am est pˀsentat
in eandem misteram BarbitonsoꝜ ad libtat̃es dc̃e Ciuitatis hẽndꝰ
& gaudendꝰ scᵭm consuetudinem dc̃e Ciuitatis admittẽ & recipˀe
valeant & non alias pˀsonas quascũqʒ neqʒ alio Modo aliquo mandato
aut requisic͠oe nr̃i heredimi seu successoꝜ nroꝜ pˀ brãs inscriptꝭ
vel alitꝭ qualitꝭ cumqʒ incontrm̃ factꝭ seu faciendꝭ non obstantꝭ
ET LICET iidem mag̃ri siue Guᵬnatores ac Coiãtas & eoꝜ successores
hac liᵬtate continue in futurꝭ vsi fũint cont{a.} aliquod mandatum
sine requisicõem nr̃i heredũ seu successoꝜ nroꝜ aut aliquoꝜ alioꝜ
quoꝜcuq̃ʒ in forma pˀdc̃a fiendꝭ ip̃i tamen finem contempt̃u
depˀditum erga nos heredes seu successores nrõs aut dampñu vel malum
aliquod in bonis seu corporibʒ suis erga quoscumqʒ alios ea occ̃one
nullo modo incurrant nec eoꝜ aliquis incurrat. ET hoc absqʒ fine seu
feodo pˀ pˀmissis seu sigillac͠oe pˀsentum noᵬ faciendꝭ soluendꝭ vel
aliqualitꝭ reddendꝭ aliquo statuto ordinac͠oe vel actu incontrm̃ ante
hec tempora editꝭ factꝭ ordinatꝭ seu pˀuis non obstantꝭ. IN cuius rei
testimonm̃ has lrãs nr̃as fieri fecimꝰ patentes. TESTE me ip̃o apud
Westm̃ vicesimo quarto die ffebruarii Anno regni nr̃i primo.
PEKHAM.
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pˀbrẽ de priuato sigillo de datꝭ pˀdct̃ auctoritate parliamenti & pˀ
decem libris soluitꝭ in hanapˀio
(Endorsed.)
Irt̃o in Curꝰ Domini Regis in Cam̃a Guihalde Ciuitatꝭ Londõn in libro
signatꝭ cum lit̃ta. l. folˀ tercio decimo. Anno regni Regis Edwardi
quarti post conquestum Tercio.
TRANSLATION.
EDWARD by the grace of God, King of England and France, and Lord of
Ireland, TO all to whom these present letters shall come, health.
KNOW ye, that we considering how our beloved, honest, and free men
of the Mystery of Barbers of our City of London, exercising the
Mystery or Art of Surgery, as well respecting wounds, bruises, hurts,
and other infirmities of our liegemen, and healing and curing the
same, as in letting blood, and drawing the teeth of our liege men,
have for a long time undergone and supported, and daily do undergo
and support, great and manifold applications and labours; and also,
how through the ignorance negligence and stupidity of some of the
men of the said Barbers, as well of the freemen of our said City,
as of other Surgeons foreigners and not freemen of the said City,
and who daily resort to the said City, and in the mystery of Surgery
are not sufficiently skilled, whereby very many and almost infinite
evils have before this time happened to many of our liegemen, in
their wounds, hurts, bruises, and other infirmities, by such Barbers
and Surgeons, on account of their defect in healing and curing;
from which cause, some of our said liegemen have gone the way of
all flesh, and others, through the same cause, have been by all
given over as incurable and past relief, and it is to be dreaded,
that similar or greater evils may in future arise on this head,
unless proper remedy is by us, speedily provided for the same. WE
therefore, heartily weighing and considering that such evils do
happen to our liegemen for want of the examinations, corrections,
and punishments by a due supervision of such Barbers and Surgeons
as are insufficiently skilled and instructed in the said mysteries
or arts as aforesaid; have at the humble request of our aforesaid
beloved, honest, and freemen of the said Mystery of Barbers in our
said city, granted to them that the said Mystery, and all men of the
said Mystery aforesaid, may be in deed and name one body and one
perpetual Community, and that two Principals of the said Community
may, with the consent of twelve persons, or at least eight of the
said Community who are best skilled in the mystery of Surgery, every
year elect and make out of the Community, two Masters or Governors
of the utmost skill, to superintend rule and govern the Mystery
and Community aforesaid and all men of the said Mystery, and of
the businesses of the same for ever. AND THAT the said Masters or
Governors and Community may have a perpetual succession and common
seal to serve for the affairs of the said Community for ever, and
that they and their successors for ever may be able and capable to
acquire and possess in fee and perpetuity lands, tenements, rents,
and other possessions whatsoever, to the value of five marks per
annum, besides reprises. And that they, by the name of the Masters
or Governors and Community of Barbers of London, may be able to
plead and to be impleaded before whatsoever Justices in Courts,
and actions whatsoever. And that the said Masters or Governors and
Community, and their successors, may lawfully and honestly assemble
themselves, and make statutes and ordinances for the wholesome
government, superintendence, and correction of the said Mystery,
according to the exigency of the necessity, as often and whenever
it may be requisite, lawfully and unpunishably, without leave or
hindrance of us, our heirs or successors, Justices, Escheators,
Sheriffs, Coroners, or any other Bailiffs, or servants of us, our
heirs or successors; provided that such statutes or ordinances are
not in any ways contrary to the laws and customs of our Kingdom of
England. WE FURTHER will and grant, for us, our heirs and successors,
as far as in us lies, that the Masters or Governors of the aforesaid
Community for the time being, and their successors for ever, shall
have the superintendence, scrutiny, correction, and government of
all and singular the freemen of the said City who are Surgeons,
exercising the Mystery of Barbers within the said City, and of
all other foreign Surgeons whomsoever, in anywise practising and
using the said Mystery of Surgeons in the said City and the suburbs
thereof, and the punishment of them, as well freemen as foreigners,
for their offences in not perfectly following, practising and using
that mystery, and also the superintendence and scrutiny of all kinds
of instruments, plaisters, and other medicines, and their recipes,
by such Barbers and Surgeons given, applied, and used for our liege
men, for curing and healing their wounds, bruises, hurts and such
kind of infirmities, when and as often as shall be requisite for the
convenience and utility of our liege men; so that punishment of such
Barbers exercising the said mystery of Surgeons, so offending in the
premisses, be executed by fines, amerciaments, and imprisonments
of their bodies, and by other reasonable and suitable means; and
that no Barber exercising the said mystery of Surgeons in the said
City and suburbs thereof, or any other foreign Surgeon whatsoever,
shall in future be admitted to follow, practise and exercise the
said mystery of Surgeons, in anywise, within the said City or the
suburbs thereof, unless he be first approved by the said Masters or
Governors, or their successors, for this purpose able and sufficient
as skilled in the said Mystery, and for his plenary approbation in
this behalf, by the said Masters or Governors to the Mayor of the
said City for the time being, presented. WE ALSO will and grant,
for us our heirs and successors, as far as in us lies, that neither
the said Masters or Governors and community of the said Mystery of
Barbers, nor their successors, nor any of them shall hereafter, in
anywise be summoned or appointed on any assizes, juries, inquests,
inquisitions, attainders, or other recognizances, within the said
City or suburbs thereof for the time to come, before the Mayor or
Sheriffs or Coroners of our said City for the time being, by any
summoning officer or his servant, or summoning officers or their
servants, although the said juries, inquisitions, or recognizances
should be summoned by a writ or writs of right, of us or our
heirs, but that the said Masters or Governors and Community of the
aforesaid Mystery and their successors shall, from henceforth for
ever, be peaceably and entirely exonerated towards us, our heirs and
successors, and towards the Mayor and Sheriffs of our said City for
the time being, and every of their officers and servants, by these
presents. AND FURTHER, we, in consideration of the premisses, do of
our special grace, for us and our successors, grant to the said
Masters or Governors and Community of the said Mystery of Barbers,
and their successors, this liberty, to wit, that they in all future
times may admit and receive persons apt and sufficiently skilled
and informed in the said Mystery of Surgery, and by the Masters or
Governors for the time being of the said Mystery, in manner aforesaid
approved, and presented to the Mayor of the said City for the time
being as aforesaid, into the said Mystery of Barbers to the fredom of
the said City, to be held and enjoyed according to the custom of the
said City; and no other persons whomsoever, nor in any other manner,
any mandate or requisition of us, our heirs or successors, by written
letters or otherwise howsoever made or to be made to the contrary
notwithstanding. AND ALTHOUGH the said Masters or Governors and
Community and their successors should contumaciously use this liberty
in future against any mandate or requisition of us, our heirs, or
successors, or any others whomsoever to be made in form aforesaid,
neither they nor any of them shall in anywise incur any fine,
contempt, or loss towards us, our heirs or successors, or any damage
or punishment in their goods or bodies, or towards any other persons
whatsoever, on that account; AND this without fine or fee for the
sealing of these presents, to be done paid or otherwise rendered unto
us; any statute, ordinance, or any act to the contrary, before this
time published made ordained or provided notwithstanding IN WITNESS
whereof, we have caused these our letters to be made patent. WITNESS
myself at Westminster the twenty-fourth day of February in the first
year of our reign.
PEKHAM.
By writ of privy seal, and of the date aforesaid, by authority of
Parliament, and for ten pounds paid into the hanaper.
(Endorsed.)
Inrolled in the Court of the Lord the King, in the chamber of
the Guildhall of the City of London in the book marked with the
letter l. folio thirteen in the third year of the reign of King
Edward the Fourth from the Conquest.
The chief point which strikes us on reading the foregoing Charter is,
that it contains a great deal relative to Surgery, and little, indeed
nothing, concerning Barbery, and yet it is granted ostensibly to the
Barbers!
Now the Surgical side being the more important one of the craft, and
the _raison d’être_ of the Charter being in a great measure to provide
for the regulation of Surgery and the correction of abuses in that
profession, this silence as to Barbery and recognition of Surgery would
seem to be an evidence that the practice of the latter, more or less,
was the rule rather than the exception with members of the Company
of Barbers; and, as the Masters or Governors were empowered to make
“statutes and ordinances” (by-laws) for the governance of the mystery,
it was doubtless considered unnecessary to descend into any details
concerning shaving and the like in a Royal Charter.
The preamble of this Charter is exceedingly quaint and interesting,
reciting how through the “ignorance, negligence and stupidity” of
various Barbers and other practitioners in Surgery, many of the King’s
lieges had “gone the way of all flesh.” Then at the request of “our
beloved, honest and free men of the said Mystery of Barbers,” the King
grants to them, to be one body perpetual, etc., that two of the chief
men of the Company (no doubt the two then existing Masters “exercising
the faculty of Surgery”) may with twelve or at least eight other
skilled Barber-Surgeons, elect two Masters annually: this provision
in itself is singular, as it would seem to imply that the body then
incorporated was to be ruled by two Masters only; but a reference to
our list of Masters and Wardens will shew that from the year 1448
the Company has been ruled by four Masters, and so on in unbroken
succession to the present time[48]; these other two Masters therefore
were Masters of the Barbers proper, about whom nothing was said in
the Charter, but who were chosen annually in accordance with ancient
custom, the Chief or First Master being alternately a Barber, and a
Barber-Surgeon.
[48] The term “Wardens” is a more modern designation used for
convenience sake; the Master and the three Wardens are, strictly
speaking, the four “Masters or Governors.”
The Corporation was to have perpetual succession, and a Common seal,
to hold lands of a certain value, to be able to plead and to be
impleaded, to make by-laws, to have the scrutiny and correction of
(apparently _all_) Surgeons in the City and suburbs, as also the
oversight of all their instruments and medicines, etc., and to have the
power of inflicting punishment, by fine or imprisonment, on offenders.
None were to practise Surgery until examined and approved by the
Masters and presented to the Mayor, and authority was given for the
freemen of the Company to be admitted into the freedom of the City.
Another clause in the Charter was one which, whilst it conferred a
valuable privilege upon the Company, was a source of continual strife
and conflict with the Civic authorities, for by it _all_ our freemen
claimed to be exempted from serving on Juries and inquisitions, and
this immunity, though constantly disputed, was as often asserted and
maintained, with various qualifications.
In _The Times_, November 26, 1839, is an account of the exemption of
certain freemen of the Company from serving on Juries at the Central
Criminal Court. In this instance neither the claimants nor the Recorder
knew much about the matter--for one of the applicants said, in reply to
the Recorder, “I rest my claim on the Charter of _Henry VIII_”_!!_ And,
further on in the discussion, the same bold Barber had the effrontery
to declare that “the privilege was confirmed by an Act passed in the
reign of George II.” This was the Act which separated the Surgeons from
the Barbers, and which did _not_ confirm to the latter the exemption
claimed, but our freeman gained his point, and the Recorder only
grumbled.
As recently as 1868, a case was submitted to Sir J. D. Coleridge (now
Lord Chief Justice) as to the legality of the exemption, and he gave
his opinion in favour of it. However, since then the Jury Act has,
alas! swept away this cherished immunity, and thus let the Barbers down
to the level of their fellow citizens.
With the possession of their Charter the Company were now in an
unassailable position, and we hear no more of their molestation by the
Guild of Surgeons.
[Illustration: _Grant_ by RICHARD THORNBURY, Citizen and Draper of
London, to Robert Ferbras, Citizen and Surgeon, John Dagvile, Surgeon,
William Sipnam, Grocer, and Walter Bartlot, Fishmonger, Citizens of
London, for ever, of all his title in two shops and solars with their
appurtenances, in the parish of Saint John upon Walbroke, formerly
belonging to John Blounde of Braughyng in the County of Hertford, and
which had been already conveyed to the Grantees by John Thornbury,
gentleman, and Walter Thornbury, Clerk, which shops were situate
between the tenements of William Horn, Citizen and Draper, towards
the north and south, and the tenement of the Prior and Convent of the
Blessed Mary without Bishopsgate towards the east, and the King’s
highway leading from Walbroke to Dowgate towards the west. Dated 11th
May, 2 Edward IV (1462).]
1470. The Company about this period came into possession of some
freehold houses in St. John the Baptist upon Walbrook, to be held
both for trust and corporate purposes. These houses are stated in our
books to have been devised to us by Will (dated 2nd Dec., 1470) of
Robert Ferbras. There are three old title deeds of the period still
at the Hall, relating to these houses, and in the Court of Husting at
Guildhall are two Wills of Robert Ferbras, Surgeon, both proved, one
dated 4th Nov., 1470, and the other 17th April, 1472--but neither of
these contain the bequest to the Barbers. It is, therefore, probable
that Robert Ferbras conveyed the houses to the Company in his lifetime,
and this fact being overlooked in course of years, it came to be said
that they passed by his Will.
1482. 26th April.--The Company applied to the Court of Aldermen,
presenting a set of ordinances for the government of the craft and for
the regulation of apprentices, praying that the same might be allowed
and ratified, which was done. The official entry under this date is in
_Letter-Book L._ 174, and the following are the Ordinances:--
[Sidenote:
Ordinacio }
BarbitonsoꝜ}]
Memorand qˀd sexto decimo die Aprilis Anno regni Regis Edwardi quarti
post conq̃m vicesimo scᵭo pˀᵬi hõies Artis sive mistere BarbitonsoꝜ
Civitatis london venˀ hic in Curˀ dc̃i Dnĩ Regis in Camˀa Guyhald
Civitatꝭ pˀdcĩ coram Willm̃e Haryot milite ac maiore & Aldr̃is
ejusdem Civitatis et porrexer̃nt eisdem maiore & Aldr̃is quand{a}m
billam sive supplicacõem Cujus tenor sequitur in hec verba.
TO THE RIGHT hono{r}able lord the Mair And the right wirshipful
Sovˀaignes the Aldermen of the Citee of London Mekely besechen your
goode lordship̃ and maistershippes all the pˀsones enfraunchesed in
the crafte and mistere of Barbours w{t}in the Citee of london That
it wold pleas the same your lordshipp and maistershippes for the
Wirship̃ of the said Citee And for the goode Rule to be had w{t}in
the saide Craft to graunte and establissh thise articles folowyng And
theym to be entred of Recorde in the Chambre of the said Citee before
your said lordship and maistershippes hereafter for to be observed
and executed.
FFIRST that there shall no ffraunchesed Barbo{r.} w{t}in the said
Citee take any man or Child to be his Apprentice before that he hath
pˀsented the same man or Child unto the maister and Wardeyns of the
said Craft for the tyme being, to thentent that the same maister and
Wardeyns may duely examyne ovˀsee serche and behold by the Colour and
complexion of the said man or Child if he be avexed or disposed to be
lepur or gowty maymed or disfigured in any pˀties of his body Whereby
he shall fall in disdeyn or lothefulnesse unto the sight of the Kingꝭ
liege people And also to be examyned of his birth and of his kynrede
or if there be on hym any bonde claymed, And if he be founde defectif
in any of thise poyntꝭ that than no fraunchesed Barbo{r.} of the
saide Citee shall take hym to his Apprentice uppon payn to pay v{li.}
Whereof that one half shall Remayn unto the Chambre of the said Citee.
ALSO that evˀy enfraunchesed barbour that taketh any apprentice shall
pay to the almes of the said Craft for the same Apprentice iij{s.}
iiij{d.} to be paied in fourme folowyng that is to sey, at the first
pˀsentacion of the Appˀntice xx{d.} and that other xx{d.} in the same
yeere When he shall be enrolled And the names of the maister and
appˀntice and the yeres of appˀntishode of the same appˀntice shalbe
writen in a book by the said maistˀ & Wardeyns And he that disobeith
this article or orden{a}nce shall pay unto ye almes of the said Craft
of barbours xiij{s.} iiij{d.} that one half thereof to be applied to
thuse of the said Chambre and that other half to the almes of the
said Craft. And if it so be that the said Apprentice Dye w{t}in the
first yere, or voide so that the said maistˀ take none avauntage
by the same Appˀntice, that than the same money stonde for the
next Appˀntice, And if it hapne the said maister to take any pˀfet
[_profit_] for the said Appˀntice by way of Sale or sˀvice and that
so pˀved before the said maister and Wardeyns that than the saide
maister of the said Appˀntice to be charged for the said iij{s.}
iiij{d.}
Then follows the usual Ratification (in Latin) of the above Articles.
1487. The next notice which we have of the Barbers in the City books,
indicates that there had been quarrels and dissensions among them, and
that the rules of the Craft had been set at nought by its members,
whereupon a Book of Ordinances was presented to the Court of Aldermen
for approval and ratification and the same is entered at this date, 20
July 2 Hen vij, in _Letter-Book L._ 235{B.} as follows:--
MEMORANDUM qˀd xx{o.} die Julij Anno regni Regis Henrici septum
secundo, Gardiani & aɫ pˀᵬi hõies Artꝭ sive occupacõis de Barbours
Civitatꝭ london venerˀ hic in Curˀ dc̃i dñi Regis in Camˀa Guilhald
ejusdem Civitatꝭ coram Henrico Colet milite maiore & Aldr̃is Civitatꝭ
pˀdc̃i & porrexˀunt eisdm̃ maori & Aldr̃is quandã billam sive
supplicaõem Cujus tenor sequit{r.} in hec verba,
TO the right honourable lord the maire and fulle discrete sovˀaignes
thaldˀmen of the Citee of london Shewen mekely unto yo{r.} good
lordeship and maistˀshippes the maister and the Wardeyns and the
good ffolke of the Crafte or Science of Barbours Surgeons of the
said Citee that Where as they of longe tyme have been in discorde
and not of oon conformite, but evˀy man in effect of the said Crafte
or Science hathe taken and folowed his own singuler way and apetite
as menne be[49] under no Rule nor obedience, contrarie to all godly
policie for lacke of good Rules and orden{a}ncꝭ hadde and used within
the same Crafte or Science, and in especiall for takyng of over
many appˀnticꝭ and settyng a werk of money[50] fforeyns comyng oute
of Seint Martyns, Westmynster, Suthwerk and other placꝭ nere unto
this Citee to the distruccion of the good ffolke enfraunchised of
the said Crafte or Science, but if[51] a remedie by yo{r} noble and
grete wisdomes the rather be pˀvided in that behalf. That it wold
pleas yo{r.} good lordeship and maistershippes for the good Rule
and sadde[52] guydyng hereafter to be hadde amongꝭ the good ffolkꝭ
of the said Crafte within the same Crafte to graunt to yo{r.} saide
besechers certeyn Articles hereaftˀ ensuying from hensforth to be
obsˀved and kept and afore you here in this hono{r}able Court to be
establisshed and entred of Record for ever to endure.
[49] Being = living.
[50] Many.
[51] But if = unless.
[52] Wise.
FFIRST that no pˀsone of the said Crafte or science ne none other
enfraunchised within the saide Crafte and kepyng open shoppe of the
same Crafte or Science within the same Cite from hensforth in any
wyse pˀsume to take uppon him to sette a werke within his house or
Shoppe any sˀvaunt or sˀvauntꝭ or allowes[53] or other beyng fforeyns
or estraungiers, but[54] evˀry suche pˀsone so enfraunchised in the
saide Crafte or science or in any other and occupie the same Crafte
or Science within the Citee aforesaid present any such sˀvaunt or
sˀvauntꝭ allowes and other before the maistˀs and Wardeyns of the
same Crafte or Science of Barbours for the tyme beyng within iij
daies next after his comyng to his saide maister to thentent that
the saide maister and Wardeyns have knowledge of their habilitie and
cunyng[55] before they be sette any lenger in occupac̃ion in the
saide Crafte or Science, And what manˀ pˀsone[56] aforesaid hereafter
be founde doyng the contrarie of this orden{a}nce shall forfeit and
pay at evˀy tyme that he is so founden defectif xl{s.} the oon half
thereof to be applied to thuse of the Chambre of this hono{r}able
Citee and the other half to the Coẽn boxe of the said Crafte.
[53] Hired servants.
[54] Unless.
[55] Skill.
[56] Manner of person.
ALSO that no manˀ pˀsone[57] enfraunchised in the saide Crafte or
in any other kepying an open Shoppe and occupieth the same Crafte
within the Citee from hensforth take or set a Werke within his house
or shoppe or ellꝭ where within the same Citee any moo[58] Sˀvaunts
allowes at oones[59] beyng fforeyns or Straungiers but oonly ij
pˀsones and the same ij pˀsones to be pˀsented by their maister
before the maister and Wardeyns of the said Crafte or Science of
Barbours for the tyme beyng within iij daies next comˀyng in to
suche sˀvice to their suche maistˀ And that the same fforeyns or
straungiers shall take or have of their saide maister suche wages
for their suche sˀvice as it shalbe thought by the saide Maister and
Wardeyns of the said Crafte of Barbours that they canne desˀve and
none other, And what maner of pˀsone aforesaid hereafter be founde
doyng contrarie to this orden{a}ncꝭ shall forfeit at evˀry tyme that
he is founde defectif v{li.} to be divided and applied to suche uses
as be aforeherced.[60]
[57] Manner of person.
[58] More.
[59] Once.
[60] Afore rehearsed.
ALSO if it fortune hereafter any pˀsone enfraunchised in the saide
Crafte of barbours or in any other occupying the same Crafte of
barbours within the Citee to take any mo sˀvauntꝭ allowes at oones
beyng fforeyns or straungiers than onely ij as is aforeherced[61]
Wherethurgh[62] he renneth in the forfaiture of the said penaltie of
v{li.} for the saide offence, and than that the maister and Wardeyns
of the saide Crafte of Barbours for the tyme beyng havyng knowleche
therof put not the said penaltie of v{li.} in execucion accordyng to
the teno{r.} of the saide Acte thereof made, within xiiij daies after
that the said maistˀ and Wardeyns have knowleche thereof, that than
the said maistˀ and Wardeyns for the tyme beyng so founden defectif
shall forfeit and lose at evˀy tyme xiij{s.} iiij{d.} to be divided
and applied to suche uses as be aforeherced.
[61] Afore rehearsed.
[62] Wherethrough = whereby.
ALSO that no manˀ pˀsones enfraunchised in the said Crafte or in any
other occupying the same Crafte within the said Citee from hensforth
take any moo appˀntices at oones than iij uppon payne of forfaiture
of v{li.} at evˀy suche tyme as he is founde defectif doyng contrarie
of this Article, to be divided and applied to suche uses as be afore
reherced Savyng allway that it shalbe lefull to evˀy suche pˀsone
oon yeere before the tˀme of appˀntishode of any his appˀnticꝭ be
expired to take a nother appˀntice in the stede of hym that is nygh
com̃yng oute of his tˀmes of appˀntishode to thentent that the same
newe appˀntice may have his due erudicion and lernyng in the said
Crafte or Science of Barbours before the tˀmes and [63] of the rather
appˀntice.
[63] A blank in the original.
ALSO if any pˀson of the said Crafte or Science selle away his
appˀntice to a nother manne within his tˀmes of appˀntishode that
than it shalnot be lefull to any suche pˀsone so silling away his
appˀntice to take any newe in his stede duryng the tˀme to come of
appˀntishode of that appˀntice so sold Nevertheles if it fortune any
appˀntice to dye within the tˀmes of his appˀntishode that than it
shall be laufull to the mastˀ of that appˀntice so dying to take a
nother in his stede when so evˀ it shall lyke hym.
PROVIDED all way that it shalbe lefull to evˀy pˀsone of the said
Crafte nowe havyng many appˀnticꝭ to reteyne and holde fulle as many
appˀnticꝭ as he hathe the day of makyng of this Acte or orden{a}nce
unto suche tyme as the tˀme of their appˀnticialite shalbe fully
accomplisshed So all way that no suche pˀsone take any mo appˀntices
unto suche tyme as the nuˀbre of the said appˀnticꝭ be reduced
and brought unto the said nuˀbre of iij appˀnticꝭ uppon payn of
forfaiture of v{li.} to be divided and applied to suche uses as been
afore reherced.
ALSO that no foreyn Barbour from this tyme foreward occupie the Craft
or Science of Barbours or Surgeon Barbo{r.} within the ffraunchise
of the said Citee but if he be lymytted and assigned therto by the
maister and Wardeyns of the same Craft for the tyme beyng uppon payn
of forfaiture of v{li.} as often as any suche pˀsone so be founde
defectif, to be divided and applied to suche uses as be aforeherced.
Provided allway that if it canne be thought for the wele of the kyngꝭ
people that if any foreyn Barbours or foreyn Surgeon be founden of
such habilitie and connyng of Surgerie or of that Crafte that it were
necessarie to have hym to occupie within the ffraunchise of this
Citee, that than he be admitted therto by the Chamᵬleyn of london and
by the Maister and Wardeyns of the said Crafte of Barbours for the
tyme beyng, With that the same fforeyn fynde suertie sufficient to be
bounde to the said Chamᵬleyn and Maister and Wardeyns for to do make
him self free of the saide Crafte or Science of Surgeon Barbours and
to obey and pˀfourme the Rules and ordenn{a}ncꝭ of the same Crafte
and to be under the correcion of the same Crafte, provided allway
that the kyngꝭ people be served in price of their Cure and shavyng in
tyme to come aswell and as safely as they have been in tymes passed.
Then follows the usual Ratification (in Latin) of the above Articles.
1490. A declaration made by one Bryan Sandford, dated 8th March, 1490,
was produced to the Committee of the House of Commons in 1745, in
which it was stated that the Company were at that time possessed of the
freehold of their Hall in Monkwell Street.
1493. On the 12th July in this year, an agreement was entered into
between the Barbers’ Company and the Surgeons’ Guild which would
indicate that the two bodies were now on amicable terms, working
harmoniously for the increase of the credit of the profession, and
for the correction of inexperienced surgeons and empirics. This
“Composition” is of so interesting a nature that it is here given in
full, as extracted from the fine old Book of Ordinances at the Hall; it
did not unite the two bodies in any way beyond this, that they agreed
to follow the same rules and practice with regard to the government of
all Surgeons; that each guild was to choose two Wardens, and that the
four so chosen were to act in a conjoint capacity as rulers or masters
in matters surgical, and thus comprehend all Surgeons, whether of the
Barbers’ Company, the Surgeons’ Guild, or “foreyns.”
This present wrytyng endentyd of copˀosicyons made the xij{th}
day of July iˀ the zere of owyr lord God M{t}CCCClxxxxiij and the
viij{th} zere of the reyne of kyng harry the vij{th} William Martyn
then beyng mayre of this cyte of london betwyxt the ffelishippis of
surgeons enfraunchesˀ w{t} in the cyte of london on that on p’ty
And the felishippis of barbours surgeons and surgeons barbours
enfraunchessid iˀ the seyd cyte on the other parte witnesyth that
the sayde felyshippys of ther comon assent and mere moc̃yons ben
c͠odescẽdyd and agreyd togethir the day and the zere aboue sayd, in
mañ and fourme folowyng. That is to sey that eũy pˀson and pˀsons of
the faculte or scyens of surgeons admyttyd and sworne to eyth̃ of the
sayde felyshippis from hens forward shall stond and a byde w{t} ther
felyshippis as they now do and dyd before thys present composicyon.
Also that from hens forth non of the sayde felyshippis shall admyt
nor reseyue in to ther felishippys any alyent straungˀ or foreyn
vsyng the sayde faculte or scyens of surgery w{t}owten knowleg or
c͠osent of the wardẽs of bothe the seyd felishippys. All so for the
welth and suerte of the kyngꝭ lege people And the honour of the
seyde felyshyppys, It is agreyd be twyxt the same two felyshippis
that non alyent straunger nor foreyn shall use nor ocopy the seyde
faculte or scyens of surg̃y withyn this cyte or subbers of the same
unto such tyme as he shewhym selfe to the mayer for the time beyng,
and by the iiij wardeyns of bothe the saide felishippis, that is to
sey of eyth̃ of the sayde felishippis, tweyn, and othˀ suche as by
theyr wysdomys they will call vnto them, be dewly examyned & approuyd
to be sufficyent of conyng and habilyte in the sayde faculte. And
yf any such pˀson or pˀsones bi the sayde iiij wardens as is afore
sayde be taken reputed and a lowed to be sufficient of konyng and
habylite iˀ the seyd faculte or scyens of surgery that then the pˀson
or pˀsonys so knowen and admyttyd shall be sworne to all the good
rewlys and ordenans of y{e} seyd faculte or scyens of surgery, and
to be under the coreccyon of the iiij wardens for the tyme beyng to
the entent that at all tymes he may be under dwe coreccyon for the
sauegard of y{e} kyngis lege people. And if any suche alyent straungˀ
or foreyn of pˀsumcon refuse to be examyned of the seyde wardens in
mañ & fourme as is a fore seyd, Or yf any suche straunger or foreyn
so examyned be the seyde wardens be Juged onsufficient of conyng
and neũtheles takyth upon hym to occupy or vse the seyde faculte of
surg̃y w{t}yn the seyde cyte or subbars of the same, Then take the
name of hym or them so doyng and pˀsent hym by the sayd iiij wardens
to the mayer for the tyme beyng, to the entent that by his wysdom,
and advice of hys honerabyll brethern may set suche direccyon as
shall be thought resonabil formacion[64] therof, restrayne hym from
the ocupac̃on of the same scyens w{t} in the sayde cyte. Also it
is agreyd and cõpoundyd betwyxte the sayde felyshippys that from
hensforth eũy of the seyde felyshippis and seũally by them selfe,
Chese of themselfe two discrete pˀsons usyng the fete of surgery to
be seũally wardens of the sayde seũall felishippis, and that these
iiij wardens for the tyme beyng when and as oftyn as nede shall
requere, Shall haue the syght and good gounaunce of the seide faculte
of surgery. And eũy pˀson or pˀsonys of eũy of the sayde felyshippis
that happenys or shall fortune to haue any Jeopˀde[65] or dowtefull
cure, dredyng deth or mãy,[66] he or they hauing at eny tyme to
come, shall shew and pˀsent the cure or curys in as short tyme as
nede shall be reqˀred, And at the leste at the thyrde dressyd[67]
to the saide iiij wardens for the tyme beyng, Or any other pˀson or
pˀsonys that is to seye, to one of yche of the seyde felishippis,
and the same wardens and yf them seme nedefull shall call unto them
ij or iij, or more if nede reqˀre, of the wysest and best expˀte
mẽ of the said felishippis occupyeng the saide faculte of surgery
as them semeth most expedyent, for the cause or causis aforesayde.
Also in this coposycion yt is ordeyned and agreyd, that none of
the iiij wardens for the zere beyng neyther any other pˀson of the
sayde felishippis ocopyeng the crafte of surg̃i, Put any man of thes
sayde felishipis oute of ther cure otherwyse then the honeste of the
crafte wolle, but that yche of them be redy to helpe eche other w{t}
counsell or deed, y{t} worship profyte and the honeste of the crafte,
and helpyng of the seke be had and done on all sydis. And if ony of
thes iiij wardens for the tyme beyˀg or any other pˀson or pˀsonys
of the seyde felyshippis do the cõtrary that eche suche doer content
the valvyr[68] of the cure, After discressyon and Jugem̃et of the
same iiij wardens for the zere beyng, And also for his trespas to
paye aftur discression and Jugem̃et of the iiij wardens. Also if any
pˀson of the sayde felishippis dislaunder or depute any of the saide
felishippis onrightfully ownonestly and ef it so maye be prouyd upon
hym by two or thre witnesse, that he paye for that trespas iij{s.}
iiij{d.}, and ouer that to make amendis to y{e} seide pˀsons the
whiche he hath so disslaunderd aftur Jugement of onest men of the
seyd felyshippis not founden in non suche defaute.
[64]? “For reformation.”
[65] Jeopardy.
[66] Maiming.
[67]? “Day” or “dressing.”
[68]? “Value.”
This pˀsent cõposicyon was made the daye and zere a bowe wreton by
Roberd taylour, Rob{t.} Halyday, Thom̃s Koppisley, Thom̃s Thornton,
Ihoñ Harte, Johñ Marhm̃, Roberd Beuerly, James Scote, James
Ingoldysby, Johñ Taylour, Richard Swedenhm̃, Nicholas Leueryng, John
Wilson. In rowlid in Raffe Osterigis tyme, mayer.
Of the persons assenting to this composition, the following were
Barber-Surgeons, viz.: Rob{t.} Halyday (Master 1475, 1483, 1485, 1490,
1496), James Scott (M. 1493, 1498, 1500), James Ingoldysby (M. 1501,
1506), John Taylour (M. 1523, 1524), and Nicholas Leveryng(M. 1503,
1508), the others were most likely belonging to the Guild of Surgeons.
An Ordinance by way of addenda to the above was made, imposing
penalties upon any who should break any of the foregoing rules; the
first offence to be punished by a fine of 10_s._, the second 20_s._,
and the third offence to be remitted to the Mayor and Aldermen for
punishment after their discretion.
[Illustration: FAC-SIMILE OF THE TITLE-PAGE TO THE OLD BOOK OF
ORDINANCES, REPRESENTING SAINTS COSMO AND DAMIAN (PATRON SAINTS OF
THE BARBER-SURGEONS) AND THE COAT OF ARMS GRANTED TO THE COMPANY OF
SURGEONS IN 1492. (_See p. 433._)]
How long this agreement, so beneficial for the practice of Surgery,
continued in force is unknown; but the probabilities are that the old
jealousies soon re-appeared and that each Guild worked on its own
lines until 1540, as, by the uniting Act then passed, it was specially
remarked as desirable that the two Companies should come together, and
be incorporated in one.
1497. We shall now present to the reader’s notice a highly important
document, being a diploma granted by the Master and Wardens of the
Barbers’ Company to one of their freemen, enabling him to practise as
a Surgeon. This is in all probability the earliest English diploma of
a Surgeon extant and cannot fail by the quaintness of its composition,
and the details given, to prove of much interest. We notice in it, that
our Company as usual, did not fail to rehearse its prerogatives and
practice, and we also observe that thus early the Company provided an
instructor and examiner in the science, Dr. John Smith, before whom
came in the Common Hall, Robert Anson, and in the presence of a “great
audience of many right well expert men in Surgery and others, was
openly examined in divers things concerning the practice,” etc.
[Illustration: FAC-SIMILE OF THE DIPLOMA GRANTED BY THE MASTER AND
WARDENS OF THE BARBER-SURGEONS TO ROBERT ANSON (8 AUG., 1497), ENABLING
HIM TO PRACTISE AS A SURGEON.]
[Illustration]
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THE LETTˀ PAT̃E OF BˀBOURS & OF SURGEOS BˀBORS.
To all trew crysten people to whom thes present lettris shall come.
ROBERD HALIDAI[69] mastur of barbours and of surgeon barbours of
london, and Willm̄ Okeley, John Knote[70] and Thomas Dawes[71]
wardens of the same gretyng, knowe ye that wher as the moste
excellent Pryns in cryst and soũeyn lord Edward by the grace of god
kyng of ynglõd and of ffraunce, lord of Ierlond, for many pˀfounde
cos̃ideracyons his gc̃e movyng, hathe grauntyd the well to hym ĩ
cryst, the approuyd fremen the coiãlte of barbours and of surgeon
barbours of the cyte of londõ, The serche and oũsyght correcyon
and ponyshement, examinacon & approbacion of all fremen usyng or
hauntyng the conyng of surgery and barbory, And of all maner of men
foreyns usyng or hauntyng any pˀticuler pˀte of surgery withyn the
seyde cyte or subbers ther of, As a bowte new woundys, olde soris,
and other lesyons what so eũ they be, Also in drawyng of teeth
ventosyng scarificacons and suche othˀ manwall operac̃ons, lyke as
the lettres patentes of owre seyde lege lord the kyng ther upon made
planyly may apere. We therfore the saide Roberde, Willm̄, John̄ &
Thom̄s at this tyme masturs and wardens of the saide felishyp, ffor
the comyn pˀfyte weth[72] and relefe socour of owr lordis the kyngꝭ
lege people, entẽdyng to pˀuyde men of good capasite and abill ĩ
maners and conyng, sufficiently lerned, enfourmed, and labored by
long experyens, and other in the seide craft of surgery,--haue prayed
and requyred mastur John̄ Smyth doctour ĩ phesik, Instructour &
examener of the seide feliship, and be[73] the same for that intent
chosen and elect to entur & examynacyon for the cawses a boue saide,
w{t} divers pˀsons whiche long tyme, w{t}owte auctorite, haue vsed
and haunted w{t} experyens the conyng of surgery, wheruppon aftur
dewe and dyuers monycions made in this be halue, ROBERD ANSON on of
the seide coĩalte at the comyn hall of the same ĩ london appered, ĩ
his pˀpyr pˀson, the first day of August last past, submyttyng hym
selfe to the examync̃on and thaposicion,[74] wher and when the seide
Roberd by the sayde John̄ Smyth, in a gret audiens of many ryght well
expert men ĩ surgery & other, was op̃yly examyned ĩ dyuers thingꝭ
cõcernyng the practise opˀatife and directif in the seyde crafte of
Surgery. And the{r} albe it he hathe a fore this many tymys been well
approuyd, ʒet now he is newly habelyd, be[75] the seyde doctour and
felyship, and founde abyll and discrete to ocopy & vse the practise
of surgery, as well a bowte new woundis, as cansers, fystelis,
vlceracions & many other disessis & dyuers; & the same Robert thus
aprouyd and abelyd we haue, as an expert man ĩ the seyd faculte,
aprouyed and abeled to ocupy & practyse in the seyd faculte, ĩ eũy
place, when and as ofte as hym best lyketh we haue lycensid hym and
graũtid to hym by thes pˀsentes. ĩ witnes wherof we haue putte the
comyn seale of barbours and of surgeon bˀbours of london, geuen at
london ĩ the comyn hall of the seyd Comõnalte the viij day of August
the zere of oure lord god M{t}CCCClxxxxvij.
[69] Master 1475, 1483, 1485, 1490, 1496.
[70] Master 1510.
[71] Master 1504.
[72] Wealth.
[73] By.
[74] “The apposition”==the questioning.
[75] By.
1499. In this year the Company obtained from Henry VII a confirmation
of their Charter, paying but 20_s._ for the same. This Inspeximus
Charter recites and confirms that of Edward IV with the very noticeable
exceptions, that four Masters or Governors are named instead of
two, and that they are described as of “the Mystery of Barbers and
Surgeons,” and not “Barbers” only, as in Edward’s grant.
The original, in excellent preservation, with the great seal of England
pendant, is at the Hall, and the text is as follows:--
HENRICUS dei gracia Rex Anglie Francie & Dominus Hibernie Omnibʒ
ad quos pˀsentes littere pervenerunt, salutem. Inspeximus litteras
patentes recolende memorie domine E. quarti nuper Regis Anglie
progenitoris nostri factas in hec verba. EDWARDUS dei gracia
. . . . . . . . Teste me ipso apud Westmonasteriũ vicesimo quarto die
Februarii Anno regni nostri primo. NOS AUTEM litteras predictas ac
omnia & singula in eis contenta rata habentes et grata ea pro nobis
et heredibus nostris quantum in nobis est acceptamus & approbamus
ac dilectis ligeis nostris Rico Haywarde Jacobo Holand Johanni
Robertson et Johanni Boteler nunc Magistris sive Gubernatoribʒ
mistere BARBITONSOꝜ et SIRURGICOꝜ infra Civitatem nrãm predc̃am
& eoꝜ Successoribʒ per pˀsentes ratificamus et confirmamus sicut
lrẽ predc̃e rõnabilis testantˀ IN CUJUS rei testiom̄ has lr̃as
nr̃as fieri fecimus patentes. TESTE me ip̃o apud Westm̄ quinto die
Decembris Anno regni nostri quinto decimo.
CLERK.
pro viginti solidis solutis in hanaperio.
(Endorsed.)
Intratur in libro signato cum lr̃a. m. tempore Nich̃i Alwyne
maioris Civitatis londoñ Anno Regni Regis Henrici septum quinto
decimo.
PAKENHAM.
TRANSLATION.
HENRY by the grace of God, King of England and France, and Lord of
Ireland, To all to whom these present letters shall come, health. WE
have inspected the letters patent of the Lord Edward the fourth, of
gracious memory, late King of England, our progenitor, made in these
words, “EDWARD by the grace of God . . . . . . . . Witness my self
at Westminster the 24th day of February in the first year of our
reign.” WE ALSO, the aforesaid letters, and all and singular therein
contained ratifying and granting, for us and our heirs, as much as
in us lies do accept and approve, and to our beloved lieges, Richard
Haywarde, James Holand, John Robertson, and John Boteler, now Masters
or Governors of the Mystery of BARBERS and SURGEONS within our City
aforesaid, and to their successors, by these presents, do ratify and
confirm, as in the aforesaid letters is reasonably testified. IN
WITNESS whereof, we have caused these our letters to be made patent.
WITNESS myself at Westminster the fifth day of December in the
fifteenth year of our reign.
CLERK.
for twenty shillings paid into the hanaper.
(Endorsed.)
Entered in the book marked with the letter m. in the time of
Nicholas Alwyne, Mayor of the City of London, in the fifteenth
year of the reign of King Henry the Seventh.
PAKENHAM.
1511. In this year an Act of Parliament was passed, which infringed
on the privileges of the Barbers’ Company, inasmuch as it placed the
approbation and licensing of Surgeons in the hands of certain clerical
dignitaries, to wit, the Bishop of London and Dean of St. Paul’s
(while for the country the several Bishops or their Vicars general
were nominated). This Act was possibly the outcome of some laxity on
the part of our Company, or of an intolerable growth of quackery, with
which it could not cope, the pretenders to surgical knowledge being
a “great multitude” of ignorant persons, and women, using sorcery,
witchcraft and noxious remedies. This Act of Parliament (3 Hen. VIII,
cap. XI) as given below, is from an original copy in the possession of
Mr. Charles J. Shoppee (Master 1878).
¶ AN ACTE CONCERNYNG THE APPROBATION OF PHISICIONS AND SURGIONS.
To the kyng our souerayne lorde, and to all the lordes spiritual
and temporall, & comoñs in this present parlyament assembled.
FORASMOCHE as the science and connynge of phisike & surgerie (to
the perfet knowlege whereof, be requisite both great lernyng and
rype experience) is dayly within this realme exercised by a great
multitude of ignorant pˀsons: of whome the great part haue no maner
of insight in the same, nor in any other kynde of lernynge, some also
can no letters on the boke, so farforthe that common artificers, as
smythes, weauers, and women, boldely and customably take upon them
greate cures and thinges of greate difficultie: in the whiche they
partly use sorcerye, and witchcrafte, partly apply suche medicines
unto the disease, as be very noyous and nothyng metely therfore to
the highe displeasure of god, great infamye to the facultie, and the
greuous hurte, damage, and destruction of many of the kynges liege
people: most specially of them that can not discerne the unconnynge
from connynge. Be it therfore (to the suertie and comforte of all
maner people) by auctoritie of this present parliament enacted,
that no persone within the citie of London, nor within seuen myles
of the same, take upon hym to exercise and occupie as a phisition
or surgion, excepte he be fyrst examyned, approued, and admytted
by the byshop of London, or by the deane of Paules, for the tyme
beinge, calling to hym or them foure doctours of phisike, and for
surgery, other experte persons in that facultie, and for the fyrste
examination suche as they shall thynke conuenient, and afterwarde
alway foure of them that haue ben so approued, upon the peine of
forfayture, for euery moneth that they do occupie as phisitions or
surgions, not admytted nor examyned after the tenour of this acte, of
v.li. to be enployed the one halfe therof to thuse of our soueraine
lorde the kynge, and the other halfe therof to any person that
wyll sue for it by action of dette, in whiche no wager of lawe nor
protection shalbe alowed.
¶ And ouer this, that no persone out of the sayd citie and precinte
of vii. myles of the same, except he haue ben (as is aforesayd)
approued in y{e} same, take upon hym to exercise and occupie as a
phisition or surgion, in any diocesse within this realme, but if he
be fyrste examined and approued by the bysshoppe of the same dyocese,
or he beynge out of the dioces by his vycare generall: either of
them callyng to them suche experte persones in the sayde faculties,
as their discretion shal thynke conuenient, and gyuyng theyr letters
testimonials under theyr seale to hym that they shall so approue,
upon lyke peyne to them that occupie contrary to this acte (as
is above sayde) to be leuied and employed after the forme before
expressed.
¶ Prouyded alway, that this acte nor any thynge therin contayned, be
preiudiciall to the uniuersities of Oxforde and Cambrydge or eyther
of them, or to any priuileges graunted to them.
This Act seems to have invested the Bishops, etc., with the power
of licensing _all_ Surgeons, and if so, would have taken away that
privilege from our Company; the point is however doubtful, and I am
inclined to think that the Act did not operate to the prejudice of the
Company, only in so far as it suffered from the existence of another
licensing authority.
Mr. D’Arcy Power has pointed out that the Act very soon became
unpopular, and that it was almost immediately practically repealed by
another one, which provided that it should be “lawful to any person
being the king’s subject, having knowledge or experience of the nature
of herbs, etc., to minister in and to any outward sore or wound
according to their cunning.” (Memorials of the Craft of Surgery, p. 85.)
This latter Act, which in its effect would flood the land with quacks,
must however have remained the law until the Act of 32 Hen. VIII,
whereby the Barber-Surgeons were reinstated in their ancient rights;
and it is the fact, that down to the 18th Century the Ecclesiastics
claimed and enforced their rights (under the Act 3 Hen. VIII) to
license Surgeons, notwithstanding other Acts passed since then, which
although not expressly extinguishing their power, certainly did not
save it. The Barber-Surgeons’ Company seem to have examined the
Surgeons, and, if approved, to have given a certificate under Seal,
which was presented to the Bishop who thereupon issued his licence.
This practice was not however universal, and I think only applied
to some Surgeons who were not free of the Company. In some cases
the Bishop licensed Surgeons, without reference to the Company, and
thousands have been licensed by the Company without regard to the
Bishop. It is almost impossible to say now what course was followed,
the practice certainly varying with the times (see Surgery).
1513. In this year an Act of Parliament was passed exempting Surgeons
from juries, inquests, etc. This must have been passed in the interest
of the Surgeons’ Guild, as the Barber-Surgeons were surely exempt under
their Charter from Edward IV.
1512. The Barbers’ Company having applied to the King (Henry VIII) for
a confirmation of their Charter, their request was acceded to. Henry
is, on more than one occasion, spoken of in the books as “our patron,”
and there is no doubt but that he was very friendly both to our Company
and to individual members of it, as witness his gift of the grace cup,
and the legacies in his will to various members of the Company, with
some of whom, as Pen, Harman, Ayliff, etc., he was on as intimate terms
as a king could be with a subject; there would therefore be, we may be
sure, but little difficulty in obtaining an Inspeximus.
In one of our Minute Books, Thomas Knot (Master 1555) has transcribed
what purports to be a copy of Henry’s Inspeximus Charter with the date
12{th} of May “in the xviij{th} yere of our Reigne” (_i.e._, 1526), and
he appends a certificate that he has compared and agreed it with the
original! Now we possess the original at Barbers’ Hall and it is dated
12{th} March 3{rd} Henry VIII (_i.e._, 1512), and it would indeed be a
strange thing for Henry VIII in 1526 to recite and confirm Henry VII’s
Charter, when he had already done so in 1512. Moreover I have searched
the Patent Rolls and whilst there is no record in 1526, there is the
entry of the 1512 Charter, and further to fix the date, both Philip
and Mary, and Elizabeth in their Inspeximus Charters recite the 1512
Charter.
It has been necessary to enter into this detail, as the date of the
Charter is important when we come to consider Holbein’s picture; and as
my friend Mr. D’Arcy Power has (p. 338) quoted this pretended Charter
not having seen the real one, he, very naturally trusting old Thomas
Knot’s statement, has fallen into the pit dug some three hundred years
ago.
The following is the Text of the Charter, and it will not be necessary
to append a translation, as it follows much on the same lines as that
of Henry VII:--
HENRICUS dei gracia Rex Anglie et Francie et Dominus Hibernie OMNIBUS
ad quos presentes Irẽ pˀvenerunt saltmˀ INSPEXIMUS litteras patentes
domini H. nuper Rˀgis Anglie septum patris nostri precarissimi de
confirmacione factas in hec verba HENRICUS dei gracia . . . . . .
Teste me ip̃o apud Westmonasterium quinto die Decembrˀ Anno regni
nr̃i quinto decimo. NOS AUTEM litteras predictas ac omnia & singula
in eisdem contenta rata hentẽs & grata ea pro nobis & heredibus nr̃is
quantum in nobis est acceptamus & approbamus ac dilectis ligeis
nr̃is Johĩ Peerson Wil̃l̃o Kyrkeby Thome Gybson & Thome Martyn nunc
Magistris sive Gubernatoribus mistere BARBITONSORUM et SIRURGICORUM
infra Civitatem nrãm predictam & eorum successoribus per presentes
ratificamus & confirmamus sicut lrẽ predicte rõnabiliter testantur.
IN CUJUS rei testimonium has lrãs nrãs fieri fecimus patentes. TESTE
me ip̃o apud Westmonasterium duodecimo die Marcii Anno regni nr̃i
tercio.
YONG.
pro viginti solidis solutis in Hanapˀio.
The Great Seal, though still pendant, has been considerably damaged.
1525. This year the Company received a Precept from the Mayor, ordering
them to provide for the “Midsummer Watch.”
TO THE WARDENS OF THE BARBER SURGEONS,
We woll and charge you that for the hounour of this Citie ye do
ordeyne & pˀpare ageinst the watches to be kept within this Citie in
the nightꝭ of the vigilles of Sent John Baptist & Seint Peter nowe
next comynge iiij honest & comely pˀsones suche as ye will answere
for, w{t} Bowes & arrowes clenely harneysed and arrayed yn Jakettꝭ of
whytte, havynge tharmes of this Citie, to waytte and attende uppon us
in the said Watches, And to come to Blackwell Hall and there to be,
for the not fayllynge hereof as ye tendre the honour of this Citie
and also will answere at your pẽlls. Gyven in the Guihall of the
said Citie the xiiij day of Junij the xvij year of the Reigne of our
Soveraigne lorde King Henry the viij{th.}
[Illustration]
[Illustration: Handwritten autograph]
An Act of Parliament was passed in the 20th Henry VII, which provided
that the governing bodies of Guilds should not make any by-laws or
ordinances, without the same should be approved by the Chancellor, the
Lord Treasurer, and the Chief Justices of the King’s Bench and Common
Pleas, or any three of them, etc., and in 1530 our Company, being
desirous of settling many points for the government of the mystery,
drew up a long set of interesting Ordinances, which were presented
to Sir Thomas More the Chancellor, Sir John Fitzjames and Sir Robert
Norwiche the Chief Justices, and were signed by them on the 14th May,
1530. The original (with More’s autograph) is at the Hall, and after
reciting the Act of 20th Henry VII, ordains the following oaths and
articles:--
The oath of a freeman.
The oath of the Masters and Governors with directions as to searches.
Ordinance as to attending on summons.
" " quarterage.
" " presentation of apprentices.
" " number of servants to be kept by freemen and
liverymen.
" " wages of servants.
" " enticing away of servants.
" " opening shop.
" " teaching the mystery to any but apprentices.
" " sueing brother freemen at common law.
" " “opprobrios condicions or dishonest wordes.”
" " refusal to come on the Livery, and admission into
the Livery.
" " Sunday trading.
" " presenting patients in danger of death.
" " reading Lectures concerning Surgery.
" " supplanting another of his patient.
" " the Dinners.
" " excess of words in debate.
" " departing from the Common assembly.
" " seniority.
" " Barbers setting up shop.
Sir Thomas More’s Ordinances, as above, will be found in full in the
Appendix B, the transcript being made from the original.[76]
[76] The copy of these Ordinances given by Mr. D’Arcy Power (p. 339)
is taken from one made by our old friend Thomas Knot, and is not
literally, though it is substantially, accurate.
1540. This year is one of the most memorable in the annals of the
Barber-Surgeons, as it witnessed the union of the unincorporated
Guild of Surgeons, with their more accredited fellow-craftsmen, the
incorporated Company of Barbers. It has been suggested by more than
one writer that such an union is shrouded in mystery, difficult of
explanation, and that in those days, with science advancing (slowly,
it is true), it might have been expected that we should read of a
divorcement, rather than a combination of two crafts, which then, as
now, were dissimilar both in their operations, and in the training and
intelligence necessary for their practice.
But it is essential to bear in mind that though the Charter of
Edward IV was ostensibly to the Barbers, it really was granted to a
fraternity, which to a great extent practised as Barber-Surgeons, some
of whom were Surgeons pure and simple, others combined both branches,
while others still carried on the more humble craft of Shavers and
Hair-Dressers; those of the Company who practised Surgery did no doubt
consider it a reproach to be dubbed “Barbers,” and for distinction sake
called themselves and were well known as “Barber-Surgeons,” indeed they
had so far established this title to themselves and to their Company,
as to get it recognised and so named in the Inspeximus Charter of Henry
VII (less than forty years after their original Charter as “Barbers”
had been granted to them). This is to a great extent confirmed by the
words of the Act now about to be referred to, which distinctly says
that there was then a Company of “Surgeons occupyinge and exercisynge
the sayde scyence and faculty of surgery . . . . . . commonly called
the Barbours of London.”
The Union therefore was not a joining of Barbers with Surgeons (THAT
had existed from the earliest times), but was the consolidation
of the “Guild of Surgeons” with another body of Surgeons who were
incorporated, and practised under the name of “Barbers” in conjunction
with actual working Barbers; and, as the Act provided what the Surgeons
should and should not do, and the like as to actual Barbers, limiting
their operations also, most if not all difficulty and apparent
incongruity in the union seems to vanish.
The Act (32 Hen. VIII, cap. 42) which will well repay perusal, settled
the Barber-Surgeons in their corporate capacity for many a long year;
under it the old rival society disappeared, it being declared that the
two Companies should be united, so that by their assembling together,
the science of Surgery might be fostered and improved; whereupon it
was enacted that they should be incorporated under the style of “THE
MAISTERS OR GOVERNOURS OF THE MYSTERY AND COMMINALTE OF BARBOURS AND
SURGEONS OF LONDON.” The property of the old Company of Barbers was
handed over to the new Corporation (the Guild of Surgeons are not said
to have had any property to bring into the new concern). The usual
grant of a common seal, of power to plead and to be impleaded, to hold
lands, etc., will be seen at large in the Act. The Surgeons of the
Company were to be exempt from bearing armour or being put into watches
and inquests. The dead bodies of four malefactors were assigned to
the Company yearly for dissections. And, inasmuch as various persons
exercising the faculty of Surgery used to take into their houses
for cure, people afflicted with the pestilence and other contagious
diseases and “do use or exercise barbari, as washynge or shavyng and
other feates thereunto belonging,”[77] the same was declared “veraie
perillous,” and it was enacted that no one using the faculty of Surgery
should practise Barbery, and that no Barber should practise any point
in Surgery, the drawing of teeth only excepted. The Surgeons were to
exhibit a sign in front of their houses, and no Barber was to exercise
his calling unless free of the Company. Four Masters were to rule the
Company, whereof two were to be Barbers and two Surgeons. A penalty was
named for offenders against the articles, all were to pay scot and lot,
and private persons might keep their own Barber or Surgeon, without
interference by the Company.
[77] Here we have the common practice of the joint craftsman, the
“Barber-Surgeon,” clearly indicated.
The Act was passed on the 24th July, 1540, and will be found in
Appendix C. being taken from the original Black-letter copy in the
Author’s possession.
We now refer to the Company’s chief treasure, the Holbein picture, and
are at once met with a difficulty; does it represent the _granting
of a Charter_ to the Company? if so, the year was 1512; or does
it illustrate the union of the Barbers and Surgeons by _Act of
Parliament_? if so, the year was 1540.
The picture exhibits a Charter with the Great Seal pendant, and has
always been popularly known and described as the “granting of the
Charter to the Barber-Surgeons.” On the other hand, however, the King
was but 21 years of age in 1512 and 49 years in 1540, which latter
age accords with the picture; moreover, Vicary, Ayleff, Harman, and
the others represented, were members of the Court in the latter year,
but not in 1512. These considerations are sufficient to demolish the
“Charter” theory, and point to the hypothesis that it is the Union of
the Barbers’ Company with the Guild of Surgeons, accomplished by Act
of Parliament in 1540, which is _commemorated_, but then we must admit
a licence on the part of Holbein (which deceived no one at the time),
when he indulged his artist’s fancy by putting into the King’s hand
a Charter with seal pendant, instead of an Act of Parliament, which
latter would not indeed have been the King’s function to hand to the
Company, and would probably, if represented, have been depicted as a
mere roll, and not therefore so artistic or effective as a Charter with
a Seal in the King’s hand.
The Act received the Royal Assent 25th July, 1540; this would be
towards the close of the year of John Pen’s mastership. Vicary, who
is receiving the Instrument, was Master from September, 1541, to
September, 1542; there is every probability that the painting was
executed during his year of office, and that is why Holbein paid him
the compliment of putting him in the chief position in the painting,
which after all was intended, not as a strictly historical, but rather
as a commemorative picture.
The picture is 10 feet 2 inches long by 5 feet 11 inches high, painted
on oak panel and contains nineteen figures; it represents a room in
the palace (said to have been Bridewell), which is hung with beautiful
tapestry and appears to have been gilded; the King is seated on a
throne, his age apparently about fifty, the complexion florid, the
hair sandy, the eyes small but animated and restless; the expression
on the countenance is impatience, and he seems thrusting the document
hastily into the hand of Thomas Vicary, who receives it kneeling, on
his left; the face altogether might be pronounced handsome, were it
not for the low forehead and contracted eyebrows; he has on his left
thumb a signet ring, and other rings on the first and fourth fingers
of his right hand with which he holds a sword of state resting on his
knee; on his head is a jewelled crown; on his left leg the garter, and
round his neck the collar of the Order; the mantle is short and of
crimson velvet; all these ornaments are most beautifully executed and
are as fine as miniature painting; every hair of his head is distinct,
and the texture of his robe is finely given; his impatience seems to
have warmed him, and the rising colour flushing over his face is most
admirably painted. On the King’s right are three grave and closely
shaved personages on their knees. The first is Dr. John Chambre, one
of the Royal Physicians, he is represented in a skull cap and furred
gown, the sleeves very large and in which his hands are enwrapped; from
the expression of his countenance it would seem that he was anything
but pleased with the provisions of the Act, as the face has a sullen
and discontented look; next to him is the celebrated Dr. William Butts,
also one of Henry’s Physicians, and behind him is Thomas Alsop, the
Royal Apothecary, his hair is long and lank, and features coarse and
hard.
[Illustration]
On the King’s left are fifteen members of the Court on their knees,
and in livery gowns, evidently specially sumptuous for the occasion,
being of brocaded or damask silk, trimmed with fur, and each man wears
a livery hood of red and black upon his shoulder. The first of these
is Thomas Vicary, Serjeant-Surgeon, who wears a gold chain; next comes
Sir John Ayleff, Surgeon to the King, also with a gold chain and a ring
on his finger, the next is Nicholas Simpson, King’s Barber, who, like
Vicary and Ayleff, wears a skull cap, all the others have their heads
bare. Then comes Edmund Harman, King’s Barber, and one of the Witnesses
to Henry’s Will, he wears a gold chain; next him is James Monforde,
King’s Surgeon, then John Pen, the King’s Barber, and Nicholas Alcocke;
the expression on the countenances of all these men is grave and
solemn; the next, Richard Ferris, who has a somewhat merrier face, and
was also King’s Surgeon, completes the front row. The moustaches and
beards of the whole, including the King, would appear as if they had
had great care and attention bestowed upon them. Of the remaining seven
figures in the back row, the names of but two have been preserved,
viz., Christopher Salmond and William Tilley.
This picture of Holbein’s is not surpassed, if indeed it is equalled,
by any other of that master, every part is most elaborately and
delicately finished; the position of none of the figures is
constrained, and there is no attempt at theatrical effect, yet every
person represented is in action, the colouring is chaste, and kept
down, nor is there any of that hardness and stiffness often observed
in Holbein’s pictures. Its reputation has been truly said to be
world-wide, whilst it has been eulogistically described by some one to
be “as glowing as a Titian, and minutely faithful as a Gerard Dow.”[78]
[78] Part of the above description has been adapted from an anonymous
paragraph, which I found interleaved in Allen’s History of London, at
the Guildhall Library.
The names of the persons represented have been somewhat rudely affixed
to their effigies, probably a few years after the picture was painted,
and whilst we cannot but deplore the disfigurement, it is more than
compensated for, as the means of identification of so many of our
illustrious predecessors. The tablet, with inscription, has been said
to be of later date than Holbein’s work, and to have been painted over
a window, through which was once seen the old church of St. Bride;
this, however, is most improbable, as it is personally dedicatory to
Henry. The inscription is as follows:--
HENRICO OCTAVO OPT MAX: REGI ANGLIÆ FRANCIÆ
ET HIBERNIÆ FIDEI DEFENSORI AC ANGLICANÆ HIBERNICÆQ
ECCLESIÆ PROXIME A CHRISTO SVPREMO CAPITI SOCIETAS
CHIRVRGORVM COMMVNIBVS VOTIS HÆC CONSECRAT.
TRISTIOR ANGLORVM PESTIS VIOLAVERAT ORBEM
INFESTANS ANIMOS CORPORIBVSQVE SEDENS
HANC DEVS INSIGNEM CLADEM MISERATVS AB ALTO
TE MEDICI MVNVS JVSSIT OBIRE BONI
LVMEN EVANGELII FVLVIS CIRCVMVOLAT ALIS
PHARMACON AD FECTIS MENTIBVS ILLVD ERIT
CONSILIOQ TVO CELEBRANT MONVMENTA GALENI
ET CELERI MORBVS PELLITVR OMNIS OPE
NOS IGITVR SVPPLEX MEDICORVM TVRBA TVORVM
HANC TIBI SACRAMVS RELIGIONE DOMVM
MVNERIS ET MEMORES QVO NOS HENRICE BEASTI
IMPERIO OPTAMVS MAXIMA QVE QVE TVO.
TRANSLATION.
To Henry the Eighth, the best and greatest King of England, France,
and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and next to Christ, supreme
head of the Church of England and Ireland, the Company of Surgeons
dedicate these, with their united prayers.
A grievous plague had ravaged the region of England,
Afflicting man’s spirits and penetrating his frame;
God, pitying from on high this remarkable scourge
Commanded thee to perform the office of a good physician.
The light of the gospel flies around on glowing wings,
This will be the balm to enfeebled minds:
Whilst the disciples of Galen meet to raise a monument to thee,
And all disease is swiftly dispelled by thy power.
We, therefore, a suppliant band of thy Physicians,
Solemnly dedicate this house to thee,
And mindful of the favour with which thou, O Henry, hast blessed us,
Invoke the greatest blessings on thy rule.
The following fragmentary notices of the persons represented in the
picture, will be found of some interest.
The first figure to the left is Thomas Alsop; he was the King’s
Apothecary, and Henry VIII, by his will, left him 100 marks.
Next to him is Dr. William Butts, one of the King’s physicians,
ever famous for his memorable interference with the King on behalf
of Archbishop Cranmer in 1544, when the Roman Catholic party in the
Council endeavoured to procure Cranmer’s committal to the Tower. A
full account of this incident will be found in Strype’s Memorials of
Cranmer (Oxford Ed., 1812, pp. 177-181), and Shakespeare in his play of
Henry VIII (act v., sc. 2) has also graphically described it. Cranmer’s
Secretary, aware of Butts’ great influence with the King, sent for the
Doctor, and acquainted him with the slight which had been put upon the
Archbishop by keeping him standing in the ante-room of the Council
Chamber among lacqueys and servingmen, upon which Butts immediately
repaired to the King, and said:--
“I’ll show your Grace the strangest sight,
The high promotion of his Grace of Canterbury:
Who holds his State at door, ’mongst pursuivants,
Pages and foot boys.”
whereupon Henry replies,--
“Ha! ’tis he indeed!
Is this the honour they do one another?
’Tis well there’s one above them. Yet, I had thought
They had parted so much honesty among ‘em
(At least good manners) as not thus to suffer
A man of his place and so near our favour,
To dance attendance on their lordships’ pleasures,
And at the door too, like a post with packets,
By Holy Mary! Butts, there’s knavery.
Let them alone, and drawn the curtain close:
We shall hear more anon.”
Henry spoke his mind so freely to the Council, that they one and all
shook hands with the Archbishop, and, as Strype says, “Never more durst
any man spurn him during King Henry’s life.”
Dr. Butts must have had the best practice of any man of his time; there
are several references to him among the State papers at the Record
Office, of which the following are a few examples, and indicate that
his patients were the aristocracy of the day.
25th May, 1524. Among the funeral expenses of Sir Thomas Lovell,
K.G., is this item:--“To John Hewson, riding to Cambridge, to fetch
Dr. Buttes when my master was sick, 4_s._ 8_d._”
28th April, 1525. The Duke of Norfolk, writing to Cardinal Wolsey,
says that last night at 7 o’clock the Lord Marney was “drawyng the
draghts of deth, and Mr. Butts determyned he shuld not lyve after 5
owrys” (hours).
14th October, 1525. A warrant was signed by Wolsey, directed to Sir
Andrew Windsor, for delivery to Dr. Butts, who had been appointed
physician to my lady Princess, of a livery in blue and green, in
damask for himself, and in cloth for his two servants.
17th May, 1528. In a letter from the Duke of Norfolk to Wolsey, the
Duke says that Mr. Butts had come to him from the King, without whose
aid he thought that he should not have recovered from his sickness.
23rd June, 1528. In a letter from Brian Tuke (to Cardinal Wolsey) he
speaks of an infection which had been much about of late, and how the
King told him that Mistress Ann Boleyn and my lord Rochford both have
had it; what jeopardy they have been in, by the turning in of the
sweat before the time; of the endeavour of Mr. Buttes who hath been
with them in his return; and finally of their perfect recovery.
19th January, 1530. A letter from De Augustinis, written from the
palace at Esher, to Cromwell, desires that Dr. Butts or Dr. Walter
Cromer may be sent to the Cardinal and requesting that Balthazar the
physician, may be spoken to, to obtain some leeches; no time was
to be lost and the doctors were to bring with them some vomitive
electuary.
Dr. Butts was a personal friend of Henry’s, who, in 1537, granted him
the manor and advowson of Thornage, in Norfolk. He died 17th November,
1545, and lies buried in Fulham Church, where there is (or was) a
monument to his memory.
Next to Butts, and immediately to the King’s right, is Dr. John
Chambre; he was physician to and a great favorite of Henry’s, holding
several clerical preferments as well. He was a Fellow and Warden of
Merton College, Oxon, where he was admitted Doctor of Physic, 29th
October, 1531. In the list of persons to whom Wolsey, in 1526, assigned
lodgings at the King’s house, when they should repair thither, occurs
the name of Dr. Chambre. There is also a catalogue of the King’s new
year’s gifts, in 1528, by which it appears that the Doctor had a piece
of plate weighing 24-3/8 ozs., at the same time the Cardinal’s gift was
40-1/4 ozs., and that of the Archbishop 31 ozs.
In Brian Tuke’s letter (23rd June, 1528), before referred to, he tells
Wolsey that when he called on the King with his letters, he found him
in “secret communication with his physician, Mr. Chambre, in a tower,
where he sometimes sups apart.”
Dr. Chambre was Dean of St. Stephen’s Chapel, Westminster, Canon of
Windsor, Archdeacon of Bedford, Prebendary of Comb and Harnham in
Salisbury Cathedral, Treasurer of Wells Cathedral, and beneficed in
Somersetshire and Yorkshire. Truly the lines had fallen unto him in
pleasant places!
He was one of the physicians in attendance on Queen Jane, at the birth
of Edward VI, and in a letter written by him to the Privy Council,
concerning the Queen’s critical state, he signs himself “priest.”
He was also in attendance on Anne Boleyn, in her confinement with
Elizabeth. His name is mentioned with that of Linacre and three others,
in the Charter to the College of Physicians, in 1518.
Sir William Compton, K.G., in 1522, nominated Dr. Chambre one of his
executors, in conjunction with the Bishop of Exeter, and Sir Henry
Marney, Lord Privy Seal.
Dr. Chambre built a “very curious cloyster,” in St. Stephen’s Chapel,
which cost him 11,000 marks, and he gave the canons of that chapel some
lands. He died in 1549.
On the King’s left is, first, Thomas Vicary (sometimes Vicars and
Vyccary), Master of the Barbers in 1530, and of the Barber-Surgeons
in 1541, 1546, 1548 and 1557. He was a man of great eminence in his
profession, having been Surgeon to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, and
Serjeant-Surgeon to Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth. He was
the author of “The Profitable Treatise of Anatomy” in “The Englishman’s
Treasure, with the true Anatomie of Man’s Body.” An account of Vicary
will be found in D’Arcy Power, pp. 102, etc., and several particulars
relating to his connection with St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, are
recorded in a paper by Dr. Norman Moore (Hospital Reports, vol. xviii,
pp. 333-358); see also Dr. Furnivall’s exhaustive account (Early
English Text Society).
Next comes Sir John Ayleff (Aylif, Aylyff, etc.). He was Master of the
Barbers in 1538, and Surgeon to the King, with whom he was doubtless on
terms of friendship, as Henry bequeathed him 100 marks. Ayleff treated
Henry for fistula and cured him, at Brinkworth in Wilts, for which
the King bestowed upon him a great estate there in gratification. He
subsequently became a Merchant of Blackwell Hall, Sheriff of London in
1548, and Alderman of Bridge Without in 1550.
17th July, 1550. In the Repertories of the Court of Aldermen is a
Record that the Court of the Barber-Surgeons gave their assent to the
Translation of Sir John from theirs to the Grocers’ Company, of which
Company he was crowned Upper Warden 9th June, 1556.
Sir John Ayleff was buried 20th October, 1556, in the Church of St.
Michael Bassishaw, where there was formerly a marble tomb with this
inscription thereon--
In Chirurgery brought up in youth,
A Knight here lyeth dead;
A Knight and eke a Surgeon such
As England seld hath bred.
For which so soveraigne Gift of God
Wherein he did excell,
King Henry VIII call’d him to Court,
Who lov’d him dearly well.
God gave the Gift, the King gave Goods,
The Gift of God t’enhance;
Where God and such a Prince do joyne,
Such Man hath happy Chance.
King Edward for his service sake,
Bade him rise up a Knight,
A name of Praise and ever since
He, Sir John Ailiffe hight,
Right Worshipful, in name and charge
In London lived he than,
In Blackwell Hall the merchant chiefe
First Sheriffe, then Alderman.
The Hospitals bewaile his death
The Orphan children mone,
The chiefe Erector being dead
And Benefactor gone.
Dame Isabel who lived with him,
His faithful Wife and Mate,
With him (as dearest after death)
Doth not her Knight forsake
The Knight the 24[79] of October.
Yeelded up his breath,
And she soon after followed
To live with him in death.
[79] Probably a mistake for 14th.
19 April, 1558. My lady Aylyff gave a fyne table cloth of damaske
worcke to sr̃ve for the uppermost table in the hawle the w{ch} of her
jentyllness she gave frely unto this hawle.
John Ayleff (son of the Knight) was admitted to the freedom of the
Barber-Surgeons, 3rd June, 1552.
Next to Sir John Ayleff, is Nicholas Simpson, concerning whom nothing
is known to me, but that he was “King’s Barber,” and Master of the
Barbers in 1537.
Edmund Harman, “King’s Barber,” follows next; he was admitted to the
freedom in 1530, and served Master in 1540. Henry VIII bequeathed him
200 marks, and he was one of the attesting witnesses to the King’s
will. There are several references to him among the State Papers and
Household Ordinances. His dignified bearing and expression in the
picture are very striking.
James Monforde (or Mumford), “King’s Surgeon,” is next; he was Upper
Warden in 1540 and again in 1543, but never served as Master. He gave
the Company their silver hammer, still used by the Masters in presiding
at Courts.
Then comes John Pen (Penn or Penne), “King’s Barber,” and Groom of
the Privy Chamber; he was admitted to the freedom in 1527 and was
Master 1539. He married Lucy, daughter and heiress of Edmond Chevall,
of Coddicote, Herts, by whom he had a good estate and seven children
(_vide_ Harl. Soc. Pub. xxii., 82 & 116).
In Liber Niger Domus Regis (Harl. MS. 642) among the orders made for
the regulation of the Household of Henry VIII was one, that none but
fifteen persons whose names are specified should be allowed to enter
the Privy Chamber, and one of these is John Penne.
The following quaint regulation, concerning the King’s Barber, is to be
found in the same MS.--
Item. It is alsoe ordeyned that the Kingꝭ Barbor shalbe daylie by
the Kingꝭ upriseinge readdye and attendant in the Kingꝭ Privye
Chamber there haveinge in reddynesse his Water Basons Knyvesꝭ Combes
scissourꝭ and such other stuffe as to his Roome doth appertaine for
trymminge and dressinge of the Kingꝭ heade and bearde. And that the
sayd Barbour take a speciall regarde to the pure and cleane keepinge
of his owne p’son and apparrell useinge himselfe allwayes honestlye
in his conversationne withoute resortinge to the Companye of vile
personnes or of misguided woemen in avoydeinge such daunger as by
that meanes hee might doe unto the Kingꝭ most Royall person not
fayling thus to doe uppon payne of looseinge his Roome and farther
punnishement at the Kingꝭ pleasure.
In this MS. is also to be found an earlier order, of the time of Edward
IV touching the King’s Barber, which is curious, as indicating that
Saturday night was then (as still it is with many) “tub night” with the
King; and we may also infer from the expression “_if_ it please the
King to cleanse his head, legs or feet,” that it was _not_ a fixed rule
for him to do so _every_ Saturday night.
A BARBOUR for the Kingis most highe and drad p’son to be taken
in this Court, after that he standeth in degree gentleman yoman
or groome. It hath bin much accustomed to one or two well knowne
officers of the Ewrie in housold Daily of such as bene for the monthe
Sergeant or othir. Also we finde how this hath bene used amonge by a
weele betrusted yoman of chambre ffor lacke of cunning of these other
men. It is accustomed that a knight of the Chambre or elles squire of
the bodie or both be p’sent every time when the Kinge wolle shave.
This Barbour shall have every satterday night if it please the Kinge
to cleanse his head leggꝭ or feete and for his shaveing two lovis[80]
one pitcher wine. And the usher of chambre ought to testifie if this
be necessary dispensed or not.
[80] Loaves.
It is said that the portrait of Pen was greatly admired by Sir Robert
Peel, who frequently came to the Hall to look at it, and who is
reported to have offered the Company £2,000 for the head, if it might
be cut from the picture, he undertaking to make good the damage! He is
also alleged to have said at one of his visits, that he should like to
sleep on the table at the Hall, so that the first thing he would see
on waking in the morning might be Pen’s head. Had Sir Robert known the
legend[81] of the _table_ he would perhaps have suggested a different
bed. Henry VIII left, by his Will, 100 marks to Pen.
[81] Said to have been part of the dissecting table!
Concerning the next man, Nicholas Alcocke, nothing is known beyond
that he was Surgeon to Edward VI, and was admitted to the freedom in
1523. He was doubtless a member of the Court, though he never served as
Warden.
The last on the front row is Richard Ferris (or Ferrers), Master in
1563 and Serjeant-Surgeon to Elizabeth. Like others of his brethren, he
also benefited under Henry’s will, to the extent of 100 marks, and was
one of the King’s Surgeons.
In the back row are seven figures, but of these the names of only two
survive, viz., William Tylley, Upper Warden 1546, and Christopher Samon
(Salmon, Sammond), admitted to the freedom in 1528, and Master in 1553.
By Domestic Papers, Henry VIII, vol. 5, p. 690, it appears that one
Christopher Samon was living in Lombard Street in 1532: this might be
the same man.
29 August, 1668. Dear old Samuel Pepys visited us this day, and thus
records his intentions and opinion concerning the picture--
And at noon comes by appointment Harris to dine with me: and after
dinner he and I to Chyrurgeons Hall, where they are building it new,
very fine; and there to see their theatre, which stood all the fire,
and which was our business, their great picture of Holben’s, thinking
to have bought it by the help of Mr. Pierce,[82] for a little
money: I did think to give £200 for it, it being said to be worth
£1,000; but it is so spoiled that I have no mind to it, and is not a
pleasant, though a good picture.
[82] James Pierce (or Pearse) Surgeon to Charles II and to the Duke
of York. Master in 1675
James I seems to have entertained a high opinion of this picture, and
borrowed it of us to be copied: his letter applying for it is preserved
at the Hall, and is as follows.
JAMES R.
Trustie and welbeloved Wee greete you well. Where we are informed
of a Table of painting in yo{r} Hall wherein is the Picture of o{r}
Predecesso{r} of famous memorie K. Henry the 8{th}, together with
diverse of yo{r} Companie, w{ch} being both like him, and well done,
Wee are desirous to have copyed. Wherfore o{r} pleasure is that
you presently deliver it unto this bearer Our Welbeloved Servant
S{r} Lionell Cranfield Knight, One of Our Maisters of Requests,
whome Wee have commaunded to receave it of you and to see it w{th}
all expedition copied and redelivered safely; and so Wee bid you
farewell. Given at Our Court at Newmarket the 13{th} day of Januarie
1617.[83]
[83] _i.e._, 1617/8.
The Court of course agreed to lend the picture, though doubtless with
some misgivings; contrary however to the practice of the time when
money was “lent” to the King, it found its way back to the Hall.
In 1627, Charles I, a more suspicious borrower than his father, had it
to Whitehall, but here again we fortunately had it returned.
The Royal College of Surgeons possess some Cartoons, from which, it has
been said, this picture was painted; this is, however, very doubtful.
Some particulars as to these Cartoons may be seen in Mr. D’Arcy Power’s
book, p. 96.
In 1734 the Company agreed with Mr. Bernard Baron for him to engrave
the picture for 150 guineas, and several details relating thereto are
recorded in the Minutes. It was published in 1736, and is a faithful
reproduction, much sought after by collectors. Baron has however copied
the picture, exactly as he saw it on to the copperplate, so that when
the impressions were struck off, everything was reversed. His original
study, a red crayon, beautifully executed, is preserved in the Court
Room, and the copperplate is still used, each Assistant on his election
being presented with a copy of the engraving. The Company also possess
a rather rough proof before letters.
The print is dedicated to the Earl of Burlington, with a Latin
inscription, of which the following is a translation.
“To the Most Noble Lord Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington and Cork,
&c., Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of the Garter. For the
restoration, with the greatest liberality, at his own costs, of the
Anatomical Theatre built a hundred years before, with the greatest
skill, by the very celebrated Architect Inigo Jones, and decayed by
lapse of time. This painting of Holbein representing the granting of a
Charter given with his own hand by Henry VIII, King of England, &c., to
the Society of Surgeons in London and preserved in their Hall, is by
the Society of Surgeons of London humbly dedicated.”
This inscription, written at a time when the relations between the
Barbers and the Surgeons of the Company were becoming strained, was
evidently drawn by a Surgeon, who coolly ignored the Barbers throughout.
A very good pen and ink drawing of the picture was made by Austin
Travers Young (aged 16) in 1883, and presented by him to the Company,
for which he received the thanks of the Court.
1537. In “Chapter House Book” B. 1. (at the Record Office) is a list
of the freemen of the several Companies of London at this date, which
gives the names of 2,468 freemen in 39 Companies (an average of about
63 to each). The Barbers outstripped in numbers all the others, having
a roll of 185 members; next to them came the Skinners with 151, then
the Haberdashers with 120, so on down to the Bowyers, who mustered
but 19. The premier Company, the Mercers, numbered but 55, whilst the
ancient Weavers had only 30 members.
The following is the list of our freemen, the first twenty-six being
members of the Court, and Nicholas Symson, Master that year.
Nicholas Symson. | John Raven. | Thomas Wilson.
Willm Kyrckby. | Robert Hutton. | John Smythe.
Thomas Vycars.[84] | Henry Pemberton. | Willm Hiller.
John Bankꝭ. | Willm Shirborne. | Richard Tholmod.[85]
John Potter. | George Genne. | John Awcetter.
Thomas Twyn. | Thomas Johnson. |
John Johnson. | Robert Spegnall.[86] | Richard Sermond.
John Holland. | Richard Boll.[87] | Hugh Lyncocke.
Willm Rewe. | Nacholas Alcoke. | John Bordman.
John Aylyff. | Willm. Tylley. | Rauf Stek.
Edmond Harman. | John Northcote. | Henry Hogekynson.
John Peñ. | Willm. Wetyngton. | John Tomson.
Richard Tayler. | Henry Yong. | Hugh Dier.
Harry Carrier.[88] | Cristofer Samond. | Edward ffreman.
Rauf Garland. | Robert Waterford. | Thomas Mone.
John Enderbye. | Henry Atkyn. | Willm Yenson.
Peter Devismand.[89] | Christofer Bolling. | John Banester.
Robert Postell. | Robert Stocdale. | Willm Trewise.
John Bird. | Mathiewe Johnson. | Christofer Hungate.
James Tomson. | Davy Sambroke. | John Hutton.
Willm. Kydd. | John Atkynson. | John Browne.
John Yong. | Thomas Waryn. | John Grene.
Thomas Sutton. | Robert Grove. | John Tymber.
Charles Wyght. | Robert Brownhill. | John Shrene.
John Newman. | Willm Spencer. | Thomas Staynton.
Thomas Grome. | Thomas Butfilane.[90] | Thomas Pays.
| Robert fforster. | Thomas Mede.
Willm Higgꝭ. | Edmond Tyrell. | John Anger.
John Dene. | John Philpott. | Thomas Worseley.
Thomas Surbutt. | John Thowlmod.[91] | John Gilberd.
Willm Billing. | Edward Ingalby.[92] | Cristofer Haynes.
Willm. Lyghthed. | Richard Elyott. | Willm. Smythe.
John Mosseley. | Willm. Downham. | John Smerthwaite.
Willm. Hill. | Rogier Skynner. | John Lybbe.
George Wenyard. | John Gerard. | George More.
John Barker. | Richard Rogiers. | Thomas Burnett.
Willm. Barker. | Thomas Dicson. | John Hamlyn.
James Wod. | Thomas Gylman. | Richard Child.
John Stere. | Thomas Dester. | Thomas Baily.
Willm Hetherley. | Edward Hewett. | George Vaughan.
Olyver Wilson. | John Dormot. | Thomas Wetyngh’m.
Willm. Grene. | George Batman. | John Bonair.
Henry Rawshold. | Thomas Vivian. | Richard Cokerell.
Bartilmewe Dobynson. | George Brightwelton. | Willm. Walton.
Henry Patterson. | John Waren. | Geferey ffraunceis.
Philip Pegott. | John Greenway. | Thomas ffayles.
Robert Downys. | John Bell. | John Edlyn.
Antony Barowes. | Laurens Mollyners. | John Samond.
James Hogeson. | John Cobbold. | Henry Bodeley.
Robert Wevir. | Willm. Draper. | Thomas Stanbrige.
John Surbut. | Richard Smythe. | Willm. Borrell.
Willm Sewell. | Robert Ledꝭ. | Richard Nicols.
John Denys. | John Gamlyn. | Edward Hughbank.
John Page. | Thomas Cutbert. | John Charterane.
Robert Dodwell. | Robert Chamber. | Henry Wotton.
John Cutberd. | Lewis Bromefeld. | Robert Hastyngꝭ.
John Gray. | Richard Worseley. | Alex Mason.
Willm. Dauntese. | John Oskyn. | Thomas Darker.
Thomas Appilton. | John Robynson. | Thomas ffyshe.
John Cragell. | Richard Coley. | Edward Rollesley.
Thomas Arundell. | John West. | John Braswell.
Willm. Johnson. | Willm. Welfed. | Willm. Symsyn.
Henr’. Adam. | |
[84] Vycary.
[85] Tholmwood.
[86] Sprignall.
[87] Bowle.
[88] Cazier?
[89] Daiseman.
[90] Butphillian.
[91] Tholmwood.
[92] Ingolsby.
The forty-two names following the Court and ending at John Awcetter
were Liverymen, the remaining hundred and seventeen being Yeomanry.
1543. A few years previously the King had set the example of
wearing his hair and beard short, and now the City seems to have
discountenanced long beards, as I find the following in _Letter Book Q.
87_. (10th July, 35 Henry viij.)
AN ACTE AGAYNST}
BEARDED MEN. }
ITEM for dyvˀse & sundrye consyderac͠ons & causes movyng this Cor̃te
it is this daye orderyd & decreid & establyshed by the same that
from henseforward there shall no Cytezen or other iñhit{a}unte[93]
of this Cytie usyng or havyng a greate berde of more notable
pˀlyxitie[94] or length then other the seid Cytezens of this Cytie
do nowe use or have hertofore of late yeres usyd to were, either be
iñhited pˀmytted or suffred to Receyve or take eny orphanage into his
handes and custodye albeit that he wolde fynde nevˀ soe good suertyes
for the same nor yet be admytted from henseforward to this Co{r}te
for eny Recognito{ns} or suertye for eny suche orphange And yt is
also assentyd & agreid that no pˀson havynge eny such berde shalbe
admytted by redempc͠on into the lybt̃ies & fredome of this Cytie as
longe as he shall were eny such berde.
[93] Inhabitant.
[94] Prolixity.
1544 and 1545. In _Repertory XI_ (at Guildhall) ff. 73{B.,} 176,
187{B.,} 229{B.,} 232 and 234 are various records relating to the vexed
question of the Barber-Surgeons going on inquests, bearing armour and
serving as constables, from all which offices they claimed exemption
under their Charters and Act of Parliament.
By the earlier entry, it seems that the Wardens were warned to appear
before the Court of Aldermen to shew cause why they refused to pass
upon inquests, etc.; then came a petition from the Company praying
to be discharged of all offices save the Inquest of Wardmote once a
year; this does not appear to have satisfied the Authorities, and the
Company were directed to draw up further Articles to be submitted
to the Court of Aldermen. Great pressure was no doubt put upon the
Barber-Surgeons, the result being that they abandoned most of the
privileges of exemption which they had claimed, and submitted a Bill
of Articles, which was finally approved, and entered of record on fo.
234. A copy of this lengthy document is at the Hall, and from it it
appears that on the 22nd October, 1545, the Company appeared before
the Court of Aldermen as “humble Besechers” to be shorn of their
privileges, the ground of their petition being “That forasmoche as
some grudge and displeasure is lately sith the unyon and conjunction
of their said ffelowshippes in to one entyre Company growen conteyned
and taken against them and their said ffelowship, by dyverse of theire
neighbours being citezeins of this citie, as they be, by reason that
they your said suppliauntꝭ” are discharged by their Charters and Act
of Parliament from bearing offices, etc., “that other the Cittzeins
of this citie are ellygible and lyable unto, ffor the whiche grudge
and displeasure your besechers are not a little sorye. ffor the
playne declarac͠on thereof and for the eschewyng advoyding and utter
extinguysshement of the said grudge and displeasure from hensforwarde,”
they are content that it shall be ordained that they shall go upon
all Wardmote Inquests, but not upon any inquests between party and
party (_i.e._, sit as jurymen in civil actions); that all freemen
of the Company not practising Surgery shall be contributory to all
assessments, serve as Constables and keep watches in their turn as
other citizens, but that all Surgeons shall be free from bearing
armour, etc.
Notwithstanding this compromise, entered in the City books, it seems
in course of time to have been overlooked, and, as has been previously
remarked, the exemption of _all_ freemen of the Company from juries,
etc., has been claimed and allowed down to quite recent days.
[Illustration: FAC-SIMILE PAGE OF FIRST MINUTE BOOK, 1557.]
1550. The first of our Court Minute Books which has been preserved,
commences in the 4{th} Edward VI, and bears this title,
~Orders and Awardes~ made ordered and awarded within the tyme of
Maister George Geen Thomas Johnson Thomas Stocdall and Mathew Johnson
Maister and Wardeins of the Company and fellowship of BARBORS
SURGEONS of London for one hole yere begynnyng the xxvj{th} day of
Auguste in the fowerthe yere of the reigne of our Sovereigne Lorde
Kynge Edward the Syxte with thassent and consent of the Assistaunces
of the same Companye as hereafter ensuethe.
From this and the succeeding Minute Books, the following extracts are
principally taken as illustrative of the Company’s History from this
period:
1556. At the end of the first book is a very long memorandum written
and signed by Thomas Knot, Master, to the effect that on the 26th
March, 1556, he made humble suit to the Lord Mayor, Sir Will{m.}
Garrett and the Aldermen, in the name of the Company, for the exemption
of the Company from finding or setting forth any soldiers or men of war
at any time thereafter, when it might be that the Citizens of London
should be required to do so, either by sea or land, “fforasmoche as
the same Company are alwayes at every such tyme and tymes very sore
burdened and chardged otherwise hereafter expressed, that is to saye,
They are comaunded and bounden to prepare and fynde so manye Surgeons
and so many other men attendinge upon them at every tyme and tymes
that it shall fortune the King” to send out soldiers by sea or land,
and “the same Company doe alwayes prepare fynde and send furthe for
every one houndreth of suche Souldyers one Surgeon and a man attending
upon him.” Upon which representations the Lord Mayor and Aldermen
were pleased to grant to the Company, that on future occasions when
the like requisitions might “fortune to be layed or appointed to
or upon theym, that then they in every suche case upon their gentle
suyte and request made unto the Lorde Mayor and courte of Aldermen for
the tyme beinge for and concernynge their sayd dischardge for and in
consyderac͠on of the causes above remembered, shalbe as gentelye and
charytably holpen eased and releaved in that behalf as the wayte and
ymportaunce of the burden that the Cytie at every suche tyme shalbe
chardged w{th} all will reasonablye permytt and suffer.”
The memorandum then proceeds to state that the Lord Mayor and Aldermen
advised the Master to cause a remembrance of the above (being only a
promise by word of mouth) to be entered and recorded in the Book of
Ordinances of the Company, which was done.
1555. In Henry Machyn’s Diary for this year, is the following reference
to a Romish procession, winding up with a dinner at Barbers’ Hall.
The xxvij day of May was the Clarkes prossessyon from Yerdhall[95]
college, and ther was a goodly masse to be hard, and evere clarke
havyng a cope and garland, with C.[96] stremers borne, and the
whettes[97] a playng round Chepe, and so to Ledynhall unto Sant
Albro[98] chyrche, and ther thay putt off ther gayre, and ther was
the blessyd sacrament borne with torche-lyght abowt, and from thens
unto the Barbur-hall to dener.
[95] Guildhall.
[96] A hundred.
[97] Waits.
[98] St. Ethelburga.
Charter from Philip and Mary, which is still in our possession, and has
a most beautifully executed title, the initial letter representing the
King and Queen seated on the throne, and the border containing various
heraldic badges; the seal unfortunately is damaged.
PHILIPPUS ET MARIA, Dei gracia Rex et Regina Anglie hispaniarum
ffrancie utriusque Sicilie Jerusalem & hiᵬine fidei defensores
Archiduces Austrie Duces Burgundie Mediolani & brabantie Countes
haspurgi fflandrˀ & Tirolis.
~Omnibus~ ad quos presentes lr̃e pervñint salt̃m.
INSPEXIMUS quasdam lrãs patentes domini H. quondam Regis Anglie
septum[99] fc̃as in hec verba, HENRICUS dei grã, &c. . . . . . . . .
Teste me ip̃o apud Westmonastiũm duodecimo die marcii Anno regni nr̃i
tcĩo. Yong. pro viginti soliᵭ solut̃ in hanap̃io. NOS AUTEM lrãs
pˀdcãs ac omnia & singula in eisdem contenta rata heñtes & grata ac
ea pro noᵬ heredibʒ & Successoribʒ nr̃m prefate Regine quantum in
noᵬ est acceptamus & approbamus ac ea dilc̃is noᵬ Thome Vicary nunc
magistro mistere barbitonsoꝜ Thome Whytyngame Jacobo Wood & Johĩ
Warren Gubernatoribus ejusdem mistere & Successoribʒ suis ratificamus
& confirmamˀ p’ut lrẽ p’dc̃e in se r̃onabiliter testantur. IN CUJUS
rei testimonĩu has lr̃as nrãs fieri fecimus patentes. TESTIBUS nobis
ip̃is apud Westmonasterium octavo die Junii Annis regnorum quarto &
quinto.
[99] A clerical error, for Henry VIII.
LUTLEY.
Taxat̃ finis ad x{l.}
Nico eboꝜ Canc.[100]
[100] Assessed at a fine of £10. Nicholas (Archbishop of) York,
Chancellor.
It is noticeable in this Charter that the confirmation is to the
Governors of the “Barbers,” and not “Barber-Surgeons,” although the
latter was then the legal style of the Company, but probably this was
another clerical error.
1560. This year (6th January) the Company obtained an Inspeximus
Charter from Elizabeth, still preserved at the Hall; it has a title in
much the same style as the preceding charter, but the seal is very much
damaged.
ELIZABETH, Dei gracia Anglie FFrancie, et hibernie Regina fidei
defensor, &c. ~Omnibus~ ad quos presentes littere pervenerint salutem.
INSPEXIMUS litteras patentes Dn̄i P. et Dn̄e M. Sororis nr̃e
precharissime nuper Regis et Regine Anglie de confirmac͠oe factas in
hec verba PHILIPPUS et MARIA dei gracia, &c. . . . . . . . . TESTIBUS
nobis ip̃is apud Westmonasterĩu octavo die Junii Annis regnoꝜ nr̃oꝜ
quarto et quinto. NOS AUTEM lrãs predcãs ac omĩa et singula in
eisdem contenta rata habentes et grata ea pro nobis heredibus et
successoribus nr̃is quantum in nobis est acceptamus et approbamus ac
ea Diɫcis nobis Georgio Geñ nunc magistro mistere BarbitonsoꝜ Willm̄
Grene Thome Bayly et Joh̃i Smarthawyte Gubernatoribus ejusdem mistere
et Successoribus suis ratificamus et confirmamus prout lrẽ predcẽ in
se racionabiliter testantur. IN CUJUS REI TESTIMONIUM has lrãs nrãs
fieri fecimus patentes. TESTE me ip̃a apud Westmonasteriũ sexto die
Januarii Anno regni nr̃ secundo.
COTTON.
Taxat̃ finis ad x{l.} vj{s.} viij{d.}
In Machyn’s quaint Diary, we find the following entries:--
1561. The xxiiij day of Feybruary whent to hang xviij men and
ij women, and serten ware browthe[101] to be bered in serten
parryches in London; the barbur surgens had on[102] of them to be a
notheme[103] at ther halle.
[101] Brought.
[102] One.
[103] Anatomy.
1562. The xx day of June was a gret shutyng[104] of the Compene of
the Barbur Surgeantes for a gret soper at ther owne hall for a xxx
mess of mett,[105] for they dyd make ij godley[106] stremars agaynst
that day of their harmes,[107] the whyche they wher agmented by the
most valeant kyng at armes master . . . . . . and they had vj drumes
plahyng and a flutt; and ij gret ansutts,[108] and as a shot was
wone, downe whent that and up the thodar,[109] and as they whan the
shut; and master Gall[110] and ys syd[111] wan the soper--the master
of the Compene.
[104] Shooting, probably at Moorfields, with bows and arrows.
[105] Meat.
[106] Goodly.
[107] Arms.
[108] Ancients (flags).
[109] The other.
[110] Thomas Galle.
[111] His side.
The x day of August was Barbur surgyons fest, and they capt ther
communion at Sant Alphes[112] at Crepull-gat, and master Recherdson
dyd pryche,[113] the skott; ther was good syngyng; and after to ther
halle to dener, and after dener a play.
[112] St. Alphage.
[113] Preach.
1567. Elizabeth inaugurated the first State Lottery in England, as a
means of providing money, and a very peremptory mandate was directed
by the Lord Mayor to the various City Companies, commanding them to
adventure therein.
1st February, 1568. The Barber-Surgeons put in 40{s.} for the “use,
profet and benefyt of the hall,” but did not draw a prize, and indeed
none of the Companies reaped any advantage by the speculation, the
Lottery being simply a trap into which they were ordered to walk.
The proposal for this Lottery was as follows:--
A verie rich Lotterie Generall without any Blancks contayning a
great No. of good prices, as well of redy money, as of Plate &
certaine sorts of marchaundizes having been valued & prised by the
commaundement of the Queenes most excellent Majestie by men expert
& skilfull and the same Lotterie is erected by hir majesties order,
to the entent that such Commoditie as may chaunce to arise thereof,
after the charges borne, may be converted towards the reparation of
the Havens and strength of the Realme, & towardes such other publique
good workes. The No. of lots shall be foure hundreth thousand, and no
more: and every lot shall be the summe of tenne shillings sterling
onely, and no more.
Stow says that this Lottery was commenced to be drawn on the 11th
January, 1569, at the West Door of St. Paul’s, and continued drawing
day and night until the 6th May following.
It was a common practice of the Companies to put in their money under
mottoes, and some curious ones are recorded, many being composed with a
quaint sarcasm on the probability of prizes being obtained.
Herbert (Hist. of the Twelve Livery Companies) gives some interesting
particulars of the State Lotteries, and quotes a motto used by the
Merchant Taylors which pretty clearly indicates their opinion of the
business;
One byrde in the hande is worth two in the wood,
If we get the great lot, it will do us good.
Some of the prizes were ridiculously small, _e.g._, 1_s._ 2_d._, 2_s._
1_d._, etc., and great dissatisfaction was expressed at the principal
prizes remaining unpaid to the winners.
1573. The Company received a precept from the Lord Mayor for a “loan”
of money to make provision of wheat for the City, and the same was by
the Court ordered to be complied with. This “corn custom” is very fully
treated of by Herbert, and was virtually a tax upon the companies, who
were each rated and compelled to find a certain proportion of corn to
be stored by the City, and sold at such times as when, there being a
scarcity, the markets would otherwise rise, were it not for the immense
stock kept by the City. This custom survived for many years under
certain modifications; as we shall see hereafter, our Company built a
granary in 1633, and stored their own corn.
The precept above referred to was as follows--
Forasmuche as all comon polecye requyreth the prevenc͠on of
extremities, and consideringe as you knowe the urgent and present
necessitie, and the lacke of provision of wheate and other grayne for
furniture of this so great and populous citie, of the want whereof
the queenes ma{tie} and her most honorable coñsell are not ignorant;
but havinge spˀcial regard to the same, are not a lytle offended
and displeased, with some grefe that there bene no better pˀvision
heretofore made, and that presentlie the cittie shoulde be no better
stored, by reson wherof the prices of corne and grayne is now muche
dearer in this cittie than in any other parte of this realme, have
not only at sundrye times and gentle meanes, but also w{th} some
terror, as welle in the Starre-chamber as in other places afore the
counsell, given us admonicion that the same her ma{ties} cittie and
chamber may not be unfurnished for lacke of good pˀvision. And we,
as our duties is, havinge great care and especial consideracion of
the same, and pˀcevynge by order of the harvest past, and the unkynd
season of the yeare, sith that the prices of corne is verry likely
to encrease and be advanced to a greater and higher price than yet
is, have thought good and verrye necessarye for the avoyding of
greater inconvenyences, to make immediate pˀvision of a great masse
and quantity of wheate and other grayne, as well w{th}in the realme
as beyond the seas for the provision aforesaid, w{ch} cannot be done
w{th}out a great some of money presentlie to be defrayed, w{ch} is
not to be levyed but by the good assestens of you and others, good
coustomers and cittezens of this cittie; have therefore assessed
your Company of Barber Surgeons at the some of[114] which is
agreed upon by acte of coˀen counsell, w{ch} some of we do
not only require you, but also streaghtle charge and comande you,
immediatelie upon the recept hereof, calling your companye together
in your comon hall, you do forthw{th} tax, levy, and gather of the
welthiest and most able persones of the same the sum aforesaid,
in such wise that you fayle not to pay the same, and evrie pˀcell
thereof, to the hands of George Helton, of the cittie of London,
w{th} all expedicion, and w{th}out repayment thereof to you. Fayle
not hereof, as you tender the mytigac͠on of our sovereigne ladye the
queens majesties displeasure already conceived, and do tender the
com̃on weale of this cittie, together w{th} your private condytte,
and as you will answer for the contrarye.
[114] The amount is left blank.
The next entry would seem to indicate some contemplated State
interference with the Company’s property, and the answer was probably
not in exact accordance with the truth, for on the 28 May, 1576, a
precept in the Queen’s name, having been received, calling upon the
Master and Wardens to return to the Guildhall an account of the revenue
of their lands, and of their goods, “the answere was that the true
revenewe of the landes was xx{ti} markes whereof the most pˀte went
forthe and is disbursed in peñcons, and that we had no goods.”
1578. A precept was received as follows,
[Sidenote:
TO THE WARDENS } BY THE MAIOR.
OF THE COMPANIE}
OF BARBOR }
SURGINS. }]
THYES shalbe to will and require yo{u} and in her maiesties name
streitlie to charge and comaunde yo{u} that w{th} all convenient
spede yo{u} appointe and pˀvide the number of twelve hable and
sufficient pˀsons being Iournemen appnˀtices or others wc{h} are
fremen of this Cittie and inhabitinge w{th}in the same beinge of
agilitie and honest of behavio{r} betweene the age of xix yeres and
xl{ti} w{ch} are fitt to be trayned for harquebus shott, evˀy one
of them havinge a murrion, a sworde and dagger, and a caliver w{th}
sufficient furniture for the same, and one half pounde of powder,
besides touche powder whereof Three of the same pˀsons to be house
holders and free men of yo{r} saide Companie, and that yo{u} certyfie
me the saide Maior the names and sir names of all yo{r} saide number
where and w{th} whome they dwell, of what Companie they be free, and
what Captaynes or other skilfull men that be of yo{r} saide Companie
or whome yo{u} knowe inhabitinge w{th}in this Cittie fitt to trayne
or leade the same men of there names and dwellinge places. And that
they be all in a redines furnished as aforesaide to muster in there
hose and dublets onlie, or dublets hose and jerkins w{th}in xiiij{en}
daies next ensuinge the date hereof. And for the levyenge of monie
for the saide furniture And for the charge of powder yo{u} shall
collect suche reasonable somẽs of monie as yo{u} shall finde mete for
the saide pˀporc͠on, by waie of reasonable assesment of evˀy sevˀall
welthie and hable pˀson of yo{r} Companie. Wherein we require yo{u}
in anie wyse to spare the powrer sorte of ffremen although yo{u}
somewhat more largelie burden the ritche. YOVEN at the Guildhall of
this Cittie of London the xv{th} daie of Marche 1577.[115]
[115] _i.e._, 1578.
SEBRIGHT.
In pursuance of this precept a levy was made upon ninety freemen,
who contributed £19 17_s._ 11_d._ (in sums ranging from 1{s} to 6{s}
8{d}) and upon ten “foreins” who paid in all £3. The Expenses of the
soldiers, and their arms, powder, etc., are all set out in detail (see
Appendix D).
1585. It was agreed “that o{r} Companie by reason of the often and
earnest preceptes from the Lorde maior to move unto some liberall
puttinge in of monie into the Lottery for Armo{r}, that o{r} Companie
should put in x{li} yf that might satisfie for all the Companie viz{t}
the Clothinge vj{li} xiij{s} iiij{d} and the yeomanry v m’kes.”
29th September, 1586. The Lord Mayor had issued sundry precepts to the
Company for the “buyeinge of certein goune powder amountinge in waight
to of one Mr. Henry Dale Hab’dassher at the price of x{d} le ɫi. and
yt was agreed the saide powder should be bought and that Mr. Swaldell
[Master, 1593] should go to chuyse it, and he to have the same powder
for viij{d} the pounde.”
10th March, 1589. It was ordered that the gunpowder directed by another
precept to be provided by the Company, should be bought and that it
should be kept “in the Armorie howse in convenient place for feare of
daunger of ffier.”
29th March, 1596. It was ordered that £40 “ship money” should be “lent”
by the Company to the City, which is the earliest mention of this
obnoxious tax in our books.
8th August, 1596. “Yt was agreed that the som̃e of £xxx{ti} shalbe lent
unto the Cytty for the payenge of Souldiers wages and other charges
diffrayed about the Spanishe voyage.” This was an Expedition of certain
ships (furnished by the City) under the Earl of Essex and Sir Walter
Raleigh “to annoye the King of Spaine.” The English then sacked and
burned Cadiz, burnt the Spanish navy, and on their return home, says
Stow, “great triumph was made at London for their good successe.”
18th August, 1598. At this Court came a precept from the Lord Mayor,
commanding the Company in Her Majesty’s name to “lend” £100 to the
Queen for six months, for suppressing rebels in Ireland. The demand
was, as usual, of a most peremptory nature, and the Court ordered £100
to be paid to the Treasurers appointed by the City.
6th August, 1599. A precept came from the Lord Mayor in the Queen’s
name, commanding the Master and Wardens to deliver to the freemen the
Company’s armour in “suche order as it maye be, in safetye readie for
her Maiesties service,” whereupon the Master took for his own use “one
muskett fflaske and tuche boxe one headepeece and one rest.” Eleven
other members of the Company had armour delivered out to them, as “one
caliver fflaske and tuche boxe, sworde and dager girdle and hangers and
headepeece.”
1599. A precept was received on 11th November, commanding the Company
to be in attendance on the Queen in her progress from Chelsea to
Westminster, which is not only curious for the quaintness of its
description of the persons who were to be appointed, but affords a
glimpse at the magnificence of Royal processions three hundred years
ago.
[Sidenote:
TO THE MAISTER } BY THE MAIOR
AND WARDENS OF }
THE COMPANYE OF }
BARBOR-SURGEONS.}]
WHERE her Ma{ts} moste gratiouse pleasure and comaundement is this
pˀsente daie signified unto me the lorde Maior from the right ho:
the lorde Chamberline of her Ma{ties} moste honorable householde
that myselfe and my Bretheren thaldermen with a conveniente number
of the beste and moste graveste Cittyzens of this Citye shoulde
uppon Tewesdaie nexte in the Afternoune wayte and attende uppon her
highnes royall pˀson from the Towne of Chelsey unto her highnes
princlie pallace at Westminster in as honorable and statelye sorte
as conveinentlye maye be pˀformed. In accomplishment of w{ch} her
highnes said comaundement, These shalbe to chardge and comaunde you
in her Ma{ts} name to pˀpare not onlye your selves, but alsoe provide
and have in a readines the full number of eighte pˀsons of the moste
graveste talleste and comliest pˀsonages of your saide Companye,
everye of them to be well horsed and appareled in velvet coates and
chaynes of goulde And that not onlye your sealves but alsoe everye
of the saide eighte pˀsones maye have one footeman with twoe staffe
torches to waite and attende upon him, and to be all in a readines
well and substancially horsed appareled and appointed as aforesaide
in Cheepeside by twoe of the clocke of the saide afternoone to
attende uppon me and my bretheren thaldermen to waite upon her moste
excellente Ma{tie} from Chelsey aforesaide to her highnes saide
pallace of Whitehall, WHEREOF see you faile not at your pˀill and as
you will answere the contrarye if throughe your negligence any parte
of this service shall not be thoroughelye pˀformed. Guihalde the ix
of November 1599.
SEBRIGHTE.
In pursuance of the above precept the Master with seven other Members
of the Court were appointed to attend, and eight freemen were nominated
as torchbearers.
1600. The fee simple of three houses in Monkwell Street was this year
purchased by the Company of William Fyninge for £112!
11th November, 1600. In obedience to a precept it was ordered that
twelve members of the Court “well mounted on horseback and apparrelled
in all poynts accordingely,” together with twelve freemen “to wayte
uppon them w{th} evˀy one twoe staffe torches in his hande,” were
to meet at the Hall on the following Thursday (13th November) and
to ride with the Lord Mayor to Chelsea to conduct the Queen to
Westminster. This procession is thus referred to in Stow’s Annals; “On
the thirteenth of November 1600, her Maiestie being most honourablie
attended on, by the most honourable Prelates, and Nobles, and Judges
of the Realme, was received neere unto Chelsey, by the Lord Maior of
London, with his brethren the Aldermen all in Scarlet, besides to the
number of five hundred citizens, in coates of velvet, and chaines
of gold, on horesbacke, every of them having two staffe torches to
attende on them: And they all waited on her, to her royall Pallace at
Westminster.”
9th November, 1602. Various members of the Company “were appoynted to
ryde w{th} the M{r} to meete her Ma{tie} on Saterdaie next” at Chelsea.
9th April, 1603. A precept was received commanding the Company to
contribute £12 10_s._ 0_d._ towards the cost of the reception of James
I by the City, whereupon an assessment was made upon the freemen for
the same, and the Masters made “choyce of sixe pˀsonable menn for
Wiflers to attend the Livˀye of this Companye when his Ma{tie} goeth to
be crowned.”
20th April, 1603. The following precept requiring the Company to assist
in the reception of the King “in greater number and more statelie and
sumtiows shewe then hath bene at any time heretofore within the memory
of man in the like case pˀformed,” will be read with interest;
[Sidenote:
TO THE M{RS} AND WARDENS } BY THE MAIOR
OF THE COMPANY OF }
BARBOR SURGEONS }]
WHERE the most high and mightie Prince James o{r} most dread &
soveraygne Lord is by the grace of god shortlie to make his repaire
from his Kingedom of Scotland into this his Realme of England and so
consequentlye to this his honorˀble Cittie and chaymber of this his
imperyall Crowne. And for that it is agreed by mee and my Breethr{n}
the Aldrẽn of the same Cittie that not onelie o{r} selves but the
full number of five hundred of the best and gravest Cittizens should
accordinge to o{r} dueties wayte and attend uppon his royall pˀson at
his approch nere to this Cittie in greater number and more statelie
and sumtiows shewe then hath bene at any time heretofore within the
memory of man in the like case pˀformed, Towards the accomplishm{t}
of w{ch} number your company is appoynted to pˀvid the full number of
Twelve pˀsonns, THESE therefore shalbe to chardge and commaund you in
his Ma{ties} name to prepare not onely yourselves but also to p’vid
the full number of Twelve persons of the most grave and Comlyest
pˀsonages of youre said Companye, everie one of them to be well
horsed and apparrelled w{th} velvet Coates and w{th} sleaves of the
same and chaynes of golde, and not onely yourselves but every of the
saide pˀsons to have one comely pˀson well apparrelled in his dublet
and hose to attend uppon him one[116] foote. All which pˀsons to be
in redines well and substonciallie horsed apparrelled and appoynted
as aforesaid w{th}in one daies warneing to be signified unto you
to attend on mee and my Bretheren the Aldrẽn of the same Cittie,
to attend and wayte uppon his most exelent Ma{tie} as aforesaid.
And that uppon Saturdaie morneinge next you doe certifye to mee in
wrytinge the names and S{r}names as well of youre selves as of all
other pˀsons free of youre company that you shall appointe for this
service. Of all w{ch} pˀsons you are to have a regard that noe man
for insufficiency in any respect be turned back to the disgrace and
discredit of youre company, nor a mann unfitt furnished and appointed
for so honorable a service. And hereof fayle you not, as you will
answer the contrary if through youre defalt any parte of this service
shal not be fullie pˀformed.
[116] On.
Guyldhull this Twenteth of Aprill 1603
SEBRIGHT.
9th August, 1603. James soon attempted to borrow (as he termed it) of
the Companies. “Where a pˀcept was directed to õr M{rs.} for the lone
of money to the Kinge, wee are to answer that wee have none.”
Perhaps this reply sufficed on this occasion.
22nd October, 1603. London was this year visited with a great Plague,
and in consequence there was no Lord Mayor’s Show.
[Sidenote:
TO THE WARDES̃ OF } BY THE MAIOR.
THE COMPÃIE OF }
BARBOR SURGEONS }]
THEISE are to will and require you that you take speciall knowledge
herby that for avoydinge of infecc̃on by assemblie of people this
tyme of gods vizitac̃on It is thought meate therbe noe shewe made the
morrowe after Simond and Judes daie next, it is intended that youre
Companie be dischardged thereof for their Attendac̃e for that tyme.
SEBRIGHT.
This xxij{th} of October 1603.
7th February, 1604. The Court having considered the many abuses
“comited against the weale of this Company” decided to apply for an
Act of Parliament which should confer upon them extended powers, and
appointed a Committee for the purpose, with the Recorder and Mr.
Wilbraham as counsel.
20th October, 1604. From an entry of this date, it seems that it had
been decided to apply for a fresh Charter, instead of an Act of
Parliament, and a summary of the clauses (twenty-seven in number)
which it was desired to have embodied therein is set out in full. As
the Charter was obtained, it is unnecessary to give these suggested
clauses here (they may be seen in Mr. D’Arcy Power’s book, p. 361). The
16th one is, however, curious enough, declaring the “openinge searinge
and imbalmeinge of the dead corpes to be pˀply belongeinge to the
science of Barbery and Surgery, And the same intruded into by Butchers
Taylors Smythes Chaundlors and others of macanicall trades unskillfull
in Barbery or Surgery, And unseemely and unchristian lyke defaceinge
disfiguringe and dismembringe the dead Corpes, And so that by theire
unskillfull searinge and imbalmeinge, the corpes corrupteth and groweth
pˀntlie contagious and ofensive to the place and pˀsons approachinge.”
30th January, 1605. The Charter of James I is of this date, but not
now in our possession; there are, however, two copies of it at the
Hall, one of which was made in a vellum book in 1658. It was in Latin
of prodigious length; but the following are the clauses as I make them
out, and will suffice for this work.
1. It grants to the Company of Barber-Surgeons that it shall be ruled
by four Masters or Governors and twenty-six Assistants.
2. Power given to the Masters to make lawful assemblies, to keep Courts
in their Common Hall, and therein to consult, counsel and decree
touching their Statutes, Laws and Ordinances, for the good rule, state
and government of the Company.
3. Power to make laws, etc., for the government of the Masters or
Governors, and of all and singular persons using the mysteries of
Barbery or Surgery within the City of London, the liberties and suburbs
thereof.
4. Power to punish offenders by penalties, fines, and imprisonments.
5. Fines to be levied by distress by the officers of the Company.
6. Nomination of John Laycock as Master, and of the three Wardens.
7. The present Masters to continue in office until the Monday next
before the feast of St. Bartholomew the Apostle, and until the election
of new Masters.
8. The present Masters and Assistants to continue on the Court for
life, unless removed for misbehaviour or other good cause.
9. Upon the death or dismissal of an Assistant, the vacancy to be
filled up by the Court.
10. Assistants to be sworn on admission.
11. The Masters, or the more part of them, to choose twelve persons of
the mystery (six whereof to be expert Surgeons), which twelve were to
be the Electors to choose the new Masters or Governors on the Monday
next before the feast of St. Bartholomew.
12. Of the four Masters, two to be Surgeons.
13. The Masters elected to be sworn to the due execution of their
offices.
14. Any member elected a Governor, to be ever after an Assistant.
15. If a Governor be dismissed for misconduct, another to be chosen in
his place in the form provided.
16. The twelve Electors to be sworn.
17. Power of search, oversight, reformation, government, and
correction, as well of free as of foreign professors of Barbery and
Surgery in London and its suburbs.
18. Power of entry into Shops of Barbers and Surgeons.
19. Power to oversee and approve or condemn plasters, ointments,
instruments, etc.
20. Power to examine Barbers and Surgeons.
21. Power to prohibit ignorant persons, or such as shall wilfully
refuse to be examined, from practising.
22. Power to admit skilful persons to practise Surgery.
23. Power to reject and destroy all noxious or improper medicines,
ointments, instruments, etc.
24. The Masters finding on their search any impostors, ignorant
persons, or refusers to be examined, the same to be bound to their good
behaviour.
25. No butcher, tailor, waxchandler or other persons, to cut, dissect
or embalm any dead body, but the same to be done by members of the
Company approved and appointed by the Masters or Governors of the
Barber-Surgeons.
26. The Masters or Governors and admitted Surgeons, to be discharged
from Watch, Ward, Inquests or Juries, and the office of Constable, and
from assessments for the same.
27. Power to purchase lands, etc.
28. Ratification of the old liberties and franchises of the
Barber-Surgeons, and of their lands.
29. All Mayors, Bailiffs, etc., to be aiding and assisting the Masters
or Governors in the execution of their offices.
TESTE meipˀo apud Westm̃ Tricesimo die Januarij Anno Regno nr̃i
Anglie ffrancie et Hibernie sc̃do et Scotie Tricesimo octavo.
pˀ Brẽ de privato Sigillo.
Christian IV, King of Denmark, brother-in-law of James, paid a visit
to England in 1606, and was sumptuously entertained. In accordance
with the custom of the time, there was a grand pageant and procession
in the City, in which all the Companies took part, and the following
precept for the same was received by us;--
BY THE MAIOR.
TO THE M{R} & WARDENS OF THE }
COMPANY OF BARBOR SURGEONS }
FFOR the bewtefieinge of the streetꝭ and lanes w{th}in this Cittie
against the passage of the Kingꝭ most excellent mat{ie} and the
Kinge of Denmarke their nobilitie and trayne from the Tower through
this Cittie. THEIS are in his Ma{t}ꝭ name straightlie to charge and
command you that all delayes & excuses sett aparte you have and
provide yo{r} rayles in a readines for the livery of yo{r} company
to stand in and to be sett up in the streetꝭ against wednesday the
xxx{th} day of July at the furthest. AND likewise that yo{r} railes
against that tyme be hanged with blew azure cloth & garnished w{th}
Banners & streamers in the most bewtifull manner that may be, as
formerlie in like solempnities hath bin accustomed. AND that you
likewise have and provide sixe whifflers at the least to evˀy score
of yo{r} livery well apparrelled w{th} white staves in their handes
to stand with their backꝭ to the Common railes over against your
yo{r} Companies railes for the better and quieter ordering of the
streetꝭ through which his ma{tie} shall passe. AND hereof faile you
not at yo{r} pˀill. This xxj{th} of July 1606.
SEBRIGHTE.
Three days after the receipt of the above, came another precept
demanding £5 from the Barber-Surgeons towards the City’s expenses to be
incurred about the Pageant.
The two Kings landed at the Tower, from Greenwich, on the 31st July, on
which day the City gave itself up to the gayest doings and rejoicings.
A curious and interesting description of the pageant is to be found
in a rare tract by H. R., 1606, preserved at Guildhall Library. Howes
also gives an entertaining account of the proceedings, and relates how
the King of Denmark “seriously observed the unimaginable number of
gallant Ladies, beauteous virgins, and other delicate Dames filling the
Windowes of every houss with kinde aspect saluting” him as he passed
by. He also tells us of the melodious harmony, the Latin speech, the
pastoral device, and the fountains which ran with wine, etc.
It seems that on this great occasion one of the Marshalls had
endeavoured to take our Company “down a peg” in order of precedence.
This was, however, successfully resisted, and the Clerk proudly records
the following in the Minutes on the same day:
MEMORAND: that the Kingꝭ ma{tie} w{th} the Kinge of Denmarke & the
Prince of Wales came through this Cittie from wardes the Tower of
London attended uppon with the Lordes and gentry of this Land on the
last day of this instant moneth of July Att which tyme M{r.} ffoxe
beinge one of the Comittees for placeinge of the Companies standingꝭ
would have displaced us But by the Lord maiors order wee were placed
in the seaventeenth place accordinge as wee ought to be placed.
1606. Notwithstanding the new charter granted in the previous year,
the Court found itself unable to regulate the practice of Barbery and
Surgery without an extended set of By-Laws, which were now obtained and
are still preserved at the Hall. They are in English, on eight large
skins of parchment, beautifully engrossed with a handsomely illuminated
title, the initial ~T~ containing the Barber-Surgeons’ arms, and
distributed over the heading are the arms of the Master and Wardens in
1606, viz.: John Peck, Edward Rodes, William Fynynge and John Fenton.
[Illustration]
The By-Laws are allowed by Thomas Lord Ellesmere, Lord Chancellor;
Thomas Earl of Dorset, Lord Treasurer; and Sir John Popham, Lord
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas; who send “greeting in our Lord God
Everlasting,” and enact Ordinances of such fearful length, that to
a layman it passes comprehension how the draughtsman could have kept
his head clear whilst he travelled through such a sea of prolixity,
and, to a great extent useless, repetition. If the Chancellor and
his colleagues troubled themselves to read through and understand
the document to which they have appended their seals, they must have
uttered very sensible sounds of relief when they came to the sealing;
the recapitulation of the mere heads of this extraordinary production,
will probably be found wearisome to the reader, viz{t}:
1. Recital of an Act of Parliament, 24th Feby., 19 Henry VII.
2. Oath of a freeman.
3. Oath of the Masters or Governors.
4. Oath of an Assistant of the Livery.
5. Oath of the Electors.
6. Oath of the Clerk.
7. Oath of a “foreign” Surgeon.
8. Oath of the Wardens of the Yeomanry.
9. Oath of an Assistant of the Yeomanry.
10. Oath of the Beadle.
11. Oath of the Porter.
NOTE.--Some of the foregoing oaths contain over 500 words in each!
12. Every person shall appear upon summons under a penalty of 3{s.}
4{d.}, and for not keeping the hour, a fine of 2{d.} to be imposed.
13. Masters neglecting the day of Election, the distribution of
Ferbras’ alms, or the payment of rents, to forfeit £5.
14. No great Election dinner to be kept without the consent of a Court
of Assistants, under a penalty of £5.
15. The allowance for a great dinner to be 20 marks, and for a small
one £4.
16. Manner of Election of Masters or Governors.
17. Time of Election.
18. Twelve Electors to be chosen.
19. Electors to be sworn.
20. The Masters omitting any next in Election out of their Bills, the
Electors to choose others.
21. The order after Election.
22. A refuser of the office of Master or Governor to be fined 40{s.}
and to be eligible to be chosen again.
23. Or may be absolutely discharged of such office on payment of £10.
24. And on refusal to pay such fines, to be dismissed out of the Court
of Assistants and out of the Livery.
25. If the Electors choose such refuser to further place, before he
have paid his fine, each Elector to forfeit 40{s.}
26. Every person chosen into the Livery to pay £5 if he have not served
as Warden of the Yeomanry, and if otherwise then 40{s.}
27. Election of two Stewards of the Mayor’s feast, and two Stewards of
the Anatomy; £8 to be allowed to the former and £6 to the latter.
28. Refusers of the Office of Steward to forfeit £13 6_s._ 8_d._ each.
29. The Common Seal to be kept under lock and key.
30. Time of the audit and appointment of eight auditors.
31. Day for reading “General Rules.”
32. View of the Company’s lands to be made yearly in October.
33. Allowance for the view dinner.
34. “Search” to be made twice in the year.
35. Apprentices to be presented within one month after they are
retained in service, under a penalty of 40_s._
36. Indentures to be prepared by the Clerk before presentation.
37. The Clerk to make all indentures.
38. Every liveryman may keep three apprentices.
39. No decrepit, diseased or deformed apprentice to be retained by any
Barber or Surgeon.
40. No person to teach any but his apprentice.
41. No person to put away his apprentice, without an order of Court.
42. No person to entice away another’s apprentice or servant.
43. Every person to enroll his apprentice.
44. The Court to punish disobedient apprentices after its discretion.
45. No freeman to “open shop” before he hath served one year as
journeyman.
46. No Barber to use more than one shop.
47. No Surgeon to serve by sea or land before he and “his furniture” be
examined and viewed.
48. Reformation of abuses in disobedient masters and servants.
49. No person to serve as a journeyman unless free of the Company.
50. No person to use surgery before he be examined and admitted.
51. No person to examine but the Examiners.
52. No Examiner to be chosen but by the Court.
53. Every Surgeon to be at every lecture on Surgery.
54. No Surgeon to defraud another of his patient.
55. No Person to shew his porringers, saucers or basons with blood
therein.
56. Every patient in danger of death or maim to be presented to the
Masters.
57. No person to take such presentation but a Master or Governor.
58. Ordinance against unskilful practice in Surgery.
59. No Anatomy to be dissected out of the Common Hall.
60. Anatomies to be decently buried.
61. Warrant to create a Yeomanry.
62. No “Courts of Assistants” to be held on Tuesdays.
63. No Court of Assistants to be under the number of sixteen persons.
64. Order of precedence in speaking.
65. Every Member to go and sit in his due place.
66. Ordinance against contentious and troublesome persons.
67. Ordinance against revealers of Court secrets.
68. No alien or stranger to bear the office of Master or Governor.
69. Ordinance against unseemly behaviour towards the Masters or
Governors.
70. Ordinance against blotting or defaceing of books, pictures or
monuments.
71. Ordinance against any of the Livery refusing to attend in his
Livery gown.
72. Pensions for decayed members.
73. Warrant to search for hurt persons and malefactors.
74. As to quarterage.
75. Third Warden’s duties as to receipts.
76. And as to payments.
77. Duties of Fourth or Renter Warden.
78. Renter Warden to furnish accounts.
79. As to the Audit.
80. Ordinance against Sunday trading by Barbers.
81. As to fines and penalties.
82. Power to the Beadle to distrain (under a Warrant signed by the
Masters) for all fines; also power to dismiss disobedient persons, and
to inflict corporal punishment.
Penalties of varying amounts are specified for breaches of any of the
foregoing Ordinances.
The By-Laws are signed “Ellesmere, Canc̃,” “T. Dorset” and “Jo:
Popham,” and the three seals of their arms are pendant.
8th September, 1606. This daie it is ordered that the M{rs} shall pay
v{li} to M{r} Michaell the Lord Cheif Justices man for his paynes in
penninge of o{r} ordynaunces.
5th February, 1607. This day it is ordered that a Court howse be
errected upon the Bulwarke behind the Hall of this Company for the
M{rs} or Governors to kepe their Courtꝭ at the charge of this Company
And M{r.} ffenton and M{r.} Jenkins are to joyne with the M{rs} of
this Company in the same buildinge.
This Court Room was built within the circular Bulwark at the west end
of the old Livery Hall, from which it was shut off by a screen wall
or partition; many years later this screen was removed, and the whole
thrown into one large apartment, and used as the Livery Hall.
21st January, 1608. The pˀnt M{rs} are this daye authorized to
furnishe the newe Roome in the Bulwark w{th} cloth of Arras or
tapestry or w{th} waynscot as they shall think fittest at the chardge
of this howse, and the Chimney peece & wyndowes to be waynscotted.
1608. The Colony of Virginia (so named from the Virgin Queen Elizabeth,
in whose reign it was discovered) was in an unsatisfactory condition
by reason of its scanty population, want of enterprise and other
causes; whereupon the Council of Virginia endeavouring the prosperity
of the Colony, sent a letter to the Lord Mayor propounding a scheme of
emigration and colonisation to be undertaken by the City, which should
ease the Metropolis “of a swarme of unnecessarie inmates,” make the
fortunes of the emigrants (and of the “undertakers”) and benefit the
Colony. This letter is so interesting that no apology is necessary for
reproducing it here.
WHEREAS the lords of his Ma{tes} councill, commissioners for the
Subsedie, desirous to ease the cittie and suburbs of a swarme of
unnecessarie inmates as a continuall cause of dearth and famine,
and the verie origenall of all plagues almost that happen in this
kingdome, have advised yo{r} lordshippe and yo{r} brethren, in
an ease of state, to make some voluntarie contribuc͠on for their
remove into the plantation of Virginia, w{ch} we understand you
all seemed to like as an action pleasing to God and happie for
this com̃onwealth; We the councell and companie of this ho{ble}
plantation, willing to yelde unto your lop̃p and them all good
satisfac͠on, have entered into consultac͠on w{th} o{r}selves, what
may be everie mans chg̃es, and what of everie private familie, w{ch}
we send herew{th} at large, not as a thing w{ch} we would exact from
you, but that you may see, as in a true glasse, the true chg̃e,
w{ch} we wholly commend unto yo{r} grave wisdoms, both for the somme
and man{r} of leavie; onlie give us leave thus farre to enforme you
that we give no bills of adventure for a lesse some than 12{li}
10{s.} ps̃uminge it wont be an infinite trouble now, and confusion
in the retribuc͠on, but if your lop̃ make any seasment, or raise any
voluntarie contribuc͠on out of the best disposed and most able of
the companies, we are willing to give o{r} bills of adventure to the
m{r} and wardens, to the general use and behoof of that companie, yf
by wards, to the good of that ward, or otherwise as it shall please
you and your brethren out of y{r} better experience to direct. And
if the inmate called before you and enjoyned to remove shall alledge
that he hath no place to remove unto, but must lie in the streats,
and being offerd this journey shall demand what shalbe their pˀsent
maintenance, what their future hopes, yt may please you to lett them
know that for the pˀsent they shall have meat, drink, and clothing,
w{th} an house, orchard, and garden for the meanest familie, and
a possession of lands to them and their posteritie, one hundreth
acres for everie man’s pˀson that hath a head or a body able to
endure labour, as much for his wife, and as much for his child that
is of yeres to do sˀvice to the colonie, w{th} further pˀticular
reward according to theire pˀticuler meritt and desert; and yf yo{r}
lordshipp and yo{r} brethren shalbe pleased to put in any private
adventure for yo{r} selves in pˀticuler, you shalbe sure to receive
according to your pˀporc͠on of the adventure, equall pˀts w{th} us
adventurers from the beginning, both of the comodities returned or
land to be divided; and because you shall see (being aldermen of so
famous a cittie) we beare you due respect, we are contented, having
but one badge of grace and favor from his Ma{tie}, to participate
w{th} you therein, and to make as many of you as will adventure
50{li.} or more, fellow councellors from the first day w{th} us who
have spent double and treble as much as is required, abidden the
hazard of three sevˀall discoveries, w{th} much care and diligence,
and many days adventure, and as yo{r} deputies, and yo{r} assistants,
in yo{r} private wards, so shall as many of them as will adventure
but 25{li.} present money, be made pˀties of this companie and
assistants of this councell; and thus as an action concerning God
and the advancement of religion, the present ease, future hon{r} and
safety of this kingdome, the strength of o{r} navie, the visible
hope of a great and rich trade, w{th} many secrete blessings not
yet discovered, we commend the cause to the wisdome and zeale of
yo{r} selfe and yo{r} brethren and you, and it, and us, to the holie
pˀtection of the Almightie.
The City took up the scheme heartily, a large sum was subscribed and
a great number of emigrants crossed the water. The Barber-Surgeons
invested £25, but never received anything for it again.
23rd March, 1609. This daye it is ordered that the pˀnt M{rs} shall
advent{r} xxv{li.} uppon a Bill of Exchange for the plantac͠on of
Virginia, of the stock of this howse.
6th January, 1609. In obedience to a precept from the Lord Mayor, £10
was paid to the Chamberlain, towards the construction of a Garner for
the use of the City.
25th May, 1610. A precept came from the Lord Mayor calling upon the
Company “to be readie in yo{r} bardge well and richlie sett forthe
before vii of the clocke in the morning” on the 31st January, to go to
Chelsea to meet the eldest son of James I, on which occasion he was to
go from Richmond to Whitehall to be created Prince of Wales; whereupon
the following minute is recorded:--
AT this Court a precept beinge sent from my lord Maior unto this
Company w{ch} beinge at this Court read, the effect whereof was that
our Company on Thursdaie next shalbe reddie to attend my Lord Maior
in their barge for the honor of this Citie in the enterteynement of
the high & mightie prince at Chelsey. It was ordered that none of
the Company shold be warned for this service but onely those w{ch}
ware of the Assistaunce of the Clotheinge to goe in the Barge, the
reason thereof is that a barge cold not be gotten large enough to
carry the whole lyvery.
1611. In this year came a precept from the Lord Mayor, by authority of
the King, complaining of “the abuse growing by excesse and straunge
fashions of apparell, used by manye apprentises, and by the inordynate
pryde of mayde servaunts and women servaunts in their excesse of
apparell and follye in varietie of newe fashions, and to admonish
them to have a due and speciall care to see a spedye reformac͠on had
in everye one of their servaunts.” What effect this had upon the
apprentices and servants of the Barber-Surgeons we are not told, but
doubtless they were properly admonished.
1st July, 1614. A precept was received to the effect that the King had
determined to borrow £100,000 of the City, and that the Barber-Surgeons
were assessed at £600 towards this loan, which they were to lend, or
which they were coolly informed they could compound for, by an absolute
fine of £30! As the Court well knew that they would never again see a
halfpenny of the £600 if lent, they quickly and wisely determined to
pay the £30.
Profiting by past experience, the next extracts show that the Court
proceeded warily in the matter of “adventuring” in the State Lottery.
29th April, 1614. Att this Court the M{r} propounding how they had
receaved Letters from the Lordꝭ of the privy Councell and from
the lord Maior thereby exhorting & intreating them to call their
assistauntes together and to admonishe the genˀall body to be
adventurers in the great lottery w{ch} is comyng forth, Whereupon the
same lrẽs being considered on at this Court, it is thought fitt and
ordered that the M{rs} shall att their pleasures call together the
body of the Company, and they being gathered together, to admonish &
pˀswade them to be adventerers in the same Lottery.
17th October, 1614. The Court having collected a sum of money for the
Lottery, it was ordered that it should not be paid to the Treasurer,
Sir Thos. Smith, until the Company shall be “assured” by a Bill of
Adventure under seal “for their adventure unto virgynia, as also that
it shalbe published in print certeynelie when the lotterey shalbe
drawen.”
The College of Physicians had been for many years very jealous as
to the Barber-Surgeons trespassing on their preserves, and as far
back as 12th November, 1595, wrote a long letter to their “verie
loving freends” the Master and Wardens, cautioning the members of
the Company against practising physic, and stating that no few of
them were culpable in the matter, but that the College had hitherto
forborne to molest or punish them; the letter continues, “but for that
we now see by daily experience that upon our lenetie and sufferance
this inconvenience more and more increaseth, insomuch that both in
credit and otherwise, it seemeth to touch us more neere than well
can be indured; We have therefore thought it good to put you in mynd
thereof, and therewithal earnestly and freendlie to request you, that
among yourselves some such discreet order may be taken heerin, that
the like offence hereafter maie not be committed by them or any of
theirs. Wherein if we shall perceave you as ready to fulfil our honest
request, as we are willing to maintain good amytie and concord with
you and your Companie, we wilbe very glad thereof and geve you thanks
therefore. If not, then as we are fully minded to defend our privileges
and to deal with the particular offendors therein, as order of law
and our ordinances in that behalf requireth; so we trust the body of
your Societie will not be offended therewith. And so we bid you most
hartelie farewell.”
The above letter is taken from Dr. Goodall’s History of the College of
Physicians. Dr. Goodall gives several instances of Barber-Surgeons
and Apothecaries being fined or imprisoned for practising physic; and,
indeed, there seems to have been a strife waging between the College
and the Company for a long period.
1617. The Physicians in 15 James I obtained a Charter confirming their
Charter of 10 Henry viij, with several additional privileges and
clauses in restraint of the privileges of the Barber-Surgeons, who
thereupon petitioned the King that that Charter might not be confirmed
by Act of Parliament, as the Physicians were desirous that it should
be. The King on 4th February, 1620, ordered that the petitioners should
be left to seek any lawful remedy either in Parliament or otherwise,
as they might be advised, and accordingly on 23rd April, 1624, they
presented a petition to the House of Commons, who ordered that the
Physicians’ Patent should be brought into the Committee of Grievances,
and both parties heard by Counsel, the consequence of which was that
the Physicians proceeded no further with their Bill.
1632. Later on the Physicians endeavoured again to obtain a supremacy
over the Barber-Surgeons, and on 13th June, 1632, procured an Order in
Council which made it incumbent upon Surgeons in certain serious and
specified cases of Surgery, to call in a “learned Physitian,” and to
enforce this order they procured the Attorney General to exhibit a Bill
in the Star Chamber in which the obnoxious clause was inserted, but on
a Petition of the Barber-Surgeons complaining of the injury that would
thereby accrue not only to themselves, but to the public, the King,
by an Order of Court dated 22nd July, 1635, directed the clause to be
struck out.
After the Restoration, the Physicians again endeavoured to procure
an Act of Parliament confirming their Charter, whereupon the
Barber-Surgeons claimed to have a clause inserted in the Act in the
nature of a proviso that nothing therein contained should be construed
to the prejudice of their privileges, and again the Physicians seem
to have been checkmated, for they allowed their proposed Act to fall
through.
Kings’ Barbers and Kings’ Surgeons seem to have secured substantial
benefits from their official positions, as the following notices (from
Domestic State Papers at the Record Office) testify.
25th August, 1625. There is a letter of this date from Sir James
Fullerton to Secretary Conway, intimating that it is His Majesty’s
pleasure to grant to Michael Andrews (Master 1635 and King’s Surgeon) a
pension of £150 per annum for life.
17th December, 1625. And at this date is a grant to Thomas Caldwell
(Master 1627 and King’s Barber).
A graunt to Thomas Caldwell esq{r} his Mat{s} servant of ye som̃e of
one thousand poundes To be received as well out of the remainder of
three hundred pounds due to his Ma{tie} by Richard Harbin sometime
Collecto{r} of his Ma{t}ꝭ greenwax before his accesse to the Crowne
and out of the arrerages of grenewax money then due unto his Ma{ty.}
As also out of the other grenewax moneys now accrewing to his Ma{tie}
not being in farme. And is granted to him as of his Ma{ts} bounty
in lieu of 800{li} formerly graunted unto him by his Ma{ty} of
w{ch} he received no benefitt. Subscrˀ by Mr. Attorney Genˀall upon
significac͠on of his Ma{t}ꝭ pleasuere by the Lord Trẽr.
In addition to stray grants like the above, the perquisites and fees
attaching to the Office of King’s Barber were very lucrative, and Mr.
Caldwell must have done exceedingly well out of the following stroke of
business.
January, 1626. Whereas his Ma{tie} hath bene pleased to appoint Mr.
Thomas Caldwell his Ma{ts} servant and Barber to make provisions of
all such necessaries as are to be used at the Ceremony of Bathing the
Kn{ts} of the Bath at this his Ma{ties} Coronac͠on to be holden on
the 2{d} day of February next at Westm{r} as to his place by auntient
custome belongeth I do therefore will and require all such whome it
may concearne to take notice thereof hereby for permitting him to
doe and performe all such services as hath bene accustomed in that
behalfe & for delivering such necessaries in kynd or allowance of
money to the valeu thereof as shalbe by him required for the same
according to the auntient custome heretofore used therein. The number
of the said Kn{ts} for whome such provisions are to be made being 80,
by his Ma{tie} appointed to receave that degree.
ARUNDELL & SURREY.
Examined by W{m} Ryley }
Lancaster Herald }
Mr. Caldwell does not appear to have left his widow well provided for,
as we read under date 10th July, 1643:
Upon the distressed Petic͠on of Widdow Thamar Caldwall late Wife of
M{r} Thomas Caldwall deceased there is given to her of the gift of
this House v{li.}
1624 and 1625. In the minutes of this period are constant notices of
the “visitation,” and of “the contagious tyme.” The Plague raged with
great severity in London in 1625, and it is said that over 40,000
died of it in the year. The Company appear to have been very liberal
in their gifts of money to any who had the least claim upon them, the
relief being frequently stated to have been given by “reason of the
hardnes of the tymes.”
11th April, 1625. This daye the pˀcept for provision of corne sent
unto o{r} Companie by the lord Maio{r} of london was here read in
Courte, And this Courte is fullie resolved that the present M{rs} doe
give unto the Lord Maio{r} and returne him this answeare that the
Companie is provided of their proportion of corne and more they are
not able to provide or receive into their charge.
1628. This year the Company were compelled to “lend” the King £360,
which they with great difficulty raised, the greater part being
borrowed at interest to enable them to do so. They also paid £30
towards a “present” (?) of £5,000 given by the City to the Palsgrave
(Frederick, Prince Elector Palatine, son-in-law of James I).
15th August, 1629. On this day was sealed the Company’s new Charter
from Charles I. It is in Latin on five large skins of parchment with
the Great Seal of England pendant. There is a portrait of the King
with a stiletto beard in the initial letter, and an ornamental heading
along the top of the first skin. This Charter ratifies that of James I,
directs that public lectures on Surgery shall be given, and confirms
and somewhat varies the old regulations for the governance of the
practitioners of that science.
22nd October, 1629. The Company evidently began now to kick at the
numerous demands made upon its purse by the authorities, for a precept
coming from the Lord Mayor demanding £12 10_s._ contribution towards
a pageant, it was ordered that it be not paid until the Court was
satisfied that it could be legally demanded, and enquiry made as to
whether or no other Companies had paid similar contributions.
1632. The fabric of old St. Paul’s being in a lamentable state
of decay, the celebrated Archbishop Laud wrote a letter to the
Barber-Surgeons asking a contribution towards its repair. Ever ready
to assist in good works, the Company cheerfully devoted a very
considerable sum towards that object, notwithstanding the comparative
poverty to which they had been reduced (in consequence of the grievous
impositions made upon them by the authorities in the shape of forced
loans and other unconstitutional demands). Moreover, they recorded
their benefaction, in a delightfully expressed minute, which will be
found at the end of the following letter.
9th April, 1632. The letter written by William Lord Bishopp of London
and directed to this Court concerneing our contribuc͠on towardꝭ the
repaire of St Paulls Church in London being now much ruined was here
in Court reade, the teno{r} whereof is as followeth, vidz{t}
To the right worp{ll} my very worthy ffreindꝭ the Maister Wardeins
and Assistantꝭ of the Companie of Barbar surgions London, theis
S. in xp̃o.[117] After my verie hartie comendac͠ons, you cannot but
take notice of his Ma{t}ꝭ most hon{ble} and pious intention for
the Repaire of the decayes of S{t} Pawles Church here in London,
being the Mother Church of this Citty and Diocess, and the greate
Cathedrall of this Kingdome. A greate dishono{r} it is not onely to
this Citty but to the whole State to see that Auncient and goodly
Pyle of building soe decayed as it is, but it will be a farr greater
if care should not be taken to prevent the fall of it into ruin, And
it would be noe lesse disgrace to Religion happily established in
this Kingdome, if it should have soe litle power over the mindes of
men as not to prevaile with them to keepe those eminent places of
Gods service in due and decent repaire which their fforefathers buylt
in tymes by their owne confession not soe full of the knowledge of
gods truth as this present age is. I am not ignorant how many worthy
workes have bene done of late in and about this Citty towardꝭ the
building and repayring of Churches which makes me hope that every
mans purse will open to this greate and necessary worke (according to
Gods blessinge upon him) soe much tending to the service of God and
the hono{r} of this nation. The generall body of the Cittye have done
verie worthily in their bounty allready as alsoe the lord Maio{r}
Aldermen and Sheriffes severally for their owne pˀsons. Theis are
therefore accordinge to their examples hartily to pray and desire
you the Maister Wardeins and other Assistants of the worthy Company
of Barbar Surgions to contribute out of y{e} publicke Stock, to the
worke aforesaid what you out of y{r} Charitye and devotion shall
thinke fitt, and to pay the Summe resolved on by you into the Chamber
of London at or before our Lady Day next, praying you that I may
receave by any servant of yo{r} Companye a note what the Summe is
which you resolve to give. And for this Charity of yo{rs} whatsoever
it shall prove to be, I shall not onely give you harty thankes, but
be as ready to serve you and every of you, as you are to serve God
and his Church. Soe not doubting of yo{r} love and forwardnes to this
greate worke, I leave you to the grace of God, and shall soe rest
[117] Health in Christ.
Yo{r} very loving ffreind
GUIL: LONDON:
London house, January 30. 1632.
And thereupon this Court deepely considering the contentꝭ of that
letter together with the pˀnte ruines and dilapidac͠ons of the said
Church, and as faithfull and charitable members obliged largely to
contribute to soe pious and religious a worke Doe nowe order that out
of the stock and revenew of this house there shalbe paid into the
Chamber of london towardꝭ the said repaire x{li} pˀntely and x{li}
yearely for nine yeares followeing to make it upp compleate a C{li}
as of the free guift of this house. And if att any tyme hereafter the
worke doe cease that then our payementꝭ to cease likewise.
1633. This year the Company built a granary at the Hall, for the store
of Corn.
12th July, 1633. A new set of By-Laws was framed and allowed by
the proper authorities. These are extant on twelve great skins of
parchment, more wordy and of greater length than those of 4th James I!
They are, however, very similar to those, with technical alterations
and amendments here and there, and provision is made for Lectures on
Surgery, demonstrations of anatomy, and for the better Examination of
Surgeons. Clause 19 provides that any freemen of the mystery who shall
use any arts, trades or sciences other than Surgery “shall be accepted,
reputed, adjudged and taken for Barbars.” Empirics and impostors were
to be rigorously dealt with, and the Court was to have supervision
over _all_ Navy Surgeons, their chests, medicines and instruments. No
Barbers or Surgeons were to be impressed for the Navy without license
of the Court, and numerous regulations were made for the government of
the Company.
The document is signed by Richard Earl of Portland, Lord Treasurer; Sir
Thomas Richardson and Sir Robert Heath, the Lords Chief Justices; the
seals of the first two are still pendant, but that of Sir Robert Heath
is missing.
1636. Spurred into further action for the advancement of the science
of Surgery, which their extended powers under the new By-Laws had
conferred upon them, the Company determined upon building a Theatre
for the delivery of Lectures, and for anatomical purposes, etc. This
they set about in 1636, employing the great Inigo Jones as their
Architect, who about this period also designed and carried out the
present beautiful Court Room or Parlour, one of the best proportioned
and prettiest rooms in London.
[Illustration: INTERIOR OF COURT ROOM.]
11th February, 1636. Upon the moc͠on of o{r} M{r} to this Court
concerneing the want of a publique Theater for Anatomycall exercises
and Sceletons and a lesser roome for private discections, This Court
doth order that if the M{rs} or Governo{rs} upon their petic͠on to
the Lord Maio{r} and Aldrẽn they have the bullwarke & long stripp of
ground lieing betwixt the gould smiths tenement & clothw: tenemtꝭ
& london wall at the one end & the Companies hall & pˀlor & london
wall at the other end, by purchase in fee farme or a long lease from
the Cittie, that then a Theater to the largenes of the upper ground
betwixt the goldsmithes tenem̃t & the clothworkers tenem{t} on the
one side & london wall on the other side shalbe be ovally built for
the Wor̃p[118] and comiditie of this Companie at the Charge of this
house.
[118] Worship.
The piece of ground on which it was proposed to erect the Theatre
was then on lease to the Company from the City. The Lease was dated
29th March, 7 Charles I (1631), and made between the Mayor, &c., of
London, of the one part and the Masters, &c., of the Barber-Surgeons,
of the other part. In consideration of £20 paid by the Company the
City leased to them lwark and the houses Roomes and buildings therein
or thereupon made or erected, And all that ground or garden plott
with thappurtenñces scituat lyinge and beinge in the parish of St
Olave in Silver Street in the Citie of London next unto the Wall of
the same Citie there of the one side, and the landes of the saide
Maisters or Governors and others on the other side late in the tenure
or occupac͠on of the right honoro{ble} Henry late Lord Wyndsor
deceased or of his assignes and now in the tenure or occupac͠on of
the said Maisters,” etc., from the feast of the Annunciation, 1631,
for forty-one years at a rent of £3. The lease contained the usual
covenants of a repairing lease, as also one “that neither they the
saide Masters or Governors their successors nor assigns shall or will
att any time or times during the said Terme suffer any Inmate or
Inmates to dwell in any part of the premises afore demised.”
5th May, 1636. There is an Indenture of Lease of this date made
between the Mayor, &c., of London, and the Masters, &c., of the
Barber-Surgeons, which after reciting the last mentioned lease
proceeds: “And whereas the said Maisters or Governors of the Misterie
and Comonaltie of Barbars and Surgians of London for the better
enhableing of them in the Arte of Surgerie Doe intend to erect and
build a decent Roome or Theatre on part of the premisses for the
keeping therein A learned and constant Lecture in the Theorie and
practiqʒ partꝭ of Surgerie As also to pˀforme their publique operac͠ons
of Anatomies and other exercises thereunto belonging, Which will be
verie chargeable to them Wherein the said Maior and Cominaltie and
Citizens are desirous and willinge to aide and further the saide
Maisters or Governors in the setting forward of soe necessarie
and comendable a worke tendinge to the generall good of the whole
kingdome,” wherefore the Mayor, &c., leased the said premises to the
Company for a further term of 200 years upon the expiry of the lease
then running, at the same rent of £3 per annum, the Lessees covenanting
to build the Theatre within seven years.
16th May, 1636. Upon o{r} M{rs} report to this Court that the Lord
Maio{r} & Aldrẽn have freely graunted to this house a new lease of CC
yeares comenceing from the expirac͠on of o{r} lease now in being It
is ordered with the generall consent of the whole Court here present
that the Theater shalbe proceeded in and built according to the
plotts drawne by his Ma{t}ꝭ Surveigher.
3rd August, 1636. It is ordered by this Court that the Companies
Armes with Helmett Crest supporters and mantlings shalbe sett up in
Portland Stone under the Cantilaver does of the Theater being over
the Windowe next the Granarye.
Alsoe the mottoe viz{t.} SPECIOSUM HOC THEATRUM ANATOMICUM ERECTÑ
FUIT MICHAELE ANDREWS CHIRURGO REGIO AC COMUNIONI BARBITONSOꝜ ET
CHIRURGOꝜ Pˀ TEMPORE PRÆFECTO, GUARDIANIS VERO JOANNE WARDE NICOLAS
HEATH ET WILHELMO HUCKLE ANNO AB EXHIBITO IN CARNE MESSIÆ SUPRA
MILLESIMUM SEXCENTESIMUM TRIGESIMO SEXTO shalbe engraven in the voyde
stone worke over the greate doore into the Theater.
A plan of the Theatre is preserved in a collection of the works of
Inigo Jones, at Worcester College, Oxford, and a short description of
it is found in Hatton’s New View of London, 1708. The curiosities in
the Barber-Surgeons’ museum of those days will excite a smile when
compared with the collection now at Lincoln’s Inn Fields. Hatton says
that the Theatre was built in “an elliptical form, and commodiously
fitted up with four degrees of seats of cedar wood, and adorned with
the figures of the seven liberal sciences, and the twelve signs of
the zodiac. Also containing the skeleton of an ostrich, put up by Dr.
Hobbs, 1682, with a busto of King Charles I. Two humane skins on the
wood frames, of a man and a woman, in imitation of Adam and Eve, put
up in 1645; a mummy skull, given by Mr. Loveday, 1655. The sceleton of
Atherton with copper joints (he was executed) given by Mr. Knowles in
1693. The figure of a man flead, where all the muscles appear in due
place and proportion, done after the life. The sceletons of Cambery
Bess and Country Tom (as they then call them), 1638; and three other
sceletons of humane bodies.”
Hogarth has, in ghastly style depicted the dissection of a criminal
in this Theatre, in which the skeletons above referred to are seen in
niches in the wall.
[Illustration: ESTATE IN MONKWELL STREET]
The plan of the Company’s Estate, has been kindly supplied for this
work by Mr. Charles John Shoppee, as surveyed by him in 1869, previous
to the demolition of the old Livery Hall, Kitchen, etc. The Theatre had
been pulled down in 1784, and houses erected on its site; the Theatre
is, however, shewn upon this plan, as being more interesting than the
houses which supplanted it. In 1636 the Company commenced the erection
of the Livery Hall and present Court Room, the work being carried out
from the designs and under the superintendence of the celebrated Inigo
Jones, the Livery Hall was, however, burnt in 1666, and that shown upon
the plan is the one which was erected after the Great Fire.
5th September, 1636. The Plague was again abroad in London, and the
Court, for fear of infection by meeting together, resolved as follows:
In regard of the now greate visitac͠on of the plague This Court
doth deferre the Courts for the daye of Rules the Vew daye & other
publique Courts till it shall please God to cease the Sicknes.
23rd September, 1636. The Lord Mayor having requested the Company to
nominate “twoe Surgians to take care of those that were infected with
the plague in this Cittie & liberties,” the Court thought that two was
a wholly insufficient number and nominated six Surgeons to be presented
to the Court of Aldermen.
2nd October, 1636. £5 was ordered to be paid in to the Chamber of
London towards the relief of the poor, stricken with the Plague.
30th March, 1637. The Company were assessed to pay £10 “ship money,”
whereupon an order was made that they should forbear to pay it, and
a Committee appointed to wait on the Court of Aldermen to petition
against the assessment. The application was, however, unsuccessful, as
by an Order of Court, 29th March, 1638, the money was directed to be
paid.
8th November, 1638. The Court of Aldermen having assessed the Company
to furnish 80 quarters of corn in lieu of 60 as heretofore provided,
it was resolved to petition against it. This would be a very important
matter to the Company as the assessments for all public purposes were
made upon the City Companies _pro rata_ with their corn quarterages,
and if the 80 quarters were allowed to stand, it would raise all the
future assessments 33 per cent. The result however, of the protest does
not appear in the minutes.
28th October, 1640. On receipt of a precept from the Lord Mayor, it was
ordered that three barrels of Gunpowder should be bought and stored.
1640. The Company unwillingly agreed to lend the King £400, and were
put to great inconvenience in raising the money, which was required by
Charles for his campaign in Scotland.
After several skirmishes with the Scots, the English Army was at length
disbanded, and the King went himself to Scotland to negotiate the
difference which had arisen by his attempted interference in Church
matters in that Kingdom; he returned to London in November, 1641, and
the following minute refers to the preparations made by our Company to
meet him.
22nd November, 1641. Upon reading the Lord Maiors precepts for the
Companyes enterteyning the King upon his returne from Scotland It is
ordered that the Ma{r} and Wardens, Mr. Serjeant Clowes, Mr. Richard
Wateson, Mr. Woodall, Mr. Powell, Mr. Burgin, Mr. Heath, Mr. Henry
Wateson, Mr. Bignall, Mr. Dye, Mr. Arris, Henry Boone, and Thomas
Turner, shalbe attendant on Twesday next well mounted on Horseback in
plush or Velvett with Chaines of Gold, and that John Perkins shall
beare the Pendon with our Coate of Armes on Horseback and that these
18 ffree men shalbe Decently cladd in the Companyes Colours of White
and Greene, each of them with a greene flatt Cap with a white Ribbon
about it, a greene Cassock and Drawers of the same Stuffe Whiffler
like laced with a white Lace a white ribaning and a greene Ribbin
athwart theire Brests, and each of them a Truncheon in theire hands
in the forenoone, and in the aftˀnoone each of them 2 Torches, and
these 18 to attend perticulerly one of them to each of the Horsemen,
viz{t.}
(Then follows a list of the freemen chosen.)
The “Riding out” on this occasion must have been a magnificent sight,
if all of the Companies spent proportionately to the outlay of ours,
which was no less than £39 17_s._ 10_d._ upon decorations, etc., for
those taking part in the procession. Strype informs us that--
The Lord Mayor on horesback wearing a gown of crimson velvet & a
collar of SS, and attended by his suite, rode in the front of the
procession to meet the King. Then followed the Aldermen in scarlet
gowns and the City council and chief officers in black gowns. Upon
reaching Moorfields, there waited in a readiness to attend his
Lordship and the service, about five hundred horsemen selected out
of the Liveries of the several Companies, being Masters, Wardens,
and prime men of each Company in velvet or plush coats and suits,
with chains of gold, being well horsed and gallantly furnished, every
Company having a horseman in the front carrying a pendant with that
Company’s arms to which he did belong (for distinction sake), and a
footman to attend each horseman of the Livery with truncheons and
torches as before, both horsemen with the pendants and footmen being
suited cap-a-pee with the Company’s colours on which they waited.
There were also fourteen Trumpeters, with trumpets, banners and
scarfs, who were placed two between every hundred of the horse, and
four at the head of the troop. The procession moved on to Kingsland,
where the Lord Mayor and Aldermen and the Companies awaited the Kings
approach, while the Sheriffs attended by seventy-two men in Scarlet
Cloaks trimmed with silver lace (the colours of the City) with
javelins and feathers and four trumpeters, rode as far as Stamford
Hill, and there met their Majesties and escorted them to Kingsland.
His Majesty was accompanied by the Queen, the Prince, the Duke of
York, the Princess Mary and the Prince Elector Palatine, and after
receiving an address, the Royal party joined the civic procession
to London, entering it at Moorgate, and proceeded through London
Wall, Bishopsgate Street, Cornhill and Cheapside, to the banquet
at Guildhall, amidst the City Companies in their formalities and
stands on each side of the streets, the City conduits running with a
diversity of wines.
1643. The relations between the King and the City having become
estranged in the fearful distractions of these times, Charles
endeavoured to conciliate the citizens with a message, which was
publicly read at Guildhall on the 13th January, and later on he sent
a circular letter to the Masters of the several Companies requiring
them to call their freemen and apprentices together, to read to them a
copy of a letter which he had sent to the City on the 17th January. The
Court of the Barber-Surgeons met on Tuesday, 24th inst., and cautiously
record that they would have summoned their freemen for the next day,
but that it was a fast day and that in the interim an order had come
from the Committee of Safety that the letter, etc., should not be read.
24th January, 1643. The Kings Letter sent to the M{rs} & Wardens of
this Company was read in Court and the printed Letter in it and the
Cittyes Petic͠on and his Ma{ties} gracious answer unto it. And but
that the morrow was fast day being the last Wednesday in this Moneth
the ffreemen and apprentices of this Company could not be summoned
to appeare then, it should have bin read. Soe that in the Interim
an Order of Comand from the Lords and Comõns was directed to this
Company to countermaund the said Letters in these words,
Die Martis 24{to} Januarii, 164-2/3. At the Comittee of Lords and
Comõns for the safety of the Kingdome.
Whereas there are divers Letters pretended to be sent by his Ma{tie}
to the M{rs} and Wardens of the severall Halls in the city of London
with Two litle Bookes therein closed the one intituled The humble
Petic͠on of the Maior, Aldermen and Comõns of the City of London
to his Ma{tie.} And the other intituled his Ma{ties} Letter and
declarac͠on to the Sheriffes and City of London Dated the 17{th}
of January, which evidently tendeth to sedition and setting of the
whole State in a Combustion. These are therefore strictly to charge
& comand the M{rs} and Wardens of every Hall in the City to whome
the said Letters and Bookes inclosed shalbe directed to forbeare to
publish or open any of them till both the Houses of Parliament shall
give further order therein. And the M{rs} and Wardens of every Hall
are required to bring the said Letters with the Messengers thereof to
this Comittee which they will take to be an Argument of theire good
Affection to the Parliament
Pembroke Montgomery Bolingbroke Ed: Manchester
W. Say & Seale Ed: Howard Jo: Evelin Jo: Pym
Antho: Nicoll.
17th January, 1644. It is ordered that in respect of the greate
troubles and distractions of these times there shalbe noe publique
Anatomy this yeare dissected.
1644. The Company seem to have become greatly impoverished by the
venture in Ireland, the rebuilding of their premises, and the forced
loans to the King and the Parliament. In a certificate given by the
Master and Wardens (5th September, 1644) to be produced in a suit in
which they were defendants, they state that their debts are £3,000,
and that they can get no return of any of the money lent for public
purposes, or even the interest of it.
If the Stuarts acted in an unconstitutional manner in their oppressive
demands upon the Companies, the Roundheads were as bad, with just this
difference, that, with all their pretensions to purity, piety and
high-mindedness, they did not hesitate to practise actual dishonesty
in their _modus operandi_ of squeezing the Companies, as the following
painful incident from our books testifies:--The Company had borrowed
from Mr. Richard Wateson, one of the Assistants, £1,200 upon sealed
bonds, for the express purpose of meeting the demands which had been
made upon them by the King and Parliament from time to time. Mr.
Wateson having been declared a “Papist and Delinquent,” his property
was seized, and the Bonds of the Barber-Surgeons, found in his strong
chest, were taken to the Committee for Gloucester and Hereford, sitting
at Grocers’ Hall. These worthies, in conjunction with the Committee
for Sequestrations, came down upon the Company and demanded payment
of the £1,200 for which they had given their bonds to their brother,
Mr. Wateson. The Court deeming this a monstrous piece of injustice,
hesitated to comply, whereupon the Committees threatened to seize
the Company’s entire estate; and then the Court resolved to petition
Parliament, but the House not sitting for some time the petition could
not be prosecuted, and the Committee being urgent, the Company most
reluctantly agreed to pay down £400 and to have the bonds cancelled.
Although these shameful terms were definitely agreed upon, the
Committees a few days later broke faith, demanding £400 cash and the
Company’s bond for another £100, to which the Company, like the lamb
with the wolf at its throat, _nolens volens_, consented. The iniquity
of this business was made apparent to the Committees, who were well
aware that the Company had incurred the debt to Mr. Wateson in order
to meet the previous rapacity of themselves, and yet they hesitated
not to compel the Company to submit to a further fine of £500 for
having complied with their demands in the past, besides manifesting the
dishonesty proposed by them in offering to cancel the debt due by the
Company to Mr. Wateson.
29th April, 1645. By the power and authority to this Court given by
severall Orders of a late Court of Assistants, this Court for and
towards the raiseing of the 400{li} agreed to be paid in part of
the composic͠on for Mr. Watson’s debt unto the the Comittee for the
releife of Gloucester, &c., did pawne all the Companyes plate both
guilt and white, weighing 1,120 oz. 1/3 or thereabouts, unto Mary
Crosse of London Widdow for the Sum̃ of 280{li} by a Writeing of
Bargaine and Sale this day sealed with this Companyes Com̃on Seale
bearing date the 16{th} day of this Instant Aprill with a provisoe of
Redempc͠on. And borrowed of Mr. George Dunn 100{li} more at Interest
at vj{li} 10{s} pˀ annum pˀ centum for w{ch} he tooke the secureity
of our Com̃on Seale.
A few years later on (14th September, 1648), Mr. Edward Arris presented
to the Court a letter from Mr. Wateson, wherein was intimated that he
expected the Company to repay him the money borrowed, the bonds for
which had been seized by Cromwell’s party, and for which the Company
had already compounded, whereupon we read “This Court doth declare
theire acknowledgement of a great respect and esteeme they have and
beare towards him and shalbe ready to doe him all the right they can
without prejudicing the Company”; and again on 30th April, 1650, “Mr.
Richard Wateson an ancient M{r} of this Company Doth this day desire
to know the mind of this Court concerning the 1,200{li} by him lent to
this Company and sequestred in this Company’s hands and compounded ffor
500{li} in full of principall and Interest, The matter being of great
Consequence, this Court doth take time to consider of it and to give
him an answer therein.”
What answer Mr. Wateson got, I do not know; he was held in great esteem
by the Company, and doubtless some honourable compromise was arranged.
In their negotiations with the Committees, the Company seem to have
been able to impress the Chairman favourably on certain occasions,
though there is grave reason to apprehend that this official of the
party of purity was open to a bribe, as the following minutes would
seem to indicate.
27th October, 1645. The Company having been threatened with
sequestration of their entire estate unless an assessment made upon
them was paid on Friday following, a Committee of the Court was ordered
to wait on Mr. Scawin, the Chairman of the Committee for the Army, to
beg his favourable consideration of the Company’s poor estate; the
result is seen in the next entry.
14th September, 1648. This Court takeing notice of the greate Love
and ffavour of Mr. Scawin Chaireman to the Comittee ffor the Army
expressed oftentimes upon severall occasions towards our Company
Doth thinke fitt in gratitude and accordingly doth order That the
present Governours doe present to him a guift of the value of vj{li}
13{s} 4{d} The quality and price of the guift is left to theire
discretions.
1646. To relieve them of their great debts, the Company about this
period raised considerable sums by granting annuities; the following
are examples in point:--
24th March, 1646. This day M{r} Nicholas Heath payd the sum of
200{li} to the use of this Company and is the purchase money for an
Annuity of 26{li} pˀ añn. for 10 yeares to himselfe and Grace his
Wife Whereupon the Deed of Grant of the said Annuity was sealed with
the Com̃on Seale and delivered to theire use.
Alsoe this day M{ris} Elizabeth ffreeman payd the sum of 200{li} the
Purchase money for the like Annuity of 26{li} pˀ añn. for 10 yeares
and the Deed for that purpose was sealed and delivered to her.
On the 30th January, 1649, the King’s troubles were ended by his
murder, and very shortly afterwards we find this significant minute.
19th March, 1649. This Court doth order That the Oath conteyned in
the Rules and Ordinances of this Company be administred unto every
ffreeman upon his admission as before, The ffirst Words which doe
concerne allegiance to the King and his Successors only to be left
out.
The banners of the Company bearing the late King’s arms were destroyed,
and any heraldic insignia at the Hall which contained the Royal Arms
were ordered to be defaced. We may readily believe that this was most
unwillingly done by the Court, who however, had no option in the matter.
1648-9. Fairfax had filled the City with troops, “billetting orders”
being made upon the several Companies for the reception of the soldiers
at their Halls. Herbert (Vol. I, p. 181) states that the Merchant
Taylors were fortunate enough to procure an order of exemption which
cost them £20 10_s._, and further that he believed their case to be
unique, but it seems that the Carpenters by means of “Gratuities ‘to
sevˀall men of qualitie,’” amounting to £13 2_s._ 6_d._, managed to
get free of this imposition, whilst the Barber-Surgeons procured their
immunity at a much cheaper rate, for we read in the Wardens’ accounts
of the period,
Paid fforr the charges expended in procureing a Protecc͠on from the
Lord General from quartering Souldiers in the hall 13{s} 3{d.}
These notices are clear indications that Cromwell and the “men of
qualitie” about him, were accustomed to take bribes.
3rd February, 1654. The City entertained Cromwell at Grocers’ Hall, and
our Company had to go out in procession to receive him, our “standing”
being in St. Paul’s Churchyard.
1660. The Barber-Surgeons contributed £96 towards a present of £10,000
given by the City to Charles II at the Restoration. No money exacted
under precept was more willingly paid than this, and indeed the
Companies generally seemed to have cheerfully contributed, delighted
to have escaped the gloom of the Commonwealth, and with a prospect
of brighter times in store. On the 5th July, the King was nobly
entertained at Guildhall, our Company taking part in the rejoicings
(see Wardens’ Accounts of this date).
1666. Our Minute Books for this period having been lost or stolen, we
unfortunately have no records of the Great Fire beyond those preserved
in the “Wardens’ Accounts” (which see), and although these are somewhat
meagre, they are highly interesting, especially those which relate to
the fortunate preservation of the great Holbein picture. It has been
stated (but without any other authority than that of gossiping Samuel
Pepys, who had a special interest in disparaging the picture) that it
was damaged in the fire, though no notice of such a mishap is known to
me, and the Accounts (which are _complete_) are significantly silent
as to anything having been spent on its restoration or cleansing,
which, had it been injured, would have been necessary; it seems to have
been taken away from the Hall by Major Brookes to a place of safety,
and subsequently brought home again by six porters.
[Illustration: OLD ENTRANCE TO BARBER-SURGEONS’ HALL.]
The Theatre, which was a detached building, as also the present Court
Room, both the works of Inigo Jones, were saved, though the Hall was
burned, entailing a great expense upon the Company in rebuilding (see
Wardens’ Accounts).
The houses 33, 34 and 35, Monkwell Street (see plan, p. 135) were
rebuilt 1671, when the gateway to the Hall Court Yard was formed and
the grotesque coat-of-arms put up over the Lintol.
When the alterations were made under the superintendence of Charles J.
Shoppee in 1869, the old lintol, corbels, tympanum, and door-head were
very carefully taken down and refixed over the present entrance to the
Hall in the Court Yard. This door-head is always an object of interest
to visitors to Barbers’ Hall; long may it continue to be so!
25th August, 1681. A short set of By-Laws was this day enacted. It
is on a single skin of parchment, and imposes penalties upon such
persons, as, being elected, should refuse to serve as Masters or
Stewards of Anatomy. It is signed by Heneage, Earl of Nottingham, Lord
Chancellor, and Sir Francis Pemberton and Sir Francis North, the two
Lords Chief Justices, all of whose seals are pendant to the document.
1684. This was indeed a troublous year for the Corporation and for
the guilds of London. Charles having interfered with the privileges
of the City by thrusting in his nominees for Sheriffs, had met with
considerable opposition from the citizens, and being assured that
this resistance would be continued and maintained by the City, he
determined to strike a blow at the root of its franchise, by getting
into his hands the Charter of the City, as also the Charters of the
several Companies. It was not difficult to procure a venal tribunal
which would be prepared to pronounce an iniquitous judgment upon any
fictitious statement submitted to it by the King. Sir Rob{t.} Sawyer,
the Attorney-General, thereupon undertook, on behalf of the Crown,
to prove that the City Charters were forfeited, and contrived the
celebrated _quo warranto_, upon which judgment was (as a matter of
course) obtained against the City, on the 12th June, 1684.
The Companies seem to have unanimously anticipated this decision, and
by so doing and by “surrendering” their Charters and liberties before
the delivery of the judgment, hoped to ensure the favour of the King.
The original of the “surrender” of the Barber-Surgeons is very neatly
engrossed on extra thick parchment, but the seal was of course removed
when it was returned to the Company. The text is as follows:--
To all to whom these p{r}sents shall come. GOVERNO{RS} of y{e}
MYSTERY and COĨALTIE of BARB{RS} & SURGEONS of LONDON send GREETING.
KNOW yee y{t} wee considering how much it imports the Governm{t}
of our company to have men of known Loyalty & approved integrity
to bear offices of Magistracy & places of Trust. The s{d} Ma{rs}
or Govern{rs} have granted surrendred and yielded up, and by these
p{r}sents do grant surrend{r} and yield up unto his most gracious
Majesty CHARLES ye second by the Grace of God King of England,
&c., his Heires and Successo{rs.} All and singular y{e} Powers
Franchises liberties priviledges and authorities whatsoever and
howsoever granted to or to bee used or exercised by y{e} said Masters
or Governo{rs} by vertue of any right Title or Interest vested in
them by any Charters Letters Patents Custome or Prescripc͠on in
force of or concerning the electing nominating constituting being
or appointing of any person or persons into or for y{e} severall
and respective offices of Mast{r} Wardens Assistants and Clerk of
y{e} said Company. And y{e} said Masters or Governo{rs} do hereby
humbly beseech his Ma{tie} to accept of this their surrend{r} and
do with all submission to his Majesties good pleasure implore his
grace and favo{r} to regrant to y{e} said Masters or Governo{rs} the
nameing and Chusing of y{e} said Officers and the said libertie and
ffranchises or so many of them and in such mann{r} as his Majesty in
his great wisdome shall judge most conducing for y{e} governm{t} of
y{e} said Company, And with and under such reservacc͠ons restricc͠ons
and qualificac͠ons as his Majestie shall bee pleased to appoint. IN
WITNES whereof the said MAST{RS} or GOVERNO{RS} have hereunto affixed
their Com̃on seal the sixteenth day of Aprill in y{e} Thirty sixth
year of y{e} reign of o{r} or sovˀaign LORD CHARLES y{e} second, &c.,
and in y{e} year of o{r} Lord Christ 1684.
Similar forms of surrender were adopted by other Companies. I am unable
to say whether or no the King interfered with the franchises of the
Barber-Surgeons, but think not, as no record of such meddling is to be
found in our books, though, doubtless, the Court took care, remembering
the rod in pickle, to govern in accordance with the wishes of the King.
Some time in this year (1684) certain unquiet spirits, Surgeons of our
Company, got up a petition to the King, setting forth that the union of
Surgeons with Barbers hindered rather than promoted the end for which
the two bodies had been united, and praying the King to incorporate the
Surgeons a distinct and separate body. Nothing came of this application
beyond a reference (ordered by the King, 15th May, 1684) to the Lord
Keeper of the Great Seal, and the Lord Chief Justice of the King’s
Bench, who were directed to examine and report upon the petition, but
whether they ever did so or not, I don’t know.
27th February, 1685. James II, in the first year of his reign, granted
us a Charter, which is contained on seven skins of parchment, all of
which have handsomely designed head-pieces and borders, the first one
having a fine portrait of the King as well; only a fragment of the
great seal remains, and the charter itself is considerably damaged,
apparently by rats. It is in Latin, of great length, and, like others
granted to other companies at the period, is an “unreal mockery.”
The Charter recites the “Surrender,” and proceeds to grant another
charter in which, _inter alia_, the appointment of any Master, Warden,
Assistant, or Clerk should be subject to the approval of the King,
that all members of the Company should take the Oaths of Supremacy and
Allegiance, be in the Communion of the Church of England and receive
the Sacrament, and that no person who frequented a conventicle should
be eligible for the Livery.
4th April, 1687. The King having published a declaration, allowing
liberty of conscience to all his subjects, suspending and dispensing
with the penal laws and tests, and even with the Oaths of Supremacy
and Allegiance on admission into offices civil and military, numerous
addresses of thanks for this liberty were presented to the King, among
others the following one from our Company, which is preserved in the
“London Gazette” of 20th October, 1687.
THE HUMBLE ADDRESS OF THE MASTERS GOVERNORS ASSISTANTS
AND MEMBERS OF THE MYSTERY AND COMMONALTY OF BARBERS
AND SURGEONS OF LONDON.
MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY
We having daily before our eyes the munificent Bounties of your Royal
Brother of Blessed Memory, and other Your Ancestors, and also that of
your Majesties Gracious Favour, in restoring to us our new Charter,
we must be esteemed ever ungrateful and undutiful Subjects, if we did
not with all humility acknowledge the same.
But we are in more especial manner bound to cast ourselves at Your
Majesties Feet, and return our most humble and hearty Thanks for
Your late Declaration; wherein You are Graciously pleased to give
us Your Royal Word, whereby we are protected in the Profession and
free Exercise of our Religion, and also in the Enjoyment of our
Liberties and Properties in Peace and Safety; for which Your Gracious
Condescension and Goodness (as God hath made it our Duty), Your
Majesty hath made it our Interest duly to pray to the Divine Majesty
for his Blessing upon your Royal Person, Family and Government. And
that after the enjoyment of a long and prosperous reign here, over a
Dutiful and Obedient People, You may receive an everlasting Crown in
the World to come.
And that it may be so, it shall be as it becomes us, the constant and
utmost endeavour, as well as the hearty Prayer of,
Dread Sir!
Your Majesties most humble, most Loyal,
and most obliged Subjects.
1688. Matters were now rapidly approaching a crisis with James, who
in vain, when too late, sought to conciliate the citizens whom he had
wronged. One of his acts of propitiation was the redelivery to the
Companies of the “surrenders” which they had made of their franchises
and charters in 1684. We have no note of the date of the return of our
surrender; but it was towards the end of November and within about a
fortnight of the King’s flight when this tardy act of justice was done,
and the Barber-Surgeons thus partly restored to their ancient rights
and privileges. The Bill of Rights was shortly afterwards passed, the
_quo warranto_ declared illegal, and all charters granted by Charles
II and James II since the judgment on the _quo warranto_, declared
absolutely null and void, thus practically reinstating the Guilds in
_statu quo ante_.
28 July, 1690. Ordered that in pursuance of an order of the Com̃on
Counsell & Lord Mayor &c. that the Company advance towards the
provideing one Rigiment of Horse & one of Dragoone the sum̃e of one
hundred pounds.
1699. Jealousies arose in the Company in consequence of the more
frequent election of Surgeons than Barbers, as Governors. The By-Laws
required that every year there should be two Barbers and two Surgeons
chosen (a Barber being defined to be any member who did not practise
Surgery). The Surgeons disregarding the law and the old custom, seem to
have been able to procure the election of an undue number of members of
their own craft to the offices of Master and Wardens, whereupon certain
of the Company filed an information in the King’s Bench against the
Masters or Governors; the Barbers were successful, and having obtained
a Mandamus, a fresh election took place. This altercation between the
Barbers and Surgeons was never forgotten, and, indeed, helped to pave
the way to further estrangement and the absolute separation in 1745.
The following Minutes relate to these proceedings:
14th December, 1699. Ordered Mr. S{r}geant Wright Mr. S{r}geant
Darnell Mr. Com̃on S{r}geant & Mr. Dee bee advised with upon the
Informac͠on ag{t} the Govern{rs.}
25th January, 1700. Ordered that the Cause ag{t} the Govern{rs} at
the prosecuc͠on of the Barbers bee referred to S{r}geant Darnell
& his opinion to bee taken & to pˀceed thereupon, Mr. Oades Mr.
Pleahill & Mr. Barnard to meet tomorrow at the raine bow to attend
him by five in the afternoone.
2nd May, 1700. Ordered Mr. Dee bee consulted concerning the Rule of
Court of King’s Bench for a copy of the by laws &c. & to follow his
advice &c. He advised to give Copyes if required & not to oppose it.
11th May, 1700. Ordered that Mr. S{r}geant Darnell have three guineys
Mr. Com̃on S{r}geant & Mr. Dee have two a peece given them for the
Tryall of the Informac͠on on Tuesday next & that all the Court of
Assistants bee desired to bee there.
28th June, 1700. Ordered that nothing bee done in the Cause ag{t} the
Company untill the Mandamus be served & then the Comittee to meete.
4th July, 1700. A pˀemtory Mandamus being served the last Court,
Ordered that on Tuesday next by two of the Clock in the afternoon
there bee an elecc͠on of two Wardens Expert in Barbery for the
remainder of this yeare.
9th July, 1700. An election took place, with the result that Mr. John
Pinke and Mr. Richard Marks, both being Barbers, were elected Wardens.
Mr. Pinke was already a Warden, but the Mandamus required two Barbers
to be elected, and he was simply re-elected. Mr. Marks took the place
of Mr. Bartholomew King, Surgeon. The Master, Mr. Lichfield, and the
second Warden, Mr. James Wall, were both Surgeons.
13th January, 1709. It was agreed that a new set of By-Laws which had
been settled by the Common Serjeant and Sir Edward Northey should be
presented to the Lord Chancellor, etc., for confirmation, it being
considered that the existing By-Laws were defective in many parts, and
that “good & wholesome Lawes were the life strength & support of this
Company.”
6th April, 1709. A set of By-Laws of this date was confirmed. They are
comprised on thirteen great skins of parchment, and, like previous
ones, are far too voluminous, and indeed not of sufficient interest,
to warrant transcribing, being practically the former set with sundry
technical and minor alterations. There is a fine portrait of Queen
Anne on the first skin, and the Document is signed by William Lord
Cowper, Lord Chancellor, Sir John Holt and Sir John Trevor, Lords Chief
Justices, whose seals are pendant. These By-Laws were brought into
Court on 5th May, 1709.
13th January, 1709. The Court were informed that the Barbers of the
Company were in treaty with the Peruke Makers “of the other end of the
town,” about incorporating them into this Company, and that they were
endeavouring to procure an Act of Parliament to that effect, whereupon
the proposition was approved and leave given to the Barbers to petition
Parliament in the name of the Court.
5th December, 1709. A petition was presented by sundry liverymen
(Barbers) representing that Peruke making was an encroachment upon the
art of Barbery, and praying the Court to obtain an Act of Parliament
incorporating the Peruke Makers with the Barber-Surgeons; the petition
was favourably received by the Court and a Committee appointed, who
met the next day and recommended the proposed union, the Peruke Makers
paying such fees as other members of the Company paid.
24th December, 1709. A petition for an Act was ordered to be drawn by
the Clerk and submitted to several eminent counsel for their perusal.
9th January, 1710. Five hundred copies of the proposed Bill, and a
similar number of the reasons for the suggested incorporation, were
ordered to be printed; but in the result nothing came of this proposed
union with the Peruke Makers.
25th August, 1714. The following precept relating to the Accession of
George I was received:
TO THE MASTER AND WARDENS OF } BY THE MAYOR.
THE COMPANY OF BARBER SURGEONS.}
WHEREAS it hath been resolved in Com̃on Councill y{t} if our most
Gratious Lord King George upon his comeing into this Kingdome be
pleased to pass through this his City of London, y{t} he shall be
received by us & our fellow citizens with all the Demonstrationes of
Joy & affection as are suitable to our duty and Loyalty.
These are therefore to require you to have your Rayle Cloaths
Standings Banners Streamers Ensignes & other Ornaments of triumph
belonging to your Company in a readiness to sett up imẽadiatly upon
Notice y{t} shall be given you of the time & place by any further
precept & y{t} yo{r} Cloaths Banners Streamers Ensignes & other
ornaments be fresh & Good & y{t} you forthwith send to all the
Liverymen of yo{r} Company that they be well & decently apparrelled
in their best Cloaths & Gowns to attend in their Standings y{t} so
your Company may be ready (when required) to receive his Maj{tie} to
his satisfac͠on & the Honour of this City and thereof you are not to
faile. Dated this 25{th} day of August, 1714.
GIBSON.
23rd December, 1717. The Company having had great difficulty in
getting in some of their rents, and various of the houses being empty,
determined to sell their property in Mowse Alley, East Smithfield, and
in Butcher Row in St. Botolph’s, Aldgate, agreeing to convey the fee
simple to Mr. Robert Finlay for £1,250.
And it is further ordered by this Court that till such time as the
said sume of 1250{li} can be laid out in a convenient purchase of
houses or lands with the approbac͠on of the Court of Assistants, The
same shall be forthwith placed out at Interest by the Governors upon
such Government or other Publick securitys as they shall think fitt,
But that the said sume of 1250{li} or any part thereof shall never be
expended on the Company’s common occac͠ons or be any way lessened or
broke into on any account whatsoever.
17th April, 1718. The following record was ordered to be made of the
“reasons” for disposing of this property:
The Estate in East Smithfield in eleven years time produced to the
Company above all disbursements relating thereto[119] but £28 15_s._
in the whole, Whereas the annual interest of £1250 at 4 pˀ cent. is
£50.
[119] But these disbursements had been very heavy _in the nature of
repairs_.
Eleven years interest at £50 pˀ ann. for £1250 amounts to without
computeing Interest upon Interest £550.
The Company have run behind hand for severall years by means of the
great sumes laid out upon this Estate.
Whoever goes backward every year must in time be undone.
The Estate is still in such a condition as to require a great sum̃e
of money to be expended upon it in Repairing and Rebuilding in order
to make it tenantable.
The Company had not money to lay out upon it.
If they had, the Estate is so scituated that there is no room to
hope, even in case the whole had been rebuilt (as it wants to be)
that it would have answered the laying out so much money.
And if the Company had let it upon building Leases The pˀsent method
of building is so as to last exactly the term for which the Lease is
taken, wouˀd have put the Company in the same condic͠on as they are
now, when the term expired, besides loss of Rent, & disputes with
such Tenants in the mean time.
It was therefore thought better to dispose of the Estate.
Following are the details of negotiations with one or two parties other
than Mr. Finlay, and some curious particulars of the Company’s title to
part of the Estate, which seems to have been an equitable rather than a
legal one, whereby the Court apprehended some difficulty in disposing
of it to another party from whom a somewhat better price might have
been obtained, and therein, under the circumstances, showed themselves
good men of business by concluding with Mr. Finlay: we cannot however
now, but regret that this most valuable property should have passed
from us for so comparatively insignificant a sum. The purchase-money
was laid out in thirteen East India Bonds of £100 each.
7th April, 1730. M{r} Serj{t} Dickins the Master of the Company
informing the Court, That he having the honour to be acquainted with
the Right Honourable The Earl of Burlington and with his Lordships
most extraordinary genius and superior judgment in Architecture, had
taken the liberty to address himself to the said noble Earl, and to
make it his humble request to his Lordship that he would be pleased
to favour the Company with his opinion, in what manner it would
be safest and best to repair the anatomical Theatre built by the
celebrated Inigo Jones about one hundred years ago.
That his Lordship had thereupon condescended to take a view of the
Theatre and most obligingly directed the proper method of repairing
a structure of so peculiar a frame, and afterwards out of his
accustomed generosity, and in regard to the memory of that great
Architect offered to defray the expence thereof.
IT IS THEREUPON RESOLVED NEMINE CONTRADICENTE by this Court, That
the Master and Wardens of the Company together with the late Master
William Cotesworth Esq{r} be, and they are hereby desired forthwith
to wait on the Right Honb̃le The Earl of Burlington, and in the most
gratefull manner to assure his Lordship in the name of the whole
Company.
THAT they do receive this noble instance of his Lordships bounty and
generosity as a most distinguishing & illustrious mark of honour
shown by his Lordship to the Company & Profession.
And that this Court will take care so to record & transmitt the
remembrance of this magnificent action of his Lordship to their
successors That the gratitude of the Company to his Lordship’s person
and memory may be for ever preserved among them.
13th August, 1730. A marble Bust of the Earl of Burlington was ordered
to be set up in the Theatre.
27th April, 1739. “The Court taking into their considerac͠on that
several of their By-Laws, which had been confirmed by the Lord
Chancellor and Lord Chief Justices for the time being, were in want of
alteration, by reason of the variation of the times and circumstances
of the Company and their Members since such By-Laws were made, and
several new By-Laws being also wanting for the better government of
the Company in times to come,” It was ordered that a Committee of six
should consult and draw up fresh By-Laws, to be submitted to a future
Court of Assistants, but in the result no action was taken.
1744. The long slumbering animosity between the Surgeons and the
Barbers had now reached a climax, and indeed it is a matter of surprise
that an union which had become grotesque should have existed for as
many years as it had. The Surgeons, many of whom had attained to
great eminence, naturally chafed under a system which required their
diplomas to be signed by Governors, two of whom were always Barbers,
or members of some trade or profession other than that of a Surgeon,
and with the rapid progress of science and of surgical skill and
knowledge, they felt their alliance with the Barbers a restraint upon
their advancement, as also that the exercise of their profession under
Charters and By-Laws, antiquated in form, and more adapted to the times
in which they were framed, a hindrance rather than an incitement to
further proficiency.
There is little in the records as to this disagreement, it being
tacitly agreed that neither side should place their arguments or
grievances in the books, which were their joint property.
20th December, 1744. This day the gentlemen on the Surgeons side
having made known at this Court their desire of being separated from
the gentlemen on the Barbers and that each may be made a distinct
and independent Body free from each other, and producing a Case
intended to be offered to the Honourable House of Commons praying
such separation, which being read at this Court It was agreed that
the following gentlemen on the Barbers side viz{t.}--
M{r.} Warden Negus M{r.} Parker M{r.} Maurice M{r.} Truelove and
M{r.} Haddon.
& on the Surgeons side viz{t.}--
M{r.} Serj{t} Dickins Will{m} Petty Esq{r} James Dansie Esq{re} M{r.}
Freke and M{r.} Sainthill
be a Committe appointed to meet on Monday next at the Kings Arms
Tavern in Saint Paul’s Church Yard at one of the Clock at noon to
receive the proposals from the Gentlemen on the Surgeon’s side for
such Separation, and that when they had so done that the Gentlemen on
the Barber’s side members of this Court should lay the same before
the Livery on their side, by a Meeting to be had for that purpose,
and that a Court of Assistants should be held on the Tenth day of
January next, at which time the Gentlemen on the Barber’s Side
Members of this Court, should then report their opinion and assent or
Dissent to such proposals made.
At the same time it was agreed that any Member of this Court should
at any time have the free liberty of examining and inspecting into
the several Books and writings belonging to this Company In case the
same should be in the presence of the Master or one of the Wardens
but not otherwise, but no such Books or writings be at any time
removed from the Hall, on any account whatever unless by a special
order of this Court first had and obtained for that purpose.
10th January, 1745. Pursuant to an Order of the last Court of
Assistants the gentlemen on the Barbers side Members of this Court,
did this day make their report on the proposals made by the gentlemen
on the Surgeons side for a separation, by Dissenting in general to
such proposals made.
By the Journals of the House of Commons, 18 George II, it appears that
the Surgeons on 31st January, 1745, presented a petition to Parliament,
in which among other things they recited the Act, 32 Henry VIII, and
also that Charles I in the 5th year of his reign,
by Letters Patent under the great seal confirmed the Barber Surgeon’s
Company in their possessions and privileges and gave the Company
power to make by-laws and to constitute ten persons to be Examiners
of Surgeons during their lives, and it was thereby further granted
that no person whether freeman foreigner native of England or alien
should practise Surgery in London or Westminster or within seven
miles of the City of London unless previously examined allowed and
admitted by the Company in manner therein mentioned; and that the
Surgeons so examined might practise in any part of England; and that
the Masters and Governors of the said Company might appoint and
have a public lecture for the science of Surgery, for the better
instruction and information in the principles and rudiments of the
art and science of Surgery, and that no person exercising the art of
Surgery within the limits therein mentioned should go out or send any
apprentice or servant from the Port of London to serve in quality
of a Surgeon for any ship without the approbation and allowance of
the said Company, in such manner and under such penalties as are
therein mentioned. That since the said Act for incorporating the two
said Companies, those of the said Company practising Surgery have
from their sole and constant study of, and application to the said
science, rendered the profession and practice thereof of great and
public benefit and utility to this Kingdom, and that the Barbers
belonging to the said Corporation are now, and have been many years,
employed in a business foreign to and independent of the practice of
Surgery; and that the Surgeons belonging to the same Corporation,
being now become a numerous and considerable body, and finding their
union with the Barbers inconvenient in many respects and in no degree
conducive to the progress or improvement of the art of Surgery,
are therefore desirous that the Surgeons being freemen of the said
Company, may be made a Corporation separate and distinct from and
independent of the Barbers of, and belonging to the said Company;
and therefore praying the House to give leave that a bill may be
brought in dissolving and vacating the union and incorporation of the
Barbers and Surgeons made by the said former act; and for making the
Surgeons of the said Company a separate and distinct Corporation; and
for making a partition and division of the real and personal estate
and effects of and belonging to the said united Company, unto and
for the separate benefit of the said two Companies so proposed to be
separated, as to this House shall seem meet and reasonable.
Whereupon it was ordered--
That the said petition be referred to the consideration of a
Committee and that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the
same with their opinion thereupon to the House.
A Committee was at once appointed with power to send for persons,
papers, and records.
On the 6th February the Barbers presented a Petition against the
proposed separation, and asked to be heard by counsel; whereupon it was
ordered--
That the said petition be referred to the consideration of the
Committee to whom the petition of the Surgeons of London, whose
names are thereunto subscribed, on behalf of themselves and other
the Surgeons in the City and suburbs of London is referred: And that
these petitioners the said Barbers, if they think fit be heard by
their Counsel before the said Committee according to the prayer of
the said petitioners.
This petition of the Barbers to the House of Commons was identical
with a very scarce pamphlet “The Case of the Barbers,” a copy of which
has been kindly given to me by Mr. D’Arcy Power, M.A. It is full of
interest, and will be found in Appendix E.
27th February, 1745. The Committee brought up their report, which was
read by the Clerk, and recited the various documents produced and the
evidence tendered; among other matters it is stated that Mr. John
Hayward, a Past Master, was examined and deposed, that the Master
(who every other year was a Barber) and the Wardens present, sign the
diplomas. That there are ten Examiners who have each half a guinea
for their attendance, and the Master and Wardens have the like. That
he did not know that the presence of Barbers at these examinations
was any inconvenience, but he apprehended it would be more eligible
if the Master were always a Surgeon. That the Barbers are generally
present at the four public lectures of Anatomy, two of which are at
the expense of the Company, the other two being at the expense of the
Surgeons. That the Demonstrators of Anatomy and Osteology are chosen
by the whole Court of Assistants (fifteen of whom are Barbers, and
fifteen Surgeons). That he apprehends the present union is the reason
why so many persons do not bind their sons apprentice at the Hall. He
never knew of the Barbers interfering in or giving interruption to
examinations, and he never heard any fact mentioned as a reason for the
separation desired by the Surgeons, except that a great many foreign
brothers (who are gentlemen that practise both in and out of town)
refuse to come into the Company on account of the present expense.
Being examined as to the money generally given to the Poor’s Box by
Sea Surgeons at the time of their receiving a Qualification, he said
that it was always expected, but that if they are not in a capacity
it is not insisted upon, and that he never heard of any person being
denied a Qualification for refusing to pay it. That the Qualification
is delivered to the party sealed up, to be carried to the Navy Office,
and that the Master commonly signifies to him what fees are expected;
that the said Box is examined every month, and about nine-tenths of
the money distributed by the Master and Wardens, among the poor of the
Barbers.
Being asked what proportion the Barbers pay to the Poor’s Box, he said
that the greatest part of the income applied to that use arises from
the examination of Sea Surgeons, but that the Apprentices of Barbers
(who are as twenty to one) always pay when bound at the Hall, and at
their admission to the freedom, as well as the Surgeons.
Mr. Hayward put before the Committee a statement of the fines received
by the Company, which was as follows--
Surgeons. Barbers.
_£ s. d._ _£ s. d._
For Freedom by purchase 10 10 0 6 6 0
" Livery fine, and all Offices to the
Parlor door 35 0 0 25 0 0
" Examination for great Diploma 6 6 0
" The fine for not serving the four
several offices of Master and the
three Wardens, which the Surgeons
often pay, but the Barbers never
do, sometimes 30 guineas but
oftener 40 0 0 40 0 0
" The fine for Master and Stewards of
Anatomy when called upon in turn
(and if they serve, the expense
is rather greater) 40 0 0
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£131 16 0 £71 6 0
============ ===========
The Clerk’s and Beadle’s fees are not included in the above.
Mr. Joseph Wheeler, the Clerk of the Company, was examined by the
Committee, and generally confirmed Mr. Hayward’s evidence.
The next witness, Mr. Neil Stewart, was evidently called in the
interest of the Surgeons, to show the inconvenience which had arisen
(in his case at all events) by reason of the warrants being issued
by the “_Barbers_ and Surgeons.” He deposed that he was surgeon to
H.M.S. The Looe, and, being taken prisoner by the French, was put in
the common prison at Brest, where he petitioned to be removed to an
open hospital at Dinan, and enclosed his warrant as a surgeon with
his petition to the French authorities; some days after, he enquired
of the “Linguist” as to the success of his petition, and was informed
that “the Superintendent did not know by his warrant whether he
(the witness) was a Barber _or_ a Surgeon: that upon his desiring
the linguist to read the warrant, by which it would appear he was a
surgeon, the linguist replied that it might be so, but that if the
witness had been taken on board one of the King of Great Britain’s
ships it would have been out of doubt.” This witness further stated
that he believed the unfavourable notice which was taken of his
petition was because his warrant came from the Masters of the _Barbers_
and Surgeons.
With reference to the gift of Edward Arris the Court minutes of 29th
February, 1675-6 were produced which stated that “Mr. Edward Arris a
very worthy member of this Company having formerly settled by Deed £30
a year for a dissection of a body yearly and Reading on the Muscles,
desired that deed might be delivered up to him,” and he in return
would pay the Company £510 to enable them to apply the interest to the
same purposes, which was agreed to. Mr. Arris dying on the 28th May,
1676, the Company soon became involved in a Chancery suit with his
son, Dr. Thomas Arris, and the Court minutes of 20th January, 1677-8
were produced and read to the Committee. These set forth the answer
which the Company filed to the Bill of Complaint before the Master of
the Rolls, and stated the circumstances referred to in the minutes of
29th February, 1675-6, and that Mr. Arris gave as his reason for this
“That his only son and heir, the now Doctor, had and did then receive
the profits of the said lands to his own use upon condition and under
promise to pay the said £30 per annum for the said Dissection; but he
found that he did never pay one penny of it, or ever would do, when he
their benefactor was dead, without trouble or suit; with some severe
and sharp expressions, which we will by no means mention, although they
were the very words of the father spoken of the son.”
The answer goes on to express the hope that the Company will not be
compelled to enter into any further covenant with Dr. Arris than they
had done with his father their “pious benefactor,” for the carrying out
of the trust, or be ordered to refund the £510 to Dr. Arris. It also
prayed that he might be ordered to pay the costs of “this troublesome
and unnecessary suit, which doth so much shew what they must expect
from him hereafter, if they should part with the £510.” As the Company
retained the £510 till the separation in 1745, there is no doubt but
that Dr. Arris, as he deserved to do, lost his suit.
Various extracts from the Company’s books were read, on behalf of
the Barbers, to show that the united Company had always assisted the
Surgeons, and promoted the cause and interest of Surgery out of the
common fund of the Barbers and Surgeons.
Part of the Will of Robert Ferbras, Citizen and Surgeon, dated 2nd
December, 1470,[120] was read, whereby it appeared that several estates
formerly belonging to the said Company, were given to the Barbers
before their union with the Surgeons in Henry VIII’s time. And a
declaration of Bryan Sandford, dated 8th March, 1490, was read, whereby
it appeared that the site of the Hall was purchased by the Barbers
before the said Union.
[120] But see p. 61 as to this Will. I cannot explain the discrepancy.
The Committee of the House of Commons reported that they had
recommended the parties to settle the dispute as to the division of the
property between them, and that thereupon the Surgeons had proposed
that they should have given up to them Dr. Gale’s Annuity of £16 per
annum and Alderman Arris’ gift of £510; also that for about three years
until the Surgeons could provide themselves with suitable premises,
they should have the use of the Hall, Theatre, &c., at a nominal rent
of one guinea per annum.
The Barbers agreed to give up Gale’s and Arris’ gifts, but proposed
that the Surgeons should take a lease for such days in the year as they
commonly used the premises, at £80 per annum, and pay the Barbers £100
towards the expenses to which they had been put by this suit in the
Parliament.
In the result the Committee reported:--(_a_) That the Surgeons had
made good the allegations of their petition. (_b_) That the proposed
separation was desirable. (_c_) That the propositions of the Surgeons
touching the division of the property were reasonable.
Subsequently the Bill passed both Houses and received the Royal Assent,
the quaint union being dissolved 25th June, 1745.
By this Act (18 Geo. II) the Surgeons were erected into a separate
Corporation, and the Barbers were re-incorporated under the style of
“The Master, Governors and Commonalty of the Mystery of Barbers of
London.” So much of this Act as relates to the Barbers will be found in
the Appendix F.
The first Court of Assistants of “~The Barbers’ Company~” was held on
the 25th June, 1745, at 10 a.m., and there were present:--
Mr. JONATHAN MEDLEY _Master_.
Mr. HUMPHRY NEGUS _Second Governor_.
Mr. WILLIAM PARKER. } { Mr. SAMUEL RUTTER.
Mr. JOHN BARNWELL. } { Mr. ROBERT SCROOBY.
Mr. JOHN TRUELOVE. } { Mr. RICHARD SWITHIN.
Mr. WILLIAM HADDON. } _Assistants._ { Mr. EDWARD COLEBECK.
Mr. JOHN NEGUS. } { Mr. TOGARMAH JONES.
Mr. EDWARD BOXLEY. } { Mr. JOHN GURNEY.
The Act of Separation being read, and the Oaths as formerly required to
be taken by Freemen, Master, Warden, Assistant, Clerk, and Beadle being
also read and considered, the Court settled and formulated the various
Oaths, and the same are entered in the Minutes.
The Election of nine fit and able persons to be Assistants was then
proceeded with, and Mr. William Jackson, Mr. John Bearblock, Mr.
Will{m.} Roberts, Mr. Thomas Cotton, Mr. John Whiting, Mr. Richard
Lookes, James Theobald, Esqre., Peter Theobald, Esqre., and Mr. John
Pepys, were unanimously elected.
Mr. Edward Boxley and Mr. Samuel Rutter were chosen third and fourth
Governors or Wardens.
Thanks were voted to Mr. Jonathan Medley and Mr. Humphry Negus “for
their great care in defending and preserving the Rights Priviledges and
property of this Company on their Separation from the Surgeons.”
Thanks were also voted to Mr. John Paterson “for his great care and
diligence in executing the orders and directions of the Master and
Governor about the defence and preservation of the rights priviledges
and property of the Company” and to further mark their sense of the
same, the Court unanimously elected Mr. Paterson as Clerk.
The two Beadles, Henry Gretton and William Littlebury were re-elected.
It was ordered that all Charters, Books, Plate and goods belonging
to the Company, then in the custody of Mr. Joseph Wheeler (the late
Clerk) should be delivered to Mr. Paterson, who was to make and sign an
Inventory of the same, and also to examine Mr. Wheeler’s accounts, and
report thereon to the Court.
The Common Seal was directed to be altered by omitting the words ET
CHIRURGORUM and by adding ANNO MDCCXLV.
A Committee was appointed to peruse the By-Laws of the late United
Company, and to report as to which of them required amendment or were
fit to be repealed or added to.
8th August, 1751. Mr. John Brooks attended and produced a Deed to
which he requested the subscription of the Court; this deed recited
that by an Act of Parliament passed in the 10th year of Queen Anne,
it was enacted that a duty of 2_d._ per lb. should be laid upon all
starch imported, and of 1_d._ per lb. upon all starch made in Great
Britain, that no perfumer, barber, or seller of hair-powder should
mix any powder of alabaster, plaster of Paris, whiting, lime, etc.
(sweet scents excepted), with any starch to be made use of for making
hair-powder, under pain of forfeiting the hair-powder and £50, and
that any person who should expose the same for sale should forfeit
it and £20. Also that by further Acts additional duties were laid
upon starch. And by an Act passed in the 4th year of George II the
penalties were somewhat mitigated. “And whereas the said laws with
respect to hair-powder have by experience been found not to answer the
end proposed by the Legislature, the sum arising by the said duties
upon starch and hair-powder having gradually lessened, whilst the
fair traders have been great sufferers by the practice of those who
by the greatness of the duty have attempted to make vend or use the
said prohibited articles. And whereas the trade or business of making
vending or dressing of Perukes or other Ornaments of hair for the head
and also of cutting and dressing the hair of the head being considered
as distinct from the business of Barbers is under no regulation
whatever,” etc., the parties whom Mr. Brooks represented (and whose
names were signed to the deed) had, therefore, agreed to join in an
application to Parliament for reducing the duties on hair-powder, as
also for incorporating all persons carrying on the trade of Barbers and
Peruke-makers within the Bills of Mortality, into one joint Corporation
or Body politick, and for restraining persons from exercising those
trades who had not served seven years’ apprenticeship.
It was stated that subscriptions towards defraying the costs of the
proposed Bill had been paid to Messrs. Gosling & Bennett, Bankers in
Fleet Street, that John Paterson, Esq., Clerk of the Company, was
Solicitor for the Bill, and Mr. John Brooks was Secretary of the
Petitioners.
The Court, having considered the application, decided to contribute
Twenty Guineas, but the matter seems to have been in abeyance for
eighteen months, as the petition to the House of Commons was not
sealed by the Company until the 7th January, 1753.
13th January, 1753. The petition was this day presented and is recorded
in the Journals of the House; it states, among other things, that the
Company “are in danger of being unable to support themselves and that
the petitioners who exercise the art of Peruke making in the liberties
and neighbourhood of the said City are not a body corporate, nor under
any order or regulation; for want whereof great frauds are practised
in the said manufacture to the discouragement of the fair trader, and
manifest injury of the consumer, And therefore praying the House that
leave may be given for the bringing in a Bill for incorporating the
Peruke makers as well within as without the liberties of the City of
London, and within such distance thereof as the House shall think fit,
with the said petitioners”--the Barbers’ Company. This petition was
referred to a Committee, but no report of that Committee is entered in
the Journals.
4th December, 1764. The Peruke makers turned up again in 1764, for we
find in the Minutes that certain of them attended with the draft of
a petition to the King, to which they asked the assent of the Court.
This petition which strangely commenced “We the Company of Barbers _and
Peruke makers_,” stated that the suppliants laid before his Majesty the
distresses into which the Peruke makers had fallen by reason of the
change of fashion, and thus appeals to the King, “Where can we look
for relief but there only where it is to be found, for as the Fashion
your Majesty approves will very justly be a pattern to your subjects,
We most humbly hope not to be too bold in wishing Perukes may soon be
as much in fashion as the wearing of hair is at present, which will
increase the Revenue, give happiness to the indigent and distressed
Peruke makers, and increase the many great unmerited Favours, We as a
Company have received from Royal Hands!”
16th January, 1765. The Court took this ridiculous petition into
consideration, and of course refused to adopt it, informing the
suppliants that they were concerned to observe the decay in their
trade, as it was connected by usage with that of Barbery, but as the
Charters of the Company did not extend to Peruke making, the Court
could not with propriety address his Majesty on the subject.
[Illustration]
[Illustration: THE COMMITTEE ROOM, BARBERS’ HALL.]
[Illustration]
EXTRACTS FROM COURT MINUTES, ETC.,
MORE PARTICULARLY RELATING TO THE
INTERNAL HISTORY OF THE COMPANY.
29th August, 1550. ~Memorandum~ the xxix{th} day of Auguste in the
house belonging to the sayd Company it was condescended and fully
agreed by the aforesayed M{r} and Wardeins M{r} Geen Thomas Johnson
Thomas Stocdall and Mathew Johnson w{t} thassent of thassistance
being there present that is to say M{r} Kyrkeˀ (Kyrkeby)[121] M{r}
Vycary[122] M{r} Bancks[123] M{r} Byrde[124] M{r} Yonge[125] M{r}
Henderbe[126] Robert Postell[127] Willm Tyllˀ (Tylley)[128] Peter
Dayseman[129] Robert Waterforde[130] Richard Bowll[131] Henry
Pemberton[132] Robert Sprignell[133] Robert Brownell[134] John
Smythe[135] Willm̄ Otherborne[136] and Austeyn Clarck.[137]
[121] Master 1526, 1533.
[122] M. 1530, etc.
[123] M. 1532.
[124] M. 1542, 1545.
[125] M. 1544.
[126] M. 1547.
[127] Warden 1544.
[128] W. 1546.
[129] W. 1547.
[130] W. 1549.
[131] M. 1553.
[132] W. 1539.
[133] M. 1554.
[134] M. 1563.
[135] W. 1547.
[136] W. 1548.
[137] W. 1554.
[Sidenote:
An order taken
concerninge
Thomas Knot.]
THAT Thomas Knot shalbe dischardged and not called to no manner of
office unto such tyme that it shall please the m{rs} to agree for
Another order. And also that he shall not paie no maner of scott lot
nor subsedye nor any other chardge concerning the saied Crafte but
shalbe dischardged of and from the same Ecept onelie his quarterage
and except that which he shall gyve & paye of his owne fre will and
gentelnes.
[Sidenote:
An order for
the elecc̃on of
the Maister.]
~Alsoo~ yt was ordered and agreed the sayd daye by the hole
assistaunce that the maister shall put in iiij{or} into his bill for
his electyon and so the same byll to goo through the house and every
man to prycke as his mynde doth serve him w{th}out any telling and
when every man hathe pricked about the house then the byll to be
brought to the M{r} And he that hath the moste pricks to have the
roome of M{r} the yeare ensuynge. The names of the ellecyon for the
M{r} was M{r} Geen Richard Ferres Robert Postell and Willm̄ Tylle.
[Sidenote:
An order for the
eleccyon of the
upper wardein.]
ALSOO for the elleccyon of the upper wardein he shall put iiij{or}
names into his Byll and so to goo through the house like as the M{r}
Byll hath dooen. The names for the elleccyon for upper wardein was
Thomas Johnson, Richard (The remainder of this line is torn away in
original).
[Sidenote:
An order for the
Elecc̃on of the
Second Wardein.]
ALSOO for the Elleccyon of the Seconde Wardein he shall put in
iiij{or} names in his byll and so to goo through the house like as is
before mencyoned. The names for the Elleccyon was Thomas Stocdall,
John Atkinson, John Smyth and Thomas Knot.
[Sidenote:
For the Eleccyon
of the youngest
Wardein.]
ALSOO for the Elleccyon of the youngest wardein he shall put iiij{or}
into his Byll and so to goo through the house like as before. The
names for the Elleccyon are Mathew Johnson, John Tholmoode, Richard
Elliot and John Shryffe.
10th Sept., 1551. It was ordered that--
[Sidenote:
An order that the
Seconde Wardein
shall receyve all
fynes quartrage
and other
casualtyes.]
The second Wardein shall receyve all maner of Receite as fynes
quartrag for prentises, for fremen and all other casualtyes
whatsoev{r} yt be. And he to paye also all maner of wage, And the
Bedyll to have a booke of all suche receitte and dischardge as the
seconde wardein hathe for his dischardge.
Also yt ys agreed that the younger wardein shall receyve nothing but
onely the Rents of the Londes, and to see reparac͠ons dooen where as
nede shall requyer and that he shall take Appulton[138] w{th} him
when he goeth to receyve the rentes of the Londes so that bothe there
books may agree.
[138] The Beadle.
4th Nov., 1551. It was agreed--
That there shalbe allowed in goyng and searching of their Londes
vj{s} viij{d.}
Ordered--
That John West shall bring in his fyne which ys vj{s} viij{d} for
speking opprobryous wordes against John Androwson in the presence of
the M{rs.}
17th Nov., 1551. It was ordered--
That the Kings maiestyes Barbor or Barbors to his highness parson And
also his mat{s} Surgeon or Surgeons shall sytt next to the Last M{r}
upon the benche where as the M{rs} nowe usually doo sytt and alsoo
shall goo next to the M{rs} in all goyngs and syttings.
It was ordered that no Barber should take a “foreigner” as journeyman
and set him to work, before presenting him to the Master and Wardens,
under a penalty of 3_s._ 4_d._ per week.
This order was made because many foreigners (_i.e._, non-freemen) who
were inexpert had lately come into the City, and the Court directed
that each foreigner should give proof of his skill, and then that he
should remain for one year only and in one service, and no Barber was
to pay a foreigner higher wages than the Masters should from time to
time “sess” or determine under a penalty of 13_s._ 4_d._ for “every
weke so offending.” The Beadle was directed to keep a register book of
all foreigners for the year, and when the year was expired, the Barber
who kept a foreigner and was minded to keep him longer was to come to
the Hall within fourteen days to have him re-registered under a penalty
of 3_s._ 4_d._ per week. And no Barber was to “entyce or envegyll any
mans servant from him upon peyne of forfeyting for a fyne xiij{s.}
iiij{d.}”
The Court fixed the wages of these men as follows--
The best jorneyman that is a forrein shall have for a weke xij{d.}
the second x{d.} and the thurde as the sayd M{rs.} shall thinke meate
& convenyente.
17th November, 1551. It was ordered that the youngest Warden should be
chosen out of the Livery and that he should be--
in especcyall one that hathe byn stewarde so that he be a man that
hath usyed himself in that behalf honestleye and discretly.
It was also ordered that all freemen should come every quarter day to
the Hall to pay quarterage, hear the rules read, and to hear the book
set forth by the Corporation of London concerning Orphans, and no man
was to sit out of his appointed place, under a penalty.
17th July, 1553. It was ordered that Mr. John Enderby (Master 1547)--
shall have the benevolense of the crafte fower marks a yere.
20th September, 1553. The Masters agreed with Richard Drewe--
For a barge when the Mayer goeth to Westmˀ for Twentie sixe shillings
and eighte pence.
12th August, 1554. Being Election day it was agreed that at the
choosing of the Masters--
There shalbe a solempe masse[139] or other dyvyne servyce sayd and
songe that the M{rs.} be choessen and the hole lyverye to be therat
in their best clothing and to meete at the hall at or before the
hower of ix of the clocke and he that fayleth his hower to paye
xij{d} for his fyne w{t}out any redempcyon or gayne sayeing. The
sayed masse[140] to be at the chardgs of the Companye.
[139] The word “masse” has been subsequently erased.
[140] “Masse” has been subsequently erased, and “s’rvice” substituted.
1st Oct., 1555. The following Articles were agreed upon by the Court--
I. There shall no man ffreeman fforyner or straunger of the Clothinge
or w{t}out the clothing shave wasshe a Bearde or tryme any man w{th}
any Instrumēt as to make cleane teathe upon the Sondayes within the
Cytie of London or withoute in his owne house or in any mans house or
chamber or in any place els he shall forfayete at every tyme beinge
duely proved for a fyne to the hall the some of xl{s.} And further
that no fforyner being no ffreman shall carry out any Bason or clothe
or Instrumēt to make cleane teathe to shave poll or wasshe a bearde
or to trym̄e any man but w{t}in the Lybertye where he dwellethe But
w{t}in the Cytie of London he shall not trym̃e any man at no dayes
w{t}in anye of their howses or in any place els w{t}in the Cytie upon
payne to lose at every tyme beinge duely proved for a fyne to the
hall xl{s.}
II. That Apulton the Beadle of the Clothing was to be the Clerk, and
that the Beadle of the Yeomanry was to help the Clerk at
coronac͠on tyme or at other greate tryumphes when any other greate
man cometh in or when the kinge or quene comen through the Cytie.
III. That whenever the Shreif be chosein or the Mayor or the
burgesses of the parlyamẽt or upon the kings or queenes comĩg into
the Cytie or any other greate man comyth in or upon any other greate
truymphe whereapon comaundement ys geven by the Mayor of London to
the sayed Company of the Clothinge of Barbors and Surgeons to geve
their attendaunce Then the hole Company of the Clothinge to meete
at our owne hall of Barbors and Surgeons in our owne lyverye all to
gether fyrste, and afterwards to gooe out of the hall two and two
together as of olde tyme yt hathe been used, and when the Mayor goeth
to poules[141] then the M{r} and governors to gooe throughe out Wood
streate to poules w{th} the rest of the Company of the Clothinge.
And that M{r} and governors that dothe not this shall forfaycte for
a ffyne to the hall vj{li} xiij{s} iiij{d} And they of the Clothing
that dothe not come to the hall firste but will meete us at the
place where we shalbe appointed to stande and to remayn and dothe
not kepe his hower shall loose for a ffyne in the hall at every tyme
so offending iij{s} iiij{d} Provyded alwayes yf the Mayor gooe not
to poules at the Mayors ffeaste Alhollande daye xp̃emas daye twelves
daye and Candlemas daye In what streets we doo gooe throughe yt be
not throughe Wood streate yt shall not be prejudycyall to the master
and governors of the Company for the tyme being.
[141] St. Paul s.
IV. It was ordered that Apprentices, before being presented, should pay
2_s._ 6_d._ fine, also 8_d._ to the Clerk for drawing the Indentures.
8th October, 1555. Further ordinances were framed, viz{t}:--
I. That at all sittings of the Court when any business was discussed
the Members should speak to the subject in order of seniority, and any
one interrupting or speaking out of turn was to pay 12_d._ fine. The
Beadle also was to stand without the door, in the Hall, and there to
give his attendance whenever the Master should knock for him.
II. That there should be an Armourer with a yearly fee of 10_s._, and--
for the same he shalbe bounde to make cleane our harneys w{th}
daggers gunnes armyng swords and bills and with all other things that
doethe appertayne to an Armorer for to doo in mending of buckells
lethers or any other thinge which dothe appertayne to that whiche we
nowe have.
III. When the Master and Governors should go to view their lands and
tenements to see the state of repair, the Bricklayer was to go with
them to advise and to have a fee of “ij{s} and his dynnar.”
IV. This relates to the Clerk (see Clerk).
V. That a Minute book be kept to record all the orders made at any
Court, and that such orders be read at the next Court and signed.
VI. That no freeman shall serve a foreigner under a penalty of 13_s._
4_d._ for every time so offending, and any foreigner taking a freeman
to serve with him should be fined 26_s._ 8_d._
19th November, 1555. John Demynge, “Cowper[142] & ffre denysen,” was
granted a lease of a house belonging to the Company at St. Katherine’s,
Tower Hill, at £2 per annum for thirty years, with a fine of £4 on
sealing the lease and a “barrell of doble beare.”
[142] Cooper.
26th November, 1555. Thomas Glynton, Goldsmith, was to have a lease
of the house in Tower Street, where he then dwelt, for 30 years from
Christmas, 1555, no rent stated, but a fine of £10 to be paid on
sealing the lease.
5th March, 1556. Several further Ordinances and awards were made by the
Court, among which were the following:--
I. That the Masters and Governors should not let the Hall to anyone to--
daunce or use anye other kynde of games els whereby the sealinge or
other things being broken in the hall or kitchen shall redowne to
the losse of the Company Yf therefore the sayed M{r} and governors
for the tyme being doo let out the hall to any bodye to thentent
aforesayde w{t}out the consent of the hole howse to be called for the
same they should forfeit and pay etc.
IV. The ffourthe Artycle is that if any of the Lyverye or of the
yomanrye come to sesse any man being a jornye man to serve him as
the order is that he taketh 1{d} for a yere or ij{d} for ij yere
That his M{r} shall not put him awaye at his pleasure as many now
a dayes do, but he shall complayne to the M{r} and Governors for
the tyme of the demeaner usuage and evell behaveor of the sayed
Journyman for noen kepinge of his M{rs} howse all the weke daye by
reason wherof he dothe lose his customˀs or that he goeth out at his
pleasure and come in at his will againe w{t}out asking of any leave
of his M{r} or mysteris w{ch} pertayneth not to a servaunte for to
doo for theyse consyderac͠ons and other the m{r} maye complayne.
The Jornyman lykewise may complayne of his M{r} yf that he doo not
paye him his wages and to have his meate and dryncke as Jornymen
shoulde have according to the agremẽt of bothe the partyes as the
M{r} and the Jornyman shalbe at a pointe when he cometh to sesse any
Jornymen because that if the Jornyman doo not his dewtye that he
may be punysshed and put in prison to thentent that Jornymen may be
kept in good order otherwise then they be nowe. And that the M{r}
and govˀnors for the tyme being shall declare to the Jornyman what
is his dewty to his M{r} when he dothe come to be seste to thentent
that he shall knowe his dewtye to his M{r} and if he doo not the same
then he knoweth the pryce. And agayne to declare to the Jornyman what
his M{r} shall doo to him, as to paye his wages mete and dryncke and
other things that a Jornyman oughte to have. Yf any of the Clothinge
or of the yomanrye put awaye his Jornyman before his yere or yeres
come out and not declaring the matter to the M{r} and governors [he]
shall forfaycte at every tyme so doinge for a ffyne to the hall vj{s}
viiij{d.} And that all ffremen being Journymen may be preferred and
taken, being a workman before any fforyner duynge his dewty to his
M{r} as is aforesayed because we are bounde to preferre the ffremen
w{ch} beare scot and lot to the Cytye and company w{ch} the Jornymen
doo not being forryners but come out of the contrye to learne there
scyence here and so after warde goo away agayne w{ch} is not to the
welth of the Companye.
VII. No Liveryman was to presume to come into the parlour, whilst the
Court was sitting, without being sent for.
VIII. Freemen were not to put away apprentices to make room for others
by whom they might get money.
IX. Two Stewards for the Anatomy were to be chosen every year.
X. The Clerk having claimed to provide the napery and vessells, and to
appoint the Cook for the Anatomy dinners, alleging an old custom to
that effect, it was ordered that he should not again do so as he had
aforetime for a “lytle lucer of moneye,” but that the Stewards of the
Anatomy should make their own provision and “dresse there meate clenly
and honestlye because of worshipfull men comyng thereunto,” and if the
Clerk again offended he was to “paye to the hall for a fyne his half
yeres wages w{ch} is x{s.}”
XII. THE TWELVE Article is that if Olyver Wilson dothe hereafter
speake evill of the M{r} and governors and thassistaunce of the
clothinge or of any of the yomanrye as heretofore he hathe dooen
w{ch} by profe hathe been tryed and therfore hathe been punnished in
pryson, yf ever hereafter he dothe the like he to be expelled.
NOTE.--In all cases penalties or punishments were specified for breach
of the foregoing ordinances.
5th March, 1556. William Goodwin, Merchant Taylor, leased to the
Company for 99 years “all the houses next the hall w{th} the house of
the prevy w{t}in the hall for vj{li} vj{s} viij{d}” per annum, the
Company to keep the premises in repair.
27th June, 1556. Arnold Tymes, “beare brewer,” had a lease of a
“gardein lying in easte Smithefelde” for 40 years, paying 12_d._ for an
earnest penny, and to pay at the sealing of the lease £4, and at the
Audit day other £4.
9th July, 1556. John More, Cordwainer, and Richard Wiston, had leases
of houses in St. John’s, Walbrook, for 30 years from Midsummer, and
about this period there are several other notices of leases for 30
years having been granted of property in East Smithfield, Holborn
Bridge, and Mugwell Street.
22nd July, 1556. An order was made:--
That there shalbe a painter belonge to the hall, and he to have a
penc͠on yerely of vj{s} viij{d} by the yere to be payed at fower
tymes of the yere and for the same he shall make cleane all the
paintinge w{t}in the hall bothe above and benethe as the Tables in
the hall and other things and in the gardein every qr̃ter of a yere
if it so neede: and to amend faults where there ys anye at his owne
proper costs and chardgs as is afore declared.
26th August, 1557. It was ordered that Mrs. Dawson, the Widow of one
Bryckett--
a Toothe drawer shall paye no quartryge to the hawle nor hange oute
any signe or clothe w{th} teethe as she hearetofore hath don.
12th October, 1557. John West was discharged out of this howse
bycawse he wold not abyde y{e} order of y{e} M{r} & govˀnors and one
Asheton had lycence to arest hym.
Various entries occur about this period of freemen being brought before
the Court and punished for using “obrobrious wordes.”
9th November, 1557. It was ordered that Robert Postell (Warden 1544)
should have a “yerely anewitie oute of thys howse” of 40{s.}
A freeman before “setting up shop” was required to procure the
testimony of one or more citizens that he was worth 10 marks, and to
obtain a licence from the Court; there are numerous examples in point,
_e.g._:--
16th November, 1557. Heare was before the M{r} and Govˀnors Rychard
Lynley and he had Lycẽce to sett up hys shoppe and one Johan Coale
of the Cytie of London Cytizen and Clothwoorcker Deposed that the
sayd Rychard ys worthe and valued of hys proper owne vj{li} xiij{s}
iiij{d.}
23rd November, 1557. Licence was granted to William Thomlyn--
To drawe teethe and to make cleane teethe and no more and he ys so
admytted a brother into thys howse but not yet sworne and he hathe
payde x{s} and rest other ten shyllings he wyll brynge in as sowne as
he can.
11th January, 1558. The same daye Tyndall y{e} Armorer is dysmyst &
shall have no more his fee oute of this howse bycawse he gave none
attendañce whan o{r} soldyers wer sett oute to calyce[143] & John
gamlyn is admytted armorer & he to have y{e} same fee y{t} tyndall
had y{t} is to saye by the yere x{s.}
[143] Calais.
19th April, 1558. My lady Aylyff gave a fyne table cloth of damaske
worcke to srv̈e for the uppermost table in the hawle the w{ch} of her
jentyllness she gave frely unto this hawle.
22nd November, 1558. An order was made against John John that he should
pay 6_s._ to William Bourne for “ij Barbores potts” which he had lost.
1566. The second volume of Court Minutes contains a long list of
“Lawes Actes and Ordenances” enacted by the Court in 1566, but as many
of these are not of sufficient interest to warrant transcribing, the
headings of such will only be given here
1. An order to avoied grudg or displeasure for the elecc͠on.
This was that no one was to “fynd fault” with the election of Master or
Governors if the persons so elected should at any time be chosen out of
their turn.
2. An order that solempne service be saied one the day of Elecc͠on.
Also yt is ordayned that the M{r} and govˀnoures of the saied
mystery for the tyme beinge yerelye uppon the daye of elecc͠on of
the newe M{r} and governoures shall cause Devine service solempnely
to be kepte at the churche therefore to be appoynted. And that the
whole company of the Clothinge or Lyverye of the said ffellowshippe
shall pˀsonallye be present at the same yf there be no Lawfull
and reasonable cause of Absence to be allowed of by the M{r} and
goveno{rs} of the sayed mysterye uppon payne that whosoevˀ absenteth
hym self shall for evˀy suche default paye xij{d.} The said service
to be at the charges of the common Boxe.
3. An order ffor the allowance of the Dynner one the daye of Elecc͠on.
This directed that £13 6_s._ 8_d._ should be allowed yearly towards the
Election Dinner out of the common box.
4. An order that y{e} Clothing shall bring home the M{r} & govˀnors
in their Lyvˀyes.
Also yt is also ordayned y{t} uppon the day of the Elecc͠on of the
newe M{r} and governoures of the saied mysterye After that they shall
be chosen and that suche of them as be present have taken their othe
that then they and every off them shalbe had home unto their howses
with the Lyvery or Clothinge and their hoodds uppon their shoulders
accordinge unto an ould custome heretofore used.
5. An order howe evˀy man shall behave hym self in the Court tyme.
This relates to the order in which the members of the Court shall speak
upon any debated point; the Master to speak first, the Upper Governor
next, and so on down to the Junior Assistant, and, in the event of the
Court being equally divided, the Master to have the casting vote.
6. An order that evˀye one of thassistaunce shall come to all courts
of Assist{s.}
7. An ordre against the Lettinge out of the Hall.
The Hall was not to be used or let out for “weddings sportes or games
therein or playes or dauncinge or for any other like entente,” but by
permission of the Court.
8. An ordre that y{e} M{r} and upper governor shall quarterlye take
accompte of the youngre govˀno{r.}
9. An order that y{e} younger govˀn{r} shall quartˀly make an
accompte to the M{r} & upp{r} govˀnor.
10. An order concernynge the younger govˀnor his receipts & payments
and to see all repac͠ons[144] done.
[144] Reparations (of the Company’s houses).
11. An order concerninge the Secound govˀnors receiptes and payments.
12. An ordre concernynge y{e} examynac͠on of such as shall be
admytted Surgeons.
No one was to be examined for admission to practise Surgery but in the
Common Hall, and in the presence of at least three Examiners and one or
more of the Masters or Governors.
13. An order that everie man of the said company shall abide the
ordre and award made by the M{r} and governors.
14. An order that no pacient be brought unto the hall one y{e} Court
dayes.
15. An order for chosenge M{rs} and Stewards of thannothomye.
There shall be chosen yerelye for ever two Masters and twoe Stewardes
for the Anathomyes and that those twoe whiche were Stewardes the one
yere shalbe Masters of The Anathomies the nexte yere ensewinge To
thende that thereby yt maybe bettˀ knowne howe to wourke and make the
same.
16. An order concerninge the Anathomyes.
This provided that all anatomies, whether public or private should be
made at the Hall and “that all private Anathomyes shall reverently from
hensforth be buryed as publick Anathomyes ar for the worshippe of the
said mysterye, any skelliton to be made onelye excepted.”
17. An order that none supplant or take anothers cure from him one
paine of v{li.}
18. An order that none take any apprˀntice for Surgerie but that he
can write & reade.
19. An order how many sˀvnts evˀy man may kepe.
No liveryman was to keep more than four apprentices or servants working
in his art, and no freeman more than three.
20. An order that none use eny mann{r} of Barbory on Sundayes.
Yt is ordayned that none of the said mysterye usinge any manˀ of
Barberye . . . . . . shall uppon any sondaye shave wasshe poule or
trymme any manne or w{th} any Instrum{t} to make cleane teeth either
w{th}in his howsse or in any other place elles where privelye or
appartlye uppon payne of forfeture of xl{s.}
21. An order that none doe make any shewe of Barborye one Sonndais or
other holy days.
This provides that Barbers shall not “hange upp set or put out any
bason or basons pott or potts uppon his poule Racke shoppe windowes or
otherwise” on Sundays or holy days, and is the earliest mention of the
“Barbers’ pole” in our Books.
22. An order that assistaunts maye be made nevˀ beinge any Governor.
23. An order that none being out of thassistants com̃ into the pˀlor
except he be called.
24. An order that no courte of Assistaunce be houlden one the
tuesdayes.
Tuesdays were set apart for Lectures and for the ordinary or Monthly
Courts; no reason is given why Courts of Assistants should not be held
on the Tuesdays.
25. An order for the pˀsentac͠on of apprentices before they be bounde.
Every apprentice was to be presented to the Court that they might
“uppon the sight of him allowe hymme to be cleane in pˀson and Lymme
and meete for the excersycinge of the same mysterye.”
26. An order that none put away his appˀntice before the cause be
knowne before y{e} M{r} & govˀnors.
27. An order that none lett any bloud stand to the annoyaunce of the
people.
“Barbours excercyseinge fleabothomye or bloud lettinge” were not to
show blood in vessels in their windows.
28. An order that all pˀsentac͠ons in Surgery shalbe pˀsented to the
M{r} w{th} his governoures for the tyme beinge.
This order provided that any Surgeon having a patient in peril of
“mayme” or death, was to “present” or make known the case to the
Governors within three days, and the Court would then appoint certain
expert Surgeons to see the patient and assist in the cure. There
are scores of entries in the books of Surgeons being fined for not
“presenting” patients.
29. An order that none take any pˀsentac͠ons but y{e} M{r} &
govˀnoures for the tyme beinge.
30. An order that the M{r} and governoures and their deputies shall
goe to the poore as well as to the rich.
Any Master or Governor being sent for to see a sick or hurt person and
refusing to go without payment, was to forfeit 20{s.}
31. An order for puttinge the rules in execuc͠on.
32. An order for multipliinge speche in the corte tyme.
This was an early form of _closure_ directed against such members of
the Court as were given to an over-indulgence in oratory.
33. A rule for order in goinge.
Every member of the Company was to take his place according to
precedence, at burials, anniversaries, Courts, etc.:--
And if anie of them of any scrypulosytie frowardnes follye or
pusyllanimity refuse to take his owne romme or place accordinge to
the order in good obedyent manner he was to be fined 12{d.}
34. An order for the view.
This relates to the yearly inspection of the Company’s property.
4th March, 1566. In Thys Courte Willm̄ Gyllam was discharged and
released oute of warde and hath p̃d his arerages and he hathe
confessied y{t} Richard Bromehed doth shave the vycar of Stepney in
his howse every sondaye.
4th July, 1566. It was ordained that if any of the Court hereafter
might “happen to lyght or fall into povertie or dekaye” that he should
have a pension out of the Common box. One who had served as Master was
to have per ann. £4; an Upper Governor £3; Second Governor £2; Younger
Governor £1; and an Assistant 13_s._ 4_d._
It was also ordained that Thomas Hall should have an exhibition of
40_s._ per annum--
towardes hys studye in the unyvercytie for Surgery anexynge physycke
thereunto, and thereby hereafter to pˀphet his other brethren beynge
of this sayde mystery and comynaltie usynge and ocupyenge the sayde
syence & arte w{th}in the cytie of London by Readynge lectures unto
them in y{e} Comon Hall and other wyse by his councell conynge and
knowlege in the same science & arte of Surgery.
It was also ordained that whenever the Lord Mayor should invite the
Masters and Governors to dine with him, that--
then and there after the same dynner ys don The M{r} or govˀnors
shall make his oracyon or request in the behalf of the sayde Company
as to hys wysdome yt shall seme best in most descrytest maner and
shall then geve and delyver unto the sayde Lorde maior of lawful mony
in golde l{s} and in orther corrant mony iij{s} iiij{d} that is foure
marks by waye as a good wyll of the same Company.
ALSO IT YS ORDAYNED That god callyng oute or frome this Trancytory
vale or worlde any of this saide Company decessed and beynge w{th}in
the clothing or lyvery of the same, his best hood shalbe layed upon
the hearse and unto the churche and y{r} upon yt shall so remayne
untyll the takynge of[145] of the said herce clothe w{ch} is used at
the goynge forth of the M{r} govˀnors & company of the clothinge oute
of the churche & the corps goynge to be buryed. And then and y{r} the
clarke of the saide Company shall take the same hood and [it] shalbe
his pˀper owne of dewtie. (_In default the widow or executor was to
pay 6s. 8d._)
[145] Off.
The Beadle was directed to look after, and to help in removing back to
the Hall, the standings, banners, carpets, etc., after they had been
used on any public occasion, and a small yearly fee was to be allowed
him for this service.
3rd November, 1566. Edward Parke, referred to in the next minute, was
constantly getting into trouble, and sometimes into the Compter:--
Here was Thomas Lambkyn & John Merryt wytnesses against Edward Parke
for y{t} he saide he wolde not com̃e to the Courte beynge warned &
y{t} yf the M{r} com̃ytted hym to warde he wolde brynge the M{r}
before the lorde cheefe Justice And yt is ordered y{t} the saide
Parke shall [be] & is upon his humble submyssion remytted.
16th Jan., 1567. The old vellum book of ordinances, etc., containing
portions of the four Gospels in Latin, and still in our possession is
probably the book referred to in the minute of this date, which states
that Willm̄ Grene had “taken an othe upon the blacke booke that serveth
in this howse for the same purpose.”
13th Nov., 1567. Yt ys ordayned that Wyllyam Bull Chrystofor
Swalldell William Crowe Wyllyam Grene Henry Rankyn and Leonard Coxe
is elected to be of the clothyng and Lyvery and that theyre hoods
shalbe by the M{r} for the tyme beyng put upon theyre shoulders
w{th}in the pˀlor one Chrystmas day next ensuyng before the company
go to pawles to weyghte on the lorde mayor, unto the olde usuage in
that behalf provyded accordyngly.
27th Jan., 1568. In this court Rich Hughes is graunted to have the
hall to kepe a maryage in upon Sonday c͠o[146] a sevenighte.
[146] Come.
Again this year a licence for a similar purpose was granted to Francis
Partridge, and there are other instances.
18th May, 1568. In this Courte here was Phillip Jorden for trymynge
on the Sondayes & for now he is forgeven beynge the fyrst tyme.
13th Oct., 1568. Here was W{m} fferrat for Trymyng upon the Sonday
but he wyll do yt no more here after.
About this period there were numerous cases of Sunday trading
before the Court, and in many instances the offenders were fined or
imprisoned.
9th Nov., 1568. In thys Courte here was Rich Roberts and he is
comanded that he shall agree w{th} this mystery as a brother or ells
he to shutte up his shoppe and ocupye no more but as a servant upon
the penallties of the statute.
10th March, 1569. It was ordered:--
That Richard Wysto for his mysdemeanor and unquyet behaveor and beyng
a troublesom pˀson, so that the courte of assystents canne neyther
thincke well or good on hym, therupon and therfore he the saide
Richard Wysto is relynquyshed depryved and dysmyst of his office
and yong{r} govˀnorshyp and also fourth of assystents of the saide
mystery.
Wysto appears from time to time to have given the Court trouble, his
offence on this particular occasion being that he had ordered his
apprentice to let a man blood in the Compter contrary to the order of
the Aldermen. Wysto was contumacious for a long period, but seems on
17th July, 1572, to have made humble submission and apology, whereupon
an order was made “That none do stirre upp any talke consr̃ninge
the deprivac͠on or submyssion of Ric. Wistowe”; he was subsequently
re-admitted on to the Court and served Master 1586, but the animus
against him revived, and on 7th November, 1587, certain parties were
before the Court for reviling him on the old score, and were duly
threatened and admonished as to their future behaviour.
22nd November, 1569. Here was Phillip Jordan for trymming upon the
sabboth daye and he once agayne is warned upon the penalltie of the
acte that he do y{t} hence forwardes no more (see 18th May, 1568).
10th October, 1570. Margaret y{t} was M{r} Vaughan[147] his mayde is
graunted to kepe one Sonday her wedyng in the hall & no more.
[147] George Vaughan, Master 1569.
1568 to 1570. There are several entries in the books of members of the
Court being removed for misbehaviour.
27th January, 1571. It was ordered that--
a newe Bayle be made to thentent them of the clothing of this
mysterie maie decentlie stand to attend all soch tymes as it shall
please the Queenes ma{tie} to come through the citie of London.
The Bayle was a movable stand or platform; there are various notices as
to the one previously in use, having been out of repair. It was taken
out on all great days of processions or triumphs and on Christmas day
when the “lorde maior went to Poules,” and numerous references are also
made to the Company’s banners which accompanied it.
19th January, 1573. Here was Willm̄ Carrington for havinge iiij
servaunts one Christmas even and ordre was taken that he should laye
downe his ffyne.
15th March, 1573. Here was a question moved concerninge takynge in
certeyne into the Assystaunce But the howsse would not consent to the
takinge in of any more for that there were alredye xxviij pˀsones.
Here was a question moved concernynge the takinge in of certayne
pˀsons into the clothinge but the house did not think good to take in
anye for that the nomber is alredy fyftye.
26th May, 1573. Here was John Johnsonne and brought in his fyne for
kepinge a foryner uncest xx{d.}
There are frequent entries of freemen being fined for not “cessing”
foreigners and journeymen, and for teaching foreigners their “science.”
It would seem from the following precise minute that commitments to
prison were made by the Court direct, and not always upon Warrants
obtained from the Lord Mayor or a Justice.
15th March, 1575. Here was one Mˀkes [Markes] servñte w{th} M{r}
Tholmwood sometyme, sent to the Compter by Willm̄ Eden Clark to this
misterye for not pˀforming an Awarde made betwene the saide M{r}
Tholmwood and the saide Mˀkes and divers others stubborne and lewde
behavio{rs.} The comitte{mt} made by the saide M{r} and Wardens.
22nd March, 1575. Here was John Clark sessed w{th} Edward Park for
two yeres to begin at the ffeast of Thannuncˀ of o{r} Ladye next
viz{t.} the first yeare xxij{s} and a payre of hose, the seconde yere
xxvj{s} viij{d} a payre of hose and a Capp.
15th May, 1575. Here was a pˀsept sent by my Lo{r}de maior straitly
charging and commandinge the companye in her Majesties name that they
take immediate order that theyr sˀvaunts and app̃ntices nor any of
them in any wyse or sorte do mysuse annye s̃vyng man page or lackey
or anye other pˀson that shal goo throwe the streets of this Cittee,
nor shall attempt anything to the breach of her Ma{ties} peace
either in wordes acts countenaunce or otherwise at their uttmost
pˀyll, whereupon all the whole Companye were sent for and had that
Comaundement.
1577. Thomas Hall (see 4th July, 1566) was appointed an Examiner in
Surgery and to dissect the anatomies for ten years.
There are several instances of exhibitions to sons of freemen
(generally 40_s._ a year), to enable them to study at Oxford and
Cambridge, and these entries extend over a great many years.
22nd Oct., 1577. Here was M{r} Skarlet the Quenes Bargeman and he
pˀmised the Companie that they shoulde have a barge called the
Greyhounde belonging to the maydes of honor for lij{s} iiij{d} yf my
Lorde maior do go unto westmˀ.
This sum would not of course include the Bargemaster’s or his men’s
fees for their services, or the providing banners, accessories or
attendants, all of which were paid for by the Company in addition.
23rd July, 1582. At this Coˀte John Yates Thomas Lamkin and Edward
Parke were dismist from their places and owte of thassistance for
revelinge of secrets contrarie to a rule in that case pˀvided.
6th March, 1583. Yt was agreed that whereas a demaunde was made
by the L. Maio{r} and Co{r}te of Aldermẽ unto o{r} Companie for a
contribution of certein monie for certeine Landes we hold as the
saide Corte gave in Certificate of John Johnsons guifte for thuse of
an obit. The answere was made by the consent of the said Masters that
this house will joyne w{th} other Companies in the charge accordinge
to their porc͠ons.
21st Nov., 1583. Mr. Banester, a liveryman, being indebted to the
Company £5, gave a “watche or clock” and it was ordered that his debt
should be cancelled in consideration of this gift.
The following minute refers to the obit for John Johnson (_vide_
6th March, 1583) the property having been declared to be held for
superstitious uses, the Company purchased their right to retain its
possession for £13 6_s._ 8_d._
5th July, 1585. At this Co{r}te yt was agreed That whereas a Teñte in
Tower streate belonginge to this house ys founde [to] be concealled
Landes. That the pattenist should have for agreament to have o{r}
Teñte surelie the som̃e of xx{tie} markes.
The next is a curious instance of an ancient tenure.
29th Sept., 1586. A lease for 21 years of a house in East Smithfield
was granted to Humphry Rowland at £6 per annum, and the said Humphry
was to--
deliv{r} and geve unto the saide masters and to suche as shall come
w{th} them to viewe the said Teñte yerely the nombre of xviij shoing
hornes franck and ffree.
14th Aug., 1587. It was also condiscended and agreed That the newe
masters or governo{rs} of this o{r} Company shall eṽy yeare on the
daie of o{r} Ellecc͠on of them be brought home to their howses with
the Levery or some p̃te of them as heretofore hathe ben accustomed
eṽy one wearinge his hood in decent order.
6th July, 1592. Certein newe silver booles are to be bought for those
pˀcell gilt booles w{ch} were the guifte of M{r} Vaughan.
9th February, 1596. It was agreed for “the taking in of the water w{ch}
cometh from the Themes by pipes into this howse.” Heretofore the water
had been supplied from a well, and later on by a leaden “pomp.”
1596. In this year a curious episode occurred, which showed that the
Court were not unwilling to shield their freemen when offending, if
the party taking action against the offender did not belong to the
Company. Four freemen (one being an Assistant) had been “put into”
the Court of Exchequer by “one Holmes an Informer for using both
Barbery and Chirurgery against the Statute,” and the Court, without
troubling to enquire if the offence had been committed or not, ordered
that £10 should be lent the parties to assist them in defending the
suit. At the next Court the matter was much debated as to whether the
Barber-Surgeons should go on with their defence or make terms with the
informer, and the parties themselves were consulted, whereupon it was
finally decided “among themselves to agree w{th} the said Informer
w{ch} they related to the whole Corte, whereupon the Corte rose and
the said pˀties made their owne agreement privately w{th} the saied
Informer to their best likinge.”
10th December, 1596. Mr. Storer came to the Court and agreed with the
Company, by indenture, in consideration of £5 per annum for seven
years, to relieve the Company from all charges in respect of the
provision of grain for serving the market during that period.
9th June, 1597. This daie one septer or mace and twoe pictures
latelye and verye loveingelye given to this Companye by William
Martyn[148] of the Clothinge in token of his love to this house was
presented to this Courte and verye gratefullye accepted.
[148] Master 1606.
This daie one cupp made of an Ostridge Egge or shell and sett in
silver and guilte given by the laste will and testamente of M{r}
Thomas Bankes divers tymes M{r} of this Companye was likewise
presented to this Courte and verye gratefullye accepted.
15th Jany., 1598. This daie William Clare one of the Lorde Maiors
serjeantes at mace is chosen officer of this house and where his fee
to fore was but vj{s} viij{d} per Anñ it is nowe by this Courte uppon
good consideration augmented to x{s} pˀ Anñ and John Smith in his
absence is appointed deputye.
The duty of this officer was to attend the Courts of Assistants and to
arrest and convey to the Compter such persons as were committed.
30th Jan., 1598. Nicholas Kellaway, in consideration of his years,
was excused serving the offices of Steward and Master of the Anatomy
and “freelye gave one standinge cup double guilte w{ch} was kindely
accepted.”
14th Aug., 1598. There is under this date an interesting account of the
Election of Master and Wardens; twelve Electors from among the Livery
were appointed:--
Which electors after they had their chardge given them by the
Maisters or Governors of this Companye and their severall billes
for the elecc͠on delivered unto them after longe and deliberate
considerac͠on had, did electe for the Maister John Leycocke and for
the upper Governor John Burgis and for the seconde Governor John
Pecke and for the yongeste Governor Roberte Johnson Which saide John
Leycocke beinge not then presente the garlande accordinge to the
manner and custome of this house was by the Maister for the yeare
paste placed uppon the heade of Mr. Docter Browne as deputye for the
saide John Leycocke, after which another garlande was likewise placed
uppon the heede of the saide John Burgis by the upper governor And
a like garlande tendered to the saide John Pecke which he utterlye
refused and for the same was fined at ffortye shillinges which fine
he paid accordinglye likewise a nother garlande was placed by the
yongeste Governor uppon the heade of the said Roberte Johnson and
by him gratefullye accepted And the saide Maister Burgis and M{r.}
Johnson were sworne standinge for the due execuc͠on of their offices.
1598. In the Minute Book commencing 1598 there are scores of cases of
Barbers being fined for working on Sundays; the informant was generally
the Beadle, and it is amusing to note how frequently a delinquent,
after purging himself by a fine, voluntarily took to the office of
Informer against his brother Barbers.
Many Barbers and Surgeons were fined for presuming to “sett up shoppe”
without licence, here is an instance:--
28th November, 1598. This daye George Collimer appeared before the
M{rs} of this Companye and had daye till the next court to bringe in
his fine for openinge his shop w{th}out licence.
11th December, 1598. This daye Thomas Powell appeared before the
M{rs} for workinge on the saboth daye and puteth him self uppon his
tryall, wherefore he is comaunded to attend here the next Court And
in the meane tyme for his unrevˀent behaviour towards the M{r} is
comitted to the Compt{r.}
15th January, 1599. Where divers grudges and manye greate
inconveniencies have happened amongest suche as have benne familiar
frendes and brothers of this Societye by the unadvised rashnes of
some of the Assistance of this Companie whoe have disclosed and
revealed suche secretes as have bene advisedlye and discretlye for
the benefit of the said Companye spoken in the courte tyme Contrarye
to the solempne othes of suche assistanˀ to the greate dishoner of
god and scandall to the said Companye, ffor reformac͠on whereof it
is ordered by consente of a full Courte of Assistance That if at any
tyme hereafter any of the Assistance of this ffelowship shall utter
or reveale to any other pˀson beinge not Assistante any secretes
uttered and spoken at any courte which oughte not to be uttered or
revealed And also if any Elector of the M{r} or Governors for the
tyme beinge shall at any tyme hereafter utter or reveale any speches
concerninge the election to any person which oughte not to knowe the
same suche person soe offendinge and due proffe thereof made, beinge
of the Assistance shalbe dismissed oute of his place and livery, and
beinge onlye of the livery shalbe dismissed oute of the liverye.
Where this house hath a barrel of Gunpowder It is ordered that the
same be soulde to the beste benifitt of this house.
30th January, 1599. This daie Edward Downes was comitted to the
Compter for calleinge villayne before the maisters of the Companye.
6th February, 1599. It is ordered that John Mullines shalbe comitted
to the Compter for his disobedience in not payeinge his debte to this
house.
17th April, 1599. This daie Michaell Bullocke complayneth of William
Webbe forren brother for workeinge with Henrye Needeham beinge not
ceassed with him and for grindeinge of rasares[149] And Needeham is
to be warned to the nexte Courte.
[149] Razors.
8th May, 1599. Marmaduke Jefferson hath till the nexte Courte to
bring in his fine for hangeinge oute his basones on maye daie.
5th July, 1599. Richard Sprignall, to be excused serving the office of
Master, presented a--
drinckeinge cupp made of a nutte and garnished with silver and guilte
which was thankfullye accepted.
17th July, 1599. This daie William Lacye is Comitted to the Compter
for his contemptious behaviour towardes the Maisters of the Companye
and for workinge in the trade of barberie beinge noe freeman.
24th July, 1599. This daie Richard Samborne complayned of one Phillip
Winter for settinge upp a shoppe in paules church yarde beinge not
free. It is ordered that the saide Winter shalbe comitted to prison
untill he be free, or bounde before my lorde Maior to departe the
Citye.
This daie Gabriell Hunte appeared before the Maisters and was
comitted to prison for workeinge on the sabouth daies.
30th July, 1599. This daie Thomas Hobbes hath lycence of the Maisters
to sue Thomas Watson at the Comon lawe for not accomptinge with him
for iij{li.} due in the tyme of his apprentishipp.
13th August, 1599. It was further ordered that because this tyme is
troblesom and to avoyde the evill speches of men, that there shoulde
go home with the Maister but eighte of the liverye and with the rest
of the Governors sixe a peece and that withoute their hoodes.
29th May, 1600. It was ordered that two streamers and two banners
should be purchased to garnish the Company’s barge.
3rd July, 1600. This daye Anthony Millington Esquier Executor to the
laste Will and Testament of Elizabeth Scoloker deceased payd unto the
M{rs} viz., M{r} Wood M{r} Dardes & M{r} Martin a legacy of tenne
poundes by the sayd Elizabeth bequeathed to this Company whereuppon
it is ordered that there be a Cup made w{th} the same money And that
her name be ingraven uppon it as a thinge geven by her.
11th Aug., 1600. Whereas Thomas Cole a verye disobedient and pervers
brother of this Companye did verye disobedientlie and perversely
behave himselfe towardes the Maisters or Governors in the presents
of the Assistants and liverye there assembled And alsoe for that
hee refused to paie the musicions iiij{d} according to order It is
ordered by the consent of a full Courte of Assistants and of the
reste of the assemblie that he be dismissed oute of the liverye of
this Companye And not to be warned to any assemblies or meetinges in
other sorte then one[150] of the yeomanrie till it shall please a
Courte of Assistants at the like tyme to restore him to his former
place, yet he is to paye his quarterage dulye.
[150] Than as one.
Thomas Cole reformed his ways, and was subsequently re-admitted to the
Livery.
4th Nov., 1600. This daye it is ordered that Wheelis dwellinge in
Longe Lane take downe his basons and make no shewe towardes the
streete uppon payne to be comitted to the Compter.
22nd Apl., 1601. This daye where this howse alloweth but v{s} to
the parson of St. Olaves for his sermon on the Election daye It is
ordered by this Court that the same be augmented to x{s.}
5th May, 1601. This daie Henry Eaton uppon warninge appeared before
the maisters or Governors for keepinge a forren Jorneyman whereuppon
it was ordered that the said Eaton shoulde put a waie the said
fforren before the next courte daye.
30th June, 1601. Noah Bayley, a Surgeon, who for two or three years
past had continually been complained of for various offences, and
disagreements with patients and apprentices, came at last to grief, for
having--
not onely abused M{r} Warden Thorney w{th} reprochefull & slanderous
speeches but also M{r} Mapes and M{r} ffenton twoe of the assistants
of this Company making mowes[151] and mockinge them as they sate
in the Courte in contempt of the said Court it was ordered that
hee therefore shalbe comitted to the Compter uppon the Lo: Maiors
commaundement for example of oth{rs.}
[151] Mouths.
22nd September, 1601. This daye Richard Higgins was committed to the
Compter by the M{rs} uppon the Lo: Maiors commaundm{t} for refuseinge
to paye his fine for his absence from the hall at the daye of
gen{r}all Rules.
This day Thomas Allen[152] was fined for his absence from the said
rules.
[152] First Master of Dulwich College.
6th October, 1601. This daye it was ordered that Will{m} Braye for
certayne speeches & for his misbehaviour towards M{r} Warden Atmer
should be pˀsently comitted to the Compter, of w{ch} imprisonm{t} at
his humble suite and uppon his submission to the said M{r} Atm{r} hee
was dischardged of his said imprisonm{t.}
10th October, 1601. This daye Will{m} Deepeinge Owin Jones and Edward
Waterhowse were appoynted for three of the wiflers for the yere
ensuinge.
A committee was ordered to meet at “Mˀcers Chappell by sixe of the
Clock in the morninge to viewe the repac͠ons of the howses belonginge
to this Company.” How many members of the Court would _now_ attend at
6 a.m. in chill October?
27th October, 1601. This daye it is ordered that the M{rs} of this
Company & also M{r} Bird M{r} Wood M{r} John Izard Thomas Thorney
William Martin & John Gerrard[153] be warned to meete on ffrydaye
next by sixe of the clock in the morninge to goe on serch accordinge
to custome.
[153] The celebrated herbalist.
23rd February, 1602. This daye it is ordered that Richard Jackson a
brother of this Company shall be committed to the Compt{r} for not
appearinge before the M{rs} uppon warninge to answer the complaint of
Edward Bird his apprentice.
22nd March, 1602. This daye it is ordered that John Rea Strang{r}
shall be committed to the Compter for settinge out his billes[154]
uppon the gates & oth{r} places in the Cytie contrary to his
tollerac͠on.
[154] Probably quack doctor’s advertisements.
30th March, 1602. This daye it is ordered that M{r} Warden ffrederick
M{r} Thorney M{r} Will{m} Martin M{r} John Peck M{r} Gerrard[153] &
M{r} ffenton shall meate on ffrydaye next by eyghte of the clock in
the morninge at Lyon Key to goe from thence to my Lord Admirall[155]
to complayne against Robert Derham for his contempt in refusinge her
Mat{s} imprest.
[155] The Earl of Nottingham, at Greenwich.
13th April, 1602. This daye Robert Durham (Derham) appeared before
the M{rs} of this Company of his owne voluntary And it was by this
Courte ordered that for his sevˀall contempts of this Company aswel
in their serch as in their prest hee should bee committed to the
Compt{r} uppon the Lord Maiors Commaundem{t} whereuppon hee was sent
to the Compter But at the speciall instance and request of one M{r}
Meredith and M{r} Morgan twoe of the said Derhams ffrendes hee was
sent for back agayne and uppon his humble submission & intreaty hee
was dischardged of his imprisonment And thereuppon did promise to be
obedient to this Company at all tymes hereaft{r.}
24th November, 1602. This daye it is ordered by the M{rs} or
Governors of this Company that Robert Redhead one of the Lord Maiors
officers shalbe officer to this Company as aft{r} the decease of
Will{m} Clare And to have such fee for the same as the said Willm̄
Clare held the same And also hee is to be confirmed in the same place
by the next court of Assistance.
20th March, 1604. This daye it is ordered that on thursdaye next
the M{rs} of this Company shall attend the Lord Maior to knowe his
pleasure concerninge their places of standinges.
The Masters on this occasion procured an order of the Court of Aldermen
ranking the Company as sixteenth in order of precedence, and this is
set forth in the Minute Book as follows:--
17th April, 1604. ~A Copie~ of an order of Courte set downe the
daye and yere hereaft{r} expressed concerninge the place of this
Company in all assemblies of the Companyes of this Cytie.
* * * * *
~Martis~ decimo septimo die Aprilis 1604 Annoqʒ regni Dñi nr̃i Jacobi
Regis Anglie &c sc̃do.
BENNET } Soane Garrard Lee Hollydaye Wattes Rowe Craven Anderson
MAIOR } Swynerton Hayes ac Romney uñ vĩc &c.
~Where~ it appeareth to this Court aswell by the humble supplicac͠on
of the Maisters or Govˀnors of the Mistery & Coiãltye of Barbors and
Chirurgeons of this Cytie as by an ord{r} taken by the same Courte
the fowerth daye of ffebruary in the tyme of the Maioraltie of S{r}
Stephen Peacock knighte and in the fower and twenteth yere of the
reigne of the Late Kinge of famous memory Kinge Henry the eight That
the M{rs} or Governors of the said mistery & Coiãlty of Barbors
& Chirurgeons & their pˀdecessors in the order of their goinges
standinges rydinges sittinges & oth{r} assemblies of the livˀyes
of the sevˀall Companyes of this ho: Cytie have bene alwayes tyme
oute of mynde reputed taken & placed as the seaventeneth Company
amongest oth{rs} the sevˀall Companyes of this Cytie next & imediatly
from & aft{r} the Company of Mercers Grocers Drapˀs ffishemongers
Goldsmythes Skinners Marchaunttaylors Haberdashers Salters Iremongers
Vinteners Stockfishmongers Clothworkers Brewers Lethersellers and
Pewterers And forasmuch as it doth likewise appeare to this Co{r}te
that sythens the makeinge and establisheinge of the said order the
said M{rs} or Governo{rs} of the said Mistery and Coiãltie of Barbors
and Surgeons have enjoyed the Benifit of the said order and borne
all chardges taxes and contribuc͠ons whatsoevˀ imposed on them from
tyme to tyme w{th} credytt to the good likinge of the Magistrats
and Governors of this Cyttie as well as other Companies of like
sorte and State have done And yett notw{th}standing of late at the
Royall passages of the Kinge and Queenes most exelent Ma{ties} and
the prince of wales attended by the Nobilitie and gentry of the land
through this Cyttie on the fifteenth daie of March last when through
ignorance theie were misplaced by the Comittie appoynted by this
Cyttie for the mannaginge of those affaires. It is therefore this
daie upon due considerac͠on had of the pˀmisses, and for that the
said Company of Stockfyshmongers have bene since the tyme of the said
order wholelie dissolved and abrogated and noe Company or Corporac͠on
remayninge w{th}in this Cyttie of that name, ordered and decreed
that the said M{rs} or Governors of the said Misterie and Coiãltie
of Barbors and Surgeons shalbe from henceforth reputed taken and
placed as the syxeteenth Companie w{th}in this Cyttie in all theire
goeings rydinges sytteinges standeinges and assemblies whatsoever,
any misplaceinge of them on the said fifteeẽth daie of March last to
the contrary notw{th}standinge.
SEBRIGHT.
22nd May, 1604. This daie it is ordered that from henceforth the
Clark of this Companie shall against evˀy Courte daie bestowe iiij{d}
in hearbes and flowers.
12th June, 1604. This daye Will{m} Wrighte a very disobedyent
Broth{r} of this Company was accordinge to the Rules of this howse
fined at vj{s} viij{d} for callinge the officers of this howse knaves
and for other his lewde & disobedient behaviour and is to bringe it
into this Court on tewsedaye next.
8th November, 1604. Mr. Thomas Goodall and Mr. Kellaway were each fined
10_s._ “for not riedinge w{th} the M{rs} when the kinge came through
the city” (probably in March last).
[Illustration: FAC-SIMILE TITLE-PAGE OF CHARTER-BOOK.]
5th February, 1605. This daye Marcus Davie appeared before the
M{rs} and was rebuked for shewinge the Copie of õr Chr̃e[156] to a
Scrivener.
[156] Charter.
28th February, 1605. This daye it is ordered that the numb{r} of 16
pˀsons of the Assistance of this Company shalbe accompted a full
Court of Assistance.
It was also ordered that a “fayre parchem{t} booke” be bought for
engrossing therein the Charters of the Company; this book is still in
our possession.
28th February, 1605. This daye M{r} Warden ffrederick made request to
have a Deputie to supplie his place and office of upper warden and
to sit in his place till his retorne from Spayne whith{r} the saide
M{r} ffrederick is bounde And alsoe to kepe his keyes whereuppon it
was ordered that he should make choyce of any sufficient man of the
Assistantꝭ to keepe his keyes in his absens if hee pleased. But it
was denyed that any should sit in his place as deputy.
Christopher Frederick was Serjeant-Surgeon to the King, and father of
Sir John Frederick, Lord Mayor in 1661. He was of alien birth and did
not work harmoniously with the Court of Assistants. In _Repertory_
xxvii. fo. 117 (at Guildhall), is an order of the Court of Aldermen
that Sir Thomas Garrard and four other Aldermen were to call the
Master and Wardens and Mr. Frederick before them and to end their
controversies (which, however, they did not succeed in doing).
21st March, 1605. Mr. Frederick brought a letter to the Court from
the Earl of Nottingham, saying it was the King’s pleasure that Mr.
Frederick should appoint a deputy to act as Warden in his place, whilst
he was away with the King in Spain, but the Court adhered to its
decision of 28th February.
This daye M{r} Warden ffrederick pˀsented to this Court a letter
wrytten to the M{rs} or Governors & Assistants of this Company the
contents thereof hereafter ensueth, viz{t.}:
Aft{r} my very hearty commendac͠ons I have thoughte good to signifie
unto you his Ma{ties} pleasure That I should have to attend me in
this my ambassage into Spayne Mr. Xpõfer ffrederick one of the nowe
Governors of yo{r} Company w{ch} by reason of the place hee bereth
amongest you can hardely be spared nevertheles because the necessytie
of the service urgeth the same It is thought fit by his Ma{tie} that
hee shall noĩat and appoynt such a sufficient man to execute his
place in his absens as formˀly hath borne that office, wherefore I
doubt not but you will admitt and allowe of such a one as for that
purpose hee shall noĩat to sit in his absens as his deputy who shalbe
answerable for all matt{s} as if M{r} ffrederick were there himself
So to continue eyth{r} untill the tyme of the yere that you make
choyce of some other pˀsone fit for the same or M{r} ffrederickꝭ
retorne oute of Spayne w{ch} shall first happen, of whose ready care
to satisfie the Kinges expectac͠on and my desyre I dowbte not And
evenso I bid you righte hartely farewell. ffrom Arnedell howse the
ix{th} of March 1604.[157]
[157] 160-4/5.
Yo{r} very lovinge frend
Notingham[158]
I do praye you that Will{m} Martin be
excepted[159] in his place till M{r}
ffrederickꝭ retorne Notingham
[158] Lord High Admiral.
[159] Accepted.
26th March, 1605. This daye M{r} James Hodson one of the tenaunts of
this Company accordinge to an order of a Court of Assisstance payd to
the M{rs} his fyne of L{li} for his lease And had lycence graunted
unto him to demyse the tenement w{ch} hee holdeth of this Company or
any pt̃e thereof And did pˀmise to geve unto this howse one hogshead
of clarret wyne when it should for the use of this howse be called
for & demaunded.
9th April, 1605. This daye it is ordered that Humfrey Gorston bringe
in his fyne at the next Courte for teachinge of a forren his Art.
16th April, 1605. This daye Stephen Abraham was commaunded [to] geve
over his keepinge a barbors shop in Phillip Lane untill hee shalbe
made free of this Company uppon payne of imprisonment.
23rd April, 1605. This daye it is ordered that Stephen Abraham be
committed to the Compter for contempt of the M{rs} order heretofore
set downe.
Abraham must have instantly obeyed the order, and shut up his shop in
Phillip Lane, and directly afterwards have opened another in Finch
Lane, for we read:--
30th April, 1605. This daye it is ordered that Stephen Abraham shall
take downe his basons and geve over his shop in ffynch Lane and shall
continue w{th} his mr̃is mr̃is Smyth orels to be committed to prison.
24th May, 1605. fforasmuch as Mathew Peele a broth{r} of this Company
hath delt underhand w{th} the tenante in possession of the howse
where in one Edward Sares lately dwelt at Dowgate, makinge the tenant
to beleeve that hee the sayd Mathew Peele had a lease graunted unto
him from this howse of the same and pˀffered to sell the same to the
said tenaunt where there is no such thinge to him graunted. It is
therefore ordered that an order made the xviij{th} of March whereby
it was determyned that the sayd Mathew Peele should have the first
pˀffer of the next tenem{t} that should fall voyde of this Company
better cheape by x{li} then any oth{r} pˀson shalbe voyde & of none
effect to all intents & constructions.
11th June, 1605. This daye it is ordered that Willm̄ Wrighte shalbe
committed to the Compter for abuseinge the late M{rs} of this Company.
25th June, 1605. This daye John Crispe dwellinge in St. Martins
Barbor is dischardged from kepeinge a shop.
12th September, 1605. This day it was agreed that the pˀnte M{rs}
shall pˀceed to build againe the wall latelie taken downe betwixt
o{r} yard and the Bulwark w{th} Brick only And the same to be
correspondent to the reste of the bricke wall of the said yard In
which wall they are to cause to be made and placed such and so many
convenient wyndowes w{th} lettice and casementꝭ as they shall thincke
fitt. And it is further agreed by the consent of the Court that they
shall proceed w{th} the worcke now in hand for the erectinge of a
steyre and steyrecase to be made to passe through the pˀlor into the
said Bullwarke or garden plott And the same to be finished and done
in such mannˀ and forme as the said M{rs} shall thincke fitt And also
shall repaire and amend the defectꝭ of the wainscott in the said
pˀlor where need shall require. And that such chardges shalbe borne
by this house as shalbe in that behalf disburssed.
26th September, 1605. This day M{r} Nicholas Collins is chosen to be
of Councell w{th} this Company and is to have a fee of xl{s} pˀ añn.
and is to continue in the same place so longe as it shall please the
Assistantꝭ of the same Company.
1st October, 1605. This day William Gravenor was fined for hanginge
out of his basons on Bartholomew day And also Humphry Gorston.
This day there was redd to this Court a lrẽ directed from Doctor
Browne to the said court importinge that Christopher ffredricke was
as forward in his advice as in his Assistaunce in the cuttinge of
S{r} Anthony Cooke as M{r} ffenton was.
About the year 1605 the Court were at law with Mr. Frederick as appears
by the Wardens’ accounts, though there is no reference to the subject
of the dispute in the Minutes, beyond the above reference to a surgical
operation performed on Sir A. Cooke, and the controversy about the
Deputy Warden when Mr. Frederick went to Spain. Mr. Frederick was alien
born, and the following order, without doubt, had a reference to this
circumstance:--
10th October, 1605. This day it is ordered that from henceforth no
Alien or stranger borne out of his Matꝭ dominions shall hereafter be
capable or eligible to beare or take upon him any place or places or
office of a M{r} or Governour of this Company And that an ordinaunce
shalbe pˀntlie drawne to such purpose if by o{r} Councell wee shalbe
advised so to doe.
The above order was rescinded 21st July, 1608.
8th October, 1605. This day Thomas Emerie William ffarris John Heydon
John Burrowes Roger Brecknocke John Hullins Wyddow Turner widdow
Eaton John Phillipps and Robert Samme were fined for workinge upon
last Saboth.
10th October, 1605. This day it is ordered by this Courte that
the reparac͠ons of the Citties wall next to the Bullwark shalbe
accomplished and done according as the pˀnte M{rs} or Governo{rs} of
this Company shall thincke fitt And all charges therein disburssed
shalbe borne by this house.
7th November, 1605. It is also ordered that the pˀnte M{rs} or
Governors of this Company shall if they cann bargaine w{th} the Ladie
Windsor for the glasse in the wyndowes of the Bulwark And for such
other thingꝭ as are by her Ladishipp to be sold and to give such
Composition for the same as they in their discretions shall thincke
fitt.
This day it is ordered that the youngest Governo{r} Rento{r} doe
cause all needful and necessarie repˀac͠ons to be done upon such
tenemtꝭ as ought to be repaired by this Company And also shall cause
the privit hedge in the garden next the Bullwark to be taken up and
the ground to be leveled and another hedge to be planted and sett all
alonge from the further end of o{r} new bricke wall to the furthest
corner of that garden.
19th November, 1605. This day it is ordered that the M{rs} of this
Company togeather w{th} M{r} Bird M{r} Wood M{r} John Martin and M{r}
Mapes are to goe in search on satterday and upon munday next And they
are to meete in Powles.[160]
[160] St. Paul s.
28th Nov., 1605. This day it is ordeyned that o{r} M{r} shall
compound with some Baker to pˀvide for this Company 50 quarte{rs} of
good wheate at such yearelie rate and for such tyme as they can agree
And he to be Baker to the house so longe as he behave himself well.
One Will{m.} Clifton was on 17th December following appointed Baker,
and agreed to find 50 quarters of wheat for £5 per annum.
28th January, 1606. This day John ffoxe a forren Barbor appeared
before the M{rs} and was by them forbidden to keepe shopp in London
any more for Barbinge or Surgery, And he pˀmissed that he would not.
16th June, 1606. In the controvˀsie betwixt Thomas Orton & ffrauncꝭ
Holland It is ordered that the said Orton proceed not in suite of law
against the said Holland otherwise then by takeinge the peace of him
till the next Court Att w{ch} tyme the said Holland is comaunded by
this Court to bringe in his fine of xl{s} for strikinge of him the
said Orton. And the said Orton is to geve his attendaunce at that
Courte.
14th July, 1606. This day uppon the suite of the pˀson and
pˀishione{rs} of St. Olaves in Silver Street It was ordered by this
Court that at such tyme as the now church of the said pĩsh shal begin
to be reedified beinge now in great decay and fallen into ruyn That
then the M{rs} or governou{rs} of this Company for the tyme beinge
shall of the stocke of the said Company pay to the then church
wardens of the said pĩsh the somme of x{li} towardꝭ the reedifiẽg of
the said Church w{th}out makinge further suite for the same.
Several liverymen were complained of for not having attended in their
liveries of late, and among other notes is the following:--
14th July, 1606. This day Henry Bradley one fferris and Henry Bracey
are dismissed out of the Clothinge and Assistaunce of this Company
for they have not given their attendaunce in their liveryes uppon
summons.
8th September, 1606. This daie Mr. Peck did lend voluntary to this
howse L gratis for a yeare next ensueinge.
This daie M{r} ffenton did lend C{li} gratis to this Company for a
yeare next ensueinge Also he did lend to this Company L{li} more for
a yere at x{li} pˀ cent.
23rd September, 1606. This day it is ordered that Percivall Jackson
shalbe comitted to the Compter for his severall Contemptꝭ to this
howse.
30th September, 1606. This daie Percivall Jackson was dischardged out
of prison upon his mothers intreatie. And is to bring in his debt to
Burrowes at the next Court.
7th October, 1606. This daie John Hedlow paid to the M{rs} vj{s}
viij{d} w{ch} by them was tofore paid to officers w{ch} attended to
committ the said Hedlow for his severall contemptꝭ to this howse.
13th October, 1606. Percivall Jackson was again committed to the
Compter for his “severall contemptꝭ.”
4th November, 1606. This daie John Kerrell Richard Cade & Richard
Houlden were fyned for being absent from the funerall of M{r}
ffyneinge.
10th March, 1607. This daie Thomas Grig was fyned at xii{d} for not
wearinge his Cap on Candlemas daie last.
19th September, 1607. The Clerk’s child having died of the plague, and
being carried through the gate of the Hall, an order came from the
Lord Mayor commanding the Court not to sit for 28 days, and it was
thereupon ordered that the Courts should sit at Mr. Fenton’s house in
Bartholomew’s Court during that period.
This daye it is ordered that Carehills wyef be warned to the hall
against the next Court for keepinge of twoe shoppes of Barbinge
w{th}out Bisshoppesgate.
8th October, 1607. This daye it is ordered by this Courte uppon due
considerac͠on had That from henceforth the M{rs} or Governors of this
Company every yere yerely shall geve to the Recorder of this Cytie
a yerely fee of money oute of the stock of this Company at their
pleasures so that it exceede not the somme of iiij{li.}
It was ordered that no liveryman should henceforth--
attend in his lyvery and w{th}out a ruffe band uppon payne of xij{d}
for evˀy offence.
3rd November, 1607. This daye uppon the humble suite of one wydowe
Burrows shee is admitted to keepe her Barbors shop where shee now
dothe for 2 yeres next ensuinge not w{th}standinge that w{th}in the
said tyme shee mary an husbond of any oth{r} trade.
1st December, 1607. This daye Thomas Allen[161] and James Mullins
were fined for wearinge of falleinge bands w{th} their livˀy gownes.
[161] The first Master of Dulwich College.
21st January, 1608. This daye it is ordered that . . . . Braye [be
appointed] Informer to pˀsecute suites by informac͠on against such
pˀsons as the pˀnt Masters shall noĩat for one yere next ensuinge at
the chardgꝭ of this howse And hee is to have tenne poundes for his
paynes therein.
27th January, 1608. Five of the Company were fined for not being at the
funeral of Mistress Izard in their liveries.
5th April, 1608. This daye lycence is geeven to Will{m} Buckley to
arrest John Dodd breakeinge his wyndowes.
21st July, 1608. This daye it was thought fit that the pˀnt
Assistantꝭ showld sit in Court w{th}out their Gownes for that the
weath{r} is hot.
It is ordered that the laste quarters penc͠on due to John a Lee
lately deceased shalbe paid to the poore woman w{ch} kept him in his
sicknes.
At almost every Court, charities in sums varying from 2{s} to 40{s}
were given to poor members for their relief, or to the widows of
former members, and in many cases yearly annuities were granted out of
the stock of the house, independent of the Trust charities distributed
by the Court.
14th February, 1609. This daye John Stubbes one of my lord maiors
officers is appoynted a Serjeant to this Company.
27th June, 1609. This daye it is ordered that George Dugdale shall
before Michaelmas next paye to Thomas Shephard v{s} w{ch} hee oweth
him ORELS to be Committed to the Compter.
6th July, 1609. This daye Roger Rayney Marchaunt tayler is elected
& chosen Butler to this howse so longe as hee shall well & honestly
behave himself therein And is to have all such fees and allowances as
to his said place or office are incedent or belongeinge Provided hee
enter into bond to the M{rs} of this Company w{th} sufficient surety
w{th} Condic͠on to make good to this howse all such plate linen &
oth{r} thingꝭ as shalbe committed to his chardge by the M{rs} of this
Company the Stewardꝭ of the Maiors feast The Maisters or Stewardꝭ of
the Anathomy or Wardens of the Yomanry.
This daye uppon the due examinac͠on of sevˀall abuses & misbehaviours
comitted by Thomas Goodale on of the Assistantꝭ of this Company
towardꝭ Mr. Edward Rodes maister of this Company wrongefully
chardgeinge him w{th} injustice before the wholl Courte And for
oth{r} his misdemeanures hee is by the wholl Consent of this Court
dismissed oute of the Assistance of this Company.
26th July, 1609. Whereas heretofore it hath byn observed for a
rule and customary order that the M{rs} of the Company to whom the
Electo{rs} on the Election day before dyñn should deliver the names
of such pˀsons who were at such tyme elected M{rs} of the Company for
the yeare insuinge, should not give any notice to any new M{r} so
elected before the garland should be put upon his head, it was now
thought fit that that rule should be put on one side, and that those
chosen should be at once informed of their Election that they may
make pˀvision for the entertaynement of the livery, etc.
10th August, 1609. This day Richard Browne was admitted Armorer to
the Company and to have p̃. anñ. xiij{s} iiij{d} and he to have a
speciall care to keepe the Armour in repac͠ons and to be therefore
paid by the Rentor warden for the tyme beinge.
This day Mr. John Leacocke[162] contemptuoslie depˀted out of the
Courte w{th}out licence of the M{rs} or of any of them And albeit
he was required by the Clarke by the comand of the M{rs} to come
into the Courte beinge depˀted out of the hall, he answered that he
would not come againe Therefore it is ordred by this Courte that he
shall pay his fine of iij{s} iiij{d} for depˀtinge the Court without
the M{rs} licence And if he refused to pay the said iij{s} iiij{d}
then the som̃e of xl{s} is by this Courte ordred to be assessed and
ymposed upon him w{ch} if he shall likewise refuse to pay then he is
by this Court dismissed out of the Assistaunce ipso facto.
[162] Master in 1604.
Mr. Leacocke submitted and paid his fine 26th September, 1609.
21st August, 1609. In answer to a precept from the Lord Mayor, a
certificate was sent to his Lordship that there were remaining of the
50 quarters of wheat wherewith the Company was charged, 20 quarters,
and that the remainder had been sold in the Markets according to former
precepts.
19th October, 1609. It was ordered that:--
no M{r} or govˀno{r} of this Company shall from henceforth have power
or authority in them or any of them to sell morgage or ympawne the
fower pieces of Tapistry hangingꝭ or any of them w{ch} were bought
for the use and creditt of this house.
9th January, 1610. Att this Courte Henry Jones paid vj{d} to the
pore’s box for hanginge out his basons one Twelveth day last.
6th March, 1610. Att this Courte it is ordered that Thomas Burgis
shall at the next Tusedayes Courte pay unto the widdow Burrowes his
late M{ris} iiij{s} for that he hath broken her Combes and Sise{rs.}
21st March, 1610. Att this Court it is ordered that the wyddow
Saunde{rs} shall no longer reteyne in her service one Allexander
ffarrington uppon payne that if shee doe her basons shalbe taken
downe & she comitted to the Compter.
8th May, 1610. At this Court it is ordered that Pyramus Porter shall
be pnˀtely discharged out of Prison being layd in by Richard Gessell
for that Porter was layd in w{th}out the M{rs} Consentꝭ.
Porter was Gessell’s apprentice, and their disagreements had been
before the Court on a previous occasion.
20th August, 1610. Mr. William Gale (who had been Master, 1595) was
elected Master; he was an eminent Surgeon but, dying on 19th November,
1610, was succeeded in his office by Mr. John Peck (who had been Master
in 1605). Mr. Gale was buried at Monken Hadley, in the chancel of which
church may still be seen in the floor on the North side of the Altar,
a brass with an inscription to his memory, and two brasses with the
effigies of his sons and daughters. There were formerly brasses of the
effigies of William Gale and his two wives, but they have unfortunately
been removed.
The arms of Gale (as appearing on his son’s brass in Monken Hadley
Church) Az. on a fesse betw. three saltires ar. as many lyons’ heads
era. of the field langued gules.[163]
[163] The tinctures are from Burke’s Armory.
20th September, 1610. Att this Court a motion being proposed by the
present M{rs} to thentent to bringe the howse out of debt, w{ch}
cannot be soddenly effected except the Assistauntꝭ of this board
shall of their owne free willꝭ by their pˀticuler free guiftꝭ or
other wise by the voluntary free loane of money to this howse for
a certayne tyme, be assistinge And thereupon M{r} Warden ffenton
declared that o{r} M{r} was contented towardꝭ soe good an acc͠on to
gyve freely xx{li} and M{r} Warden ffenton vj{li} xiij{s} iiij{d}
M{r} Warden Veare iij{li} vj{s} viij{d} M{r} Warden Hassald xl{s} And
demaundinge of the residue of the bord what they would gyve, M{r}
Wood he would gyve x{li} if the howse will renewe his lease, M{r}
Sˀjaunt Goodorus would thinck of itt, M{r} Leycock M{r} Thorney M{r}
Gerard M{r} Rodes & M{r} ffrederick would doe the lick M{r} Thomas
Martyn would gyve xx{s} M{r} Isard vj{s} viij{d} M{r} Mapes would
gyve xl{s} M{r} Johnson M{r} ffoster M{r} Ingolsby & M{r} Coghill
they would doe as others in their Ranck would doe. M{r} Cook would
gyve xxxiij{s} iiij{d.}
16th October, 1610. Att this Court It is agreed that one Henry
Pullyard a Drummer shalbe admitted to be the Drummer to this howse
And he is to have for evˀy dayes service that he shall serve as a
Drummer to this Company on the lord Mayors daie the some of xiij{s}
iiij{d.}
20th November, 1610. Att this Court ytt is ordered that William Jones
shall bringe in the next Tuesdaye Cort xx{s} for a ffyne for keeping
two shoppes.
22nd November, 1610. Roger Joanes, a Waterman, was appointed Bargeman
with a yearly fee of 20_s._, and was in consideration thereof to find
a Barge with “all thingꝭ therein and therewith fittinge” whenever the
Company should require the same for £3 on each occasion.
11th June, 1611. Itt is likewise ordered that the Clothworker w{ch}
practizeth Barberye about Thames Street if he be found workinge, that
then he shalbe comitted to the Compter.
18th July, 1611. At this Court upon the humble suite of Edward
Handsome it was thought fitt & decreed that he should first agree
w{th} the Informer, w{ch} being done come & make his suite to this
house at some Court of Assistantꝭ and then he shoulde knowne & fynd
howe kyndlye they would deale w{th} him.
8th October, 1611. At this Court John Scott was ffyned at vj{s}
viij{d} for refuseinge to holde the place of a whiffler.
4th May, 1613. At this Court Henry Clawes came before the M{rs} and
by them is pˀhibited and forbidden to keepe a Barbo{rs} shopp or
deale any more in surgery for that he is noe denizen.
22nd August, 1614. It was ordered that in future, any liveryman being
called to the Court should pay a fine of five marks. It does not appear
that before this time a fine had been taken on like occasions.
By an entry about this date, it seems that when a “foreigner” was
admitted to the livery he paid £5 for yeomanry and £5 for livery fines
in one payment.
30th March, 1615. At this Court it is further ordered that the new
Ryver water shalbe taken into this howse so as it maie be had for
30{s} fyne & 30{s} pˀ anñ in rent.
6th July, 1615. The hall, which was in “great decay,” was ordered to be
viewed by a Committee of the Court, as to its restoration.
11th November, 1615. At this Court our M{r} acquayntinge them how
unfortunatlie it hath happened that the Hall on Tewsdaie night last
beinge 7 November was broken open & what losse the howse susteyned
thereby. Whereupon it was then presentlie considered and then ordered
that a present course be taken for the spedie repaieringe of the
howse & tresory howse and that the same shalbe forthwith stronglie
borded & made up at the charges of the howse. And for this purpose
this Court did noĩate the p’nte M{r} together with M{r} Peck M{r}
ffenton M{r} Martyn & M{r} ffoster for to be Comittees for the well
orderinge & appoyntinge of the workmen to doe & finish this worke as
in their discretions shalbe thought mete. And what the Comittees or
anie three or two of them shall thinke fittinge to be done this howse
will rate for & allow of as also of the charge to be borne by this
howse.
Note That the xj{th} daie of November Thomas Lyne confessed how he
was the plotter for the Robbinge of o{r} Hall and how o{r} plate was
Carried to Westmˀ & our monie was devided amongst the theves who were
these Thomas Jones Nicholas Sames & Walter ffoster wc̃h did break
open the Hall, whereupon the Clarke haveinge order from o{r} M{r}
went to Westmˀ & upon search there made found our plate locked up
in a trunke in the howse of one ... a shoemaker xj{li} xviij{s} of
the monie M{r} Warden Coopˀ found the same daie in the howse of one
ffulses in Fleete Street. About the xvj{th} of Nov. then followinge
Thomas Jones was taken who beinge brought to Newgate in December
followinge Jones & Lyne were both executed for this fact.
In January followinge Sames was taken & executed. In April 1616
ffoster was taken & executed. Now letts pray God to blesse this howse
ever from any more of these damigees. Amen.
13th December, 1615. At this Court was gyven unto the officers in
regard of their paynes taken in apprehendinge the theves & obteyninge
our plate 5{li} that is to the Clarke 40{s} & 30{s} a peice to the
beadell & Porter.
30th June, 1617. At this Court is gyven unto the weif of John Davis a
fre brother who lieth in prison x{s.}
27th January, 1618. Upon the humble petic͠on unto this Companie
preferred by Thomas Shaw a pore brother of this Companie & now
lyeinge in Ludgate thereby sueing for some releife to discharge him
out of prison. It is therefore ordered by this Court that if the some
of 30{s} will discharge him out of prison it shalbe disbursed out of
the stock of this howse.
20th September, 1622. At this Court is gyven to Susan the Clarkꝭ
mayde towardꝭ her marriage 40{s} in gratuity.
At this Court it is ordered that Jones the Waterman shall have for
the hier of our barge against the lord Maio{rs} day fower poundꝭ So
as it is a large barge will hold the hole lyvery And to worke w{th} 7
or 8 oweis.[164]
[164] Oars.
31st January, 1625. It is straightly ordered by this Courte that the
pˀnte M{rs} or Governo{rs} and their successors shall take speciall
care to comence and prosecute any suite by lawe against any ignorant
imposters or other pˀsons exerciseing the arte of Chirurgery aboute
this Cittie not free of this Companye & alsoe such as shall keepe
shoppes for barbery within this Cittye being free of other Companies
& not of ours.
19th January, 1626. This daye John Mills and George Roades are chosen
to be of our Assistants for Barbars and Henry Blackley and Peter
Thorney for Surgions.
Item this Courte takeing into their considerac͠ons the fewnes of our
Livery many of them being lately dead by reason of the late greate
visitac͠on doe elect and choose John Pinder Edward Charley Edward
ffleete Robert Clarke Samuell Dye and Lewis Gossidge to be of the
Clothing of our Companye.
15th February, 1626. At this Courte it is ordered that William
Kellett do bring in his fine of vj{s} viij{d} at the next Courte
for his unseemely carriage and vile language to Walter Preist being
contrary to the ordinance and good goverment of this house, which
fine the said William Kellett here in Courte refused and said he
would not paye it.
At the same Court Priest was ordered to pay Kellett £3 which he owed
him.
8th June, 1626. Kellett, not having paid his fine, was ordered to be
dismissed out of the livery.
26th October, 1626. But becoming repentant, he made humble suit to the
Court to be reinstated, “protesting here in Courte that as he hopeth
to be saved he did not speak those wordꝭ and if he did he is very
sorroy for it,” upon which submission and payment of his fine, he was
readmitted to the livery.
23rd February, 1626. This daye upon the petic͠on of Thomas Borne and
a certificate under the hand of Docto{r} Allott that the said Borne
was a Scholler of the house in St. Johns Colledge in Cambridge it
is ordered by the Court that for one yeare ensueing he shall have
iij{li} to be paid him by M{r} Warᵭ Molins.
1st February, 1627. Item It is ordered by this Courte that there
shalbe given unto M{r} Docto{r} Gwyn and his sonne for his preferm{t}
in takeing degree of Batchelo{r} of Arte in the universitie of
Oxenford xij{li} as the free gift of this Court.
9th November, 1628. This daye Richard Roades a Barbar & Surgion hath
leave to open his shopp according to the ordinances of this house.
Roades was probably a man who had practised both as a Barber and a
Surgeon outside the Company’s jurisdiction (the common usage of those
days), but now being admitted a brother he had licence to practise
“according to the ordinances,” that is, either as a Barber or a
Surgeon, but not as both.
5th February, 1629. Upon the humble petic͠on made unto this Courte
by John ffranck a professor of Surgery the sonne of John ffrancke
late of the clothing of the livery of this Companie for that the said
ffranck is nowe taken prisoner in Turkey and his ransome is assessed
to 600 Crownes. In comiserac͠on of whose distressed estate in a deede
of charitye of soe greate consequence this courte doth order that
upon the said John ffranckꝭ being safe delivered into England here
alive he shall have viij{li} paid unto such pˀtie as the ransome doth
belong unto.
24th July, 1629. This daye in the complaint made unto this Court
by Henry Edwardꝭ against John Cox for arresting of him without the
consent of the Maisters they both being here present in Court It is
ordered that Edwardꝭ shall paye Cox the xx{s} which he received of
him uppon the wager that was wagered betweene them, and that M{r} Cox
shall withdraw his acc͠on and proceede noe further in lawe and It is
further ordered that M{r} Cox shall paye his fine of a marke on the
next Tuesdaie for not askeing leave of the Maisters to arrest him.
1629. The fine for not serving Steward of the Mayor’s feast was £13
6_s._ 8_d._, and this had been the usual fine for many years.
16th September, 1630. A reference is made to a brick building which
a tenant of the Company was erecting at Holborn Bridge, under the
direction of Inigo Jones.
28th January, 1631. This Court doth give to Marshall Petoe[165] for
his elegies on M{r} Banckꝭ his funˀall v{s.}
[165] A City Poet.
15th March, 1631. It is ordered by this Courte that the 12 Electors
shalbe chosen and drawne by a ballotting box in this manner, twoe out
of the auncient M{rs} one barbar one Surgion, 6 out of those of the
whole Assistantꝭ 3 Barbars 3 surgions, 4 out of the livery 2 barbars
2 surgions as shalbe present on the Election daie.
10th April, 1632. Nicholas Moseley made complaint against goody Smith
of her unruly and disorderly liefe amongst the Tenementꝭ in the alley
at Holborne Bridge and thereupon this Court doth give him leave to
expulse her from dwelling [there] any longer.
2nd July, 1632. This daye upon the humble and pittifull petic͠on
made unto this Court by Richard Hayeward in the behalfe of Ric:
Heyward his son whoe is now captivated and inthrawled under the
slaverye of the Turke and his Ransome being to the som̃e of one C{i.}
w{ch} the said Heyward is not able to raise, This Court therefore
compassionateing the said Richard Heywards distressed estate, whoe
being a Christian is in bondage to those Turkish & heathen Infidelles
dothe order that there shalbe x{li.} paid out of the stock of this
house for and towards the ransomeing and redeemeing the Captive at
such tyme as the said Richard Heyward the son shalbe delivered alive
here in England and not otherwise.
6th February, 1633. Anthony Mondeys wĩdd pˀnted to this Court a Booke
called The Surveigh of London beinge in folio and newlie printed.
This would be Munday’s edition of Stow presented by his widow, and for
which she, in return, had a present from the Court.
29th November, 1633. It is ordered that for the stock of Corne to be
provided yearely by this house every one of the Assistantꝭ of the
Liverye shall lend xl{s.} presently and every one of the liverye
shall lend xx{s.} o{r} M{r} giveing a noate under his hand that the
house shall repaie it within a moneth after each mans death to his
executo{rs} if it be demaunded And soe hereafter every pˀson that
cometh into the Assistantꝭ to lend xl{s.} or that cometh into the
liverye to lend xx{s.}
[Illustration: CORN NOTE.
M_emorandum_. That whereas by Precept yearly from the
right Honourable, the Lord Mayor, and Court of Aldermen. Our companie
is streightly commanded to provide and have readie LXXX. Quarters of
Corne for this Cities service, a Court of assistants, was held the
18{th}. Day of _December_ 1633. to consider how to raise the Money, in
regard our Companie is much indebted, by building our Granary, _&c._
And upon mature deliberation had, it was concluded & ordered, that each
Person then being, or that thereafter should be, a Livery-man, should
thereunto lend XXs. To be hereafter by the Masters, or Governours, for
the time being, repaid out of their Corne-stock, to such Livery-mans
Executors, or Administrators, within one moneth next after such
Livery-mans death, being demanded, we therefore the present Masters, or
Governours, do hereby acknowledge our selves to have received of Mr.
the said allotted some of Twenty shillings for the use aforesaid, And
do hereby promise, that we or, our Successors then being, shall repay
the said XX{s.} accoding as is before expressed witness our hands this
3{d} day of Aprill _Anno Dom._--1688
Roger Knowles }
John King }
Will Sayfield } Governours.
John Standbrooke}]
4th March, 1634. 52 quarters of corn only being in the granary, it
was ordered that 8 quarters more should be purchased to make up the
complement of 60, which the Company were required by the City to keep
in stock.
14th January, 1634. The question of “Ship money” being considered by
the Court, it was thought that the Surgeons of the Company were free
from the same by Charter, and a Committee of the Court was appointed to
take counsel’s opinion thereon.
20th April, 1635. £10 was ordered to be given towards the restoration
of the Church of St. Alban, Wood Street.
2nd June, 1635. Hugh Ward, for his absence from lectures, was summoned
before the Court, when he used “approbrious language,” and defied the
Masters,
Whereupon this Court did in the Lord Maiors name comitt the said Hugh
to the Compter in Woodstreete & charged the said Ward to staye but
he struggled to gett forth of y{e} parlor soe the M{rs} comaunded
the dores to be shutt till an officer had taken him in charge, but
after the officer had him in charge and they were gone forth into the
streete (as the officer reported to this Court) Ward stepped from him
and drew his knife & swoare hee would sheath it in his guttes if he
came after him and soe he made an escape from the officer.
[Illustration: WOOD STREET, COMPTER.
_On the east side of Wood Street, stood this Prison, pertaining to
the Sheriffs of London, built in the Mayoralty of Sir Samuel Strange,
K{nt}:--(Sir John Smith, & James Edwards, Esq.{r} being Sheriffs) in
the year 1670._
_Publish’d Jan{y}. 1 1793 by N. Smith G.{t} Mays Buildings, S{t}.
Martins Lane_]
13th August, 1635. Ward made his submission and paid a fine of 40_s._
1st December, 1635. John Robinson a forreyne bar̃b was questioned
here in Court for setting up a barbars shopp in Blackfriers before
he had made knowne to this Court that he had served 7 yeares
appnˀticeship with a barbar by trade, and had a licence to sett upp
shopp, said he was bound appˀntice to Rich. Davyes of Hereford barbar
x{th} of Januar xxj{th} of King James for 8 yeares but could not
bring testimony he had served that time This Court doth charge him to
take in his barbars pole & basons & to forbeare keepeing that shopp
any longer.
8th March, 1637. Whereas there was an intenc͠on to make an open
Gallery The Court is now resolved & doe order that it shalbe made a
convenient faire Parlour over the walke leading into the Theater at
the costꝭ of y{s} house.
30th March, 1637. It is ordered that the Gallery or Parlour leading
to the Theater from the Bullwarke shalbe built and the Hall Cupboard
that cants into the stone yarde shalbe taken downe and the leade
thereof shalbe imployed to leade the Tarris that passeth from that
plo{r} into the Theater.
19th May, 1637. £10 was ordered to be paid towards the ransom of Thomas
Wright, a Surgeon, who had been captured by the Turks.
10th June, 1637. It is ordered that the 3 stone Columbꝭ allready
wrought shalbe sett up and the walk next the hall side to be leaded
over and railes & turned ballasters to be sett up Alsoe that there
shalbe Iron barrs for all the windowes Alsoe a portland stone for the
mantle tree Alsoe a tablett of stone shalbe sett up in the front and
the M{r} & Wardeins names to be insculpted thereon and a sunn diall
to be in a convenient place.
24th July, 1637. It is ordered that the Concave seeleing of the
Theater shalbe painted with the Constellac͠ons of the Heavens and
the 7 planetts over the 12 signes in every peere and sceletons to be
wrought and sett up on every one of the 12 signes or Corbells.
Alsoe that this mottoe shalbe sett in the tablett of stone in the
front of the greate pˀlor. This Parlour was built in y{e} yeare of
o{r} Lord 1637 M{r} Richard Powell being M{r} M{r} John Heydon M{r}
W{m} Huckle M{r} Law: Cotton Wardeins.
13th August, 1637. The painting the ceiling of the Theatre was ordered
to be deferred until next year, and the scaffolding to be taken down
forthwith.
20th September, 1637. It is ordered that the seeleing of the greate
pˀlo{r} shalbe boarded shott & planed over with hole deales.
20th September, 1637. It is ordered that there shalbe given xl{s} to
St Edmunds berey for reliefe of the poore people visited with the
plague.
20th November, 1637. It is ordered that the yeomanryes hearse cloth
shalbe altered and the imbrothered scutchions & figures to be
decently sett by an Imbrotherer to be alwayes used at the publique
discections in the Theater.
28th December, 1637. This daye complaint was made ag{t} Thomas
Trevilion now Rento{r} Wardein both for his obstinacy and ill words
and exacting money from yonge freemen and throughing up his keyes
of the Threasurye & sayeing he would come no more to keepe Courtꝭ
at the Hall and desireing to be put out of his place, for w{ch} his
misdemeano{rs} and other evill behavio{r} being made apparent to this
Court and his acknowledgem{t} of them upon due considerac͠on of all
w{ch} It is ordered by this Court y{t} the said Thomas Trevilion doe
stand and shalbe from henceforth absolutely removed and dismissed
from his office & place of ffowerth M{r} or Governo{r.}
Mr. William Lingham was subsequently chosen in Trevilion’s place.
The Court sometimes acted in the capacity of private trustees of the
estates of deceased members, and among the archives there remains
a deed of acknowledgment signed by the Master and Wardens in 1637,
wherein it is recited that Richard Mapes, a former Master of the
Mystery, deceased, had left legacies to his four children, then being
infants, and had appointed his wife Faith, executrix and trustee, with
the proviso that in the event of her marrying again the Court of this
Company were to be the trustees for the said children, and that the
widow, having remarried, had paid over the children’s portions to the
Masters or Governors. Attached is the seal of the Barber Surgeons,
unfortunately not perfect, though a good specimen.
8th February, 1638. It is ordered that the Seaven liberall Sciences
shalbe provided for the Theater by the M{r} and Wardens at the house
charge soe it exceede not x{li.} x{s.} the carveing of them.
29th March, 1638. The whole of the Assistants and Livery were called
together to know what they would give to the building fund, when the
following sums were promised.
M{r} Serj Clowes x{li.} Morrice Griffith v{li.}
M{r} Rich Wateson x{li.} W{m} Bennett iij{li.}
M{r} Michaell Andrews x{li.} Robert Terrill ij{li.}
M{r} Hen Blackley x{li.} Edward Arris v{li.}
M{r} Warden Burgen v{li.} Humfrey Painter iij{li.}
M{r} Warden Cotton v{li.} Thomas Allen ij{li.} x{s.}
M{r} Warden Lingham v{li.} Lawrence Loe v{li.}
M{r} John Heydon v{li.} Robert Bulluck iij{li.}
M{r} Nicholas Heath v{li.} Thomas Bowden iij{li.}
M{r} William Huckle iij{li.} John Dorrell iiij{li.}
M{r} Martine Browne x{li.} James Clarke iiij{li.}
M{r} W{m} Kinge v{li.} Hugh Warde ij{li.}
M{r} John Pinder v{li.} William Watson iij{li.}
Edward Charley v{li.} Nicholas Brothers iij{li.}
Edward ffleete v{li.} John Meredith iij{li.}
Henry Eaton v{li.} Thomas Biggs iiij{li.}
Henry Boone v{li.} Phillip Gill v{li.}
Samuell Sambrooke iij{li.} Charles Stamford iij{li.}
Hugh Napkin ij{li.} James Walsall iij{li.}
3rd July, 1638. This daye was made knowne to this Court y{t} Jo{n}
Pemberton formerly chosen an Assistant hath given his answeare that
he will not hold that place nor come to the Hall unlesse he were
drawne with wild horses thither, whereupon this Court doth fine him
at x{li.} & that he shalbe prosecuted for the same at Lawe.
16th August, 1638. A stormy election of Master and Wardens was holden
this day, and a very precise minute of the proceedings is entered, from
which it appears that the Court and Livery being assembled, the Master
declared--
The occasion of this solempne meeteing & the necessarye succession
of the Governors & governem{t} of this Corporac͠on. And thereupon a
ballatting box being sett on the table and the names of the auncient
M{rs} & Assistants and livery being severally put into the twoe Sells
of y{t} box, o{r} M{r} according to order did first drawe forth the
names of theis twelve pˀsons following for Electors viz{t} for the
Six Surgians M{r} Rich Wateson M{r} Martine Browne M{r} Jo{n} Pinder
Tho. Tomlinson Edward Arris & Henry Eaton. And for the other six M{r}
Richard Powell M{r} William Huckle M{r} Jo{n} Davyes M{r} Samuell Die
Hen. Hodgkinson & Evan Owen. And thereupon the said Electors haveing
w{th}drawne themselves from the publique Assemblye & taken their
oathes upon the holye evangelists for the election of fower Masters
or Governo{rs} for the yeare ensueing, The M{rs} and the rest of the
Assembly made their repaire to the Church and after Sermon upon their
returne to the Hall the Masters being called to those 12 Electors
they were informed that the Election could not proceede and be made,
by reason that certain of the Electors being of divers trades were
unable to agree upon two persons expert in Barbery, and these Electors
refusing to choose two Masters Barbers, a Court was at once held and
the six Barber Electors were discharged, six more Electors being chosen
and called; two of these, however, being contaminated by those already
dismissed, refused to serve, and eventually a fresh set of Electors was
chosen, who retired, and elected Mr. William Clowes, Serjeant-Surgeon
to the King, as Master, and three others Wardens, “and after dinner
ended and the Seremonye pˀformed by the Masters or Governo{rs} of
chooseing the new M{rs} or Governo{rs} with silver Garlands in the
publique Hall,” the new Master and Wardens were sworn in.
8th November, 1638. A great feud having arisen between the Court and
Richard Morrice, an Assistant, a suit was prosecuted against Morrice
in the Earl Marshal’s Court, when the sentence pronounced against him
was that he should attend the Court at the Hall, and there bareheaded
rehearse in an audible voice an abject apology, the exact words of
which are set out. This Morrice did, and the Master and Wardens having
testified the same, he was again called into Court, when it would seem
that his apology had been made under fear of the Earl Marshal and
not of his free will, for the Court calling upon him to make answer
“for his contentious carriage & foule & bitter languages & invective
speeches by him given from Court to Court ag{t} divers Assistantꝭ to
the generall disturbance of their Courtꝭ he refused to cleare himselfe
or to give answeare,” whereupon the Court dismissed him from his place
as an Assistant.
13th September, 1640. This Court is willing that there shalbe a
distribuc͠on of M{r} Mapes Legacy on Cosmas and Damianus day being
the 27{th} of this Instant September to 12 poore people 12 Angells
according to the directions of M{ris} Joy they haveing red crosses on
theire brests.
MEMORAND. on the 27{th} September being Cosmus and Damianus day 6{li}
13{s} 4{d} was distributed according to M{r} Richard Mapes Will.
viz{t} These 12 poore persons free of our Company came into our
Hall with red Crosses each of them on theire right Brests and the
Governours gave to each of them 10{s} which amounted to 6{li} and the
13{s} 4{d} was to themselves for a repast for their paynes.
{ Widdow Wright. { Widdow Chapman.
{ Widdow James. { Widdow Tyler.
The poores { Widdow Colley. { Widdow Pebworth.
names were { Old Holmewood. { Old Kelham.
{ Widdow Bullock. { John Mulis.
{ Blind Reynolds. { Widdow Wadlowe.
20th November, 1640. A dispute between Edward Molins and one Coppinger
was heard by the Court, when the decision was against Molins, and he
was fined for using bad language.
12th January, 1641. Edward Molins came into the Court and stood in
the face of the Court with his Hatt on his head and his Armes on his
side and told the Court he would doe noe obedience to the co{te} and
swore Gods wounds he would submitt to noe man liveing.
15th January, 1641. Molins was fined 40{s} for this contempt.
18th January, 1641. Richard Tompkins & Symon Crouch Surgeons by
profession yet useing Barbery, This Court doth give them Order by
our Lady day next to leave barbeing it being against y{e} Statute to
practise both.
29th July, 1641. Mr. George Dunn hath given 5{li} to buy Bookes
for the Library which is by this Court ordered to be performed
accordingly.
There having been many quarrels in the Court, and various members
expelled, a general shaking of hands appears to have taken place, for
we read:--
30th July, 1644. This Court doth thinke fitt and soe order That
a Sermon be made on the next Election day of thankes giveing to
Almighty God for peace and amity which is now begun to be restored
among the members of the Company And that M{r} Sharpe be desired to
performe the same.
9th March, 1645. This day M{r} Callice Barber being complayned of
for teaching to trimm to other then his Apprentices contrary to the
Ordinance of this House did absolutely deny the same upon the Oathe
that he tooke upon his admission into the ffreedome.
17th March, 1645. Mr. William Kings this day freely gave for the
Ornament of this House a great Tortershell Whereon at his owne charge
he hath given order for the Companyes Armes to be painted.
This shell is preserved at the Hall.
7th January, 1646. M{r} Michaell Markeland appeareing to this Court
at the request of our M{r} he was here complayned of to have embalmed
severall humane Bodyes within this City against the Ordinance of this
Company in that behalf being an Apothecary and not a Surgeon approved
according to Law Nor a ffreeman of this Company which M{r} Markeland
acknowledged But alleadged It was through his ignorance Not knowing
that the right thereof was in approved Surgeons and ffreemen of this
Company only and none other And being now well satisfyed thereof
haveing heard the said Ordinance read unto him promised not to doe
the like againe.
2nd June, 1646. This daye Mr. Lawrence Loe Chirurgeon a Member of
this Company through his good affection thereunto Did for the worship
thereof freely offer to give for the beautifying of the Hall soe
many stones of black and white Marble as shalbe sufficient for the
Pavement thereof.
These marbles were laid to form the floor at the upper end of the Hall,
and when the Hall was pulled down they were preserved and now form the
pavement in the Entrance to the Hall from Monkwell Street.
There is a Memorandum that Mr. John Bancks by his will left--
To the Company of Barber Chirurgions London so long as they shall
performe the uses hereafter limitted (or els not) To be paid them
betwixt the first and seaventh day of May next after the decease
of the said John Banckes and so yearely for ever the sum̃e of
Twenty shillings w{ch} Twenty shillings shalbe by the said Company
distributed in forme following viz{t} To Twelve poore householders or
widowes of the same Company To each of them ffower poundꝭ weight of
good beefe Two penny loaves of good sweet bread Two pence a peece in
mony and each of them one Woodden platter.
14th December, 1646. This Court doth at the humble suite of the
Ordinary of the Goale of Newgate freely give unto him 10{s} for his
releife in his present want.
7th July, 1647. This Court doth give to John ffranck Chirurgeon who
hath bin for a long time in Captivity in Turkey iiij{li} towards the
setting him forth to sea and doth order that he be admitted into the
ffreedome gratis when he shall desire it.
See the Minute 5th February, 1629. John Franck (the son of a Liveryman)
was doubtless a “foreign brother,” and entitled to his freedom by
patrimony upon payment of the fine, which the Court now ordered to be
dispensed with if he wished to take up his freedom. Being a Sea Surgeon
only, it was not necessary that he should be free of the Company. He
had probably been in slavery 18 years!
Several entries similar to the following are to be found in the books.
9th August, 1647. Upon the humble suite of Thomas Tomlinson an
ancient Member of this Company and of the Livery now fallen into
greate Poverty and Want for some charitable releife from this
Company. This Court being moved in Compassion to his deplorable
Condic͠on and calling to mind his former good service to this Company
Doth freely give him 10{li.} out of the Stock of this House.
14th September, 1648. Samuell Needler an examined Chirurgeon
complayned to this Court that he was required to beare Armes
notwithstanding his exempc͠on therefrom and therefore craved this
Courts Assistance in his defence therein which was granted.
27th October, 1648. M{r} Warden Madocks and certaine others of
the Assistants here present desireing to peruse our Charter for
theire informac͠on the better to enable them for the Governement of
this Company had a sight thereof and were well satisfyed in every
particuler.
13th August, 1655. Mr. John Gale of Bushey (son of William Gale, M.
1595) a Surgeon of this Company, by his Will of this date left to the
Barber-Surgeons £16 per annum, payable out of certain houses on Snow
hill, in the parish of Saint Sepulchre, for the founding of an Anatomy
lecture in the name of Gale’s Anatomy. This trust was transferred to
the Surgeons’ Company in 1745.
Our Minute Books from the year _1651 to 1689_ are unhappily lost;
they are known to have been at the Hall as recently as 1832. Should
any reader ever light upon them, he is particularly entreated to
communicate with the Clerk of the Company or with the author.
1689. The practice was now adopted of entering all admissions to the
freedom, etc., in the Court Minute Books (as well as in the Register)
the forms being as follows:--
3rd September, 1689. For an apprentice:
Johẽs Rawson app̃r Caroli Peters admĩs est ex Rẽl Magr̃i & Jur̃.
for a freeman by patrimony:
Ptrũs Hartley Stac͠oner filˀ Thome Hartley Civis & Barbitonsorˀ &
Chirurgˀ London admĩs est pˀ patrimõn ex Rẽl Isaacii Boddington
Weaver & Wil̃l̃i Bletsoe Grocer, Wil̃l̃i Bateman Barbitonsorˀ &
Chirurgorˀ London & Jur̃.
for a freeman by redemption:
Henr̃ Chamberlane admĩs est pˀ redemc͠on vˀtute orᵭem Curˀ Majorˀ &
Alᵭrn Dat xviij{o} die Augusti 1689 & Jur̃.
17th January, 1690. This day an order was sealed to presse 40
Surgeons mates for the Kings service in Ireland.
At this period all freemen on their admission “took the oathes
menc͠oned in a late Act of Parliament & subscribed the Declarac͠on
therein named”: these were the oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy as
required by the “Bill of Rights” (passed December, 1689).
2nd July, 1690. Ordered that the Clarke keep an accompt of all pˀsons
faleing at a Court of Assistants and that every one faileing for
every such time soe doeing shall forfeit v{s} & shall not be admitted
to binde or make ffree untill he or they have made payment of the
same of which they are to have notice except S{r} John Letheullier
S{r} Humfry Edwin & M{r} Thomas Canham.
29th April, 1693. Ordered that the 2 Chirurgeons Governo{rs} & whome
they shall thincke fitting to call to them Attend the Archbishopp of
Canterbury conserning his Barber practiceing Chirurgery.
20th July, 1693. Ord{d} that a lease bee taken of the Archbishopp for
one & twenty yeare from the 19{th} day of July 1693 for the Barge
house[166] & that as the Governo{rs} have agreed a ffine of the same
they pay to his Grace the sume of one hundred pounds besides ffees.
[166] At Lambeth.
3rd October, 1693. Ordered that the Bargeman have a new coate &
britches &c.
19th July, 1694. Ordered that M{r} George Minikin bee warned before
the Lord Major to shew cause why he doe not attend the Court of
Assistants as he hath been chosen one of them.
18th June, 1696. A new sun dial was ordered to be put up.
About this period there seems to have been a general disinclination
to serve as an Assistant, many of the Livery being fined £10 for
refusing to serve the office, while some who had sat as Assistants were
dismissed the Court for non-attendance.
25th October, 1697. Ordered that the Barge house bee mended & M{r}
Warden Pinke take care to see it done.
18th August, 1698. Ordered that the Govern{rs} dispose of the Barge &
let the Barge house from yeare to yeare.
12th October, 1698. Ordered That there may be papers made for a
subscriptõn for a Barge.
21st October, 1700. Ordered that the ill manadgement of the late
Master M{r} Tho: Lichfeild as to his office of Master and his other
offices of Warden bee pˀsented to the next Court of Assistants in
order to bee expelˀd the sˀd Court it being the opinion of this
Comittee that he deserves soe to bee as alsoe for being any longer
an examin{r} he haveing acted contrary to the establish{mt} of the
Corporac͠on in the s{d} offices.
8th November, 1700. A Committee of the Court having waited upon the
Commissioners of the Navy and reported that Mr. Lichfeild had committed
irregularities in certifying men as qualified Surgeons for sea service,
such men not being duly qualified, the Court adjudged him to be
dismissed from his office of an Examiner in Surgery, and out of the
Court of Assistants.
10th March, 1707. The new Clerk, Mr. Chas. Bernard, seems to have
been industrious in searching out practising Barbers not free of the
Company, as also others who had committed abuses; several were fined
and compelled to take up their freedom and this day the following
entries occur:--
Clyett being sum̃oned for Shaveing on Sunday last appeared before the
Comittee and the fact being plainly proved against him the Comittee
fined him ten shillings for his said offence.
Newland being sum̃oned for the like offence appeared also before
the Comittee but there being no possitive proofe against him he was
dismissed.
John Gould a Dutchman being sum̃oned for keeping a Shopp and
exercising the trade of a Barber not being free of this Company And
the matter being plainly proved against him the Comittee ordered him
to be prosecuted on the statutes of the 32nd of Hen 8{th} and the
5{th} of Queen Elizabeth.
Ordered that a Second Sum̃ons be sent to all such Defaulters as have
not appeared with intimation that theire ffines will be levied on
them by distresse.
Ordered that Thomas Latham be sum̃oned to take upp his ffreedome &
that all other persons exerciseing Barbery not being ffree of this
Company be sum̃oned.
17th March, 1707. Nineteen delinquents who had been summoned appeared,
and their cases were heard; a few examples will suffice--One Darby was
“seen to comb a persons haire on Sunday morning last but alleadging
that it was his ffather,” he was let off with 5_s._ fine.
Lewis Roger made answer that it “was onely his Apprentice combing a
persons haire without his knowledge and that it was his first offence,”
he likewise escaped with a 5_s._ fine.
James Good was more fortunate, for proving that his offence “was onely
the Combing of a Lodgers Wigg,” he escaped.
Willm. Haslegrove appears to have filled up the measure of his
iniquity, for being detected in “actually shaveing a person on Sunday
morning,” he was fined 10_s._
Samuel Beaumont, charged with keeping two Barbers’ shops, had a month
given him to part with one of them, and John Shoard who, not being free
of the Company, kept a Barber’s shop in Cloth Fair, was ordered to quit
the same within two months.
31st March, 1707. Elizabeth Presbury being sumoned appeared &
alleadged that she was very poore & that her husband was an Idle man
and promised to reforme her method whereupon the Comittee excused her.
The number of Barbers fined for working on Sundays, or for keeping shop
not being free, was enormous, and it becomes wearying to travel through
the records of their offences and fines.
17th June, 1708. Ordered that the Company’s Barge house and the
Dwelling house thereunto belonging be forthwith repaired.
13th January, 1709. Sir Edward Northey was appointed standing counsel
to the Company with a yearly retainer of two guineas.
15th April, 1709. Upon complaint made against one Henry Drudge for
exerciseing Barbery & Surgery w{th}in the City not being ffree he
attended and alleadged that he haveing been a Soldier in the late
Warr thought himself intituled to keep his Shoppe without takeing
up his ffreedome, by Virtue of the Act of Parliament made upon the
disbanding the Army which gives liberty to disbanded soldiers to
exercise any trade within the Corporations or places where they were
borne, althoˀ they had not served seven years to it But the Court
believing that act did not extend to Drudge by reason he was not
borne in London, ordered that in case he did not shut up his Shop in
a month’s time he should be prosecuted.
21st July, 1709. In consequence of the great expense to which the
Company had been put in the repairs to the Hall, the Court determined
to call thirty-one freemen into the Livery, and the fine being £10 each
on admission or £20 on refusal, a considerable sum was realized.
It having been suggested to the Court that the yeomanry objected to
pay 20_s._ for “corn money” when called to the Livery, the Clerk was
directed to enquire into the origin of that tax, and finding that it
had been originally levied on each member taking his livery, to satisfy
the precepts made in 1633, and afterwards for providing a stock of
corn for the City; and for that at the present time the Company had no
Granary or stock of corn to provide, and “being out of debt,” it was
ordered that in future this fine should be discontinued.
18th August, 1709. At the Election, ten of the Livery who had attended
without their gowns, were severally fined and paid 1_s._ each, and
there are other references to Assistants being fined for not appearing
in their gowns.
4th October, 1709. A complaint being made against Richard Stockwell
for being copartner with a fforreigner & the fact being made appeare
pritty plain against him the Court fined him five pounds being the
penalty imposed by the By Law, But upon his promise to discharge his
said partner the Court were pleased to remitt his ffine.
18th April, 1710. M{r} John Booth a Surgeon at Warrington in
Lancashire applying to this Court to be admitted a fforeign brother
& he being examined in Surgery & approved It was ordered that upon
his payment of ten Guineas he should be admitted a fforeign brother
of this Company, But the said M{r} Booth refusing to take that part
of the fforeign brothers oath whereby he was sworne to be true to the
Queen he was not for that reason admitted.
1st June, 1710. It is ordered that the Members present at this Court
shall be excused from wearing their gowns in regard to the heat of
the weather.
20th October, 1710. It is ordered for the accomodation of the Members
of this Court of the Barbers side for the seeing & being heard at
Courts of Assistants That for the future at all Courts of Assistants
the Governo{rs} on the Surgeons side shall set even with the Ma{r}
next on his right hand & the Governo{rs} on the Barbers side next
on his left. But that at all other Courts all the Governo{rs} shall
according to their seniority sett along the side of the Parlour Table
on the left hand of the Master in such maner as has been accustomed.
11th January, 1711. The Clerk’s and Beadle’s houses were ordered to be
insured against fire, for £600 in the “Amicable Society.”
20th February, 1711. Mr. Willm. Smith, an Assistant, complained that
Mr. Joseph Cosins, also an Assistant, and his junior in the freedom,
had always taken precedence of him at the Courts, whereupon the matter
was considered and the following order made:--
Forasmuch as it appeared that M{r} Cosins was first chosen into the
Court of Assistants & that it is in the power of this Court to chuse
whom they shall think fitt to be an Assistant out of the whole Livery
without respect to Seniority & for that M{r} Cosins continued for
many years in his present station as Assistant The Court were of
opinion & did so declare themselves to be That the s{d} M{r} Cosins
shou’d continue to take place of the said M{r} Smith as he formerly
had done.
9th July, 1711. The Common Seal of the Company being worn out a new one
was ordered to be cut in steel, together with an “Ingine,” wherewith to
make the impressions.
6th May, 1712. Ordered that the Porter who shaves att the Custome
house be sum̃oned.
27th May, 1712. Walter Browne being “one of the people called Quakers,”
was admitted into the freedom and took a “solemn affirmation.”
7th April, 1713. Valentine Day Tallow Chandler was admitted into
the freedom of this Company by Redempc͠on and at the same time was
admitted to ffine for all offices to the Parlour door for both which
he paid a ffine Clock worth 30{li.}
5th October, 1714. It is ordered that the Musitioners shall have five
pounds for attending on the day of the Kings Entrance. (George I.)
5th June, 1716. Nathanael Charles owned that he has several times
let blood for One shilling & sixpence upon which the Company ordered
him to be prosecuted as also his Mast{r} Joseph Roe; twas observed
that Roe could not write his name having sett his mark only to the
Inᵭre.[167]
[167] Indenture.
15th August, 1717. M{r} William Highmore Jun{r} haveing marryed the
Vintners widow who kept the Bell Taverne in Nicholas Lane applying to
this Court and acquainting them that he had quitted the Barbers Trade
and had undertook the trade of a Vintner, and was for that reason
under a necessity of becomeing a freeman of the Vintners Company
or of takeing a License from the Crown to retail wine and praying
of this Court to translate him from this Company to the Company of
Vintners, This Court after hearing the By-Law in that behalf read and
due considerac͠on had thereof doth order that the said M{r} William
Highmore shall be translated from this Company into the Company of
Vintners upon payment of £20 to the use of this Company and upon
Condic͠on that he shall not from henceforward exercise the trade of a
Barber or Perriwig maker.
1st October, 1717. Robert Rainsford, the Company’s Barge Master, was
ordered to have a new livery provided for him.
24th June, 1718. The Theatre was ordered to be repaired and beautified.
21st April, 1720. Mr. Berney, Mr. Burroughs and Mr. Fitzhugh, Liverymen
Barbers, applied to the Court, giving their reasons and praying that
the Court would petition the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council
to suspend the act of Common Council restraining them from employing
foreigners as journeymen, whereupon the matter was considered and
the Court thought it would be contrary to their oaths to join in any
such petition, because it was a standing By-Law of the Company, as
well as of the City, that no Barber should employ any foreigner as a
journeyman; it was also considered that such a liberty would prove a
great discouragement to apprentices and that the present inconvenience
complained of would soon be cured if Masters would sufficiently
instruct their apprentices so as to make them useful during their
servitude and competent as journeymen afterwards. The Court further
decided to oppose, by every means in its power, the movement set on
foot by Mr. Berney and his friends.
24th June, 1722. The lease of the Barge-house at Lambeth expiring in
April, 1723, and the Archbishop having offered to renew the same for
21 years at £10 per annum and £100 fine, it was resolved not to renew
it, in consequence of its being an unprofitable property, and the
Company not then having a barge. The Barber-Surgeons let off part of
their Barge-house to the Drapers and Ironmongers, and the Clerk was
instructed to give those Companies notice that it was not the intention
of this Company to renew the lease from the Archbishop.
2nd December, 1729. In consequence (as was alleged) of the difficulty
in sometimes procuring a full Court, it was ordered that in future each
Assistant who attended within one hour of the time mentioned in his
summons and remained till the rising of the Court, should receive a fee
of 2_s._ 6_d._
1st February, 1731. It is ordered that all the Liverymen shall attend
on Election day and Lord Mayors day in their Gowns and at publick
anatomys in their Capps upon Forfieture of Three shillings and
Fourpence for every offence.
8th July, 1731. A precept coming from the Lord Mayor recommending the
Company to contribute “towards the relief of the poor sufferers by the
late fires at Blanford Tiverton & Ramsey being read The Court upon
considerac͠on had thereof and from a just sense of the calamity and
distress of their fellow subjects the late inhabitants of the said
towns,” ordered £20 to be paid into the Chamber of London.
1732. The following fines were in force at this date, viz.:--
£6 6_s._ 0_d._ for a Barber admitted to the freedom by redemption.
£10 for a free Barber admitted to the Livery.
£30 for a Barber’s or Surgeon’s apprentice, made free by servitude,
admitted to the Livery, and for all offices to the parlour door.
£7 7_s._ 0_d._ for examination, admission and diploma of a foreign
brother.
£3 3_s._ 0_d._ for the same, if the applicant had been bound to a
foreign brother at the Hall.
5th March, 1733. It is hereby referred to the Master & Wardens M{r}
Serj{t} Dickins M{r} Serj{t} Amyand M{r} Petty M{r} Shott M{r} Parker
& M{r} Maurice to receive proposalls for Building a Cupola in the
Hall parlor and report the same to the next Court of Assistants.
19th July, 1733. Several of the livery attending upon a complaint
against a Jew in Duke’s place for exercising the trade of a Barber
without being free of the Company or having served seven years
apprenticeship It is ordered that the Clerk of the Company shall sue
the said Jew in such manner as he shall think fitt or be advised at
the Company’s expence.
4th May, 1736. At this Court Abraham Diaz Delgadoa Jew was admitted
into the freedom of the Company by Redemption for Ten pounds Ten
shillings which he paid down and was sworn upon the Old Testament
being a Jew.
3rd August, 1738. The Company contributed five guineas towards the
Organ recently set up in the Church of Saint Alban, Wood Street.
3rd April, 1739. M{r} John Owen a Freeman of the Company & who lives
at Islington was chosen Musicianer to the Company in the room of M{r}
Brown dec̃ed.
11th November, 1740. It is ordered (in regard this Company have no
Barge) That the Waterman shall forthwith deliver up his Livery coat
and Badge belonging to the Company to the Beadles and that he no
longer be annually intitled from this Company to a new Coat nor make
use of nor wear the old one but that when he shall be employed in
the Companies service. And also that for the future on every Lord
Mayor’s day that this Company shall walk in procession in order to
attend the L{d} Mayor a Stand or proper building shall be provided
at the Companies expence for the better accomodation of the Livery
belonging to this Company and in such manner and fform as several
other Companies of this City are usually provided with on that day.
1745. The Surgeons are now separated from the Barbers.
8th August, 1745. The Clerk reporting that many of the Company, as well
as Surgeons lately free of the Barber-Surgeons’ Company, were greatly
in arrear in their quarterage, he was ordered to acquaint them that
unless the said arrears were paid up forthwith, they would be sued.
17th September, 1745. The Company of Surgeons sent to the Company of
Barbers two documents under their Common Seal, the one authorising
Mr. Joseph Cruttenden to peruse and copy any Charters or documents in
the possession of the Barbers, and the other empowering him to take
possession of any books, papers or writings relating to Surgeons or
Surgery only, on behalf of the Company of Surgeons; whereupon the Court
acceded to the request, and gave instructions as to the same.
4th December, 1745. Mr. Cruttenden applied on behalf of the Surgeons’
Company for £510 (the Arrisian endowment) which had been directed to
be paid by the Act of Parliament, whereupon the Master told him that
by reason of the late fall in the Public Stocks, the Company could
not without great loss, raise the money, but were ready to give the
Surgeons a proper bond for the same, with Interest.
19th February, 1746. Forty-one freemen were reported as being fit and
able persons to take the Livery, and were ordered to be summoned for
the same with the intimation that if any refused he or they would be
sued for the penalty of £20 each upon such refusal.
Of these, seven appeared at the next Court, took the livery and paid
the fine of £10; six others begged to be excused. The remaining
twenty-eight did not appear till later Courts, when some were excused,
and others ordered to be sued; subsequently a large proportion of those
nominated, accepted and paid their fines.
17th July, 1746. The Surgeons’ Company having pressed for payment of
the £510 and Interest, and our Company having in Cash but £300, Mr.
Luke Maurice (Master 1732, a Wine Merchant in Lime Street) lent the
Company £200 at 4-1/2 per cent., and the Clerk advanced the balance,
whereupon the principal, with £15 17_s._ 0_d._ interest, was paid to
the Surgeons.
18th May, 1747. The Master acquainting the Court that he had employed
M{r} Whiston the Bookseller to putt the Company’s Library in order
and to make a Catalogue and valuation thereof And that M{r} Whiston
had appraised the same at Twenty Guineas And the Clerk acquainting
the Court that a learned Physican had offered twenty-five Guineas for
the Library together with the Skeleton and other curiosities formerly
kept in the Library It was ordered that the Clerk should acquaint the
Master of the Worshipfull Company of Surgeons with the said offer
made to this Company And that this Court being desirous to manifest
their esteem for and preserve the ffriendship of the Surgeons did
give them the refusal of the said Library Skeleton and Curiosities
at the said price of Twenty ffive Guineas And that in case of their
acceptance thereof the rich and ancient Pall belonging to this
Company should be at their service as a free gift.
16th July, 1747. The Clerk reported that he had made the above offer
to the Surgeons who replied that they considered themselves entitled
to the Library under the Act of 1745, but that to avoid controversy
with the Barbers they would be willing to refer the matter to Counsel,
whereupon it was resolved that the matter should be submitted to the
opinion of Counsel.
5th July, 1749. Ordered that the Library of Books formerly belonging
to the late united Company be forthwith sold for the most money that
can be gotten for the same.
2nd June, 1749. Ordered that the Companys Arms be cast in lead and
affixed upon the several houses belonging to this Company.
Various specimens of these castings are extant about the Hall, and in
possession of Mr. Charles John Shoppee (Master 1878) and of the author.
2nd May, 1750. Ordered that M{r} Paterson do wait upon the Earl of
Burlington to know his Lordship’s intention about repairing the
Company’s Theatre.
6th June, 1750. Ordered that the Clerk do write to the Right
Honorable the Earl of Burlington to aquaint him of the ruinous
condition of the Theatre and Company’s inability to repair the same
and to know whether his Lordship will be pleased to order the said
Repairs agreable to his own generous proposal in the Mastership of
M{r} Rutter.
Nothing came of this application.
1st August, 1750. Ordered that the Clerk do cause a Catalogue to be
made of the Books in the Library, and that he deliver a copy thereof
to M{r} Samuel Rutter.
9th August, 1750. Mr. Gheys, Sculptor, was ordered to have the
Skeleton, in exchange for the Bust of Inigo Jones, still preserved at
the Hall.
3rd September, 1751. Resolved also that the old Pall be given to the
Beadle.
This, alas! was the “rich and ancient pall.”
The Clerk was again directed to endeavour to sell the Library and it
was disposed of to Mr. Whiston the Bookseller for £13!!
29th October, 1751. Resolved that the Doctors Gown and Hood be given
to the Beadle.
13th August, 1752. Ordered that it be referred to the Master and
Wardens to treat with M{r} Thomas Reynolds about erecting a Cupola
over the great Parlor agreable to the Draft now produced to this
Court and about repairing the Roof And also repairing whitewashing
and painting the said Parlor so as the Contract for that purpose do
not exceed the sum of One hundred and seventeen pounds.
19th August, 1752. The Agreement between the Company and Mr. Reynolds
was entered into at £116 15_s._, and the Specification of his work is
recorded in the Minute Book, from which I extract the following:--
The Cupola compleat and properly secured glazed and ornamented
with Stucco and the Roof covered with Milled lead seven pounds to
the ffoot with good brass pulley in the middle fit for a Branch or
Lustre. A new white veined marble Chimney piece and Slabb with a
carved wooden ovalo round it and Slabb of the same Marble The Chimney
piece of the same dimensions as the present and the Slabb six foot
nine inches by two foot four inches with a new fire stone hearth.
The ceiling and ornaments thereof to be secured mended cleaned and
whitewashed.
9th August, 1753. The Great Hall, Kitchen and Lobby were ordered to be
repaired by Mr. Reynolds in accordance with his Estimate of £101 17_s._
6_d._
8th August, 1754. Ordered that the thanks of this Court be given to
James Theobald Esq{r} one of the Ancient Masters of the Company for
the magnificent Lustre by him lately presented and at his Expense
fixed up in their great parlor assuring him This Court doth most
gratefully accept the same as a monument of his regard for the honor
and prosperity of the Company.
This handsome lustre still adorns the Court Room.
12th September, 1754. The Court having considered the state of the
Theatre, which was out of repair, and for which the Company had no use,
ordered advertisements to be inserted twice in three daily papers,
asking for tenders for the materials of the same, and for pulling down
and clearing it away. The “N.B.” to the advertisement states that “The
Doors, Benches and Railes of the said Theatre are of Cedar.”
1st October, 1754. Three tenders for the materials of the Theatre were
received, £21 10_s._ 0_d._, £32 and £35 respectively, and the decision
thereon postponed.
4th February, 1755. William Shakespear (Barber) the apprentice of
Richard Hulett, was admitted to the freedom.
5th June, 1764. The Clerk informed the Court of the death of Mrs.
Elizabeth I’Ans, widow of Mr. Michael I’Ans, and that the Master and
Wardens had, on the 23rd May, received of the Executors of Mr. I’Ans
£2,200--3-1/2 per cent. Bank Annuities, and £75 in accordance with Mr.
I’Ans’ will.
1764 and 1765. Mr. James Clowes who had been summoned to take up the
Livery, refused to do so, whereupon he was sued for the fine of £20 and
judgment obtained against him with costs.
14th August, 1766. A Committee having been appointed to examine and
report upon the Theatre, and having done so, were now authorised to
apply to the Court of Common Council for permission to pull down the
same, and to treat with that Court for the purchase of the ground, for
which the Company paid the City £3 per annum under an old lease.
3rd November, 1767. The City Comptroller having requested the Company
to make an offer for the site of the Theatre, it was resolved that 30
years’ purchase (£90) be offered for the same.
7th February, 1769. A plan of the ground leased by the City to the
Company and on which the Theatre stood, having been prepared by Mr.
George Dance, Clerk of the Works to the City, it was laid before the
Court, and the City sold the fee simple to the Company for £90. Would
that one could buy City freeholds at the same rate now!
2nd September, 1783. Mr. Sylvanus Hall, of Paternoster Row, Carpenter,
proposed to take a lease of the ground on which the Theatre stood,
to take down the whole building, and to erect two dwelling houses on
the site similar to those he had already built in Monkwell Street.
The lease to commence at Christmas, 1784, and to be for 61 years at
£10 ground rent. He also proposed to pay the Company £20 for the old
materials of the Theatre and to clear the same away. To all these
propositions the Court agreed, and Mr. Hall paid a guinea as earnest
money.
1st February, 1785. Mr. Hall having pulled down the Theatre, the Clerk
was instructed to write to him for the £20 for the old materials which
he had removed.
4th October, 1791. There being a sufficient number of Members present
to form a Court of Assistants, thoˀ no such Court was called, the
Master took the sense of the Members present, as an adjournment from
the last Court of Assistants, whether the Company should go out
in the usual procession the ensuing Lord Mayor’s day, when on the
question being put, the same was resolved in the negative.
4th November, 1794. M{r} Thomas Holehouse who was on the 1{st} July
last elected on the Livery of this Company, but had refused to take
upon him the same, without shewing any cause to the Contrary, and
against whom an Action had been commenced for the recovery of Twenty
Pounds the penalty incurred by such his refusal, this day attended
and paid the said sum of Twenty pounds together with the costs of the
said Action.
9th November, 1795. The following Circular was distributed amongst the
Livery at the dinner this day:--
The Court of Assistants of the Worshipful Company of Barbers having
received information that many persons residing within the City of
London carry on the Trade of a Barber and Hair dresser without being
free of this Company to the great prejudice of the Members and the
rights of the Company Do hereby give notice that they have come to a
resolution to prosecute all persons carrying on the trade of a Barber
or Hair dresser within the said City not being free of this Company
and they request the assistance of their Members for that purpose for
the benefit of the Company and Trade at large; any information to
their Clerk at the Hall will be duly attended to.
By order of Court,
EDW{D} GROSE SMITH,
Clerk.
9th November, 1796. The By-Laws of the Company having been found,
on the opinion of Mr. Serjeant Adair, insufficient to enforce the
payment of fines for the refusal to serve various offices, a new set
was drawn up by the Clerk, and submitted to and approved by the Court,
who ordered the Clerk to get the same confirmed and allowed by the Lord
Chancellor and two Chief Justices, but this was never done.
5th September, 1797. The Mahogany table now in the Court Room was made
about this time. There is a tradition that the bulb-shaped end of it
was a portion of the old dissecting table used by the Surgeons. If so,
its latter days are more cheerful than its first.
1796 to 1799. Several Barbers were prosecuted for exercising their
Trade within the limits of the Company’s Charters and brought to terms,
generally they became freemen, and then were compelled to come on to
the livery; in other cases the barbers removed out the jurisdiction,
and paid the costs.
18th May, 1802. The Commissioners for the Public Lottery having
advertised for a place in which to hold the lotteries, the Court
decided to send in proposals offering the use of the Hall (under
certain restrictions) for the next three lotteries for Six hundred
guineas, but the offer was not accepted.
1st August, 1809. A case was submitted to the Attorney General (Sir R.
Gibbs) who gave an opinion that the freemen of the Company were exempt
from serving on Juries, but not from serving as Constables.
4th February, 1812. A memorial signed by four freemen of the Company
was presented to the Court, the purport of which was that the
memorialists having been summoned to act as Ward Constables had refused
to serve, and that thereupon actions had been brought against them,
which, being tried before Lord Ellenborough, the verdicts were against
them and they were ordered to pay the costs (£333 9_s._ 0_d._). The
memorialists alleging that they defended the actions for the benefit of
the Company and really to uphold its privileges, prayed that they might
be reimbursed the costs, which, however, the Court declined to accede
to, but ordered that £12, which had been paid to the Company for copies
of the Charters, should be refunded.
1814. The Churchwardens of St. Olave, Silver Street, having assessed
the Hall at £172, they were requested to attend the next Court which
they did, and the following delightful method of settling these matters
is recommended to the Authorities nowadays.
1st November, 1814. The parish officers of Saint Olave Silver
Street attended & stated to the Court that the Vestry of that
Parish had taken the subject of the Poor rate into consideration,
and considering the great increase of the rate they left it to the
Company to say what they were agreeable to be rated at; the Court
proposed to say £100 per annum; the gentlemen (having withdrawn)
were then called in and informed of such proposal, with which they
cordially acquiesced.
2nd April, 1816. Alexander Rowland the younger [of Macassar oil fame]
of Kirby Street Hatton Garden, Barber was admitted to the Livery.
3rd May, 1825. The Livery stand, being in a decayed and useless
condition, was ordered to be sold.
2nd May, 1826. But as a purchaser could not be found, the Master
offered to give £5 for it, which was accepted, and this, together with
an additional £5, was ordered to be given to the Committee for the
Relief of Distressed Manufacturers.
5th February, 1861. Mr. John Atkinson gave £100 consols for the purpose
of distributing the dividends thereof in the purchase of Bibles and
Prayer Books for the poor members of the Company.
7th February, 1862. Mr. John Atkinson’s Will reciting a munificent
bequest to the Company is set out in the minutes of this date.
3rd February, 1863. A Statement of the property left by Mr. John
Atkinson is recorded in a letter from the Solicitors to his Trustees
directed to the Court, and entered in the minutes of this date.
[Illustration]
[Illustration: PORTION OF THE MASTER’S SILVER GARLAND (DATE 1629).]
PRECEDENCE.
The Barbers’ Company is ranked the seventeenth in order of the City
Companies, and is the fifth after the “Twelve great Companies,”
the thirteenth being the Dyers, fourteenth Brewers, fifteenth
Leathersellers, sixteenth Pewterers, seventeenth Barbers, eighteenth
Cutlers, etc.
The question of precedency in former times gave rise to many
contentions between the City Guilds, and the Barber-Surgeons seem
to have had some experience in these quarrels: the City pageants,
processions, and public attendances at church, were numerous in the
days of the Tudors and Stuarts, and at most of these the Livery
Companies attended, each guild jealously striving to keep its place,
and no doubt to advance its position whenever opportunity arose.
There are extant, lists of the Companies in the City books, in which
our Company takes various positions; and Stow, having incorporated one
of these lists in his Survey, has given it an authority as a table
of precedence which it was never intended to possess; he furnishes a
list of the Companies attending the Lord Mayor’s feast, 23rd Henry VIII
(1531), and places the Barbers as the thirty-second, whereas at that
time they were undoubtedly the twenty-eighth.
1516. The first authentic reference to our Company’s standing is found
in _Letter-Book N._ leaf 5 (January, 1516), where it is ordained that
the Barbers, although they claimed of their ancient right to be the
seventeenth Company, yet were adjudged to take the twenty-eighth place,
following the Cordwainers, and preceding the Paynter-Stainers.
1532. This order was probably in force until February, 1532, when the
Barbers got back their old position (_Repertory_ 8, leaf 272) and an
officer was directed to wait on the Pewterers to “shewe theym that
the seyd Company of Barbours Surgeons be Restored ageyn to their olde
Rowme.” Three months later (May, 1532), the Barbers were “taken down
one,” and directed to occupy the eighteenth place.
1533. In February, 1533 (_Letter-Book O._ _fo._ 213), is a record which
is somewhat puzzling, as, altogether ignoring the orders of February
and May, 1532, it is stated that the Barber-Surgeons had petitioned
to be restored to their old place of seventeenth Company, from which
it is said they were dispossessed about sixteen years back (evidently
alluding to the order of January, 1516), “so that they be nowe the xxix
or xxx{th} Companye yn thordre of such goynges,” etc.
Perhaps the orders of February and May, 1532, had been disregarded by
the other guilds, and our Company forcibly ousted from their rightful
position, so that this is in effect an application for a confirmatory
order, which was granted, and thus they were again fixed as the
seventeenth Company.
1534. The Barbers must have given some offence to the Civic authorities
in 1534, for in October of that year (_Repertory_ 9, leaf 79) the
last-named order was repealed, and they were put back again to the
twenty-eighth place, and further the Company were ordered that they
“shall no more goo yn pˀcessyons, standyngꝭ, Rydyngꝭ, goyngꝭ, and other
assembles from hensfurth, tyll it be otherwyse ordered by thys coˀrte.”
1535. This vacillation on the part of the Court of Aldermen in settling
our position, was not yet at an end, for in March, 1535, we were again
placed seventeenth, to come before the Cutlers and after the Pewterers,
and this order was confirmed no less than four times in 1535, and twice
in 1536.
1604. At a Royal Procession on the 15th March, 1604, our Company got
misplaced by some of the Marshals, and this led to another application
to the Court of Aldermen, whereupon a peremptory order was made that
the Barber-Surgeons should stand sixteenth in precedence. This order
is set out in full elsewhere (see page 195); the sixteenth place
was then accorded to us in consequence of the Stockfishmongers, who
formerly held the twelfth place, having been dissolved, whereby the
Barber-Surgeons went up one: the Clothworkers who, at that time were
the thirteenth Company, then became the twelfth.
Some short time afterwards, the Dyers, who had been the eighteenth
Company, got the thirteenth place, and we reverted to our old position
of seventeenth Company in which we still continue.
1606. An attempt to misplace us was made in July, 1606, but this was
successfully resisted. (See p. 116.)
[Illustration]
COURT OF ASSISTANTS.
The constitution of the governing body of the Company has grown up in
the course of time from one Prime Master or Ruler to a Master with
three Wardens and twenty Assistants, forming a Court of twenty-four
members.
We gather from the earliest records, that the business of the Company
was then transacted by the meeting together in Common Hall, of the
whole fraternity (which probably included both freemen and liverymen),
under the presidency of a single Master, who, as in the case of Richard
le Barber in 1308, was invested with the supervision of the craft, and
power to make search and scrutiny, and to punish offenders.
In 1376 two Masters were appointed to rule the craft, while in 1388 we
find that two Masters and two “Surveyors” formed the governing body.
In 1416 is recorded the admission of five Masters, three of whom are
described as “Barbitonsores” (_i.e._, Barbers proper) and two as
“Masters of the Barbers exercising the faculty of Surgery.” In 1428
there were four Masters, two of each class, and this number was the
governing body at the time of Edward IV’s Charter of Incorporation, in
1462.
As has been elsewhere remarked, this Charter provides for the
appointment of two Masters only, and they to be skilled in Surgery,
to be chosen by twelve Electors taken from the Commonalty; but as our
records preserve the names of four Masters elected in that year, and
so on ever since in unbroken succession, there cannot be any doubt
but that (the Charter dealing almost entirely with the regulation of
matters surgical) the two Masters of the “Barbers side” were left to be
elected in accordance with old custom, or under the By-laws which the
Company were, by their Charter, empowered to make.
At what period a Court of Assistants was created in our Company is
unknown, but I am inclined to think the date is about 1480 to 1500.
The four “Masters or Governors” (answering to our “Master and three
Wardens”) were chosen out of the Commonalty by twelve electors yearly,
and do not, as seems by the lists preserved, appear to have gone up
annually by seniority as now they do, _i.e._, from third Warden to
second, and so on. Those who had served as second, third, or fourth
Governors, if not chosen to higher office the next year, as a general
rule took their places again as simple liverymen; whilst those who
had served as Prime or Chief Governor were, at the expiry of their
term of office, designated “Ancient Masters,” and these, with some
past Wardens, having become qualified by experience in the affairs of
the Company would naturally be consulted by the ruling Governors who
sought their “assistance” and advice, and thus grow up into a Court
of Assistants[168] (nearly always in early time spelt “Assistance”)
and be recognised to a great extent as a power in the direction of the
Company’s business.
[168] This theory is confirmed by the Ordinances made in 1566, whereby
it was enacted that a liveryman _might_ be chosen an Assistant without
having ever served the office of Governor.
The earliest mention of Assistants is in the By-laws settled by Sir
Thomas More in 1530, though throughout these By-laws the actual ruling
power was evidently in the four Masters or Governors. The Assistants
are here twice referred to, in one case where it is enacted that the
Masters shall not admit a “fforen” to the freedom without the assent of
the “xxiiij{ti} assistentes,” and in another place they are to have,
with the Masters, the election of the Livery.
The Act 32 Henry VIII is silent as to Assistants, vesting all power
in the Masters or Governors. In 1557 at one of the Courts twenty-one
Assistants and four Masters attended, and at a Court held 19th July,
1595, the names of twenty-five Assistants are recorded. The number
seems to have varied with the times, the full Court, however, never
exceeding four Masters and thirty-two Assistants. The Assistants have
always been elected by the Court, and the custom became in time to
choose the senior liveryman whenever a vacancy occurred, though there
does not appear to have been at any time a by-law to that effect, and
indeed this practice has been departed from on very many occasions.
The Election of Masters prior to the year 1633 was on the Monday next
before the feast of St. Bartholomew the Apostle (Aug. 24); from 1633 to
1745 it was held on the third Thursday in August, and since 1745 it has
been held on the second Thursday in August.
The ancient practice was for the whole body of the livery to be
summoned to the Hall in their livery gowns, hoods and caps on the
Monday at 8 o’clock in the morning “at the furthest” to whom the
Masters, sitting in Court, declared the cause of their assembling;
this done, the Masters retired, and the livery, sitting there, chose
twelve of their number to be “Electors,” of whom six were to be “expert
Surgeons,” and four at least must never have served the office of
Master or Governor. The Clerk then called the twelve Electors out (the
rest of the livery remaining in the Hall). The Masters then delivered
to the Electors the “Bills of Election,” each Master nominating two
Barbers and two Surgeons, so that sixteen in all were nominated, and,
after administering to them the oath prescribed, the Electors retired
to a private room apart to make their choice. Should the Electors deem
that one or more of themselves ought to have been put in nomination,
they were to send for the Masters who were bound to withdraw such
person or persons, and choose others in their place. The Bills were to
be made out in accordance with seniority, but the Electors were not
bound to choose by seniority. Having made their choice, the Electors
sent for the Masters and delivered to them a Bill with the names of the
four persons selected, and these names were (under a heavy penalty) to
be kept secret until after the “dener.”
The whole Company then proceeded in state to the Church of St. Olave,
Silver Street (after the Great Fire to St. Alban, Wood Street), maids
strewing the way with flowers. At Church there was a “goodly masse”
celebrated, and in later times a “devyne sˀrvice,” which, being ended,
the parson and some of the church officials had customary fees and
returned with the Company to the Hall to celebrate the Election dinner.
The feast over, the outgoing Masters, according to “auncient order,”
walked about the table, each bearing a garland and placing it on the
head of the member who had been chosen to fill his place in the year
ensuing. If anyone elected happened to be absent, his garland was
placed on the head of one of the Ancient Masters as proxy, and the
newly-elected Masters were sworn on the Holy Evangelists to the due
execution of their offices, absentees being sworn at the next Court.
The Election dinners were held at any early hour in the afternoon (1
or 2 p.m.) and were generally followed by a play or a dance, sometimes
both; the wives of the livery and Assistants were present at the
dinner, and the latter had their apprentices in attendance waiting at
table.
In 1633 the mode of choosing the Electors was varied as follows: a
“fair ballating box” with two cells therein, one labelled “Surgeons”
and the other “Barbers” was placed upon the table,
Into _each_ cell the Master put the names of
two Ancient Masters, and drew one out of each 2
The second and third Governors put into _each_
cell the names of six Assistants, and the Master
drew three out of each 6
The fourth Governor put into _each_ cell the
names of four liverymen and the Master drew
two out of each 4
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The twelve so drawn constituted the Electors, and the proceedings were
then much the same as has been before described.
The new Masters or Governors commenced their duties immediately upon
being sworn.
From the earliest period the custom has been to hold the monthly and
ordinary Courts on Tuesdays, but the meetings do not seem to have
taken place on any definite or fixed days, numerous Courts being
held at irregular intervals and frequently on Mondays. “Courts of
Assistants,” as distinguished from Monthly and special Courts, were,
in early times, for some reason or other, particularly prohibited from
being held on Tuesdays, there being several orders and by-laws to this
effect, but why, I do not know.
In the year 1557 twenty Courts were held. In 1572 forty-one Courts,
the average attendance at which was twelve. In 1599 forty-six Courts
assembled. At the intermediate Courts a great deal of important as
well as minor business was transacted, including the admissions and
presentations of freemen and apprentices, the examination of Surgeons
and Sea Surgeons, and a great variety of business connected with the
medical service of the army and navy.
Previous to the separation in 1745, the office of Master was supposed
to be, and generally was, held by a Barber and a Surgeon alternately,
the Wardens being chosen in like manner, any member not practising as
a Surgeon being accounted a Barber, whatever his trade or occupation
might be.
Great importance has at all times been attached to the question of
precedence in sitting at table and in speaking in Court, and many have
been the rules enacted, and the disputes and jealousies which have
arisen between members of the Court on this question.
Some of the powers executed by the Masters of old and by the Court
of Assistants in later times have been those which now are peculiar
to Courts of Law, _e.g._, the settlement of disputes upon every
conceivable question, the imposition of fines, and their recovery by
distress levied by the Beadle, the summary committal of offenders to
gaol, and the issuing of orders for their release, the prohibition of
actions and suits at common law (if commenced by a freeman without
leave of the Court), the inhibition of members from practising their
profession, and the infliction of corporal punishment upon unruly
freemen and apprentices.
The Court as now existing, consists of four Masters or Governors and
twenty Assistants, appointed under the provisions of the Act 18 George
II, cap. xv. By this Act the election of the Masters or Governors is
in the Court and takes place on the second Thursday in August, but
alas! without the ancient ceremonies of attending Church, crowning with
garlands, and--may I add?--the Election dinner for the Livery.
As will be seen elsewhere, there have been frequent disturbances at
the Courts, and there are numerous entries of Assistants, Wardens, and
Past Masters having been expelled the Court and sometimes dismissed
from the Livery as well, for their misconduct or quarrelsome behaviour.
Instances of impertinence and abuse by freemen and liverymen before the
Court, are also by no means rare, and in these cases condign punishment
by imprisonment or fine was invariably meted out.
9th March, 1624. This daye Mr. Warden Thornebury made knowne to this
Court y{t} one Tanner, a brother of this Companie, hath abused him
in words. Whereupon it is ordered by this Court that John Bayard
the officer belonging to this Companie shall laye the Lord Maio{rs}
comaund on the said Tanner and comitte him to one of the Compters
of this Cittye And that imediately upon the said comittm{t} shall
acquaint the M{rs} therewith That thereupon the M{rs} maye acquaint
the lo: Maio{r} with the reson of his comittem{t.}
19th January, 1626. This daye the letter directed to the Maister
Wards and Assistants of the Companie of Barbor Surgions of London
from M{r} William Clowes Sarjeant Chirurgion to his Ma{tie} was
here in Courte reade in hec verba viz{t} Right worthie Maister and
Governors and assistants of the companie of Barbers and Surgions
in my true love I wish all health and florishinge goverment of
yo{r} Company to the glory of God the honor of the Kinge and the
good of Gods people Amen. Now whereas I have bin not only by many
Brothers advertised but also of yo{r} Officer legally by letter and
otherwise given to understand that you had chosen me Renter warden
of the company from the w{ch} Election I desired by M{r} Cooper and
M{r} Thomas Allen I might be freed yett could not, I then knewe
well that in duty I owed you an aunswer which might well be seeme
my reverent respect to yo{r} Authoritye; and my tender regard of
the kinge my M{rs} honor which in yo{r} Chusinge and my acceptinge
maye be considered, which as much as in me is I desired to doe, And
nowe, not once questoninge the troblesomnes of the place, nor other
hinderances w{ch} god Almighty did then send I thus aunswer (because
I wilbe free of Ambition or pride) that if you can make that appeere
upon yo{r} Records that any of my predecessors did beare the office
of Wardein after he was sworne Serjeant Surgion to any of the Kˀs or
Queenes of England I shall humbly serve it, if not, I Crave yo{r}
pˀdon for I might not soe poorely value the Kinge my M{r} as thinke
him less mighty, less absolute a Prince then any Kinge whatsoever
hath raigned before him, and so as his Servaunt I expect from the
Company as good respect as any Sergeant Surgion heretofore hath had,
for my M{rs} honor I will not give to any other, And further because
I am many tymes summoned to yo{r} Courts and other meetings, w{ch}
service I am very willinge to performe, when I shall knowe my place
in the Company, which I must leave to yo{r} grave considerac͠on, only
if you please to take notice how the Colledge of Phisitions and the
Company of Apothecaryes of London have rancked the Kingꝭ Phisitions
and Apothecaryes, you may thereby guess what place I expect, but
howsoever if by the occasion of back freinds wee may not so well
agree as I desire, so as I may personally absent my selfe from the
Company yett thus much I ingenuously and religiously profess that I
will alwayes in harty love be present and ready press either by the
Kinge my M{r} or any other wayes to doe the Companye any loveing
Service I may, And so ceasing further troubling you but desireing to
heare of yo{r} smoothe acceptance, I rest.
Whereas he was chosen renter warden of this Companie for this yere
ensueing w{ch} place by reason of this contagious tyme and other
respects he is not able to execute, It is thereupon ordered by this
courte that he shalbe discharged from the said place of youngest
warden and second warden of this Company, And it is further ordered
that he shall take place next unto the youngest of our assistants
that have served the place of upper warden and when he shall have
served the place of upper warden of this Companye then he to take his
precedencye and ranck according to that service.
21st August, 1626. Serjeant Clowes was elected Master, but it seems his
election was called in question, as it was the turn for a Barber this
year, and it was moved that the electors should be fined for breach of
the ordinance in choosing a Surgeon, but the Court decided not to do
so. There was evidently a dislike to Mr. Clowes on the part of some of
the Company, as the Wardens of the Yeomanry were on the 20th September,
fined 40_s._ for refusing, or neglecting to carry the Standing Cups
before him and the Wardens of the Livery on the Election day.
1638. Serjeant Clowes was again elected Master.
9th April, 1641. M{r} Warden Martin Browne made his complaint against
M{r} Serjeant Clowes and he did freely declare that he did forgive
the Serjeant his personall Wrong, and did referr the Wrong due to the
Court unto the Court, And this Court did order that M{r} Serjeant
Clowes shall acknowledge that in his anger and passion he did speake
some words to the wrong of this Court, and this being done this Order
to be annihilated.
22nd September, 1642. Alsoe for the more peaceable treaty and
discussing matters in times of Courts of Assistants It is ordered
That decency be held in these Courts proceedings and that every one
of the Assistants as he is in his turne and time of Delivery to
yeild his voyce shall not use any impertinent speeches or divert
the matter in question into some other busines but give his answer
freely to the present matter proponed and that during the time of his
delivery of his speech or opinion none other of the Assistants shall
give crosse or thwarting speeches or calumniate that Assistant And
if any Assistant shalbe soe Uncivill That then the present M{r} or
Governour shall cause him to be silent and shall put such Assistants
Interrupc͠on of speech to question concerneing his ffine for evill
behaviour and such Interruptor being found faulty shall pay the ffine
of vj{s} viij{d} according to the Ordinance in that behalfe made.
3rd October, 1642. Alsoe M{r} Cotton layed downe his ffines imposed
on him at the last Court of Assistants viz{t} xxvj{s} viij{d} The
M{r} of the Company moveing by the consent of the last Court M{r}
Cotton to withdrawe himselfe according to Orders and Custome, he gave
this Court this peremptory answer, I will not goe out of the Court
nor the M{r} hath noe power to bidd mee goe out and that the Court
had noe power to fine him, then he threatned M{r} Warden Arris as
he sat in the Court saying Winter will come, Alsoe he abused M{r}
Dye in his delivery of speech to this Court that his speeches were
rotten speeches and thwarted him to the generall disturbance of the
Court, and to M{r} Martin Browne threatning him I will make you know
it better in another place Alsoe he sought to disable the M{rs} hand
which was signed to Ticketts for his and other appearances at the
Hall for defaults saying they might choose whether to appeare or not
Alsoe he told the Court with high language I will not be dismissed.
fforasmuch as this Court is informed and it doth fully appeare to
this present Court of Assistants That M{r} Lawrence Cotton hath from
time to time bin a disturber of the Unity peace and amity of this
Society and hath by many reproachfull Words and ill behaviour abused
the present M{rs} of the Company and divers of the Assistants and
Members of this Company Whereupon this Court doth dismisse the said
M{r} Cotton out of and from his place of an Assistant and being an
Examiner.
Mr. Cotton subsequently made his peace, was reinstated and served the
office of Master, 1645!
8th July, 1644. Whereas by Order of the Honourable house of Comõns
assembled in Parliament of the 28{th} June last the President of the
Colledge of Physicians was appointed to call this Company before them
and to tender the Covenaunt by them This Court conceiveing their
Priviledges to be thereby infringed this Co{rt} the M{r} doe advise
with Councell Doth order that a Petic͠on be framed to be preferred
by all the Assistants that are now present or the major part, to the
House of Comõns to have the tendring of the Covenñt themselves to
theire owne Members and the Charge to be allowed out of the Comõn
stock.
[Illustration]
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THE COMMONALTY.
The admission to membership in the Company has ever been by servitude,
patrimony, or redemption, and the fines and fees payable have varied
so much at different periods in our history, and have frequently
been so capricious, that no attempt has been made to tabulate them,
though references will be made here and there to the prevailing fees
of the period. The fees for apprentices have always been of a nominal
description, and generally so of freemen, though, in olden time,
the Court, as became the Masters of the mystery of “bleeding,” not
unfrequently bled a new member by a substantial fine on admission, but
also put him to the expense of a dinner into the bargain.
[Footnote: The initial letter T is reduced from one in the Audit Book
1614-15.]
An ample fine, suited to the period, has always been taken from
the Liverymen who were, in the days of the Tudors and Stuarts a
comparatively small section of the Company, and rarely exceeded fifty
in number; they were always chosen from the more substantial of the
Yeomanry, and if on election they refused “to take the clothing,”
as was frequently the case, a heavy penalty was imposed, which, if
not paid, the unhappy yeoman was forthwith committed to the Compter,
where, upon reflection, he generally came to the conclusion to submit.
It is right, however, to state that at all times the Court have, in
cases where the proposed Liveryman was actually a poor man, remitted
the fine, and allowed him to continue a yeoman; on the other hand,
contumacious refusal was invariably met in the firmest manner and
conquered.
The practice of calling up yeomen to the Livery was at times resorted
to as a means of putting the Company into funds, and as these calls
generally took place at periods of national trouble, when the coffers
of the Company had been emptied by the King or the Parliament, the
intended Liverymen were themselves not unfrequently in sore straits,
and great contentions arose.
About one hundred and fifty years ago the practice of enforcing these
fines was in regular operation, but since then it has been attended
with varying success; not that the Company has not by law the power of
enforcement, but a prejudice had grown up against the system, and the
Court has been unwilling to sanction a resort to extremities.
Early in the present century three or four actions were brought against
freemen to recover penalties of £20 for refusing to accept the Livery;
in one case which was ripe for trial the Company withdrew the record
and paid the costs, and the others seem to have been abandoned.
All freemen on being sworn were liable to pay “quarterage,” which has
been from the earliest period, and still is, 2_s._ per annum.[169] On
a man coming up for admission he was “presented,” that is, seen by the
Court who enquired into his position, knowledge, fitness and general
qualifications, and if approved he paid his fees and was sworn. Some of
the earlier forms of oath will be seen on reference to the Ordinances,
and that used up to a very recent period was as follows:--
[169] The quarterage is now usually compounded for on admission by
payment of a sum down.
You shall swear That you shall be True and Loyal to our Sovereign
Lady Queen Victoria and faithful and true in all lawful things unto
the Corporation and Company of the Mystery of Barbers of London,
whereof you are now made free, and accordingly be obedient to the
Master and Governors thereof: and as much as in you lieth maintain
amity and unity therein; and obey observe and perform all the
lawful rules statutes and ordinances thereof; and be proportionably
contributory to the best of your power, to all lawful or reasonable
charges contributions and payments belonging or necessarily
appertaining to you to bear and pay as other Brethren of the same
Company do. And also you shall obey all manner of summons or warnings
done, or to be made by the Clerk Beadle or other officer of the said
Company thereunto assigned in the name of the Master and Governors,
having no lawful or reasonable excuse to the contrary. All these
articles you shall duly, truly, fully and faithfully observe, perform
and keep to the best of your power. So help you God.
A few years since, this oath was changed into a declaration, the words
“You shall declare” being substituted for “You shall swear.”
It was generally the practice, when a member wished to be translated
to another Company or entirely discharged, that he should pay a fine
for his dismission. In 1724, Mr. John Bamber, a Surgeon, informing
the Court that he intended to practise as a Physician and to become a
Member of the College of Physicians prayed for his discharge, which
was granted to him on payment of thirty guineas, and there are other
entries to the like effect.
The regulations for the governance of the members are very fully
contained in the Ordinances referred to elsewhere, and it would
therefore be tedious to further allude to them here. On a perusal
of the extracts from the minutes, etc., many curious particulars
will be seen concerning both freemen and liverymen who were liable
to be expelled for not being “able” (_i.e._, solvent) and also for
not attending in their livery gowns and hoods upon summons. There
are many and often reminders to the livery to appear in their gowns
with their hoods upon their shoulders, and there are also cases in
which individuals were forbidden to wear their gowns and hoods by way
of punishment. The dress of the livery has been well described in
Herbert’s Livery Companies, and Planche’s Costume, and we can see it
in our great Holbein picture, though the dresses worn on that occasion
were of a much richer description than those in daily use.
It will be seen that the Livery were constantly going out in procession
in days of old. There were the services at St. Paul’s on Christmas and
Candlemas days, the Lord Mayor’s procession, the setting of the watch
on Midsummer Eve, the celebration of 5th November, the anniversary
of Gowrie’s Conspiracy, the Election Service at St. Olave’s, Silver
Street, days of thanksgiving and humiliation, Royal progresses and
Civic pageants. To all of these the Livery were bidden to go by
precept, and on neglect of the summons were fined. In many cases
certain of them were appointed to ride on horseback with velvet coats
and chains of gold about their necks, and when not so apparelled
they appeared in their gowns of black and scarlet, with their hoods
upon their shoulders. What would we not give for a photograph of one
of these gorgeous scenes wherein we should see the “liverie of our
solempne and grete fraternite” riding “ayenst,” say, Queen Elizabeth in
1599?
Our earlier records of freemen are unfortunately lost, the first
register commencing in the year 1551, but at Guildhall I have
discovered several admissions of freemen Barbers to the freedom of the
City, and here place a few of them upon record. The first is in 1309:--
Thomas Orgor barbitonsor admissus fuit in libtãte civitatis & jurˀ
&c die sabĩ pˀxima post festñ scĩ Edmundi Regis & martirˀ anno R. E.
filˀ R. E. tcĩo coram Nich̃o de ffarendon Joh̃e de Wyndesore & Henrˀ
de Dunolm Aldris Et dat commitati xx{s} quos pˀdcĩ Aldr̃i recepˀunt.
(TRANSLATION.) Thomas Orgor, Barber, was admitted into the freedom of
the City and sworn, etc., on Saturday next after the feast of Saint
Edmund the King and Martyr in the third year of King Edward, the son
of King Edward, before Nicholas de Farendon, John de Windsor and
Henry de Durham, Aldermen, And gave to the Commonalty 20_s._, which
the aforesaid Aldermen received.
Other entries are much in the same form, a few of which, abridged,
follow:--
1309. John de Dodinghurst, Barber, admitted and sworn, etc., Friday
next after the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle; paid half a mark.
1310. Ralph the Barber admitted, etc., 16th March; paid one mark.
1310. Gilbert Blaunchard, Barber, admitted, etc., 1st April; paid 10_s._
1310. Peter de Pecham, Barber, admitted, etc., 12th May, “at the
instance of Roger le Brabanzon, a justice of our Lord the King”; paid
5_s._
1310. Galfridus de Trengye, Barber, admitted, etc., Saturday before the
feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist; paid 10_s._
1311. John Syward, Barber, admitted, etc., Monday before the feast of
St. Edmund the King, at the instance of the Lord Walter, Bishop of
Winchester, Chancellor, “et ideo nichil dat ꝓ liᵬtate habenda,” “and
_therefore_ gave nothing to have the freedom!”
1312. Ralph de Bosbery, Barber, admitted, etc., on Monday in the feast
of St. Valentine; paid half a mark.
1312. John de Fynceham, Barber, admitted, etc., 6th April; paid 10_s._
1312. Henry de la Chaumbre, Barber, admitted, etc., on Monday in the
vigil of the Assumption; paid half a mark.
1312. Thomas de Mangrave who was the apprentice of Richard le Barber of
Bread Street, was admitted on Wednesday before the feast of St. James
the Apostle, on the testimony of Katherine, widow of the said Richard
and of Robert de Gloucester, the executors of his will; paid 2_s._ 6_d._
The “Richard le Barber” mentioned in the last entry was Master of the
Company in 1308.
The freemen were formerly enrolled in the “yeomanry” and formed a minor
fraternity within the Company (_see_ the chapter on the Yeomanry).
All freemen practising as journeymen or assistants, if Barbers,
Surgeons, or Barber-Surgeons were “sessed at the Hall,” that is, their
wages were settled for them by the Court, and entered in a book,
together with the period for which they agreed to serve, the period
being never less than one year nor more than three. These men were
often called “covenant servants,” but they paid quarterage, and were
entitled to all the privileges of freedom, excepting that they could
not take apprentices.
If a freemen desired to start in business, the By-laws of 1530 required
that he should prove to the Court as an act precedent to his so doing,
that he was possessed of goods to the value of ten marks.
A certain class of members called “Foreign Brothers” are very
frequently alluded to in the Books, and it has been a matter of some
difficulty to ascertain what their status exactly was, but by collation
of numerous entries I have come to the conclusion that, with very few
exceptions, they were all of them practising Surgeons, and that they
had _not_ been apprenticed to freemen of the Company. If practising
within the jurisdiction of the Company, they were compelled to join, or
else to forbear to practise, and it seems that on admission they were
required to satisfy the Court by the production of their Indentures of
apprenticeship to Country or other Surgeons that they had duly served
seven years, and to give ample proof of their skill and knowledge
before the Examiners; exceptions to the production of indentures were,
however, made in favour of those who came with recommendations from
persons of quality, or of such as had acquired eminence and position
in the profession. All sea surgeons were “Foreign Brothers” and paid a
fine (generally seven guineas) on admission, they also paid quarterage
as freemen, and when they resided within the jurisdiction were subject
to all the rules and ordinances of the Company as other freemen, being
frequently fined and imprisoned for malpractice, etc., though they were
not entitled to the benefit of the charities, to come to the dinners,
or to confer the right of admission by patrimony upon their sons, nor
do they seem to have been necessarily free of the City. Many Surgeons
practising in the Country became Foreign Brothers for the sake of the
diplomas granted at Barber-Surgeons’ Hall.
There are a few instances of “Barbers” being compelled to become
Foreign Brothers, for which I am unable to give an explanation, unless
they be errors of description by the Clerk for “Barber-Surgeons.”
Every freeman on admission formerly paid 3_s._ 4_d._, and every
apprentice on “presentation” 2_s._ 6_d._ For many years the names of
these persons are entered in the Audit Books, and thus it has been
possible to ascertain the number admitted extending over a considerable
period.
It appears that from the year 1603 to 1674, 3,479 persons were admitted
to the freedom, an average of about 48 per annum; and 9,554 apprentices
were presented, an average of about 133 per annum. The greatest number
of freemen admitted was in the year 1647 when 82 came on, and the least
in 1666 when but 23 were admitted. With apprentices the greatest number
presented was in the year 1629 when there were 219, and the least again
in the year of the Great Fire when there were but 54.
Between 1674 and 1745, about 75 freemen and 162 apprentices would be
the yearly average.
After the separation in 1745, and indeed down to the beginning of this
century, a respectable average was maintained, being about 40 freemen
and 60 apprentices per annum.
In the hundred years between 1746 and 1845, 2,964 persons were admitted
to the freedom and 4,298 apprentices were presented, being an average
of about 30 of the former and 43 of the latter for each year. The least
number of freemen coming on was in 1845, when only 5 were admitted, and
of apprentices in 1844, when but 4 were presented.
The apprentices always seem to have been a fruitful source of trouble
both to their Masters and to the Company, and numerous are the
entries of their floggings and imprisonments. The term of servitude
was generally seven years, but in a few instances it was eight and
even nine, the age at which boys were taken was usually fourteen, and
before the Indentures were sealed the boy was “presented” to the Court
that it might be seen that he was clean and not deformed or diseased.
If approved, the Indentures were executed and recorded, and in all
cases the apprentice actually lived with his Master, who covenanted
to find him meat, drink, apparel, lodging and all other necessaries
according to the custom of the City. If the boy’s master died or for
other reasons was unable to continue his business, it became necessary
for him to be “turned over” to another master, free of the Company,
and that such turn over should be approved and recorded, otherwise the
apprentice was disqualified for his freedom. When his term expired the
Master brought him to the Hall and “testified” to his faithful service,
whereupon he became entitled to the freedom on payment of a nominal
fine. Sometimes Masters refused to make their apprentices free, in
which cases the Court enquired into the circumstances, and acted in
accordance with the merits of the case.
From the earliest times the custom has prevailed to admit women to the
freedom, mostly by apprenticeship, but also by patrimony, and these
freewomen bound their apprentices, both boys and girls, at the Hall; of
course the ladies were not admitted to the livery, but otherwise they
had the same privileges as freemen so far as the same were compatible
with their sex. At the present time (1890) there is one freewoman of
the Barbers’ Company.
APPRENTICES.
Ordered 17th July, 1551. That Water Lynche whiche was prentise w{th}
John Tholmwoode Barborsurgeon shalbe and ys contented to serve Thomas
Woolf as a prentice from the daye above written untyll the viij{th}
yere of King Edward the sixte and so the sayd Water Lynche his yeres
to be fully ended and ronne out at the feaste of all Saints as may
appere by his Indenture.
19th September, 1552. Ordered that when any prentise dothe goo awaye
from his M{r} the same M{r} shall bring in his Indenture and here to
remayne tyll the prentice come agayne and to be regestred.
It was also ordered that the Beadle should make out all Indentures of
apprenticeship, and any one else presuming to do so should pay a fine
of 3_s._ 4_d._
27th April, 1556. It was ordered that no apprentice should wear a beard
of beyond fifteen days’ growth, and that on breach of this order the
master of the apprentice was to pay a fine of half a mark.
15th October, 1566. Here in this Court John James the appñts of John
Shryve for pylferyng, & so here he had his correction.[170]
[170] That is, he was flogged.
27th May, 1567. Robert Cholmeley complained of his apprentice
for y{t} he doth not his worke as he ought & for his other ill
demeanors And so in the pˀsents of this Court the saide appˀnts
humbled hym upon his knees and pˀmyssed his amendment.
1567. The quarrels between masters and apprentices about this period
were numerous, and occupied a great deal of the time of the Court, who
in dealing with them generally pursued a policy of reconciliation and
made the parties friends again. In certain cases, masters were fined
for ill-treating apprentices, whilst some of the latter had their
Indentures cancelled or “torn in Court” and were either whipped or
ordered to behave better, or to find new masters.
22nd August, 1569. Here was Rich Upton Playntyf agaynst his app̃nts
W{m} Fyshe for that he ranne awaye frome his said M{r} the xxj{th} of
the former moneth and tooke w{th} hym sˀten instruments for surgery
& other things more, w{ch} pˀtyculers were here pˀsently sene & by
the said W{m} Fyshe confessed and that he had no cawse to go frome
his said M{r} but that he wolde have gon to the sea and accordynge to
his desert had correction and punnyshment unto auncyent custom w{th}
roddes.
22nd November, 1569. Memorandˀ upon the xxij{th} day of November 1569
in the afternowne Gyles Swalldell thappeñtꝭ of Chrystofor Swalldell
for goyng forth of his maisters house at unlawfull tymes and houres
& in evell company wastinge and consumyng his M{rs} grocery wares
also therebye he the appntꝭ then had the correction of this hall
accordyng to his desertꝭ as the justice & equytie by the M{r} &
govˀnors thoughte at the request of his said M{r} to be most mete and
convenient. And so the said Gyles Swalldell appntꝭ hathe promysed
here that he wylbe a good faythfull & trusty servant unto his said
M{r} and never hereafter offende any more.
1st June, 1570. Here was John thappntꝭ of Thomas Wayte (for) abusying
of Rog{r} Laborne & his wyfe and his M{r} also and he had favorable
correction for his offencꝭ.
John possibly thought it rather _unfavourable_.
By the next entry it would appear that Master Ralph Soda found the
society of the ladies more congenial to his tastes than the practice of
shaving and bloodletting.
15th February, 1572. Here was Henry Lusshe and witnessed how that his
app̃ntice Rafe Soda ranne awaye ffrom hym and contract hym self to
three wemen and was asked at Westm{r} in the church and also had delt
unhonestly w{th} his mayde srˀvnt.
19th May, 1573. Here was John Newsam and he was appoynted to brynge
in his fyne for not pˀsentynge his apprentice.
Here was John Appowell and he was appoynted the lyke.
9th June, 1573. Here was Olyvˀ Pecocke the covenaunte Sˀvaunt of
Allen Colly beinge comytted to Warde uppon Wednesday last on M{r}
Warden Robynsons comaundment for goynge ffrom his master ffrom the
Sounday untill Wednesdaye next and he was nowe relesed so that his
master paynge his wages he shall serve hym.
21st July, 1573. Pecocke complained to the Court against his master
“ffor not well usinge hym in beatinge hym.”
The next is a quaint piece of dry humour--
6th October, 1573. Here was an order taken between Danyell Botham and
his appˀntice that he should well and trewly sˀve his M{r} and not to
make any more complainte or trouble the M{rs} any more, and yf he do
nott sˀve his M{r} accordyngly he shall have the Almes of the howsse.
The “Alms of the house” were on some other like occasions promised to
troublesome apprentices.
18th October, 1573. Here was John Staples and brought in his
apprentyze for evyll behavio{r} by hym comytted in his masters house
w{th} his masters mayde and he made his submyssion on his knees and
asked his master forgevenes in the courte, and he was forgeven uppon
condyc͠on that he should amend well & faythfullye w{th}out farther
complaint or elles to have the ponnyshment of the howsse.
11th December, 1599. In the matter in controversie betwixt Juliance
Yonge & John Bradley his apprentice it is ordered that the sayd Yonge
shall take his sayd apprentice into his service agayne And that the
sayd Yonge shall use him as hee oughte to doe And that the sayd
apprentice shall well and honestly behave himself towardsˀ his sayd
M{r.}
22nd January, 1600. This daye Daniell Hinkesman brought in his fine
of xl{s} for sufferinge his apprentice to dwell w{th} a gentleman.
This apprentice had probably been let out to hire as a valet by
Hinkesman, who received his wages instead of teaching him his trade.
20th February, 1600. Noah Bayley having been complained of for striking
his apprentice Andrew Mathew, he was fined 40_s._, and at the next
Court Mathew had license to sue Bayley at the Common law for “breaking
his head.”
17th June, 1600. This daye it was ordered that George Langton
apprentice to M{r} ffrederick shalbe comitted to the compter for his
unreverent behaviour towardes his M{r.}
7th August, 1600. John Sares is to be called in question for geveinge
wages to his apprentice.
2nd December, 1600. This daye uppon complaynt made to this Courte it
was ordered that Henry Needham should put awaye his apprentice Willm̄
Webbe for that it was then apparantly pˀved that hee is marryed
w{th}in his terme And it was thereuppon furth{r} ordered that the
pˀsentac͠on should be discharged by a vacat thereuppon to be entered.
5th May, 1601. This daie the wiefe of Thomas Asbridge decessed did
complaine of Marke Nurse her apprentice for absentinge himselfe from
her service and other his misdemeanors towardes her All w{ch} uppon
his humble suite and promise of amendment was forgeeven him.
16th June, 1601. This daie it is ordered that Thomas Shurwin
apprentice to John Urvey shalbe for ever utterly dischardged of his
terme of apprentisship for that it appeareth to the Maisters uppon
hearinge of their controversie that he hath the said apprentice
colorablie.
30th June, 1601. This daye Robert Wallis is dischardged from his
apprentiship for that it appeared to this Court that his maister did
not mayntayne him w{th} sufficient meate drynck and apparrell.
22nd September, 1601. This daye uppon complaynt made by ---- Jelly
apprentice to Hughe ffell that the said ffell had put him oute of his
service before hee had acquainted the M{rs} therew{th} It was ordered
that the said ffell should receive his said apprentice in to his
service againe & that hee should pˀsently inroll him. And that the
said ffell should appeare before the M{rs} at the next Courte.
3rd November, 1601. This daye uppon hearinge of the Controversie
betwixt John Howe & his apprentice It is ordered that hee shall take
home his said apprentice and use him well hereafter And whereas the
said Apprentice hath complayned for that the said Howe dothe not
exercyse the said apprentice in his trade of Barbery & Surgery It is
furth{r} ordered that if the said Howe shall not take a shoppe and
use his trade before Christemas next that the said apprentice shalbe
turned over to anoth{r} of the same arte.
16th March, 1602. This daye it is pˀmised & undertaken before the
M{rs} of this Company by Robert Leadbeater that hee the said Robert
shall & will at the expirac͠on of the apprentisheep of Henry Edwards
his apprentice geve unto the said Henry twoe suites of decent
apparrell & a cloke.
20th April, 1602. I Michaell Braye doe pˀmise and undertake That
at the ende & expirac͠on of the tearme of apprenticeship of George
Parkins my Apprentice I will geve unto him a new suite of apparrell
viz one dublett one pˀ of hose one hatt one pˀ of stockins and one
Cloke of decent apparrell In witnes whereof I have hereunto put my
hand.
22nd February, 1603. This daye it is ordered that Thomas Mownsley
shall for his disobedience to his M{r} be comitted to the Compter.
16th April, 1605. This daye Peter Saunderson certiefied the Court
that hee had offered to inroll his apprentice before the Chamberlin
and it was denyed him because the apprentice could not at the end of
his terme accomplishe the Age of xxiij yeres.
4th June, 1605. This daye it is ordered that John Udall shall at
the next Courte bringe in his fine of xl{s} for puttinge a waye his
Apprentice Tho. Hobbes w{th} out o{r} M{rs} consent (see 18th June).
4th June, 1605. This daye it is ordered that Roger Kiffin shalbe
dischardged of his apprentiship w{th} Richard Bonner for that hee
wanteth meate drinck & apparrell And hee is to finde him selfe a
nother M{r} of this Company. (See 25th June.)
18th June, 1605. This daye it is ordered that John Udall shalbe
committed to the Compter for his contempt.[171]
[171] The contempt being that Udall having “put away” his Apprentice,
(_i.e._, had him locked up in Bridewell, without the leave of the
Court,) and being fined 40_s._ for that offence, had refused to pay
his fine.
25th June, 1605. Richard Bonnẽr is to bringe in his apprentices Roger
Kiffins Indenture at the next Courte or ells hee is to be comitted to
the Compter.
25th June, 1605. This daye Thomas Clemence was fined at x{s} for that
hee was not bound apprentice by the Clark of this Company.
24th September, 1605. This day it is ordered that David Vaughan
apprentice to Richard Davis shalbe pˀntlie dischardged from his said
M{r} for the residue of his terme to come for that his said M{r}
hath given him unlawfull correction as it was affirmed and hath not
trayned him up in the trade that he used being Barbinge and Surgery.
And is to bring in the Apprentices indenture att the next Courte
or ells to be comitted to the Compter for his contempt. And the
appˀntice is in the meane tyme to continue w{th} his freindꝭ And is
not to sˀve any pˀson that useth the trade of silck weavinge any more
w{th} in the liberties of London.
7th January, 1606. This day it is ordered that John Browne and his
apprentice be here at the next Courte. And he is to be comaunded
from our M{rs} to discharge his appˀntice out of Bridewell w{ch} he
holdeth there And then to be before o{r} said M{rs} at their next
Court both he and his apprentice.
14th January, 1606. John Browne is to bringe in his fine for puttinge
away his appˀntice w{th}out the M{rs} order.
5th July, 1608. This daye in the Controversie betwixt Nicholas Braye
and Humfrey Pittꝭ It is ordered for that the M{rs} doe fynde that the
Apprentice is not kept as hee ought to be but is lowsie and also his
M{r} for want of change of apparrell And that therefore wee doe not
fynde him a fit M{r} It is ordered that if the said Nicholas Braye
doe not hereafter use his apprentice in Better Order that then the
apprentice shalbe turned over to anoth{r} freeman of this Company.
23rd May, 1609. This daye Richard Tyler broughte in his fine
accordinge to a former order for puttinge awaye (_i.e._, imprisoning)
his apprentice w{th}out the M{rs} order And it was mittigated to
xx{s.}
19th November, 1611. At this Court it is ordered that John Todd shall
on the next tuesdaies Court bring in his fyne of 40{s} for that he
did not bynde an appˀntice w{ch} is now w{th} him according to the
Custome of this howse.
19th November, 1611. At this Court Robert Hawley the appˀntice of
Thomas Clarke was for his stubbornes & other unsemely pranckꝭ by him
used towardꝭ his M{r} as also for his lewd & bad service brought
before the M{rs} whereupon he promising of amendem{t} his faultꝭ was
for this tyme remitted.
22nd February, 1613. In the complaint made by William Richardson
against his M{r} John Sabyn being heard & proved at this Court by
his owne confession that Sabyn did use unlawfull correction to his
appˀntice. It is ordered that the M{r} shall not use hereafter
any such unlawfull correction for if he doe & his appˀntice make
complaint thereof to the M{rs} of this Company, then the appˀntice
shall be taken awaye from him And further it is ordered that the
appˀntice shall doe his M{r} just & true service, And that the said
Sabyn shall the next Court daie bring in his fyne for not inrowling
of his said appˀntice w{th}in the tyme lymitted by the ordynancꝭ of
this howse.
22nd February, 1613. This daye Joseph Boreman made promise to pˀforme
such order as the M{rs} did heretofore set downe between him and his
appˀntice namely⁾ that he will give to the same appˀntice two suitꝭ
of apparell fitt for such an appˀntice accordinge to the true meaning
of the same w{th}out any fraud.
27th September, 1614. At this Court Raph Dixon the appˀntice of our
M{r} Hassall for manie lewd misdemeano{rs} & for getting a woman
w{th} child, being an appˀntice shold have had the correction of the
howse, but upon considerac͠on had he is to be sent to bridewell.
23rd January, 1615. In the complaint made by Margery Stokes in the
behalf of her grand child John Taft who is thˀ apprentice of one John
Hedlowe for that the said Hedlow haveing receaved w{th} the said
appˀntice the some of Tenn poundꝭ doth now turne him away & refuseth
to restore the monie w{ch} he had w{th} him. It is therefore by this
Court ordered that the said Hedlow shall either receave the same
appˀntice into his service agayne or otherwise repaie the said some
of Tenn poundes wherefore he promised unto this Court to take the
same appˀntice agayne into his service.
14th March, 1615. In the matter of complaint made by the weif of one
Xp̃ofer Greene who is now gone to the East indies of & about her
servaunt or appˀntice for that he kepeth her shop & doth gyve her no
allowaunce towardꝭ the kepeing of her out of the gettingꝭ in the same
shop w{ch} being duely herd at this Court It is ordered that the said
appˀntice shall from henceforth weekelie make unto his M{ris} a trew
& just accompt of such monie as he shall gett in the same shop &
that from henceforth he shall be at the appoyntment of his mistris &
of the M{rs} of this companie and his M{ris} shall have & enjoy all
such benifitt as shalbe gotten by the said shopp.
14th November, 1615. In the complaynt made by the servant of William
Corbett against his M{r} w{ch} beinge examyned at this Court It is
aparyant that the boy hath very stubburnlie & naughtielie behaved
himself unto his M{r} Whereupon it is this daie ordered that the boy
shall goe home agayne w{th} his M{r} & behave himselfe more honestlie
then formerlie he hath done w{ch} the boy promiseth to doe.
18th February, 1616. In the complaint made by M{ris} Wootten against
her appˀntice Thomas Hill for his neclect of service & for pleaing at
dice & whoring It is therefore ordered that the boy be corrected.
18th February, 1616. In the complaint made by David Richardson
against his M{r} ffletcher for lack of vittualls It is ordered that
ffletcher shall take the boy home & kepe him as an appˀntice ought to
be kept.
There are several records of masters being fined for keeping more
than three apprentices, the usual penalty being £5, though this was
sometimes mitigated on petition.
13th June, 1626. This daye John Pinder made complaint against Janson
his appˀntice, this Courte caused the vizard and coate to be brought
into the Parlor, and the apprentice submitted himselfe to his Maister
soe that his punishment was forborne.
For some particulars as to the vizard coate and bulbegger, see p. 393.
The mere sight of them had a softening effect upon Master Janson, as
also upon George Tether, who seems to have caught a glimpse of them
next year.
7th August, 1627. This daye the weife of Salomon Carr made complaint
against her apprentice George Tether formerly bound to Jeffery
Baskervile deceased and he had the bulbegger showed him, whoe upon
his humble submission to his M{ris} was spared in hoape of his better
service to her hereafter.
20th November, 1632. Martine Stamp made complaint ag̃t John Scott
by petic͠on to this Court thereby intimateing that his son Scotts
appˀntice is nowe kept and imployed onely for digging delveing &
planting and pruneing potatoes & tobacco in the Barmoothoes Iland.
(Query Bermudas.)
28th January, 1635. It is ordered that Jonas Gargrave shalbe
prosecuted to be disfraunchised at the charge of this house in regard
he tooke a married mann apprentice knoweingly.
Mr. Heydon’s apprentice, next referred to, was doubtless a gay and
swaggering young gentleman, and the Court in meteing out its amusing
sentence must have been conscious of touching him on a sore place.
9th August, 1647. Mr. Heydon complayneing to this Court of his
apprentice here present in Court ffor his evill and stubborne
Behavior towards him and frequent absences out of his service in
Day time and in late houres at night The said apprentice being in
Court to answer to the same did rudely and most irreverently behave
himselfe towards his said M{r} and the whole Court in sawcy language
and behaviour useing severall Oathes protesting that he will not
serve his M{r} whatever shall come of it This Court did therefore
cause the Haire of the said apprentice (being undecently long) to be
cut shorter.
8th August, 1729. It is ordered that the Clarke do sue M{r.} Lee
M{r.} Pemble and M{r.} Bonzer for binding their Apprentices by
Scriveners and not at the Hall.
4th August, 1741. It is ordered that James Parnell Stevenson who
was this day bound an apprentice to Tho{s.} fford be brought here
12 months hence by his Ma{r} that the Court may be satisfyed of his
being better improved in his Learning.
5th November, 1791. Elizabeth Conyers was apprenticed to Elizabeth
Castle and presented and bound in Court. This is but one of numerous
entries of girl apprentices.
The Registers of apprentices were for a long period kept in Latin,
_e.g._:
28th July, 1658. Mathew Moy fil̃l̃ M.M. nuper de com̃ Staford
vintener̊ defunct: põ: se ap̃p. Tho. Pace Watchmaker pro 7 annis a
die dãt.
The following is an example of a boy being bound to a freewoman of the
Company.
23rd June, 1658. Daniel Alderson fil̃l̃ Jacobi A. nuper Civ. et B. S.
Londini defunct põ: se ap̃p. matri suo Katherine Alderson pro 8 annis
a die dãt.
And here is an instance of a girl, the daughter of a “gentleman,” being
bound to a Barber-Surgeon and to his wife.
18th December, 1660. Katharina Bowghy fiɫ. Georgii B. de Addley in
com̃ Stafford gent. defunct põ: se ap̃p W{mo} Bennett B.C. et Marthæ
uxori ejus pro 7 annis a die dãt.
FREEMEN.
The earliest recorded fine on admission to the freedom was £3, one
Martin Partridge being sworn in on 26th July, 1551, when he paid £1 and
gave security for the remainder.
10th September, 1551. John Bryckett, “toothe drawer,” was admitted “a
brother into this house” and paid £1.
10th November, 1551. On this day four freemen were admitted paying
respectively 6_s._ 8_d._, 10_s._, 2_s._, 10_d._, and another man paid
nil, which indicates that the fines on admission were variable and at
the pleasure of the Court.
19th September, 1552. It was ordered that free journeymen should not
pay quarterage until such time as they set up for themselves and kept
house.
4th July, 1566. It was ordered that in future any one seeking admission
to the freedom if “Inglyshe borne” should pay £4 and any “alyan or
straynger” £5.
7th October, 1567. In this Courte Rich Morrys upon his fre makinge
pˀmyssed to geve the M{rs} a bucke.
21st October, 1567. In this Courte Thomas Symons and Willm fferrat
are sworne and admytted brethren of this Company and are lycenced to
sett open shoppe as parteners to gether w{th}oute Smythefelde bars.
2nd June, 1573. Here was Edward Duffeeld of London a practioner in
phisick & Surgery and required to be a brother of this Company and yt
was agreed that he should pay xl{s} in hand and other xl{s} at S{t.}
James daye.
9th June, 1573. Here was Gabriel Petrol for not being admytted a
Brother [he] occupynge Surgerye w{th}out admyttaunce and he promysed
he would and yt was agreed that he should at a moneth ende bringe in
xl{s} in pˀte of payment of v{li} w{th}out any farther delaye.
3rd June, 1600. Henry Wheelis is appoynted to pˀcure his M{r} to make
him free the next Court or to geve ovˀ his shop in long lane yf not
then to be comitted to the compter.
22nd July, 1600. This daye Henry Wilson of Ratcliffe and Mathewe
Eaton of S{t} Bartholomew in West Smythfeyld were suters to the M{rs}
of this Company to become broth{rs} of the same whereuppon they are
by this Court injoyned to geve their answere the next Court what
gratificac͠on they will bestowe of[172] the Company.
[172] On.
6th November, 1604. This daie Vincent Lowe became humble suiter to
this Companie to be admytted into the same by redempc͠on to w{ch}
request this Courte hath consented pˀvided hee paie to this Companie
in gratificac͠on v{li} of lawfull money of England and doe bestowe a
dinn{r} uppon the Assistantꝭ on Thursday next.
5th February, 1605. This daie it is ordered that Edward Carelill
Inholder shalbe translated from his Company to this payinge to the
M{rs} to the use of this Company iiij{li} and beareinge the ordenary
chardge.
9th April, 1605. It is this daye ordered that Raphe Parsons a freeman
of this Company and Thomas Sampson Edward Squier and Robert Hoddy
late servants & apprentices to xp̃ofer Thompson shall fynde them
M{rs} in this Company to be turned over unto before whitson tyde next
And that they shall continue no longer w{th} their mistres because
shee is nowe marryed to a Grocer who is not free of this Company.
29th January, 1610. fforasmuch as Tobye Johnson would not give
consent to this Court that James Kent[173] should be made a freeman
The Court have thought fytt the said James should be at this Court
sworne a freeman of this Company for that ytt cannot appeere to this
Court that the said Johnson can prove any materiall thinge against
the said Jame to debarr him of his freedome.
[173] His late apprentice.
14th January, 1611. This daie William Tavernor the late appˀtice of
Widdowe Sanderson did before the M{rs} of this Company promise that
he would not at any tyme hereafter set up a barbers shopp in any
place w{th}in two pˀisshes[174] at the least where the said Widdowe
Sanderson dwelleth or keepeth shopp uppon w{ch} promise soe by him
made the said Widdowe Sanderson is contented to make him a freeman of
this cittie not w{th}standing he hath untill October next to serve.
[174] Parishes.
2nd July, 1612. This daie at this Court yt is ordered that Edward
Squior the Dyer shall not be translated from this Company unto the
Company of the Dyers for that if this howse shall give consent unto
him maney others of this Company as well Dyers & grocers as other
tradꝭ would sue to have the like kindenes.
9th January, 1615. At this Court, one John Mathews, “an oculist,” made
suit for his admission by redemption--
w{ch} this Court did consent unto conditionallie to gyve this howse a
great beare bowle sutable to the rest of the great beare bowles w{ch}
he consented unto.
LIVERYMEN.
Ordered 19th September, 1552, that Peter Saxton and Thomas Dixon
shalbe dysmiste of the Clothinge for their yll demeanor and behavyor
And also Mathew Johnson because he ys not habull.[175]
[175] Able, _i.e._, solvent.
5th November, 1555. Ordered that Henry Pemarton shall not weare his
Lyvery hoode nor paye no maner of quartrage unto this house but
shalbe cleane exempted out of the same.
26th March, 1558. Robert Foster, Robert Grove, and Thomas Barnet were
expelled the Livery “because they are not able.”
4th July, 1566. It was ordered that the Livery from thenceforth should
not exceed fifty persons.
3rd December, 1566. Thomas Lambkyn and John Morryt appeared before the
Court and testified against Edward Parke for that the said Edward--
saide he wolde not come to the Courte beynge warned & y{t} yf the
M{r} comytted hym to warde he wolde brynge the M{r} before the Lorde
cheefe Justice And it is ordered y{t} the saide Parke shall & is upon
his humble submission remytted.[176]
[176] Be forgiven.
26th September, 1581. It was agreed that evˀy one in the Lyverie
should go decently in gownes all a like at all metinges and
assemblies.
30th June, 1601. This daye Abraham Allen John Hassold Richard Eade &
Henry Oseyld lately taken into the livery of this Company pˀsented
themselves in their livˀy gownes and the M{r} accordinge to order
placed their hoods uppon their showld{rs.}
6th May, 1602. Roger Jenkins, free of the Weavers’ Company and an
“admitted broth{r} in the practize of Surgery,” applied to be admitted
to the freedom, and upon payment of £10 was made free and taken into
the Clothing.
7th June, 1602. This daye it was ordered that forasmuch as Richard
Samborne one of the livery of this Company had used divers opprobrius
& undecent woordes of M{r} Newsam That the said Richard should
forbeare the wearinge of his livery & hud untill hee had ord{r}
therefore from the M{rs} of this Company.
16th August, 1602. This daye Richard Howlden and Thomas Grig were
admitted into the clothinge of this mistery and were commaunded to
pˀvide them necessary apparrell for the same.
8th November, 1604. This daye Dominick Lumley became humble suiter
to this Courte to be dischardged of the office of Steward and M{r}
of the Anothomie and of the Livˀy and all officers w{th}inne the
same and in considerac͠on thereof hee is to paie tenn poundꝭ to be
converted into three peecꝭ of plate as a guifte for his dischardge.
5th February, 1605. This daye Richard Cade & Richard Holden were
fyned for not beinge at Powles[177] in theire Lyveryes & theire
hoodes on Candlemas daye last.
[177] St. Paul’s.
22nd January, 1606. This daie Roger Buckley & Richard Wood Junio{r}
for that they dwell in the Cuntrey and have not for long tyme
gyven their attendaunce in their lyveryes accordeing to order are
absolutely dismissed owt of the lyvery of this Company.
21st August, 1609. This day Andrew Wheatley was fined to xij{d}
for attendinge in a fallinge band w{th} his livery gowne w{ch} he
accordinglie payd.
26th October, 1612. This daie it is ordered that from hensforth the
lyvˀie of this Company maie at their meetingꝭ out of this howse weare
their hates[178] w{th} their lyvˀies Any order heretofore made to the
contrary notwithstanding.
[178] Hats.
29th December, 1615. Four liverymen admitted this day paid £2 each as a
fine, and fifteen others paid £5 each. Humphrey Downinge, who had been
chosen a Liveryman, and would not accept the Clothing, was fined and
paid £10.
27th January, 1617. It was ordered that from henceforth the Liverymen
were not to appear at the Hall in their gowns and hoods on Christmas,
Twelfth and Candlemas days “as formerlie they were accustomed to doe,”
but at their seats at St. Paul’s instead.
13th September, 1621. The livery was generally composed of an equal
number of Barbers and of Surgeons; on this day it was ordered--
That at the next choise of a new Lyvery there shalbe chosen a Barber
more than a Surgeon for that M{r} Kellett hath not accepted of the
place as yett, if he shall not accept thereof.
1636. A great many Liverymen were chosen this year, apparently for the
purpose of assisting by their fines, the fund for the building of the
Anatomical Theatre; from various entries at this period it would seem
that when a freeman desired to be excused taking the Livery, he was
obliged to take an oath before the Masters of his inability to pay the
fine.
19th May, 1637. This Court upon divers treatise with Abraham Purrott
a brother of this Companie being chosen into the livery by a former
Court & he being summoned to appeare this daye by agreem{t} yet came
not and hath alsoe formerly[179] answered that he will not hold the
place of a liveryman nor paye the fine but would onely give a peece
of plate of v{li} to this house as his gift in full satisfaction
of all his fines & places, w{ch} this Court doth think to be farr
short And therefore this Court doth impose and fine the said Abraham
Purrott at xx{li} according to the ordinances confirmed by the Lords
& by the Statute.
[179] Formally.
Several others were from time to time similarly fined, both in the 17th
and 18th centuries.
2nd August, 1737. At this Court Robert Young who was the apprentice
of James Phillips Surgeon was admitted into the freedom of the
Company by service and was sworn, and the said M{r} Young at the same
time took the Livery, and his master M{r} Phillips out of his own
bounty and a just sense of the diligent and faithfull services of
the said Robert Young during his Apprenticeship did not only pay the
charges of the said M{r} Young’s freedom but did likewise bestow upon
him his fine for the Livery being ten pounds.
29th October, 1751. It is ordered that upon all future days for
swearing in the Lord Mayor of this City at Westminster when this
Company shall have their Stand as usual No Liveryman shallbe admitted
into the same without leave of the Master unless he shall walk in
the Publick Procession cloathed in his proper Livery gown and hood
according to his summons.
3rd October, 1752. It was further ordered--
That two men and a constable shall be hired to guard the Stand and
see that the said Order be complied with.
9th November, 1765. Several liverymen notwithstanding former orders to
the contrary, having appeared on the Company’s Stand on Lord Mayors’
days without their gowns and hoods, it was ordered that any liveryman
transgressing in the like in future, should be fined half-a-guinea.
THE YEOMANRY.
The Yeomanry of the Barber-Surgeons appear to have had a most chequered
existence, having been “established” and “put downe” several times,
until finally they appear to have died out both in constitution and in
name.
The Yeomanry answered exactly to the class of Members who are now
styled “Freemen,” and for a long period were the most numerous body
in the Company. In early times the numbers of the Livery or Clothing
were strictly limited, and under the Tudors and Stuarts rarely exceeded
fifty, but as the persons who were compelled to take up their freedom,
and those who came in voluntarily or by patrimony and servitude have
always been a numerous section, it appears to have been considered
politic to give a constitution to these inferior members of the
Mystery, and consequently a Yeomanry, or Company within the Company
was set up, and to this the new freeman was admitted after he had been
presented and sworn before the Masters or Governors of the Clothing.
The Court of the Company framed the Ordinances for the Yeomanry,
and whilst delegating to them many of their own privileges, as, for
instance, the power to levy fines, and to summarily commit offenders
to prison, they always seem to have retained a very tight and jealous
hand over them, and were constantly interfering with the Wardens of the
Yeomanry.
The Yeomanry had their own four Wardens and Court of Assistants, their
Beadle and mace, common box, standing cups and other silver plate,
their annual dinner, and sometimes, when in a flourishing condition, no
less than four dinners in the year, their “corrector” for apprentices,
and they also possessed the choice privilege of collecting the
quarterage from their members. Under such auspicious circumstances, it
could hardly be otherwise than that, in process of time, they should
become both presumptuous and audacious and thus provoke inevitable
collision with the Ruling body of the Company.
The Wardens of the Yeomanry at one period had designated themselves,
or certainly encouraged others to describe them, as “The Wardens of
the Barber-Surgeons,” an assumption not to be tolerated, and, like
their Masters on the Clothing, had been accustomed to go to their homes
(after their gatherings and feasts) in state, accompanied by a “trayne
or traynes”; these acts of presumption called forth the restraining
order of the 15th September, 1588 (_vide post_). Later on we find that
they went “in searche to see what serˀvnts some ffremen of the Companie
had, w{ch} they ought not to do,” they gave way to too much feasting
and arbitrarily exercised their powers of fine and imprisonment, all
which offences brought them reprimands, and somewhere about the year
1604 their temporary extinguishment. They were, however, soon after
re-erected, but in the year 1635 permanently “disestablished and
disendowed.”
Although the Constitution of the “Yeomanry” was then abolished, the
appellation was retained for over 200 years after, though merely as
a traditional distinctive name synonymous with that of “freemen.”
Thus, the whifflers for Lord Mayor’s day were always chosen out of the
“Yeomanry,” and members of the “Yeomanry” are continually spoken of as
being chosen into the Livery.
In the Audit Book, 1847-1848, this ancient term is used for the
last time in respect of the receipts for quarterage, after this the
designation becomes “freemen.”
19th September, 1552. It is condescendyd and agreed that there shalbe
no more yomanry of the said Company of Barbors Surgeons.
1st October, 1555. It was agreed “that the yomanrye of the sayed
Company of Barbors and Surgeons shalbe establisshed and set up agayne
and be in as full strenght force and power as ever yt was before
the plucking downe of the same,” and articles or ordinances for the
Yeomanry were enacted. As, however, these articles are excessively
verbose, the following descriptions and extracts will suffice:--
Article 1. Out of the Yeomanry were to be chosen four Wardens annually,
and named respectively, the uppermost, second, third and youngest
Wardens.
Article 2. One of the Yeomanry to be appointed Beadle of the Yeomanry
to execute summonses, etc.
Article 3. The Wardens of the Yeomanry to bring in once a year to the
Masters and Governors of the Clothing, an account of monies remaining
in their hands to be delivered to the new Wardens, and to be “kept and
bestowed as they w{t}in themselves shall thinke yt meete and convenyent
to the helpe and comforte of them w{t}in the yomanry of Barbors and
Surgeons.” The Wardens were also to present the new Wardens to the
Masters or Governors for approval within eight days after being chosen.
The Masters or Governors were to “have nothinge to dooe withe the monye
of the yomanry.”
Article 4. If the Masters or Governors should borrow any monies of the
Yeomanry they were to repay on a day to be agreed upon “the saved som̄e
so borrowed w{t} thanks geving.”
Article 5. The Wardens on the day of Election of Masters or Governors
of the Clothing shall--
come to the dynner at the hall in their best apparrell at the daye
appointed whiche is the mondaye senighte before Barthelmew daye, and
when the M{r} and governors of the Clothinge doo gooe and choose the
new M{r} and governors the cheif wardein of the yomanrye shall beare
the cup before the M{r} The seconde wardein shall beare the cupp
before the uppermoste governor of the clothinge. The thirde wardein
of the yomãry shall beare the cupp before the seconde governor of the
clothinge and the yongest wardein of the yomanry shall beare the cupp
before the yongest governor of the clothinge in knowledging of the
setting up of the yomanrye agayne.
In the event of sickness or lawful absence, others were to be appointed
to this duty.
And furthermore that noen of the wardeins of the yomanrye of barbors
and surgeons doo presume to goo aboute to make searche to see in
anye of the Companyes houses to knowe what prentizes they have or
journeymen as the M{r} and governors doo of the clothinge whoo have
aucthoritie so to dooe. Yf the wardeins of the yomanry be taken or
justelye proved that they doo soo, to forfaycte at every tyme so
doying to the hall vj{li} xiij{s} iiij{d.}
Article 6. The Wardens of the Yeomanry were to collect the quarterage
of freemen (3_d._ per quarter) and of “fforyners” (6_d._ per quarter),
and duly pay same over to the Masters and Governors, and books of
account were to be kept by the Wardens. NOTE.--In practice this article
was varied, as the Yeomanry kept the quarterage and “compounded” with
the Masters for a fixed annual sum.
Article 7. The Masters were to pay the Wardens of the Yeomanry £4 which
had been “advanced by them in 1543 for provysyon of wheete for the
Cytie,” and which sum had been recently refunded by the City.
Article 8. The Yeomanry were to have the use of the chamber “where
the Lecture ys reade every Tewysday” whenever they please to consult
therein.
Article 9. These Articles were to be written on parchment, sealed and
delivered to the Wardens of the Yeomanry.
Article 10. The Masters were to give notice to the Wardens of the
Yeomanry of any rules which they from time to time should make touching
the craft.
Article 11. The rules and ordinances of the Company were to be read to
the Yeomanry three times in every year, viz.: at Candlemas, in May and
at Lammas.
Article 12. The Yeomanry were to obey all the rules and ordinances now
made or to be made.
16th October, 1555. The first four Wardens of the Yeomanry were
presented to the Masters, their names being Edward Hewet, John Surbut,
George Corraunte (Corron) and Thomas Buston (Burston).
12th October, 1557. It was ordered:--
That the Wardens of the yeomanry allwaise for the tyme beinge and
by theire Assistantꝭ shall Elect and chuse every yeare to (two)
w{th}in themsylffs to be Coostꝭ[180] of the Lyberary and of the
Instrmentꝭ w{ch} by the M{rs} and Governors it was thought good and
most Convenyent that those too whyche are maisters of the Anathomys
to be Elected and Chosen the sayde Cowstꝭ (of the) Lyberary and
Instrumẽtis, and the Wardens of the yeomanry for the tyme beinge
shall delyvˀ and geve the kayse of the lyberarye and of the
instrument howse unto those whyche they have Chosen to be Coustose
thereof. And ffurther allso That the sayde Wardens of the yeomanry
for the tyme beinge shall allwayse se and looke y{t} the saide
instrumentꝭ be kepte Cleane and that they shall do upon theyre owne
Chirgis.[181]
[180] Custos or keepers.
[181] Charges.
15th September, 1558. It was ordered:--
That uppon the Election daye and chusynge of the fowre wardeyns of
the yeomãry of the Mystery or Companye aforesayde And also theyre
Wardeyns then beynge elected and chosen and also theyre Dyner or
Recreocion then at o{r} hall beynge w{th} all y{r} Lawfull busynes
then don and ended That and then also at theire goynge and depˀtinge
frome ou{r} hall the sayde fowre wardeyns of the yeomanrye so named
by that name and by none other shall in any maner of wyse pˀsume or
take uppon them nor any of them to be wayted on or broughte home
unto y{r} owne houses Neyther shall go unto any other place or placꝭ
elꝭwhere havynge w{th} or after them any trayne or traynes eyther of
y{e} sayde Assystaunce or any beynge oute of theyre sayde assystaunce
and Companye But every pˀsone and persones of the sayde feloshyppe of
the yeomanrye then shall quyetly departe and go every man his owne
waye aboute his necessarye busynesse.
A fine of five marks was ordered to be taken from the “comon boxe” of
the yeomanry, if the above regulation should be transgressed.
PROVIDED ALLWAYE That the sayde Wardeyns with the Rest of theyre
assystaunce feloshyppe and Companye of the Yeomanry maye and shall
at all Tyme and tymes decently and orderly go unto the maryagis
offeringꝭ and Buryalls of theyre sayde Brethren and Susters of the
sayde Company of the yeomanry as they here to fore have don.
4th July, 1566. It was ordered that the Wardens and Assistants of the
Yeomanry should be allowed to sit at the “Uppermore” table in the Hall
on quarter days to receive their quarterages, and to read the rules and
ordinances to the Yeomanry.
18th February, 1567. IN THYS COURTE here was Edward Parke beynge[182]
comytted to warde at the comaundment of the wardens of the yeomanry
for his disobedyencˀs, and for his oprobrius & obstynat words in the
pˀsents of this Courte to the M{r} & govˀnors he is comytted to warde
agayne.
[182] _i.e._ Having been.
18th January, 1569. At this Court seven freemen were sworn in to be
Assistants to the Yeomanry.
15th November, 1569. In this Courte the wardens of the yeomanry
broughte in the pˀsentꝭ of this courte John Wyllet Thom̃s Warren and
John Jaggard & they reported y{t} Nycolas Whytemore sholde reporte
at the thre tonnes at yeldehall gate y{t} M{r} Pole of the chauncery
shold saye y{t} we ought to have no wardens of the yeomanry. And
Nyc͠ols Whytemore said y{t} he was at supper at M{r} Pole & one M{r}
Lovels & they pˀused the statutꝭ said to Whyttemore he hath ben
warden of his cõpany & he said no he had been warden of the yeomanry
& M{r} Pole sholde saye we cold not have a yeomanry.
18th April, 1570. Here was John Jagger sayth that he was nevˀ a
councell or knoleg of any pˀmoter beyng set to trouble the Company
for the state of o{r} yeomanry And also John Wyllet denyeth the byll
& wyll not confesse any thinge w{th}oute the pˀsentꝭ of his accuser
but for knowledge of the pˀmotter he nevˀ meante yt he said befor
god. And Thomas Warren saed he hathe kepte all to hymsylf & nevˀ
mynded nor thoughte to trouble in any respecte and denyeth the byll
also. And yt is ordered that they shall agree brotherly together and
here after they nor any of them shall move or speake or make any
rehersall of any matter as consernyng the state of the yeomãry upon
payne of ip̃rysonment. And Thom̃s Warren John Wyllet & John Jagger
shall take y{r} romes & placꝭ and brotherly they have eyther of them
taken one a nother handes & so these matters nevˀ to be reported any
more here after.
This brotherly amity did not long continue, for:--
23rd May, 1570. Here was John Warren & John Wyllet is comytted to
warde for dysobedyence, and Thomas Newens said that one Husto an
informer his neyghbo{r} saide that the company sholde be arẽsted[183]
upon a statute & y{t} yt is one of o{r} company did sett the enformer
to do yt but he founde not the statute to holde w{th} them & y{r}fore
he wolde not deale, but to name the pˀte[184] he wolde not.
[183] _i.e._ Sued.
[184] Party.
Warren and Wyllet must have been sent straight off to prison, as a
further minute states that on the same day “after diner,” Warren was
brought up out of the Compter for examination.
On the 29th May, Wyllet made submission and was released from prison.
19th September, 1570. Warren and Wyllet seem to have been cantankerous
brethren, for they were complained of by the Wardens of the Yeomanry
for refusing to take upon themselves the office of Wardens to which
they had been elected.
7th October, 1572. Wyllet is again complained of for going to law with
another member of the Company without license from the Masters, to
which he pleaded that under a statute 19 Henry VII, cap. viii, he could
lawfully do so. The result of this contention is not expressly stated,
though there is not the least doubt but that Wyllet revisited the
Compter, and ultimately withdrew his suit.
5th March, 1573. It was ordered--
That where there hath ben an order that the whole bodye of the
yeomanrye of this mysterie were compelled under a certeine fyne
and penaltye to meet theire wardens at a certeine place by them
appointed beinge by the beadle warned, to go to offre at the weddings
of their brethren at all times when any of them weare married w{ch}
was to their great trouble, and divers inconvenyences grewe thereoff
as absence from sˀrvice and sermons one sonday mornyngs and other
unmeate and inconvenient meetinges in steed therof. Wherefore, the
said order was declared henceforth to be void.
6th October, 1573. Here was a controvˀsy betweene the wardens of the
yeomanrye that were the last yere and the Audyto{rs} of yeomanryes
accomptes for that the Audytoures would not allowe that w{ch} was
required by the said late wardens for bread and dryncke at theyre
ellecc͠on Daye, the som̃e was xxvij{s} and order was taken that they
should be allowed xvj{s} and they to beare the reste on theire owne
chargeis and so to be ffrendꝭ and Lovers w{th} quietnes.
6th June, 1577. Here also the wardens of the yeomanry were comaunded
for good and urgent Cawse to bring in there graunt from the maisters
of there yomanry against the next Co{r}te Daie for that they did take
more Quarteridge then by the Lawe they might do and also contrary
to there saide graunte and in breche of the same they went after a
sort in searche to see what serˀvnts some ffremen of the Companie had
w{ch} they ought not to do, and so yt was for that tyme let passe
w{th} warning to do so no more and also for that they did not yerelie
shewe there accompt w{ch} now they did and henceforth will according
to there dutie.
9th October, 1579. At this Co{r}te also the Wardens of the Yeomanry
brought in their accompte before the saide masters and yt was agreed
upon good considerac͠ons for that manye of the said yeomanrye did
ympoverishe them selves by makinge of qr̃ter Dyners and suche
unnecessary metinges that from henceforthe their shalbe no more
quarter Dyners be kept in o{r} Hall by the saide yeomanrye or any of
them but shall do as heretofore hathe ben accustomed to be don.
1587. The Yeomanry seem to have again incurred the displeasure of the
Masters, who thereupon summoned them to appear and shew cause why their
grant should not be annulled, whereupon they came on the 27th July and--
gave their ffree and full consentꝭ that yf they have broken any pt̃e
of their graunte to them heretofore made they will surrender upp
their yeomanry.
10th August, 1587. The privilege of collecting quarterage was taken
away from the Yeomanry.
Also whereas there hathe ben a Rule graunted to the yeomanrie
that they maie send pˀsons to ward for disobedyence and to take
ffynes yt ys fullie agreed the same Rule shalbe void But yf anie
varyance happen to be, the same shall be declared to the masters or
governo{rs} for Reformac͠on And further that the said yeomanrie shall
take none into their Assystance w{th}oute the consent of o{r} saide
masters or governo{rs} and their successo{rs.}
7th September, 1587. M{r} Henry Rankin M{r} of o{r} Companie made a
motyon whether he sholde swere the yeomanry or not and yf they should
be sworne what othe he should geve them. And yt was agreed by the
saide Corte That the Masters or Governo{rs} may take the pˀsentment
of them but not swere them. And further yf the yeomanry do request
to be sworne they must be answered w{th} the wordꝭ of their pattent
w{ch} ys onlie to pˀsent them. And further touching the collecc͠on
of their quartridge yt must stand as yt dothe untill further
consultac͠on be had therein and yf they have any request to make or
ought to saie they must bring the same in writinge into this Corte.
29th May, 1600. This daie the wardens of the yomanrye made requeste
to the Maisters that they woulde be pleased to redeliver unto them
their booke of orders which remayneth in their Custodie, whereuppon
it is not thoughte fitt by the Courte that the yeomanrie have the
Custodie of the said booke, but that the Clarke of this Companye
keepe the same And that he shewe the same booke to the yeomanrye when
they have occasion to use it.
About two years previously the Court had endeavoured to put down the
Yeomanry and had curtailed many of their privileges; the exact nature
of the disagreement is not stated, but it doubtless arose from the
Yeomanry “takeinge to much uppon themsyllfs.”
17th January, 1604. At this Courte it is ordered That the Ould
Wardens of the Yomanrye doe bringe in such money as is behind by
theire Audite beinge eight pounds twelve shillings and eight pence
ORELLS to be committed to the Compter.
28th February, 1605. It was ordered that a Yeomanry of this Company
should be established, though there is no entry of its extinguishment.
Rules and ordinances were to be made by the Court, and twenty-four
persons were to be nominated by the “present wardens of the said
Yeomanry” to serve as a Court of Assistants for the Yeomanry, with a
power of veto reserved to the Masters.
16th April, 1605. A Committee sat to consider the patent to be granted
to the Yeomanry.
2nd May, 1605. This daye the M{r} and M{r} Warden Mapes and M{r}
Thorney delivˀed to the Wardens of the yomanry viz. Robert Jenninges
and Richard Alderson and also to Robert Wood and Edward Goodale the
yomanryes boxe and money their Corrector their twoe standinge Cuppes
& Covers and their cases and all such oth{r} thinges as they had of
the yomanryes, but onely their patent w{ch} is to be renued & twoe of
their keyes were delivˀed to the sayd Robert Wood and Edward Goodale
by them to be kept.
24th May, 1605. This daye the ordynancꝭ of the yomanry were ratiefied
& confirmed by this Court. Also the quarterages of the yomanry was
this daye demised unto the wardens of the yomanry from the xvj{th}
of September next ensuinge for the terme of ... at the yerely rent
of 8{li} to be paid by quarterly payments w{ch} demyse was passed by
wrytinge indented as by the same more at lardge may appeare.
At the end of the Minute Book, 1598-1607, is a copy of a part of this
indenture.
26th November, 1607. It was ordered:--
That the wardens of the yomanry shall take for the use of their
funerall clothe at eˀvy funerall wherein it is used ij{s} vj{d} And
the bedell for his attendaunce xij{d} provided notw{th}standinge
that if such deceased pˀson shall owe unto the yomanry arrerages of
quarterage that the wardens of the sayd yomanry shall not lend their
said funerall cloth before such arrerages be first paid.
10th August, 1609. It was ordered that the Yeomandry shall hold their
great generall dinner albeit they made request to the Contrary.
The next extracts record the last events in the chequered existence of
the Yeomanry.
17th November, 1635. According to a former order of Court the
Wardeins of the yeomanrye did this daye deliver up unto the Maisters
their Accompt and the xvij{li} v{s} viij{d} in money upon the foote
of that Accompt Also they delivered up to this Court their plate
bookꝭ and goodꝭ with the Inventarye and that being delivered & donn
Richard Lamb and Thomas Duppa twoe of the yeomanrye Wardeins threwe
downe their keyes on the table in a scornefull manner and badd y{e}
M{rs} take all.
3rd December, 1635. This daye upon mature deliberac͠on had as alsoe
upon just groundꝭ and causes showed to this Court of the greate
burthen of this Companie in the continuall charge of the keepeing
of a yeomanrye And it being propounded to this Court whether the
Wardeins and Assistants of the yeomanrye should continew the holding
of the yeomanrye yea or noe It was by most voyces fully concluded and
ordered that they shall continew noe longer their governem{t} And
they the Wardeins & Assistantꝭ of the yeomanrye & their governem{t}
are by this Court dissolved.
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THE CLERK.
The office of Clerk of the Company is doubtless as ancient as the
Company itself, although there is no mention of one prior to the year
1530[185]; but as there were always registers to be kept, fees to
receive, apprentices to bind, and the multifarious business of a Livery
Guild to conduct and record, we conclude that the office has existed
from the earliest period.
[185] In the ordinances of Sir Thos. More.
The Clerk in Queen Mary’s time seems to have combined the occupation of
gardener with that of his office, and for this he had but a small fee
in addition to his stipend. Later on the Clerks appear to have devised
fees for every conceivable kind of business which could possibly
be transacted at Barber-Surgeons’ Hall, and in the 17th and 18th
centuries the income derived from this source alone must have been very
considerable.
The Company has been served by good, bad and indifferent Clerks; we
prefer to dwell only on the former and record the names among others,
of Francis Rowdon, Charles Bernard and John Paterson as being worthy
to be held in goodly remembrance. The books of the Company abound in
testimony to their ability as well as to the fidelity and zeal which
they displayed in the execution of their office.
1st October, 1555. The first Clerk of whom there is any record is
Thomas Apulton (or Apleton), who, being Beadle, was promoted to that
office.
As will be seen elsewhere, the Company had a fair garden in Monkwell
Street, and the following interesting minute connects it with the
Clerk:--
8th October, 1555. The Clercke of our Companye shall have for waxe
pennes and ynke and for trymynge of the gardeyn yerelye vj{s}
viij{d.} Yf the gardeyn be not well trymmed and made clene weded and
swept at all tymes when the M{r} and Governors of the clothing or
any of Thassistaunce of the same shall see yt and thereupon fynde
faulte then the saide Clercke shall paye a ffyne to the hall because
the said gardein ys not made cleane swept and wedyd as the M{r} and
Governors of the Clothinge and thassistaunce of the same shall think
meete and convenyent.
5th March, 1556. It was ordered that if--
The Clercke of the Company doo evile mysuse any of the Clothinge or
of the yomanry w{th} unsemely words & dewe proofe therof had and
proved he shalbe dismyssed clere from the having of the Office of
clercke.
27th August, 1557. John Johnson was elected and sworn Clerk “for so
longe time as he shal behave hymsyllfe well and honestlye in the saide
office.” The salary was fixed at £4 per annum, with 6_s._ 8_d._ extra
for paper, ink and keeping the garden, and “for wasshinge of the lynen
of the howse iij{s} iiij{d.}”
It would appear that one Wilson had some time previously been Clerk,
for arrangements were made by which Wilson’s widow was not to be put
out of her house, and it was also settled that if Johnson died before
his wife, his widow should in like manner have the house after his
decease. The rent of this house, which was attached to the Hall was
10_s._ per annum, and paid by the Clerk to the Renter Warden.
Johnson probably continued Clerk till about 1570, as the books are kept
in the same handwriting until then.
Thomas Garter succeeded Johnson, but on 14th January, 1572, he was
dismissed from his office for a “certain lewde facte by him committed,”
and William Field was elected and sworn in in his place. Field wrote an
exceedingly neat and precise hand.
20th March, 1572. It was ordered that in future the Clerk of the
Company should always be chosen from among the freemen.
15th March, 1575. William Eden elected Clerk vice Field.
14th November, 1577. Eden was ordered to receive £6 per annum
“benevolence” over and above his salary of £4, in consideration of the
“smalenes of his lyvinge.”
10th December, 1596. Eden was indebted to the Company £10, “yet in
regard of the hardnes of the tyme and his greate charge he shalbe
forborne this yere.” At the same Court, gifts were made to the Beadle
and Porter on account of the hardness of the times.
16th June, 1597. Eden’s troubles had not forsaken him for we read under
this date--
There was geven unto Willm̃ Eden Clark of the Companie in regard of
his greate charge and the scarsytie of the tyme the some of v{li}
and for the x{li} w{ch} he oweth he ys to pay the same as god shall
inable him.
2nd November, 1597. Francis Rowdon elected Clerk vice Eden. Rowdon
appears to have been a most methodical man and kept the books with
scrupulous neatness and care; his writing is a very fine specimen of
the Court hand of the period, and the best in the Company’s books for
many years.
1599. The Clerk’s Salary was raised to £6 per annum.
1600. To £8 per annum, and in
1603 To £10 per annum.
26th November, 1607. This daye ffrancꝭ Rowdon Clark to this Company
pˀsented his petic͠on to this Court by w{ch} hee prayed ratificac͠on
of certen fees belonginge to his place and office in this Company as
hereof doe insue.
FFIRST hee prayed to have xl{s.} for the drawinge registringe of the
M{rs} accompt so that it be regestered w{th}in twoe moneths aft{r}
the awdit.
ALSO hee prayed to have x{s.} for evˀy alienac͠on of every lease of
any of the Companyes landes or tenemtꝭ for wrytinge thereof.
ALSO to have for the drawinge & ingroseinge of every lease xx{s.}
ALSO to have xij{d.} for evˀy othe ministered by any of the M{rs} to
any of the yomanry of this Company.
ALSO to have xij{d.} for evˀy one that is made free by service
and sixe shillingꝭ & sixe pence of every man that is made free by
redempc͠on or translac͠on.
ALSO vj{s.} viij{d.} for enteringe of every Anathomy accompt.
ALSO to have iiij{d.} for every Acquittance that hee shall make for
the wardens of the yomanry for the forme of theyre quarterage And
xij{d.} of them for the Coppie of every order w{ch} concerneth the
governem{t} of the yomanry.
ALSO that hee may have of evˀy freeman for his letter of admittance
or tollerac͠on under the seale of the house vj{s.} viiij{d.} And of
evˀy forren for the lyke x{s.} And of evˀy alien xiij{s.} iiij{d.}
ALSO for pennes Inck & papˀ and for the wardens bookes pˀ an. x{s.}
ALSO for every bill of complaynt iiij{d.}
ALSO for enteringe of evˀry order betwixt pˀtie & pˀtie for the
endinge of any Controversie xij{d.}
ALSO for makeinge cleane the hall against evˀy feaste iiij{s.} And
such a dishe of meate as the M{rs} of evˀy such feast shall think
fit.
ALSO for evˀy searche for the name of evˀy freman or appˀntice
iiij{d.}
ALSO for evˀy pˀson that is taken into the livˀy iij{s.} iiij{d.}
ALSO for evˀy pˀson that is taken into the Assistantꝭ iiij{s.}
iiij{d.}
ALL w{ch} ordinancꝭ and allowances were ratiefied & confirmed by this
Court.
6th July, 1609. Uppon the humble suite & petic͠on of ffrancꝭ Rowdon
Clarke to this Company It is this daye ordered by this Courte that
w{th}in one moneth next ensuinge hee shall noĩat to the pˀnt M{rs} a
sufficient Clarke to whom hee is desyreous to surrender his place and
office of Clark to this Company And his suite shalbe graunted unto
him if such pˀson so to be pˀnted unto this Court shalbe lyked and
allowed.
26th July, 1609. Rowdon presented Richard Ratsdale, Scrivener, for the
office of Clerk, about whose sufficiency and ability enquiries were
ordered to be made, but they were not satisfactory, for, on the 10th
August, William Syddon was elected Clerk vice Rowdon.
The same day it was ordered that Rowdon was to continue in the Livery
and to have the use of the Hall and his house until Michaelmas, also
that Syddon was to be translated from the Cutlers’ Company.
Syddon’s records of the Company’s business were very meagre and a great
contrast to those of the former Clerk.
7th October, 1625. Syddon surrendered his clerkship to Richard Turner
(a son of Cressens Turner, Clerk in the Lord Mayor’s Court), who
was admitted and sworn. Turner died in 1643, and by his will left
some property to the Company to be annually distributed in charity
amongst freemen of the Barber-Surgeons, and this became the source
of a protracted litigation between his widow and the Company. On the
17th November, 1643, she filed a bill against the Company, which
they defended, and succeeded in retaining the greater portion of the
bequest. The accounts appear to have been very intricate and involved,
remaining unsettled for many years. The Court, however, distributed
the whole of the bequest in accordance with the will, as long as the
estate (which was leasehold) held out.
16th June, 1628. It is ordered by this Court and our M{r} gave order
to the Clarke that he should henceforward have a stoole and sitt at
the end of the table w{th} his bookes and register as the clarkes of
other Companies doe.
2nd October, 1643. Robert Rawlins elected Clerk vice Turner.
30th June, 1648. The Court granted Rawlins £30 in consideration of his
great pains about the Company’s business, and ordered that his salary
should be raised from £10 to £30 per annum.
23rd February, 1658. Richard Reynell elected Clerk vice Rawlins
(resigned).
21st July, 1685. Joseph Masters elected Clerk.
17th September, 1685. Charles Hargrave elected “Deputy Clerk.” The
business of the Company had of late years increased enormously in
consequence of the examinations of and Certificates to Navy Surgeons,
examinations held for superannuation of wounded or infirm soldiers and
sailors, and other matters connected with the Navy office, all of which
entailed vast labour on the Clerk.
28th November, 1688. Charles Hargrave elected Clerk vice Masters.
20th November, 1707. Charles Bernard elected Clerk vice Hargrave.
Hargrave had kept the books in a slovenly manner, and appears to have
been both a dishonest servant as well as an improvident man.
11th December, 1707. It was reported to the Court that Hargrave’s
Estate was indebted to the Company £320 8_s._ 6_d._, moneys which he
had received and not accounted for.
8th July, 1708. Mrs. Sarah Hargrave (his Widow) presented a petition
for relief, stating that she was in poor circumstances, with six
children unprovided for, whereupon the Court, notwithstanding her late
husband’s delinquencies, very generously ordered her a gratuity of £12
10_s._ 0_d._
Charles Bernard was a relative of, and Executor to Charles Bernard,
Serjeant-Surgeon to Queen Anne and Master in 1703. It is delightful
to observe the methodical and careful manner in which Bernard began,
and all through his life kept the books and accounts; he wrote a large
and elegant hand, though somewhat encumbered with flourishes, and his
signature is a characteristic one.
[Illustration: Handwritten signature]
7th September, 1708. Hargrave’s son was in the Compter, and the Clerk
was directed to see and talk with him about the Company’s papers in
his custody, and if he would give them up the Clerk was to make him a
present of three guineas.
The Court frequently relieved Mrs. Hargrave, and in December, 1709,
gave her £15.
Among the official list of Clerk’s fees at this period were the
following:--
For the use of the Hall for ffuneralls, Country ffeasts
or weddings 1 0 0
ffor the ffunerall of every Liveryman, the best hood or 0 7 0
17th July, 1718. The Court as a particular reward to Charles Bernard
their Clerk for abstracting and peruseing the Company’s title to
the Estate in East Smithfield and for his care in passing the fine
thereof whereby the Company saved a sume of money and for his
extraordinary trouble in attending the Lords of the Admiralty and
prosecuteing several persons for takeing the dead bodys from the
place of Execuc͠on Did and do hereby give him the sum̄e of fourscore
pounds who accepted the same as a most bountifull Instance of the
kindness of this Court to him with a full resoluc͠on on his part to
acquitt himself by all imaginable and constant returns of duty and
gratitude.
Mr. Charles Bernard, who had been a most zealous Clerk and high in the
esteem of the Court, died somewhere between the 5th and 20th February,
1740.
25th March, 1740. Joseph Wheeler, son of John Wheeler, Barber-Surgeon,
elected Clerk, vice Bernard. Wheeler wrote a fine bold and flowing
hand; and the books were well kept, but he was evidently not so able a
man as Mr. Bernard.
4th July, 1740. Joseph Wheeler provided two sureties who entered into a
bond for £3,000, to ensure his fidelity in the execution of his office.
17th January, 1743. The Commissioners of the Navy having complained
that sufficient regard had not been paid to former letters of theirs
respecting Surgeons’ Mates, and it appearing that the Clerk had
withheld the said letters from the Court, it was ordered that he should
be suspended forthwith, with which the Commissioners were acquainted
and also that the Court had resolved not to take off such suspension
but by the consent and desire of the Commissioners.
31st January, 1743. The Commissioners of the Navy having signified
their desire that the Clerk should be restored to his office, he was
called into Court, severely reprimanded, reinstated in his position,
and cautioned as to his future conduct.
Mr. Wheeler continued Clerk until the separation of the Surgeons from
the Barbers in 1745, when neither body retained his services, and it
appearing that moneys were due from him to the Company, application was
made to his sureties.
25th June, 1745. John Paterson was chosen Clerk to the Barbers’ Company
at the first Court held after the separation, and entered into a Bond
with two sureties in a sum of £2,000.
19th February, 1746. Mr. Paterson having brought in an account of his
Costs in the matter of the separation of the Surgeons amounting to £167
13_s._ 2_d._, and also an account of voluntary contributions by members
of the Company towards defraying the same amounting to £168 10_s._
6_d._, he begged the Court to accept of his past services as a return
for the honour done him in his election, and the Court were pleased
to accept of the compliment, but having a high sense of the services
rendered by Mr. Paterson, they directed the sum of £80 to be laid out
in plate and presented to him “to remain in his family as a memorial of
his merit and of their gratitude.”
5th March, 1765. Mr. Paterson requested permission to resign his
office, which the Court accepted with great reluctance, and passed a
complimentary resolution in his favour.
Richard Beale, who had been Mr. Paterson’s clerk and was highly
recommended by him, was elected Clerk.
8th August, 1765. Mr. Paterson was unanimously elected an Assistant.
Mr. Beale bequeathed £500 to the Company in reversion on the death of
Mrs. Ann Woodhouse.
22nd April, 1766. James Marye elected Clerk vice Beale (deceased).
22nd April, 1766. John Paterson Esquire being withdrawn a Motion was
made and the question being put That a piece of plate of the value of
Fifty Pounds or thereabouts be presented to the said M{r} Paterson
as a mark of the high esteem and value this Court entertains of his
merit and abilities and to shew their gratitude to him for his long
and faithful services during the course of twenty years and in return
for his readiness on every occasion to assist this Court with his
advice and council, the same was carried in the Affirmative, NEMINE
CONTRADICENTE.
By the Accounts for this year it appears that a Silver Tureen, Dish and
Ladle were purchased for £65 16_s._ 0_d._, and this was no doubt the
gift to Mr. Paterson.
20th August, 1767. The Court being informed that Mr. Paterson intended
to stand for the City at the next General Election, it was ordered that
he should have the use of the Company’s Hall for his meetings.
An excellent mezzotint portrait of Mr. Paterson, with some eulogistic
lines below, is preserved at Barbers’ Hall.
In 1754 Mr. Paterson presented to the Company the valuable portrait of
the Duchess of Richmond, painted by Sir Peter Lely, and which still
adorns the Court Room.
Mr. Paterson was a member of the Common Council, and sometime
Chairman of the Bridge House Estates Committee, he was also M.P. for
Ludgershall, Wilts. He was ever faithful to this Company, serving it
with distinguished ability, and seems to have been greatly respected
and esteemed.
1st June, 1790. William Wood elected Clerk vice Marye.
Mr. Wood presented the Company with a handsome Silver Tea Urn.
13th August, 1795. Edward Grose Smith (Mr. Wood’s partner) elected
Clerk vice Wood, resigned.
5th March, 1822. Henley Smith (son of E. G. Smith) elected Clerk vice
Smith, resigned.
5th February, 1861. Mr. Henley Smith resigned and was elected an
Assistant (Master in 1864).
7th May, 1861. Henley Grose Smith (son of Henley Smith) elected Clerk
vice Smith, resigned. Mr. Henley Grose Smith was elected an Assistant
1877.
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THE BEADLE.
There is no certainty as to the first institution of this office,
though it is probably not so old as that of the Clerk, who in ancient
times, summoned the Livery, collected the quarterage and performed
various duties which we afterwards find assigned to the Beadle, and we
may conclude that in those days he was little more than a Caretaker or
“Porter”; indeed, this is the more likely as the latter designation is
frequently applied to the Under Beadle in the Records.
As the business and numbers of the Company increased, several minor
functions of the Clerk were delegated to the Porter or Beadle, who had
distinctive duties assigned to him varying with the age in which he
lived; among these may be enumerated, sweeping the garden, collecting
quarterage, cleaning the Hall, whipping naughty apprentices, summoning
freemen, etc., bringing home dead bodies from Tyburn, keeping lists of
journeymen, pressing Surgeons and Barbers for sea service, assisting
the Masters on search days, hunting up and laying informations against
non freemen practising Barbery and Surgery, marshalling and heading
processions, both at the Hall and in the City pageants, guarding the
Parlour door, and other offices too numerous to particularise, though
there were but few of them which did not yield a fee, and indeed our
Beadle could hardly have lived without fees, for his official salary
in Edward VI’s time was but £4 per annum, which, notwithstanding the
greater value of money then, could scarcely be considered a fat living.
With one exception, the office has been (and properly so) held by
freemen, and in the appointment of the Court. In 1626, however, the
Lord Keeper sent a letter “recommending” (_i.e._, commanding) the
Company to elect one Gorton, a servant of his, to the place, and Gorton
was accordingly chosen. The interference of the King and his great
officers in the patronage and appointments vested in the City guilds
was carried to great lengths with some of the Companies, and there are
amusing accounts extant of the astuteness with which this meddling was
sometimes met (_vide_ Herbert’s Livery Companies). Our Company, with
the solitary exception above referred to, appears to have been happily
free from this species of intervention.
Early in the 17th century there were two Beadles of the Clothing, the
Under Beadle being often styled the Porter, but about the middle of the
18th century, and since then, one Beadle has sufficed.
The Beadle has always had his “house” at the Hall, and used formerly
to pay a small quit rent for it. On the dismission of a Beadle for
misconduct, a difficulty was sometimes experienced in regaining
possession of this house, and various shifts were resorted to;
even the Beadles’ Widows now and then refused to turn out, and the
“benevolences” meted out to them were possibly sometimes in the nature
of bribes to induce them to go.
Besides the Beadles of the Clothing, there was a Beadle of the
Yeomanry, whose duties were analogous to those of his more exalted
brethren, and into whose office he frequently stepped when there was a
vacancy.
The Beadles for many years had a most disagreeable duty to perform,
namely, the procuring and bringing home from Tyburn the dead bodies
of malefactors. By the Act 32 Hen. VIII, the Company were empowered
to have yearly the bodies of four executed felons for “anatomies,”
and the practice was for the Beadles to attend at the gallows and
select such bodies as they pleased. Their opponents were generally the
hangman, who himself trafficked in these uncanny goods, the relatives
of the criminal, and the populace who were incited by the relatives
to resist the Beadles. Many were the unseemly fights which took place
over these bodies, and oftentimes when the Beadles had secured a
“subject” and were driving off with it in a coach, they were attacked
and beaten, and the body rescued from them. The hangman appears to
have been entitled to the dead man’s clothes, for on more than one
occasion the Company gave him compensation for them, they having been
torn to pieces in the brutal struggle for possession. Moreover the
Company had often to satisfy the Coachmen for personal injuries and
for damages to their coaches, as well as to give special gratuities to
their Beadles by way of solatium for the beatings which they underwent.
Frequent prosecutions and convictions followed the interference with
the Company’s Officers at these times, and even the Sheriff’s Officers
were on one occasion dismissed by the City for having sided against the
Beadles.
The hangman came to the Hall regularly for his Christmas Box and gave a
receipt for the same, sometimes affixing the title “Executioner” after
his signature. Many curious particulars relating to the above will be
found elsewhere. (_Vide_ Wardens’ Accounts, Surgery, etc.)
[Illustration: Mace]
The Beadle is elected annually by the Court, and resides at the Hall.
The two Silver maces pertaining to his office are as handsome and
massive as any in the City and are always carried before the Master on
Court days.
14th May, 1530. The earliest reference to the Beadle in our Records is
to be found in the Ordinances signed by Sir Thomas More, where it is
directed that the Members shall take their seniority “according to the
trew entrance therof in the Bedyllꝭ Rolle.”
6th November, 1550. Richard Wilson was Beadle at this time.
6th July, 1552. Thomas Appulton, Beadle, vice Wilson deceased.
19th September, 1552. It was agreed that Appulton “shall have his messe
of meate on the feaste dayes.”
4th May, 1574. Here was the Wardens of the yeomanry and brought
Anthony Hall in to the Courte to be admytted Beadle of the yeomanrye
and he was sworne and admytted and fathe(r) Roger(s) put to his
penc͠on and to geve attendaunce but as he is able.
22nd July, 1577. Richard Rogers, the old Beadle of the Yeomanry, was
ordered a gift of 20_s._ and a yearly pension of 20_s._
23rd July, 1582. Robert Norton, Yeomanry Beadle, was authorised to take
2_d._ of every freeman on his admission, and his yearly salary of 8_s._
was raised to 26_s._ 8_d._
14th August, 1587. Robert Norton was Livery Beadle.
10th December, 1596. James Hewes (Hughes) was Livery Beadle.
16th June, 1597. John Smith, Livery Beadle.
15th August, 1603. Edward Evans, Livery Beadle.
15th August, 1603. Kellam Clifton appointed Porter or Under Beadle.
21st July, 1608. Edward Blayny, Beadle, was dismissed for behaving
himself “very dishonestly.”
14th August, 1617. Kellam Clifton elected Beadle and Edward Presson,
Porter.
2nd December, 1617. Clifton was suspended for misbehaviour, but
subsequently reinstated.
9th July, 1618. William Chapman elected Porter.
19th February, 1621. Clifton, again misbehaving himself, was dismissed.
14th June, 1621. Humphry Mumford elected Beadle.
3rd July, 1621. Chapman, the Porter, dismissed for using “lewd
speeches,” but on his humble submission and craving pardon on his
knees, he was reinstated, 10th July, 1621.
20th August, 1621. The Company could not get Clifton out of his house,
so they gave him 20_s._ and a pension of 40_s._ per annum during good
behaviour and the pleasure of the Court. Possibly the “pleasure of the
Court” did not extend beyond one year.
15th February, 1626. Edward Gorton (recommended by the Lord Keeper)
elected Beadle in place of Mumford.
10th July, 1628. This daye this Court takeing notice of an order
made the 3 of Julye, 1621, by w{ch} order Chapman our Porter for his
dissolute and deboist carriage was ip̃o facto then by that order
dismissed of his said place and likewise of an order made in the
beginning of oure M{rs} tyme for the dismissing of the said Chapman
for his misbehavior and upon the generall complaint made unto this
Court against the said Chapman for the most parte being drunck
misbehaveing himselfe towardꝭ the M{rs} and carrieing himselfe soe
basely & quarrelsome to the brethren of this Companie and neglecting
his duety to this house. It is thereupon ordered that he shall stand
dismissed from his said place unlesse at the next Court of Assistantꝭ
it doe appeare that he hath left his former carriage of being often
drunck & deboistnes.
3rd February, 1634. Gorton requested to be discharged of his office of
Beadle in respect of his age and feebleness, and Nathaniel Foster was
elected in his place.
25th January, 1637. Chapman, “Under Beadle,” resigned, and was assigned
a pension of £4 per annum during pleasure.
25th January, 1637. Edmond Johnson “who writeth very well” was elected
Under Beadle.
6th March, 1639. Foster, for his “sawcey carriage unto this Companie”
and general neglect of duty, was dismissed.
1659. Francis Johnson was Beadle with a salary of £10, and Peter Smith,
Porter, with a salary of £8.
1662. Peter Smith was Beadle, and Thomas Veere, Porter.
23rd June, 1692. Ordered that William Cave be admitted to assist Peter
Smith and Jonas Wills the Beadles.
19th July, 1694. Peter Smith was dead; he had been a very zealous
servant of the Company. On the first floor landing at the Hall is a
pretty piece of heraldic glass in the window with his name and the date
1671. Jonas Wills elected Beadle.
16th August, 1694. William Cave elected Beadle vice Wills deceased.
8th July, 1708. William Cave and Thomas Repton were Beadles.
6th July, 1710. Repton’s widow had £3 given her to bury her late
husband.
20th February, 1711. Mr. Gratian Bale (son of Nathan Bale, Citizen
and Grocer) who was apprenticed 22nd June, 1669 to Robert Andrewes
(Surgeon), and afterwards became an Examiner in Surgery, and Master in
1709, petitioned the Court to be relieved of the office of an Assistant
on the ground that he had fallen into decayed circumstances and could
not possibly support that dignity, and on his resignation being
accepted, the Court proceeded to the election of a Beadle in the room
of Thomas Repton deceased, whereupon Mr. Bale was elected--
And in regard that the s{d} M{r} Bale had been Ma{r} of This Company
This Court doth hereby give him leave (asking the consent of the
Governo{rs} for the time being) to depute some other person to walke
before the Company in his stead with the Beadles staffe & gowne upon
the Lord Mayors & Elecc͠on days.
18th May, 1714. Mr. Bale having become too infirm to execute his
office, the Court, in consideration of his past services, appointed
William Hardy, Barber, his assistant, at a salary of £10 per annum.
31st July, 1716. William Cave died of a “high fever.”
16th August, 1716. William Watkins and William Hardy elected Beadles,
on condition of paying Mr. Bale £10 per annum, which the Court
supplemented with another £10.
10th July, 1717. Richard Collins elected Beadle vice Hardy, deceased.
18th August, 1720. It was ordered that in future no man could be
qualified to be put in nomination for the office of Beadle if above 40
years of age--
in order that the business may from thenceforward be discharged and
dispatched with propˀ vigour and dexterity and to the honour and
profitt of the Company.
13th April, 1721. Watkins being so indisposed as not to be able to
perform his duties, Charles Window (who looked after the dead bodies at
Tyburn) was ordered to officiate for him. Watkins shortly after lost
his speech and got into Ludgate prison, where he had a weekly allowance
from the Company--he seems to have remained in prison till his death,
3rd August, 1724.
7th October, 1722. Henry Gretton elected Beadle vice Watkins.
6th November, 1724. Matthew Morris elected Beadle vice Collins,
resigned.
30th October, 1732. William Littlebury elected Beadle vice Morris,
deceased.
5th June, 1764. John Wells elected Beadle vice Littlebury, resigned on
pension.
3rd April, 1787. William Smith elected Beadle vice Wells, deceased.
4th March, 1788. Joseph Wells (son of John Wells) elected Beadle vice
Smith, deceased.
6th February, 1798. Jacob Bonwick elected Beadle vice Wells, deceased.
1st March, 1814. William Barnes elected Beadle vice Bonwick.
11th August, 1831. Samuel Borrett elected Beadle vice Barnes (who
retired on a pension of £50 per annum).
11th August, 1864. John Heaps (Master in 1855) elected Beadle vice
Borrett (who retired on a pension of £50 per annum).
1st July, 1879. Edward Lawless elected Beadle vice Heaps (who retired
on a pension of £52 per annum).
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SURGERY.
1551. ~Memorandum~ the xxviij{th} daye of Aprill in the v{th} yere of
the reigne of King Edwarde the sixte yt was condescended and agreed
by M{r} Bancke and Edward Hewit before M{r} Geen with his Wardeins
That John Chambr̃ shall performe his bargayne w{th} Willm̄ Drew for
the healing of his mayde for the mony receyved of him aforehand
which is xiij{s} iiij{d.} And further yt is agreed that James Wood
shall repay to the said Drewe the mony receyved of him which is
xiij{s} iiij{d.} Also the sayd John Chambr̃ shall agre w{th} the sayd
James Wood for his labor and content him for his payne according to
conscience.
19th September, 1552. ALSOO it ys ordered and agreed that the serṽnts
of Straungers that occupye Surgery shall paye x{d} the quarter w{ch}
is iij{s} iiij{d} by yere.
5th March, 1555. Among the Articles ordained on this day are the
following:--
That there shalbe chosein viij examyners wherof iiij to be alwayes
present to examyn all such as experte in Surgery, the M{r} and
governors being present Wherupon the sayed examyners may sett their
hands w{th} the consent of the M{r} and govˀnors hearing the mater.
And that the sayed examyners shall not examyn nor geve Lrẽs of
lycence but that the M{r} and govˀnors shalbe prevy therof. And that
there maye be a booke made wherine every mans name that have Lycence
to occupye Surgery being approved, to be enrolled and what ys the
grace that ys to him or them appointed. And if they take upon them to
doo otherwise than there grace ys geven them, the blame to redowne to
him or them that so doo and not to the examyners nor to the m{r} and
govˀnors, and that there maye be alwayes at every courte day twoo at
the leaste of the sayed examyners during a moneth: and so afterward
monethelye two of them to be there whose chaunce the monethe shall
fall too yf there besynes be not the greater because the m{r} and
govˀnors shoulde not be to seke if anye bodye shoulde be examyned
there. And for defaulte of noen being there having no reasonnable
excuse, to lose to the hall ij{s} if he doo not send worde or com̃e
himself being in the Cytie of London, or desyen a nother examyner
to be there for him when his course ys at every Courte daye because
we shoulde not be w{t}out them who cañ answer the matter towching
Surgery.
That they whiche be appointed for the Anathomye for the yere next
following and must sarve the Docter and be about the bodye he shall
se and provyde that there be every yere, a matte about the harthe
in the hall that M{r} Docter made not to take colde upon his feate,
nor other gentelmen that do com̃e and marke the Anathomye to learne
knowledge And further that there be ij fyne white rodds appointed
for the Docter to touche the body where it shall please him and a
waxe candell to loke into the bodye and that there be alwayes for
the Docter two aprons to be from the sholder downewarde and two peyr
of Sleaves for his hole arme w{t} tapes for chaunge for the sayed
doctor and not to occupye one Aporne and one payer of Sleves every
daye w{ch} ys unseamly. And the M{rs} of the Anathomye y{t} be about
the bodye to have lyke aprons and sleves every daye bothe white and
cleane. Yf y{t} the M{r} of the Anathomye y{t} be about the Docter
doo not see theise things ordered and that their knyves probes and
other instrumẽts be fayer and cleane accordinglye w{th} Aprons and
sleves, if they doo lacke any of the said things afore rehersed he
shall forfayte for a fyne to the hall xl{s.}
22nd July, 1556. It was ordained among other articles--
[Sidenote:
An Article that evˀye
Barbor Surgeon occupˀing
Surgery shall take no
mañ’ of prentice but
suche as hathe some
knowledge in the
Latten tonge.]
That from the feaste of Saint Michaell tharchaungell next comynge
no barbor Surgeon that dothe occupye the mystery of Surgery in the
Clothinge or out of the Clothing shall take or have any prentys but
that he cañ skyll of the Laten tonge and understand the same and cañ
wryte and reade suffycientlye and yf they or any of them doo take any
that cañ not doo the same they that offende shall paye to the hall
for a ffyne xl{s.}
[Sidenote:
An Article that all
prentizes that here
after shalbe made
ffree and do entend
to occupye Surgery
shalbe examyned and
to passe his ffirste
prefermẽt of grace.]
That prentisses that shalbe made ffree after michelmas next comynge
that doo occupy the mystery of Surgery and all other men that doo
desyer to occupy the same and to be a brother w{th} us, to be
examyned and to passe according to the order of this house as a
prefermẽt of a grace to him geven as the order hereafter followeth as
he shalbe demaunded and apposoe.
[Sidenote:
An Article howe the
sayed prentizes
shalbe examyned.]
That after michelmas next comyng all pˀntyces when they are made
ffree must (be) demaunded by the M{r} and govˀnors and the iiij
examyners what he intendeth to doo after he is made free, whether he
will occupye the mystery of Surgery or no w{t}in the Cytie of London.
Yf he saye ye Then to be examyned what he can doo towards yt, howe he
knoweth what ys Surgery and also what an Anatomye ys and howe manye
perts it ys, of what the iiij{or} Elements and the xij signes be
w{ch} ys the fyrste pert of examynac͠on for a prentyce & for other
that wilbe brother with us as the examyners shall see cause, for
having of their preferment of their first grace to them to be geven.
[Sidenote: An Article
that upon his examy’on
of Surgery the said
prentis shall have his
preferme’t of grace
and if he or they can
reade to bring in
qr’terly an epistle.]
That when he hathe aunswered to the firste article preyving that he
hathe some Learninge or practyse Then to have his firste preferment
of grace to occupye Surgery by the space of so many yeres or tyme
as the M{r} and govˀnors and the examyners shall thinke meete, and
as his Industrye shall seme to receyve the grace of god and by his
dilligent travell to studye in the same and for an homage thereof if
he be learned or can wryte to bringe in an Epistell evˀy half yere
and to reade it himselfe openly at the day of Lecture before the hole
house that they may see his furtheraunce how he hathe profyted in his
dilligent Labor and studye, and the unlearned that can not wryte nor
reade to be examyned half yerelye what they can doo in the practyse
because they be unlettered by the m{r} and govˀnors and the Examyners
how they have taken payens in their studye to practyse because they
be unlettered for the Savegarde of the kg̃ and queenes mãt{s} people.
[Sidenote:
An Article that any man
desyring to have his
prefermẽt of grace shall
paye to the Clarcke for
y{e} wryting therof viij{d.}]
That any man occupyinge the mystery of Surgery being made free and
desiereth to have his firste preferment of grace shall paye to the
Clercke of the Companye for the wrytinge Inrolling fynding waxe to
seale it and for the having of the Seale viij{d.}
[Sidenote:
An Article that no man
occup’ing Surgery shall
sewe for the Busshopes
seale before he be
admitted a M{r} of
Surgery by the M{r}
and govˀnors & the
iiij Examyners.]
That no man of the Companye after the feaste of Saint Michell
Tharchaungell next comyng shall call for the Busshopes seale which ys
the confyrmac͠on of a Surgeon untill suche tyme as he hathe passed
his fyrste preferment of grace & the Seconde admyssion to be admitted
to be a Surgeon and a Maister of Anathomye, and to paye for the
having of the Seconde admyssyon a spone of an ounce of Silver and
his name to be wrytten upon it to the hall, and the Clercke of the
Company for the wryting and findinge waxe and enrolling of yt in the
boke viij{d.} and if the pˀson doo not this passe orderly he to paye
for a ffyne to the hall xl{s.}
~The order~ of the ffyrste preferment of grace of the admissyon of
practycyoners that have been prentizes and be made ffree what
they shall have fyrste towards their preferment.
[Sidenote:
The order of the first
prefermẽt of grace of
practicioñs and
prentices.]
~Fforasmoche~ as yt is expedyent that no man occupye the worthye
Scyence of Surgerye but suche as shalbe thoughte apte and industrˀ to
execute the same truelye and accordinglye as well for the comodytie
and proffyt of the comen welthe as also for the avoyding of the
Inconveniences and Slaunder that otherwise mighte happen by the
rasshenes and unconning of suche lewde persons as taketh upon them
to exercyse Surgery being neither expert nor of us admytted to the
same. And forasmoche as it is not possyble that any shall attayne
to the same w{t}out instrucc͠ons firste learned of conninge and
well exercysed men of that facultie: being broughte up therin as a
practycyoner or otherwise under some well scylled M{r} for certayne
yeres: in whiche tyme he mighte applye his mynde to learne perfectly
the rules and speculatyve pert therof. The maister and govˀnors of
the Barbors and Surgeons of London w{th} the foure Examyners and the
rest of the hole assistaunce have thoughte it good after suche tyme
and terme of yeres expired every suche prentis or otherwise Servaunt
being made ffre of the sayed Companye and ffellowship shall also have
a tyme appointed by us and the reste of the Companye to practise and
to put in use suche knowledge as he hathe that we in tyme afterwarde
havinge intelligence of his connynge and well dooyngs may constitute
him a maister of Surgery if his deserving so requier. WHERFORE we
the sayed Maisters and governors and the iiij{or} examyners w{th}
the rest of the hole assistaunce here at this instante doo admitt
A. B. as a practycyoner: who hath served as a prentis with R. G.
maister aucthorisshed of this Company the space of yeares and now
being a freeman of this Companye to practise Surgery in all placˀs
according to his knowledge for the space of yeares as a tryall
and a proofe of his knowledge may be had. In Witnesse wherof of the
premisses we have caused this Lrẽ to be sealed w{t} our seale of our
hall touching the firste admissyon of his fyrste prefermẽt of grace
the xxiiij{th} day of Julye Anno dñi 1556.
~The Order~ of the firste preferm̄et of their grace that be Lay
bretherne that occupye the Scyence of Surgery w{th} us and
also for them that be not a brother w{th} us and dothe desyre
to be (of) us for their fyrste admissyon of practycyoners.
[Sidenote:
The order of the firste
prefermẽt of grace for
Laye Bretherne.]
“~Fforasmoche~ as yt is moste expedyent that no man occupie,” etc.,
etc. This licence is similar to the last one excepting that it
provides that the person admitted being made a brother, though no
free man, should have a time given to him in which to practise the
art of Surgery on approval.
~The Order~ of the Admissyon of Maisters of Surgery and of the
Anatamye to be confyrmed for ever before they have the Seale
of the Busshop w{ch} maketh up the hole confyrmac͠on of a
master of Surgery & of Anathomye.
[Sidenote:
The order of the
admissyon of a
M{r} of Surgerye.]
~We~ Thomas Knot M{r} Thomas Gayle John Smythe and Thomˀs ffishe
Governors Thomas Vycary George Hollande George Geen and Richard
fferes M{rs} and examyners of the Company of Barbours and Surgeons of
London w{th} the rest of the whole assistaunce of the same Companye
To all men to whome this wryting shall come greting. ~We~ certifye
youe by this Lrẽ that whereas o{r} welbeloved in Christe T. A. ys
not onely a man of honest fame and good behaveor but is also expert
connynge and well exercysed in the arte of Surgery as his well
defycell[186] cures and prosperous successe w{ch} can not be dooen
w{t}out maturate judgement and Learninge dothe make thereof moste
certayne trueth and be assure witnes. ffurther more we are assured by
the experyence we have of the man that he is not onely substancyally
well exercysed in the curing of infyrmities belonging to Surgery
of the p̃ts of mans bodye comonly called the Anathomye: Wherfore
we aswell in the behalf equyte reason and conscyence as also for
the preferm̃et of Learning knowledge and experyence doo thinke yt
meete convenyent and reasonnable to constitute the same T. A. bothe
A Maister of Surgery and also of the Anathomye and willeth him so
to be taken for ever hereafter and to have auctorytie to exercyse &
occupye as well the one as the other wheresoever he shall come w{t}in
this Realme or ellswhere of the premisses ~In~ Witnes wherof we have
caused this Lrẽ to be sealed w{t} the great comon seale of our Hall
the xxiij{th} daye of July A{o} dñi 1556.
[186] Difficult.
27th August, 1557. The same daye It Wase ffurder ordered and agreed
that all men of the saide Companye and fellowshypp usinge the mystere
and crafte of Surgerye maye take unto hys or y{r} Apprentice anye
person or persons althoweth[187] he or they be not lerned in the
Latin Tonge, anye Acte here to fore made to the contrarye not with
standinge.
[187] Although.
The same day it was ordered that the two Masters of Anatomy should have
the keys and custody of the “Lyberary and of the Instr̃ments” therein,
and that the Wardens of the Yeomanry were to keep the Instruments clean.
Attendance by the members on the Surgical side was compulsory at the
Anatomy lectures, and 27th August, 1557, is an order of Court that
Robert Mudsley (Master in 1572 and 1580) “hath lycence to be absent
from all lecture dayes w{th}oute paymẽte any fyne for by cawse he hath
gyven over the exercysynge of the arte of Surgery and doth occupy only
a sylk shoppe and shave.”
A little later on, William Cawsey had licence to be absent from the
lectures on payment of a yearly fine of 3_s._ 4_d._, and there are
scores of similar exemptions in the books.
1st March, 1558. Jasper the Cutter for the Stoane had Lycence by the
M{r} and govˀnors that he shall worcke and set forth his sygne and
he payde for hys fyne x{s} and yf that he do not go ovˀ in to his
owne cuntrye before whytsontide nexte after folowyng he hath promysed
that he wylbe a brother of this howse but as yet he ys not admytted a
brother.
25th October, 1558. There was before the Court one Leonardo Rodergo--
Surgeon & deuchem̃a whome pˀsumptinglye & arogantly stood and bragged
w{th} a letter to be in the name of Kyng Phillippe lycencing hym to
occupye surgery w{t}in all y{e} Kyngs & quenes domynions & when yt
was seene y{r}to was nether seale nor the kyngs hande, but a sorte of
Spanyards hands & names whome he sayde afterwards yt one of them was
y{e} kyngs secretary & thother of his Councell.
Dr. J. J. Howard had in his collection the following document, which,
as he says, affords good evidence of the low condition of Surgical
practice in the metropolis at the accession of Elizabeth.
~Elizabeth~ by the grace of God Queen of England Fraunce and
Irelonde Defender of the faith etc. TO ALL Mayours Sheriffs
Baylliffs Constables and all other our Offycers Mynisters and
Subjects thees our Lettres hearinge or seinge and to every of
them greetinge.
~We~ lett you wete that for certeyn consideracions us movinge we
have by theise presents auctorised and lycensed our Trustie and
Wellbeloved Servaunte ~Thomas Uncarn~ Sergeant of our Surgions and
the Wardens of the Fellowshipp of the said Surgions within our Cytie
of London that now be or hereafter shalbe, that they by themselfs
or their assigne bearer hereof shal and may from hensforth take and
reteyne at our wages as well within the Cytie of London as elsewhere
within any other Cytie Towne Boroughe or other place within this
our Realme as well franchised and privileged as not franchised nor
privileged suche and as many Surgions as they shall thinke mete and
able from time to time to doe unto us servyce in the scyence of
Surgerie at any season hereafter as well by sea as lande and further
that the Sergeant and Wardeyns aforesaide shal or maye take of suche
as be not able to serve suche instruments and other stuff of Surgerie
as they shal thinke mete to sarve agreinge and payinge therfor to all
suche of whom any suche instruments or stuff shal be taken. ~Wherfore
We~ woll and comaunde you and eṽy of you that unto our saide Sergiant
and the Wardeyns aforesaid and their assigne bearer hereof in the due
execucion of this our aucthoritie and lycense ye be aydinge helpinge
and assistinge as oft as the case shal require without any your
denyall lett or contradycion as ye and eṽy of you tender our pleasure
and woll avoide the contrary at your peril ~In~ Witness whereof We
have caused theis our Lettres of Commissyon to be sealed with our
Greate Seale. Wytness ourself at Westmynstre the day of December
the seconde yere of our Reigne.
1st October, 1566, is an entry of the translation from the Woodmongers’
Company of William Slade, who was stated to be “a Surgeon & learned yt
w{th} Ric. Venar & John Hall at Maydstone.” This John Hall was a famous
Surgeon in his day and wrote “An Historiall Expostulation Against the
beastlye Abusers, bothe of Chyrurgerie and Physyke,” which has been
reprinted with several valuable notes by the Percy Society (Vol. XI)
accompanied with John Hall’s portrait.
14th January, 1567. M{r} Doctor Julyo made request y{t} he myghte
have the work of the anathomy these iiij{or} or fyve yeres so y{t}
the coledge of the phicysions sholde not put hym from us & also y{t}
he myghte have pˀvat anathomyes at his demaunde in this howse.
16th January, 1567. It was agreed that Dr. Julius Borgarneins (“Dr.
Julyo”) should “make and worke ow{r} anathomyes and skellytons” for the
space of five years.
18th March, 1567. Thomas Wells, Merchant Taylor, complained against
Nicholas Wyborde for “not curynge his mans hed y{t} he tooke in hande.”
The following order for the erection of raised seats for the members
attending the Anatomy lectures, and for a screen to temporarily hide
the body, indicates the growing interest taken by the Company in the
furtherance of technical education; and from the reference to _the_
skeleton, for which a case was directed to be made, it is highly
probable that this was the only specimen which the Company in those
days possessed!
1st February, 1568. Also yt ys ordayned and agreed by this Courte
That there shalbe buyldyngꝭ don and made aboute the hall for Seates
for the Companye that com̃eth unto every publyque anathomy, ffor by
cawse that every pˀsone comyng to se the same maye have good pˀspect
over the same and that one sholde not cover the syght thereof one
frome another as here to fore the Company have much cõplayned on the
same. And also foder more yt is agreed that the olde standyng w{ch}
did sˀve for the company of the clothing at coronacions or any noble
pere his com̃yng throughe the cytie oute of any fforeyns Cõntrey or
lande, for bycawse yt is broken and spoyled and olde shall all be put
to the makyng of the saide seates or for sparyng of the charge for
new Tymber. And also That whan yt shall happen any greate pere of
any fforren Lande upon tryumphe to com̃e as aforsaid and the Company
beynge then com̃anded to theyre standyng for to receyve any noble
man for the hono{r} of the prince kynge or quene of this Realme of
England and the cytie of London, That then as now and now as then
also the M{r} and govˀno{rs} for the tyme beyng shall buylde & make
a new Substanciall and Com̃ly fayer standyng To serve in lyke and
ample maner. And also ther shalbe pyllers and Rodꝭ of Iron made to
beare and drawe Courteynes upon & aboute the frame where w{th}in the
Anathomy doth lye and is wrought upon, for bycawse that no pˀsone or
pˀsones shall beholde the desections or incysyngꝭ of the body, but
that all maye be made cleane and covered w{th} fayer clothes untyll
the Docter shall com and take his place to reade and declare upon the
partes desected. And also yet forder more also, That there shalbe a
case of weynscot made w{th} paynters worke y{r} upon as semely as
maye be don ffor the skellyton to stande in and that for the Worshyp
of the Company--and all these to be made wrought and don at the
charges of the mistery and Com̃on boxe of the hall.
16th March, 1568. Here was Edward Park for y{t} he hath wretten
upon his Surgeons signe the skoller of S{t} Thomas of Wallingforde
and the said Edward Parke is comaunded by the aucthorytie of this
worsshyphfull Courte That he the said Edward Parke shall w{th} all
expedicion put oute of his said Signe the said wrytinge & to sett his
signe as other Surgeons do w{t}out any superscryption yt upon and not
ells otherwyse as he wyll answere to the contrarye.
13th July, 1568. In this Courte John ffrende is comytted to warde for
a pacient dyeing under his hands and not presented.
19th April, 1569. Here was the wyfe of Richard Selbye of London
Ironmonger playntyf agaynst William Wyse for that he cured not her
housbonds leg as he promysed he wolde have don, and yt is ordered
that Wylliam Wyse shall repaye agayne of the money w{ch} he receyved
in parte of the bargayne made be twene them and then was in the
pˀsents of this Courte payde unto Agnes the wyf of the above said
Richard Selby vj{s} viij{d} and so William Wyse is clerely dyscharged
of pacyent & all.
1570. This year it was deemed advisable to increase the number of the
Examiners in Surgery from five to seven, and these were Mr. Serjeant
Balthrop, Mr. Alexander Mason, Mr. Thomas Baylie, Mr. Robert Mudesley,
Mr. John Field, Mr. John Yates, and Mr. William Bovie.
5th April, 1570. It was agreed that in consequence of the great charges
with which the Company was always burdened in time of wars, in setting
forth sufficient surgeons and their men with unguents, balms, etc., as
also common soldiers, that a petition should be sent to the Queen for
redress in the matter of providing soldiers.
11th April, 1570. Here was one playntyf agaynst W{m} Beton
for a bubo & W{m} Beton wyll heale hym yf he wylbe ruled by him.
28th April, 1570. In this Courte W{m} Gyllam is charged to cure
Elizabeth Hyns of carmebrontyasis & once a day Gyllam shall pˀseve
her untyll she be hole and then she shall paye the said Gillam in the
pˀsents of this Courte in redy money vj{s.} viij{d.}
11th November, 1572. Here was one Steven Robinson to complaine
againste Edward Parke for arestinge hym for the curinge of hym for
v yeres seence. (_Which means that Parke had sued Robinson for a
surgeon’s bill five years old, without leave of the Court._)
12th February, 1573. Here was John ffrend and was comaunded to lay
downe his fyne for not pˀntinge M{r} Watson of the Towre w{ch} dyed
of Gangrena in his fote and he p{d} xv{s.}
This non-presentation of patients in danger of death, was a common
offence, and Mr. Frend had been previously convicted of it (13th July,
1568), on which occasion he was committed to prison.
31st March, 1573. Here was Edwarde Saunders warned because he wold
not paye the Anathomytꝭ ther dutye and also that he had let one
bloude at Blackwall and that he dyed, his arme fallynge to Gangrena
and made no pˀsentac͠on therof also that he w{th}eld certeyne things
of Whittingtons widdowe and he was willed to be here the next Courte
daye.
21st April, 1573. Here was one to complaine one[188] John Burges for
not delinge well w{th} hym in his cure concernynge a sore arme and he
is to be warned the next court.
[188] On, _i.e._, of.
28th April, 1573. Here was John Burgis and witnessed that the said
pacient would not be ordered as was necessary and therefore he
forsoke to deale w{th} hym.
21st May, 1573. Here was John Deane and appoynted to brynge in his
fyne x{li} for havinge an Anathomye in his howse contrary to an order
in that behalf between this and mydsomer next.
21st July, 1573. “Here was one Robert Grottell a straunger and cutter
for the Stone, admitted a brother and paid iiij{li}” and bound to pay
the remainder of his fine for admission at the rate of 10_s._ per
quarter.
30th July, 1573. Here was one John Gardener a healer of the rupture
and Stone and was examyned and had his Lr̃e of Admyttaunce and paid.
15th September, 1573. Here was one Alexander Capes a carpenter
and required that he might have some helpe concernyng his griefs
consyderinge that he had ben in thands of John ffrend Willm̃ Wise &
Richard Storye and had geven them mony for to be cured and was not,
wherefor order was taken that they should deale further w{th} him for
his health.
11th May, 1574. Here was James Marcadye and required to have Lycens
of absens one[189] Lecture dayes and it was graunted hym savinge that
he muste pay for his lycens xx{d} the quarter.
[189] On.
Surgeons were continually being called before the Court for “evil
dealing” with their patients, and for not performing cures for which
they had received the money beforehand. The Court generally endeavoured
to effect a friendly relationship between the parties, though in
cases which were considered as clearly proved against the Surgeon,
he was either fined or imprisoned, or else ordered to make suitable
compensation to the patient.
7th September, 1574. Here was John Griffen complayned uppon William
Pownsabe for gevinge him a powder w{ch} lossed all the teeth in his
head, w{ch} John Griffen had the dissease w{ch} we call Demorbo
gallico.
2nd February, 1575. Wm. Pownsabe was ordered to confess his fault for
his “unskilfull dealinges” with John Griffen and to pay him 5_s._ as
compensation.
13th March, 1576. Here was a complainte determyned upon w{ch} was
made against Tho: Hodes and for that he was provde ignorant he is
bounde in xl{li} never to medle in any matter of Sˀgery.
3rd April, 1576. Here was a complainte against Willm̃ More by one
Henry Dobbyns for that he did not cure his sonne but made the same
worse.
10th May, 1576. William More was ordered, on account of his ignorance,
to meddle no more in Surgery.
2nd October, 1576. Here was likewyse a complaint by one Tho: Adams
against John Pˀadice[190] for that the saide John had receyved
certen monie in hand and a gowne in pawne for a remainder to cure
the daughter of the saide Tho: whiche daughter died and the pore man
made request for the gowne agayne and so the M{r} and governo{rs}
abovesaide awarded that the saide Jo: Pˀadice sholde redelivˀ the
gowne the next tuesdaie and that the saide Tho: Adams sholde geve
unto the saide Jo: Pˀadyce towardꝭ his bote hier spent in going to
the made at Putney v{s.}
[190] Paradice.
8th October, 1577. Here was a complainte made by one M{rs.} Riche
against Robt. Bewsy for that he had her husbonde to cure who died
and the said Bewsye said and repoˀted that she was an evell liver
and that he died of a botch called Bubo veneria and taken of her,
w{ch} he denied, but beinge proved she put the matter wholie to this
woˀshipfull howse who did award that he sholde in the pˀsence of her
nighbors who were here present in the pˀlor upon his knees aske her
forgevenes, w{ch} he did and so the matter was finally ended.
7th February, 1578. Here was a complainte against Willm̃ Knightly for
Cuttinge of the yearde of his pacient but yt was pˀved by one M{r}
Grene that the member was mortefied and so there was little to be
saide against him.
24th February, 1578. Here was a Complaint against Willm̃ Clowes[191]
by Richard Carrington for that the saide Willm̃ Clowes as he saide
had abused him in wordes in the hall and here they did shake handes
and were made frends, for that the said Clowes had been sent to ward
before by the saide Richard Carrington being one of the wardens of
the yeomanry.
[191] An eminent Surgeon and Warden in 1594.
18th March, 1578. At this Coˀte Hewe Placket was rebuked for takeing
upon him to heale a pacient who ys deade and comaundement geven that
he shall medle no more in surgerie.
20th March, 1578. It was ordered:--
That yf any man of this misterie shall at any tyme hereafter make any
booke or bookes of Surgerie the same shall not be published unles the
same booke or bookes be first presented unto the masters governors
and examenors of this Companie for the tyme beinge upon payne of
x{li.}
The following order was doubtless directed against a prevalent mania
for relics of notorious criminals.
17th July, 1578. That no pˀson or pˀsons of this Companie do presume
at anie tyme or tymes hereafter of Anathomies to take and carrie
awaie or cause to be taken or carried awaie any pˀte of the skynn of
anie bodie whiche shall at anie tyme hereafter happen to be wrought
upon w{th}in the hall of the misterie and the same tann or cause to
be tanned like lether upon the payne of v{li.}
7th December, 1581. It ys agreed that there shalbe a Bill put into
the pˀliament house for easinge the Companie of the charge of
sendinge souldiers to the wars and also for suppressinge of lewd
dealers in surgerye.
18th July, 1583. The Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen having
recommended that persons using Barbery should not practise Surgery, the
Master and Governors went to Guildhall, and there promised the Court of
Aldermen that they would compel all their free Barbers to enter into
bonds not to “medle or deale w{th} any sick of the plauge or infected
cum morbo gallico,” and accordingly the Barbers entered into bonds to
that effect.
In Stow’s Annales, ed. 1592, p. 1261, is the following remarkable
account of a “subject” coming to life again at our hall.
1587. The 20 of Februarie, a strange thing happened a man hanged for
felonie at Saint Thomas Wateringes, being begged by the Chirurgions
of London, to have made of him an Anatomie, after hee was dead to
all mens thinking, cut downe, stripped of his apparell, laide naked
in a chest, throwne into a carre, and so brought from the place
of execution through the Borough of Southwarke over the bridge,
and through the Citie of London to the Chirurgions Hall nere unto
Cripelgate: The chest being there opened, and the weather extreeme
cold hee was found to be alive, and lived till the three and twentie
of Februarie, and then died.
It was doubtless the above circumstance, to which reference is made
in the next minute; it would seem that the body had been begged by
some surgeons and taken to the hall to be dissected there, it being
unlawful to dissect elsewhere, and that on the resuscitation of the
unhappy man, the Company had been put to some expenses whereupon they
made an order to provide for any similar case in the future. This body
would be what is often referred to in the Books as a “private anatomy,”
in opposition to the four “public” bodies of felons to which the
Company were annually entitled.
13th July, 1587. Iˀtm yt ys agreed That yf any bodie w{ch} shall at
anie tyme hereafter happen to be brought to o{r} Hall for the intent
to be wrought uppon by Thanatomistes of o{r} Companie shall revyve
or come to lyfe agayne as of late hathe ben seene The charges aboute
the same bodie so revivinge shalbe borne levied and susteyned by such
pˀson or pˀsons who shall so happen to bringe home the Bodie. And
further shall abide suche order or ffyne as this Howse shall Awarde.
7th December, 1598. This daye commaundm{t} cam from the lordes of her
ma{ts} most ho: privie councell for to presse a sufficient Surgeon
for her ma{ts} sˀvice in Ireland under the conduct of Captayne Winsor.
12th December, 1598. John Cumberland was pressed for the above service
and delivered into his Captain’s charge, and four or five other
Surgeons were also pressed and handed over _nolens volens_. One of
these, Dominick Lomeline (or Lumley, Master in 1629), is recorded on
the 16th January following as having “confessed voluntarelye before the
Masters that to be dischardged of his presse for Ireland it stud him in
Twenty Nobles of which the Captayne had in monye three poundes.”
6th February, 1599. This daie one Richard Hallydaie marriner made his
complainte of Raphe Rowley for settinge forthe an insufficient man
not approved to serve as a surgeon at sea in the Sheepe called the
Costely of London by whose unskylfullnes hee was dismembred of his
arme and is in greate dainger of liefe.
Ralph Rowley had been pressed for a Sea Surgeon, and this complaint
would be against him for the incompetency of some substitute, whom he
had no doubt paid to take his place.
27th March, 1599. It is ordered that an Informac͠on be exhibited
againste the Sexton of White Chappell for Surgerye.
6th August, 1599. This daie the Maister of the Company made his
petic͠on to the lorde Bishopp of London that noe person shoulde be
admitted to practize Surgerie but suche person as shoulde have the
seale of this house to testefie his examinac͠on before the Maisters
&c. which was graunted And order sett downe for the same.
23rd October, 1599. Pascall Lane hath Thursdaie comme a moneth to be
examined and in the meane tyme not to hange out banners and not to
cutt unles he acquainte the m{rs} therewithall.
27th November, 1599. This daie Richard Cadwalder hath undertaken
that Roberte Thompson nowe shewed[192] in the Exchequer for useinge
surgerie withoute a signe[193] shall uppon his retorne be examined
concerninge his skille in Surgerye and shall paie suche chardges as
shalbe due to this howse.
[192] Sued.
[193] Outside his house.
10th June, 1600. This daye Olivˀ Peacock brought in his fine for not
pˀsentinge his Cure[194] being nowe dead and it was mittigated to
five shillinges And it is farthˀr ordered that he practize surgery no
more.
[194] _i.e._, His patient.
3rd July, 1600. This daye Andrew Mathew Edward Peck Robert Steward
and Owine Jones free brothˀrs of this mistery were at their sevˀall
instancˀs examined & approved concerninge their skill in the arte of
Surgery and had their severall letters of grace und{r} the seale of
the sayd mistery by Richard Wood Willm̄ Martin Thomas Thorney & John
Peck examiners appoynted in the pˀsence of the M{rs} of this Company.
8th July, 1600. This daye warrant came to the M{rs} for the
pˀsinge[195] of a Surgeon for Captayne Thomas Minn bearinge date the
sixth daye of this instant moneth.
[195] Pressing.
15th July, 1600. This daye Raphe Barrett & Robert Thompson forren
Surgeons[196] made theyr request to the M{rs} that they might be
examyned on thursdaye next Whereuppon it was ordered that the
Examyners should be warned to be at the hall at the sayd tyme.
[196] _i.e._, Surgeons not free of the Company.
29th July, 1600. This daye it is ordered that John Mowle shalbe
warned to be before the M{rs} the next Court for usinge Surgery
beinge but a barber.
8th September, 1600. ~Octavo~ die Septembris Anno dñi 1600 Annoque
Elizabeth Quadragesimo secundo.
~Whereas~ at a Courte holden the Maisters or Governors and Assistants
of this Companye the Nynteenth daie of Maye laste paste It was
amongest other thinges ordered condiscended and agreed by consente
of a full courte of the said Assistance That the request and moc͠on
of ffrancis Rowdon Clarke to this Companye shoulde be referred to
the Considerac͠on of the Auditors of the Maisters Accompts And what
they shall doe in the premisses should be lawfull and effectuall
to all intentes and purposes ~Wee~ Thomas Byrd John Leycocke Lewis
Atmer Robert Johnson Richard Mapes Thomas Goodale Thomas Martyn and
Joseph ffenton beinge chosen Auditors for the Maisters accomptes for
the yeare paste havinge taken due considerac͠on of the premisses and
findinge that the accomplisheinge of the said requeste maye muche
proffitt the bodye of this Companye in the banisheinge of lewde and
unskylfull practic͠oners in the arte of Surgerie ~Doe~ therefore
by the Aucthority to us geeven order in manner and forme hereafter
ensuinge viz{t} ffirste wee order that there be presentlie paide unto
the saide Clarke the somme of xx{li.} of lawfull money of England
out of the stocke of this howse the same to be repaide to this howse
by v{li} pˀ Ann. Alsoe wee doe further order that uppon payment of
the said xx{li} to the said Clarke aforesaid the said Clarke shall
termelie prosecute a competent number of the said practic͠oners in
Surgerie and shall not delaie any suite he shall undertake but shall
prosecute the same with effecte unles there be any misprison in the
same And if there be any misprison then to acquainte the Maisters
for the tyme beinge with the same misprison. Alsoe wee doe order
that the said Clarke shall porsecute such pˀsons as the Maisters of
this Companye shall from tyme to tyme geeve order for. Alsoe wee
doe further order that the said Clarke shall not compounde or agree
with any he shall have to doe by waie of informac͠on before he hath
acquainted the Maisters therewithall and hath obtayned their consents
thereunto And whatsoever he shall receave uppon any Composic͠on over
and besides such Costes and chardges as he shall expend in and aboute
suche suite he shall well and trulye contente and paie unto the said
Maisters or Governors for the tyme beinge. Provided alwaies that he
ffirste acquainte the Maisters or Governors of this Company for the
tyme beinge therewith And deliver unto them a reasonable and true
bill of his Costes and Chardges disbursed as aforesaid And that he
seale and deliver as his deed one wrytinge obligatorie wherein he
shall become bounden to the Maisters or Governors of this Companye
with Condic͠on theruppon indorced contayninge the Articles above
specified In Witnes whereof wee the said Auditors hereunto put o{r}
severall handes. Yoven the daie and yeare ffirste above written.
22nd October, 1600. Robert Swayne was this daye examined by M{r}
Thorney M{r} Willm̄ Martin M{r} Wood & M{r} Atmer and not founde
sufficient but is nevertheles tolerated to come to o{r} Lectures
& Annathomies And is to paye for the same xx{s} yerely by 5{s}
quarterly till hee be founde more sufficient.
5th May, 1601. This daie a complainte was made againste Martyn Pelham
by a patient he had in cure of his arme for not fynisheinge the said
cure w{ch} cure was accomplished by Thomas Watson whereuppon it is
ordered that the said Pelham be warned to appeare uppon the next
courte daye.
6th August, 1601. This daye Will{m} Pilkinton uppon his examinac͠on
was tolerated to practize Surgery for five yeres next ensuinge
Provided that hee paie quarterly to this howse ij{s} vj{d} and that
hee the said Pilkinton doe joyne w{th} him in evˀy cure he shall have
in dang{r} of death or mayne some expert surgeon of this Company.
10th November, 1601. This daye John Russell of Canterbury Surgeon was
examined and was admitted & approved.
24th November, 1601. ~Whereas~ James Van Otten and Nycholas Bowlden
are this daye become humble suiters to this Company to be tollerated
& pˀmitted to practize as Surgeons w{th}in this Cytie of London for
and durynge the space of Three moneths next ensuinge onely for the
couchinge of the catarack cuttinge for the rupture stone and wenne It
is uppon consideracc͠on of their sevˀall suites ordered by consent
of this Courte That hee the said James Vanotten shalbe pˀmitted to
practize for the couchinge of the catarack cuttinge for the rupture
stone and wenne for the space of three monethes next ensuinge
w{th}out contradicc͠on or denyall of the M{rs} or Governors of this
Company And that hee the said Nycholas Bowlden shalbe assistant unto
the said James Vanotten in such cures as hee shalbe as aforesaid
possessed of duringe the tyme & space aforesaid. PROVIDED allwayes
and it is nevertheles pˀmised & undertaken by the said James &
Nycholas that hee the said Nycholas shall paye unto the M{rs} or
Governors of this Company to the use of the poore of the same every
moneth monethly duringe the said space of three moneths the somme of
ij{s} vj{d} And that the said James Vanotten shall paye to the said
M{rs} or Governors to the use of the poore of the said Company for
every moneth monethly of the said three monethes in w{ch} the said
James shall practize or continue in London or the libertyes suburbes
or one myle compase of the said Cyty after the fower & twentyth daye
of decemb{r} next ensuinge xx{s} of lawful money of England. And
provided that neyth{r} they nor eyth{r} of them shall pˀsume to hange
oute any banners or signe of Surgery in any place oth{r} then where
they shall lye and make theyre abode w{th}in the tyme aforesaid
or practize in any oth{r} poynte of Surgery then before is spec̃ˀd
w{th}out furth{r} lycence of the M{rs} or Governors of this Company
for the tyme beinge first had & obteyned. ffor pˀformance whereof
they the said James & Nycholas by bond are become bounden to M{r}
Warden ffrederick in the somme of x{li} of lawful money of England.
In Witnes whereof they have hereunto put their sevˀall names. Yoven
the daye & yere above wrytten
JACOBUS VAN OTTEN
NICHOLAS BODEN.
2nd March, 1602. Havard is to pave to Nicholas Kellawaye v{s.} the
nexte Courte daye for a launset w{th} silver scales w{ch} he borrowed
of the said Nicholas Kellawaye.
20th April, 1602. This daye one Edward Stutfeyld a practic͠oner
in bone settinge appeared before the M{rs} of this Company uppon
warninge to him geven by the beadell of this Company And at his
humble suite he was lycenced to practize in bone settinge onely
Provided hee paye to the M{rs} of this Company to the use of the
poore of the same x{s} for every quarter of yere that hee shall
practize as aforesaid.
20th April, 1602. This daye one John ffoster a poore and unskylfull
man of this Company made his appearance before the M{rs} of this
Company and was examined concerninge his skyll in the arte of Surgery
and was found altogeth{r} unskilfull in all the partes therefore
Whereuppon it is ordered that M{r} Wilbraham Coroner to this Cytie
be warned to be here w{th} the Coroners Inquest on Thursdaye next by
tenne of the clock in the forenoone to be satisfied by their owne
hereinge of the unskilfullness of the said ffoster.
22nd June, 1602. This daye Garrett Key a Strang{r} appeared before
the M{rs} of this Company and in respect hee hath undertaken the cure
of his patient one ffeake a Gowldesmythe beinge in danger of death
w{th}out makinge pˀsentac͠on thereof to the M{rs} of this Company Did
voluntaryly geve to the said M{rs} to the use of the poore of the
same Company iij{li} And thereuppon they have acquited him all former
offences done to this Company.
11th October, 1602. This daye Gabriell Hunt Practic͠oner in Surgery
was Committed to the Compter for practizeinge of Surgery beinge not
approved nor admitted accordinge to the Statute.
3rd April, 1604. Under this date is an award made by the Court in an
action remitted to the Masters by the Lord Mayor, wherein Walter
Barton Barber-Surgeon, was plaintiff, and Thomas Sheeres Imbroiderer,
Defendant. It appeared that Barton had cured Sheeres and his servant,
Eustace Skelton, and had been at great charges in prosecuting Sheeres
for his fees. The Court ordered the Defendant to pay Barton £4 within
14 days.
5th June, 1604. This daye M{r} ffenton pˀsented to this Courte
500 bookes of Horatius Moras tables translated into Englishe and
delivˀed them to the M{rs} of this Company in the name & behalf of
M{r} Deputie Caldwell[197] who freely gave them to this Company to
be distributed amongest the pˀfessors of Chirurgery freemen of this
Company.
[197] For a very interesting account of Morus’ Tables and of Mr.
Deputy Caldwell see Mr. D’Arcy Power’s Memorials, p. 184.
28th February, 1605. This daye it is ordered that there shalbe a
letter pˀntly drawne by the advice of the M{rs} of this Company and
sent to the Colledge of Phisic͠ons by the Clark of this Company
wherein there shalbe desyred if they please a Conferrence betwixt
some of theire College and some of the auncientꝭ of this Company in
some indifferent place of meetinge to conferre concerninge theire
greevancꝭ.
18th March, 1605. This daye uppon the request of M{r} Serjeant
Prymerose & M{r} Neste Smyth the kynges Surgeons by their Letter It
was ordered that Cezar Scultinge Duchman theyre servant should be
examyned and approved concerninge his skill in Surgery on thursdaye
next And beinge found skilfull that hee mighte have letters of
admittance from this Company gratis.
21st March, 1605. “Zeger Schultynchs,” the Dutchman above mentioned,
was examined and had his diploma gratis, but was ordered to pay 2_s._
quarterage and 2_s._ for absence from lectures.
30th April, 1605. This daye M{r} ffenton complayned of Robert Morrey
for supplantinge him of div{s} cures And for slanderinge him in his
pˀfession And also for his evell practize And was for his said abuses
fyned at v{li} w{ch} hee is to bringe in at the next Court orels to
be committed to the Compter.
7th May, 1605. Morrey being contumacious, was by the Court committed to
prison.
28th May, 1605. This daye Willm̃ Corbet appeared before the M{rs} of
this Company and was dismissed from the exercyze of Surgery for his
evill practize.
This daye Willm̃ Corbet was bounde to the M{rs} in x{li} not to
practize Surgery or w{th}in one myles compasse w{th}out the M{rs}
lycence.
25th June, 1605. This daye Abraham Renex is fined at x{s} for his
absens from lectures And is to pay x{s} pˀ an. for his lycence of
absens hereaft{r}.
3rd September, 1605. This day Pascal Lane a practicioner in the
art of Surgery was by our M{rs} order comitted to the Compter for
cuttinge of one Thom̃s Thorntons child for the stone who dyed
pnˀtlie under his handꝭ by his neckligence & ignoraunce where he is
to continue till he hath payed the fine of xl{s} for not makeinge
pˀntac͠on[198] to the M{rs} of the cure accordinge to the orders of
the Company.
[198] Presentation.
12th September, 1605. In the controvˀsie betwixt Thomas Thornton and
Pascall Lane ãls[199] Lyne It is ordered by consent of both pˀties
That the said Pascall Lane shall pˀntlie pay to the said Thornton
xx{s} which he pˀntlie did And he hath delivˀed a ring to o{r} M{rs}
w{th} condic͠on to pay to the said Thornton xx{s} more this night
And all controvˀsies betwixt them are to cease and determine from
henceforth.
[199] Alias.
26th November, 1605. This day Henry Goodwyn a Sorcerer was by the
M{rs} forbidden to practize any more in the arte of Surgery.
1st July, 1606. This day Stephen Abraham a Barbor was fined for
not makeing pˀentac͠on of his cure in daunger of death and it was
forgeven him.
14th July, 1606. The funds of the Company were, at this period, very
low, Mr. Pecke offering to lend £50 and Mr. Fenton £100, without
interest, and the following entry would indicate that the expenses
attendant upon the Anatomy demonstrations were a burden.
This day for the avoydinge of charges it is ordered by this Courte
that no publique Anothomy shalbe holden in the Comon hall of this
mistery for the space of theis three yeares now next ensuinge. Yett
notw{th}standinge it is ordered by this Courte y{t} the M{rs} &
Stewardꝭ of the Anothomy for the yeare next ensuinge shall continue
M{rs} & Stewardꝭ the said space And shall once in evˀie yeare at
such tymes as the M{rs} of this Company shall thinck fitt dissect
a private Anothomy in the Comon hall of the said mistery for their
better experience and cunninge.
14th July, 1606. ~Also~ it is further ordered & decreed by this
Courte fforasmuch as dive{rs} pˀsons ffremen of this Company who
have very litle or no skill at all in the Arte of Surgery doe
neverthelesse make a publique pˀfession of the said Arte And thereby
comitt many erro{rs} to the great dispaˀgm{t} of the worthie and
experienced professo{rs} thereof and to the hurte of div{rs} of his
Ma{t}ꝭ lovinge subjectꝭ That from henceforth no man be admitted to
have his name entered downe for a Surgeon into the lecture bill
except by the consent of the m{rs} or governours of the said mistery
& Coiãltie for the tyme beinge And that it shalbe lawful for the
pˀnte M{rs} or governours to dismisse out of the lecture bill the
names of such pˀsones as they shall thincke fitt to be put out, which
pˀsons so dismissed and put out shall live out of the protexion
of this Company for & in respect of their practize in the Arte of
Surgery untill they shall by them be thought fitt to practice in
that Arte & admitted into such bill uppon their humble suite. But if
any disobedient obstinate or stubborne pˀson shall notw{th}standinge
his such dismission practice in the said arte Then it is further
ordred by this Courte that suite in law shalbe pˀsecuted against
such obstinate pˀsons at the charge of this Company for such their
unlawfull practice in Surgery.
7th October, 1606. This daie Willm̃ ffoster was fyned at xx{s} for
his evell practize upon his patient being a servaunt of my Lord grace
of Cant. and is to bring in the same fyne at the next Court.
This daie it is ordered that Richard Holden be warned to the next
Court for not reeding his lecture.
24th October, 1606. This daie Clement White appeared before this
Court upon Complaynt for settinge his servaunte to sea before he was
examyned & his chest vewed by the M{rs} And for that he knew not the
orders of this Company he is forgyven his offence for this tyme.
2nd December, 1606. This daie John Anslow was comitted to the Compter
for defraudinge of Willm̃ ffoster of his patient And is to pay
ffoster for his paynes in that cure.
9th July, 1607. This daye Roger Jenkins[200] heretofore examined
& appˀved in the Arte of Surgery was pˀsented before the Deane of
Pawles. And his letters of Admittance from the said Deane.
[200] Warden in 1608.
Also Abraham Allen[201] was lykewyse admitted by the said Deane.
[201] Warden in 1611.
20th July, 1607. Mr. Thomas Thorney (Master 1602), Mr. Richard Mapes
(M. 1612), Mr. Richard Wood (M. 1591), Mr. Serjeant Gudderus (M. 1594),
Mr. Willm̃ Gayle (M. 1595), Mr. George Baker (M. 1597 and Serjeant
Surgeon), Mr. John Peck (M. 1605), Mr. Christopher Frederick (M. 1609
and Serjeant Surgeon), Mr. John Gerrard (the celebrated Herbalist, M.
1607), and Mr. Joseph Fenton (M. 1624), were appointed Examiners of
Surgeons, and amongst other articles it was ordained:--
That none of the said examiners shall pˀsent any pˀson useinge
surgery to the Bishop of London or to the Deane of Pawles to the
intent to get or pˀcure such Surgeon Lycence or admission to practize
Surgery unlesse such Surgeon at such tyme shall have his letter of
admittance from this Company under the Common scale of the same
testifieinge his admission to practize surgery.
7th July, 1608. This daye Mathias Jenkinson was examyned concerninge
his skyll in the arte of Surgery And was lycenced to cut for the
hernia or Rupture to couch the Catrac to cut for the wry neck & the
hare lip Provided that hee call the pˀsent M{rs} of this Company to
every such Cure or such of the Assistantꝭ as are examined & approved
as the said M{rs} in such case shall appoynt And is to enter into
bond in xl{li} for pˀformance hereof And paid to the pˀsent M{rs}
xl{s} And is to paye xl{s} more at midsomer next.
20th June, 1609. This daye Mathias Jenkinson is dischardged from his
practize in Surgery for that hee hath not observed the articles of
his Tollerac͠on and for his evell & unskilfull practize.
27th February, 1610. Whereas one William Wright was a suiter to this
Courte that he might be examined & admitted to practice Surgery. Now
forasmuch as it appeareth he is one of a contentious & troublesome
speritt & of a bad & scandalous disposition who hath not onlie
heretofore dive{rs} tymes byn fined for usinge slanderous & evill
speeches against dive{rs} that have byn M{rs} & governours of
this Company but also sundrie tymes heretofore & now daylie useth
slaunderous wordꝭ & speeches w{th} many wicked cursingꝭ & revilingꝭ
against M{r} Mapes in the hearinge of dive{rs} of the neighbou{rs} of
the said Wright where he dwelleth, which beinge by this Court dulie
examined is found that the same slaunde{rs} & revilingꝭ doe proceed
out of his wicked mynd w{th}out any just cause given Wherefore it
is by this Courte ordered and fullie decreed That the said Wright
shall not at any tyme hereafter be examined or approved for his skill
of Surgerie untill he shall & doe before 4 or 5 of the neighbou{rs}
of the said Wrighte to whom he hath thus abused M{r} Mapes and in
his & their presence openlie confesse & acknowledge that he the
said Wrighte hath wronged and abused the said M{r} Mapes And shall
then and there before them submitt himself & be sorrie for all such
wrongꝭ & wicked Cursingꝭ as he hath reported or spoken with promise
hereafter never by wordꝭ or deedꝭ to wronge him or any other of this
Courte or any other of the Assistantꝭ of this Company.
27th February, 1610. At this Courte was John Cotton of Radcliffe
a professor of Surgery comited to the Compter for not makinge
presentac͠on of his Cure w{ch} dyed under his hand & also for his
evill practice w{ch} he used to his Cure as it did appeare beinge
examined thereuppon And further he is forbidden to practice Surgery
any more untill that he be examined.
2nd October, 1610. At this Court it is ordered that Richard Baynes
and Xpõfer Browne shalbe comitted to the Compter for that they did
not come and make answer to this Court of the Complayntꝭ w{ch} are
made against them by their sevˀall patientꝭ they being therefore
warned at sevˀall Court dayes.
9th October, 1610. At this Court was one wyddowe Bryers comitted to
the Compter for practising Surgery contrary to the Statutꝭ of this
Realme.
About this period are several instances of Surgeons being fined for
going to sea without licence, and for not having their sea chests
examined, _e.g._:
6th November, 1610. Att this Court Gyles fflemmynge did promyse that
on Tewsdaye come ffortnight he woulde bring in his ffyne of x{li}
for going to Sea w{th}out lycence of this howse, whereupon the Court
was contented to proceed noe further against him in respect of such
abuses as he hath offred.
22nd January, 1611. James Blackborne applied to be admitted a brother
to practise Surgery and promising to pay £10 for his admission and to
make the examiners a dinner, a day was appointed for his examination.
31st January, 1611. This daie James Blackborne was examined
touchinge his skill in the generatyve ptꝭ of women; and bringinge
of women to bedd in their dangerous and difficult Labors: And he
the said Blackborne was found fitt and allowed to practize (in that
Chirurgicall pˀte of Surgery touching the generatyve ptꝭ of women &
bringinge them to bedd in their dangerous & difficult Labours) by
letters under the seale of the howse beinge the date above wrytten
And was att this Court sworne and admitted a fforayne brother; and in
considerac͠on thereof he paid to the pˀnte M{rs} att this Court x{li.}
The Barber-Surgeons had claimed the exclusive right of embalming dead
bodies, but how they fared in their contention with the Wax Chandlers
(referred to in the next extract) does not appear.
26th October, 1612. This daie it is ordered that at the chardgꝭ
of the howse the pˀnte Masters w{th} the Clark shall seeke in the
Rowles for the charter of the wax chaundlers and to tak a coppie of
that pˀte of the charter touchinge the libertie gyven unto them for
the imbaulmynge of dead bodyes And as they shall finde the same soe
to take the advice of my lord cheife Justice about the same at the
chardgꝭ of the howse.
3rd November, 1612. This daie the Company receavinge a letter from
the lordꝭ of his Ma{t}ꝭ most honˀable privye Councell wherein
they intreated the Company to give leave unto one Bartholomew
Vanderlatch a stranger to take in hand one Melser Gisberd whoe had an
ympedym{t} in his eye, whereupon this Court was pleased that the said
Vanderlatch should take in hand to cure the said Gisberd w{th}out
disturbance of this howse.
17th November, 1612. Att this Court Richard ffynche dwelling at
Pyckle herring is forbidden to practise bonesetting or any other
matter touching surgery at any time hereafter.
7th December, 1613. This daie John Antonio an Italian being an
Imposter practizing in surgery is forbidden by this Court to deale
any more in Surgery.
3rd March, 1614. This daie M{r} Robert Allott docto{r} in Phissick &
one of the fellowes of S{t} Johnes Colledge in Cambridge was admitted
a brother of this Company and hade the letters of this howse under
the seale thereof graunted unto him.
15th March, 1614. This daie it is ordered that Thomas Gillam shall
at the next court of assistauntꝭ bring in his fyne of v{li} for
discecting of an Anothomy out of this hall.
12th April, 1614. This daie it is ordered that Thomas Collyns shall
bring in his fyne of 10{li} for going to sea not having his Chest
vewed.
27th May, 1616. At this Court is gyven unto M{r} Docter Crooke the
some of 5{li} for that he did dedicate a booke unto this Companie &
gave one of them unto this howse.
15th August, 1616. John Walgrave came before the Court upon Summons,
and being questioned--
if he practized Surgery he peremptorily replied he did & gott his
lyveinge by the same and was an auntienter Surgeon then themselves
Then he was demaunded by what authoritie he did practice Surgery to
w{ch} he aunswered he had sufficient authoritie for he was allowed by
the Archbusshop of Canterburie and the Busshop of London Then M{r}
ffenton demaundinge of him in what busshops tymes he was so admitted,
after manie insolent & menasinge speches & unsemely behaviors he
aunswered he was admitted by Busshop Whiteguift. Then was demaunded
of him by what Busshop of London he was admitted to w{ch} he very
insolent replied that he scorned to tell them or to be examined by
anie of them all, vauntinge further that he was a better gentleman
than anie of them all To w{ch} M{r} ffenton aunswered that if he did
so he did it unlawfully & he aunswered that he cared not, for he
had practized these 30 yeares & wold still practice the same. And
M{r} ffenton told him that though he had practized so long yet that
made it not lawfull except he had byn examined & approved according
unto the lawes of the land To w{ch} Walgrave beinge in great passion
w{th} menaceinge & threatninge behavio{r} replied unto M{r} ffenton
& the rest, you lye & I tell you agayne you lye And so w{th} proud
menacinge & insolent behavio{r} w{th} many insolent unsemely &
irreverent speches to all that satt at that tyme in the Court he most
unmanerly & w{th}out regard of anie that sat their depˀted.
In all probability it was ascertained that Walgrave had the Bishop’s
licence or else some powerful friends, as no further notice seems to
have been taken of his contempt, though the records abundantly show
that the Court was never slow to visit condign punishment on far lesser
offenders than this man.
15th July, 1624. Whereas informac͠on is given to this Court that of
late Docto{r} Grints servingman John Eethell lett a maide blood, her
arme mortified and the maid thereupon died, it is ordered by this
Court that there shalbe counsell taken thereon, and a suite comenced
agˀt him at the Costs of this house.
7th December, 1624. This daye John Baptista Succa a mountibancke and
an Italian borne had order to forbeare his practise here in London.
6th November, 1627. This daye was presented to this Courte by Humfrey
Bromley a letter from the Lord Maio{r} of this Cittie of London the
teno{r} whereof is as followeth
~To~ the M{r} and Wardeins of the Companie of Barbar Surgions
~Whereas~ S{r} Henry Herbert Knight M{r} of the Revells hath
authorised the bearer hereof Humfrey Bromley to shew a Child
presented to be naturallie borne haveing Twoe heades ffower Armes
and three leggꝭ w{ch} I suppose not to be borne of any woeman or to
be the perfect substance of a child in respect whereof I forbeare
to pˀmitt the said Humfrey Bromely to make shewe thereof within
the libˀties of this Cittye untill such tyme as I maye be truely
satisfied from you whether the same child be of the substance as is
pretended Therefore I desire you that upon advised view of the said
Child you truly certifie mee in writing under yo{r} handꝭ whether
the same be really a child as is presented to thend I maye not
unadvisedly suffer his Ma{t}ꝭ subjectꝭ to be deceyved thereby. This
second of November Anno Dni. 1627.
HUGH HAMERSLEY _Maio{r.}_
Whereupon the vew of the supposed body as aforesaid it is ordered
that this answere be returned to the Lord Maio{r} as followeth viz:
~Right~ Hono{ble} According unto yo{r} Lõps reference unto us
directed dated the second of November 1627 ~Wee~ have taken a
deliberate vewe of the supposed monstrous birth presented unto us to
be vewed as from your hono{r} by one Humfrey Bromley And although
wee cannot possitively affirme it proceeded not from a woeman Yet
under favor, wee conceive and soe deliver our opinions that the said
supposed monstrous shape hath beene, either by Arte soe composed
and put together from unnaturall and untimely birthes of Children
or from other Animalls, as Apes, Munckeys or the like w{ch} have a
greate resemblance of Manns bodye, in many of their partes and soe
by the cunninge subtiletye of the composer made into a monster,
thereby to delude the worlde and haveing a Bodye of Antiquitie cannot
safely receive a flatt and manifest contradiction; And wee are
induced the rather to suspect it for that the producer thereof hath
noe testimonye from any learned or judicious men; neither from any
Magistrates of the partes where it is pretended to have bene borne,
w{ch} such offendors use aboundantly to be furnished withall. And in
conclusion compareing his printed demonstrac͠on of his monster, with
the Author he siteth, and others that have written of such and the
like monsters, Wee finde a greate deale of Addition and a manifest
disagreem{t} w{ch} is a playne badge of fixion and falsehoode. All
w{ch} our opinions wee humbly submitt to yo{r} hono{rs} grave wisdome
to be further considered of.
20th November, 1627. Item this daye M{r} Warden Woodall M{r} Peter
Thorney M{r} George Perrine and M{r} Thomas Gilham are appointed
by our M{rs} commandꝭ to goe to Portsmouth for the cureing of the
wounded souldiers that come from the Isle of Rea in ffrance which are
nowe remayneing wounded and sicke at Portsmouth upon the letter of
the Lord Conwaye signifieing his Ma{t}ꝭ pleasuer therefore.
8th July, 1628. This daye M{r} Peter Thorney is by this Court desired
to goe Surgion generall for the Armye that goes by Land.
23rd January, 1629. Mr. Peter Thorney having died in the King’s
Service on the coast of France, John Heydon was chosen an Assistant in
his place. Peter Thorney is mentioned on the monument to his Uncle,
Thomas Thorney (Master, 1602, 1606), in St. Andrew’s, Holborn. (_See_
Biographical Notices.)
19th April, 1630. This daye the Examiners mett here in Court upon
the recomendac͠on of the lordꝭ of the privey Councell signified by
S{r} John Cooke secretary of state for the approveing of one Dupont
a french man to practise for the cure of the pox. Whereupon the said
Dupont being examined was found altogether insufficient.
20th April, 1630. This daye Edward ffleete paid in xx{s} for his fine
for not reading lecture according to his turne.
20th October, 1631. This Court takeing notice of the lack of a
Private dissection Roome for anatomicall imployementꝭ and that
hitherto those bodies have beene a greate annoyance to the tables
dresser boardes and utensills in o{r} upper Kitchin by reason of the
blood filth and entrailes of those Anathomyes and for the better
accomodateing of those anatomicall affaires and preserveing the
Kitchin to its owne propˀ use, Doe nowe order that there shalbe a
faire convenient roome built over the greate staire case next the
back yard to be imployed onely for discection of private Anathomyes
to the value of xl{li.}
28th December, 1632. On the death of Dr. Gwyn, in December, 1627, it
had been arranged that in future the Surgeons of the Company should
read the Anatomical lectures in turn, weekly; but great difficulty
having been experienced in carrying out this regulation, the Court now
reverted to the former practice of employing a Professor, and appointed
Dr. Alexander Reade at a salary of £20 per annum.
23rd March, 1635. Alsoe this Court takeing notice that in theis
latter yeares there hath bene a generall remissnes in the greater
pˀt of the Surgians of this Companie in their not appearance and
personall attendance in their Seates on the Scaffoldings at the Six
lecture tymes at the publique Anatomye, and the disorderlynes of
those Surgians y{t} doe appeare for wanting their outward ornament
commixing themselves confusedly amongst the Comon people then pˀnte,
whereby the hono{r} and worthynes of this Companie on the Surgians
pˀte hath bene much eclipsed. ffor redresse of w{ch} enormious
exorbitance and for the better grace and Worˀp̃ of this Companie.
It is now decreed that for ever hereafter at the tymes of publiq̃e
Lecture readings on the Sceletons or Anatomies in this Comon Hall
this ensueing order for the greater decencye & more Worˀp̃ of this
Companie shall from tyme to tyme hereafter yearely be observed and
put in due execution, viz{t.,} That every Surgian either of the
Assistants or of the Liverye shall appeare in his gowne in the
forenone and afternoone of one daye at the least of the 3 dayes
lectures at every publiq̃e discection And that every Surgian of
the Wardeins and of the Assistants of the yeomanrye shall likewise
appeare in his gowne in the forenone and afternoone of one daye at
the least of the three dayes lectures at every publiq̃e Anatomye, and
everye one of those Surgians dureing the tyme of such lecture shall
sitt decently in such place in the Scaffoldings as is appropriated
to every of them in their degrees and Rancks as aunciently hath bene
accustomed upon payne that every Surgian that shall not accordingly
appeare shall forfeite and paye to the use of the Companie the some
of Twoe shillings and Six pence, or appeareing shall not weare his
gowne all the tyme of such readeing for one daye at the least the
som̃e of Twelve pence, And that every pˀson of the Coiãltie or
fforreine brothers professeing Surgerye shall likewise appeare in
the forenone and afternone of one daye at the least of the 3 dayes
lectures at the publiq̃e Anatomye and not appeareing shall forfeite
Twelve pence without redempc͠on of all or any pˀte of any of the
fines aforesaid.
24th September, 1635. Alsoe for that Nicholas Downeing not being an
approved Surgian according to Lawe did twoe opac͠ons[202] in Surgery
contrary to the Lawes of this Kingdome & the Customes & ordinances of
this Companie and being forbid by the M{rs} & Governo{rs} to forbeare
those opac͠ons did notwithstanding that prohibic͠on make opac͠ons
and both patients died, Was fined at iiij{li,} viz{t.,} xl{s} a peece
for each of those twoe opac͠ons because he made not two presentac͠ons
according to the ordinance of this Companie in that behalfe, And he
to be prosecuted at Lawe for the Childs miscarriage.
[202] Operations.
Alsoe this daye the said Nicholas Downeing was fined by this Court at
vj{s.} viij{d.} for his uncivill behavio{r} to M{r} John Woodall an
auncient M{r} of this Companie.
6th October, 1635. Alsoe Nicholas Downeing being here in Court was
required to paye his three fines according to his promise the last
Thursdaye, denied to paye them, is by this Court comitted to the
Compter in Wood Streete in my lord Maio{r} of Londons name.
The following entry is not complimentary to Dr. William Harvey, the
discoverer of the circulation of the blood, the marginal note in the
minute book being “Doctor Harveys ill practise.”
17th November, 1635. This daye W{m} Kellett being called here in
Court for not makeing presentac͠on of one M{r} Kinnersleys maide that
died in his charge, he saied here in Court that M{r} Doctor Harvye
being called to the patient did upon his vew of the patient saie,
that by the meanes of a boulster the tumor on the temporall muskle
would be discussed and his opinion was, that there was noe fracture
but the vomiteing came by reason of the foulenesse of the Stomacke,
and to that purpose pˀscribed physick by Briscoe the Apothecarye, soe
the patient died by ill practise, the fracture being neglected & the
Companie not called to the vew.
The next entry illustrates the peremptory method of dealing with a
quack:--
22nd October, 1635. One Christopher Hatton whoe saied he waighteth
on S{r} W{m} Belfore his Ma{t}ꝭ Lieutenant of The Tower came to this
Court to knowe the reason of the Companies takeing downe of Lãw
Raylens banner or mountabanck table of bladders & stones being a
stranger borne & then were hung upon Tower hill execution place, this
Courts answere was that by the Lawes & Charters of this Companie they
tooke & demolished them.
ALSO the said Lawrence Ruylen a mountabanck was called here in
Court and ordered to paye his fine of v{li} for hanging his signes
tables bladders and stones upon the publique postꝭ in streetes &
on the Traitors scaffold on Tower hill in an exorbitant manner
being contrary to the Lawes and Charters of this Companie confirmed
according to Lawe And this Court doth order that those signes
and bladders shalbe demolished and he is forbidden from further
practiseing any pˀt of Surgerye hereafter within London or 7 miles
Compasse of this Cittye.
1637. For several years prior to and about this period numerous entries
occur of Surgeons being fined £5 for going to sea without license
or without having their sea chests examined, also for sending their
apprentices to sea as surgeons’ mates without examination.
29th March, 1638. It is ordered that Edward Arris[203] and Hen:
Boone[204] shall have libertie to sett up in o{r} Theater a Sceleton
by them wrought on when they were Masters Anatomysts on the body of
Cañbury besse[205] to be placed on the Corbell stone of the Signe
Libra alsoe they have leave to paint that peere of bricks up to the
Cornish & to depict the planett Venus governeing those twoe signes
underneath Libra & Taurus with twoe shadowed neeces[206] for two
Sceletons & to sett up their names or mottoe under Libra they payeing
the charge for the same & such pˀson or pˀsons as shall sett up a
sceleton on the other signe Taurus shall paye the moietye of the
charge they are now at in painting.
[203] Alderman, Master 1651.
[204] Master 1655.
[205] Canonbury Bessie, a malefactor.
[206] Niches.
3rd July, 1638. Upon the complaint ag{t} ffran: Soare for discecting
a bodye in his owne house contrary to the ordinance It is ordered he
shalbe sumoned ag{t} the next Court.
22nd October, 1638. Tho. Bowden being called to this Court for not
makeing pˀntac͠on of his patient Godfrey Lee whoe died under his
handꝭ is fined at xl{s.}
Alsoe the said Thomas Bowden being not an approved Surgian for that
he tooke upon him the cure & charge of y{e} said Godfrey being
daungerouslie wounded & did not joyne an able & approved surgian with
him in that cure is fined at v{li.}
Alsoe it is ordered that for his the said Thomas Bowdens evill
practise in Surgerye he shalbe Comitted to the Compter in Wood
Streete.
Mr. Bowden subsequently mended his ways as he was elected Third Warden
in 1654 and Upper Warden in 1660.
22nd October, 1638. It is ordered that the M{r} & Wardens & as many
of the Assistants Surgians with Counsell shall attend the right
hono{ble} y{e} Lordꝭ of his Ma{t}ꝭ most hono{ble} privye Councell
about the new Patent for distilling strong Waters.
6th March, 1639. Mrs. Susan Gwinn, widow of Dr. Gwinn, the Reader of
Anatomy, presented the Doctor’s MSS. to the Company.
1638-9. About this period the war with Scotland consequent upon Charles
I interfering in Scotch Church matters, broke out, and a large army
being collected in the North the Barber-Surgeons were directed to
“press” and forward twenty-three Surgeons to Newcastle.
The Minute relating to this is as follows,--
20th April, 1639. Upon reading the warr{t} sent to this house from
Yorke signed by the Lord Generall concerneing the want of Surgians in
the Armye It is concluded by the Governo{rs} & Assistants here pˀnte
that M{r} Warden Dunn & M{r} Collins shall goe on, & goe aboard some
Newcastle shipp and agree with a shipper for y{e} conveighance of
y{e} Surgians & their Chests & provisions & their mates, & likewise
give them conduct money, & that for the present that charge to be
borne out of the stock of this house untill it cann be reobteyned
from the Thrẽr of y{e} Armye.
This appears to have cost the Company £44 14_s._, whereof they
received but £23, the balance never having been paid. The details
of the expenditure are subjoined, and in reading them we cannot but
commiserate the unhappy men who were barged to Gravesend and thence
“transported” to Newcastle.
DISBURSEM{T}ꝭ FOR IMPRESTING AND SHIPPINGE OF THE SURGIANS IN THE YEARS
IMPLOYM{T} FOR THE KINGS SERVICE.
Laid out by Edmund Johnson for ymprestinge
of Surgeons for the Kingꝭ service v{li}
Delivered to M{r} Collins for the like x{s}
Spent in goeinge to Lymehouse Ratcliffe &
wappinge to presse xviij{d}
Paid to xxiij Surgions who were transported
by sea from London to Newcastle xxiij{li}
of w{ch} rec{d} by M{r} Serjant Clowes
xvij{li} x{s} & my selfe xx{s} so that
there doth remayne unsatisfied iiij{li} x{s}
Paid unto Tho: Wells the M{r} of the
shipp to transport them viij{li}
Paid for a barge to carry us & them to xxx{s}
Gravesend
Spent at Gravesend at dynner ix{s} vj{d}
Spent at Supper vij{s}
Paid Jo: Mules w{ch} he disburced for
Warfage literage caremenn & other like
Charges as pˀ bill xxvj{s}
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Sum̃ is xxj{li} xiiij{s}
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In accordance with their Charters the ancient practice of the Company
had been to elect annually two Surgeons and two Barbers for Master
and Wardens; this fell into electing two Surgeons and two others
who were often neither Barbers nor Surgeons, and latterly, even the
qualification of Surgery came to be disregarded, whereupon (29th March,
1639) a mandate, signed by Charles I and directed to the Company, was
read in Court (see Appendix, G) in which the King set forth that divers
persons as “hosiers dyers & other tradesmen unskilfull in Chirurgery
or Barbarye” had been chosen for Masters and Wardens contrary to
the Charters and Acts of Parliament, and further “wee takeing into
considerac͠on of what dangerous consequence it maye be to suffer a
Companye wherein the lives and safetie of o{r} people are soe much
concerned and for w{ch} o{r} progenitors have soe carefully provided to
be governed by such unskilfull pˀsons,” the King straitly commanded
the Company to elect the Governors in the future as they ought to do,
viz.: two Barbers and two Surgeons each year.
This order of the King appears for some little time to have been
obeyed, and then the Company relapsed into their old practice of
choosing at their pleasure, whereupon another mandate came from the
King, for we find that:--
17th January, 1644. The Court took notice of the King’s mandate, and
a very long and elaborate minute is entered to the effect that the
practice of choosing two Barbers and two Surgeons for Governors was
fraught with much inconvenience and had led to great dissensions, and
the Court referring to the Statute of Henry VII, where it is allowed
that any person free of the Company following any other profession than
that of a Barber or Surgeon should be reputed and taken as a Barber,
ordered that for the future, any Member of the Assistants, other than
a Barber or Surgeon, might be put in nomination, and that he should
be accounted a Barber. The Court were very careful to express their
loyalty to the King whilst they ignored his mandate, trusting no doubt,
that should they afterwards be called to account by the King, their
dutiful expressions towards him would serve in a measure as an excuse
for disobeying his express commands.
[Sidenote:
Mould for y{e}
Kings Evill.]
2nd July, 1639. Anthony Mould called to this Court and questioned
concerneing his practise in Surgerye, confessed that he deales onely
in swellings and Kernills & hath a licence from the Kinge to practise
the same, he hath lately taken into his Cure one George Ravenscroft
for scrophilous tumo{rs} in the neck, this Court at the said Moulds
request, hath given libertye to Mould to cure him by Michaelmas next,
& he hath promised then to present the said Geo: whole & well to this
Court.
Some nine years afterwards Mould was again before the Court in a case
of King’s evil.
21st March, 1648. Henry Ivatt complayned against Anthony Mold for
his evill practice On the Wife of the said Ivatt who being afflicted
with the Kings Evill Whereof he undertooke to cure her And for that
purpose did receive of the said Ivatt xxx{s} in hand and was to have
40{s} more when she was cured Both partyes refeered themselves to
this Court Whereupon this Court doth Order That the said Mold doth
restore xx{s} back againe to the said Ivatt Which he promised to pay
accordingly And soe all differences betweene the said parties by
theire owne consent to cease and determine.
6th February, 1646. It is this day ordered That our M{r} and M{r}
Warden Browne[207] with the other Assistants Surgeons present doe
move the Sheriffs That at the time of Execuc͠on a Body be quietly
delivered to this Companye’s officer for an Anatomy.
[207] Martin Browne, an eminent Surgeon, Master in 1653, gave the
Company a Silver loving cup and cover.
9th March, 1646. This day M{r} Warden Browne acquainted this Court
that whereas he about 6 yeares sithence had a child of M{r} Hamonds
to his Patient with whome he upon his first calling thither found
M{r} Thomas Bowden[208] with others Who after presentac͠on made by
the Motion of M{r} Warden Browne dyed, that he hath bin reported by
the ffather of the child to have murthered the child And that M{r}
Thomas Bowden had justifyed and would justify the same of w{ch}
scandall M{r} Warden complayneing to this Co{rt} M{r} Bowden prayed
to be excused from giveing any answer thereunto ffor that there was
a Suite at Law now depending betweene M{r} Hamond and M{r} Warden
Browne concerning that matter.
[208] Warden, 1654.
23rd April, 1646. Mr. Martin Browne requested and had a Committee of
Examiners to enquire into the case of Hamond’s child, and to report to
the Court.
14th May, 1646. The Committee brought up their Report, finding that on
the 28th January, 1639, Mr. Browne was called to Mr. Hamond’s child
in Bow Lane, the child having fallen out of a window and seriously
injured its head. That Mr. Browne consulted with Dr. Spicer and Mr.
Thomas Bowden (whom he found there) and as they all conceived the
child to be in danger, presentation was duly made to the Wardens of
the Barber-Surgeons, that thereupon by general consent, the child was
let blood and had a glister, and the next day his head was shaved
and a cataplasm applied, that these remedies were continued for about
eight days and that then it was deemed advisable to open the head,
which was done by Mr. Browne with a Trapan in the presence and with the
advice and approbation of Mr. Serjeant Clowes (then Master), Mr. George
Dunn[209] (Warden), Mr. William Kings,[210] Mr. Eaton and the said Mr.
Bowden, and that the child died on the 15th day, that proper remedies
had been duly applied and that everything had been done with great care
according to art.
[209] Master, 1646.
[210] Master, 1650.
23rd October, 1646. This Court doth order That all the approved
Chirurgeons according to Law shall appeare at all publique Anatomyes
for the time to come in a fflatt Capp upon the penalty of 3{s} 4{d}
and all the rest of the Livery in a Hatt.
1646. ~The~ CHARGES OF THE ANATHOMYES BETWEENE MICHAS AND
CHRISTMAS LAST.
Paid for Carryeing the Cophin to Newgate 00 00 06
ffor horsehire to the place of execuc͠on 00 02 00
ffor the ffees at the place of execuc͠on 00 05 06
ffor expences at S{t} Gyles xij{d} to the carman xij{d}
and for washing the bodye xij{d} 00 03 00
ffor Perfumes xij{d} wax candles ij{d} and soape j{d} 00 01 03
ffor lynnen for the Bodye 00 06 08
To the Beadles Assistant in taking the Bodye 00 01 00
Paid the Parsons dutye for the buriall ij{d} for y{e}
grave xij{d} for the Clerke & Sexton xxij{d} 00 04 10
To the Bearers ij{s} & expended at the buriall ij{s} vj{d} 00 04 06
ffor a Cophin to burye the bodye in 00 03 04
To Doctor Godard for reading six lectures 06 00 00
To M{r} Nicholas Brothers and M{r} William Watson
whoe desected the bodye xl{s} appeece 04 00 00
Paid for 3 dynners for the M{rs} or Governo{rs} Assistants
Reader & desectors 10 00 00
ffor Candles for 3 mornings 00 11 11
To the twoe Beadles their ffee for three dayes
attendance 00 10 00
1647-8. Paid and disbursed in Charges in sending Chyrurgians
to the seige at Colchester by lr̃e from the Com{rs} of the
Armye & for their maintenance & medicines 17 13 06
26th January, 1647. William Watson haveing his Letters of admittance
and not sealed the Bond according to the ordinance in that behalfe
did amongst other uncivill behaviour and words to our M{r} and the
Court say That he would not be whipˀd by a Bond and that he would
give his answer at his owne convenience. And when our M{r} told him
That he must seale the Bond he answered That must was for the King,
But this Court gave him a fortnight to give his answer peremptorily.
1655. The following is a Copy of a Surgeon’s Certificate to practise:--
[Sidenote:
CERTIFICATE IN
THE BEHALF OF
A CHIRURGEON.]
~To all people~ to whom this present writeing shall come JOHN
FREDERICKE ESQ{R} Alderman of the Cittie of London Thomas Allen
Abraham Clerke and Thomas Bowden Mas{rs} or Govˀno{rs} of the Mistery
and cominalty of Barbers and Chirurgeons of London send Greeting in
our Lord God everlasting.
~Whereas~ WEE have had experience & sufficient Tryall as well of the
good behaviour & honest conversac͠on of Samuell Holditch a Freeman of
the said mistery and Cominaltie & one of the Cloathing of our said
Corporac͠on as alsoe of his skill exp̃ience & knowledge in the Arte
or Science of Chirurgery. NOW KNOW YEE that wee the said Masters or
Govˀno{rs} (att the humble suite and entreatie of the said Samuell
Holditch & for his further appᵬac͠on of his skill) Have on the day
of the date of these presents caused him to be deliberately examined
& tryed before us concerning his sufficiency & knowledge in the same
arte by William Kings[211] Edward Arris[212] Henry Boone[213] Robert
Bullacke[214] Charles Stamford[215] & Lawrence Loe[216] Masters
in Chirurgery being six of the examiners appointed and auth̃ized
according to Lawe for the examinac͠on and appᵬac͠on of Chirurgeons
And findeing him the said Samuell Holditch a fitt and able pˀson to
practice use & exercise the said Arte of Chirurgery Wee doe by these
ps̃ents as much as in us is admitt app̃ve of & allowe him to practice
use and exercise the said Arte or science of Chirurgery & all and
every the parts thereof according to the force forme & effect of the
statutes in that behalf made & p̃vided.
[211] Master 1650.
[212] M. 1651.
[213] M. 1655.
[214] M. 1657.
[215] M. 1659.
[216] M. 1667.
IN WITNESSE whereof we the said Masters or Govˀno{rs} have hereunto
subscribed our names & caused the Comõn seale of y{e} said
Corporac͠on to be fixed this seaventh day of May in the yeare of our
Lord God according to the accompt kept in England One thousand six
hundred fifty & five.
JOHN FREDERICK
THO: ALLEN
ABRA: CLERKE
THO: BOWDEN.
1690. The following is a copy of a Press warrant issued by the Masters
and Governors to their Beadles, Smith and Wills:--
~Whereas~ by certeine Letters pattents of our Late Sovereigne Lord
King Charles the first dated the ffifteenth day of August in the
first yeare of his reigne As alsoe by order of our Sovereigne Lord
the King in Councill beareing date the twenty eight day of December
last ~Wee~ the Masters or Governo{rs} of the Mistery & Coiãlty of
Barbers & Chirurgions of London are Authorized and required forthwith
to cause to be impressed or taken up for their Maj{ties} service
in Ireland ffortey Chirurgeons Mates & to returne their Names to
the Councill Board that care may be taken for their subsistance, In
pursuance of the said Authorities & in discharge of the trust in us
reposed Wee doe hereby require & com̃and you Peter Smith & Jonas
Wills being our officers joyntley & severally to imprest for their
Maj{ties} Service fortey Able Chirurgeons Mates delivering every
person by you imprest one shilling impresse money chargeing him upon
his Allegiance forthwith to pˀpare himselfe for the said Service &
to make his personall appearance before us at our Com̃on Hall upon
further Summons there to receive such orders & direcc͠on for his
speedy repaire to such Service as he shall be assigned unto, and for
better execuc͠on hereof his Maj{ties} Deputy leiftennants Sherr̃s
Mayors Bayliffs & Constables & others whom it may concerne are to be
aiding & assisting unto you. Given under our Comon Seale this 17{th}
day of January in the first yeare of the Reigne of our Sovereigne
Lord & Ladie King William & Queene Mary 1689.[217]
[217] _i.e._, 1690.
2nd July, 1690. It was ordered that any of the Assistants or Livery
being Surgeons and not appearing at the Public Anatomy were to forfeit
3_s._ 4_d._ each.
12th December, 1690. Whereas there hath been an abuse offered to M{r}
ffenton Bynns by Doct{r} Goodall for giveing internall medicines in a
case of Surgery, Ordered that if the College of Phisitians doe arrest
M{r} Bynns that he shall bee defended at the cost of the Company for
the fact now menc͠oned in Court.
20 July, 1693. Considering some late ill practises in this Company
relating to Anatomy & to prevent the same for the future it is
ordered by this Court that noe pˀson what soever (except the Reader,
Masters & Stewards of Anatomy for the time being) shall use a knife
&c to disect any humaine body at any time hereafter brought to this
Hall for an Anatomy upon the forfiture of xl{s} for every fact soe
com̃itted.
The Court would seem to have had the power of nominating the Surgeons
and Surgeons’ Mates to the ships of the Royal Navy. There are hundreds
of instances in the books of these appointments, but the following will
suffice as examples:--
11th August, 1693. Ordered that M{r} John Bamber bee warranted
Chirurgeon of the Waymouth at Portsmouth.
Ordered that Larkham bee continued on board the Bristoll.
Ordered that M{r} Harding have the first fowerth rate that shall bee
ordered out.
13th February, 1694. Ordered that M{r} Nicholson bee continued
Chirurgeon of the Oxford & that the Captaine bee acquainted with the
same.
27th February, 1694. John Jenkin this day relinquished all title &
clame to the S{t} Paull ffire shipp, ordered that Richard Woolett bee
warranted in his rome at the request of Captaine Mitchell.
22nd June, 1698. Ordered that the whole body of the pˀson desected
bee entirely buried some time tomorrow & that Cave the Beadle take
care & see it done.
20th July, 1698. M{r} Woodward pˀsented five Books of M{r} Arris
Surgery to the Company.
There is no notice at the British Museum, of any Surgical book written
by Edward Arris; these were probably some books which had belonged to
him.
29th July, 1701. Dr. Tyson having made some proposals as to the
regulation of the Library, a Committee was this day appointed and
drew up a great many rules, which are set out in the minutes with much
prolixity.
3rd December, 1709. It was ordered that no Examiner in Surgery should
in future accept any gratuity from, or be treated or entertained in any
manner by, any Sea Surgeon or Surgeon’s Mate, either before or after
examination, under the penalty of being removed from his offices of
Examiner and Assistant.
1st June, 1710. The Archbishop of Canterbury[218] having licensed
several persons to practise as Surgeons without due examination, the
following memorial was ordered to be sent to his Grace.
[218] Thomas Tenison, ob. 14th December, 1715.
TO The most Reverend ffather in God Thomas by Divine Providence
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury.
THE humble petition of the Masters or Governo{rs} Assistants
Livery & ffreemen of the Mystery & Comonalty of Barbers &
Surgeons of London.
SHEWETH:
THAT severall Surgeons unlearned & unskilfull in that Art have set up
& practised within Seven miles of the City of London under Colour of
a Licence from yo{r} Grace & without the examination & approbation
of such Surgeons as the Law hath appointed for that purpose ffor
which reason wee beg leave to lay before yo{r} Grace the following
representation, viz{t.}:
THAT the Company of Barbers & Surgeons were incorporated by the
Charter of King Edward the Second w{ch} was confirmed by the Charter
of Edward the fourth with this Addic͠onal Clause That the Governo{rs}
of the Company should examine approve & authorise all such as should
practise in that ffaculty.[219]
[219] This statement as to a Charter by Edward II is a fiction, as
also that it was confirmed by Edward IV, with an additional clause.
The first Charter was granted by Edward IV, 24th February, 1462. The
remainder of the facts stated in this letter to the Archbishop are,
however, correct.
THAT the said Charter of Edward 4{th} not having provided by
sufficient penaltys against that great & growing mischeife which
sprung from the unskillfullness of several vain pretenders in this
art, It was provided by the Statute of the 3 H. 8, cap. 11 That no
person within London or seven miles of it should exercise Surgery
except they were first examined approved & admitted by the Bishop of
London or Dean of Paul’s calling to him four expert persons in that
faculty under forfeiture of five pounds pˀ month And out of the City
& precints seven miles, unless exaĩed & approved by the Bishop of the
Diocess or his Vicar Generall in like mañer, upon which Statute yo{r}
petitioners beg leave to observe That it was wholly introductive of a
new law & creates a power in the Bishop that was before vested in the
Company by the Charter, so doth it take care to confine that power
meerly to the Diocesan under the limitation of a regular examination
in his presence by four persons that had already passed their
examinations.
THE Bishop of each Diocess being therefore by their Law invested
with a Temporall power perfectly forreign to their Ecclesiasticall
Jurisdiction & Spirituall care We do humbly hope yo{r} Grace will not
exercise this authority which was never by this law placed in the
Metropolitane but was only to be exercised by the Diocesan under a
regular Examination by persons admitted into our Company. And yo{r}
Grace will find this the more reasonable upon Consideration of this
Act for the law makes it a part of the Ecclesiasticall concernment
upon a supposition that severall persons pretending to Surgery had
practised Sorcery & Witchcraft which yo{r} Grace will pardon us if
we beg leave to say was an artificiall notion set up by the popish
Clergy in those times to draw within their own Verge the Inspection &
approbation of all such persons as attended the beds of dying men.
BUT however that law was obtained, our Company which consisted of
all such persons as exercised Surgery within London or seven miles
being afterwards incorporated by the Statute of 32 H. 8, C. 42, no
man could practise within London or seven Miles Compass of the City
without an examination by four of the faculty thus incorporated &
without being solemnly admitted into the Company.
AND accordingly the Bishop of London has from time to time been
pleased to do us that Justice that we humbly presume yo{r} Grace will
not deny us, viz{t} not to license any person within his Diocess who
hath not first obtained a Testimoniall under the Seale of our Company
certifying the examination of such person & his skill & ability for
the exercise of that art.
BUT if this restraint of yo{r} Graces Licences were not to be asked
as a matter of Justice We should not doubt to obtain it as a favour,
when yo{r} Grace considers how this maner of entring into the faculty
opens a way to the Ignorant & unskillfull to the great prejudice
both of the Company & of the publick, for yo{r} Grace cannot be
so much at leisure from yo{r} pastorall care to enquire into the
abilitys of such as pretend to sign their Testimonialls nor is any
person that comes in by this method subject to the regulation of our
Company’s By-Laws which are all signed under the hands of the two
Cheife Justices & the present Lord Chancellour & contrived with the
greatest exactness to regulate the practise of this art, besides that
every person admitted is obliged to give bond to the Company that he
will diligently attend such cures as he shall be called unto & that
he will never wilfully administer any hurtfull medecine, And in all
cases of danger call in one of our ten Examiners to his assistance
who are always ready to afford their assistance when asked.
LASTLY we think we may add that the Companys services of the publick
may reasonably deserve some consideration from all lovers of the
publick for that ten of the principall persons of the faculty meet
once a week at their Hall to examine & approve all Surgeons &
Surgeons Mates that are in her Majesties Service which amount to five
hundred in a year & to inspect all Sea Surgeons Chests of medicines &
instruments & to peruse the Journalls of their practice & to view all
Sea officers who are wounded in fight & this without the least reward
nor are any admitted into the Sea Service without their Testimoniall
& approbation to the very great preservation of the Seamen And tis
presumed that a Regulation that has been found so necessary at Sea
will appear at Land to be equally beneficiall.
WHEREFORE yo{r} petitioners humbly begg that yo{r} Grace will not for
the future be pleased to give Lycences to any persons to practise
Surgery within London or seven miles compass thereof untill such
persons skill & ability for the exercise of that art appears by a
Testimoniall under our Companys Seale to have been tried & approved
of by the ten Examiners of our Company appointed for that purpose.
There is no note of any reply to this letter having been received from
the Archbishop.
6th February, 1711. The Court petitioned the Queen that they might have
the Examination and certifying of all Army Surgeons (who were then
examined by the Surgeon-General) in the same way that they examined and
passed the Navy Surgeons.
20th February, 1711. Letters similar in effect to the one addressed to
the Archbishop on 1st June, 1710, though slightly differing to meet
some altered circumstances not necessary to be here set forth in
full, were ordered to be sent to the Bishops of London, Winchester and
Rochester, and to the Dean of St. Paul’s.
6th March, 1711. It is ordered that William Cave one of the Beadles
of this Company do make Inquiry who the persons were that carryed
away the last body from Tyburne & that such persons be Indicted for
the same.
16th August, 1711. Mr. Daniell Turner intending to become a “Collegiate
Physician” applied for his discharge from the Freedom and Livery of the
Company, which was granted to him for £50, and that sum he at once paid
down.
9th October, 1711. Richard Russell one of the persons who stands
Indicted for carrying away the last publick body applying himself
to this Court & offering to be evidence against the rest of the
persons concerned It it ordered that the Clerk do apply himself to
Her Majesty’s Attorney Generall for a Noli pˀsequi as to the said
Russell in order to make him an evidence upon the s{d} Indictment &
particularly ag{st} one Samuell Waters whom the Court did likewise
order to be indicted for the said fact.
It was no uncommon circumstance for candidates under examination to be
rejected, the reason being often rather tersely given, _e.g._:
13th February, 1712. W{m} Ogilby Rejected & said very Saucily it
should be the last time.
Alex{r} Keith Rejected because an Apothecary’s boy.
Edward Brown Rejected because a Barber.
James Erwin ffor a Mate and rejected for Sauciness to M{r} Blundell &
the Court.
1st April, 1712. Two Barbers were ordered to be prosecuted for
practising Surgery contrary to the By-Laws.
6th May, 1712. Ordered that M{r} Watts be summoned to appear before
the Governo{rs} att the next Court to answer a Complaint ag{t} him
for practiceing Surgery & Instructing Barbers for 2 Guineas a peice.
Ordered that M{r} Small be likewise summoned to appeare before the
Governo{rs} att the next Court to answer a Complaint ag{t} him for
amputateing a Breast without calling an examiner to be present.
27th May, 1712. John Wooding having been convicted at the Old Bailey
for taking away the body of John Addison from the place of execution,
the Court prayed the Lord Chief Justice to allow the sentence upon
him to be inserted in the Gazette, and afterwards to consent in the
Company’s name to the remission of his fine and imprisonment.
19th June, 1712. Mr. Bartlett, a truss maker, having been summoned for
practising Surgery, he was ordered “to take from his sign board that he
cures Ruptures.”
7th May, 1713. The Court having complained to the Bishop of London
of the inconvenience arising from his licensing persons to practise
Surgery, and the Bishop having informed the Company that he would not
issue any more such licenses without a certificate of fitness from the
Company, it was thereupon ordered that 5 guineas should be paid yearly
to his Lordship’s Registrar as Caveat money.
28th May, 1713. Ordered that the Clark go to the Secretary at War for
a Guard in order to gett the next Body [from Tyburn].
13th August, 1713. Upon hearing a complaint ag̃st M{r} Godman & M{r}
Pinsent for p{r}tending that one Vincents thigh was broke when it
was not & then they had sett it contrary to truth & proficiency in
Surgery & the Patient & other Witnesses being examined & proving
y{e} fact ag̃st him, the Court fined M{r} Godman five pounds for his
unskillfull & wilfull practice & to be sued upon the by law or his
bond as shall be thought most convenient.
19th November, 1714. Att this Court John Spurling a Barber at
Highgate was ordered to be prosecuted upon the Company’s Charter for
practising Surgery upon John Holmes Barber.
21st April, 1715. The Court being informed that the Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty proposed to place the viewing of Sea Surgeons’ chests
with Dr. Oliver and Mr. Rider, Physician and Surgeon of Greenwich
Hospital, to the exclusion of the Company’s rights and contrary to
the Charter of Charles I; it was ordered that a memorial should be
presented to the first Lord against such a proposal.
4th June, 1715. The Lords of the Admiralty having requested the Court
to undertake, with Dr. Oliver, the examination of such Warrant Officers
in the Navy as should apply for superannuation pensions on the ground
of age, wounds or infirmities, the Court directed the Clerk to reply
stating that the Company would perform that office, and hold Courts for
the purpose, on the first Friday in each month. Pursuant to the above,
Courts were held and certificates granted from time to time.
5th June, 1716. It is ordered That Nathaniel Charles be prosecuted He
owning that he had lett blood severall times for one shilling and six
pence, As allso his Master Joseph Roe. Twas observed that M{r} Roe
could not write his name haveing set his mark only to the Indenture.
3rd July, 1716. Ordered that the Clerk do permitt Mr. Beckett[220] to
Inspect the Company’s Registers of ffremen and apprentices and The
Table of Governors Names to enable him to publish his book now in
hand relateing to the lives and writings of eminent Surgeons.
[220] At the British Museum there is “A collection of Surgical
Tracts,” by William Beckett, F.R.S., London, 1740, and in the preface
thereto it is stated that the collection formed by Mr. Beckett
relating to eminent Surgeons had not been published.
6th July, 1716. Att this Court M{r} Langley who lives in Shoreditch
being suspected to be a Quack Doctor was exaĩed touching his skill in
Surgery but not being able to answer a question was rejected.
1st July, 1720. Ordered That the Porter in Southwark and a Bone
setter in Cheapside be prosecuted for Bone seting.
5th August, 1720. James King the Surgeon who deposited £7 13_s._
0_d._ in order to be exaĩed againe as a fforreigne Brother was now
Examined againe but not being fittly qualifyed he was rejected and
ordered his money back And ordered to be prosecuted in case he shall
ever practice Surgery for the future.
23rd June, 1721. The Master represented to the Court that “great
trouble and inconveniency” had arisen in consequence of such Surgeons
as had of late offered themselves for examination not having presented
the Governors and Examiners “with Gloves of such sort and goodness as
had been customarily and antiently given to the Governors and Examiners
upon such examinac͠on and by buying the gloves of tradesemen who were
not proper dealers in such sort of goods.” Whereupon it was ordered
that in future every Candidate before Examination should deposit with
the Clerk as much money as would be sufficient to pay each of the
Governors and Examiners who should be present six shillings, for them
to lay out in the purchase of such gloves as they should see fit. On
the 10th December, 1725, the glove money was raised from 6_s._ to
10_s._ 6_d._
The real secret of the above order, no doubt was, that there were such
a great number of surgeons coming up for examination from time to time,
that the Governors and Examiners got less money and more gloves than
they wanted.
26th April, 1723. It is ordered that M{r} John Douglass Surgeon
and a fforeigne brother of this Company shall be admitted into the
freedom and Livery of this Company and be discharged and acquitted
from holding or paying any fine for his freedom or Livery, or for
all or any offices to the Parlour door as a Compliment to him for
introducing the new method of Cutting for the Stone and to express
the sense this Court hath of the usefullness therof.
4th September, 1724. William Turner Barber who was sumoned at the
last Court for letting blood appeared at this Court and owning his
practiceing Surgery and insisting on his right and sufficiency so to
do This Court doth order that the Clark do sue the said Turner for
letting blood and practiceing Surgery contrary to the Statute of 32.
Hen: 8: Cap. 42.
2nd October, 1724. At this Court Thomas Cooke was examined for a
fforreigne Brother But being found insufficient he was rejected. Note
he lives in Duck Lane Publishes Bills as a Quack pretending to the
cure of the Venereall disease, but he being examined touching the
cure of that distemper in particular and being found to know little
or nothing of it, the Court directed him to take down his Surgeon’s
sign and not to practice for the future on pain of being sued upon
the Act of Parliament and Company’s Charter.
1725. The following seems somewhat inappropriately placed amongst the
dinner accounts for this year.
~The~ CHARGES TO BE PAID BY THE MASTERS AND STEWARDS OF ANATOMY
FOR PROCURING A BODY BESIDES THE DINNER AT YE VISCERA LECTURE.
_s._ _d._
Horsehire 2 6
For a Coach 6 0
For expenses in fetching the Body 2 6
To the Sheriff’s officers 13 4
To the Beadles assistant 1 0
For Washing the Body 1 0
For a Coffin 5 0
To Parson Ground Clark and Sexton 5 10
To the Bearers 2 0
Funeral expenses 2 6
For a certificate 0 6
The Clark’s fees 10 0
The 2 Beadle’s ffees 10 0
For a Link 0 3
To the Chairwoman 5 0
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£3 7 5
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14th October, 1726. At this Court Peter North Boatswain of His
Majesty’s ship Cornwall was viewed for superannuation and pretended
to be afflicted with deafness & the Gout. But the Court being of
opinion that his deafness (if any) was occasion{d} by wax in his ear
only, which might be cured by syringing, and not being satisfy{d}
that he had the gout, The Court did not think fit but that he was
capable of further service at Sea.
At this Court one Chambers surgeon in Duck Lane was examined touching
his Skill in Surgery in order to be made a fforeign brother, but
appearing to be a stupid ffellow & a sort of a Quack who gave out
Bills, and not being able to answer a question the Court rejected him.
17th February, 1727. The Navy Board having, on the 16th inst., written
to the Master and Wardens enclosing a copy of an anonymous letter
which had been received, charging the Examiners in Surgery with
partiality, and with qualifying incompetent persons as Navy Surgeons,
the Court seem to have taken the matter up in a high spirited manner,
and returned a long letter setting forth their practice in conducting
the Examinations, referring in detail to the particular case alleged
against them, and indeed made a most excellent and satisfactory
defence. The correspondence is very lengthy and full of detail, much
reference being made to the work carried on by the Company for the
public service without fee or reward.
7th March, 1727. It is ordered That for y{e} future when any
apprentices are to be bound to Surgeons they shall be called in & be
examined by themselves touching their skil in y{e} Latin tongue.
7th April, 1727. James Ripoult a Frenchman was called in but not
speaking English nor being naturalized the Court did not think it
proper to examine him.
5th October, 1727. John Jacob Sax being a Prussian by birth & not
naturalized nor understanding English The Court did not think it
proper to examine him.
William Miles recomended by Lord Torrington & examined but seeming to
know nothing of Surgery was rejected.
16th January, 1729. A Petition was drawn up by the Court for
presentation to the King, setting forth the Company’s right to four
dead bodies of felons yearly to be obtained at Tyburn, and that of
late divers riotous persons had wrested the bodies from the Company’s
Beadles at the place of execution. The Court declared that these
proceedings were greatly to the detriment of the study of Surgery, and
also set forth the services which the Company rendered to the State, by
examining Surgeons and their Mates for the Royal Navy, viewing their
medicine chests and instruments, viewing all such officers as are
wounded in fight at Sea and for superannuation, and they conclude--
Your petitioners do therefore humbly pray that your Majesty will
be graciously pleased to permitt and direct That a ffyle or Two of
y{r} Majesty’s ffoot Guards shall upon applicac͠on to the Commanding
Officer attend the publick executions from time to time to guard
and assist your Petic͠oners Beadles in the taking away so many dead
bodys yearly as are granted unto your Petic͠oners by the said Act of
Parliament or otherwise to releive your Petic͠oners in such manner as
your Majesty in your Majesty’s most gracious wisdom and condescension
shall think fitt.
The Company seem also to have applied to the Court of Aldermen again
for assistance in this matter, for, on the 7th March following, it was
ordered that 2,000 copies of two orders of the Lord Mayor and Court
of Aldermen, dated respectively 4th February and 4th March, should be
printed, and copies fixed up at Newgate and other public places on the
road to Tyburn, some time before any execution, and also that the said
orders should be inserted in the London Gazette and other papers.
4th April, 1729. Peregrine Compton Rejected being fuddled & not
answering a question.
1st February, 1732. It was ordered that any extraordinary cases of
Surgery appearing in the journals of the Sea Surgeons should be copied
out into a book, as well as any others which might be reported to the
Governors, and the same be laid before the Court of Examiners, from
time to time, for their direction as to whether the same should be
published. This book, if it ever existed, is not now in the Company’s
possession.
15th August, 1734. It is ordered that from henceforward a Silver
Medal not exceeding the value of a Guinea with a proper device upon
each side of it to be made and presented at the end of the year to
each of the Demonstrators now chosen and to the Demonstrators for the
time being as an acknowledgment for their trouble in performing such
Demonstrations.
These medals by a subsequent order, were to have a representation of
Holbein’s picture on one side and of Inigo Jones’ Theatre on the other,
but they do not appear to have ever been struck.
It was customary at the Demonstrations of Anatomy to provide specimens
of parts of animals, presumably for comparison, as appears by some of
the expenses incurred, _e.g._, in 1732:--
To a sheeps hart & kidney 0 0 6
A sheeps hart and lights 0 0 4
2 Bullocks eyes 0 0 4
and the following is the Beadle’s Bill at the dissection of a female
malefactor in 1735:--
For a board to lay her head upon 0 0 4
For a board to shew her liver upon 0 1 0
For two bullocks eyes 0 0 4
For four sheeps eyes 0 0 4
For a quarter of soap 0 0 1-1/2
For hogs brissels 0 0 1
For a new spunge 0 0 3
For Borrowing a Hone to set the Instruments 0 0 3
For Sticking up the Bills 0 2 6
For nine days attendance at 2{s} 6{d} p{r} Day 1 2 6
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£1 7 8-1/2
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4th February, 1735. Under this date is an entry of a long letter from
the Commissioners of the Navy, complaining of the want of skill in a
Surgeon, whereby great mortality had ensued on the ship _Newcastle_;
the Court examined the Surgeon and his Journal and considered that
there was nothing to find fault with as regarded his proficiency in
Surgery, and that the sickness among the ship’s crew required skill
in Physic rather than in Surgery, moreover they declared that the
Physician at Greenwich examined the Navy Surgeons as to their skill
in Physic and not the Barber-Surgeons’ Company. The Clerk was directed
to write to the Commissioners to this effect, and to state that the
Company did not consider themselves answerable for any man’s want of
skill in Physic.
A long letter dated 5th February was accordingly written and is set out
in the Minute Book. The Surgeon complained of was Thomas Middleton, son
of Mr. Henry Middleton (the oldest Member of the Court) and it appears
that he had been fully examined and qualified.
29th September, 1735. The following order touching the vexed question
of dead bodies was issued by the Sheriffs:--
~London~ TO WITT
IN PURSUANCE of an Act of Parliament made in the Thirty second year
of King Henry the Eighth and of an order of Sessions bearing date
the eighth day of July in the Fifteenth year of our late Sovereign
Lord King Charles the First Sir Maurice Abbott Mayor. ~Wee~ do
order and command our Officers who are entrusted with or attend
the execution of such Malefactors as shall be to dye at any time
hereafter during our Sheriffalty to deliver to Henry Gretton and
William Littlebury Beadles of the Company of Barbers and Surgeons
of London or such other Officer or Officers as the Company shall
appoint, One of the Bodys of the said Malefactors from time to time
for a publick Dissection and to assist them with the said body to
their Hall according to an Order of the Court of Aldermen of the
Thirteenth of February 1675[221] Sir William Hooker Mayor and to two
other subsequent Orders of the Court of Aldermen one bearing date the
fourth day of February the other the fourth day of March 1728[222]
Sir Robert Baylis Knight Lord Mayor.
[221] 1676 N.S.
[222] 1729 N.S.
Given under our hands this 29{th} day of September 1735.
JN{O} BARNARD
RO{T} GODSCHALL.
1st June, 1736. It is ordered that the Constables of the Holborn
Division shall be allowed Three Guineas and a halfe above the Guinea
already paid them in regard to their expences at the last execution,
when the Body was taken from the Beadles and retaken by the
Constables and the Clerk is ordered to repay the same But the Clerk
is not to pay the officers of the Compter the Two guineas usually
received by them at every execution.
24th September, 1741. John Thrift the Executioner this day attended
on a complaint made against him by the Beadles for obstructing the
Bodys being brought from Tyburne to the Hall for dissection and
threatning to prevent the Company’s measures for obtaining the same,
when after he had been reproved, was Dismissed, But the Court then
agreed (in order to prevent his intended proceedings) to attend the
Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen that they may on complaint made be
releived therein.
18th December, 1741. Ordered that the High Constable of Holburne be
allowed Ten shillings and sixpence as his ffee for every Body that
shall be brought from Tyburne and delivered at this Company’s Hall
and for his aiding and assisting the Company’s Beadles therein and
not otherwise.
10th February, 1742. The Court either forgetting or ignoring their
order of 7th May, 1713, now ordered that Mr. William Skelton, a proctor
in Doctors’ Commons, who had for many years past received five guineas
annually as Caveat money (being Registrar of the Bishop of London)
and “pretended to be allowed him by this Company on account of his
Lordship’s Grant for the Prohibiting of Surgeons to practice within
his Diocese be no longer entitled to such fee untill such time as this
Court shall be better informed of the nature of his right of demanding
the same.”
23rd November, 1740. Great consternation prevailed at the Hall in
consequence of a malefactor who had been hung at Tyburn having revived
when brought here for dissection. The account of this remarkable
occurrence is recorded by the Clerk, Mr. Joseph Wheeler, on the last
page of the rough Minute Book 1738-1742, and is very interesting.
From the record of his trial at the Old Bailey (see Sessions Papers)
Duell appears to have been an outrageous young scoundrel. A popular
impression prevails, and frequent currency has been given to it, that
Duell subsequently made a fortune abroad and out of gratitude to the
Barber-Surgeons for saving his life, presented them with the handsome
leather folding screen now in the Court Room, the best answer to
which is, that the screen in question is referred to in the Company’s
Inventory some thirty years previously to Mr. Duell’s visit to Tyburn.
Mr. Wheeler’s account is as follows--
November the 23{d.} 1740.
This day W{m.} Duell (who had been indicted at the Old Bayley for a
Rape and had received sentence of Death for the same) was carryed
to Tyburne in order to be executed where having hung some time was
cutt down and brought to this Company’s Hall in order to be dissected
where he had not been five minutes before Life appeared in him &
being let blood and other means used for his recovery in less than
two hours he sat upright drank some warm wine and lookˀd often round
him and before he was carryed back to Newgate which was about Twelve
o’the Clock at Night he severall times pronounced distinctly the
word DONT when anybody touched him though was thought to be mostly
insensible of anything but paine which in a great measure he endured
by his most violent screamings & was often in strong convulsions in
his bowells which he then exprest by applying his hands to those
parts.
The Sheriffs having ordered him back to Newgate he was carryed out in
a blankett putt into a Coach & was seemingly much composed & quiet
not making any manner of noise wherein 3 or 4 days time he recovered
sufficient to converse & eat & drink very freely but never could give
any reasonable account of what had passed. He afterwards obtained a
reprieve in order to be transported for life which he was accordingly
in the 16th year of his age. (_Vide_ his Tryall in the Sessions paper
of that time.)
The Wardens’ accounts give the following particulars relative to this
case:--
£ _s._ _d._
Paid the Beadles their expences in bringing
the last Body from Tyburne 2 19 0
Paid the Officers of the Two Compters 2 2 0
Paid Joseph Wheeler the Company’s Clerk his
Coach hire and expences in attending the
Sheriffs when the Body came to life 0 10 0
Paid the Chairwoman for her trouble and
expences about the Body 0 5 0
A somewhat similar account of the foregoing circumstance will be found
in Maitland’s London (ed. 1756), Vol. I, p. 613, and also in the
Gentleman’s Magazine, Vol. X, p. 570.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
SURGICAL LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS.
There are many references throughout the books to the Lectures and
Demonstrations of Anatomy at our Hall, as well as indications that
from the period of Incorporation (1462), if not earlier, the Company
took care to provide for the professional education of its members and
apprentices, and to increase their proficiency in Surgical science.
[Footnote: The initial letter ~T~ is reduced from one in the Audit
Book, 1612-13.]
In addition to the Examiners in Surgery (who though not necessarily
members of the Court of Assistants were often consulted by the Masters
or Governors) there were chosen “Masters and Stewards of the Anatomy,”
generally two Masters and two Stewards, on whom devolved the duty of
conducting the Demonstrations, and arranging for the Dinners which
invariably followed. The exact duties of these officials are not at all
times clearly defined, though elsewhere will be found allusions to, and
orders concerning their offices and functions, but it may be generally
taken that the Stewards dissected and prepared the body, the Masters
reading the Lectures thereon to the assembled Surgeons and their
apprentices.
These Demonstrations usually took place four times in the year, and
were termed “Public Anatomies,” from the fact that the subject was
generally a public body, _i.e._, a malefactor, and the attendance of
the free Surgeons was compulsory on these occasions; besides these
Public Anatomies, there were also an indefinite number of “Private
Anatomies” held at the Hall, and at these the attendance was by
invitation. It was illegal for any one to dissect a “humane bodye”
within the limits of the Company’s jurisdiction without the permission
of the Masters or Governors, and whenever a Surgeon was desirous
to anatomatize some specially interesting subject, it was termed a
“Private Anatomy,” and generally performed at the Hall by permission,
the Surgeon inviting his own friends and pupils, and the Court inviting
whom they chose. (See the curious entry as to a Private Anatomy, page
321.)
Besides the Demonstrations of Anatomy, public and private, there were
several other lectures delivered (oftentimes once a week) by members
of the College of Physicians and members of the Company; two of these,
which were trusts, the Arrisian Lecture and Gale’s Anatomy still
survive I believe, at the Royal College of Surgeons; the others were
provided by the Company out of their corporate funds.
Among some loose papers at the Hall, I found a MS. relating to the
lectures, which I lent to Mr. D’Arcy Power, who incorporated it in
his work, as “Appendix M.” I have since compared this document with the
original minutes, and finding it somewhat incorrect and imperfect, have
prepared the following more accurate account.
[Illustration: FAC-SIMILE PAGE OF MINUTE BOOK. 16TH JANUARY, 1567.]
Previous to 1566 Dr. William Cunningham was Reader at the Hall. He was
author of the “Cosmographical Glasse containing the pleasant principles
of Cosmographie Geographie Hydrographie or Navigation,” London, 1599.
fo. Dr. Cunningham resided at Norwich 1556-9, whence he removed to
London. He wrote a letter prefacing John Hall’s book against the
“beastlye abusers” of Surgery, which is dated at Coleman Street, 18th
April, 1565, and he also wrote a recommendatory letter in Thomas Gale’s
“Certeine workes of Chirurgerie,” London, 1586. 4{to.}
14th January, 1567. Here was m{r} doctor Julyo & he made request y{t}
he myghte have the worke of the anathomy these iiij{or} or fyve yeres
so y{t} the coledge of the phicysions sholde not put hym frome us
& also y{t} he myghte have pˀvat anathomyes at his demaund in this
howse.
16th January, 1567. ~How that~ doctor Julius borgarneyns shall
make ow{r} anathomyes.
~Also forder more It ys ordayned.~ That M{r} Julius borgarniens
doctor in physyck w{th}in the Cytie of London unto his request
accordyngly Is graunted That for and by the space of fyve yeres shall
make and worke ow{r} anathomyes and skellytons Condycionally That
at any Tyme and tymes w{th}in in the for saide terme of fyve yeres
y{t} yf yt happen the above named m{r} doctor Julius borgarneins to
be sycke or oute of Towne or by any other manner his Lawfull absence
That then yt shalbe Lawfull to and for the m{r} and govˀno{rs} and
y{r} successors To take any other doctor and make ow{r} anathomyes
and skellytons and not ellꝭ other wyse as by a paire of Indentures
and Covenantꝭ bearynge date frome the xiij{th} daye of August in
an{o} dn{i} 1566 and in the viij{th} yere of ow{r} Sovˀaigne lady
Quene Elyzabeth as by the same Indentures more at large yt doth
testefye the one beyng sealed w{th} the Seale of the mystery and the
m{r} and govˀno{rs} for the tyme then beinge have subscrybed y{r}
names & markes and unto the oth{r} Indenture the saide doctor Julius
burgarniens hath subscrybed his name & have put y{r} unto his seale.
~How that~ the anathomystꝭ shall Leave of theyre Excessyve and
extraordenary charges in y{r} expencꝭ
~Also yt is ordayned.~ That John morland shall abyde and stande
M{r} of the Anathomye accordynge unto an ordenañce in that behalf
pˀvyded and Ordayned, and he also shall beare his portion of the
Charges of the same accordingly as hertofore yt hathe bene usually
acostomed and yt is fully condesended and agreed that the saide
John morelande shall in and for good consideraciõ of his silvered
yeres, set and Requyer any one of this saide Cõpany To make Sexcions
w{th} the doctor as hymsylf and in his behalf upon the saide Corps
or bodye and yf he wyll ~And also~ forder more yt is ordayned by
thaucthorytie aforesaide That hereafter the saide m{r} and stewardꝭ
of the anathomyes shall not brynge in theyre accomptes any moñy
by them or any of them spente or layed forthe at the Tavernes or
ellꝭ where at theire sondry metingꝭ but the mere and only exspencꝭ
defrayed and paide oute for the Gates and other necessarys at the
hall pˀpared for the same tyme and not ellꝭ otherwyse And also the
saide anathomistꝭ shall frome hence forwardꝭ put of and laye aparte
theire Sooppars[223] and all others y{r} wastefull and excessyve
charges and exspenceꝭ by the w{ch} theire accomptꝭ amounteth unto the
greter Som̃es. And also John Staple upon his humble request made is
lycenced not to be stewarde in this yere, and m{r} bovy is chosen and
admytted to be stewarde of the saide anathomy and shall also pˀcede
to m{r} of the nexte[224] unto order accordingly.
[223] Suppers.
[224] _i.e._, proceed to be Master of the Anatomy next year.
17th January, 1575. It was agreed by this whole howse that m{r}
docto{r} Smythe sholde wo{r}k upon Thannatomye for the space of thies
iiij yeres next coming and yf he be sick or oute of the Towne to take
there choyse where they will.
20th December, 1577. M{r} Thomas Hall to desect the Anatomies.
Thomas Hall (see pp. 183, 187) was a Member of the Court of Assistants,
and a brother of the John Hall referred to on p. 314.
1st July, 1596. M{r} Docto{r} Paddy ys chosen to be the desecto{r}
of o{r} Anathomies yf yt shall pleas him to accept of the same And
also xx{s} ys geven yerelie to the Anathomistꝭ more then they were
accustomed to have in regard that suche Doctor{s} of Phisick as shall
associate the said M{r} Docto{r} shalbe invited to dyner at the good
liking of the masters or governo{rs} from tyme to tyme.
23rd November, 1609. Att this Court upon the motion made by S{r}
William Paddy Knighte and at his earnest request and suite made to
this Courte and uppon the surrenderinge up of his place which he held
for the redinge of the Anathomyes lectures for discection thereof It
is by a generall consent of the whole Courte agreed That M{r} Doctor
Gwyn doctor in Phisicke shall from henceforth possesse his place in
the Hall for readinge of the discection of the Anathomy Att such
tymes and when as any such shall happen or be.
28th March, 1610. This day wee had the bodie of one . . . . . . to
descect for an Anotomy & M{r} Docter Gwyn did reede upon the same.
17th September, 1612. This daye itt is ordered (upon a motion by the
M{r} propounded touchinge that one of the Colledge shold read in this
howse the weeklie lectures of Surgery on Tewsdaies) That the M{rs}
shall conferr with M{r} President of the Phisitions Colledge to see
whether they will give Consent that M{r} Docto{r} Davis or some other
sufficient phisition whome the company shall please shall read the
weeklie lectures in o{r} howse And yf the president & Colledge shall
not consent thereto then this howse is to deale & compound with some
other of our owne company to read their lecture in this howse whereof
ye M{rs} are to make certificatt unto the said M{r} President And to
take such order that the howse maye not in anywise be charged towards
y{e} same Lecture.
6th October, 1612. This daie upon the motion made of M{r} Doctor
Gwyne to be lecturer Itt is by this Court ordered that the said M{r}
Docto{r} Gwyne shalbe reader of the weekelie lectures of surgery
w{ch} the said M{r} Docto{r} accepted of In Considerac͠on whereof the
M{rs} have allowed unto the said M{r} Doctor Gwyne an yerelie paym{t}
of x{li} to contynew soe long as he shall be reder of the lecture.
19th September, 1616. M{r} Doctor Gwyne is by this Court ordered &
entreated that he wold proceed in his reading of o{r} lectures out of
Gwydoes Surgery.
13th December, 1627. Alsoe this daye o{r} M{r} propounding to this
Courte that where as M{r} Docto{r} Gwin our lecturer is lately
dead by reason whereof wee are destitute of a lecturer it is very
expedient either to choose a Doctor to Reade our lectures on
tuesdayes or every Surgion in his turne according to his antiquitye
to reade his lecture as formerly the Surgions of this house hath bene
used, whereupon deliberac͠on being had it is by this Court fully
concluded and agreed that our weekely lectures shalbe reade according
to the auncient custome of the Companie by the Surgions of our
Companie approved according to lawe and that it shall begin with the
auncientest Maister M{r} Richard Mapes and soe after every Surgion in
his antiquitye and degree in the Companie.
Alsoe it is further ordered that dureing the tyme of reading of
such lecture none of the audience shall interrupt or question the
reader till the hower be runn out, and the lecture ended, at which
tyme it shalbe lawfull for the M{rs} and Wardeins and the examiners
then present (if any error have bene comitted by such lecturer) to
question such reader and to make manifest wherein he hath erred.
23rd October, 1628. Alsoe this daye M{r} Doctor Andrewes is freely
and loveingly chosen to be our reader at the next publique Anathomye
to be holden in this Hall.
9th April, 1632. Alsoe this Court takeing into their considerations
the greate care and paines of M{r} Doctor Andrewes in his agitac͠ons
and yearely readinge of our lectures in tyme of the discections of
the publique Anathomyes for this fower yeares past doe nowe order
that there shalbe given him xiij{li} vj{s} viij{d} as of the free
guift of this house for his paines therefore.
16th June, 1632. And as concerning the order for reading of lectures
in Surgerye by an approved surgion of this Companie, this Court did
againe deliberate upon the same and every one of the Assistants
declared his opinion therein and the pluralitie of voyces was to have
lectures read by the approved Surgians of this house according to our
ordinances and not by a Doctor of phisick.
20th December, 1632. Alsoe o{r} Soveraigne Lord Kinge Charles his
Letter directed to this Court was here openly reade and thereupon
this Court in all obedient duetye and loyaltie to o{r} soveraigne
Lord the Kings pleasure signified in that letter doe make mc͠on of
M{r} Docto{r} Andrewes to be the weekely lecturer in surgerye for
o{r} Companie upon such Court dayes as wee are accustomed to keepe.
28th December, 1632. This daye was reade in Court the letter directed
to o{r} M{r} from M{r} Richard Andrews Docto{r} in Phisick whereby
he doth desire to be excused from reading o{r} weekely lectures in
Surgerye, & thereupon this Court did goe to a new election, takeing
notice of M{r} Alex: Reade Docto{r} in Phisick approved by the
Colledge of Phisitians London whoe was bredd a Chirurgian in ffraunce
and hath bene a long time free of o{r} Companie did make choice of
the said Docto{r} Reade to be o{r} Lecturer in Surgerye at such dayes
and tymes as by order of Court is formerly ordered by this Court. And
this Court doth further order that evˀy Surgian in the Lecture bill
shall yearely paye towards the reading of such Lecture a certeyne
some pˀticulerly, and that all those moneys gathered being cast up to
a totall some shall out of the stock of this house be yearely made up
xx{li} compleately for the said Docto{rs} Readeing.
Among a collection of old books on Surgery, in my possession, is a
small quarto by Dr. Read (dedicated to Thomas, Lord Windsor, who was
free of the Barber-Surgeons) and entitled:--
The Chirurgicall Lectures of Tumors and Ulcers delivered on Tuesdayes
appointed for these exercises, and keeping of their Courts in the
Chirurgeans Hall these three yeeres last past, viz. 1632, 1633 and
1634. By Alexander Read Doctor of Physick, and one of the Fellowes of
the Physitians College of London. LONDON 1635.
28th December, 1637. Upon the riseing of the Court of Assistants it
was concluded & agreed by the Examiners and Assistants Surgians that
M{r} Docto{r} Meverell an auncient Phisitian of the Colledge shalbe
Reader of o{r} Anatomicall lectures at the next publique discection
to be held in the new erected Theater.
8th November, 1638. It is this daye ordered by the M{rs} or
Governo{rs} Surgians and the Examiners and Assistant Surgians here
present y{s} afternoone that there shalbe pˀnted as the guift of this
Companie to M{r} Doct. Meverell a peece of plate w{th} the Companies
Scutchion ingraven thereon for his paynes in readeing at o{r} last
publiqe Anatomye in the new Theater before the Lords of his Ma{ties}
most hono{ble} privye Councell & others Spectato{rs} in the time of
those 3 dayes readeings.
And in regard the said Docto{r} Meverell doth desire to be spared
from reading any more the said M{rs} or Governo{rs} Surgians & the
Examiners & Assistant Surgians do make choice of M{r} Doct. Prujeon
to be their reader in M{r} Doct. Meverells roome.
19th August, 1641. It is ordered that henceforward the Tuesday
Lectures shalbe delivered by the Surgeons of this Company themselves
and not by a Doctor and that the Examiners shall meete and consider
of the manner.
23rd September, 1641. The Tenn Examiners are desired to meete &
consider concerneing Lectures on Thursday next and in regard of the
present sicknes this Court doth order that noe Tuesday Courts or
Lectures be held till after the fortnight within the next terme.
30th September, 1641. This day M{r} Lawrence Cotton, Warden, M{r}
Serjeant Clowes M{r} Richard Wateson M{r} Woodall M{r} John Heydon
M{r} Heath M{r} George Dunn, Examiners of Surgeons takeing into
theire Considerac͠ons the manner of the reading of Lectures in
Surgery have thought it fitt and ordered That the Surgery Lectures
should be read by approved Surgeans only and the Lecture to begin by
the first Surgeon that is approved next to the Examiners and soe
every one by his turne to read the Tuesdayes Lecture and every one
to have a preceeding moneths time of warneing or notice to prepare
himselfe for such Lecture as he shall read.
Alsoe It is thought fitt the publique Anatomy 6 Lectures shall this
yeare be read by Doctor Prudjeon.
5th May, 1642. It is ordered that Doctor Chamblent shall have a
silver tankard of vj{li} price with Armes of the company ingraven
in it as the Guift of this Court for his paynes the last publique
Anatomy.
17th January, 1644. It is ordered That in respect of the greate
troubles and distractions of these times there shalbe noe publique
Anatomy this yeare discected.
27th October, 1645. This day M{r} Edward Arris acquainting this Court
that a person a friend of his (who desired his name to be as yet
concealed)[225] through his greater desire of the increase of the
knowledge of Chirurgery did by him freely offer to give unto this
Corporac͠on for ever the sum of 250{li} to the end and upon Condic͠on
that a humane Body be once in every yeare hereafter publiquely
dissected and six Lectures thereupon read in this Hall if it may be
had with Conveniency and the Charges to be borne by this Company
And if noe humane Body may be had nor conveniently dissected in one
yeare then the Company to destribute One halfe of the Sum of the
usuall Charges of a publique Anatomy to our owne poore and the other
halfe to the poore of S{t} Sepulchers, the said worthy Overture is
thankefully accepted by this Court And it is Ordered a Draught be
drawne by our Clerke against the next Court of Assistants for the
performance thereof And to that purpose a Rent charge of xx{li} pˀ
annum be granted out of our Lands at Holborne Bridge.
[225] It was the worthy Alderman Arris himself.
24th November, 1645. This Court taking into Considerac͠on in what
manner the publique Bodyes hereafter shalbe dissected and by whome
that Anatomy which is now newly about to be established shalbe
performed Doth thinke fitt and soe Order That the present M{rs} of
Anatomy or such others as shalbe appointed by the two M{rs} Surgeons
for the time being and the more part of the Examiners shall performe
the same and that the manner of dissections of every publique Anatomy
shalbe such as they the said Two M{rs} or Governo{rs} for the time
being and Examiners on the more part of them shall direct.
30th January, 1646. The draft deed of settlement for the Arrisian
Lectures was brought into Court and (6th February, 1646) approved; but
it appearing at the next Court that there was some technical difficulty
as to the names of the feoffees it was remitted to the donor’s counsel.
20th February, 1646. This Court doth agree That the Deed of an
Annuity formerly granted to the use of the new publique Anatomy be
made for 24{li} upon the Considerac͠on of 300{li} And it is promised
by M{r} Arris on the behalfe of the Donor That if the 300{li} shalbe
restored within 12 yeares he or his Heires shall grant unto this
Company for the same use the like sum of 24{li} p. Annum out of some
of his Lands or Tenements And doe nominate and appoint for ffeeoffees
M{r} Dunn M{r} Collins M{r} Kings M{r} Pinder M{r} ffleete M{r} Arris
M{r} Boone and M{r} Bennett.
24th March, 1646. This daye M{r} Edward Arris payd the sum of 300{li}
to the use of this Company and is the purchase money for the Annuity
of 24{li} pˀ annũ for the use of the new publique Anatomy Whereupon
the Deed of Grant of the said Annuity and for establishing the said
new Anatomy was sealed with the Com̃on Seale and Delivered to the
Donor and the severall ffeoffees intrusted in that matter.
In consequence of our later Minutes being lost, it is not possible to
say precisely how this trust came to be varied and increased, though
from the House of Commons Journals (see p. 160) it can be conjectured
almost to a certainty to have been as follows:--Within twelve years
from the date of the original grant (say in 1658) the Company returned
the £300 to Alderman Arris, and he thereupon settled upon them a rent
charge, not of £24 as he had promised to do, but of £30 per annum
payable out of some of his houses. He seems however, subsequently,
to have had good reason to believe that his only son and heir, Dr.
Thomas Arris, M.P., would give the Company trouble in the matter of the
settlement, and so, on the 29th February, 1676, he requested that his
deed of grant might be given up to him cancelled, and that he should
in return give the Company £510 absolutely and free from any trust,
save only an honorable understanding that the Anatomy Lectures should
be continued. This was done, and after his death (which happened 28th
May, 1676) the Company were involved in a Chancery suit with Dr. Thomas
Arris who endeavoured, though unsuccessfully, to recover possession of
the £510.
17th July, 1646. Whereas 300{li} hath bin worthily given to this
House for the Discharge of all expences to be layd out in and about
a publique Anathomy to be henceforth had yearely for ever Betweene
the ffeaste of Michaelmas and Christmas in every yeare And for
that Doctor Prudjon who formerly read the Anatomicall Lectures
hath desired to be excused from reading the Lectures on the next
Anathomyes to be dissected betweene Michaelmas and Christmas next
This Court doth think fitt That Doctor Wright be desired to performe
the same And that the M{rs} of the Anatomy for the time being When
the said Anatomy shalbe dissected do alwayes in theire severall &
respective times of M{rs} of Anatomy dissect the said Anatomy And
this Court doth thinke fitt That the dissection of the said Anatomy
be of the Muscles of the Body But that the manner thereof be left to
the Judgement of the Reader and the Dissectors.
21st September, 1646. Our M{r} acquainting the Court that Doctor
Prudjon and divers other learned Physitions have recõmended Doctor
[John] Goddard as a Man well qualifyed and very able to reade the
Anatomicall Lectures This Court doth Order That Doctor Prudjon be
requested to performe the Lectures On the next publique Anatomy
himselfe But if he shall Deny it That then Doctor Goddard Or such
other as Doctor Prudjon shall thinke more fitt be desired to read the
Lectures.
23rd October, 1646. This Court doth Order That all the approved
Chirurgeons according to Law shall appeare at all publique Anatomyes
for the time to come in a fflatt Capp upon the penalty of 3{s} 4{d}
and all the rest of the Livery in a Hatt.
24th December, 1646. This Court doth thinke fitt and soe Order That
the M{rs} or Governours and Assistants nor any of them Nor any of
the M{rs} or Stewards of Anathomy doe invite or enterteyne any
Guest at any of the Three Dinners to be had within this Hall at the
next publique Anatomy Or at any other publique Anathomy betweene
Michaelmas and Christmas in any yeare hereafter But doth consent &
Order That Doctor Prudjon be invited to the said Dinners Anything
aforesaid to the contrary Notwithstanding.
7th January, 1647. Whereas this Court is well satisfyed That Doctor
Prudjon is desireous to be excused from reading the next Anatomicall
Lectures This Court doth Order That Doctor Goddard be desired to
performe the same.
15th February, 1647. This Court doth thinke fitt and soe Order That
the Tuesday Lectures be againe revived and read by Chirurgeons
ffreemen of this Company in their turnes according to theire
authority[226] in the Livery. The eldest Assistant Chirurgeon to read
the first Lecture and that to be On the first Tuesday in May next and
the other to be from thence monethly and noe oftner viz{t} The ffirst
Tuesday in evˀy moneth Provided Nevertheles That when as any such
Tuesday shall not be within the time lymitted in and by an Order of
a Court of Assistants of ix{th} August 1632 in that behalfe Or shall
happen to be on any the dayes thereby excepted That then every such
Tuesday be noe Lecture day.
[226] A clerical mistake for “antiquity,” _i.e._, precedence.
The order of the 9th August, 1632, above referred to, was as follows--
ALSOE this daye this Court for removeing of uncerteinties & setling
of one certeyne course and forme for Courts to be kept on y{r}
Tuesdayes in every yeare doe now upon deliberac͠on had, order that
from henceforth for ever hereafter there shalbe Lectures reade &
Courts held in the Comon Hall of this Companie at such dayes and
times in every yeare annually as hereafter followeth viz{t} on
every Tuesdaye w{ch} shalbe betwixt Michaelmas daye and the Tenth
daye of December, On every Tuesdaye betwixt the ffeast of Epiphanie
and Palme Sondaye, on every Tuesdaye betwixt Easter holydayes and
Rogac͠on weeke, on every Tuesdaye betwixt Whitesonday holydayes and
the last daye of Julye. Provided alwayes that if it shall happen any
of the aforesaid Tuesdayes to fall out to be either on a holydaye or
one a holydayes Eve That then every such Tuesdaye to be noe Court
or Lecture daye Provided alsoe that the Tuesdaye in the weeke next
before the Lord Maio{rs} daye and the Tuesdaye in the weeke next
before the Publiqe discection of Anatomye and alsoe Shrove tuesdaye
to be noe Court dayes.
29th March, 1647. This Court doth explaine the Order of the last
Court of Assistants (15th February 1647) concerneing the Tuesday
Lectures That it is the meaneing of this Court and this Court doth
accordingly Order That the said Lectures be read aswell by the
ancient M{rs} Chirurgeons and Examiners in theire course as by any
others.
23rd September, 1647. This Court takeing notice that Doctor Prudjon
desireth to be excused from reading the next Anatomicall Lectures
to be had betweene Michaelmas and Christmas next But wilbe ready
hereafter to serve the Company in that kind Doth therefore freely
chuse Doctor Nurse for the reading these Lectures and Doth order That
our Clerke doth attend him and desire his answer therein And this
Court doth further Order That the present Masters of Anathomy may
dissect the first publique Anathomy and in the meane time may have a
private Body.
11th January, 1648. This Court at the Suite and request of M{r}
Daniell Worrall M{r} William Molins M{r} Thomas Woodall and M{r}
Thorpe Chirurgeons of the Cloathing of this Company Doth grant
That they or any of them joyneing the M{rs} & Stewards of Anathomy
privately desect in the Com̃on Hall of this Company and not elsewhere
a humane Body executed as a Malefactour that they or any of them
may procure ffor the bettering theire Judgement and Skill in
Anatomy, Provided That they at theire owne proper Costs doe defray
and disburse All the Necessary & accustomed Charges ffees & Duties
belonging to a private Anathomy.
14th January, 1648. This Court doth Order That there be a publique
Anathomy this yeare and doth chuse and desire Doctor Nurse to read
these Lectures and inasmuch as Doctor Prudeon doth desire to be
excused ffrom reading hereafter this Court doth Choose Doctor Nurse
to be the constant Anatomicall Reader to this Company.
8th October, 1649. This Court taking into considerac͠on severall
worthy Physicians of whome one might be elected Reader of the
Anatomicall Lectures at the publique dissections of this Company Doe
thinke fitt That Doctor Scarborough be elected thereunto Who being
desired to come to this Court appeared during the sitting thereof
and declared himselfe very willing to performe the same and rendered
thanks to this Court for their good opinions of him.
We have at the Hall a fine portrait of Dr. Sir Charles Scarborough with
Alderman Arris engaged upon an Anatomy.
Dr. Scarborough was elected Anatomical Reader on the 12th October, 1649.
23rd October, 1649. The periodical lectures by the Surgeons of the
Company, which had again fallen through of late, were ordered to be
revived, and there is a long minute on the subject at this date.
27th February, 1663. Samuel Pepys records, under this date:--
About 11 o’clock Commissioner Pet and I walked to Chyrurgeon’s Hall,
we being all invited thither, and promised to dine there, where we
were led into the Theatre; and by and by comes the reader, D{r}
Tearne,[227] with the Master and Company, in a very handsome manner:
and all being settled, he begun his lecture; and his discourse being
ended, we had a fine dinner and good learned company, many Doctors of
Phisique, and we used with Extraordinary great respect.
[227] Christopher Terne, of Leyden, M.D., originally of Cambridge,
and Fellow of the College of Physicians. Ob. 1673.
30th June, 1698. Ord{rd} that there bee an Anatomy Lecture called
Gales Anatomy. D{r} [Clopton] Havers & D{r} Hands being put in
nominac͠on for reading of the same D{r} Havers was choosen for three
yeares & to read on the second Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday in
July next by three of the clock in the afternoone & to have thirty
shillings for his paines & the remainder to bee disposed of by the
Com̃itte.
14th December, 1699. Ord{rd} the two D{rs.} Readers to this Society
for the future shall bee elected for noe longer terme then fower
yeares onely at one time Ord{rd} by the Court that D{r} [E.] Tyson
have liberty to lay downe [his office].
D{r} Hans & D{r} Havers were put in nominac͠on for Reader of
the Ventera Lecture in the roome of D{r} Tyson, D{r} Hans was chosen
for fower yeares.
22nd April, 1708. Dr. Colebrooke and Dr. Thomas Wadsworth put in
nomination for Reader of the Osteology Lecture (Gale’s foundation),
when Dr. Wadsworth was elected for four years.
16th August, 1711. Then the Court proceeded to the Elecc͠on of
Readers for the Muscular Ventor & Osteology lectures D{r} [Richard]
Mead D{r} ffreind & D{r} Wadsworth the present Readers were
unanimously chosen Readers of the said severall Lectures for the four
ensuing years.
17th July, 1712. D{r} John ffreind was unanimously Chosen Reader of
the Muscular Lecture. And D{r} Comer [? H. Colmer] was Chosen Reader
of the Venter Lecture for the next 4 yeares ensueing.
1st October, 1712. Dr. Henry Plumtree and Dr. Douglas put in nomination
for Reader of the Muscular Lecture (Arris’s foundation) in the room of
Dr. Meade, when Dr. Plumtree was elected for four years.
Dr. J. Douglas and Dr. Wadsworth put in nomination for Reader of the
Osteology Lecture, when Dr. Wadsworth was elected for four years.
15th December, 1715. Dr. Douglas and Dr. Marmaduke Giles put in
nomination for Reader of the Muscular Lecture, when Dr. Douglas was
elected for four years.
Dr. William Wagstaffe and Dr. Hezekias Jones put in nomination for
Reader of the Viscera Lecture, when Dr. Wagstaffe was elected for four
years.
13th March, 1717. Dr. W. Barrowby and Dr. Stewart put in nomination for
Reader of the Ostelogy Lecture, when Dr. Barrowby was elected for four
years.
6th November, 1717. Dr. Douglas resigned the Readership of the Muscular
Lecture, on account of a difference with the Masters of Anatomy, and
Dr. Plumtree was chosen in his place.
18th August, 1720. Dr. Wagstaffe and Dr. Barrowby put in nomination for
Reader of the Muscular Lecture, when Dr. Wagstaffe was elected for four
years.
Dr. Barrowby and Dr. Thomas Jewrin put in nomination for Reader of the
Viscera Lecture, when Dr. Barrowby was elected for four years.
Dr. Jewrin and Dr. W. Rutty put in nomination for Reader of the
Osteology Lecture, when Dr. Jewrin was elected for four years.
30th October, 1721. Dr. Jewrin and Dr. Charles Bale put in nomination
for Reader of the Viscera Lecture (_vice_ Dr. Barrowby resigned), when
Dr. Jewrin was elected.
Dr. C. Bale and Dr. W. Rutty put in nomination for Reader of the
Osteology Lecture (_vice_ Jewrin), when Dr. Bale was elected.
29th March, 1722. Dr. Bale being in France, and unable to return for
five months, Dr. Rutty and Dr. Sisterton were put in nomination for
Reader of the Osteology Lecture, when Dr. Rutty was elected.
20th August, 1724. Dr. Jewrin and Dr. Rutty put in nomination for
Reader of the Muscular Lecture in place of Dr. Wagstaffe, when Dr.
Jewrin was elected for four years.
Dr. Rutty and Dr. Robert Nesbitt put in nomination for Reader of the
Viscera Lecture (_vice_ Jewrin), when Dr. Rutty was elected for four
years.
Dr. Nesbitt and Dr. John Deodate put in nomination for Reader of the
Osteology Lecture (_vice_ Rutty), when Dr. Deodate was elected for four
years.
6th June, 1727. Dr. E Wilmott and Dr. Goldsmith put in nomination for
Reader of the Osteology Lecture (_vice_ Deodate deceased), when Dr.
Willmott was elected.
15th August, 1728. Dr. Rutty and Dr. Wilmott put in nomination for
Reader of the Muscular Lecture (_vice_ Jewrin), when Dr. Rutty was
elected.
Dr. Wilmott and Dr. Lawrence Martell put in nomination for Reader of
the Viscera Lecture (_vice_ Rutty), when Dr. Wilmott was elected.
Dr. Martell and Dr. Goldsmith put in nomination for Reader of the
Osteology Lecture (_vice_ Wilmott), when Dr. Martell was elected.
7th April, 1730. Dr. Goldsmith and Dr. Watts put in nomination for
Reader of the Osteology Lecture (_vice_ Martell resigned), when Dr.
Goldsmith was elected.
13th August, 1730. Dr. Goldsmith and Dr. Francis Nicholls put in
nomination for Reader of the Muscular Lecture (_vice_ Rutty deceased),
when Dr. Goldsmith was elected.
Dr. Nicholls and Dr. Nesbitt put in nomination for Reader of of the
Viscera Lecture (_vice_ Wilmott resigned), when Dr. Nicholls was
elected.
Dr. Nesbitt and Dr. Watts put in nomination for Reader of the Osteology
Lecture (_vice_ Goldsmith), when Dr. Nesbitt was elected.
Mr. Joshua Symmonds was chosen Demonstrator or Teacher of Anatomy for
three years.
5th March, 1731. Mr. Symmonds resigned through ill-health, and Mr.
Edward Nourse and Mr. John Belchier being put in nomination, Mr. Nourse
was elected.
17th August, 1732. Dr. Nesbitt and Dr. Guy Ruffiniac put in nomination
for Reader of the Muscular Lecture (_vice_ Goldsmith deceased), when
Dr. Nesbitt was elected.
Dr. Ruffiniac was elected Reader of the Osteology Lecture (_vice_
Nesbitt).
5th March, 1734. Mr. Nourse resigned the place of Demonstrator of
Anatomy.
15th August, 1734. Mr. Abraham Chovett and Mr. Peter Maccullock were
chosen Demonstrators of Anatomy.
17th September, 1734. A lengthy set of regulations for the conduct of
the Demonstrations of Anatomy is entered on the minutes of this date.
17th July, 1735. Dr. Nicholls and Dr. Owen put in nomination for Reader
of the Osteology Lecture (_vice_ Ruffiniac resigned) when Dr. Nicholls
was elected.
19th August, 1736. Mr. Abraham Chovett resigned his place as
Demonstrator of Anatomy, and Mr. Peter Maccullock and Mr. Cæsar Hawkins
were elected Demonstrators.
Dr. Nicholls and Dr. Nesbitt put in nomination for Reader of the
Muscular Lecture, when Dr. Nicholls was elected.
Dr. Nicholls was also elected Reader of the Osteology Lecture.
7th December, 1738. Dr. R. Banks was elected Reader of the Viscera
Lecture.
16th August, 1739. Mr. Peter Maccullock elected Demonstrator of
Anatomy, which office he held until his death.
10th July, 1744. Mr. W. Bromfield elected Demonstrator of Anatomy
(_vice_ Maccullock, deceased).
* * * * *
The following Will of Charles Whyte (Warden in 1535 and 1542) is
interesting, as it furnishes a partial list of the books and belongings
of a Barber-Surgeon in Henry VIII’s time.
The Will is dated 3rd July, 1544, and by it testator desires to be
buried in St. Paul’s Church Yard. He gives 20{d.} to St. Martins
Ludgate, where he dwelt, for tithes forgotten--
Also I bequeathe to the Masters Wardens and felowsshipp of the
barbo{r} surgons for theyr payne to com to my buryeng vj{s.} viij{d.}
To Thomas Wanlon poticary my beste Gowne furryd wyth black bugge.
Also I bequeathe to Nicholas Archepolle[228] the Surgion twoo books
of surgery thone ys borded and coverd wyth yelowe lether and ys
named John of Ardren being wryten hande wyth Divers pictures And
thother book being coveryd wyth black lether having on thone syde
the armes of England wyth a rose paynted and one thother syde the
armes of England and spayne being wryten hand. Also I bequeathe to
John Colman that was my prentyce my great black boke borded and
coveryd wyth black lether wher in is the boke of the harball and the
shepardes kalender wyth divers other bookꝭ Also I bequeathe to M{r}
John Woodwarde my best gowne furryd with foynes and to Mrẽs Margaret
Woodwarde his wif a gold ring with a turkes[229] that was Wyllyam
Taylours or els fourty shillingꝭ in money. Also I bequeathe to Robert
Clerk my kynsman six barbours basins of latyn Item a kettyl wyth a
cock in yt to wasshe heddes wyth,[230] a great pott of latyn. It̃.
a nother great pott of pañ mettell wyth a cock in the botom, three
barbours chayres, a lowe chest wyth holes in the cofer . . . . Also
I bequeathe to Robert Clerk and Wyllyam his brother all my bokes of
surgery and physyck equally to be devided betwene them yf so be they
wyll study the science of surgery. Also . . . all my instruments
being made of Iron, style,[231] coper, and brasse which belongethe to
the science of surgery.
[228] Probably, Nicholas Archenbold (Warden 1564, &c.).
[229] Query “turquoise.”
[230] A primitive appliance for shampooing.
[231] Steel.
[Illustration]
[Illustration: UPPER WARDEN’S GARLAND. MIDDLE WARDEN’S GARLAND.]
WARDENS’ AND OTHER ACCOUNTS.
The Great Book of Wardens’ Accounts has unfortunately been kept in a
damp place, and the earlier portion of it is severely damaged. The
cover still indicates the elaboration of the bookbinder’s art, being
stamped in patterns with the portcullis fleur de lys and Tudor rose;
opposite what is left of the first page is a magnificently painted
achievement of the Company’s arms on vellum, but this unhappily, is
damaged.
The first page has rotted almost entirely away, leaving only the upper
left hand corner, on which there is an initial letter T illuminated in
the highest style of art, though this is also seriously damaged.
The accounts commence with those for the year 1603, the first few pages
are worn away, pages 7 to 36 are but slightly damaged, whilst the
remainder of this huge book is quite perfect and abounds with quaint
and artistic initial letters.
The following is the reduced initial letter for the year 1610-11.
[Illustration]
1603. The Wardens account for quarterage received by them amounting to
£4 17_s._ 6_d._, this quarterage was 2_s._ for each freeman, though
some did not pay, and others had only paid 6_d._ or 1_s._
£5 was received for the admission of six foreign brethren.
Twenty-five freemen were admitted, who paid 3_s._ 4_d._ each on
presentation.
Eighty-nine apprentices were bound, each paying 2_s._ 6_d._
The receipts for the rents from the Company’s tenants follow, viz.:--
£ _s._ _d._
Holborn Bridge (14 tenements) 29 4 0
Conyhope Lane (Grocers’ Hall Court) 8 0 0
Walbrook (2 tenants) 15 0 0
Tower Street 5 0 0
Mugwell Street (4 tenants) 11 13 4
East Smithfield (13 tenants) 28 14 0
Swanne Alley (5 tenants) 17 6 8
Old Bailey 1 0 0
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£115 18 0
==============
The following is a verbatim copy of the remainder of this year’s
accounts, and will serve as a fair specimen for the other years.
1603.--The said Accomptants doe aske allowance for moneys by them
defrayed w{th}in the tyme of this pˀsent accompt by the handes of
M{r} Edward Rodes Second Governor afores{d} for ordenary as [well as]
extraordinary Expences as hereafter ensueth viz{t.}--
~Ordinarie~ expenses.
~Inprimis~ payd for the Awdit dinner vj{li}
Itm̃ paid to the Butler for his fee then iij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ paid to the Cock for dressinge of nyne
messe of meate then ix{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Laundres then v{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Porter for his attendance xij{d}
Itm̃ paid for the view dinner xl{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Carpinter & Bricklayer
then[232] iij{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Stewardꝭ of the Maior’s
feast vj{li}
Itm̃ paid to the Cock for dressinge of 14
messes of meate then xviij{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ paid to the Butler then v{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Laundresse then v{s}
Itm̃ paid for the hyre of o’ Bardge iij{li}
Itm̃ paid to the Clark & Sexton of the
Churche of Garlick Hythe when the
Company toke barge xij{d}
Itm̃ paid for rushes & small cord iij{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Croner[233] for his fee vj{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ geven to the Bardgemen in reward ij{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ paid for the Companyes seats in
Powles[234] v{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Lo: Maiors officer for
his fee x{s}
Itm̃ paid to ffrancꝭ Rowdon[235] for his fee
pˀ Ann x{li}
Itm̃ paid to the Porter for his fee pˀ Ann xxvj{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ paid him more in augmentac͠on of his fee xl{s}
Itm̃ paid to John a Lee for his yerely penc͠on lxij{s}
Itm̃ paid to the pˀson[236] of S{t} Olaves
pˀ Ann vj viij{d}
Itm̃ paid to the Clarke of that Churche xvj{d}
Itm̃ paid to the Scaveng{r} per ann iiij{s}
Itm̃ paid to o{r} Clarke for lanthorne
Lyghte[237] ij{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Stewards of the Anathom iiij{li}
Itm̃ paid to the Clarke for white brushes
& broomes ij{s}
Itm̃ paid for a Loade of greate Coales xxv{s}
Itm̃ for a thowsand of Billettꝭ xv{s}
Itm̃ paid for small coles xij{d}
Itm̃ paid for an hundreth of ffagottꝭ vij{s}
Itm̃ spent uppon o{r} tenantꝭ in potac͠on[238] ij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ distributed in Almes accordinge to the last
will & testament of M{r} fferebras vj{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ more distributed in augmentac͠on of the
same almes xiij iiij
Itm̃ allowed to the M{rs} for the distributinge
thereof vj{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ allowed to the M{rs} for gatheringe of the
rentꝭ xiiij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ paid to the Clark for pennes Inke & papˀ vj{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ layd oute for herbes & flowers on the
Election daye iij{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Bedell for his yerely fee xl{s}
Itm̃ geven to the Porter for his Attendance on
the Election daye xij{d}
Itm̃ paid to M{r} Hilles[239] for his yerely fee xl
Itm̃ paid to the Collectors for subsidye lij{s}
Itm̃ paid to M{r} Stower for pˀvision of
corne[240] v{li}
Itm̃ paid to the poore of St. Olaves xvij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ paid to the preach{r} for his sermon on the
daye of Election x{s}
Itm̃ distributed in money bred & byfe[241]
accordinge to M{r} Bankes last Will & testam xix{s}
Itm̃ for washinge of some linnen w{ch} was used
on the daye of Election xviij{d}
Itm̃ paid to the Clark for registringe of this
Accompt xx{s}
~Some totall~ of the }
Ordenary expencꝭ is } Lxj{li} xiiij{s}
[232] The Company’s Carpenter and Bricklayer always accompanied the
Masters on view days, to advise as to the state of repair of
the property.
[233] Coroner.
[234] St. Paul’s.
[235] The Company’s Clerk.
[236] Parson.
[237] The Clerk provided the Lantern over the Entrance in Monkwell
Street, in accordance with the ancient City custom of lighting
the streets.
[238] Potation, _i.e._, drinking.
[239] The Company’s standing Counsel.
[240] The Company compounded with Mr. Stower at £5 per annum to
provide the corn required by the City.
[241] Beef.
~Extraordinarie~ Expencꝭ
~Inprimis~ paid for the use of sixe garnishe
and twoe dozen of pewter at the Awdit Dinner vij{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ paid for makinge cleane of the Hall then j{s}
Itm̃ geven by Consent to Erasmus Haunce a poore
Strang{r} v{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Paynter for the Coockꝭ
apron[242] xiij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ paid to the Clark for Drawinge & engroseinge
of the Indentures of Covenaunt betwixt the
Carpnt{r} & o{r} M{rs} concerninge o{r}
Buyldinge in Easte Smith feild x{s}
Itm̃ paid to M{r} Justice Wooddes Clark for the
Recognizance & for o{r} lycence to buyld iij{s} ij{d}
Itm̃ paid M{r} Wood for his Advice then x{s}
Itm̃ spent at the hartes horne uppon some of the
committees when o{r} M{r} & they toke advise
concerninge M{r} ffyneingꝭ conveyancꝭ iij{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ paid to M{r} Hilles for his advise then x{s}
Itm̃ geven to the Lord Maior’s officer for his
Attendance at the Awdit iij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ geven to Symon Parkinson in benevolence by
consent ij{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ geven in benevolence to Mark Criffeyld vj{d}
Itm̃ paid for the wiflers staves[243] xvj{d}
Itm̃ paid for cakes at the Maiors feaste iij{s}
Itm̃ paid for Clarret wyne then iiij{s}
Itm̃ paid for a Gallond of Muskadell iiij{s}
Itm̃ paid for half a dozen of Rolles vj{d}
Itm̃ paid for 2{li} suger & for Cloves then ij{s} x{d}
Itm̃ geven to the music͠ons in reward then ij{s}
Itm̃ geven to M{r} Petersons folkes then ij{s}
Itm̃ geven to the Bardgemen in reward ij{s}
Itm̃ geven to good wief Lee in benevolence iij{s}
Itm̃ geven to twelve torcheberers when the
Maior went to meete the Queene’s Ma{tie} xiij{s}
Itm̃ paid for 3 dozen of torches then and a
greate Lynke xxxvij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ paid to a poore man that helped to carry
the staffe torches xij{d}
Itm̃ geven to the beadell for his paynes xij{d}
Itm̃ spent on a supper uppon those that went to
meete her Ma{tie} beinge of o{r} Assistantꝭ xlviij{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ geven to the maydes that dressed o{r} supper
then & to a poore man ij{s}
Itm̃ paid M{r} Hillˀ for his oppinion and paine
taken aboute o{r} ordinancꝭ xx{s}
Itm̃ spent on some of the Assistance then that
went w{th} the M{rs} ij{s}
Itm̃ geven to Harbert[244] in benevolence xij{d}
Itm̃ geven to Jõ Smyth in benevolence then xij{d}
Itm̃ geven them in benevolence at anoth{r} tyme ij{s}
Itm̃ geven to Tho. Tholmwood in benevolence by
ord{r} x{s}
Itm̃ spent uppon the Committees when they mett
about the ordinancꝭ vj{s} ix{d}
Itm̃ spent the same nyghte at the bores head at
supper when wee delivˀed o{r} petic͠on to the
queene x{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ spent the 13{th} of Decemb{r} at the bell at
Westm{r} at dinn{r} when the M{rs} went to
delivˀ the petic͠on to the queene xvj{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ geven in benevolence to wydowe Barbor xviij{d}
Itm̃ to wydowe Norton xij{d}
Itm̃ to widowe Grew xij{d}
Itm̃ to wydowe Powell xij{d}
Itm̃ to good wief Harris xij{d}
Itm̃ to John a Lee xij{d}
Itm̃ to Markes Cristofeyld xij{d}
Itm̃ to John Smythe xij{d}
Itm̃ to Robert Harberte xviij{d}
Itm̃ to Markꝭ Cristefeyld vj{d}
Itm̃ to him at anoth{r} tyme vj{d}
Itm̃ to wydow Barbor vj{d}
Itm̃ geven to oth{r} poore at the hall xiiij{d}
Itm̃ geven more to wydow Barbo{r} xij{d}
Itm̃ geven more to wydow Norton xij{d}
Itm̃ geven more to John Smyth and Harbert by
consent before Easter vj{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ geven more to wydowe Norton at anoth{r} tyme iij{s}
Itm̃ geven more to Markꝭ Christofeyld vj{d}
Itm̃ geven to wydowe Smythe xij{d}
Itm̃ geven more in benevolence to John a Lee v{s}
Itm̃ geven to Robert Harbert in benevolence xij{d}
Itm̃ geven to goodwyfe Norton in benevolence xij{d}
Itm̃ geven to wydowe Barber in benevolence xij{d}
Itm̃ geven to John a Lees wief in benevolence xij{d}
Itm̃ geven more to Markes Crisfeyld in
benevolence xij{d}
Itm̃ more geven to him at anoth{r} tyme vj{d}
Itm̃ more to him at anoth{r} tyme xij{d}
Itm̃ more geven to John a Lee in benevolence ij{s}
Itm̃ geven to John Smyth in his sicknes & towards
his funerall xx{s}
Itm̃ geven Harbert in his sicknes & towardꝭ
his funerall x{s}
Itm̃ geven to Harbertꝭ wyef in her sicknes &
towardꝭ her funerall[245] vj{s}
Itm̃ geven to Harbertꝭ Children in the tyme of
their sicknes x{s}
Itm̃ geven to a poore man at the Hall in
benevolence vj{d}
Itm̃ geven to M{r} Johnson for fayre wrytinge of
the petic͠on to the Queene ij{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ spent when the M{rs} went to Courte aboute
the Companyes busines the xviij{th} of November v{s}
Itm̃ geven then to a poore man iij{d}
Itm̃ paid for o{r} Seates in Powles churchyard on
the queenes daye ij{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ geven to the keeper of the Exchange for
pullinge downe of Mountebankꝭ billes[246] xij{d}
Itm̃ to M{r} Wilbraham M{r} of the Requestes
for settinge downe the Queenes answere
to o{r} petic͠on v{li}
Itm̃ geven in gratificac͠on to his Clark x{s}
Itm̃ geven to M{r} Hilles for his advise uppon
the same petic͠on x{s}
Itm̃ spent uppon some of the Company that went
w{th} the M{rs} then xiiij{d}
Itm̃ spent uppon M{r} Peck M{r} ffenton and
oth{rs} w{ch} went to acquaint the Lo: Keper
w{th} her Ma{ties} answere to the said petic͠on ix{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ paid to the Collect{rs} of the fiftenes iiij{s}
Itm̃ paid for ingroseinge of the breviat for
the Lords ij{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ paid to the Counsellors man for his paines ij{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ paid towardꝭ the Butlers fee for the
Anathomy iij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ paid for 2 bottelles of sack that the
M{rs} sent for on the Maiors daye iij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ paid to the Collectors for 4{or} fifteenes
for cleansinge of the towne dyche xvj{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Collecto{rs} of the kinges
subsidie xvij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ spent by consent uppon a supper uppon
those that rode to meete the kinge iiij{li} j{s} xj{d}
Itm̃ geven to the twelve wifelers then xij{s}
Itm̃ spent in pˀsecuc͠on of Rea the
mountiebank before the Lo: Maior iiij{s}
Itm̃ paid for a copie of the Kinges Commission
and of Chauncery for the hearinge of petic͠ons
pˀferred to his Ma{tie} [247]
Itm̃ spent in wyne and cakes on the Election daye xl{s}
Itm̃ for makinge cleane of the Hall then ij{s}
Itm̃ spent uppon a supper on the Election daye of
the Assistants by consent xliij{s}
Item̃ geven to wydowe Barbor in benevolence and
for washinge & makinge cleane of the Lybrarye v{s} vj{d}
~Some of the~ ex̃tordinary }
expencꝭ amounteth in the }
wholl to the somme of } xxxvij{li} xviij{s} iiij{d}
~Some totall~ as well of the ordenary }
as extraordinary expences Layd oute }
by the handes of M{r} Edward Rodes }
amounteth in the wholl to the somme of} Lxxxxix{li} xij{s} iiij{d}
[242] The Cook’s apron was probably embellished with the Company’s
arms or crest.
[243] The wands or staffs carried by the whifflers who headed the
processions on pageant days, etc.
[244] The Beadle.
[245] There was a great plague in the City this year--Harbert was the
Company’s Beadle.
[246] Quack doctor’s advertisements.
[247] The amount torn out in original.
~The said Accountants~ doe aske allowance for money disbursed by the
handes of the said M{r} Thomas Martin yongest Governor w{th}in the
tyme of this pˀsent Accompt for rentꝭ and Repac͠ons[248] as hereaft{r}
ensueth viz{t}
[248] Reparations.
~Paiments~ for Chiefe Rentꝭ
and Annuities viz{t}
~Inprimis~ paid to the M{rs} of S{t} Kathiñes viij{d}
and for the Acquittance iiij{d}
Itm̃ paid to M{r} Cannon for a quit rent for
o{r} land at Hoborne Bridge v{s}
Itm̃ for the Acquittance iiij{d}
Itm̃ paid to the Renter of the Bridge howse iiij{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ paid to M{r} Parvis for o{r} water pˀ ann xxvj{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ paid to M{r} ffyneinge for his Rente vj{li} vj{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ paid to M{r} Mapes for his Annuitie x{li}
~Some~ of the Cheefe Rentꝭ }
and Annuities paid out is } xviij{li} iiij{s} iiij{d}
~Laid owte~ for new buyldinges Repac͠ons and oth{r} expencꝭ
as followeth viz{t}
~Inprimis~ paid to Hamlet Xpiãn[249] Carpenter
by order of Court of Assistantꝭ for the new
buyldinges Easte Smyth feld and for oth{r}
Repac͠ons done accordinge to a pˀ of
Indentures of Covenant w{th} that money
w{ch} before hee had received in earnest xi{li} x{s}
Itm̃ paid to the smythe for an iron grate
for the utt{r} yard of the hall iij{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ paid to the Plumb{r} & Pavier for
mendinge the water pype at the hall ij{s}
Itm̃ paid for a planck to put under the
leaden cesterne in the iner yard xij{d}
Itm̃ paid to the plumber for makinge of
the same cestern xxxvj{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ paid to the Bricklayer for underproppinge
the same cesterne iij{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ spent when M{r} Wood & M{r} Leacock went
to compound w{th} the Bricklayer for o{r}
new buyldingꝭ in Easte Smithfeild vj{d}
Itm̃ spent uppon some of the Assistantꝭ w{ch}
went to Easte Smythfeyld to compound w{th}
the Carpinter for the said buyldingꝭ iiij{s} vij{d}
Itm̃ spent uppon the M{rs} & Carpinters the
25{th} of Septemb{r} xv{d}
Itm̃ spent uppon the Tyler and the oth{r}
workmen when we bargayned w{th} them ij{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Plumb{r} & Pavier for
unstoppinge the pype that bringeth the wat{r}
to the hall iiij{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Smyth for two peeces of Iron to
hold up the Cesterne in the back yard xvj{d}
Itm̃ paid to twoe laborers for scoweringe &
clenseinge the well at the hall v{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Goldsmyth for amendinge of the
Corrector[250] viij{d}
Itm̃ paid to the Smythe for amendinge of the
key of the Election howse dore vj{d}
Itm̃ paid for sixe thowsand of Tyles and
for a quarterne of roughe tyles iij{li} xiiij{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Bricklayer for makeinge the
foundac͠on of the new buyldinges in Easte
smythfeyld & for sixe bryck Chimneys xij{li} xij{d}
Itm̃ paid to two Laborers for 3 dayes woork a
peece for rayseinge of the flowers[251] in
the same houses at xij{d} per daye vj{s}
Itm̃ paid 2{o} Baskettꝭ to carry rubbishe in vj{d}
Itm̃ paid for 18 Lodes of gravell to raise the
highe wey or causeway there vj{s}
Itm̃ spent uppon the Bricklayers for their
dinn{r} when they layd the foundac͠on of the
new buildinge xviij{d}
Itm̃ paid to a laborer for carryinge of gravell
to Levell the Bridge ij{s}
Itm̃ paid to Peerson the Bricklayer for
workmanship and stuffe done uppon the new
buyldinges as by his bill appeareth iij{li} xvj{s}
Itm̃ payd to the Playsterer accordinge
to his bargaine for woork done there viij{li}
Itm̃ paid to Hamlet the Carpinter for
worke done there vj{li} ij{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Smythe for work done
there as appeareth by his bill xlj{s}
Itm̃ paid for a padlock for the greate gate
there xij{d}
Itm̃ paid to the Glasier for work done
there as appeareth by his bill xlv{s}
Itm̃ spent uppon the M{r} M{r} Wood and
oth{rs} that went to viewe the same
buyldinges after they were finished v{s}
Itm̃ paid to Harbert for mendinge of the
Cushions xij{d}
Itm̃ paid to the Glasier for work done
about the hall vij{s} x{d}
Itm̃ paid to the Carpinter for settinge up the
Scaffoldꝭ of the Anothomy & for mendinge
of the same xxxvij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ paid for 2{o} plankes to cover the well in
the hall yard iiij{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Plasterer for worke &
repac͠ons done uppon o{r} tenemtꝭ in Easte
smythfeyld xxx{s}
Itm̃ paid the Mason for free stones to cover the
well at the hall & for layinge thereof ix{s} v{d}
Itm̃ paid to the Plumber for woork done at
the hall and for gutters of leade for
o{r} said new buyldinges iij{li} x{s} x{d}
Itm̃ paid to M{r} Rudd for blew and Crimson
taffata to make the kinges banner as
appeareth by his bill iij{li} xij{d}
Itm̃ paid to the upholster for fustian
sowinge silke and for makeinge
the same xij{s}
Itm̃ paid to M{r} Leacocke for 3 ounces & 3
q{rs} of greene & white[252] silke fringe x{s}
Itm̃ paid for a staffe for the banner xx{d}
Itm̃ paid to M{r} ffrizemigefeyld for
payntinge the bann{r} w{th} kinges
armes in gold vj{li} xiij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ paid to the paviers for paveinge the
waye to o{r} new buyldingꝭ in Easte
Smythefeyld iiij{li} viij{s} x{d}
Itm̃ paid to the Laborers then vj{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Carpinter for makeinge of the
shed ov{r} the pissinge place at the hall xij{s} x{d}
Itm̃ payd to the tyler for tyleinge of the same x{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ paid to the plaistere for his worke aboute
the same vj{s}
Itm̃ paid for an iron grate for the gutt{r} there xviij{d}
Itm̃ paid the Joyner for mendinge the Cupbord
where the plate useth to be placed in the hall xvj{d}
Itm̃ spent uppon the Carpinters when they sett up
the gate postes & the gate and Rayles in Easte
smythfeld xv{d}
Itm̃ geven to wydowe Barbor for scowringe of o{r}
pewter vj{d}
Itm̃ paid to the Tyler for repac͠ons done by
him aboute the hall ix{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ paynter for payntinge the skreene in the
hall and for varnishinge the skreene postes & the
banner staves xl{s}
Itm̃ paid for a newe register boke to register
the M{rs} Accomptes and to the Paynter for
payntinge the Companyes Armes therein and the
firste greate Lett{r}[253] xxxvij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ paid to the officers for whippinge a
disobedient Apprentice vj{d}
Itm̃ paid for 12 wiflers staves iij{s}
Itm̃ paid to Hamlet Xpiãn[254] Carpinter for
takinge downe the old pale in Easte smythfeyld
over against Gomers howse & for settinge it up
agayne & for more pales & Rayles and for
removeinge the pales belonginge to Hamlettꝭ
yard to inlardge the waye there xxxij{s}
Itm̃ payd to Bricklayer for stuffe & workmanship
in underpinninge the new buyldinge aforesaid
and the house at the bridge end vij{s} ix{d}
Itm̃ paid to the Bricklayer for Playses
forges for underpininge his howse and
for underpininge the new pales there iij{li} xix{s}
Itm̃ paid for serch in the office of
statutes and rec͠og to see wheth{r} there
were any fyne or recognizance passed
whereby M{r} ffininges land to us
pˀferred to be sold mighte stand charged iij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ geven to M{r} ffyneinge in earnest
of the bargaine x{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Carpinter Plaisterer &
bricklayer for seelinge & foweringe[255] the
brushmakers howse & for foot pases for the
Chimneys of bothe the newe howses xxxv{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Carpinters for pˀtinge[256] the
gardens in Easte Smythfeyld xxvij{s}
Itm̃ paid for turninge & triminge of the
tapistrye Cushions iij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ paid to Isack the Carpinter for settinge
the Companyes standinges[257] in order &
for rep̃inge & augmentinge of the same xl{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Smyth for mendinge the
Lock & key of the hall dore xij{d}
Itm̃ paid for a padlock haspe & hinge for
the Celler dore x{d}
~Some~ totall of the Buyldinges
& Repac͠ons is Cxxiiij{li} x{s} iij{d}
[249] Christian.
[250] For whipping apprentices.
[251] Floors.
[252] These are the Company’s “colours,” and purchases of green and
white silk and ribbons occur almost every year in the accounts.
[253] This is the book from which these extracts are taken.
[254] Christian.
[255] Ceiling and (qy.) flooring.
[256] Parting, _i.e._, dividing with a fence.
[257] The Standings which were placed in the Street for the Company’s
use on Lord Mayor’s Day.
~Some~ totall of the rentes
and Repac͠ons togeth{r} is Cxlij{li} xiiij{s} vij{d}
~Some~ totall of all the money chardged
and received within the tyme of this pˀsent
Accompt That is to saye uppon the foote
of this Laste yeres Cxj{li} xij{s} ix{d.}
Also by the handes of M{r} Edward Rodes
second Governor xlvj{li} xv{s} viij{d}
and by the handes of M{r} Thomas Martin
youngest Governor Renter Cxv{li} xviij{s}
w{ch} sevˀall sommes beinge added
togeth{r} doe amounte in the wholl
to the somme of CClxxiiij{li} vj{s} v{d}
~Some totall~ of all the money }
disbursed and paid within the tyme }
of this pˀnt Accompt That is to saye }
by the handes of M{r} Edward Rodes }
second Governor Lxxxix{li} xij{s} }
iiij{d} And by the handes of M{r} } CCxlij{li} vj{s} xj{d}
Thom̄s Martin yongest Governor }
Cxlij{li} xiiij{s} vj{d} which said }
sevrˀall som̃es beinge added togeth{r} }
doe amount in the wholl to the som̃e of }
~So resteth~ uppon the foote of this }
pˀnte Accompte besydes the debtꝭ and }
Arrearages hereafter menc͠oned the } xxxvj{li} xix{s} vj{d}
somme of }
Then follows a list of arrearages of debts due from freemen and others
for fines and quarterage unpaid, with which the year’s account closes.
The accounts for the ensuing years are very similar to the foregoing,
and we shall now give sundry extracts of the more interesting items to
be found in them.
1603-4. Itm̃ spent uppon a dinn{r} in the
hall when the Coronac͠on of the Kinge
was solempnized vij{li} iiij{d}
Itm̃ geven to the beadell for warninge
certayne disobedient pˀsons to the hall viij{d}
Itm̃ paid for o{r} seates in powles church
yard when we prayed for the kynge iij{s}
1604-5. Among various fines received this year occur--
Of Hughe ffell for not appearinge uppon summons xij{d}
Of Willm̃ Patrick for not appearinge uppon
summons ij{s}
Of Thomas Goodale for his fyne for not rydeinge
w{th} o{r} M{rs} to meet the Kingꝭ Ma{tie} x{s}
Of Nycholas Kellawaye for the Lyke offence x{s}
Of Robert Morrey for his fine for geveinge evell
report of a Broth{r} of this Company v{s}
Of John Udall for puttinge awaye his App̃ntice
w{th}out the M{rs} order x{s}
Of Abraham Renex for his fine for his absens from
Lectures x{s}
Of John Carre for his fine to this howse for his
evill practize in Surgery v{s}
Of Barker Browne for hanginge oute Basons on St.
Peters daye xij{d}
In this and many subsequent years occur entries of 10_s._ paid to the
preacher of the sermon at St. Olave’s, Silver Street, on Election day
as well as 1_s._ to the Clerk of that church, and 6_s._ for herbs and
flowers.
Item geven to the Beadell & Porter for serch for
an hurt malefactor ij{s}
This would be a criminal wounded in some affray and who it was
suspected was concealed by a Surgeon to be cured of his wounds--an
offence against one of the Company’s by-laws.
Item geven to the Beadell for his paynes for
arrestinge Coates & Sebastian iij{s} iiij{d}
Item paid for 2 whippes for correction xiiij{d}
Item paid for 12 yardes of greene & white rybbin
when o{r} M{rs} rode to meete his Ma{tie} vj{s}
Item geven then to the Torch bearers to the
Porter & for wannes[258] xiij{s} vj{d}
Item spent the same night uppon a supper
uppon the Ryders & their wyves iij{li} xiij{s} x{d}
Item geven the Coock at the Winmill then vj{d}
Item geven to John a Lee to buy him a shirt ij{s} vj{d}
Item paid for mendeinge the hower glasse xij{d}
Paid to o{r} Armorer for scowringe of o{r} Arm lvj{s} vj{d}
Item paid for 3 vizors vj{s}
[258] Wands.
1605-6. At this period the Court and Livery numbered together but
fifty-nine persons.
Item paid on the Lo: Maiors daye in the morninge
for suger & Cloves for the Burnt wyne iij{s} ij{d}
Item pᵭ for arrestinge of wydowe Ebbes an
abuser of the Arte of Surgery ij{s}
Item paid for his Matꝭ picture by order
of Court of Assistantꝭ iiij{li}
1606-7. Twelve of the Yeomanry were this year taken into the Livery, of
whom eleven paid £5 each and the other £2.
1607-8. Fines were received:--
Of Xp̃ofer Stopforth for settinge upp shopp
before he had served one yeare jorneyman vj{s} viij{d}
Item of Thomas Allen for wearinge a
faulinge band in his Lyverye xij{d}
Falling bands (which are described in Planche’s Cyclopedia of Costume)
were considered by the Court an “excess of apparel,” then rigorously
suppressed. Thomas Allen, here referred to, was Warden 1620-1-2, and
was the first Master of Dulwich College.
Item of Andrew Wheatley for waytinge in his
Lyverye in a hatt and a faulinge band ij{s}
Henry John Bushe presented an Apprentice. This is noted as being the
earliest instance of a double Christian name in the Company’s books.
Item paid for 108 flemish ells of tapestrye
the xxvj{th} of March at x{s} pˀ ell liiij{li}
Item bought a pece of Blacke buckaram to
make Coote for correction of Appr̃ xj{s}
This coat (popularly known as the “bulbeggar”) was a garment somewhat
like a sack with apertures for the eyes and arms, which was put over
the head and body of the person appointed to flog an unruly apprentice,
who was thereby prevented from identifying his castigator. See more
fully as to this in the amusing foot note on p. 423, Vol. I, of
Herbert’s Livery Companies.
Item paid to Braye y{e} informer the xj{th}
of Maye for 9 informations[259] 9 fees
xxx{s} for drawinge the 9 informations
and inrowlinge xxij{s} vj{d} for 4
subpenas viij{s} and the Barons
hand iiij{s} vj{d} iij{li} v{s}
Item paid to the Joyners for the frames
of the xxiiij chayres @ xxij{d} a pece ij{li} iiij{s}
Item payd for 8 muscovye skynnes the 2 of
June at xij{s} vj{d} a pece for the
makinge of the chayres v{li}
Item payd for the frame of a chaire for
the maister vj{s}
Item payd to Blanye for makinge upp y{e}
coate for correction of Apprentices viij{s}
Item paid to the uphoulster for making upp
all the chayres and fynding some thingꝭ
to them as appeareth by his bill xix{th}
of June vj{li}
Item paid the xxx{th} of June for xix yardꝭ
of greene Kerseye for curtaines at
4{s} vj{d} the yarde iiij{li} v{s} vj{d}
Item paid for a fair wallenut tree table viij{li}
Item paid for a Clocke bought the second
of August v{li}
[259] Against persons practising Barbery or Surgery and not free of
the Company.
The new room in the Bulwark, which formed the upper end of the Hall
where the Master sat, was built at this period, the accounts containing
many items of payment for Builders’ work connected with that room.
1608-9. The rents received this year for the Company’s property at
Holborn Bridge, Conyhoop Lane, Walbrook, Tower Street, “Mugwell”
Street, East Smithfield, Moorfields and Swan Alley amounted to £130
17_s._ 4_d._
Item paid to y{e} Shrife’s officer for his
attendaunce to carry Humphry Gorston &
W{m} Wright to the Counter[260] ij{s} vj{d}
Item paid to the Clarke for making cleane the hall ij{s}
Item for moing the grasse in y{e} backe yard &
Cariing away xx{d}
Item for weedinge y{e} Stone yard and making it cleane xij{d}
1609-10. Item paid for seatꝭ in Paules Church
yarde on the daie of Gowries Conspiracye iij{s} iiij{d}
[260] Compter in Wood Street.
This day (5th August) was for some years observed in thanks-giving, to
commemorate the escape of James I from assassination by the Earl of
Gowrie (see Chambers’ Book of Days, Vol. II, p. 178).
Item gyven to a poore broosen boye xij{d}
Item paid to the mynister of Garlick hill
church for reading service on my lord
Mayors daye ij{s} vj{d}
Item paid for bread and beere for the Bargmen
in the morning before wee went out iiij{s}
Item paid to the Drummer and ffyfe xv{s}
Item paid to the Cornettꝭ xxxj{s}
Item paid to M{r} of the Barge iij{li}
Item gyven to the maydes where wee take boate ij{s}
Item gyven to the sexton of the churche xij{d}
Item gyven that night to the Bargemen to drincke ij{s}
Item paid for drinck fetched to the Barge xvj{d}
Item paid two Taverne Billꝭ that daie ij{li} vij{s} ix{d}
Item gyven to the Mayde of the howse by Consent xij{d}
Item paid for Cakꝭ and Roles iiij{s}
Item paid for a Lanthorne to hange out
before the hall Gate iij{s} iiij{d}
Item paid for cuttinge of the vyne & for
nayles and Lether v{s} vj{d}
Item paid for a Roome to laye Gees goodes in
and for Carryinge thereof the distresse to
the hall and spent upon the Constable when I made ij{s} vj{d}
The power of distraint for non-payment of fines, etc., was granted to
the Company by their By-laws, the warrant was signed by the Master and
executed by the Beadle, with the assistance of a constable.
1612-13. Item paid for herbes at sevˀall tymes
on tewsdaies Courtꝭ to strowe the howse xij{d}
Item paid the 11{th} daie of September 1612
for washinge of the pictures xxj{s}
1615-16. Laid out about obteyninge of the
plate & followinge the Theves x{li} xix{s} iiij{d}
An account of this robbery, and the apprehension and execution of the
thieves, will be found on p. 208.
1616-17. For mending the great bible vj{d}
1617-18. Paid for Torches Ribbins & Whifflers
staves the xv{th} of September when the
masters went to mete the Kinge j{li} xix{s} iiij{d}
Gyven unto Thomas Shaw to release him out
of Prison xxx{s}
To Presson[261] in his last sicknes at
severall tymes xx{s}
Gyven by order of Court to apparell Presson’s
sonne xxij{s}
Paid the rent of the Water xxx{s}
Paid unto Browne the Armorer for his yeares fee xiij{s} iiij{d}
Paid for two spitt wheeles & mendinge the Jack xviij{d}
Paid for a dore in East Smithfeild & mendinge
the pryvie howse bords x{s} vj{d}
1618-19. Paid for sending childeren to virgynia ij{s}
[261] Preston was the Porter or Under Beadle.
This sum would not send out many children; for a notice of the Virginia
scheme see p. 121.
Paid for our seatꝭ on the daie of thankꝭgyveinge
for the Recovery of his Ma{ties} Sicknes iij{s} iiij{d}
Paid for M{r} Aldermans Picture iij{li}
This would be a portrait of Alderman Proby, Master in 1615, and Lord
Mayor in 1622.
For a muskett furnished sent to Ireland xxiij{s} vj{d}
1619-20. P{d} for sendinge the childeren
to virgynia ij{s} ij{d}
1620-21. Paid by precept towardꝭ the
disburseinge of the 5000{li} gyven to
the Palsgrave[262] xxx{li}
1621-2. Paid unto the Clarke of the
Ironmongers fora Copie of the Irish
accomptꝭ & the Acquittaunce iij{s}
Paid for sendinge childeren to virgynia ij{s} ij{d}
Item paid for three black Jackꝭ of leather xj{s}
P{d} for mendinge the Rapper of the hall gate vj{d}
1622-3. Gyven by a Court of Assistantꝭ unto
the Clarks maid towardꝭ her marriage ij{li}
Paid by consent for a noyse of Trumpetꝭ
on the Lord Maiors daie xxv{s}
[262] Frederick V, Elector Palatine--son-in-law of James I.
Sir Peter Proby was Lord Mayor this year.
1623-4. Received of the Companie of
Ironmongers for the Irishe plantac͠on
being o{r} pˀt of the 5 division xj{li} ix{s} vj{d}
The Recorder had a yearly “fee” of £6 in this and many subsequent
years, most probably to secure his friendship towards the Company.
[Footnote: The initial letter ~T~ is reduced from one in the Audit
Book, 1623-4.]
In 1623 occurs the last entry of the Company keeping “Gowries day.”
1625-6. Received of John Pinder for his
comeinge into the Livery who hath byn
once Warden of the Yeomanrye xl{s}
Of Edward Charley for his comeinge into
the Livery haveing not byn Warden of
the Yeomanry v{li}
Paid to Thomas Bourne a poore Scholler
by order of Court iij{li}
Every year about this period is an entry for wooden Trenchers,
generally a gross of them, and the cost about 6_s._
There are also many entries for “boat hire”; whenever a journey was
taken it seems to have nearly always been on the river, and only on
rare occasions is horse hire mentioned.
1626-7. Given by order of Court amongst miserable
poore people xl{s}
The cost of obtaining the Charter this year, as appears by the detailed
account amounted to £168 19_s._ 8_d._
1627-8. Paid unto to Mercer for Taffitaes to
make the banners streamers and Ancient xviij{li} vj{s} viij{d}
Given the worke men that made the flaggs
to drinck ij{s}
Paid M{r} Babb and M{r} Withers uppon consent
for their painting the Auncient 2 Streamers
2 bannors and 10 bannorettꝭ and the quarter
for Scotland in the kingꝭ armes and likewise
for painting those flagg staves xv{li}
Paid for silke and fringe for the flaggs to
M{r} March in Cornhill vij{s} vj{d}
Given by consent to a poore souldier that
shewed a Mandrake to this Courte v{s}
The root of the mandrake is said to bear a resemblance to the
human form, and the “poore souldier” was not disappointed when he
thought that by laying such a professional curiosity before the
Barber-Surgeons, he would receive a benevolence.
Paid unto the Chamᵬlaine of London for the
Kings use as by precept ccclx{li}
Paid and disbursed for takeing downe and
carryeing of King Henrye the 8 picture
to White hall for the Kinge to see and
bringeing it back and setting it up againe xij{s}
James I in 1617 borrowed this picture, his letter demanding it is
still at Barbers’ Hall, and it would appear by this entry that his son
Charles did the same; the wonder is that we have still got it, after
running two such risks.
1628-9. Paid M{r} Greene the Gouldsmith for
the silver and makeing of 4 new Garlandꝭ
as pˀ bill xx{li}
These Garlands, the most elegant in the City, are still worn by the
Master and Wardens on Court days.
ffor an hundred of sweete briers xiiij{d} for
rosemary ij{s} violettꝭ and strawberryes iiij{d}
and nayles ij{d} iij{s} viij{d}
Imagine sweetbriar with rosemary, violets, and strawberries in a garden
in Monkwell Street in this present year of grace!
1629 30. Given to M{r} Greenebury painter for new
amending M{r} fferebras picture and to his man
for bringing it home x{s} vj{d}
Spent that day wee attended S{r} John Cooke
secretarye of State as concerneing one Dupont a
frenchmen recomended from the Lordꝭ of the privey
Councell to practise in the cure of the pockꝭ vij{d}
Given to M{r} Secretary Cookes man upon the returne
of o{r} answere to him of Duponts insufficiencye
in the cureing the pockꝭ ij{s}
Given to Edward Downes a poor barbar by order of Court x{s}
Given by order of Court to John Blackwell barbar
towardꝭ his losse by fier at Wood streete corner xl{s}
Paid in December to the Gardner for 2 daies worke
cuting and nayleing the vines ij{s} viij{d}
Paid for a dozen of double woodbines and 25 sweete
briers ix{s} iiij{d}
Paid to a woeman for 3 dayes weeding the gravell
and Stone walke ij{s} viij{d}
Paid to William Brice for 4 daies at ij{s} vj{d} x{s}
Paid to him for halfe a daye w{ch} he grumbled for j{s} iij{d}
1630-1. In this year the trades of the masters binding apprentices are
recorded, there being 48 barbers, 22 surgeons, 9 tailors, 5 diers, 1
drawer, 3 butchers, 1 merchant, 1 sempster, 1 grocer, 1 thridman, 1
brewer, 1 stocking seller, 1 sheeregrinder, and 26 unclassed; these
latter were most probably either barbers or surgeons.
Given to Edward Pardoe and his wiefe lieing in prison x{s}
Given to Marshall Petoe for his elegies on M{r} Banckꝭ
his funerall daie by order of Court x{s}
Petoe was a City poet who wrote a dirge upon Queen Elizabeth, and a few
other not very cheerful compositions.
1631-2. This year the Livery fines were raised, those who had served
the office of warden of the Yeomanry paying £7 and all others £10.
Of the masters taking apprentices this year, 55 were barbers, 31
surgeons, 15 tailors, 8 dyers, 3 stocking sellers, 3 button makers, 1
button loope maker, 2 chaundlers, 1 sempster, 1 butcher, 1 carpenter, 1
bookbinder, 1 wheelwright, 1 glass seller, 1 grocer, 1 merchant, and 1
was unclassed.
Paid for our Dynner the 14th of June and other
Expencꝭ for those Assistantꝭ that attended the
Lordꝭ of the Councell when the Phisitians
complayned to have obteyned the viewinge of
o{r} Pacients in daunger of death xlvj{s} vj{d}
Paid to a Smith for mending and refreshinge of
the Clock xv{s}
Paid for 8 fyrre poales to beare up the vynes iij{s} viij{d}
Paid for Nayles and Prymeinge the Vynes iij{s} viij{d}
Paid for 3{li} of plaster of parris ix{d}
1632-3. This year the sum of £343 1_s._ 5_d._ was expended in the
erection of a Gallery and a Granary over it in the Inner Stone Yard,
the Granary being for the storage of the City corn. The details of all
the expenses about this business are given and the following are a few
extracts therefrom:--
~Imprimis~ paid to Thomas Doorebarre
Tymberman for a C of Deales at 7{li} 10{s}
the C and 18 Loadꝭ and 27 foote of tymber
at 36{s} the Load as pˀ bill xl{li} xvj{s} vj{d}
Paid to the Turnor for turneing the 6 great
Collumbs at 9{s} a peece as pˀ bill liiij{s}
Paid alsoe to the Turner for turneing 4 postꝭ
& 25 ballisters for the stayres as by bill xvj{s}
Paid to Thomas Stanley Mason for squareing and
layeinge of 630 foote of old stone in the
Gallerye the stone stepps to the Granary the
Capitalls and pedistalls of stone in the
fronte the 6 bases the large sonne dyall
& the little dyall as pˀ bill xl{li}
Paid to John Jeames Carver for Cuttinge
the Companyes Armes in stonne iiij{li}
Paid to Nathaniell Glover Dyall maker for
paynting the great Sunne Dyall the
Companyes Armes in Stone & layeinge in
Oyle Collour the inscripc͠on of the M{r}
and Wardens names the sume of iij{li} x{s}
Paid to the Cittyes Bricklayer to viewe
the foundac͠on of o{r} Bricke wall to
the Granarye iiij{s}
Paid to John ffowler Bricklayer for tyleing
9 ten foote squares & 1 quarter & tenn
foote at 18{s} a square & for 9 Roddꝭ &
51 foote 10 ynches of bricke worke at
6{li} the Rodd & for 5 Rodd & 119 foote
9 ynches of the lower Bricke worke at
4{li} the Rodd cometh to lxxxv{li} xiij{s} ij{d}
Paid to Thomas Aldridge Plasterer for 155
yardꝭ of lyme & hayre layd on the Brick
walls at 3{d} ob[263] the yard And for
312 yardꝭ & 6 foote of lathed worke layd
with lyme & haire at 9{d} ob. the yard
And for whiteing & sizeinge that worke
w{ch} was more then the Bargaine As by
bill appeareth xvj{li} xviij{s} iiij{d}
Paid to Edward Spencer Plumber for 52C 3
quarters and 1 pound of lead at 14{s}
the C 54{li} & a half of Sauder at 9{d}
the pound And for Plumbers worke &
Carriage of the Lead as pˀ bill xlj{li} iij{s} iiij{d}
1633-4. Given to Mondayes widow whoe
pˀsented a guift to this Courte The booke
of The Surveigh of London beinge in folio xxx{s}
[263] ob. = obolus, a halfpenny.
This was the widow of Anthony Munday, the author of many City pageants,
and of the Edition of Stowe’s Survey, which his widow “presented” to
the Court _in exchange for 30s._
Given by order of the 29 Aprill to the Keepers
of The xchaunge to put downe Mountabanck bills x{s}
These were quack surgeons’ advertisements; the Royal Exchange seems to
have been a favourite place for their exhibition, as there are various
other entries to a like effect.
Paid to M{r} Treswell Harrold painter for
the amendinge & paintinge of o{r} fflaggꝭ
that were torne and ruyned by the weather
as pˀ bill iiij{li} v{s}
The following entries relate to the Company’s “provision of corn.”
Paid for a Bushell a halfe bushell a Peck
and a halfe peck measures and bringinge
them to the hall xj{s} iij{d}
Paid for a Roape for the Jynn vj{s} v{d}
Paid for a great Iron Beame & Scales to
weyghe Corne xxvj{s}
Paid for new Leaden waightꝭ waighing CCC{li}
viz{t} 5 halfe hundrede waight 1 quartern
1 halfe quarterne 1 seaven pounde 1 foure
pounde 1 twoe pounde 1 pound 1 halfe pound
& 1 quarter of a pound waightꝭ at 16{s} 8{d}
pˀ C. comes to l{s}
Paid for a Skreene for the Corne xj{s}
Paid for a sacke for that Skreene iij{s}
Payd for the Carryage of the great Skreene for
Corne w{ch} the Companye did not like of ij{s} vj{d}
Paid for twoe hand treys to sell meale by
in y{e} mˀket xvj{d}
Paid for a Ballattinge boxe & Bullettꝭ xl{s}
Disbursed in chargꝭ about the 4 Condempned
Lancashire woemen that were brought to
o{r} Hall by the Kingꝭ Comaũnd to be searched
the sume of x{s} vj{d}
These women were examined to ascertain if any were pregnant, that if so
their execution might be stayed.
1634-5. Paid to S{r} Willm̃ St. George Herrauld
at his genˀall visitat̃on for the severell
Companies Armes in London the sume of
iij{li} vj{s} viij{d} as his ffee &
xx{s} amongst his Clerkꝭ iiij{li} vj{s} viij{d}
The Company paid £16 “ship-money” this year.
Paid to the Clocke Smith for mendinge the Clock iij{s}
This entry is curious, being the transition name of a trade; the
blacksmiths were originally the clockmakers (_see_ p. 399); here we
have the “clock smith” and later on the “clock maker.”
The records obtained from the Guildhall and the Tower to which
reference is made in the following extracts, and which are preserved
in a vellum book (still in the possession of the Company) were made by
William Colet, here called “Colley.” The record from the Tower has been
already fully referred to on p. 29, etc.
Paid for searchinge in the Threasury at Guildhall
and for a Coppy of Richard le Barbars beinge
chosen M{r} to governe the Companye for one yeare
Intrat in Libro C. folio 96, and in the second
yeare of Edward the Second Also in Libro H folio
73. Thomas Boyvell & Willm̃ Osney sworne M{rs}
for one yeare to rule the Company in the first
yeare of Richard the second x{s}
Paid the ffee for search in the Roles in the Towre
of London for the Companies antiquitye x{s}
Paid for a Coppy of o{r} Companies auncient
Ordynances out of those Roles The Eleaventh of
Richard the second xij{s} vj{d}
Paid to M{r} Colley at twoe tymes for his
extraordinary paynes in searchinge x{s}
Paid to M{r} Riley for his paynes there ij{s} vj{d}
Paid & given for a search & Coppye out of the
Herrauldꝭ Office of our Companies beinge the
17{th} in precedency at their visitac͠on 1568 x{s}
Given to the Porter at the Herrauldꝭ office that
day o{r} hearinge was betwixt us and the
Talloughchandlers ij{s} vj{d}
1635-6. Spent when M{r} Inigo Jones the Kinges
Surveyor came to view the back ground xj{s} vj{d}
Given to M{r} Mason that drew y{e} plotꝭ for
y{e} Theater xl{s}
1636-7. In the previous year £480 had been paid in respect of the
building of the Anatomical Theatre and this year a further sum of
£242 17_s._ 4_d._ This was exclusive of the cost of digging for the
foundations which the Company did by their own labourers, whom they
paid 16_d._ per day each. It was the practice of the Company to allow
each workman engaged, whether labourers or mechanics, 1_d._ a day for
“breakfast money,” and this was paid to the “chandler” for them.
Amongst the expenses incurred about the Theatre were these:--
Spent by water at tymes when wee went to M{r}
Surveigher (Inigo Jones) about the Theater vj{s} j{d}
Paid to M{r} Wilson a Mason to Measure Stanleys
worke in the Theater & spent then xiij{s} ix{d}
Given to Robert Butler and John Pullen for their
measureing the Theater xl{s}
The expenses connected with the Building of the New or Great Parlour,
and the Gallery next the Theatre, were this year £263 7_s._ 7_d._
Paid to widᵭ Lucas for an iron money box for
the M{rs} xx{s}
This quaint old box is still in use as the “Poor’s box.”[264]
[264] See head piece to Chapter on “Charities.”
1637-8. The Wardens received £188 10_s._ 0_d._ from 41 members of the
Company by way of gift to the Building fund; the names of the donors
are all set out in the book.
Recẽd for the old Rustie Armo{r} and Gunnes
the som̃e of ij{li} xvj{s} ij{d}
P{d} for Linckes & torches at the awdite
day night & Lo: Maiors day night ij{s} iij{d}
Paid for mendinge and pitchinge the
3 Blacke Jacks iij{s}
The Company paid £30 being three years’ contribution to the repair of
St. Paul’s, due August, 1638. £224 0_s._ 3_d._ was also paid in respect
of the building of the Theatre.
1638-9. ~The charge~ and settinge upp o{r}
bookes and auntient Manuscriptꝭ in o{r} new Library.
Paid for 36 yardꝭ of chaine at 4{d} the yard &
36 yards at 3{d} ob. the yard cometh to xxij{s} vj{d}
Paid to the Coppersmith for castinge 80 brasses
to fasten the Chaines to the bookes xiij{s} iiij{d}
To porters at sevˀall tymes to carry these
bookꝭ ij{s}
Paid to the bookebynders for new byndinge 15
bookꝭ xlviij{s} vj{d}
Paid for Claspinge 19 large & small bookꝭ &
fasteninge all the brasses to the iron chaines
to Threescore & foure bookꝭ in the Library,
new bosses for two great bookꝭ 8{s} setting on
old bosses j{s} mending ould Claspes ij{s} xxxj{s} viij{d}
Paid for makeinge Ringes swiffles & fittinge all
the iron chaines xij{s}
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~Som~ is vj{li} xviij{s}
=======================
1639-40. Paid 2 fifteens towardꝭ Midletons
water[265] vj{s}
Given to the Recorders Clerke that the ffrenchmen
might not take the body from Tyborne ij{s} vj{d}
[265] The New River water.
1640-1. Paid to the Tellers of the Exchequer in
8{ber} 1640 for y{e} Kings use 400 0 0
Paid and given to M{r} Davies man ij{s} and the
water men and Porters to bring King Charles figure
in Brasse to the hall 0 4 6
This Bust of the King was set up in the Theatre.
1641-2. There were seventy-three liverymen on the roll this year, and
the Court numbered thirty-three in addition.
Paid to Edward Cock Painter for mending the pictures
& frames of Queene Eliʒ. S{r} Peter Probye Sarjeant
Balthrop and blacking Gilding Apollo 1 2 0
~Disbursed~ at the Kings enterteynem{t} in London the 25{th} of
November 1641.
Paid for a peece of rich Taffitae to make a pendant 0 18 0
P{d} for Greene Perpetuana for the 18 ffootemen 9 4 0
P{d} for white lace to sett on those suites 1 11 4
P{d} for white and greene ribaning as by bill 3 16 0
P{d} in the morning for buttred sack 8{s} buns 3{s}
butter 3{li} ij{s} beere & bread 4{s} 0 17 0
P{d} for the Companies dinner at the Castle that daye 6 8 0
P{d} to M{r} Berisford taylor for making 6 suites
tape & thread 1 2 0
Paid to M{r} Ball taylor for making 12 suites 2 4 0
P{d} to M{r} Treswell the Harrould Painter 2 12 0
P{d} for the Pendaunt Staffe and 18 trunchions 0 9 0
P{d} to a porter to watch the standings and candles 0 3 6
to workemen to drink 0 0 6
ffor making 18 greene flatt capps 0 18 0
ffor 3 dozen of torches that night 2 8 0
for hier of three blewe clothes and porteridge 0 16 6
To Richardson a porter 0 2 0
Paid by consent towards the 18 ffootmens suppers 1 0 0
Paid for John Perkins his scarfe that beare our Pendant
with our Coate of armes 1 0 0
Paid M{r} Dorebare Carpinter for boards and setting
upp and taking downe and cariage of our standings 4 8 0
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~Sume~ is 39 17 10
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1642-3. Paid into the Chamber of London for Ireland 400 0 0
Paid into the Committees at Grocers Hall for releife
of Ireland 50 0 0
Paid the Companies viij{li} weakly assessment for
12 weekes 96 0 0
Paid the 9{th} August 1642 for one Silver Canne given to
Docto{r} Chamberlaine for his anatomye Lecture vj{li}
and to the Porter that brought things from thence j{s}
& to Docto{r} Meverells man j{s} when he sent Cafferius
Placentius his booke of Anatomye w{ch} he gave to the
Librarye 6 2 0
Paid for 60 yards of Chaine for bookes in the Librarye
at 4{d} p. yard 1 0 0
P{d} to the Copper Smith for 60 brasses 0 10 0
To the Claspmaker for setting on 32 brasses 0 8 0
1644-5. Wee charge ourselves with foure hundred
and five pounds received of S{r} Iohn Wollaston
and the rest of the Thrẽrs at warres by order of
the Comittee of Parliam{t} for the Army for
furnishing xxvij Chyrurgians Chests & Instrumt{s}
for S{r} Thomas ffairfax his Armie CCCCv{li}
The Company were bound under precepts directed to them, to press
Surgeons for the Army and to provide them each with a Medicine chest
and Instruments value £15. It is a remarkable circumstance that the
Parliament should have _paid_ the money to the Company for this
service, a proceeding contrary to the practice then in vogue.
At this time it appears that the indebtedness of the Company to various
creditors for monies lent to enable them to meet the demands of the
authorities amounted to no less a sum than £2,633 4_s._ This was
borrowed at 6, 7 and 8 per cent. interest upon the seal of the house;
the Company had pawned the best of their ancient plate to satisfy the
rapacity of the King and the army, and the following pitiful entry
speaks volumes--
Paid for the hyre of 4 Cupps for the elecc͠on 0 2 0
1645-6. Money was raised by granting annuities thus--
Wee charge ourselves with Twoe hundred pounds rec̃d of M{r}
Nichãs Heath for an Annuitye of xxvj{li} for tenn yeares CC{li}
Paid for one newe black Jack 0 5 0
Paid for amending two old black Jacks 0 2 6
Paid for two douzen of sawcers 0 12 0
Paid for 15 dozen of Trenchers 0 6 7
P{d} the Lord Maiors Officers as a fine for the Rubbish
lyeing in the Streete 0 2 0
The indebtedness of the Company this year amounted to £2,847 18_s._
10_d._
1646-7. ffor mending the Corrector twice 0 3 0
The apprentices must have been especially troublesome this year.
1647-8. Given to Richard Greenburye Workeman to this
house towards his inlargement out of prison 2 0 0
Mr. Greenbury had often been employed by the Company as a portrait
painter, and it is delightful to notice their kindly regard for him in
both his and their evil days.
1648-9. In 1644 the Company had pawned their plate, but seem to have
redeemed it within the next year or two, for under this year we read
that plate to the value of £297 11_s._ 8_d._ was _absolutely_ sold to
Mr. Thomas Madox, Goldsmith, and other plate was pledged with Mr. John
Browne for £250.
Paid for our seates in S{t} Paulls Church on
Thancksgiving day for the Northerne Victorye 0 7 0
Paid for the same on a day of humiliac͠on for a
blessing on the treatie w{th} his then Ma{tie} 0 7 0
1649-50. Paid for o{r} Seates at Christchurch the
Thancsgiving day for the Irish Victorye 0 3 0
Paid for cakes and ale for the Livery on that day
at y{e} hall 0 4 4
The expenses of ~Lord Mayor’s~ day were as follows:--
Paid for Ribbon for the Whifflers Officers & Bargemen 1 4 4
ffor eight staves 0 2 0
Paid to Edward Soare Barge M{r} 3 15 0
Paid to the Trumpetts that came to the hall voluntarilye 0 10 0
Given to the Clarke & sexton of S{t} James Church
Garlick hith 0 2 6
Given to the Porter at Baynards castle 0 1 6
Paid to the Drum̃e & Phiffe 0 12 0
Given to the Watermen to drinck 0 2 6
More for beare for the Watermen 0 0 6
ffor 8 dozen of cakes & 3 dozen of other bread 0 11 0
Paid for foure pounds of butter 0 3 4
Paid the Grocers bill and Vinteners bill for a potac͠on
for the Liverye in y{e} morning 1 3 6
Given to the Servants of the Taverne 0 2 6
ffor washing linnen & making cleane the hall 0 11 6
Paid the Butler for his attendance 0 10 0
Paid for hyre for 3 dozen of Napkins 0 4 0
ffor hier of Pewter 0 10 0
Given to the Stewards by order of Court 8 0 0
Paid for cords 0 0 4
It was the custom for the Stewards to provide the Livery dinner, and
the £8 was an allowance made by the Company towards the cost of the
dinner.
Paid in exchange of clip̃d & counterfitt money 0 16 6
Given by order of Court to widᵭ Morgan towards the
apparelling her sonne to bee placed an Appñtice 1 10 0
On the 1st November, 1649, the Company attended a Thanksgiving service
at Christchurch, and later on they were present at the same place for a
“Humilation day for Ireland.”
1650-1. Paid for a large Banner of the Armes of England
and Ireland and mending the old Banners 6 17 6
This “mending the old banners” was really taking out the Royal arms and
inserting those of the Commonwealth, and was done under compulsion by
order of Oliver Cromwell.
Paid to Greenburye for painting the Picture of M{r} Edward
Arris and Doctor Charles Scarborough & Anathomye 9 10 0
This fine picture is preserved at Barbers’ Hall.
On October 8th, 1650, the Company attended a Thanksgiving at
Christchurch, for a victory at Dunbar.
1652-3. On Lord Mayor’s day the ribbons for the whifflers were 30 yards
of white 6_d._ ribbon, and 30 yards of green 8_d._ ribbon.
The Company were present at one Humiliation and two Thanksgiving
Services this year.
1653-4. Paid for hire of a greene cloth to lay over the
Rayle of our standing in Paulls Churchyard when the
Lord Protector was enterteined by the Citie at Grocers
hall 0 12 6
To the Butler for his attendance then 0 10 0
ffor the hire of a Case of Knives then 0 1 0
Paid for Cakes and wine 7{s} and for attendance ij{s} 0 9 0
Paid to M{r} Dorebarre Carpinter for fitting the standing
and doeing other worke as by twoe bills appeare 7 10 0
Paid for washing the Table Lynnen and making cleane the
Hall on y{t} day 0 11 6
Paid to M{r} Dorebarre Carpinter for the newe building
next the newe gate of the hall according to agreement 120 0 0
The liabilities of the Company to Creditors for money borrowed amounted
to £2,386 13_s._ 10-1/2_d._
1655-6. ffor a large Mapp of the World on the Chymney
in the long Parlour 2 10 0
1657-8. Payd for thinges to p{r}serve the Robes and
Carpettꝭ from mothes 0 5 0
Paid for a paire of Gloves p{r}sented to M{r} Secondary
Trottman by order of Court 1 10 0
1658-9. To the Herauld Painter for severall Armes in the
new Booke of Charters and ordinances 2 0 0
Paid the Clerke for Velome bindinge and other charges
about that Booke 0 13 0
This book, very handsomely illuminated, is preserved at the Hall.
The Great Account Book ends here, and the next one embraces the years
1659 to 1674.
1659-60. Payd by order of a Court of Assistantꝭ into
the Chamber of London o{r} proporc͠on of 10000{li}
to be raysed by the Companies of London to be sent
as a Guift to the Kinge[266] 96 0 0
Payd M{r} Phinees Bill for Cloathes for the ffootemen
att the Kinges Entertainem{t} in the Cittie when hee
came first into the Kingdome 20 0 0
ffor 4 peices of Greene & white Ribbon
for the Horsemen and footemen that day 3 12 0
ffor 24 Staves for the ffootemen 0 8 0
Payd to the Herauld Painter for a new Pendent and
the Kingꝭ Armes 11 15 0
ffor payntinge the ffootemens staves 0 8 8
Payd for a Dynner for the Horsemen that day 3 1 6
Payd ffor 4 peeces of Greene & white Ribbon the
5{th} of July for the ffootemen &c when the Kinge
dyned at Guildhall 3 12 0
ffor a breakefast for the Livery that day 0 10 4
ffor three Staves for the Attendantꝭ that day 0 1 0
ffor a Dynner for the horsemen that day 4 6 7
ffor a Dynner for the Livery that day 5 3 2
ffor the Trompeterꝭ that day 1 12 0
Payd the Cookes Bill upon a Thancksgivinge day
the 10{th} of May 4 8 7
The Vintnerꝭ Bill that day 1 7 0
Spent att the Miter on choyce of my Lord Maio{r} 0 12 6
Expended in Attendance on the Duke of Yorkes Secretary att
severall tymes to frustrate the designe of the Apothecaries 0 13 4
1660-1. Payd by order of a Co{rt} of Assistantꝭ into the
Chamber of London o{r} proporc͠on towards makeinge of
pageantꝭ 48 0 0
[266] Charles II at the Restoration.
This refers most probably to the rejoicings in June, 1660, when the
City entertained Charles II, the Dukes of York and Gloucester, and
other persons of quality.
ffor strowingꝭ on the Elecc͠on day 0 1 8
These were herbs, etc., spread over the floor of the Hall, and flowers
strewed by the maids in the street in front of the Company as they went
to church.
1661-2. This year there were 158 Liverymen, of whom 29 were on the
Court.
To a Couple of Serjantꝭ to Arrest severall pˀsons
that used the Art of Shaveinge in this Citty
and not beinge ffreemen of this Company 0 15 0
To S{r} W{m} Wylde for his advice upon a Declarac͠oon
ag{t} those pˀsons 1 0 0
Payd the Attorneys Bill in that Businesse 3 13 6
1662-3. ~August~ 26{th} 1662 att the Kinge & Queenes cominge
by water to London (from Hampton Court to Whitehall)
Spent lookeinge after a barge 0 1 6
The Bargemans Bill 8 0 0
To the Trompeters 3 0 0
ffor 74 yards of white & Greene Ribbon att 6{d} pˀ yard 1 17 0
The Vintners Bill att the 3 Tunnes att Breakefast 3 16 0
Butlers Bill that day 2 1 2
Beadles Bill that day for expenses 0 12 1
Cookes Bill that day 4 8 7
Vinteners Bill at the Sunne that day 3 3 8
ffor 4 douzen Bottles of Ale that day 0 14 10
To the Clerke at Garlicke Hithe Church that day 0 2 6
~Lord Mayors Day.~
The Bargemans breakefast 0 2 6
To the Bargeman & 11 men 4 8 0
ffor 84 yards of Ribbon att 6{d} pˀ yard 2 2 0
Michells bill for Cordage, &c. 0 2 2
ffor washinge the Table Lynnen & makeinge cleane the
hall then 0 11 6
The Butlers ffee then 0 13 4
The Vintners Bill for Breakefast 3 8 0
The Beadles Bill for Tabaccoe that day 0 3 8
To the Sexton of Garlicke hithe Church that day 0 2 6
To the porter att Baynards Castle 0 1 6
To the Trompeters then 2 5 0
ffor 8 douzen of cakes then 0 8 0
ffor 6 Staves for the Whiflers then 0 2 0
This year also the Company rode to “meete the Russia Embassadour” and
the charges for this are set out in the accounts.
The Company employed counsel and presented a petition against the
granting of a Charter to the Physicians; this business involved several
meetings at taverns and some presents to the Duke of York’s Secretary,
who seems to have espoused the cause of the Barber-Surgeons.
ffor makeinge presipientia to be præscientia in the
Bason and Tankerd 0 1 6
This would be the correction of an engraver’s mistake in the Company’s
motto on some silver plate.
ffor paintinge the staves for the Companyes Colo{rs}
and 4 windowes of the Granary 1 10 0
ffor makeinge cleane of severall pictures 0 17 0
ffor two Silver Salts 2 2 0
ffor mendinge Erasmus statute 0 3 0
ffor a large Chamber pott 0 5 6
1663-4. Received of the Governours Assistants and Livery
towards the Building of a Barge with other necessaryes
thereunto belonging 178 0 0
A considerable sum was again spent in opposing the Physician’s Charter,
Sir Wm. Scroggs, Mr. Pollexfen, Mr. Serjeant Glyn, Mr. Phillips, and
Sir Orlando Bridgeman being the Company’s counsel.
ffor mẽding King Henry the 8{ths} cupp 0 2 0
To a Serjeant to arrest M{r} Arnold for refusing to
take a fine for the Cloathing and entring the Acc͠on 0 5 4
To M{r} Banes the Attorney his ffee 0 2 6
To Peter Smith [the Beadle] for his expences to ketch
M{r} Arnold 0 2 6
The Company spent a large sum on their Barge and Barge house; all the
details are in the accounts, but the following extracts will suffice:--
To Henry fforty for makeing the Barge 115 0 0
ffor Calicoe for the Watermens Suites 3 5 0
ffor Staining the Coates 2 15 0
ffor makeing 20 Suites and Capps at 4{s} 6{d} each 4 10 0
To Henry fforty for triming the Barge Curting Rods
&c v{t} pˀ Bill 2 0 0
ffor Bayes and Curtaines 0 18 10
ffor Oares 1 14 0
To M{r} Blackmore the Herrald Painter for fflags
to the Barge 29 10 0
ffor Boards to house the Barge last Winter 17 5 6
Boathire and given to a Carpenter to view the
Duke of Richmonds Bargehouse 0 2 6
To the Archbishop of Canterburyes Counsell ffor his
perusall of the Draught of a Lease for ground to
build a Barge house on [at Lambeth] 1 0 0
To his Clarke for drawing it 0 10 0
To M{r} Snowe and M{r} Turney 2 of the Archbishops
Servants upon sealing the Lease 10{li} in Gold and
the change of Silver for Gold at 2{s} 4{d} a peice
1{li} 3{s} 4{d} in all 11 3 4
To M{r} Turneyes man for ingrossing the Lease 0 10 0
To the Archbishops Porter 0 5 0
Given to other Servants of the House when the
Governours attended his Lordship 0 12 0
To M{r} Matthewes the Bricklayer in part of payment
for his Brickworke about the Bargehouse 100 0 0
1664-5. The Company subscribed £94 15_s._ 6_d._ as a Contribution
towards the ship “The Loyal London,” to be presented to the King by the
City. They also “lent” the King £500 for which 6 per cent. interest was
_promised_.
Coach hire for the Governours to the Navy Office
on Audit day 0 2 0
Given to M{r} Pepis[267] his man that day 0 1 0
To the Hoboyes [on Lord Mayor’s day] 2 5 0
To Peter Smith for Tobaccoe and pipes 0 2 10
ffor Rosemary and Bayes for the Barge 0 2 0
ffor mending a Skelliton 0 5 0
[267] Samuel Pepys, the Diarist.
An entertainment was given to the Duke of Monmouth (who was free of the
Company) and among other items of expense incurred were:--
Comfitt makers Bill that day 4 2 6
ffor a quarter of a Pound of Spanish tobaccoe that day 0 2 6
Given to the Officers of the Navy according to
custome yearely 2 0 0
Perhaps Samuel Pepys came in for some of this.
There was a grand dinner at our Hall on 20th June, 1655, being
Thanksgiving day for the Victory over the Dutch.[268]
ffor bringing the Woodden Griffen from Wapping to
the Guilders 0 2 6
This would be the Opinicus for the bow of the barge.
ffor Imbroydering the Barge Cloath 15 0 0
Payd M{r} Rolls his Bill for the Barge Cloath 11 0 0
To M{r} Goodwyn for paynting the Barge 35 0 0
The next refers to the Great Plague.
Given to the poore visited persons the Third part of the
Companyes usuall allowance at an Election Dinner 5 0 0
Given to Thomas Vere in his visitac͠on 1 0 0
To Chamberlaines Widdow her house being visited 1 0 0
To Peter Smith in his sicknes 3 0 0
1665-6. Expended by myself y{e} Clerke & Beadles in
sevˀall Journeys to Greenw{ch} to attend y{e} officers
of y{e} Navy in y{e} late time of Visitac͠on 1 16 6
The Company made very many grants of money to the poor stricken people
about this time; and further contributed £69 9_s._ 6_d._ towards the
Ship “The Loyal London.”
[268] Pepys also kept this day. He says,--“Thankes-giving day for
victory over the Dutch. To the Dolphin Taverne, where all we officers
of the Navy met with the Commissioners of the Ordnance by agreement,
and dined: where good musique at my direction. Our club came to 34_s._
a man, nine of us. By water to Fox-hall, and there walked an hour
alone, observing the several humours of the citizens that were there
this holiday, pulling off cherries, and God knows what.”
1666-7. The following interesting entries relate to the ~Great Fire~
and the providential preservation of the ~Holbein~ painting.
To a souldier two dayes & two nights on the trained
bands when the great fier was & for powder 0 8 0
ffor carrying of the Companyes goods by Porters to
Moorefeildꝭ, howse roome there & carrying thence
to Holborne bridge 3 0 0
To a seaman that quenched the top of the theater when fired 0 4 0
To other labourers at that time 1 0 0
To one hurt in that service 0 10 0
ffor drinke for the labourers then 0 1 6
To a poore fellow that found a skelliton 0 1 0
To the City Marshall for getting of labourers and
laders & an engine to save the Theater 1 0 0
ffor the use of timber & other things at that time 0 2 6
To Major Brookes for his expences about ~H~ y{e} 8th picture 0 13 0
Given him as the Companyes gift 1 0 0
To six porters w{th} expences of bringing home y{t} picture 0 8 9
To Cap{t} Carroll his expenses about that picture 0 16 0
Given him as the Companyes gift 1 0 0
Expended on him 0 2 6
ffor a Cipres chest to put the plate in 2 0 0
ffor foure locks 2 handles & 8 plates for that chest 1 10 0
ffor a trunke for the linnin 0 10 0
To Jonas Wills for Workemen to Carry in leade & iron
out of the ruines 0 13 0
To a Carpenter & his man that assisted 9 6 0
To Peter Smith for Workemen at the hall 22{th} Septemb. 1666 4 7 4
More to him for workemen y{e} 25 of 7{ber} 66 7 11 8
ffor 7 large boxes w{th} Locks & keys to put the Companyes
writings in 1 8 0
To Peter Smith his charges in getting home sevˀall
flaggs & pictures & a skelliton 0 14 0
To Jonas Wills for the Skelliton the Cobler had 0 5 0
ffor a Warrant for sevˀall pˀsons suspected to have
some of the Companyes goods & Expended about it 0 2 6
1667-8. Received of severall Members of the Company and
fforreyn{rs} towards the Building of the Hall and other
offices 383 8 0
These contributions were voluntary and are accounted for every year for
a considerable period. At the end of the book is a long and detailed
list of the contributors, commencing 23rd April, 1668, and extending
to March, 1681. There seem to have been 398 subscribers, and the sum
collected from them was £1,850; this amount, however, was wholly
inadequate for the rebuilding of the hall, which appears by entries
extending over 1668 to 1674, to have cost the Company no less than
£4,292. The deficit was made up by sales of freehold property in the
City, for what to us, in these days, would seem absurdly low prices,
and by loans, etc.
[Illustration: BARBER-SURGEONS’ HALL, 1674-1864.]
1668-9. The Company received from the Chamber of London £620 6_s._
6_d._, being the return of £500 lent to the King in November, 1664,
and the interest thereon £120 6_s._ 6_d._ This is the _only_ instance
recorded of any forced loan having been refunded.
Received of severall Barbers for trimminge on y{e} Lords Day 10 4 0
1669-70. The Company’s barge seems to have been manned by twenty
rowers, besides the Barge Master, and these men had 4_s._ each for
rowing on Lord Mayor’s day.
1669-70. Serjeant Surgeon John Knight wainscotted the Parlour at his
own charge, and Mr. Barker glazed the Windows; part of this glazing is
still preserved. It should be borne in mind that the present Court room
or Parlour (as it was formerly called) and which was the work of Inigo
Jones in 1636 was not destroyed in the Great Fire.
1670-1. The freehold property in Conyhope Lane, Grocers’ Hall Court,
was sold to the Corporation of London for £190.
1671-2. The livery this year numbered one hundred and eighty-five
persons.
1672-3. The Company sold an extensive property at Holborn Bridge to the
City for £650.
To--Woodroffe for measuringe all the hall worke
April y{e} 19{th} 1673 7 17 0
The whole of the Wardens’ accounts from 1674 to 1715 are unfortunately
lost, and the next book embraces the years between 1715 and 1785.
1715-16. The Ironmongers’ Company rented at £5 per annum from the
Barber-Surgeons a portion of their Barge House at Lambeth for the
Ironmongers’ Barge. Our Company still retained their Barge and
Bargemaster and this year purchased for him a new livery.
Paid M{r} Wiseman the Painter for new Painting and
Gilding the Company’s Banner 9 0 0
Paid the maids who strewed the flowers to Church
upon Election Day 0 3 0
1716-17. Received of M{r} George Stevenson S. his ffine
for practising Surgery before he was admitted being 3 4 6
Paid a person to go to Islington to see after a dead
body which had been drowned[269] 0 5 0
[269] This was no doubt wanted for an “Anatomy.”
1717-18. The Company sold a large property in East Smithfield for
£1,250.
Paid the Hangman for his Christmas Box 0 2 6
Similar entries to the above occur for many years.
Paid Charles Window for fetching four Dead Bodies from
Tyburn this year and expenses 2 8 0
Paid my Lord Chief Justice Parkers Tipstaffe for taking
up severall persons who rescued the Dead Body from
the Beadles 1 0 0
1718-19. Paid M{r} Elms his Bill for ffees at the Sessions
in prosecuting the persons who were Indicted last year
for taking away the Dead Bodies 5 7 0
1719-20. Paid Cha: Window for fetching two bodies from
Tyburn & for going for another when they could not
gett one 1 5 0
Paid to bring a Skeleton from St. Giles’s to the Hall in
a coach 0 2 0
Paid the Beadles expences for going to Tyburn for a Body
for the Muscular Lecture when they could not get one
by reason of a great Mobb of Soldiers & others 0 13 0
1720-1. Paid for a Livery gown and hood to the use of
the Company to Cloth the Members with upon their taking
the Livery 2 12 6
P{d} the High Constable of S{t} Giles’s Parish for
assisting the Beadles in recovering a Body which had
been taken from the Beadles by the Mobb 0 7 6
Paid the Hangman for the Dead mans cloths which were
lost in the Scuffle and for his Christmas Box 0 15 0
Paid for a halfe length Picture of King Charles the
Second to hang up in the Parlour and for a Gold frame
to the said Picture 7 5 0
Paid M{r} King the Frame maker for a frame to Inigo Jones
the famous Architect’s picture Presented to the Company
by our late Master M{r} Alexander Geekie 1 5 0
Both of these pictures are still preserved at Barbers’ Hall.
Every year now, and for some years, are entries of Expenses incurred
about the rioting, which took place when the Beadles went to Tyburn for
the bodies of malefactors; very frequently the Company prosecuted the
rioters, and were continually compensating the Beadles and others who
were injured in the fights.
1731-2. Paid M{r} Osmond for Plumber’s Work about the
Trough for the Dead Bodys 6 0 0
Paid M{r} Ashfield for Carpenters Work about the said Trough 1 14 0
This was a species of wooden coffin lined with lead in which the
“subjects” were placed on their arrival from Tyburn.
Paid for 4 Silver Pepper Boxes[270] 5 5 0
Paid the Officers of both Counters for a body[271] 2 2 0
1735-6. Paid M{r} Newton the Silversmith for a new Badge
for the Barge master 4 11 6
Paid the High Constable for the expenses at the late
execution when the body was rescued 3 13 6
Paid the Beadles expenses in prosecuting John Miller,
one of the Persons who assaulted the Constables and
rescued the body 2 2 0
Paid M{r} Clarke the Sollicitor at Hicks Hall his Bill
for Indicting and prosecuting the said John Miller
to a conviction 8 7 10
Paid M{r} Clarke the Engraver for engraving the Dedication
to the Right Honorable the Earl of Burlington on the
Print of King Henry the Eighth’s Picture 5 5 0
1737. Paid M{r} Babbidge for making a Skeleton of
Malden’s[272] Bones 3 3 0
[270] These are still at the Hall.
[271] Probably the body of a prisoner who had died in one
of the Compters.
[272] A criminal hung at Tyburn.
1739. Paid the Beadles for their being beat and wounded
at the late execution 4 4 0
1740. Paid for mending the Windows broke upon bringing
the last Body from Tyburn 0 6 0
1741. Paid for a Silver Punch Laddle 1 4 0
Paid the expences for the Buck S{r} Rob{t} Walpole
gave the Company 1 3 6
1744. Paid M{r} Hawes for two large Branches for the Hall 70 0 0
These massive chandeliers were broken but preserved when the Hall was
pulled down in 1864, and one formed of their fragments is now hung on
the staircase leading up to the Committee Room.
Paid taking the Company’s Linnen out of Pawn 4 2 6
This linen must have been stolen and pawned, as the Company were not
at this period in such financial difficulties as to necessitate their
personal property being taken care of by a pawnbroker.
1745-6. Dr. Tyson’s picture was sold to Mr. Luke Maurice for £10 10_s._
Mr. Goodyer was paid £11 for the table and inscription (now in the
entrance lobby) which records the separation of the Surgeons from the
Barbers in 1745.
1751-2. Mr. Whiston bought the Company’s library for £13. This library
consisted of a great number of ancient MSS. and books relating to
Surgery.
Putting an Advertizement in the Daily Advertizer offering
a Reward to any Person who should discover who stole the
Lead from off the Hall Kitchen 0 2 0
Paid M{r} Spencer for cleaning the Guns Swords and bayonetts 0 6 0
1760. Paid M{r} Chessun the Upholsterer his Bill for new
Standards & making the new cloth for the Stand 67 15 6
This was the stand for the liverymen used on Lord Mayor’s day and on
other public occasions.
1770. The expenses on Lord Mayor’s day this year were as follows, and
are a fair sample of the entries for many years before and after this
date.
CASH PAID--
M{r} Bick for Spermaceti 1 10 0
The Watermen for their Breakfast and attendance 1 12 6
Two men to keep the gates 0 10 0
Four men to keep the Stand 1 0 0
M{r} Beaumont for musick 5 0 0
Mess{rs} Sherwood & Co. for Ribbons 3 14 9
M{r} Hulberd for Beef for breakfast 4 1 0
M{r} Wareham for dressing ditto 0 16 0
The Housekeeper’s Bill 2 0 0
M{r} Wilding’s Bill for Wine for the Stand 6 15 7
The Beadle for pipes and Tobacco for the Stand 0 6 0
M{r} Dance Clerk of the City Works for fixing the Stand 1 1 0
The Carpenter’s Bill about ditto 8 11 3
The Upholsterer’s Bill 2 0 0
Jarvis & Sharpe, Turner’s Bill 0 18 8
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£39 16 9
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The Livery dinners on these occasions were paid for by the Stewards.
The next book of Accounts extends from 1785 to 1821, but like the
latter part of the last one it is almost destitute of interest. On the
first page is an extract from the Will of Mr. Edward Griffin (10th
April, 1596) relating to his gift to the Company, and there are also
sundry memoranda concerning Banckes’ gift.
1785. This was the last occasion on which the Company “went out” on
Lord Mayor’s day.
In addition to the Wardens’ accounts, there are two books containing
receipts of tradesmen and others for money paid to them extending from
1722 to 1764. These books are not specially interesting, excepting that
they contain autographs of a few eminent Surgeons, hangmen and others,
and the following extracts will suffice:--
1722. Recẽd of the Governours of the Company the sume of ten
shillings for fetching the Body of Richard Oxer from Tyburne.
CHARLES WINDOW.
1723. Recẽd of the Governours of the Compã the sume of five pounds
fifteen shillings for fetching the Body of W{m} Pincher from Tyburne
and for sev{ll} Disbursements expended thereon.
RICH: COLLINS.
1723. The Receipt of Abraham Shepherd, Attorney, for £15 0_s._ 6_d._,
being the costs of prosecuting Cooke and others for taking away the
body of William Pincher from the Beadles when they brought it from
Tyburn.
1729. Rec̃ed Dec{r} 23{d} 1729 of the Gov{rs} of y{e} Comp{a} pˀ the
hands of Cha: Bernard their Cl: 7{s} 6{d} for my Xmãs Box.
JOHN HOOPER.
In 1730 this gentleman signs “John Hooper, Executioner.”
1743. The hangman, John Thrift, signed with a × the receipt
for his Christmas box, and the Clerk has humorously styled him “John
Thrift, Esq{re} Hangman.”
1736. The printing of 1,000 Copies of Baron’s Engraving of Holbein’s
picture cost £15 15_s._ 0_d._ John Harper was the printer.
A copy of this print was sent to the Earl of Burlington, as there is a
Bill of William Gills as follows:--
One large picture frame w{th} a broad carved & Gilt
Sanding inside and a fine plate glass &c for The
Earl of Burlington £2 8 0
Recẽd Nov 5 1736 of y{e} Gov{rs} of the Compa pˀ the
hands of Cha. Bernard their Cl: twenty one pounds for
the paper to print the 1000 prints of King Hen: 8{ths}
Picture being two Rheams of paper
pˀ B. BARON.
[Illustration: RENTER WARDEN’S GARLAND.]
[Illustration]
DISPUTES.
1388. One of our earliest ordinances enacts that--
If any dispute arise between any of the brethren, which God forbid,
it is to be amicably settled by the decision of the Masters of the
said Fraternity and they are to deal plainly,[273] and that no one
sue another in other manner than at the assize, and then only if he
be empowered by leave of the said Masters to be recorded.
[273] _i.e._, openly, honestly.
1530. And again in the ordinances signed by Sir Thomas More, it states
that--
yff any matter of stryffe or debate herafter be betwene eny pˀson
of the said Crafte as God fforfende that noon of them shall make
eny pˀsuts[274] in the Comen lawe but that he whiche ffyndeth hym
aggreved shall ffurst make his complaynt to the Maisters . . . . . .
to thˀentent that they shall ordre the said matter or cause of
complaynt so made yff they can . . . . . .
[274] Pursuits.
This prerogative of the Company was jealously guarded, and indeed
extended, the Court becoming in effect a sort of Court of Conscience,
in which _non-freemen_ frequently appeared as plaintiffs against
freemen, when their cases were heard and adjudicated upon, the Court
settling the amount and time of payment, or dismissing the suit.
Whenever (as often happened) one freeman went to law with another,
without leave of the Court, and the defendant complained, the
plaintiff was ordered to withdraw his action, and if he declined to do
so, an opportunity of reflection upon the powers of the Company was
afforded him in the seclusion of the “Compter.”
It was frequently the custom for the Masters to require both parties to
enter into bonds to abide the decision of the Court, and where this was
not so, and either of them disobeyed the order made, the offender was
either fined, imprisoned or expelled.
The following are a few notices of cases of dispute which came before
the Court from time to time, and other instances will be found
elsewhere.
30th June, 1551. It was ordered--
That James Wood John Chamber and William Drewe Waterman shalbe lovers
and friendes and clerlye to acquite and discharge either other of and
from all maner of acc͠ons quarrells detts demaundes and suts as well
spirytuall as temporall whatsoever they be from the begynnyng of the
worlde untyll the daye abovesayd.
4th November, 1551. Ordered--
That John West shall bring in his fyne which is vj{s} viij{d} for
speking opprobryous wordes against John Androwson in the presence of
the M{r.}
2nd May, 1552. It was ordered and declared that Harry Cooke and
Nicholas Connysbye--
are fully condescended concluded and agreed for all maner of acc͠ons
dettes suetts demaunds and quarrells whatsoever they be from the
begynnynge of the worlde unto this daye and that they shall clerly
dischardge eche other and to be lovers and freinds.
1566. By an entry in this year it seems that each disputant when before
the Court was “put to his othe upon a booke y{t} he sholde saye the
trothe.”
10th December, 1566. Thomas Lambkyn appeared against his late
apprentice W{m} Woodfall--
for serten shavynge clothes y{t} he tooke awaye w{th} hym when he
went frome his M{r} w{th}out his lycence and the saide W{m} hath
payde unto the saide Thom̃s Lambkyn in the pˀsents of this courte in
lawfull Englyshe mony x{s} in recompence.
In this Courte here was John Hawkes playntyf agaynst Richard Olkar
for his unfyttinge words & Olkar shalbe here the nexte courte.
30th December, 1566. William Collins the covenant servant of John
Johnson complained of his master for “myssusing hym in his boxe money,”
whereupon M{r} Johnson was ordered to amend his ways.
4th March, 1567. Here was Walter Lynche for his unfytting wordꝭ
seyeng y{t} Richard Dycson sholde be got his mayde w{th} chylde and
Lynche denyeth yt, y{t} he nevˀ harde of yt, and Dycson sey{d} y{t}
Edward Parke & too other servyngemen he hath to wytnes the same,
spoken at the Rose taverne at the fleete brydge And yt is ordered
y{t} they shall brotherly one gyve unto & by another good wordꝭ &
good reports & no more repetallꝭ to be had any more hereafter in this
behalf.
11th March, 1567. In this Court here was John Wall for y{t} he warned
John Staple unto the courte of concyence in the guyldehall in London
w{th}oute lycence of the M{r} & Govˀno{rs} and yt is now ordered
once agayne y{t} John Wall shall not pˀcede any forder in lawe but
shall stande to the awarde made ordered & awarded the xij{th} daye
of november laste paste and not ells otherwyse upon payne of his
alegiance & penaltie in that behalf pˀvyded & ordayned.
Edward Park, who was a troublesome fellow, and often before the Court,
would seem (by the next extract) to have revived the old scandal about
Dycson and his “mayde,” for--
14th November, 1567. Here was Rich. Dycson playntyf agaynst Edward
Parke for undecent and slaunderous words And they both have consented
to put yt unto the determynacion of this worsshypfull Court, & they
shalbe both bounde in oblygacions to abyde the order & warde[275] &
to kepe the peace in y{r} owne pˀsons. Rich. Dycson hath chosen to
be arbytraytors for hym John Bonar & Thomas Burston, and for Parke
he hath chosen for hym M{r} Bowie & Rich Wysto & the M{r} & govnors
shalbe umpers,[276] bonde in xx{li} a peece.
[275] Award.
[276] Umpires.
13th January, 1568. In thys Courte here was John Cooke playntyf
against Rich{d} Barker for serten wordꝭ undecently spoken by Rich{d}
against the said John and also for serten housold stuff y{t} the said
Rich{d} Barker w{th}holdeth frome the said John, and they both are
comaunded the nexte courte daye to brynge in bothe y{r} fynes vj{s}
viij{d} a pece for y{r} unfytting wordꝭ.
7th June, 1569. In this Courte here was the wyf of John Burges for
that Rich. Barker beate black her armes and yt is ordered that the
said Rich. Barker shall upon this pˀsent daye go unto the house of
the said John Burges his m{r} and y{r} acknowledge hym sylf to be
sory for trespassynge hym & his wyf.
19th July, 1569. Here was John Charnock, said that he is his M{rs}
pntꝭ[277] & kepeth shoppe & is accomptant wekely to his M{r} & he
said the M{r} of the company did hym wronge & y{t} he wolde at
lawe trye yt and unreverently he did behave hymsylf w{th} stoute
& undecent [words] & so he charged the M{r} styll, but not the
worsshypfulls of this Courte.
[277] Apprentice.
18th November, 1572. Here was one Edward Browne Bricklayer and
complayned [against] one Richard Upton for that he had taken his
money for curynge hym of Morbus Gallicus but the sicknes as he said
was not cured & M{r} Upton pˀmised to agree w{th} hym.
The next is a rare piece of tittle tattle; like Edward Park, Colley
was often in trouble, and it is amusing to observe how he shortly
afterwards lays an information against Carrington, which compliment
Carrington returns to him in the March Court.
18th November, 1572. Here was Willm̃ Carington and required his
complaint to be herd in that Allein Colley had slaundered hym w{th}
unhonest wordes, that is, that Allein should say that Wiberds wife
should say that Charringtons wief should not be honest, and they were
pˀmytted to take ordre of Lawe.
10th February, 1573. Colley laid an information against Carrington for
“Trimminge on a Sondaye,” whereupon he was fined 40_s._
11th March, 1573. Carrington complained of Colley “for undecent wordes
calling him verlet before the Mr.,” etc., and they were ordered to be
friends, and to bring no more complaints against each other.
This feud seems, however, to have continued for a few years, but was at
last happily settled, for we read under date, 24th January, 1576:
Here at this Co{r}te witnesses being hard betwene Willm̃ Carrington
and Allen Collye they were made frendes, shoke handes and frendly
depˀted.
2nd March, 1573. Here was a complaint agaynste Henrye Lushe by John
Parradize for that the said Henry Lushe called the said John Paradize
knave, and he p{d} his fyne xij{d} and they toke hands & were ffrends.
19th April, 1574. Here was Willm̃ Brode and brought in an answere
agaynste the complaynt of Edward Saunders for lykeninge hym to
Esoppes dogge and they were appoynted to be ffrends and to brynge the
matter no more in question.
Was this the “dog in the manger”? Anyhow, it seems a trivial matter to
have been brought before the grave old Masters.
2nd February, 1575. Here came one Willm̃ Goodnep and complayned of
Willm̃ Clowes for not curing his wief de morbo gallico and yt was
awarded that the saide Clowes sholde either geve the saide Goodnep
xx{s} orells cure his saide wief, w{ch} Clowes agreed to pay the
xx{s} and so they were agreed and eche of them made acquittance to
other.
28th February, 1576. Here was a complainte against Willm̃ Clowes
by one Goodenge for that the saide Clowes had not onlie misused
the saide Goodinge in speeche but also most of the masters of the
Companye w{th} scoffing wordes and jestes and they all forgave him
here openlye in the Co{r}te and so the stryfe was ended upon condˀ
that he shold nev{r} so misuse him self a gayne, and bonds was caused
to be made to that effect.
25th September, 1576. At this Coˀte came Willm̃ Wise and Mathew Ken,
and divers evell and unbrotherlike speches was pˀved and so the saide
Willm̃ Wise confest his falt paide his ffyne and made a breakfast to
the Companie for their paynes, and so they shoke hands and were made
ffrends.
25th March, 1577. Here at this Corte was a greate contension and
stryffe spoken of and ended betwene George Baker[278] and Willm̃
Clowes[279] for that they bothe contrary to order and the good and
holsome rules of this howse misused eche other and fought in the
ffelds togethers, but the M{r} Wardens and assistance wishing that
they might be and continewe loving brothers pˀdoned this greate
offence in hope of amendment.
[278] Master 1597 and Serjeant Surgeon.
[279] Warden 1594.
9th January, 1598. Thomas Cole complayned of Thomas Goodall for
sueinge him at the Comon lawe w{th}out license of the M{rs} And was
fined And his fine mittigated to 3{s} 4{d}
4th December, 1599. This daie Roberte Morrey complayned of William
ffoster for callinge him Pandor and Bawde and for sayeinge he was
presented by the Wardemot inqueste for keepinge a bawdye house, uppon
hearinge whereof their controversies were referred to the Maisters of
this Companye, the same to be ended before the sixte daie of Januarye
nexte.
24th July, 1600. In the matter in Controversie betwixt Roger Semper
and ffrancis Thompson it is ordered that the sayd Sempˀ shall at the
next Court bringe in his fine for usinge reprochefull wordes against
the sayd Thompson And for that the sayd Sempers wyefe did assalt the
sayd Thompson & brake his shop wyndowes. And that the sayd Semper
shall delivˀ such goodes as hee hath of the sayd Thompson before
the next Court And that hee shall at the same Court geve the sayd
Thompson satisfacc͠on for his wyndowes.
24th July, 1600. In the Controversie betwixt John Izard & Robert
Steward it is ordered that the sayd Robert Steward shalbe comitted to
the Compter for refusinge to paye his fine for supplantinge the sayd
John Izards cure and for behavinge himselfe unreverendly before the
M{rs} in the Court.
11th September, 1600. This daie John Urvey complayned of Henry Bracye
for arrestinge him before he had obtayned leave of the Maisters And
it was thereuppon ordered that the said Henrye Bracye shoulde be
warned to appeare before the Maisters at the nexte Courte and that he
shoulde be commaunded from the Maisters to staie his suite till then.
17th September, 1600. This daie in the matter in controversi betwixte
Henry Bracy and John Urvey It is ordered that the saide Henry Bracye
shall not proceede any further in his suite but that the said John
Urvey shall paie the debte of ffowerteene shillinges and twoe
shillinges for his chardges by twoe shillinges wickelye till all be
fully satisfied and paide And uppon the payment thereof the said
Bracye to make him a generall acquittaunce the firste payment to
begine on Tewsdaie nexte, And the money to be paide to the M{rs} of
this Companye.
20th October, 1600. This daye it is ordered that John Urvey shalbe
comitted to the Compter for not pˀforminge his payments to Henry
Bracy accordinge to the orders of this howse.
21st July, 1601. Where div{s} controversies hath bene betweene John
Browne and Jenkin Marcrafte the endinge of w{ch} is by them of their
mutuall assents referred to the M{rs} or Governors of this Company
who aft{r} hereinge of their sevˀall controversies & fyndeinge
thereby that the wounde for w{ch} the money was to be paid to John
Browne was reverted to his former state It is thought fit that the
said Marcrafte shall paye to the said Browne pñˀtly[280] the somme of
xl{s} in full satisfacc͠on of all debts duties and demaunds, w{ch}
the said Browne accepted of and received the said somme accordingly.
And whereas Lewis Atm{r} finished the Cure after it was reverted
Therefore it was lykewise ordered that the said Marcrafte shall paye
to him xx{s} for his paynes.
[280] Presently, _i.e._, at once.
6th August, 1601. This daye John Ibatson and John Wyndet referred
a controversie betwene them concerninge a debt of iiij{li} lent by
the said Wyndet to the said Ibatson to the hereinge & endinge of the
M{rs} of this Company and gave the eyth{r} to the oth{r} 6{d} to
stande to their award so that they ended the same before the laste
daye of Septemb{r} next w{ch} if they refuse to stand to, the refuser
shall forfeyt x{li.}
27th March, 1604. This daye Lycence is geven to Andrew Mathewe to sue
Richard Tyler at the Com̃on Lawe for the tenemˀt wherein the said
Tyler nowe dwelleth, for that Tyler refuseth to referre the heareinge
& endinge of that controversie to the M{rs} of this Company.
16th October, 1610. In the Controvˀsie between William Wright and one
Harrington Itt is att this Court ordered that Harrington shall paie
unto Wryght for and in respect of such rentes he doth owe unto Wright
the some of xxx{s} imediate And like wise he shall mend such paynes
of glasse as nowe by his necligence are broken in Wrightꝭ wyndowes
and soe all controvˀsies between them are determyned.
24th September, 1611. In the Controvˀsey between ffrauncꝭ Bilford of
thˀone pˀte & John fflint on thˀother pˀte It is ordered that either
of them shalbe bound unto thˀother of them in 20{li} a peece to stand
to the Award of M{r} John Gerard & M{r} Richard Mapes.
1st October, 1611. At this Court forasmuch as John fflynt would not
stand to the order of the M{rs} set down the last Court between him
& ffrauncꝭ Bilford the said Bilford hath leave to arrest the said
fflynt.
22nd October, 1611. In the Controvˀsie between Dennis Davys on thˀone
pˀte & John Person on thˀother pˀte It is ordered that they shall
live quietlie togethers as brothers of one Company should doe and
neither of them by him selfe or his servantꝭ to gyve or move offence
either by word or deed unto thˀother of them.
It was not often that the good offices of the Court were unavailing in
the settlement of disputes, but in the following case, in which the
lady probably played a prominent part, the Masters seem to have been
unable to settle the matter:--
12th July, 1614. In the complaint made by William Purkꝭ and ffrauncis
his wife against Greene, w{ch} beinge heard at this Court, the M{rs}
could drawe them to noe quiet ende, all pˀties being verye obstinate.
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HERALDRY.
There are numerous excellent examples of the Company’s Arms at the
Hall. The records contain many beautiful drawings and emblazoned
shields of arms, not only of the Company but of some of the Masters as
well.
One of the choicest specimens is the massive old carving beneath the
semicircular canopy of the entrance doorway; this is dated 1671, and
is both bold and quaint; long may it be preserved to the Barbers!
The carved coat of arms which formerly ornamented the stern of the
Company’s barge, and which is probably late 17th century work, has
been carefully preserved, and may be always admired over the chimney
piece in the Committee room. There is the large “tortershell” in the
vestibule given by Mr. William Kings in 1645. The cloth on the Court
table is artistically embroidered with the Arms of the Company and
the City, the embroidered portions being part of the ancient barge
cloth. There is a handsomely emblazoned coat of arms on the plan of
the Company’s property (presented by Mr. Charles John Shoppee), and
a pretty little bit of old stained glass in the window on the first
floor landing. The Company formerly possessed a great many banners, but
these are unfortunately lost to us; the one which is placed behind the
Master’s chair is beautifully painted by Bishop of Doctors’ Commons,
and has at the back the inscription--
EX DONO SIDNEY YOUNG MISTERII BARBITONSORUM FRATRIS AMANDI 1885.
1451. In this year the original grant of arms was conferred, being
simply the first quarter of our present achievement; sable, a chevron
between three fleams argent, the fleams being mediæval lancets, though
from their shape they have sometimes been thought to represent razors.
This coat was borne by both the Barbers and their successors, the
Barber-Surgeons, until the time of Elizabeth. The grant is as follows:--
[Illustration: Coat of arms]
~Be~ it knowen to all men that y Clarensew Kyng of Armes of the
South Marche of Englond Consideryng the noble estate of the Cite of
London by the name of Erle & Barons as in their ffirst Charter by
scripture appereth and as now called mayre and aldermen and by good
avyce of all the aldermen and the noble citezenis of London that
every alderman shuld have award by hymself to governe and rule to
the Worship of the cite and the maires power evˀy alderman in his
Ward with correccion of the mair beyng for the tyme and so notablie
ordeyned to be custumed evˀy Craft clothing be hem self to know o
Craft from a nother and also synes of Armes in baner wyse to beer
conveniently for the worship of the reame and the noble cite and so
now late the Maisters of Barbory and Surgery within the craft of
Barbours John Strugge Thomas Wyllote Hugh Herte & Thomas Waleys come
& praying me Clarensewe Kyng of Armes to devise hem a conysauns &
syne in fourme of armes under my seall of myn Armes that might be
conveniently to ther Craft. And where y Clarensewe Kyng of Armes
consideryng the gode disposicion of them y have devysed a Conysaunce
in fourme of Armes that is to sey A felde sabull a cheveron bytwene
iij flemys of silver the which syne of armes y Clarensew gyve the
same conysaunce of Armes to the forsaid Crafte and none other Crafte
in no wyse shall not bere the same. ~To~ the which witenesse of this
wrytyng y sette my seal of myn armes & my syne manuall wreten atte
London the xxix day of the monthe of September the xxx{th} yere of
the regne of oure soverayne lord Kyng Henry the Sixt.
By CLARANSEW Kynge of armes.
1492. In this year a cognizance, or possibly an informal grant of arms,
was given to the Surgeons’ Company; this is depicted on the first
leaf in the beautiful old vellum book of Ordinances at the Hall, the
inscription under, stating that it was given to the Craft of Surgeons
of London in the year 1492, at the going over the sea into France of
Henry VII. (_See_ the fac-simile at p. 69.)
No other authority than the above statement is known for this coat, but
in the grant to the Barber-Surgeons (1569) it is recited that Henry
VIII granted the Company of Surgeons a cognizance “which is a spatter
thereon a rose gules crowned golde for their warrant in fielde but
no authoritie by warrant for the bearinge of the same in shilde as
armes.” The Herald in drawing the grant of 1569 probably accidentally
put in the name of Henry VIII for that of Henry VII, the entry in our
book being undoubtedly coeval with the circumstance. We here get the
foundations of our present coat of arms; the fleams representing the
old Barber-Surgeons or Barbers, and the crowned rose and spatula the
Surgeons proper, both of which were introduced into one shield in 1561,
and quartered in 1569.
On either side of the shield of the Surgeons’ Arms stands a Saint
habited as a doctor or physician, one of whom holds a medical vessel in
his right hand, while the other has a box of ointment and a spatula,
indicative of their being professors of the healing art. These are the
patron Saints of the Company, Cosmus and Damianus. Mrs. Jameson states
that they--
were two brothers, Arabians by birth but they dwelt in Ægæ, a city of
Cilicia. Their father having died while they were yet children, their
pious mother Theodora, brought them up with all diligence, and in the
practice of every Christian virtue. Their charity was so great, that
not only they lived in the greatest abstinence, distributing their
goods to the infirm and poor, but they studied medicine and surgery,
that they might be able to prescribe for the sick, and relieve the
sufferings of the wounded and infirm; and the blessing of God being
on all their endeavours, they became the most learned and the most
perfect physicians that the world had ever seen. They ministered to
all who applied to them, whether rich or poor. Even to suffering
animals they did not deny their aid, and they constantly refused all
payment or recompense, exercising their art only for charity and for
the love of God; and thus they spent their days.
In the cover of a Latin Bible, printed in 1470, I discovered some
vellum padding, which on examination proved to be a MS. of XIth
century, consisting of part of a collection of the lives of the
Saints, interspersed with prayers, etc., and which probably had been
read in some Convent refectory during the hours of meals. This MS. is
moreover curious, as those portions intended to be sung have certain
signs affixed, known as “neumes,” which, before the more modern method
of musical notation was introduced, were employed to denote musical
expression. An account of the martyrdom of Cosmo and Damian, together
with their brothers, is here preserved, but as the original is in very
contracted Latin, the following translation will, perhaps, better
supply its place:--
The souls of Cosmus and Damianus the Just are in the hands of God.
There have moreover been crowned these five brothers Cosmus,
Damianus, Antimeus, Leuntius and Eutrepius.
Furthermore we beseech Thee, Almighty God, to grant that we, who
commemorate the nativities of thy Saints Cosmus and Damianus, may by
their intercessions be delivered from all present and future evils.
Amen. The blessed martyrs Cosmus Damianus, Antimeus, Leuntius and
Eutrepius, were committed to prison by order of the governor; and
on the following day, the proconsul sitting on the judgment seat,
caused an enormous fire to be made, and the above-named men to be
led out of prison and cast into its midst. But on account of their
prayers the fire lost its power over these saints. The governor was
astounded, and the executioner, thinking that the circumstances which
had happened with regard to the martyrs of God depended on their
magical arts, ordered them to be again interrogated. But, when they
remained firm with a cheerful and joyous countenance rendered more
noble by torture, he ordered crosses to be made, and the martyrs,
when stretched upon them, to be pelted with stones. Accordingly,
when the blows recoiled on those that delivered them, the governor,
inflamed with excessive rage, gave orders to attack them with arrows,
so that at a less distance the steel might at least penetrate. But,
although he had not been able to injure them in any way, many of
those who discharged arrows and who stood near withdrew on account of
the wounds that they received.
For so is the testimony.
Seeing accordingly that his ill will was overcome by Divine power,
the governor ordered them to be mutilated with a sword.
The blessed martyrs were put to death on the Twentieth day of
September; and their bodies were buried by devout men in a holy spot
not far from the city of Ægae.
Mrs. Jameson relates a legend somewhat similar to the above, and states
that it was of great antiquity, being transplanted into Western Europe
in the first ages of Christianity. The Emperor Justinian, having been
recovered, as he supposed, from a dangerous illness by the intercession
of these saints, erected a superb church in their honour. Among the
Greeks they succeeded to the worship and attributes of Æsculapius;
and from their disinterested refusal of all pay or reward, they are
distinguished by the honourable title of Anargyres, which signifies
moneyless, or without fees. These saints are commemorated on the 27th
September, and all over Europe have ever been the patron saints of the
Barbers and Surgeons; they are also the patrons of the Medici family,
and as such they figure on the coins of Florence.
1540. In the bowl of the grace cup given by Henry VIII to the
Barber-Surgeons, the arms of the Barbers impaling the Surgeons are cut,
but this is merely the fancy of an engraver, and of later date than the
cup.stration]
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10th July, 1561. In the Heralds’ College (I.C.B., No. 101, 20) is
a grant of arms by William Harvey, Clarencieux King of Arms, to
the Barber-Surgeons, in which he grants and assigns unto them for
an “augmentac͠on to ther old and aunscint Armes (which is sables a
chevrone between thre flumes argent) a chef paly argent & vert on a
pale goles a lyon passant regardant gold betwene two spatters argent a
roze gewles crowned golde & to ther creast upon the healme an opinacus
golde standing upon a wreath argent and sables manteled gewles dubled
argent.”
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1565. This year, Harvey, Clarencieux, granted two supporters to the
above arms, namely, “two lynxe in their proper Collor about there necks
a crowne with a cheyne argent.”
1568. This year, Garter, Clarencieux, and Norroy, Kings of Arms,
ratified and confirmed the above arms, crest, and supporters, with
the following variations, the arms to be borne quarterly, “the ffyrst
sables a cheveron bytwyne iij flewmes argent, the second quarter per
pale argent and vert on a spatter of the fyrst a Dobele rose gules and
argent crowned or, over all on a crosse gules a lyon passant Regardant
or.”
12th June, 1569. The grant of Arms by Dethick, etc., is a beautifully
artistic production, though, unfortunately, slightly damaged, and
the seals are missing. In 1885 the Company had it reproduced in
chromo-photography by Mr. William Griggs, whose work has been so
skilfully executed that it is difficult to observe the least difference
between the original and the copies.
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With this grant is the first appearance of a motto “De præscientia
Dei.” How this motto came to be chosen, or in what way it applies to
the Barber-Surgeons, I am at a loss to point out. The following is the
text of the grant.
~To~ all and singuler aswell Kinges herehaultes and Officers of
Armes, as nobles gentlemen and others to whome these presentes shall
come be seene heard, read or understand Sir Gilbert Dethicke Knight
alias Garter principall Kinge of Armes, Robert Cooke Esquire alias
Clarencieulx kinge of Armes of the South partes of Englande, and
Willm̄ Flower Esquire alias Norroy kinge of Armes of the northe
partes of Englande send greetinge in our lorde god everlastinge. For
as much as aunciently from the beginninge the valiaunt and vertuouse
actes of excellent personnes have ben com̃endid to the worlde and
posterite with sondrey monumentes and remembrances of their good
deseartes; Emongest the which the chiefest and most usuall hath ben
the bearinge of signes and tokens in shildes called Armes, beinge
none other thinges then evidences and demonstracions of prowesse and
valoir diversly distributed accordinge to the qualytes and deseartes
of the persons meritinge the same To thˀentent that such as have
done com̃endable service to their prince or countrey either in warre
or peace, or other wyse by laudable and couragiouse entreprices or
proceedinge of eny person or persons in thˀaugmentacion of the Estate
or com̄on wealth of their realme or countrey might thereby receyve
due honor in their lyves, and also deryve the same succesively to
their successors and posteritie for ever. And wheras in this Citie
of London thˀexperience & practise of the science and facultie of
Chirurgery is most requisite and daily to be exercysed & experimented
for the preservacion of meny, & by thˀoccasion of the practise
thereof meny expert persons be brought up & experimented to the
relief, succour, & helpe of an infinite nomber of persons. And for
as much as within this Citie of London ther were two severall
c͠opanyes, thˀone by the name of Barbours Chirurgeons, and thˀother
by the name of Chirurgeons onely: the Barbours Chirurgeons being
incorporate & y{e} other not, & bothe occupyenge y{e} arte of
Chirurgery wheruppon greate c͠otention did arise. And for y{t} it was
most meete and necessary y{t} the sayd two c͠opanyes shuld be united
& made one hole body & so incorporated, to thˀentent that by their
union & often assembly togither, thˀexercyse & knowledge of their
science & mistery might appeere, as well in practise as in speculatiõ
not onely to theim selfes, but to others under theim. So that it was
thought most meete & c͠ovenient upon grave & greate c͠osideracion,
to unyte & joyne y{e} sayd two c͠opanyes in one: w{ch} was don as
may appeere by an acte of parleament in an̄o xxxij of Henry theight
w{t} these wordes “Be it enactid by the Kinge our souvereigne lorde
& the lordes spirituall & temporall & the com̃ons of y{e} same, that
y{e} sayde two severall & distinct companies, that is to say bothe
y{e} Barbours Surgeons, & the Sourgeons & every parson of theim
beinge a freman of either of y{e} sayde c͠opanies after y{e} custome
of the sayde citie of London, & their successors, from hencefoorthe
immediatly be unyted & made one entier and whole body corporate, &
one societie perpetual, which at all tymes heerafter shalbe called by
y{e} name of Maisters & Governours of y{e} mistery & com̃unalty of
Barbours & Surgeons of London for evermore, & by none other name.”
In consideracion whereof & for that it doth appeere a thinge most
requisite for the unitinge of these two c͠opanyes togither and for
that thˀoccupation of the Barbo{rs} Chirurgeons beinge incorporate
hath since y{e} tyme of Kinge Henry the sixt used & boren Armes
y{t} is to say Sables a cheveron betweene thre Flewmes argent w{ch}
Armes wer unto theim assigned onely by the gifte & assignement
of Clarencieulx Kinge of Armes, as by y{e} patent thereof doth &
may more plainly appeere. And since y{e} unitinge of y{e} sayde
two c͠opanies these Armes of y{e} sayd corporation of Barbours
Chirurgeons hath ben used & none other, yet notw{t}standinge y{e}
late Kinge Henry thˀeight of famouse memory assigned & gave unto y{e}
company of y{e} Chirurgeons onely, a Cognoysance, w{ch} is a spatter,
thereon a rose gules crowned golde, for their warrant in fielde, but
no authoritie by warrant for the bearinge of the same in shilde as
Armes. And for y{t} it pleased y{e} same Kinge Henry thˀeight, not
onely to unite & incorporate these two c͠opanies togither by acte of
parleament but also hath ratifyed & c͠ofirmed the same by his letters
patentꝭ under the greate seale of Englande & so lately c͠ofirmed
by y{e} Queenes Ma{tie} that now is.[281] And wheras Thomas Galle
in the 3 yere of the Queene’s Ma{ties} reigne that now is beinge
Maister, Alexander Mason John Standon Robert Mudesley governors of
y{e} same corporation mistery & comunaltie of Barbours & Chirurgeons
being desirouse to have some signes & tokens addid & augmented to
thˀold & auncient Armes of the Barbours Chirurgeons, not onely for a
perpetuall memory as well of y{e} famouse prince Kinge Henry thˀeight
their founder & patrone but also for a further declaration of y{e}
unitinge of those two c͠opanies togither did instantly require the
late Clarencieulx Hervy to consider y{e} premisses & to shew his
endevor therein. Who finding their request just and lawfull did
graunt & give unto them by his letters patentes under his hand &
seale bearinge date the x{th} of July in the third yere of y{e}
reigne of the queenes Ma{tie} that now is, an augmentacˀon in chief
to their olde & auncient Armes w{th} heaulme & Creast to the same:
which chief was paly argent & vert on a pale gules a lyon passant
gardant golde betweene two spatters argent, on eche a double rose
gules and argent crowned golde: and to their Creast on a torce silver
and sables an Opinacus golde: Mantelled gules, doubled argent. And
further in the tyme of Robert Balthrop Esquire serjeaunt of the
Queenes Ma{ties} Chirurgeons then beinge Maister of the sayd mistery
and comunalty of the Barbours & Chirurgeons and George Vaughan
Richard Hughes & George Corron governours of the same corporation
the sayd Clarencieulx Hervy did graunt unto the sayd corporation
two supporters to those Armes before given them: which were two
Linxe in their proper coulor, aboute their neckes a Crowne w{t} a
chayne argent pendant therat: As by the sayde letters patentes more
plainly doth appeere. YET NOTWITHSTANDINGE for as much as it doth
plainly appeere unto us the sayd Garter Clarencieulx & Norroy Kinges
of Armes, that the aforesayd Armes in some respectes wer not onely
contrary to the wordes of the corporation of the sayd Barbours and
Chirurgeons but that also in the same patent of Armes ther ar sondrey
other thinges contrary and not agreinge with the auncient lawes &
rules of Armes: We the sayd Kinges of Armes by power & authoritie to
us com̃itted by Letters patent under the greate Seale of Englande,
have confirmed given and graunted the foresayd Armes Creast and
Supporters heertofore mentioned, to be boren in maner and fourme
heerafter specified. That is to say: Quarterly the first sables a
cheveron betweene three Flewmes argent: the seconde quarter per pale
argent and vert on a Spatter of the first, a double Rose gules and
argent crowned golde: the third quarter as the seconde and the fourth
as the first: Over all on a Crosse gules a lyon passant gardant
golde: And to their Creast upon the heaulme on a Torce argẽt and
sables an Opinacus golde: Mantelled gules doubled argent: Supported
with two Linxe in their proper coulor about their neckes a crowne
with a chayne argent pendent therat: As plainly appeerith depicted
in this margent. WHICH ARMES CREAST and SUPPORTERS and every parte
and parcell thereof, we the sayd Kinges of Armes have confirmed
ratified given and graunted and by these presentes do ratify confirme
give and graunt unto Richard Tholmwood Maister of the sayd mistery
and com̃unatie Nicholas Archenbolde Thomas Burston and John Fielde
Governors of the sayd Corporation mistery and com̃unaltie of Barbours
and Chirurgeons and to their successors by the name of Maister and
Gouvernours, and to the whole Assistantes Company and fellowshippe
of the sayd Corporation mistery and com̃unaltie of Barbours and
Chirurgeons within this Citie of London and to their successors
for evermore: And they the same to have, hold, use beare enjoy and
shew forthe in shylde, seale, banner or banner rolles, standard or
standardes, penon or penons, pencell or pencelles or otherwise to
their honors and worshippes at all tymes and for ever heerafter at
their libertie and pleasure without the impediment let molestation
or interruption of eny person or personnes, IN WITNESSE WHEROF we
the sayd Garter Clarencieulx & Norroy Kinges of Armes have signed
these presentes with our handes . . . . . unto our severall seales
of Armes, the second day of June In the yere of the nativitie of our
Lorde Jesus Christ A thousande five hundred sixty nyne And in the
eleventh yere . . . . . of our most dread souvereigne Lady Elizabeth
by the grace of god Queene of Englande Fraunce and Irelande defendor
of the faithe &c.
[281] This statement is incorrect. The Act of Parliament was passed
in 1540, but was not confirmed by any letters patent of Henry
VIII. We have no such charter or any reference to it, and
moreover it is _not on the Patent Rolls_, where it would
appear, had it ever existed; furthermore Elizabeth’s charter
(in our possession) confirms Henry’s charter of 1512 and not
this pretended one.
GILBERT DETHICKE aɫs. garter principall Kinge of arms.
ROB COOKE Alias Clarencieulx Roy Darmes.
pˀmoy WYLLAM FFLOWER alias Norrey Roy Darmes.
Entred approved & allowed in the visitation made 1634
HEN: ST. GEORGE
Richmond.
It will be observed that this grant recites that it plainly appeared
that the grant of 10th July, 1561, was [_a._] contrary to the words
of the Corporation (_i.e._, Incorporation) of the said Barbers and
Surgeons, and [_b._] contrary to and not agreeing with the ancient laws
and rules of arms.
With regard to the former assertion [_a._] I take it that the grant
being made to the “Master and Governors of the Corporation Mystery
and Commonalty of Barbers and Surgeons” and _not_ to the “Masters
and Governors of the Mystery and Commonalty of Barbers and Surgeons
of London” as they are styled in the Act 32 Hen. VIII, offended the
precise Heralds of 1569, and that it was indeed a technical defect and
contrary to the exact words of the incorporation.
As to the second point [_b._] there cannot be any doubt but that Hervey
committed a violation of one of the fundamental and most ancient laws
of heraldry, viz., that colour must not be on colour (nor metal on
metal). He gave the Company on their old sable field, a chief with
gules and vert thereon! This greatly shocked old Garter, Clarencieux,
and Norroy, and enabled them, whilst recording the blunder of one of
their predecessors, to extract a good fee from the Barber-Surgeons for
a new grant.
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FEASTS.
There is a wide-spread impression that the Livery Guilds exist
principally for the purpose of feasting, and there are unscrupulous
persons who do not hesitate to affirm that the Courts of the Companies
act as fraudulent trustees, and are consenting parties to the
malversation of trust and charity property, eating up money which it is
audaciously pretended belongs to the “people of London.”
These statements have been assiduously put forth by a certain class of
politicians whose acquaintance with the true details of the case must
be absolutely nil, and who it is but reasonable to suppose, are willing
to assume that the gentlemen who manage the affairs of the Companies
are in the habit of acting as their traducers would do, had they but
the opportunity.
To any one conversant with the history and management of the Livery
Guilds, these assertions are known to be false. Here and there, as
in every concern in life, improprieties and errors in judgment may
have occurred, but it is confidently asserted, and capable of proof,
that no charitable or trust funds suffer from feasting; indeed, on
the contrary, the practice has obtained for centuries, with but few
exceptions, for the members of the guilds to themselves supply the
funds which are spent upon their entertainment, and for the surplus
accumulations of these funds to be applied _to the augmentation of
charities and trusts_. It has certainly been so in the Barber-Surgeons’
Company, and for a long period the calls upon the Livery for feasting
purposes (when the custom was to nominate Stewards in rotation) were
a severe strain upon the members, and occasioned great irritation and
ill-feeling.
The earliest practice in the Companies would appear to be that the
Livery and their wives attending the feasts, paid a stipulated sum per
head, and we know this by our records to have been so in our Company
long before the time of Richard II. This custom was altered in later
times, and we find that certain appointed entertainments were given on
fixed days, to which all members were invited, and which were paid for
by fines laid down upon admission to the freedom, and further fines on
going on to the Livery and Court. In addition to this, each Liveryman
had, in his turn, to serve “the office of Steward,” that is, to join
with four or five others in providing the costs of certain dinners.[282]
[282] The office of Steward is not now served, but each Liveryman on
admission pays a special fine of fifteen guineas in lieu, which is
applied towards the cost of the entertainments.
The fees on admission into the Companies are greatly in excess of the
ancient ones, and it is mainly from this source of revenue that the
expenses of the feasts are now defrayed. It is so in the Barbers’
Company, but, if at any time these funds have temporarily been found
insufficient for the purpose, they have been supplemented from a
property, which is in no sense a Charity Estate, or subject to any
trust whatsoever.
There have been and are, good men of business on the Courts, and by
prudent investments of surplus funds derived from fees, fines, etc., a
property has been created, which is exclusively their very own to deal
with as they please. We have, amongst many others, the opinion of Lord
Chancellor Selborne very decisively to this effect, and also one, which
by the traducers of the Companies ought to be respected, for it is that
of Sir Horace Davey, Q.C., who was consulted by the Livery Companies’
Commission--a Commission notoriously hostile to the guilds. Sir H.
Davey stated that they would “not be justified in recommending that
the corporate property of the Companies should be taken from them by
the State.” He further reported that, such an act “would be an act of
_confiscation_, and would not unreasonably shake the confidence of the
owners of property in the security of the rights of property. It must
be remembered that the Estates of these Companies have been recognised,
and held by the Courts of Law, to be as much their property with a
full right of disposition, as the property of individuals.” Truly, the
Commissioners must have said to their legal adviser as Balak of old
said to Baalam, “I took thee to curse mine enemies, and behold thou
hast blessed them altogether!”
It is a pleasing characteristic of all true Englishmen that they love
to meet together around a festive board; while their hospitality in
inviting their friends, or the eminent and great in all sections of
society to partake with them has happily not gone out of fashion, and,
spite of the sour critics of the guilds, we fervently trust that it
never may.
1388. In the return to a writ, 12th Richard II, the Masters of the
Barbers certified, amongst other matters, that it was their practice
“once a year to assemble to feast,” and that they had an ordinance by
which none of the brotherhood were to pay more than 14_d._ each towards
the feast.
10th May, 1435. Among the Ordinances of the Surgeons was one that each
member was to “paie ʒeerli to the dyner of the craft that is to seie
oonys aʒeer on the dai of Seint luke ech man lich mich whethir he be
pˀsent or absent,” _i.e._, once a year on St. Luke’s day each man was
to pay like much whether present or absent.
28th September, 1503. It was ordained that every member attending the
dinner the day on which the Wardens were presented to the Lord Mayor
was to pay 20_d._, and if he brought his wife with him, then 2_s._
The Barber-Surgeons from the earliest times appear to have entertained
the ladies at certain feasts, and their unique toast “The Good Wives,
Merry Maids and Buxom Widows of the Worshipful Company of Barbers” is
traditionally said to have had its origin in Elizabeth’s time.
14th May, 1530. The following is amongst the ordinances signed by Sir
Thomas More at this date--
AND WHERE OF OLDE Custume yerely upon the Sondaye next ensuyng the
ffeaste of Seynt Bartholomew the appostell[283] a dyner is kept
and provyded for theym of the lyvery of the said Company in their
Comen halle called Barbors hale AND ON the daye of saynt Cosme &
Damian[284] yf it be not on the saterday a dynˀ for them of the same
compani owt of the lyverey IT IS ordeyned and enacted that evˀy man
that hathe been upper maister or upper Govˀnor of the said Company
shall paye at and for the same dyner xij{d} for hymselff and viij{d}
for his wyffe yff she come. And evˀy other man beying of the lyverey
of the same Company shall paye in likewyse for hym selffe viij{d} and
for his wyffe yff she come iiij{d.} Provided alwaye that the maisters
or Govˀnors of the said Company for the tyme beyng shall paye nothing
for their wyffꝭ comyng to the dyner for that yere fforasmoche as
their Wyffꝭ must of necessitte be theire to helpe that evˀy thyng
theire be sett in ordre. And that evˀy man of the said Company beyng
owt of the lyverey shall pay at and for his dyner on the said morowe
viij{d} and for his wyffe yff she come iiij{d.}
[283] 24th August.
[284] 27th September.
8th July, 1552. The earliest entry in the Court Minutes on this subject
is a doleful one, for it was ordered “That there shalbe no dynner kept
this yere.”
19th September, 1552. William Bette was appointed “Cooke for the Hall,”
and Steven Reede the “Butler.” John Edwards (a Freeman) was to supply
the flowers on the feast days.
28th July, 1555. It was ordered that the Masters should have a yearly
allowance of £7 for the Election dinner, and that none should be at the
dinner but Liverymen.
22nd July, 1556. This allowance was increased to £13 6_s._ 8_d._
20th February, 1567. Henry Smith, yeoman to Lord Robert Dudley, Earl of
Leicester, was admitted to the freedom, and because he had been frankly
and freely admitted to the freedom of the City at the suit of the Duke
of Norfolk, the Marquess of Northampton and the Earl of Leicester, he
paid nothing but 3_s._ 4_d._, and 4_d._ for entering his name--
but the same daye the saide Henry Smythe gave the M{r} & govˀnor{rs}
and assystentˀ a dynar at his owne pˀpr coste & charges franckely and
gratefully and also he hath forder more pˀmysed and graunted to geve
one boock[285] of season to serve at the dynar upon the daye of the
Electyon.
[285] Buck.
28th July, 1593. No greate dyner was agreed upon but a smale repast
w{th} the allowance of xl{s} and nether wemen nor children to come to
o{r} hall upon the daie of the newe ellec̃ion.
25th August, 1600. There having been abuses at the feasts, an order was
made for their reformation which stated--
that the bodye of this Company hath susteyned much disparagement
by reason that some of the livery and others noe white at all
respectinge the worshipp of this Company have not onely by themselves
but alsoe by their servants and apprentices disfurnished the tables
att ffeastes whereat they have sitten to pleasure their private
frendes contrary to all modestie and good government. Doe therefore
order for reformac͠on thereof by the aucthoritye aforesaid That noe
pˀson of the Lyvery of this Companye beinge not of the Assistaunce of
the same, shall not att any tyme hereafter suffer any of his children
frendes servants or apprentices to staye or attende uppon him or his
wiefe att any ffeaste to be kepte in the saide Comon Hall [_under a
penalty of 6s. 8d._].
An order was also made that no Assistant should have more than one
servant or apprentice to attend upon him and his wife at any feast.
21st January, 1601. Whereas by the death of Robert Gray late Cooke
to this Company the house was unfurnished of a Cooke to serve the
said mistery And therefore divers Cookes became this daie shewters
to this Courte for the place of the said Robert Gray beinge then
voyd, yet notwithstandinge forasmuch as Margaret Grey wiefe to the
said Robert Grey became an humble Suter to the said Courte for the
same place, it was ordered by the whole consente of this Courte That
the said Margeret Grey be admitted Cooke to this Company duringe the
tyme she shall well and honestlie and sufficientlie behave her selfe
therin And she to receave such fee and salary therefore as at any
tyme heretofore hath beene graunted to the said Robert Grey Provided
allwaies that she finde all vessells belongeinge to a Cooke And that
she execute the said place by a sufficient deputy beinge such a
pˀsonn as the M{rs} of this Company for the tyme beinge shall like
well of and shall thinke fitt.
Margery, however, does not seem to have “honestlie and sufficientlie
behaved her selfe,” for as appears by an entry--
6th May, 1602. This daye Margery Grey late wyef to Robert Grey was
dismissed from being any more Coocke to this Company for speciall
causes to the M{rs} best knowen.
The Plague was raging severely in London in 1603, and the following
precept was addressed to the Company, who however seem to have
disregarded it, as the Election and Audit dinners were held this
year. It is only fair, however, to state that the Court disbursed
considerable sums of money amongst the poor stricken people.
13th April, 1603. BY THE MAIOR.
[Sidenote:
To The M{r} and Wardens}
of the Company of }
Barbor Surgeons. }]
WHEREAS I and my Brethẽn thˀaldrẽn duely consideringe w{th} our seṽe
had, the present infecc͠on of this Cittie liberties and Suburbs &
the greate multitud of poore people w{ch} by reason of the said
infecc͠on have theire howsees shut upp and restrayned as well from
goeinge abroad as theire daylie trads and labors wherew{th} theie
were accustomed to mayntaine themselves theire wieves and families
and doe at this pˀsent by reason thereof endure greate wante and
extremities Have thought fitt that all publique feastinge and com̃en
dinners at every the severill Halles and Comˀn metings of corporac͠on
and Companies w{th}in this Cittie shall duringe the tyme of gods
visitac͠on amog̃e us be wholely forborne and left of. And that one
third parte of the chardge and expenses intended to be bestowed and
spent uppon the said feastinges and dinners shalbe whoelie bestowed
and geven for and towardes the reliefe of the most miserable poore
and needie pˀsons whose howse it shall please almighty god to visit
Theis therefore in all xp̃ian Charitie shalbe to praie and desire
you y{t} you take pˀnte order that from hencefort & duringe this
pˀnte infecc͠on you wholely forbeare to keape any Comẽn feastinge or
dinners at youre Hall orells wheare for the like purposes And that
you take pnˀte order w{th} the Wardens of youre Companye and all
such other of youre Company as should be at any chardge or yeald any
contraᵬn[286] to any Comẽn feastes and Dinners for youre Companie
duringe the same tyme to paie and contrabute one thirde parte thereof
in readie money to some one honest and discrete person of your
Companie whom you shall appoynte to receave the said some of money
and to paie it ovˀ to one Robert fflecton Grocˀ noiãted and appoynted
by mee & my Brethẽn the aldrẽn to be receaved from the Companies
of such somes of money. All w{ch} somes of money shalbe from tyme
to tyme wholelie and truelie distributed by order of mee and my
Bretheren the aldrẽn amongst the most nedie and poore infected pˀsons
YEOVEN at Guildhall this thirteenth daie of Aprill 1603.
[286] Contribution.
SEBRIGHTT.
6th January, 1609. This daye it is ordered that none of the officers
wyves shall at any tyme hereafter followe the M{rs} to places where
they dyne w{th}out the M{rs} consentꝭ uppon payne of the M{rs}
displeasures.
1609. The dinners were usually held on Election and Audit days, on
Lord Mayor’s day, and after all public dissections, besides Committee
dinners (which usually were at taverns), and this year it was ordered
that a dinner was to be held on “Gunpowder Day.”
21st August, 1609. This day it was ordered that from henceforth all
such as are of the Livery should give towardꝭ the charge of the
musicke on the Election day vj{d} a peice which they then begun and
confirmed.
The reason of the next order was, that in consequence of the poverty of
the Company at this time, the usual allowance of £8 made by the Court
towards the Mayor’s feast, could not be granted.
2nd October, 1610. At this Court Richard Cade & Richard Coopˀ whoe
are appoynted for Stewardꝭ of the Mayors ffeast are contented at
theire owne chardgꝭ to provide and make the same ffeast as fully as
formˀly y{t} hath been, only this their provision for their quantitie
of their messes are not to be soe many for that noe wyves nor guestꝭ
are to be bydden or brought to the same ffeast.
18th September, 1611. Att this Court Sebright the Cook is dismissed
from his place of beinge Cook to this howse as well for that he did
dresse their last dynner very badlie as for his ill usage in speeches
towardꝭ the maisters wyves and for dyvˀse other abuses by him
heretofore committed.
2nd July, 1612. At this Court our M{r} & M{r} Warden Johnson moving
this Court that the Barbors as well as the Surgeons might be bedden
to the dynnˀs that are keept at the examinac͠on of surgeons whereupon
it was at this Court ordered & agreed that as many of the Auntient
M{rs} & govˀno{rs} being barbo{rs} should & shalbe bidde unto every
such dynner as there shalbe Surgeons beinge examiners at evˀy such
dynner.
21st January, 1613. It was ordered that the Master and Wardens, with
four of the Ancient Masters, should for the “worship & credytt of this
Company,” yearly go and visit the Lord Mayor at dinner, and that 20_s._
each should be allowed them for their “charges” of the same. This
allowance of 20_s._ each was probably given to some officer of the Lord
Mayor to secure his favour towards the Company.
6th February, 1613. An order was made that at the dinner after any
private anatomy, any of the Livery, either Barbers or Surgeons, might
come thereto on payment of 12_d._ each.
16th September, 1613. This daie it is thought fitt & ordered that
the widdowes of this company w{ch} doe paie their quarterage shalbe
bidden to the ffeastꝭ in the hall.
14th October, 1613. Att this Court it is ordered that such widdowes
as have been masters wyves and doe keepe shoppes or bynd appnˀtices
shall paye their quarteradge but for such as doe neither keepe
shoppes nor bynd appnˀticꝭ they shall not paye any quarteradge And
yet notw{th}standinge they shalbe bydden to the feastꝭ yerelie.
24th May, 1614. Whereas this Company hath receaved a preceptt from
the lord Mayor of this citty forbidding thereby all superfluitie &
excesse of Dyet at the ffeastꝭ of this company and thereby injoyning
that such feastꝭ as accustomably have been made & provided by this
Company shalbe hereafter keept more sparingly & frugally then in
former tymes they have, Wherefore it is ordered that there shalbe
keept & made on the ellection daie this yere ensuing a smale
ellection dynner according to the tenor of the said precept.
25th August, 1614. The above precept soon being forgotten it was this
day ordered--
that there shalbe kept an Auditt dynner in such manner & forme as
formerlie in other yeares have byn accustomed. And such allowance as
formerlie hath byn allowde is to be paid by the howse.
10th July, 1615. At this Court it is ordered that the Cooke shalbe
removed & displaced from his place of beinge Cooke of this Companie
not onely for that he hath abused and wronged manie who have byn
M{rs} & Stewardꝭ of the feastꝭ in unsemelie wordꝭ but for a generall
dislike taken against him by this howse & for not pˀforminge his
office in such sorte as is right he shold & ought to doe.
1624. The funds being very low this year the Court held no election
dinner, but regaled themselves with cakes and wine, and the following
order was made for the Yeomanry:--
2nd September, 1624. This Court being moved whether the yeomanry of
y{is} Compa. should hould any election dinner or noe. It is for the
reason then shewne expressely ordered with a generall consent that
the yeomanry shall onely keepe their Election as this Court lately
did onely with Cakes and wyne and neither feast musick or sermon to
be had at that time.
20th July, 1625. This daye the letter directed to this Companye
from my lord Maio{r} of London in effect tending the prohibiting
of publicke feastingꝭ in our Hall and the contributeing of those
moneys that should be saved thereby the one halfe to be paid unto the
chamber of London and the other halfe to the poore of our Companie,
so hereupon it is ordered by this Courte y{t} Ten poundꝭ shalbe
distributed to the poore of this Companie at the discretion of the
present M{rs} & noe money at all to be paid into the Chamber of
London.
10th July, 1628. This daye our M{r} propounding to this Court whether
there should be a greate Election dinner or a small dinner or onely
Cakes and wine upon the next Election daye for choise of new M{rs},
whereupon by most voyces it was ordered that there should be a greate
Election dinner held this yeare and the allowance of xx{li} towardꝭ
that charge to be defrayed.
28th January, 1631. This Court being informed of Swinnertons abusive
and naughtie pewter from tyme to tyme brought to serve this Hall at
feastꝭ doe dismisse him from serving that place any longer.
20th September, 1632. It is ordered by this Court that the Twoe
Governo{rs} that are Surgians shalbe at the charge and give the
venison that shalbe used at their solepñe[287] feasts and those twoe
Governo{rs} Surgians and the other twoe Governo{rs} Barbars to paye
joynetly & sevˀally share and share like amongst them 4 the charge
for fees and fetching the venison soe to be brought to o{r} Hall.
[287] Solemn.
8th March, 1637. Whereas the Lord Windsor & S{r} Tho. Bludder
brothers of this Company were invited to dine here when M{r} Die
made his dinner that the fare was enlarged. It is ordered that that
addic͠on of fare amounting to 50{s} shalbe allowed out of the stock.
6th April, 1638. Whereas the Companie intendeth to invite the Lords
of y{e} privye Counsell & other Lords & pˀsons of state at the
dedicac͠on of the Theater & first anatomicall publiqe opac͠ons[288]
there It is ordered by this Court & theis pˀsons following were
appointed to give their attendance in the Hall upper pˀlors & Theater
at the enterteynment of the lords on mondaye next viz{t}
[288] Operations.
Edward Charley Edward ffleete }
Henry Eaton Hen: Wateson } are appointed & have promised to
Edward Arris Hen: Boone } attend on the Lords in Liverye
Thomas Allen John Dorrell } gownes to carry up the Lords diett
Lawrence Lowe John Lufkin } & attend them at dinner.
Thomas Turner John Perkins }
M{r} Wateson to be Gentleman Sewer.
Thomas Browne to be Husher of the Hall.
John Perkins to be Groome of the Lords Chamber.
John ffoster to be Groome of the Hall.
Nathan: ffoster beadle to be attendant at the outer streete gate with
a white staffe in his hand.
Also M{r} Joseph Coopˀ the Princes Cooke is desired to pˀvide messe
of meate for the Lordꝭ diett in y{e} greate pˀlor.
The following expenses of this Entertainment are extracted from the
Great Audit Book, the first item being probably a Committee dinner to
settle details with Mr. Cooper, the King’s Cook.
1638. Paid by consent for a Dinner at the
Dragon in Cheape 6 Aprill for the
Companie and the princes Cooke ij{li} ij{s} iiij{d}
THE ENTERTAINMENT AND DYNINGE OF THE LORDS OF THE COUNCELL IN
OUR GREAT PARLOUR AT THE PUBLIQUE ANATOMYE.
paid to the Butler for Lynnen and plate &
Attendauc̃e v{li}
paid to the Pewterer for hire of Pewter then v{li}
Given to M{r} Cooper the Princes Cooke that
dressed the Lords dynner v{li}
paid to two Upholsters for the hier of stooles
and chaire l{s}
paid to the Vinctner for wine then viij{li} iij{s}
paid to the princes Cooke for soe much
disbursed by him for the Lords diett as
to the Butcher Poulterer hearbewoomen
fruiterer Grocer fishmonger and Under
Cookes as by bill appeareth the som̃e of lviij{li} viij{s}
paid to Stacke for a bushell of flower
xj{s} vj{d} and 2 dozen of stale bread ij{s} xiij{s} vj{d}
paid for faggottꝭ and Charcoales as by bill xxvj{s} vj{d}
paid for stronge beare and six shillings
beere by bill xxxv{s} and for carryinge
in j{s} iiij{d} xxxvj{s} iiij{d}
paid for hire of Venice glasses and pottꝭ
&c and for those pottꝭ and glasses
that were broaken xxxiiij{s}
paid for 4{li} of double refined sugar viij{s} iiij{d}
paid for 3 dossen of french bread iij{s}
paid to the Waterman and Porter that brought
the beere in Bottles from the Lord Chamberlaines v{s}
paid for the hier of two Close stooles vj{s} viij{d}
paid to the porter that brought a dozen of
silver dishes from the Lord of Hollands xviij{d}
paid to Tryman Payne his Scullery man ij{s} vj{d}
paid to John Bludder of the Kings Wardrobe for
bringinge and hanginge the great Parlour
w{th} Tapestry xx{s}
To John Bare my Lord Chamberlaynes Pantryman x{s}
And to one of his Scullery men x{s}
And to the Lady of Devonshires man that
brought the silver dishes v{s}
Paid for bread when the Lords dined there xij{s}
----------------------------
Summ̃. lxxxxiij{li} v{s} iiij{d}
============================
20th June, 1638. Upon the complaint of the losse of a silver spoone
the last dinner in the Hall and diver other times napkins & pewter
dishes this Court doth order that when dinner goes in, the outer
Wickett doore shalbe alwayes locked & the key thereof brought in and
layed by o{r} M{r} for the time being till dinner be ended & the
plate naperye & dishes gathered up & soe discharged.
The next entry would seem to indicate that some previous gift for the
purchase of books had unhappily been diverted into a wrong channel.
2nd March, 1640. £6 given by Mistress Napkin & Mistriss Eaton is
absolutely ordered to buy bookes & not disbursed or dispended in
Drinking.
The following circumstance is significant, as exactly one hundred years
later the separation which Mr. Foster desired, and for which he got
into trouble, became an accomplished fact.
6th November, 1645. Mr. Ralph Foster was complained of for refusing to
make his dinner to the Court on his election as an Assistant, and he
thereupon uttered certain speeches “tending to the separation of the
Barbers from the Surgeons,” for which he was reprimanded, whereupon he
promised to make his dinner and to say no more about disunion.
23rd October, 1649. Upon reading the precept requiring the Livery to
attend the Lord Mayor Elect to Westminster in their Barge, it was
ordered that the Livery should be warned to perform that service in
accordance with old custom, and “that there be a ffeast at the Hall
on that day for the said Livery, But in respect of the hardnes and
troubles of the times this Court doth consent that there be noe second
course and noe Woeman at the same ffeast.”
* * * * *
Among the Company’s archives are four books containing many details
of the feasts held between the years 1676 and 1790. They appear to
have been kept by the various cooks, probably under the direction of
the Clerk, and the following gleanings from them will be found to be
replete with interest.
The first entry is as follows--
July y{e} 4{th} 1676 for barber sirgons hall Cortt diner.
Leag of mutton boyld | Sallet | 8 harty Chockes for 2
S{r} Loyne of befe | Neack of Mutton | dishes
Shoulder of Venison | 3 Chickens 3 Rabets | 2 small Dishes of frut
ffor a Leag of Mutton 0 3 4
ffor a Sirloyne of befe 0 9 0
ffor a Shoulder of venison 0 5 0
3 chickins 3 rabets 0 5 6
8 harty chockes 0 1 0
ffrut 0 3 6
fyring 0 3 0
3 pound of butter 0 1 6
veniger 0 0 3
peper & other spice 0 0 3
oyle & salt 0 0 6
Gallindine 0 0 6
4 Colliflouers 0 1 3
ffor dressing Diner 0 6 6
July y{e} 27{th} 1676 ffor y{e} Asestance & thar wivfes att
barbar sirgons
ɫi. s. d.
ffor 5 Dishis of Chickins Backon & Colliflours boyld 2 10 0
ffor a side of venison 1 4 0
ffor 3 Sir Loynes of befe 1 10 0
ffor 1 fore rebb for breackfast 0 8 0
ffor a neack of vele & muton 0 7 0
ffor 3 Grand Sallets 0 12 0
ffor puting 3 peces of venison in past 1 4 0
ffor 3 Dishis of geses 2 in a dish 0 18 0
ffor 3 made Dishis & 18 Chescaks 0 15 0
ffor 3 Dishis of Turkes & sas[289] 2 in a dish 0 18 0
ffor 3 Lumbard pyes 1 4 0
ffor 4 Dishis of Toung & udders 1 4 0
ffor 3 Custtords 0 12 0
ffor a firckin of Sturjon 2 0 0
ffor 4 Dishis of Chickins & pigons 1 4 0
ffor y{e} use of putter[290] 1 0 0
ffor wood and coles 0 12 0
ffor 3 Dishis of Tarts 1 1 0
ffor 3 Dishis of oringes & lemonds 0 7 6
ffor a small dish of frute 0 2 6
ffor worckmen & labarars and my owne paines 1 0 0
3 Dishis of frut 0 0 0
--------
20 13 0
========
[289] Turkeys and sauce.
[290] Pewter.
The monthly dinners were very much after the foregoing Bill of fare,
and the following extracts of some of the more interesting items are
taken at random.
October, 1676. ffor 2 piges[291] 0 7 0
2 pullets rostted with saseges & oystters 0 5 0
ffor 3 Gallions of oysters 1 4 0
ffor 18 lb. of medling backon 0 12 0
ffor 8 lb. of lardin backon 0 5 4
[291] Pigs.
The dinner on Lord Mayor’s Day, 1676, cost £26 6_s._ 4_d._, this was
exclusive of wine. The “buttered ale” on this occasion was compounded
as follows--
1 C of Eages[292] & 8 Gallions of Ale 0 5 4
2 lb. of butter 0 1 2
8 lb. of sugar 0 4 0
1 ounce of nuttmages 0 0 5
-------
0 10 11
=======
December, 1676. ffor 4 Duckes 0 4 8
January, 1677. ffor 1 quart of oyle 0 2 0
January, 1677. ffor 2 quarts of venigar 0 1 0
March, 1677. A quarttern of Smelts 0 2 0
18 whitting 0 1 6
a Jegett of mutton 0 4 6
6 capons 0 13 0
9 chickins 0 12 0
9 Rabets 0 6 0
7 Lobstars 0 9 4
a side of Lamb 0 5 6
ffor Lorell flouers & fenell 0 0 6
ffor flouer spice & Anchoves 0 1 6
May, 1677. ffor 2 Calfes heads 0 6 0
ffor 4 hundreds of sparagar 0 3 4
ffor 3 wasfalia hames 1 0 0
[292] Eggs.
Cucumbers under the designation of “cockinbers” and sometimes
“cowcombers,” together with sorell, barbery, “samfer,” “lorell
flouers,” capers, anchovies, oranges and lemons, “gallindene,”
“carberys,” horse reddish, parsley, “red cabbeg,” etc., frequently
occur at this period as being used for garnishes and in the preparation
of the dinners.
March, 1678. ffor a Hole fresh Cod 0 14 0
ffor 12 teale and 3 docks[293] 0 15 9
ffor 4 quartes of oysters 0 8 0
ffor 3 dishis of pipins & Caraways 0 4 0
May, 1678. ffor 7 Grene geese 0 19 0
July, 1678. ffor 4 Battelia pyes 2 8 0
September, 1678. ffor a Maria puding 0 4 0
October, 1678. a dish of florindines 0 6 0
[293] Ducks.
The staple dishes about this period were--
Westphalia hams. Venison pasties.
Sirloins of beef. Ribs of beef.
Necks of veal and mutton. Rabbits.
Boiled legs of pork. Capons and sausages.
“Midlin” bacon. Pullets and oysters.
Tongues and udders. Geese.
Dishes of Pigeons. “Lumber” pies.
Dishes of Turkeys. “Tansies.”
Sturgeon. Cod.
Ling. Eel pies.
Dishes of tarts. “Maid dishes.”
Apple pie. Dishes of fruit.
Custards. Almond florandines.
Mince pies. Oranges and lemons.
Grand salads. French benes.
Sparagrasse. Spinidge.
Sprouts. Turnops.
Colliflowers. Hartychockes.
The pudding now so well known at Barbers’ Hall as “Barbers’ pudding,”
was originally “Maria pudding,” then “mara,” later on spelt “maro,”
and finally “marrow pudding,” by which latter designation it is often
now called.
September, 1684. ffor 8 oringes 0 1 8
Poultry seems to have been cheap, as for the election dinner in this
year--
7 Geese were bought for 1 4 6
16 Turkeys " " 1 14 8
39 Chickens " " 1 19 0
90 Pigeons " " 1 6 3
The allowance to the “musick” at nearly every dinner was a shoulder of
mutton, sometimes supplemented by two rabbits. The cost of “dressing”
the monthly dinners was usually about 8_s._, and of the Election, Audit
and quarterly Courts £1 10_s._ to £4.
May, 1685. ffor 2 dishes of Pidgon and Backon and spinig 0 16 0
2 dishes of Mackerell 0 6 0
August, 1687. This election dinner was a little above the average, the
following being the details--
for a Brace of Bucks 8 13 0
for Putting them in 8 Pastyes 4 0 0
for 6 S{r} Loynes of Beef and a four rib for brakefast 3 4 0
4 Westfalia hams 1 11 0
7 Lumber pyes 2 16 0
7 Marrow puddings 1 15 0
7 Custarts 1 11 6
7 Dishes of Tarts 2 2 0
7 Dishes of Tonges and Udders 1 15 0
7 Gees 1 5 8
14 Torkeyes 1 11 6
45 Chickins 2 5 0
4 Dozen and 1/2 of Pidgeons 0 13 6
12 Partriges 0 12 0
a Shoulder of Mutton & 2 Rabits for the musick 0 5 0
12 pound of midling Bakon and Lard 0 8 0
24-1/2 pound of fresh butter 0 17 0
for Artechoaks Cabidg french beans Lawrell Parsly and
herbs to garnish 0 9 0
flower Salt and Salt butter for the range 0 5 6
for Gallindine and Goos sace[294] 0 3 6
for Viniger 0 6 0
for Brooms packthread Candels and other things 0 1 0
Wood and coles 1 0 0
Kooks and Laberours and my own pains 3 0 0
2 pounds of Loaf Suger 2 0 0
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40 6 8
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[294] Sauce.
May, 1688. Is the first mention of a “creem chees” 0 0 8
December, 1692. With the exceptions of ling, sturgeon, and salt fish
with egg sauce, but little other fish appears to have been eaten. On
this occasion, however, we find--
2 Dishis of fresh Cod Drest with Shrimps & Anchove Sawse 0 14 0
ffor 6 Whitings 0 2 0
October, 1693. Green peas are for the first time referred to amongst
the vegetables, and, singularly enough, they only occur once in each
year for many years, and then at the _October_ dinners!
June, 1698. 2 pounds of fine powdered sugar for
the Strawberrys 0 1 4
July, 1704.
THE STEWARDS DINNER.
A legg of mutton rosted 0 2 8
A buttered appel pye 0 3 0
Cheese to y{e} appel pye 0 0 2
3 Quartes of Coffee 0 3 0
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0 8 10
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May, 1707. ffor 15 Mackril 0 10 0
16 Gooseberry tartes 0 8 0
Caper sauce for the mutton 0 1 0
April, 1708. A Frygusse of Lamb 0 6 0
20th September, 1709. It was ordered, in consequence of the great
increase in the Livery, that there should be six instead of five
stewards of the Mayor’s Feast to make the Livery dinner, and any
liveryman chosen to the office and refusing to serve was to be
prosecuted under the by-laws. The fine for not serving was £13 6_s._
8_d._, and was invariably enforced, numerous cases of refusal being
decided at law in favour of the Company. Six Whifflers were as usual,
appointed “to be attendant upon the Govern{rs} at the Hall upon the
next Lord Mayo{rs} day in comely & decent Apparrell with gilded Chaines
& white Staves.”
6th November, 1717. In consequence of irregularities at the Lord
Mayor’s feast, it was ordered that in future the Stewards should be
prohibited from bringing their wives and friends to the dinner.
1721. The third dinner book opens with an account of the receipts
of the Governors’ “Potation Money” for this year, amounting to £131
11_s._ 2_d._, the contributions being from Barbers one guinea, and from
Surgeons two guineas each. This potation money was spent at the Mitre
Tavern in Fleet Street, on ten Monthly Court dinners, which averaged
the modest sum of £4 4_s._ apiece, and the remainder was disbursed
about the election feast, wine and sundries.
The cost of the Mayor’s feast this year was £67 7_s._, and at this
dinner was drunk a hogshead of port (query), six gallons of mountain,
six gallons of white port, and three gallons of canary.
July 19th, 1722. At the ladies’ feast the following wine was drunk--
30 Gallons Red Port at 7_s._ 10 10 0
11 " Sherry at 7_s._ 3 17 0
7 " Canary at 7_s._ 2 9 0
5 " Rhenish at 7_s._ 1 15 0
and 4_s._ were expended on tobacco and pipes.
1726. The monthly Court dinners were held at the George and Vulture
Tavern, nine of them costing in all £29 13_s._ 9_d._
The Election dinner this year cost £91 8_s._ 0_d._
And the Lord Mayor’s feast £72 1_s._ 10-1/2_d._
June, 1729. The monthly Court dinner was held at “Vaux Hall.”
The accounts throughout the Third Dinner Book (1720-1740) appear to
be much the same every year. First is a list of receipts for Potation
Money, averaging about £100 per annum, then follow the allowances out
of the same towards the Election dinner, the dressing it and use of
pewter, about £19 in all, the payments for the monthly Court dinners
(nine or ten at about £4 4_s._ each), and the expenses of the Election
feasts, about £80 to £90 a piece.
The cost of the Lord Mayor’s feast, the Livery feast, and the Ladies’
feast, was borne by the Stewards.
There were gay doings at some of these dinners, as witness the
following:
1726. Paid the Boy who danced the anticks at the Lady’s feast, 5_s._
1727. By Cash paid the Butchers who played to the Company with their
Marrow bones and cleavers on Lord Mayor’s day, 1_s._
And there were sometimes rather shady doings after the dinners, thus:
10th July, 1729. Mem̃dm. M{r} Truelove & M{r} Fradin carried away
y{e} next morning after y{e} feast four Dozen Quarts of Wine, One
whole Venison pasty, One whole Goose, one whole fowl, & several
lemons & sugar.
1st February, 1732. Mr. John Atkinson and the other Stewards of the
Mayor’s feast, employed a cook of their own, and “did make a most
scandalous Dinner for y{e} Co.,” whereupon order was given that in
future no other than the “Standing Cooke” of the Company should be
employed.
One is astounded at the quantity of wine which appears to have been
imbibed at some of these dinners; take, for example, the following on
Lord Mayor’s Day, 1735, and note that it is especially stated that the
wine was “drank at the said feast”:
Paid for the following quantitys of wine provided for and drank at
the said feast, viz{t.}
To M{r} Standert for 21 Gall Red Port 6 6 0
2 Gall Lisben 0 12 0
2 Gall Mountaine 0 12 0
2 Gall Canary 0 13 0
29 Bottles lost 0 4 10
To M{r} Gaywood for 20 Gall Red Port 6 0 0
2 Gall Mountaine 0 12 0
2 Gall Lisbone 0 12 0
2 Gall Canary 0 13 0
To M{r.} Pierce for 2 Gall Lisben 0 12 0
2 Gall Mountaine 0 12 0
2 Gall Canary 0 13 0
20 Gall Red Port 6 0 0
By the above account these thirsty old Barber-Surgeons seem to have
consumed no less than 79 Gallons of wine at this dinner.
15th July, 1736. 56 gallons of wine were drunk at the Ladies’ feast.
21st July, 1726. It is order{d} That from henceforward at all publick
Feasts or Dinners to be held or made at the Hall the Cook of the
Company for the time being shall before he sends the Dinner into the
Hall deliver to the Clark of the Company at his House his Messe of
meat consisting of six compleat dishes according to the Ancient laws
and usage of the Company in that behalf the same being the ancient
ffee & Perquisite of the Clerk.
21st August, 1729. The above order was vacated in consequence of
disputes as to the contents and number of the dishes supplied to the
Clerk, and it was ordered that the Clerk should receive £5 5_s._
annually in lieu of his “messe of meat,” and also that he should dine
at all the feasts “as he has always been accustomed to do.”
1st February, 1731. For the better regulating of the Ladys Feast It
is ordered That every Member of the Court of Assistants shall besides
his Lady and one daughter have three tickets to be delivered to such
persons as they shall think fitt to be admitted to come and dance at
the Hall at Five of the Clock on that day and that there shall be two
Constables to attend at the Hall gate and see that nobody is admitted
but with such Ticketts and that the Ticketts be made out by the Clerk
of the Company and sealed with the Company’s seal.
The Summons to a Liveryman to take upon himself the office of Steward
was of a very peremptory nature, as will be seen by the following:--
S{r}
By order of the Ma{rs} or Gov{rs} of the Mystery & Comonalty of
Barbers & Surgeons of London, I do hereby give you notice that you
having been chosen & admitted of the Livery or Cloathing of the said
Company, You are appointed by the Masters or Gov{rs} of the s{d}
Comp{d} together with M{r.} Richard Penton M{r.} Joseph Griffin M{r.}
Daniel Pengrove and M{r.} Joseph Mitchell who are also Liverymen of
the said Company to make an Entertainment in the Com̄on Hall of the
said Company situate in Monckwell Street in the Parish of Saint Olave
Silver Street in the City of London for the Gov{rs} and Assistants
of the s{d} Company commonly called the Livery Dinner on Teusday the
3{d} day of June 1735 at two of the Clock in the afternoon pursuant
to a By law of the said Company in that behalf made & provided. And
in case you shall neglect or refuse w{th}out reasonable Excuse to
join together with the said M{r.} Richard Penton M{r.} Joseph Griffin
M{r.} Daniel Pengrove and M{r.} Joseph Mitchell to made such Dinner
on Teusday the 3{d} day of June next, or to contribute and pay your
share and and proporc͠on of the charges thereof you will forfeit and
pay to the said Ma{rs} or Gov{rs} of the s{d} Mystery and Comonalty
to the use of the said Company the sum of £5. And I do hereby give
you further notice That the gentlemen who are to join with you in
making the said dinner will meet you at the George and Vulture Tavern
in Saint Michael’s Alley in Cornhill in the City of London on Friday
next being the 23rd day of this instant May at six of the clock in
the afternoon to give the proper directions for the said dinner, at
which time and place you are desired to attend for that purpose.
I am S{r}
Your most obed{t.} humble Serv{t.}
CHA: BERNARD
Clerk to the s{d} Company.
Herewith you will receive a copy of the Bill of Fare or a Particular
of w{ch} the s{d} Entertainment is to consist.
Barbers and }
Surgeon’s Hall, } 22{d} May 1735
To M{r.} Cha: More.
28th May, 1741. By an order made this day in reference to the Ladies’
feast it was directed--
that the Entertainment shall continue no longer than twelve of the
clock when there shall be no more Dancing but that the Musick be then
dismissed and the Company depart.
28th August, 1741. The Court having taken into consideration the ill
behaviour and abusive language of John Atkinson Distiller in White
Chappell (a Liveryman of this Company) on the last day of Election,
who in a most gross manner (in the Common Hall of this Company) the
Master of the said Company did greatly insult and abuse and did
otherwise very indecently and rudely behave to other Members of the
Company whereby the Peace of the said Company then assembled was
greatly disturbed, and being determined to put a stop to and prevent
the like grievances for the future by punishing all such offendors
herein ORDERED that the said John Atkinson be fined for such his ill
behaviour to the Master the sum of 6{s} 8{d} and 10{s} for bringing
in to Dinner on that day another person with him after having been
acquainted by the Master that the same was contrary to the By laws of
the said Company.
1745. It is noticeable that the Potation Money fell off on the
separation of the Surgeons from the Barbers. During the three or four
preceding years the amount had been steadily running down from an
average of £105 to £57, and there seems to have been no Election or
Livery Dinners this year, though the gallant Barbers did not forget the
Ladies, for they gave them (and themselves) a dinner at a cost of £52
1_s._ 9_d._
The Barbers, too, at this time do not seem to have drunk quite so much
wine as the Barber-Surgeons did, and in the year 1747 is the first
mention of Beer, when 12_s._ was paid for a barrel of small Beer for
the Lord Mayor’s feast, and only 68 bottles of wine were consumed on
this occasion.
Between the years 1750 and 1786 no records are kept of any but the
Mayor’s feasts, though doubtless the Company did not fast during the
intervals.
There is now a striking similarity in these dinner accounts year by
year; usually there were six stewards each of whom provided, about the
years 1775, and later on, no less than 53 bottles of wine each, thus
emulating their predecessors the Barber-Surgeons; there are numerous
references to these bottles as being quarts, so that about 80 gallons
must have been drunk at each dinner. Happily, all this is now changed.
It is noticeable from the earliest times that the Company on every
occasion of a feast, invariably hired their Pewter dishes and plates
at great cost; it seems strange that this continual outlay should have
been incurred, instead of keeping a stock of pewter.
1830 and 1831. Considerable difficulty had arisen for some years past
in procuring Stewards for the Mayor’s feasts, and also in enforcing
the fines for not serving, whereupon a resolution was passed that
Liverymen refusing to pay the Steward’s fine would not be invited to
the dinners, and would be declared ineligible to come on the Court.
The Court seem to have had grave doubts as to the efficacy of their
By-Laws in recovering at law the Steward’s fines, and a case having
been prepared it was submitted to Sir James Scarlett and to Sir Thomas
Denman (the Attorney General). The opinion of the former eminent
Counsel, dated 10th October, 1832, is set out in the minutes, and he
appears to have been very clear that they would not be recoverable,
whereupon the Court ordered a letter (of 16th October) to be addressed
to the Livery, informing them of the difficulty which had arisen by
reason of Liverymen refusing to serve as Stewards in their rotation
(after having partaken of the hospitality of other Stewards in former
years), and that in consequence thereof there would be no dinner that
year. The day after this letter was sent out, Sir Thomas Denman’s
opinion was handed in, and was to the opposite effect of that given by
Sir James Scarlett! Since this period, and now, the Steward’s fine is
paid on the admission of a Liveryman, and thus a source of constant
annoyance is done away with.
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THE IRISH ESTATE.
The history of the acquisition by the Corporation of London and the
City Guilds, of their estates in Ireland has been often related,
and full accounts will be found in “Malcolm’s Londinium Redivivum,”
“Herbert’s Livery Companies,” “Nicholl’s Ironmongers’ Company,” and
other works; I shall, therefore, only treat of the subject so far as
the Barber-Surgeons were concerned.
In 1609 when James I floated his Irish scheme, our Company seems
to have been very loath to enter into it, as would appear by the
insignificant subscriptions proffered by the Members (_see_ page 473).
The difficulty which the Court foresaw in raising the £100 demanded in
July, 1609, was endeavoured to be surmounted by the following ingenious
proposition: there had been some previous forced loans to the King
amounting to £123, for which the Company held the City’s bond, and
as this was considered a doubtful asset, it was suggested that £100
thereof should be adventured on behalf of the Company; it is needless
to say that this innocent suggestion was scouted, and a peremptory
precept for the £100 delivered, whereupon the Court assessed the
various members of the Company and with the greatest difficulty £30 was
thus raised and a further sum of £90 later on. The Minutes referring to
these transactions are especially worthy the perusal of those persons
who claim the estates of the City Companies as being the “property of
the people,” or as having been “left for the poor,” &c. We see by them
that (in our Company certainly, and as doubtless an examination of
records would show, in all other Companies) the purchase of these lands
in Ireland was not only compulsory, but that it was made from moneys
contributed by individual members for the most part, and the balance
from the “Stock of the house,” this “Stock” being the floating funds
in the Renter Warden’s hands, derived from admissions, fines, &c. We
thus see that no “trust” money was used for the purchase, and that the
estates are saddled with no trust whatever, but are held free, and by
an infinitely better title as far as morality goes, to say nothing of
legality, than many Estates in the hands of some of the aristocratic
patrons of the busybodies bent on spoliation.
In January, 1611, the Company were commanded by precept to elect
whether they would for their contribution accept a tract of land in
Ulster, _saddled with a condition to build upon it_, or refer the
letting of it to the Irish Society, whereupon they chose the latter,
and in July following came a precept, for its morality worthy of the
Land League, for it called upon the Wardens to pay down £60 more, or
else _to absolutely lose the £120 already contributed_!
The doleful answer of the Court, dated 19th July, 1611, is deeply
interesting, and we cannot but be touched by the wrongs under which
they suffered, and which constrained them to write:--“we must be
forced (yf there be lawfull authoritie to take awaye & compell o{r}
Company) to loose the moneys we have alreadye disburssed.”
James, however, did not care much about the money the Company proposed
to abandon; what he required was a further supply, and the proceedings
thereupon are indicated by the Minute of 16th November, 1611. Shortly
after, the Company wisely applied to “M{r} Recorder” to construe the
answer, but even his skill and interest did not avail, for on 2nd July,
1612, it was agreed that the Master and Wardens should go before the
Court of Aldermen, and “stand hardlie” against paying any more money,
especially as they had not any security for what had been already
advanced, and if committed, they were to go to prison, rather than pay
the £30 demanded, with a proviso that directly they were imprisoned,
the £30 was to be paid, and it was eventually paid.
In 1613, the Company made over their interest in the Irish Estate to
one of the Wardens, Mr. Allen, but this arrangement was subsequently
annulled.
Many more were the precepts, and the troubles in which the Company were
involved, about this business, but it is satisfactory to record that in
1623 £11 9_s._ 6_d._ was received on account of rents, and in 1625 a
further sum of £10 0_s._ 8_d._
The Company were, and are still, associated in their Irish Estates with
the Ironmongers’, Brewers’, Scriveners’, Coopers’, Pewterers’, and
Carpenters’ Companies; but by far the largest proportion appertains to
the Ironmongers, who have always managed the property.
In 1635, the Attorney General exhibited a Bill in the Star Chamber
against all of the Companies to the intent that they should surrender
up all their rights and evidences touching the Irish plantation, and on
our Company taking Counsel’s opinion, they were advised to submit to
this monstrous piece of injustice. Judgment was given in 1637, and the
Irish property of all the Companies was seized into the King’s hands.
One would have thought that this flagitious iniquity might have ended
here, but by the decree of the Star Chamber, the Citizens, in addition
to the loss of their Estates, were fined £8,000 to the King, and on
the 8th November, 1638, our unhappy predecessors were assessed at, and
had to pay £64 on this account, the Ironmongers paying £272, and other
Companies according to their settled proportions.
Notwithstanding these high-handed proceedings, the Barber-Surgeons,
ever ready to aid those in distress, voluntarily gave in 1642, what to
them in those dire days of taxation was a munificent gift, namely £20,
towards the relief of the poor Protestants in the north of Ireland, and
they further raised, under compulsion, by the sale of their plate and
the mortgage of their property, £400, which was “_lent_ for the Relief
of Ireland upon the faith and order of Parliament,” and not one penny
of which was ever refunded!
The illegal seizures of the Irish lands in 1637 were set aside by
Charles II, who, by his Charter, 10th April, 1662, restored and
confirmed to the citizens all their former privileges and their
possessions in Ireland, and thus our Company became repossessed of its
original property there.
A little previous to 1840 communications passed between the Barbers
and the Ironmongers’ Companies, in reference to an appointment which
had been made by the latter Company, of Mr. Oseland as Manager of the
associated estate at a salary of £400 per annum. This appointment
seems to have been made without the knowledge or concurrence of the
associated Companies, and led to some little friction, but it was no
doubt a wise step, and appears, after various protests, to have been
finally acquiesced in.
Our property known as the “Lizard Estate,” was on lease for lives,
the sole surviving life being the then Bishop of Meath, who was 76
years of age. The Ironmongers, in the natural expectation of an early
reversion to the estate, appointed Mr. Oseland to look after the
Companies’ interests, and from the list of his duties it would seem
that his office was no sinecure. The Bishop dying in 1840, the lease
fell in, and there were various consultations among the Companies as to
the advisability of a partition or a sale, or the granting of a fresh
lease. The Scriveners alone desired a partition, the others were for
keeping on the late under-lessees and tenants as tenants for a year
until a course could be decided upon, and this was eventually agreed
to, the Barbers recording in their books an expression of their sense
of the wise manner in which the Ironmongers’ Company had managed the
business.
One very important point discussed at Ironmongers’ Hall was that of the
waste and dilapidations which had been suffered to accrue by the late
lessee. These were estimated to amount to £5,000, and there was not
the least question as to the right and power of the Companies to have
enforced a claim in this respect, but they generously decided not even
to present it; had the Companies been “trustees” they would have had no
option but to have enforced their claim.
This action accords with the general liberal administration of Estates
as pursued by the City guilds, and is another evidence (if, indeed,
such evidence were wanting!) of the absence of greed and of the
generous way in which tenants are treated by these bodies.
This Estate is subject to no trust whatever, it was purchased by the
Company out of monies which they collected from individual members of
the Guild, or by the sale of their plate, etc., and for many years it
was unproductive. It is a portion of their private corporate estate,
and no trust or charity suffered by this voluntary abandonment of a
large sum to which they were entitled in lieu of the re-instatement of
the dilapidation. The proceedings are all very fully set out in the
Court Minutes for 1840, 1841, etc.
6th July, 1609. This daye M{r.} Leacock, M{r.} John Martin, M{r.}
Thorney & M{r.} Peek accordinge to a pˀcept to the M{rs.} of this
Company lately directed are by this Courte appoynted Committees
for this Company to conferre w{th} the rest of the Committees of
oth{r} Companies concerninge the intended plantac͠on in the Realme
of Ireland And they are to make theire report to the next Courte of
their proceedingꝭ therein.
26th July, 1609. This daie the precept directed from the Lord Maio{r}
of this Citie to the M{rs} of this Company Concerninge a Contribution
to be had from this Company towardꝭ the intended plantac͠on in his
Ma{ties} realme of Ireland was read before the Lyvery of this Company
and before the Assistantꝭ of the Yeomandry of this Company who being
by the M{rs} demaunded by vertue of the said precept what they wold
willingly Contribute towardꝭ the said service some of them proffered
to Contribute as hereafter ensueth videliz{t} M{r.} Rodes xx{s.}
M{r.} Mapes xx{s.} Mr{r.} Jenkins xx{s.} M{r.} Thorney xl{s.} M{r.}
ffrederick xx{s.} Mr{r.} ffuller x{s.} M{r.} ffenton x{s.} M{r.}
Kerrell xx{s.} John Udall v{s.} Robert Jennings v{s.} Dominick Lumley
ij{s.} vj{d.} Andrew Mathew vj{s.} viij{d.} Thomas Homewood v{s.}
Xpõfer Walton ij{s.} vj{d.} ffrauncis Rycraft ij{s.} Arthure Doughton
ij{s.} George Pitts v{s.} Richard Daniell ij{s.} Richard Higgins
iij{s.} iiij{d.} Symon Crosse ij{s.} Thomas Clarck ij{s.} and the
rest of the Lyvery and assistauntꝭ of the yeomandrey then present
refused to Contribute anything at all. Whereupon it was thought fitt
by this Court that aswell the names of such as had proffered to
contribute as aforesaid and their severall proffered contribuc͠ons
also the names of those that refused to contribute shold accordinge
to the said precept be certefyed in writing to the Lord Maior
signifyeing further in the same Certificate that forasmuch as the
Contribuc͠on menc͠oned in the said Certificate was very small w{ch}
the M{rs} were very unwilling to present to his Lordship, the Company
were contented if it might stand w{th} his Lo{ps} good pleasure to
adventure C{li.} of the Cxxiij{li.} w{ch} is owinge unto them by the
Cities bond, so that they might have a bill of Adventure for the same.
26th January, 1610. The above proposition not having been entertained,
a further precept dated 9th January, 1610, was received, commanding
the Company to furnish £100 and at this Court the same was considered
when it was resolved that the common stock of the Company should
contribute £25 and an assessment be made upon the members as follows:
the Livery 20_s._, the Assistants of the Yeomanry 10_s._, Freemen 6_s._
8_d._, Aliens 20_s._, and foreign brothers 15_s._ each, and by a later
order each member of the Court was assessed at 20_s._
22nd November, 1610. Great difficulty having been experienced in
collecting these assessments, an order was made that any person
neglecting to pay, should be forthwith dismissed out of the Livery or
Court as the case might be.
18th January, 1611. A precept from the Lord Mayor having been read and
debated, the following answer to the same was ordered to be sent--
Whereas wee the M{r} and Wardens of the Company of the Barbors &
surgeons of London have receaved a Preceptt of the 14{th} of this
present moneth from the right honˀable the Lord Mayo{r} of this
Cittie requiring thereby to call together the Assistauntꝭ of o{r}
said Company and to consider whether wee will accept a proportion of
Landꝭ in the province of Ulster in liewe of o{r} moneys disburssed
and thereon to buyld att our owne chardgꝭ as by the printed book
of plantac͠on is required or ells to refeir the lettinge of the
same Landꝭ unto the govˀnor & assistauntꝭ of the Companie: Soe ytt
is, that accordingly we have called together o{r} Assistauntꝭ &
consideringe the pˀmisses wee fynd that the payment of the taxac͠ons
for this intent have been soe burthensome unto the body of o{r}
Company that we are not able to take upon us any further chardge,
having not as yet levyed the ffowerth pˀte of the paymˀtꝭ ymposed
upon us, neither have we any hope to gather the same, And therefore
rather chuse to refeir the lettinge of the said Landꝭ & committinge
the business for o{r} pˀtꝭ to the discretion of the said govˀnor
& assistauntꝭ for that purpose appoynted, hopinge by their good
endeavo{rs} to receave such reasonable satisfaction for o{r} moneys
alreadye disbursed as maye gyve good contentment to such of o{r}
Company whoe have been chardged by o{r} Collections. And this have
our Court of Assistauntꝭ fully agreed in such mannˀ as wee have
before certified Given att o{r} Hall this xviij{th} of January 1610
(_i.e._, 1611).
23rd April, 1611. The Company paid in £30 to the Chamber of London,
making £120 in all to this date.
18th July, 1611. A precept having been received from the Lord Mayor,
calling upon the Wardens to pay £60 more, or else to lose the £120
already paid, the following answer was sent--
Whereas we the M{rs} & govˀno{rs} of the Company of Barbo{rs} &
Surgeons of London have receaved from the right honˀable the Lord
Mayor of this Cittie a preceptt of the xj{th} of this Instant moneth
thereby comaundinge us to call together the Assistauntꝭ of o{r} said
Company And then & there to tax the bodye of o{r} s{d} Company with
the payment of 60{li} more towardꝭ the payment of 10000{li} for a
new supplye for the plantac͠on in Ireland, And that we should advise
thereupon and certefie in wrytinge to the govˀno{r} & assistantꝭ for
the said plantac͠on on Saterdaie the 20{th} of this Instant month
of July whether we will willinglie yelde to the said supplie of
10000{li} or we wilbe content to loose all such moneys as we have
alreadye disburssed towardꝭ the said Plantac͠on and soe passe over
o{r} right therein to those as will undertake this paym{t} and all
other taxac͠ons & paymt{s} touchinge the same, Soe yt is we have
called together o{r} Assistauntꝭ & we thinck that o{r} poore Company
is put to a very hard choyce seeinge the collection of the formˀ
paymˀtꝭ of 110{li}[295] have been soe burthensome unto us that the
greatest nomber of o{r} Company have been readye to growe mutynous
about the collection thereof neither cane wee as yett gather the
same (we beinge out of o{r} owne purses for the last paym{t} w{ch}
was disburssed) and nowe to loose all, except we will undergoe this
newe taxac͠on of 60{li} the povˀtie of o{r} Company cannot beare ytt
neither will yt stand w{th} o{r} Credytts to gyve awaie the moneyes
we have collected from soe maney poore men who hoped (and the rather
by o{r} pˀswasions) the company should receave in tyme great pˀffytt.
And they themselves to be pˀtakers thereof to w{ch} intent they dide
more willinglie undergoe the former taxac͠ons. And againe to drawe
them to a chardge of a new taxac͠on when they shall understand the
offer pˀposed in this pˀcept we thinck yt unpossible, neither can we
tell howe to drawe them to paie any further taxac͠on then they shall
willinglie consent unto because we have noe lawfull authoritie to
compell them. Therefore rather then to be any further burthensome
to the bodye of o{r} Company in any further taxac͠on towardꝭ the
last supplie of 10000{li} we must be forced (yf there be lawfull
authoritie to take awaye & compell o{r} Company) to loose the moneys
we have alreadye disburssed & to leave our Interest unto such as
wilbe contentede to undertake to dischardge o{r} Company of those
paymˀtꝭ & taxac͠ons w{ch} we shall be hereafter chardged w{th}all,
and shall gyve unto our Company such assurance for pˀformaunce of
such condyc͠ons as we shall agree upon and our Counsell learned
in the lawes shall devise & requier, whereby we may gyve some
contentem{t} to those of our Company whoe have been herein chardged
for we feare we shall never collect these moneyes w{ch} are yet
behinde & unpaid for the last paym{t} when they shall here the money
alreadye disburssed is lost & gyven awaie And to this have our Court
of Assistantꝭ agreed Gyven und{r} o{r} hands the xix{th} of Julye
1611.
[295] Should be £120.
16th November, 1611. At this Court motion being made touching what
answere this howse should gyve unto the Court of Aldermen about the
payment of their money for the Irishe plantac͠on yt was ordered &
decreed that the Company should not willinglie undergoe the paym{t}
of any further taxac͠on but that rather they should loose all their
moneys alreadye disbursed and thereupon yt was thought fitt the
pˀnte M{rs} & govˀno{rs} together w{th} M{r.} Peck M{r.} Mapes
M{r.} ffenton & M{r.} ffoster should goe againe before the Court of
Aldermen to see yf they can gett the Company dischardged And if yt
shall soe fall out that they or any of them shalbe comitted or shalbe
put to any chardgꝭ touching this busynes this howse shall & will
beare & dischardge the same.
2nd February, 1612. At this Court it is fully concluded that M{r.}
Recorder shalbe dealt withall to construe our answere according to
the Courtꝭ meaninge And that on tewsdaie next the M{rs} & Govˀno{rs}
together w{th} M{r.} Peck M{r.} Mapes M{r.} ffenton & M{r} ffoster
shall goe before the Court of Aldermen to intreat favo{r} in respect
of their genˀall povˀtie of the Company w{ch} if the same will not
prevayle then the Company shall bring with them their Councell
to certefie that their answere is absolute & if that maye not be
graunted then that they maye have a monethes lybertie either to
provide some undertakers for them or ells by that tyme the Company
will bring in their money w{ch} this Court doth agree unto that the
howse shall beare ytt.
2nd July, 1612. This daye yt is likewise ordered that touchinge the
paym{t} of the 30{li} w{ch} is to be paid for the Irishe plantac͠on
That the present M{rs} shall demaund of the Comittees for the Irish
plantac͠on what assurance this howse shall have for their money
already disburssed & to disbursse and thereuppon to stand hardlie
for that this Court thincketh yt not reason to pay there money for
nothinge as yet assured. And if it be soe that the M{rs} shalbe
threatned to be comitted to prison they shall rather be comitted to
prison then to pay the money And if they be comitted then this howse
dothe order that presentlie[296] uppon their comittment the M{rs}
shall pay the same 30{li} out of the stock of this howse.
[296] _i.e._, directly.
20th July, 1612. In the motion touching the paym{t} of xxx{li}
pˀcell of the lx{li} w{ch} the Company is to paie towardꝭ the Irishe
plantac͠on Itt is ordered by this Court that the same xxx{li} shalbe
paid in by the howse and the M{rs} w{th} M{r.} ffrederick are to
deale w{th} the Comittees to see what assurance they shall have for
their moneyes disburssed.
17th September, 1612. It was agreed by the Court to pass away all the
Company’s interest in the Irish estate to Mr. Abraham Allen, Warden, he
undertaking by deed to bear all further impositions or taxations made
upon the Company in respect of the Irish business.
15th July, 1613. This daie it is ordered upon a motion made by
o{r} Master to this Court touching what course they shall take for
Ireland business for that they are now called unto for payment of
60{li} wherefore upon a genˀall consent of this Court it is ordered
that M{r} Warden Allen shall lose the 30{li} w{ch} he hath already
disburssed & that he shall disburse the said 60{li} now called for,
and if he shall not be contented to goe forward w{th} the bargaine
w{ch} he formˀly made w{th} the Company but rather to loose the said
30{li} w{ch} he hath formˀly paid That then he loosing the said
30{li} already disburssed shalbe upon & after the audytt daye repaid
the said 60{li} w{ch} he is now to disbursse.
17th January, 1614. Att this Court it is ordered that the 30{li}
w{ch} the Company is chardged by preceptt to paie towardꝭ the Irish
Plantation on the first daie of ffebruary next shalbe paid in
according to the said preceptt and shalbe allowed out of the stock of
this howse.
2nd February, 1614. At this Court the M{rs} propounding unto this
Court what conference did passe between the Company of Irenmongers &
themselves desiring this pˀnte Court to certefie their opinions what
course this company shall take in the Irish busines, whether they
shall either hold the proportion of landꝭ allotted to this Company &
the Company of Iremongers joyntlie w{th} the Iremongers Or otherwise
seeke that a devision maybe made of such portion as to this company
belongeth & soe to hold the same in sevˀaltye Whereupon this Court
did agree that this Company shall goe hand in hand joyntlie w{th}
thother companies awhile And hereafter to seeke for a devision as
occasion shalbe offered.
24th May, 1614. Att this Court it is ordered that M{r} Abraham Allen
shall have noe part of the xxx{li} w{ch} he hath paid to this company
redelivˀed him againe.
19th January, 1615. On receipt of a precept, dated 11th January,
ordering a further contribution of £45, it was directed that the same
should be paid.
13th September, 1615. £30 more was ordered to be paid in.
29th December, 1615. At this Court the Wardens of the yeomanrey made
knowne unto the M{rs} that the yeomanrey were contented to gyve to
the howse 30{li} towardes the Irish plantac͠on.
27th May, 1616. At this Court it is ordered that what monie is or
shalbe demaunded by the Company of Iremongers to be paid unto them
from or by this Companie towardꝭ the charge of buildingꝭ or other
charges in Ireland shalbe deteyned in this howses handꝭ untell this
Companie shall have receaved order from o{r} M{r} M{r} Alderman
Probie for payment thereof And that he shall see it fitt & expedient
the same shalbe paid.
27th January, 1617. fforasmuch as this Companie have no assuraunce
of the Irish Landꝭ for their monie disburssed for Ireland It is
therefore ordered by this Court that this Companie shalbe suters
unto the Governor & Comittees for the plantac͠on of the Irish landꝭ
to thentent this Companie maie have a perpetuitie in the Irish
plantac͠on aswell as the Companie of Iremongers under whose lott o{r}
Companie have fallen Accordinglie & in such sorte as the Carpenters &
other the inferior Companies joyned w{th} them doe now sue for.
19th March, 1635. The Company contributed their proportion of the
expenses incurred by the City Companies in defending the suit against
them in the Star Chamber, as also a sum of money towards the erection
of a church in Ulster.
The Copye of S{r} John Bancks his letter he being his Ma{ts} Attorney
Generall sent to the Companie of Ironmongers that they should with
the Associate Companies surrender up their right together with their
evidences concerning the plantac͠on in Ireland was here reade and
for answere thereunto this Court doth referre to the advice of M{r}
Bierly Councello{r} at Lawe w{ch} is to surrender up o{r} right.
8th November, 1638. Judgment being given against the Companies whereby
they forfeited all their lands in Ireland, the City was fined £8,000
to the King “for the losse of o{r} landꝭ in Ireland by the late decree
of Starrchamber,” to which fine the Barber-Surgeons were compelled to
contribute £64.
10th February, 1642. Alsoe was read to this Court the Lord Maiors
letter concerning reliefe of the Protestants in Ireland in the City
of London Derry this Court doth order 100{li} to be given towards
theire releife presently.
7th March, 1642. It is ordered that xx{li} shalbe presently payd over
towards the releife of London Derry and noe more at the present.
Alsoe it is ordered that there shalbe CC{li} given towards the
releife of Ireland generally to have a thousand Acres upon the
stateing of the Kingdome according to the Act of Parliament lately
made, and that CC{li} to be payd according to the provision in that
Act by 50{li} downe presently and the remainder at 3 monethes.
9th June, 1642. It was agreed to Lend £800 to the Releife of Ireland
[at 8 per cent. Interest] upon the faith and order of the Parliament.
31st October, 1642. The Company having agreed to lend this £800 could
not find the money, and so petitioned to lend but £400; even this they
had a great difficulty about, having to sell their plate (except Henry
VIII’s cup) to enable them to raise the money.
16th July, 1724. The Court having been informed that a lease had been
agreed to be granted by the Ironmongers of the Manor of Lizard, of
which they were seized in trust for this Company as to the sum of £350
(part of the sum of £5,000 being the whole purchase money originally
given for that estate), and that a person had bid £12,800 for a lease
of the estate for 41 years and had deposited one-third of that amount
with the Ironmongers’ Company. It was ordered that the Clerk should
wait upon the Clerk of the Ironmongers and get what particulars he
could as to the respective shares of the associated Companies, with a
list of the tenants’ names and rentals, and it was further ordered that
this Company’s proportion of the fine agreed to be given for the lease
should be invested in South Sea annuities.
3rd December, 1765. The Ironmongers’ Company having proposed that the
associated Companies should purchase the tithes arising from the lands
called Aghwey, in Ireland, the same was considered by the Court and
agreed to, this Company’s proportion of the purchase money being about
£80.
10th November, 1766. The Clerk reported that he had received from the
Ironmongers £1,377 16_s._ 10_d._ for this Company’s share of the fine
of the lease granted to Mr. Josias Dupre and for rents and dividends
due in October last.
10th August, 1775. The Company agreed to contribute £100 towards
rebuilding the Church of Desertoghill in Ireland.
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CHARITIES.
FERBRAS’ CHARITY.--Mr. Robert Ferbras, Citizen and Barber-Surgeon, by
his Will, dated 2nd December, 1470 (_see_ p. 161), devised two Freehold
Houses in the Parish of St. John, Walbrook, London, to the Company,
upon Trust after doing the repairs, to divide one moiety of the surplus
receipts among poor Members of the Company, which are distributed
Quarterly among 28 poor Freemen and Widows.
_N.B.--The above houses have been taken down and sold, and the proceeds
invested in the purchase of the moiety of a Freehold House, No. 69,
Leadenhall Street, and of a Freehold House, No. 57, Lansdown Road,
Notting Hill._
BANCKS’ GIFT.--Mr. Thomas Bancks, by his Will, dated 15th October,
1595, gave to the Company an Annuity of _Twenty Shillings_, on
condition that they should yearly distribute equally amongst 12 poor
people of the Company, 12 Twopenny Loaves, 6 Stone of Beef, and Two
Shillings in Money. And Mr. JOHN BANCKS, his Son, by indenture, dated
the 20th May, 1619, also gave an Annuity of _Twenty Shillings_, to be
distributed in the same manner and on the same day as his Father’s
Charity.
_N.B.--This Charity is now administered by the Mercers’ Company, under
an order of the Court of Chancery. The estate consists of Freehold
Property at Holloway, the income from which amounts to about £40 per
annum, and is distributed half-yearly in July and January among poor
Members of the Company._
BAKER’S GIFT.--Mr. Alexander Baker, by his Will, dated the 25th of
September, 1835, gave to the Company an Annuity of _Three Pounds_
charged upon a Freehold House, No. 195, Upper Thames Street, to be
yearly distributed to Six decayed Freemen of the Company, which is done
on the first Tuesday in July.
Mr. MICHAEL I’ANS’ CHARITY.--Mr. Michael I’Ans, by his Will, dated the
21st of August, 1759, gave to the Company _Two Thousand Pounds_, the
interest of which he directed to be applied and distributed among 20
poor Liverymen’s Widows of the Company. And Mr. JOHN DRIVER, by his
Will, dated the 15th of February, 1810, gave the sum of _Twenty Pounds_
to be applied in addition to the said Gift.
_N.B.--This Fund, with accumulations, now consists of £4,759 18s. 7d.
Consols, the Dividends of which are distributed half-yearly to twenty
poor Widows of Liverymen of the Company, on the first Tuesdays in
February and August._
DECAYED LIVERYMEN’S FUND.--The Court of Assistants, by an Order of
Court, dated the 3rd day of June, 1823, set apart from the Funds of
the Company the sum of _Nine Hundred Pounds_, Old South Sea Annuities,
for the purpose of forming a fund for the Relief of Decayed Liverymen
of the Company; the Dividends whereof are distributed, half-yearly,
amongst Seven Poor Liverymen of the Company, on the first Tuesdays in
May and November.
_N.B.--The Old South Sea Annuities having been paid off, the proceeds
were invested in the purchase of a Freehold House, No. 46, Church
Street, Minories. The Fund, with accumulations, now consists of £876
7s. 8d. Consols._
Mr. THOMAS KIDDER, one of the Court of Assistants, by his Will, dated
the 18th of December, 1828, gave unto the Master and Wardens _One
Hundred Pounds_, Three per Cent. Consolidated Annuities, and directed
the interest to be applied for the relief of one poor Freeman’s Widow
of the Company for ever, on the first Tuesday in February and August.
Mr. THOMAS COTTRELL’S CHARITY.--Mr. Thomas Cottrell, by his Will, dated
28th of January, 1833, gave to the Company, _Three Thousand Three
Hundred and Thirty-three Pounds Six Shillings and Eight Pence_, Three
per Cent. Consols, subject to the Legacy Duty, the Dividends to be
equally divided between 25 Widows of Decayed Liverymen of the Company,
which are distributed on the first Tuesdays in February and August.
_N.B.--This Fund, with accumulations, now consists of £3,100 Consols._
Mr. WILLIAM LONG’S CHARITY.--Mr. William Long, by his Will, dated 7th
July, 1834, gave to the Company, _One Thousand Pounds_, Three per
Cent. Consolidated Bank Annuities, and he directed one Moiety of the
Dividends thereof to be paid half-yearly unto so many of the poor
Liverymen as the Company should appoint to receive the same, and the
other moiety thereof he directed to be paid half-yearly among 20 poor
widows of Liverymen of the Company, in like manner as Mr. Michael
I’Ans’ Charity is disposed of.
_N.B.--This Fund, with accumulations, now consists of £1,045 Consols._
Mr. MALCOLM DUNNETT’S CHARITY.--Mr. Malcolm Dunnett, by his Will, dated
30th August, 1842, gave to the Company the sum of _Two Hundred Pounds_,
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities, to be applied by the Company for the
Support of Decayed Liverymen, preference being at all times given to
the two Senior Liverymen of the Company who shall apply for relief, and
be in addition to any other aid which they would otherwise be entitled
to receive from any other Charitable Fund of the Company. This Charity
is distributed on the first Tuesdays in May and November.
Mr. PETER SKIPPER’S CHARITY.--Mr. Peter Skipper, by his Will, dated
25th of September, 1846, gave _One Hundred Pounds_, free of Legacy
Duty, in aid of the Decayed Livery Fund, with which Charity the amount
is now amalgamated.
Mr. PHILIP LAWTON’S CHARITY.--Mr. Philip Lawton, by his Will, proved
13th August, 1856, gave _Five Hundred Pounds_, less Legacy Duty, upon
Trust to pay the Interest and Dividends to poor Decayed Liverymen and
Freemen or their Widows.
_N.B.--This Fund now consists of the sum of £477 9s. Consols._
ALMS HOUSE FUND AND Mr. JOHN ATKINSON’S CHARITIES.--The Court of
Assistants, by a resolution dated 7th August, 1855, established a Fund
for the Erection and Endowment of Alms Houses for Decayed members of
the Company and their Widows.
Mr. JOHN ATKINSON, by Deed dated 4th November, 1856, and enrolled,
conveyed to the Company Ten Freehold Houses, situate in Cross Keys
Court and Half Moon Alley, Cripplegate, London, upon trust to apply the
rents and profits thereof in aid of the Alms House Fund. These houses
have been taken by the Metropolitan Railway, and the purchase-money
was invested in the purchase of £998 12_s._ 3_d._ Consols. The Consols
have been sold and the proceeds invested in the purchase of Freehold
Houses, Nos. 53, 55, and 59, Lansdown Road, Notting Hill. In addition
to the above, there is an accumulated Fund consisting of £1,095 2_s._
6_d._ Consols, £419 15_s._ 7_d._ New 2-1/2 per Cent. Annuities, and
there is a cash balance to the credit of the Fund of £84 12_s._ 4_d._
Mr. JOHN ATKINSON, on the 5th February, 1861, presented the sum of _One
Hundred Pounds_ Consols to the Company, the interest thereof to be
employed in the purchase of Bibles and prayer books for distribution
amongst the poor members of the Company.
Mr. JOHN ATKINSON, by his Will, dated 30th of August, 1858, bequeathed
the residue of his personal estate to Trustees therein named, upon
Trust, after the death of his wife, daughter, brother, sister, and
nephews, to transfer the Stocks, Funds, and Securities whereon the
same should be invested to the Masters and Governors of the Company,
upon Trust, to found and establish an Institution to be called “The
Barbers’ Asylum,” the interest thereof to be applied for the lodging,
maintenance, and education of the poor Members of the Company and their
Widows and Children.
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INVENTORIES.
There is amongst the Records a small folio volume which opens with an
undated inventory of the Company’s effects, most probably taken in
1710. Following are inventories spreading over thirty-three years until
1745.
There is much similarity in all of these, and we shall take one of
them, that for the year 1728, as an example.
In 1711 there seem to have been two corporate seals, one of steel and
another of silver; there was also “a mould with the Company’s arms by
w{ch} the Iron Backs were made”; this handsome mould is still preserved
over the chimney-piece in the entrance lobby, and an old “iron back”
cast from it is built into the wall of the courtyard opposite the
entrance door.
A TRUE & PERFECT INVENTORY of the Goods and Chattels Plate
Household Stuff & other things belonging to the Worshipfull
Company of BARBERS & SURGEONS of London taken the 11{th} of
September 1728 M{R} JANUARY FARMER Master M{r} James Fern M{r}
John Nicholls & Ambrose Dickins Esq{r} his Majesty’s Serjeant
Surgeon, Wardens.
IN THE PARLOUR.
A chimney piece of Assistants Arms & three Sheilds over it.
Four Spanish tables & a footstep.
One great Russia leather Chair for y{e} Master.
30 other Russia chairs.
One pair Bellows.
One Turkey workˀt carpett.
A brass hearth peice & shovell & tongs with brass heads.
A painted Sale Cloath to cover the hearth.
One green bays carpett.
M{r} Lisle’s picture.
M{r} Skinner’s picture.
King Henry y{e} 8{ths} picture.
Sir John Frederick’s picture.
King Charles the Second’s picture.
Sir Charles Scarborough & M{r} Alderman Arris’s pictures.
Four double glass sconces & two single ones.
Two candlesticks with wax candles.
A Table of the masters names.[297]
D{r} Tyson’s picture.
Serj{t} Bernard’s picture.
M{r} Johnson’s picture.
M{r} Inigo Jones’s picture.
A large steel engine with a wooden frame for y{e} Co{s} seal.
3 Cane Sashes for y{e} Windows.
3 most noble Window Curtains in fflorence Persian Silk.
Two Spanish Pictures.
A fine clock.
A large gilt leather screen with 8 folds & the Companys arms
painted upon it.
A wooden stand for y{e} Chamber pott.
Six cushions.
[297] Now in the Ante Room at the Hall.
IN THE CLARK’S CUPBOARD IN Y{E} PARLOUR.
One Box for y{e} Poor. 3 Standishes.
One Hammer. Two Testaments.
One Bell. One Balloting Box & Balls.
IN THE BEADLE’S CUSTODY.
Two Staves with y{e} Companys arms & crest in Silver.
Two Beadles gowns purchased by the Company.
IN THE PASSAGE BEFORE THE PARLOUR.
One Spanish Table. A tortoise shell the gift
A Table of orders. of M{r} Henry Boone.
3 Brass Sconces. Two new tables.
3 Tressells & a bench y{t} 6 Leather chairs.
goes under the wall. Two new benches.
An Elks head.
IN THE ELECTION ROOM.
One Turkey workt Elbow chair.
One folding table.
One large brass hearth piece & a pair of tongs
fire shovell & Dogs with fine brass heads.
M{r} Ferne’s Picture.
A picture of the Prince Elector Palatine.
A looking glass over the chimney.
30 other Turkey worked chairs.
A green cloth carpett.
M{r} Thomas Allen’s picture.
One painted sale Cloth & a marble slabb.
King Charles the Seconds picture.
IN THE BALCONY.
Three green & white Window Curtains & curtain rods.
IN THE LONG GALLERY UP ONE P{R} OF STAIRS.
Two Elbow chairs.
A little table.
The figures of the Muscles.
15 old Turkey worked chairs.
A large iron hearth piece with shovell & tongs.
A skeleton frame with black curtains around it,
a pulley & cord, a skeleton.
20 cain bottom chairs.
A Scrutore.[298]
A print of a Skeleton.
An iron back.
[298] Called elsewhere an “Escrutore.”
IN THE THEATRE.
One skeleton in a frame.
Two muscular figures finely painted in gilt frames.
Two humane skins on figures of wood.
Two figures of Angels presenting a Garland.
Two skulls the one a Mummy the other a Moss with
seven other figures.
King Charles the first’s head in stone.
A Skeleton in a frame the gift of M{r} Knowles.
A green velvet cushion for the Anatomy Reader.
One cedar table & cover.
One new skeleton pendent from the Center of the Roof.
One figure of anatomy in a frame.
Two pair of green window curtains.
IN THE TREASURY.
The Company’s seal.
A great chest with several Charters & by laws & other writeings.
IN THE HALL.
Three great tables.
11 forms beside benches and footstep to y{e} Masters chair.
Two sheilds fixed to y{e} Screen.
One large ensign of green & white.
Two large green streamers.
Two Green bays carpetts.
Two green Kidderminster curtains.
A table of the Examined Surgeons & Examiners.
A table of officers ffees.
A squabb going round the Halfe moon table[299] & one small
one for y{e} Mas{rs} seat.
A long moveable table for the Hall.
Two Banners, the King’s Arms & y{e} City’s arms.
A wainscoat desk.
A clock the gift of M{r} Henry Carter.
A glass Lanthorne.
[299] This half-moon table stood at the upper end of the Hall in the
bastion, where the Masters and Court sat.
IN THE MUSICK GALLERY.
One table.
8 great staves for y{e} fflags.
Two forms.
IN THE PASSAGE GOING TO Y{E} KITCHEN.
One dresser.
One table & two shelves.
IN THE KITCHIN.
Three dresser boards. 10 large spitts & one little
One form. one.
2 large iron racks. One iron fender.
Two iron dripping pans. Two peels.
A 1/2 hundred iron weight. One chopping block.
8 Shelves. 3 Iron oven lids.
3 Irons in Stewing places. One new peele.
IN THE KITCHIN LARDER.
Two rounds of Shelves & a dresser round it.
IN THE KITCHIN YARD.
A leaden cistern & a leaden pipe going up to it.
THE PEWTER & BRASS.
Nine dozen & 11 plates. 7 saucers.
Two pewter basons. Three great flaggons.
Four pye plates. One iron hearth for charcoal.
Ten brass candlesticks. Two pair of snuffers.
An earthen monteth. One beer still & a plate rack.
Eighteen brass sconces for A charger.
the Theatre. Two chamber potts.
seven salvers.
IN THE BUTTERY.
A Binn for bread. 3 Shelves.
A dressing board. 3 Shelves in the Cupboard.
4 little bottles for oyl & vinegar. 1 doz 4 Water glasses.
2 doz & 11 Wine glasses. 7 stone muggs.
3 small beer glasses. 2 flower potts.
3 Stone bottles. 2 knife basketts.
A painted Sale cloth. A bench.
IN THE CUPBOARD IN THE BUTTERY.
Two dozen & a halfe of black handled knives & forks
with a box to put them in.
1 Dozen and a halfe of Oyster knives.
30 White handled knives & forks ivory.
4 voiders.
A flaskett.
IN THE CLARK’S YARD & CELLAR.
A leaden cistern.
A pipe to lead the water from the street through the Beadles Cellar
into y{e} Clarks yard & so through y{e} Companys into y{e} Kitchin.
One large chest to putt the candles in.
One clock in a case.
4 new pepper castors.
THE COMPANY’S PLATE.
oz. dwt.
Eighteen silver spoons wt. 43 6
another silver spoon 6 0
One Bason the gift of M{r} Robert Andrews 74-3/4 0
One Ewer the gift of M{r} Tho{s} Collins 54 10
King Henry y{e} 8{ths} cup & cover 26-1/2 0
King Charles the 2{ds} cup & cover 62-1/2 0
A punch Bowl the gift of Queen Anne at the
request of M{r} Serjeant Bernard then
Mas{r} of this Corporation 160 0
FOUR GREAT STANDING CUPS.
The gifts of the several pˀsons following, viz{t}
Sir John Frederick 38 10
Martin Brown Esq{r} 45 10
M{r} Tho{s} Bell 65 0
M{r} Tho{s} Bowden 38 0
FOUR BEER BOWLES.
The gift of Alderman Arris weighing viz{t} oz. dwt.
First 9 8
Second 9 8
Third 8 6
fourth 6 15
SEVEN TANKARDS.
The gifts of the several pˀsons following, viz{t}
The first of M{r} John Dorrington 39 0
The second of M{r} George Gray 37 2
The third of M{r} Abraham Deviatt 23 0
The fourth of M{r} Thomas Fothergill 24 15
The fifth of M{rs} Eliz. Clarke 17 10
The sixth of M{r} Abraham Perrott 26 15
The seventh of M{r} Edward Arris 26 15
THREE GREAT SALTS.
First 45 0
Second 37 0
Third 38 0
One small salt 3 11
Four coronetts 26-3/4 0
A voider the gift of M{r} Thos Gill.
An Iron Chest to putt the plate in.
THE TABLE LINNEN.
1 Dozen & 2 Huckaback Towells.
1 Dozen & one old odd towells.
11 Dozen & 4 napkins.
8 Holland sheets.
1 Large diaper towell.
4 side board cloths.
1 Dozen & 8 oyster cloths.
11 Table cloths & the chest they lye in.
IN THE LONG WALK.
Two ladders one great one & one small one.
24 Bucketts with the Companys arms on them.
4 Settles.
IN THE CHEST BELOW THE STAIRS.
The Rich cloth that lies over the Anatomy.
A black coffin cloth.
19 flatt caps.
19 Dimothy waistcoats.
19 Badges & the Readers Robes.
IN THE LOWER THEATRE.
A pewter cistern & a leaden laver.
An anatomy chest.
A table to dissect on & a hatch for y{e} Theatre door.
In the Closetts 2 Drawers & two planks to stand on.
[Illustration]
PLATE.
The Barber-Surgeons’ Company has at various periods in its history
possessed large quantities of plate, a great deal of which is now
unfortunately lost to us, most of it having been parted with during the
troublous times of the seventeenth century, when the money demands made
upon the Company necessitated its sale. We have however, been fortunate
in preserving some very distinctive and beautiful plate, among which
are no less than three Royal gifts from Sovereigns of England, viz.,
Henry VIII, Charles II, and Anne.
Throughout our Minutes are numerous references to gifts and purchases
of plate; some of these will be found elsewhere in this work, and
the following extracts in particular referring to this subject, are
additional examples.
14th December, 1557. The same daye beyng The xiiij{th} daye of
Descember in An{o} Dñ 1557 and fourth and fyfte yeares of the
Raignes of Kynge Phyllippe and Quene Marys Most Noble gracꝭ It ys
Condescended and Agreed by the m{r} and Govˀnors and w{th} thassent
of all the Assystaunce of the howse whose Names are before Nomynated
and Wrytten That M{r} Thomas Vycary shall paye and dyscharge the
Debtꝭ of the howse w{ch} rest unpayde and the saide M{r} Vycary
shall have the plate of the Crafte in pawne or pledge Untyll suche
tyme as the sayde sum̃es of monye be un to hym Repayde agayne.
7th December, 1581. It was agreed that the som̃e of xl{li} shalbe
diffrayed and laid owte of the stock of the howse to buy plate viz.
one nest of pots one nest of booles, and in v gilt spones to make up
one dozen, and in exchange of a silver pot geven unto the Companie
by M{r} George Corrons[300] who depˀted his lief beinge m{r} of the
companie.
[300] Master 1575.
10th March, 1599. Richard Larden on being admitted to the Livery
presented one “beaker of silver pˀcell gylt.”
15th April, 1600. John Robson being made free made a similar gift, as
also, 3rd June, 1600, did Walter Meeke on the like occasion.
16th August, 1602. This daie John Izard[301] presented to this
Courte one litle columpne salte w{th} a Cover of silver and guylte
and prayeth to be discharged from bearinge the office of M{r} of
this Companye which guyfte was loveinglye accepted and his requeste
willingely graunted.
[301] Warden 1590, 1593, 1596.
19th July, 1603. Nicholas Kellaway (Assistant) presented two standing
cups of silver, to be discharged the office of Steward of the Mayor’s
feast.
8th November, 1604. This daie it is ordered that M{r} Johnsons[302]
Cupp and Cover the three Beakers and M{r} Sprignalls[303] and
M{r} Shirlockꝭ Cup and Cover shalbe pˀntly[304] altered unto such
servisable plate as the M{rs} shall thinke fyt.
[302] Master 1543.
[303] Master 1554.
[304] Presently--at once.
31st May, 1608. The executors of Nicholas Kellaway delivered to the
Wardens “one uprighte Bowle of silver duble gylt.”
9th February, 1612. This daie it is agreed that the som̃e of x{li}
or xx mˀkes shall be layed out to bye 3 cupes w{th} the name of M{r}
Bird[305] thereon to be engraved.
[305] Master 1590.
22nd August, 1614. This daie Peter Thorney brought in & delyvered
unto this Court two spout pottꝭ the one all guilt the other pˀcell
guilt of the valew of twentie poundꝭ w{ch} were gyven by the
last will of M{r} Thomas Thorney[306] deceassed w{ch} pottꝭ were
thanckfullie receaved.
[306] Master 1602.
4th October, 1614. Mr. Ralph Bovey[307] gave, in lieu of fining for
three Warden’s places, “one fayre quart spout pott pˀcell guilt.”
[307] Master 1617.
12th February, 1616. Mr. Isaac Allen gave a standing cup and cover
value 20 nobles to be excused coming on the Livery or bearing any
office.
2nd July, 1622. Edward Kellet gave a “fayre mounsier bowle guilt” to be
discharged of his place in the livery.
17th October, 1622. Mr. Gillam gave “three saltꝭ white” of the value of
£12 10_s._
9th November, 1628. Bartholomew Vanderlashe, a German professing
Surgery, gave a standing cup and cover gilt weighing 23 ozs.
20th June, 1629. It is alsoe ordered that there shalbe made fower
Garlandꝭ of silver enamelled garnished and sett forth after the
neatest manner according to the discretion of the present Governors
for the choise of new Maisters and the coste thereof to be borne of
the stock of this house. (_See illustrations of these on pp. 239, 379
and 422._)
2nd December, 1630. This daie this Court takeing into their
considerations of that affectionate love of M{r} John Bancks late
Cittizen and Mercer of London deceased, the sonne of M{r} Thomas
Bancks[308] heretofore an ancient Maister of this Companie, not
onely expressed in his liefe tyme to the poore of this Companie, by
giveing xx{s} yearely for ever, but also at the tyme of his death to
the generalitye of this Companie soe large and bountiful a legacy
viz; One bason and ewer double gilt with his armes of gentrye, the
Mercers armes, and our Companies armes embossed thereon, xx{li} for a
dinner for the livery on the daie of his funerall and our Companies
armes in a small round frame depicted in glasse, doe in all loveing
and thanckfull respective gratitude to soe free and liberall a
benefactor, order that the pˀnte M{rs} or Governors shall at the
chardge of this house take course that the said M{r} John Bancke his
picture be forthwith procured from the executors and carryed to M{r}
Greenebury and be taken forth and depicted in a frame in the self
same manner as that picture is and hung up in some convenient place
in our Hall, that thereby so free and memorable acts of so liberall a
benefactor may not be overwhelmed in oblivion but be pˀpetually had
in remembrance and eternized to all posteritie.
[308] Master 1596.
9th April, 1632. “A gilt beere boll and cover” weighing 20-1/2 ozs. was
presented by Mr. Dominic Lomeline’s[309] executors.
[309] Master 1629.
16th August, 1632. Mr. Thomas Borne[310] having bequeathed
£6 13_s._ 4_d._ to the Company to buy a piece of plate, it was ordered
that “there shalbe a faire silver salt white, with scroules of the new
fashion bought and his name ingraven thereon.”
[310] Master 1628.
2nd January, 1635. Mr. Robert Allott, Doctor in Phisick of St. John’s
Coll: Cambridge and free of the Company, gave a large round silver salt
white with three scrolls, and with his arms and an inscription engraved
thereon.
1636. The Company having spent large sums of money in the erection of
the Theatre, and being short of cash, an order was made to sell the
whole of the Yeomanry’s Plate, excepting a beer bowl the gift of Mr.
James Kent.
1637. It having come to the knowledge of the Court that Mr. Alexander
Baker (Master 1622) had bequeathed to the Company a cup and cover which
was withheld by his executors, a suit was commenced against them.
19th May, 1637. This daye was presented to this Court by a suite &
decree made in his Ma{t}ꝭ Court of Requestꝭ one standing Cupp and
Cover gilt of M{r} Alexander Bakers gift weighing 131 ounces.
19th May, 1637. Alsoe according to orders of former Courtꝭ of
Assistants the plate viz{t} W{m} Kelletts cupp 21 oz. one cupp &
cover Vanderlash 23 oz. & halfe. 3 beere bolls dropps 38 oz. 3 flatt
gobletts 61 oz. & halfe. 4 tankerds 92 oz. & a halfe. 1 salt & cover
Izard 9 oz. 4 standing cupps & Covers yeomanrye 102 oz. being all
guilt plate amounting to 347 oz. at 5{s} 4{d} pˀ oz. cometh to 92{li}
10{s} 8{d} Alsoe one white cupp Turner 9 oz. 1 white cupp Harding
5 oz. 1 white cupp Bostock 10 oz. 3 beere bolls vaughan 26 oz. 3
white beakers 31 oz. 3 white salts Guilham 40 oz. 1 white boll
Lakin 10 oz. 3 wine bolls white 16 oz. & a halfe being white plate
weighing 149 oz. 3 quarters at 4{s} xj{d} the ounce was sould for
36{li} 16{s} 4{d} Soe that the whole money received for the plate
that was sould cometh to in toto 129{li} 07{s} w{ch} sale is by this
Court confirmed & ordered y{t} that money received shall be imployed
towardꝭ the buildingꝭ now in hand.
31st October, 1642. Whereas heretofore by Order of the Lords &
Com̃ons in Parliament assembled Our Company was proporc͠oned to pay
and lend 800{li} at 8{li} pˀ cent towards and for nothing else than
the releife of Ireland. Upon which our Company did humbly certifie
the Lord Maior of the Citty of our inability to pay any part of the
said 800{li} Yet for that the present occasions forceing for presente
Releife It was Ordered That 400{li} should be taken up at Interest
and payd over into the Chamber of London for that and noe other
purpose. And that now the Company would take up such a quantity of
money but cannott obteyne soe much, It is now ordered That the Kings
Cupp and Cover shalbe kept, And that the Ma{s} & Wardens shall take
out all our plate and view it and see which of it is fitt to be sold
and that every parcell of that plate which shalbe sold a patterne
or fashion of it shalbe drawne in paper and the perticuler Letters
Writeings or Graveings shall likewise be written on that paper. To
the intent that when the said ffoure Hundred Pounds with the Interest
at 8{li} p. centum shalbe repayd the said Plate shalbe made againe in
the same ffashions & writeings upon them as now they are which this
Court doth order shall fully and really be performed accordingly when
the said 400{li} and Interest shalbe repayd.
The following entry is curious from the fact of a blank having been no
doubt purposely left in the Minutes. The Company, who had been already
plucked by the Parliament, evidently feared violence in that quarter,
but were afraid to put it on record, and therefore very prudently left
a hiatus in the Minutes.
24th May, 1643. Whereas this Company is assessed at 8{li} pˀ weeke
for 3 moneths which they are noe wayes able to pay In regard wee are
soe much in debt and that the Hall may be preserved from violence
of . . . . . . . It is now Ordered That the plate in the Hall that is
not guilt plate shalbe by the M{r} and Wardens delivered over at the
best rate to deliver soe much amounting to 96{li.}
By the Wardens’ Accounts it appears that plate was sold to the extent
of £94 16_s._ 0_d._
29th April, 1645. On reference to p. 140, it will be seen that no less
than 1,120 oz. of plate was pawned to M{rs} Crosse.
29th April, 1646. The M{r} & Wardens acquainting this Court That the
Companye’s plate is redeemed from M{r} Steele at his request who
married M{rs} Crosse to whome it was formerly pawned in her Widowhood
and is now in the Treasury. This Court doth think it not convenient
to be kept in the house[311] and doth order that it be delivered into
the hands of M{r} John Browne[312] for the better secureity of the
200{li} this Company oweth him and of the 100{li} more which he hath
promised by M{r} Warden Browne to lend the Company at vj{li} pˀ ceñtn
pˀ anñ.
[311] Probably in fear of its being forcibly seized.
[312] An Assistant.
14th May, 1646. The plate was pawned to Mr. John Browne for £300 at 6
per cent.
29th April, 1647. It was ordered that it should be redeemed, and it was
on the 17th May following all brought back to the Hall.
7th December, 1648. The plate was again pawned to Mr. John Browne, of
Westminster, for £250.
19th March, 1649. The Court were so severely pressed by Assessments for
the Army, and being unable to borrow any more money under the Company’s
seal, resolved after much deliberation to absolutely sell Plate to the
value of £300.
19TH JULY, 1649. OUR M{R} ACQUAINTED THIS COURT THAT UPON SALE OF THE
COMPANYES PLATE M{R} EDWARD ARRIS BOUGHT KING HENRY THE EIGHTHS CUP AND
COVER AND HATH FREELY GIVEN IT AGAINE TO THIS COMPANY.
1890. The following plate is now in the Company’s possession:
A handsome standing silver gilt Grace cup and Cover (26-1/2 ozs.)
presented by King Henry VIII in 1540 in commemoration of the union
of the Barbers with the Surgeons. This cup is elaborately chased and
enriched with badges of the Tudor Rose, Portcullis, and Fleur-de-lys;
the cover is surmounted with the Crown Imperial under which are the
arms of France and England quarterly, with the lyon and greyhound
as supporters. There are four bells pendant from the cup which are
referred to by Pepys as follows:--
Among other observables at Chyrurgeon’s Hall we drunk the King’s
health out of a gilt cup, given by King Henry viij., to the Company,
with bells hanging at it, which every man is to ring by shaking after
he hath drunk up the whole cup.--_Diary, 27th February, 1662-3._
[Illustration: GRACE CUP. H. viij.]
This cup although it has been stolen, pawned and sold, yet remains to
us, one of the most precious relics of our past. It appears by the
Wardens’ Accounts, that in 1669 John Knight, Serjeant-Surgeon, who was
Master, had the cup repaired and a case made for it; Serjeant Knight
was again Master 1677-8, when he caused a plate to be fixed within the
cover with this inscription--
Henrici R. Munificentia Ne Posteris Ignota Maneat Johannis Knight
R.C.P.[313] 1678.
[313] Regis Chir. Principalis (Chief Surgeon to the King).
In the bowl of the Cup is an outline engraving of the old coat of the
Barbers, impaling the cognizance of the Surgeons in one shield (_see_
p. 435).
King Charles II in 1676 presented us with a very handsome and unique
parcel gilt standing cup and cover, surmounted by the crown imperial,
and having within the same the Royal arms, supporters and crown (68
ozs.). This Cup is known as “The Royal Oak Cup” (commemorative of
the King’s escape at Boscobel), its stem and base representing the
trunk and roots of an oak tree; the bowl or upper part is surrounded
with oak leaves, branches, wreaths of flowers, escallop shells, and
pendant acorns as bells from shields. The Company’s arms are engraved
on one shield, on another the crest, on the third is the following
inscription:--“Donum Munificentissimi Regis Caroli Secundi Anno 1676,”
and on the last shield--“Impetrantibus Chirurgis Regiis Johanne Knight
Chirurgo Regis Principali et Jacobo Pearse Eodem Anno Societatis
Magistro.”
[Illustration: KING CHARLES’ CUP, QUEEN ANNE’S PUNCH BOWL AND
ATKINSON’S PUNCH LADLES.]
This James Pearse, surgeon to the King and the Duke of York, was Master
in 1675, and his wife will be well remembered as one of Samuel Pepys’
friends and gossips.
Queen Anne in 1704 presented the Company with a fine and massive punch
bowl (160 ozs.) bearing this inscription:--
Societati Chirurgorum Londin: Ob fidem et diligentiam In examinandis
Chirurgis In Classe Regia merituris Dono dedit Serenissima Regina
ANNA Principum Optima 1704: Impetravit Carolus Bernardus Arm. Chir.
Reg. Pr. Hujus Societatis Magister.
Four large loving cups and covers. These are all of similar design
though of different sizes, the covers have each a handle formed as
an effigy of a Roman soldier, and each cup bears the Company’s arms
engraved thereon.
1st. Martin Browne’s cup (45 ozs.). He was an eminent Surgeon and
Master in 1653; on one side is engraved a shield quarterly, 1st and
4th three Estoilles, 2nd and 3rd three Escallops and a Horn, “Charisma
Martini Browne Armigeri Nuper Senatoris Ciuitatis Londinensis &
Præfecti Societatis Barbitonsõr & Chirurgõr 1653.”
2nd. Thomas Bowden’s cup (38 ozs.). He was third Warden 1654. On
one side is engraved a shield quarterly, with a lyon passant on the
first quarter only. The motto of the Company is misspelt thus, “de
Pricipiencia dei,” and the cup bears this inscription, “Ex dono Thomæ
Bowdeni Chirurgi et hujus Societatis Gubernatorum quarti Anno Dni.
1654.”
3rd. Sir John Frederick’s cup (38 ozs. 10 dwt.). He was Master 1654 and
1658, and Lord Mayor 1662. This cup is engraved with Sir John’s shield,
on a chief three doves, and the Company’s motto is again misspelt.
The inscription is, “The guift of John Fredricke Alderman and of This
Societie Master Anno Dñi 1654.”
4th. Thomas Bell’s cup (65 ozs.). On one side is engraved Mr. Bell’s
Coat of arms, on a chief three Bells, and there is this inscription,
“The Gift of Thomas Bell Chirurgion to y{e} Worshipfull Company of
Barbor Chirurgions London July 28{th} 1663.”
Four silver goblets or wine cups (33 oz.). Each is inscribed--
The guift of Edward Arris Chirurgion Master of the Company Anno
Domini 1651.
[Illustration: MARTIN BROWNE’S AND SIR JOHN FREDERICK’S LOVING CUPS.]
[Illustration: COLLINS’ FLAGON, MONFORDE’S HAMMER AND ARRIS’ CUPS.]
A silver flagon with handle and spout (54 oz. 10 dwt.) the gift of
Thomas Collins, Master 1648. The arms engraved are, on a bend three
martlets and a crescent for difference all within a bordure ermine;
on the other side are the Company’s arms with the motto misspelt. The
inscription is--
Thomas Collins Artis Chirurgicæ Professor Peritissimus, ut Symbolum
Amoris venerabili Chirurgorum Societate hoc donauit.
Five covered tankards, the first three having the Company’s arms
engraved thereon.
1st. Perrott’s tankard (23 oz.). “The guift of Abraham Perrott.” He was
admitted to the freedom 5th July, 1614, and gave the tankard in March,
1640. (_See head piece p. 492._)
2nd. Gray’s tankard (37 oz. 2 dwt.). “Ex dono Georgij Gray,” no date.
3rd. Dorrington’s tankard (39 oz.). “Ex dono John Dorrington Chirurg.
2{o} Aprilio A{o} 1663.”
4th. Fothergill’s tankard (24 oz. 15 dwt.). “The Gift of Thomas
ffothergill to the Worshipfull Companie of Barber Chirurgions,” no
date. (_See head piece p. 492._)
5th. Ruston’s tankard. “The Gift of W{m} Ruston, Master 1883-4.”
A handsome silver rose water dish (74 oz. 15 dwt.) with the Company’s
arms engraved thereon, and inscribed “Ex dono Robertij Andrews Chirurg.
20 Aprilis An{o} 1663.”
Another large rose water dish (68 oz.) inscribed “Ex dono Tho. Gill.”
Mr. Gill was admitted to the freedom 1st February, 1670.
Two large soup tureens, the gift of William Kippax, Master 1782.
Eight silver sauce boats, engraved with the Company’s arms and
purchased in 1766.
Eight curious sauce ladles, with enriched fluted handles (probably late
17th century).
Six antique salt cellars.
Four small antique pepper castors.
A large and quaint sugar castor the gift of Robert Emerton, Master
1790, and another one the gift of David Lamb, Master 1794.
A Silver tea urn (83 oz. 4 dwt.) inscribed “Presented by William Wood,
Clerk to the Company, 1790.” This elegant urn, which is oviform in
shape, has been engraved in “Cripps’ College and Corporation plate” as
a typical example. (_See head piece p. 492._)
About two dozen charming tea spoons, elaborately chased and engraved
(circa 1730); these are also illustrated by Mr. Cripps.
A dozen antique shell pattern salt spoons.
Two curious and finely worked sugar tongs.
A fine old massive spoon (circa 1690), engraved “Ex dono Jonathan
Cheynell.”
An antique wine strainer, and another, the gift of Robert Douglas,
Master 1800.
[Illustration]
A great quantity of spoons, forks, ladles, etc., not specially
deserving of notice.
A case of fish knives and forks, the gift of George Austin, Master 1882.
Two old-fashioned silver cruet stands.
A silver punch ladle with ivory handle, and a guinea of 1714 in fine
preservation inlaid, inscribed “The Queen Anne’s Guinea, Given by John
Atkinson Esq{r} one of the members of the Court Sep{tr} 1846.”
Another ladle with ivory handle, inscribed, “Presented to the Barbers
Company by John Atkinson Esq{r} 1851.” This ladle is inlaid with a very
fine medal of 1704 in high relief, commemorating the Incorporation of
the Sons of the Clergy by Queen Anne.
Another antique punch ladle of oval shape, with hard wood handle,
believed to have been given by Mr. John Atkinson, the date is probably
about 1620.
A massive silver badge 7-1/2-in. by 8-1/2-in. of late 17th Century
work, formerly worn by the Barge master, and having the Company’s arms
in relief on shield, surrounded by laurel bordering.
A plain and ugly silver medal 2-1/2-ins. diameter, with arms of the
Company (badly done), on one side, and on the reverse, “Presented by
John Carter, Master 1870-71.” This badge is worn by the first Warden.
A very handsome badge, 2-3/4 inches diameter, of silver gilt open
work, and richly enamelled with the arms of the Company, and a loop
representing the Tudor rose crowned. This badge is worn by the Master.
A pair of antique Beadle’s mace heads. These are of remarkably fine
workmanship, very massive, and have the Company’s heraldry displayed
in high relief on both sides; each weighs about 64 ounces. (_See
illustration p. 302._)
Four very handsomely chased and wrought silver garlands or wreaths
for crowning the Master and Wardens on Election Day, and which are
still used and worn by them on Court days in receiving guests. These
are the finest in the City of London; each has the Company’s arms and
the badges of the rose and crown, with other devices artistically set
forth, and are mounted with silk velvet, the Renter Warden’s being
green, and the others red. These garlands were made in 1629. (_See_
p. 494.)
A silver mounted hammer, given by James Mumford or Monforde, King’s
Surgeon and First Warden in 1540; the mountings are engraved with the
Tudor rose, and the arms of France and England quarterly. At the end of
the handle are the donor’s initials I.M. (_See illustration p. 503._)
A silver bell “The Gift of M{r} Robert Emerton Master to the Worshipful
Company of Barbers 1790.”
A silver mounted snuff box, and another snuff box presented by Mr.
Deputy Brass and handsomely carved out of a piece of oak removed from
the roof of the old Hall. This is enclosed in another box velvet lined,
with inscription on a silver plate--
The Barbers Company have well deserved
That Brass’s gift by Shoppee be preserved. Anno. 1866.
A silver salver, the gift of Charles J. Shoppee, Master 1878.
A silver claret jug, the gift of Alderman Wilkin, Master 1885.
A silver inkstand, the gift of Jonathan Denny, Master 1886.
A silver salver, the gift of Edward Charles Cornish, Master 1887.
A very handsome and massive silver jardinière and stand, the gift of
John Cary Lovell, Assistant 1889.
A replica of the silver hammer given by James Monforde, with a silver
mounted block for same, the gift of George Austin, jun., Master 1888.
It may not be considered out of place to record here, that the piano in
the Court Room is the gift of Mr. Deputy Harvey, Master 1879.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
PICTURES.
The following are some extracts from the Minutes, relating to Pictures.
24th June, 1601. It is this daye by consent of a wholl Courte
of Assistance ordered That if at any tyme hereafter any M{r} or
Governor of this company or any oth{r} pˀsone or pˀsones free of the
same mistery shall blott deface or put oute or cause to be blotted
defaced or put oute any of the pictures of any of this Company nowe
paynted or hereafter lawfully placed in any of the tables of pictures
hangeinge in the Com̃on hall of this mistery w{th}out the Consent of
a full Courte of Assistance That then hee or they so offendinge shall
forfeyte and paye for every such offence x{li} the one half thereof
to be to the use of the Chamberlen of the Cytie of London And the
oth{r} half to the use of the said mistery.
The above order was made in consequence of some members of the Court
having painted out the faces on the pictures, and caused their own to
be depicted in their stead.
28th June, 1604. This daye it is ordered that M{r} Will{m} Martin
M{r} ffrederick M{r} ffyneinge & M{r} ffenton shall pˀsently conferre
with Decreete concerninge the ffynisheinge of the tables of Picktures
remayneinge w{th} him and if hee will finishe the same w{th} reason
and drawe them to the Hall they are to compound w{th} him for the
same if not the table is to be taken awaye from him.
10th October, 1605. This day it is ordered that the Kingꝭ picture
shalbe by the said pˀnte M{rs} boughte and pˀvided at the charge of
this house.
Item paid for his Ma{t}ꝭ picture iiij{li}
Item geven to the paynters man that
broughte the said pycture ii{s} vj{d}
1st August, 1634. It is ordered that the 41 philosophers pictures
shalbe rebeautified and repaired by M{r} Greeneburye at the Costs of
this house soe it exceede not x{li.}
The “forty-one philosophers” were former Masters of Anatomy and
Examiners of Surgeons, who as they were from time to time appointed,
might if they chose, have their portraits put in what was called “The
Table of the Anatomy” (and which was, I think, one large picture
containing the effigies of forty-one persons), and the practice
undoubtedly was, as occasion arose, to paint a face on old shoulders;
indeed, there are many notices to this effect, as also orders of Court
for blotting out the “faces” of such as had become obnoxious, or who
had been removed for misconduct.
1st February, 1627. Item this daye upon the moc͠on of our M{r} it is
ordered by this Court that there shalbe a large wainscott frame made
and a picture maker shalbe agreed withall by the present M{rs} for
the portreying of the Anathomye and makeing of M{r} Docto{r} Gwins
picture and the Clarkes which Charge shalbe borne out of the stock
of this house, in which table shalbe placed the figures & visages of
every of the Assistants whoe are not painted in the Anathomye table
that now standeth upp in the Hall, every of the Assistants payeing
for the setting up of his owne picture.
29th March, 1647. This Court doth order That M{r} Henry Watsons
ffigure in the present Table of Anatomy be blotted out and M{r}
Charleyes Effigies placed in the roome thereof Provided that his
Executrix pay his Legacy to this House.
This Court doth order That there be a new Anathomy Table And that
all the Assistants whose Effigies are not in the present Table may
be sett up in the new Table at theire owne charge, and that Doctor
Goddards ffigure be there sett as Reader and Doctor Prudions Effigies
may be painted there if he desireth it And this Court doth order that
M{r} Watson a Brother of this Company shall make the said Table and
paint thereon the ffigure of an Anathomy with the severall ffigures
of the said Reader Doctor Prudion and our Clarke at the charge of
this House And that the ffigures of the present M{rs} of Anatomy be
there sett as Dissectors at theire owne charge.
9th August, 1647. This Court takeing into considerac͠oon the greate
benefitt and proffitt That have accrewed to this House by M{r} Edward
Arris a loveing Brother of this Company This Court doth order That
his picture be sett up in the Blanck Table in the Hall next the
Anathomy Table at the charge of this Howse.
19th August, 1647. Upon the earnest request of Mr. Edward Arris to
this Court That his Picture be nott sett up in the Hall according to
the Order of the last Court of Assistants This Court to satisfy Mr.
Arris modest request therein doth order that that order be annulled
and not put in execuc͠on.
Notwithstanding this order Mr. Arris’ portrait was painted, and is
still at the Hall.
27th February, 1650. M{r} Arris and Doctor Scarboroughs pictures to
be sett in the void Table in the Hall at the charge of this House.
In 1720 the Court were possibly thinking of purchasing another Holbein,
as the following note occurs in the minutes,
3rd March, 1720. Memorand{m} M{r} Lenthall at Burford in Oxfordshire
has a Picture of S{r} Thomas More and his familey drawn by Hans
Holben being a dispute between his Protestant Daughter and his
Catholick Daughter in the pˀsence of the father and the rest of the
familey.
21st April, 1720. It is referred to the Governors to treat with M{r}
Vertue the Ingraver about Ingraving King Henry the Eighths Picture
and to report his proposall to a Court of Assistants.
27th August, 1734. The question of engraving the Picture was again
referred to a Committee.
17th September, 1734. The Committee reported, the result being that Mr.
Bernard Baron entered into an agreement to engrave a plate; the details
of the arrangements with him are all set out in the minutes, but are
not sufficiently interesting to warrant transcribing.
Baron’s engraving is well known and sought after by collectors, but it
has a peculiarity, being a complete reverse of the original picture.
Each Assistant is presented with a copy on his election on to the Court.
We formerly had a portrait of Dr. Tyson, Anatomy Reader, but this was
sold to one of his descendants in 1745 for ten guineas.
10th November, 1777. Mr. William Slade, an Assistant, presented a
mezzotint engraving of the portrait of John Paterson, Esq., formerly
Clerk of the Company; the original was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
This engraving is now hung in the committee room.
GUILDHALL, 31 October, 1832.
GENTLEMEN,
Having become possessed a few years since of a perfect copy of
Hollar’s engraved view of London A.D. 1647, representing the most
striking appearance of the metropolis as it existed previously to
the conflagration in 1666, and thinking it might be acceptable to
the Lovers of the Antiquities of this ancient and renowned City that
so authentic a Memorial of its then state should be preserved and
transmitted to future ages by Multiplication of Copies.
I have had it carefully and correctly Lithographed, and request
that your Worshipful Court will be pleased to accept the impression
herewith transmitted to be placed in the Archives of the Company of
Barbers.
I have the honor to be, GENTLEMEN,
Your most obed{t.} Servant,
W. L. NEWMAN,
_City Solicitor_.
To the Master Wardens and }
Assistants of the Worshipful }
Company of Barbers, London. }
This picture is now hung up in the corridor.
The following is but little more than a List of the Pictures now at
Barbers’ Hall, a full account of which has been already written by Mr.
C. J. Shoppee.
ALDERMAN ARRIS’ PICTURE. This picture was painted by Mr. Greenbury who
was employed as Portrait Painter to the Company at this period.
DR. CHARLES SCARBOROUGH AND ALDERMAN ARRIS’ PICTURE. This picture was
also painted by Mr. Greenbury as by the following extract from the
Wardens’ Accounts for 1651 appears--
Paid to Greenburye for Painting the Picture of _li._ _s._ _d._
M{r} Edward Arris and Doctor Charles
Scarborough & Anathomye 9 10 0
LINNEUS’ PICTURE. This picture of Linneus was purchased 2nd July, 1844,
for £3 3_s._, the particulars of the purchase and of the picture are
set out in the Court Minutes of this date. Mr. Shoppee has surmised
that this is a portrait of John Bancks, but though his portrait was
_ordered_ to be painted, I do not find that it ever was, and it is not
once mentioned in any of the numerous early inventories of pictures.
The Minutes of 1844 are, however, so precise as to leave no further
doubt on this point, viz., that it is a portrait of Linneus.
THE HOLBEIN PICTURE.
KING CHARLES II PICTURE, artist unknown. Purchased by the Company
1720-1721.
INIGO JONES’ PICTURE, by Sir A. Vandyke.
THOMAS LISLE’S PICTURE, artist unknown.
SIR JOHN FREDERICK’S PICTURE, artist unknown. Purchased by the Company,
1665-1666.
SERJEANT-SURGEON CHARLES BERNARD’S PICTURE. This picture was painted by
Mr. Murray in 1711, the Company paying him £12 10_s._ for it.
THE DUCHESS OF RICHMOND’S PICTURE, by Sir Peter Lely.
HENRY JOHNSON’S PICTURE, artist unknown. Mr. Johnson was Master 1677;
he has been erroneously described as “Serjeant Surgeon” and “Serjeant
Knight,” but never held the first office, and there is no such dignity
as “Serjeant Knight.” The fact is that Mr. Johnson dying in his year of
Master, was succeeded by John Knight, Serjeant Surgeon (commonly called
“Serjeant Knight”) and Mr. Knight’s name being so written under Mr.
Johnson’s in an old list of Masters, has been taken as the title of an
office!
EPHRAIM SKINNER’S PICTURE, artist unknown.
BERNARD BARON’S red crayon study of Holbein’s picture.
“TWO SPANISH PICTURES.” These were so called in the old Inventories.
There was also in the Inventory of 1720 “A picture of the Prince
Elector Palatine,” but this subsequently disappeared, though the
“Spanish pictures” remained in the Inventories for many years. Mr.
Shoppee suggests that they are the portraits of Frederick Casimir and
his wife Elizabeth. At the top of one of them is a shield of arms,
being the coat of Byrkes or Brykes.
QUEEN ANNE’S PICTURE, artist unknown.
All the foregoing Pictures are hung in the Court Room. In the Committee
Room are various pictures, engravings and portraits of recent Masters.
In the Vestibule to the Court Room is an ancient list of Masters and
Wardens on Vellum, enclosed with oak folding doors. It is not, however,
very accurate. It was at the Hall in 1720, and probably for many years
previously. The list was rewritten over the old lettering in 1865.
(_See head piece, p. 1._)
[Illustration]
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF EMINENT MEMBERS.
HENRY NEVILL, FOURTH LORD OF BURGAVENNY.
This Lord was the son of Sir George Nevill, third Lord of Burgavenny,
by Mary, daughter of Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham.
He succeeded his father in 1535, and was admitted to the freedom of the
Barber-Surgeons on the 26th August, 1584. In 1586 he was one of the
Commissioners appointed to try Mary Queen of Scots.
For striking the Earl of Oxford in the Chamber of Presence, he was put
under arrest, but managed shortly after to obtain a pardon and his
freedom.
He married Frances, daughter of Thomas Earl of Rutland, by whom he left
at his decease, 10th February, 1557, an only daughter Elizabeth (the
wife of Sir Thomas Fane), who was subsequently created Baroness le
Despencer.
LORD WINDSOR.
25th June, 1631. This daie o{r} M{r} signifieing to the Court the
affectionatenes of the right hono{ble} the Lord Thomas Windsor Knight
of the noble order of the bath and Barron Windsor of Bradenham, w{ch}
this Court Loveingly and gratefullie embraceing doe graunt his Lo{ps}
request and thereupon the said Lord was here in Court admitted and
sworne free brother of this Corporac͠on. Alsoe the said Thomas Lord
Windsor was by o{r} M{r} received into the Clothing or livery of this
Companie and had a livery hood layed upon his lo{ps} shoulder.
Lord Windsor at one time resided in Monkwell Street, close to the Hall;
he was chosen a Knight of the Bath 1610, at the creation of Henry,
Prince of Wales. He was subsequently Rear-Admiral of the Fleet sent
by James I to bring Prince Charles out of Spain, and on that occasion
entertained on board ship the Grandees of the Court of Spain with
princely magnificence. His Lordship married Lady Katherine Somerset
daughter of Edward, fourth Earl of Worcester, K.G., but dying without
issue on the 6th June, 1642, he was succeeded by his nephew Thomas
Windsor-Hickman, the son of his elder sister Elizabeth.
THE DUKE OF MONMOUTH, K.G.
James Scott, the natural son of Charles II, was born 9th April, 1649,
and created Duke of Monmouth in 1663. The same year, on the 7th May,
he was admitted to the freedom of the Barber-Surgeons, in company with
Alexander Lord Leven, Richard Hopton, and Thomas Rosse, Esquires.
The history of this unfortunate man is well known, and culminated in
his being beheaded on the 15th July, 1685.
ALEXANDER, SECOND EARL OF LEVEN.
This nobleman was the grandson of the celebrated General Sir Alexander
Leslie, First Earl of Leven, whom he succeeded in 1662. On the 7th May,
1663, he was admitted to the freedom of the Barber-Surgeons, in company
with the Duke of Monmouth.
He married Margaret, daughter of Sir William Howard, and sister of the
Earl of Carlisle, but died without issue male, in 1663. His kinsman
George, fourth Lord Melville, was a staunch adherent of the Duke of
Monmouth, and involved in the rebellion, but was lucky enough to escape
into Holland; he was, however, attainted and his estates forfeited
in 1685, but coming back to England with William III his estates and
dignity were restored to him.
SIR JOHN AYLEF.
[Illustration: Coat of Arms]
SIR JOHN AYLEF was an eminent Surgeon and probably born about 1490.
Diligent search has been made for his parentage, but without success.
In his will he refers to seven “poor” people “being of my kynn dwelling
in Grenewiche,” and from the fact that he had a grant of arms instead
of inheriting a paternal coat, as also the silence of his immediate
descendants when registering the pedigrees at the Heralds’ Visitations
(who must have known but did not care to register Sir John’s father),
it may be assumed that he was of humble origin.
[Illustration: Family tree - handwritten]
He was admitted to the freedom of the Barbers prior to 1522 and served
the office of Warden 1530, 1532 and 1535, being chosen Master 1538.
At this time he was Surgeon to Henry VIII and had cured him of a
fistula, for which the king granted him the manor of Gryttenham in
Wiltshire, part of the lands of the Abbey of Malmesbury. Henry also
bequeathed by his will 100 marks to Aylef.
Mr. Aylef, being elected on 1st August, 1548, served the office of
Sheriff 1548-9, and in Wriothesley’s Chronicle under date 1549 we read--
The third daie of March being Shrove Sondaie M{r} Henry Amcottes Lord
Maior of London was presented to the Kinges Maiestie at his pallace
at Westminster. And after the oration made by M{r} Recorder to his
Maiestie and aunswere again by my Lord Chauncelor unto the maior
and aldermen, the Kinges Maiestie made my Lord Maior, Knight, and
M{r} William Locke, Alderman, and M{r} John Ayliffe, barbar surgeon,
sheriffes of London for this yeare, were made knightes also in the
Chambre of Presens, the Kinges Maiestie standing under his cloath of
estate.
[Illustration: SIR JOHN AYLEF
_From the original painting by_ HOLBEIN, AT BARBER’S HALL.]
Two days afterwards Sir John had a grant of arms from Sir Thomas
Hawley, Clarencieux, and shortly after was elected Alderman of Dowgate
Ward. He seems to have relinquished his profession of a Surgeon and
to have become a Merchant, holding the important office of Master of
Blackwell Hall, one of the greatest commercial centres of the period,
and residing at the Hall, in the parish of St. Michael Bassishaw.
On the 28th May, 1550, he was chosen the first Alderman of the
newly-created ward of Bridge Without, some interesting particulars
of which may be seen in Stow’s Survey (ed. 1633, p. 446); while in
Wriothesley’s Chronicle, under date 1550, we also read--
Memorandum. Wednesday in the Whitson weeke, at a Court of the
Aldermen kept in the Guyldhall, Sir John Aliffe, Knight, and master
of Blackwell Hall, was sworne an alderman of the Bridg ward without,
and to have the jurisdiction of the Borough of Southwark, and 2
deputies to be appointed there to assist him, which was the first
alderman that ever was there, which was done by the advise of my Lord
Mayor and thˀ Aldermen, for the better order to be kept there, and
for the more quietnes of the Mayors hereafter to come, and the good
order of the Kinges subjectes there, accordinge to the lawes of the
City; and the Fryday after he rode with my Lord Mayor all the precint
of Southwarke, my Lord Mayor havinge a certeine nomber of the honest
persons of the borough at the bridg-house, to whom he shewed theyr
alderman, and appointed deputies under him, and so hereafter to see a
good order to be kept in the Borough, as in other wardes of the citye
of London.
Sir John subsequently removed to his old ward of Dowgate (and continued
Alderman there till his death, his successor being chosen 12th
November, 1556). After his election as Alderman he was translated to
the Grocers’ Company, of which ancient guild he was crowned Upper
Warden, 9th June, 1556, in view of his election as Lord Mayor for
which he stood next in nomination, and to which office, had he lived
but a few weeks longer, he would in all probability have been chosen.
He was married to Isabel Buckell of Warwickshire, and by her had four
children, John, Erkynwald, Mary and Alice. His son John and great
grandson George, were both knighted. His widow, Dame Isabel, had a
grant of arms by Thomas Hawley (3 & 4 Ph. & M.) ar. a fesse vaire or
and az. betw. three doves ppr. bearing in their beaks a branch gu. Sir
John Aylef’s funeral is thus recorded in Machyn’s Diary, 1556--
The xx of October was bered ser John Olyff knyght and altherman,
and sum-tym he was surgantt[314] unto kyng Henry the viij{th}, and
after he was shreyff of London; and he had levyd tylle the next yere
he had byn mayre, for he tornyd from the Surgens unto the Grosers;
and bered at sant Myghelles in Bassynghall, with a harold of armes
bayryng ys cott armur, and with a standard and a pennon of armes,
and iiij baners of emages, and ij grett whytt branchys, and iiij
grett tapurs and ... dosen of torchys; and mony powre men had gownes;
and with a elmett, targat, and sword; and the crest a crowne and a
holyfftre[315] standyng with-in the crowne.
[314] Serjeant Surgeon.
[315] Olive tree.
For the inscription on Sir John Aylef’s tomb, which formerly stood in
St. Michael’s Bassishaw, _see_ page 89.
Sir John Aylef’s will, dated 26th September, 1556, was proved 24th
December, 1556. He was, he says,
At this present somewhat sicke in bodye;--ffirst and principally I
give and com̃end my soule unto Almightie god and to my Savio{r} and
Redemer Jesus Christ his onely begotten sonne by and throughe the
merittꝭ of whose bytter passion I truste to have Remission of my
synnes and to the holie goste three parsons and one god and to all
the holye & blessed companye of heaven, and my bodye to be buried in
holie grave in suche decent order as to the goode discretion of my
Executors hereafter named shalbe thought mete and convenient for myne
Estate and degree withoute pompe or glorie.
To the parson of St. Michael Bassishaw for tithes and oblations
forgotten 20_s._ To every priest singing in that church 10_s._ To the
clerk of the same church 5_s._ To the sexton 3_s._ 4_d._ To the repair
and maintenance of that church £5. To the parson of Pricklewell, Essex,
for tithes and oblations forgotten, 20_s._ To the reparation of that
church £4. To the chapel of Bridewell in London £5, and one vestment
for a priest to say mass there when the chapel should be made ready.
His goods and chattels in London he directs to be divided into three
parts, whereof one-third to his wife, one-third to his daughters Marie
and Alice and the other third to his executors to the performance
of the will. Having already given his sons John and Erkynwald £300
apiece, he gives £100 more to each. To Elizabeth Harvard £10. To Robert
Buckle (his wife’s brother) £10, and to each of his children 40_s._ To
William Symson, his servant, £10. To John More, his servant, £10. To
John Etonfelde £5. To Gyles Strowden, his clerk, £3. To Christopher
Vaughan, his clerk, £2. To Thornton, his clerk, £2. To Bromefelde, his
clerk, £2. To Millecent, “my Wyfes kinswoman servant in my howse,”
£20. To “Joane her sister my maide,” £20. To every one of his servants
in London and the country 20_s._ To Thomas Eson, if he remain in Lady
Aylef’s service, £5. To George Vaughan,[316]--
[316] Master of the Barber-Surgeons 1569. He died 26th December, 1569.
My boke of Guydo and all my Instrumentꝭ Boxes and other that dothe
in any wise belonge to Surgerie. To Mr. Vykarie £5. Item I bequethe
to the company of Grocers for a repaste tenne poundꝭ. Item to their
clerke xx{s.} Item to their bedell xx{s.} Item I give to the companye
of barbors for a repaste at my buryall fyve poundꝭ and to the beddell
of the same company of barbors tenne shillings Item I give to the
governors of the hospitalls belonginge to the citie of London to make
them a dynner at my buryall fyve poundes and to every of the beddles
of the said hospitallꝭ one blacke Coote and iij{s} iiij{d} in money.
To the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge £10 each, “to be
distributed to the comfort of the poore Scolers w{th}in the said
univˀsites.” To poor householders in St. Michael Bassishaw “where I
dwell” £4, and to those of St. Alban, Wood Street, £2. “Item to the
pore householders in the parishe where the barbors hall dothe stande,”
xx{s}. To poor householders in St. Michael, Queenhithe £2. To the poor
prisoners in Newgate 40_s._, in the two Counters 40_s._, in Ludgate
40_s._, in the Marshalsea 20_s._, in the King’s Bench 20_s._, and in
the Gatehouse at Westminster 10_s._ “Item to every of the sixe Lazar
howses abowte London x{s}.” To the poor in Bethlem 20_s._ To the poor
in the hospitals of the City £100 (over and above £100 he had already
given). To five poor men and two poor women being “of my kynn dwelling
in Grenewiche in Kent to eiche of them xl{s} and a gowne of suche
Clothe to eiche of theym as shalbe given to the poore at my buryall
And my mynde and will ys that yf any other of the poore of my kynn
shall w{th}in one yeare and a daye next after my decease come to myne
Executours approvinge them selfes sufficiently to be of my kynne &
blinde That then every of them shall have xx{s}.” To his wife Isabel,
the lease of his farm at Pricklewell with all the stock there “except
my Ryding geldingꝭ,” also the lease of his woods there, on certain
conditions. To his son Erkynwald the lease of his farm of Fambridge,
in Essex, with remainder to Erkynwald’s son William, and after him
to Martha (William’s sister), and in the event of all of them dying
without issue to Christ’s Hospital, Bridewell, and St. Thomas’
Hospital. Testator recites that Henry VIII granted to him and his wife
Isabel and their heirs the manor of “Greteman” (Gryttenham), Wilts, and
that he was seised in fee of the parsonage of Wakeringe (near Rochford,
Essex), and of a marsh called Alforde Nash, in the parish of Estwood
(near Rochford). All of this property he bequeaths, after the death
of Lady Isabel to his son John, with remainder to Erkynwald, then to
Marie and Alice, and in the event of all them dying without issue to
the three hospitals aforesaid. To the poor of the parish of Bassingham
(eight miles S. W. of Lincoln) £20 for coals. (Query: Was Sir John
born here?) To three score maids marriages in London £20. To Elizabeth
Glasier 40_s._ Residue to the Lady Isabel. _Executors_, John Southcott
(Under Sheriff of London), Richard Grafton, Grocer, and Lady Isabel
Aylef. To Southcott and Grafton £20 each. _Overseers_, Sir Rowland
Hill,[317] Laurence Withers, and John Machell,[318] Aldermen, and to
each of them a black gown and £10, also a black gown to each of their
wives.
[317] Lord Mayor, 1540.
[318] Sheriff, 1554.
Sir John Aylef’s name has been spelt in many ways, Aylif, Ailiff, Alif,
Olyff, Ailyffe, etc.; in his will it is spelt Aliff. But this family
must not be confounded with that of John Oliphe, Alderman and Sheriff
1569, buried at St. Laurence Pountney, 4th July, 1577; although Wilson,
in his History of that parish, at p. 232, mistakes John the son of that
Alderman for John the son of our Alderman.
For some notices of the Aylefs _see_ Aubrey’s collections for Wilts,
and Marshall’s Visitation of Wilts.
The pedigree is compiled principally from Harl. MSS. 897, 1165 and
1443.
THOMAS VICARY,[319] SERJEANT-SURGEON.
[Illustration: THOMAS VICARY.
_From the original painting by_ HOLBEIN, AT BARBER’S HALL.]
Thomas Vicary was probably born between 1490 and 1500, and is stated
in Manningham’s Diary to have been “at first a meane practiser in
Maidstone untill the King advanced him for curing his sore legge.”
In 1525 he was third Warden of the Barbers’ Company, and in 1528
Upper Warden and one of the Surgeons of Henry VIII with £20 a year.
In 1530 he was Master of the Company and appointed Serjeant-Surgeon,
which latter office he held until his death. In 1539 Henry granted
him a beneficial lease for 21 years of the Rectory and tithes of the
dissolved Abbey of Boxley in Kent. In 1541 Vicary was chosen Master
of the Barber-Surgeons, to which office he was again elected in 1546,
1548, and 1557 having thus held the chief place in the Company no
less than five times--an honour to which no other member has ever
attained. In the Holbein picture Vicary is represented as receiving the
Charter from the King. In 1542 he and his son William were appointed
by the King Bailiffs of the Manor of Boxley, and five years later he
married his second wife, Alice Bucke. In 1548 Vicary was appointed a
Governor of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, and soon afterwards became the
Resident Surgical Governor there; in June, 1552, he was made “one of
the assistants of this house (St. Bartholomew’s) for the terme of his
lyffe.” In 1548 he published his celebrated book “The Anatomie of the
bodie of man,” no copy of the first edition of which is now known to
be extant. On the 27th January, 1561, Vicary made his will, which was
proved in London 7th April, 1562. The will, which is set out in full in
Dr. Furnivall’s book, is too long to give here _in extenso_, but the
following extracts will be found of interest.
[319] This notice of Vicary is partially condensed from the exhaustive
account of him, written by Dr. F. J. Furnivall, and published in the
Early English Text Society. Extra series LIII.
Item I will that the masters of the livery of my Companie be at my
buriall, and they to have xl{s} for theire dinners, to be delivered
to the wardens at theire commyng to my buriall. And to Johnson the
Clarke of the Company, vj{s} viij{d} And in considerac͠on of my
evell and necligẽt service done to god and to his poore members,
the poore of this hospitall of St. Barthelmewes where I now dwell,
in recompence whereof, and for the discharge of my concience, I
give and bequeath to thuse of the saide poore, tenne poundes in
monney. Item I give and bequeath xl{s} in monney to and amongest
fortie poore householders of the saide pˀish of little sainte
Barthelmewes, that is to saye, to every householder xij{d.} Also I
give and bequeathe l{s} in monney to thospitler, matron, stuarde,
Cooke, and porter offecer of the saide hospitall, that is to saye,
to every of them x{s} . . . . To Thomas Skair, my apprentis, vj{s}
viij{d} . . . I give and bequeath to Roberte Baltropp[320] my best
gowne garded with velvet, furred and faced with Sables, my Cote of
braunched velvete, and a sering[321] of silver, parcell gilte. Also
I give and bequeath to Thomas Bayly[322] my gowne of browne blue
lyned and faced with blacke budge,[323] my cassocke of blacke satten
fured and garded with velvet, my best plaister box, garnisshed with
silver, my salvitory[324] of silver, and a sering[321] of silver,
with all other instrumentꝭ of silver. Item I bequeathe to Robert
Muddesley[325] my best single gowne faced with blacke satten. To
George Vaughan,[326] my doblet of crimson satten . . . Also I give
and bequeath unto the hawle of my company one booke called Guido[327]
and ij billes ij bowes ij shefes of Arrowes ij bracers ij shoting
gloves ij Sculles one hand gune and one Jack Item I give and bequeath
to master Skynner[328] one half hacke one Jack and one murren And to
Henry Picton my sˀvnte aforesaide one booke called Johˀes Vigo.[329]
All the residue of my bookes stuff and instrumentꝭ appertaining to
surgery I give and bequeath unto the same Henry Picton and Richard
Vener equally betwen them to be devided.
[320] Master 1565 and 1573, Serjeant-Surgeon.
[321] Syringe.
[322] Warden 1559.
[323] Lambskin with the wool dressed outwards.
[324] A kind of plaster box or small repository.
[325] Master 1572 and 1580.
[326] Master 1569.
[327] Guido de Cauliaco, one of the principal Surgery text books of
the time.
[328] Warden 1548.
[329] A well-known surgical work.
The remainder of his property was bequeathed to his nephews Thomas and
Stephen (sons of his late brother William Vicary, of Boxley), and to
his widow Alice.
RICHARD FERRIS, SERJEANT-SURGEON.
But little is known of Richard Ferris, though he was doubtless a
man of repute, as Gale speaks approvingly of him, and he held the
office of Serjeant-Surgeon in Queen Elizabeth’s time; his portrait is
preserved by Holbein in our great picture, and Henry VIII, by his will,
bequeathed him 100 marks. He was twice Master of the Barber-Surgeons,
viz., in 1551 and 1562.
His will, dated 17th March, 1566, was proved on the 22nd April, 1566,
wherein he describes himself as “Richard Ferres Serjant Surgion unto
the quenes majestie, sick of bodie.” He gives to “Em,” his wife, his
house, field, and orchard at Paddington for her life, with remainder
to his daughter Thomazine, and to her also the lease of the house
where he then dwelt in St. Giles, Cripplegate. In the event of their
deaths without issue, the property to be sold and distributed amongst
the poor in the discretion of his overseer, John Field[330] and Dr.
Gregorie Wisdom, except 40_s._ to his cousin Johanne Sympson. To his
daughter Thomazine his “Courte bedd and bedstede,” also a feather bed
and bedstead furnished, half a garnish of pewter vessels, &c., and £30
which was owing to him by Dr. Cunningham (Reader at Barber-Surgeons’
Hall).
[330] Master 1577.
Item I give and bequeth unto the Companie of Barbo{rs} and Sˀgions
twentie Shillings in monney a grete Pandack and an other booke called
a verroyce. To John ffelde my late srˀvaunt all my other bookes bothe
of Surgerie and others excepet ffoure of theim w{ch} I give unto John
Griffine my Apprentice. Also I give and bequeth unto the said John
ffeld all my Sˀgerie stuff and all my Instrumẽtes both of silver and
other and also my gowne furred w{th} ffox w{ch} I comonlie Ride in.
Item I will and bequeth unto Thomas Baylie[331] one Booke called
Peter de argilate and the Staff w{ch} he gave me.
[331] Warden 1559.
The residue to his wife, and she appointed executrix with John Field
overseer.
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JOHN PEN.
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Much time has been spent in the endeavour to ascertain John Pen’s
parentage, but without success. Among the Domestic State Papers, Henry
VIII, Vol. I (No. 4064) is the grant of a corrody or sustentation from
the Monastery of Abbotsbury to Robert Pen “one of the Gentlemen of the
Chapel” and to John Pen, his son, for life. The date of this document
is 9th March, 1514, and as John Pen was a retainer of the King’s,
which this grant would also seem to imply, and had a son whom he named
Robert, there is the possibility that this Robert Pen, the Gentleman of
the Chapel, was his father.
John Pen was admitted to the freedom of the Barbers in 1527, and his
birth may probably be put at 1500-1505. He was by profession a barber,
and evidently a friend of King Henry VIII, who advanced him from Groom
of the Privy Chamber to the honorable position of King’s Barber, an
office which was only bestowed upon the most trusty and confidential of
the King’s attendants; the life of the sovereign being in his barber’s
hands. (_See_ pp. 90 and 91.)
Pen served the office of Master in 1539, and his portrait is in the
Holbein picture. He married, about 1530, Lucy, daughter and heiress
of Edmond Chevall of Sissivernes, in Codicote, Herts, and by her he
had a good estate. In 1545 Henry granted him the manor of Codicote and
the demesne lands of the late dissolved Abbey of St. Alban’s for £826
9_s._ 4-1/2_d._, to hold by the forty-fifth part of a knight’s fee.
The King also bequeathed him 100 marks by his will. By an Inquisition
taken at West Barnet 18th October, 5 & 6 Ph. & M., it was found that
John Pen died 21st August, 1558, and that Thomas, his son and heir, was
then of the age of 25 years and 9 months. John Pen’s Will, dated 15th
August, 1558, was proved by his widow on the 6th May, 1559. Coleman
in his list of Wills of the Pen family states that a second grant of
Probate was taken of this Will by Gyles Pen on 10th October, 1560, but
this is absolutely incorrect; on this date the Will of one Gyles Peny
of Halstocke in Dorsetshire was proved, and Mr. Coleman has confounded
this in a remarkable way with John Pen’s Will, with which it has no
connection whatever. That Pen was not, or did not know that he was,
a connection of the Pens of Bucks, is most likely, as he obtained a
grant of arms for himself, in which the combs on either side of the
lion of England are typical of his office of King’s Barber. These arms
were 1{st} & 4{th} Ar. on a fesse gu. betw. three peacocks az. a lyon
pass. guar. or betw. two combs of the first (Pen) 2{d} & 3{rd} Or three
horses’ heads couped sa. bridled ar. (Cheval).
The following is the text of his will:--
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN The xv{th} day of August Annis v{to} et
vj{to} Regꝭ et Regine I John Penne Esquyre being sicke in body but
whole and pˀfitt in mynde make this my Testament conteynyng therin
my last will in manˀ and fourme following that is to saye ffirst my
soule I bequeth almightie god &c and my body to be buryed in the
church of Codynte &c Item I bequeth to the high Alter of Codynte
&c xx{d} Item to the high Alter of Welwyn xx{d} Item my will and
pleasure is That all wills and declaracons therof heretofore mayde
by me at any tyme heretofore to be voyed and of none effecte and
that this my last will and Testament be takyn reputed to be my
last will and none other Item I give to evˀy of my doughters Elen
Elizabeth and Dorothye fortie poundes in money to be paied at their
marriage daye or when they shall come to thˀage of xvj{th} yeres.
Yf any of theis iij childern dep̃te this world before their mˀriage
or xvj{th} yeres of age That then the survivors to have the ptꝭ of
theym that ar depˀted to god. The saied legacꝭ of my saied childern
to be levyed out of the manˀ of Sycesvrñs w{th} thappurtenncꝭ Item I
give to Robert Penne his wif two kyne. Item my wyll and pleasure is
and also I give to Robert Pen my soune and to his heires my myll of
Codynte payng yerely to Willm̃ my sonne twentie shillingꝭ during his
naturall lif. The Resydewe of my goodes my debtes and legacꝭ paid I
give to Lucy my wif whom I make my sole executrix. Witnesses by me
John Pen by me michaell hogkyn.
NICHOLAS ALCOCKE.
He was admitted to the freedom in 1523, and was Surgeon to Edward VI;
his portrait is in the Holbein picture. He died in the early part of
1550, and his will dated 15th February, 1549-50, was proved 6th May,
1550. In it he describes himself as “One of the Surgions to the Kingꝭ
Ma{tie}” and directs that his body shall be buried in the Church of
St. Stephen, Coleman Street, near where his children are buried. He
leaves one-third of his goods, &c., to his executors for the purposes
of his will, one-third to Margaret his wife, and one-third to Elizabeth
his daughter on her twenty-first birthday or marriage. To the poor
of Swyneshed, Lincolnshire, £5. Six “sermons” to be made for him at
St. Stephen’s. For poor maids marriages £4. To Bartholomew’s Hospital
40_s._ To George Brykesworth of Glastonbury, Surgeon, his best lute,
and to Elizabeth Alcocke (testator’s daughter) his virginalls. To
Richard Sygans, his servant “a sleveles jacket of cloth browne blewe
a woorsted doblett a pair of hosen. A payre of bootꝭ and a paire of
spurres.” To Ann his maidservant a bedstead, a mattress and a coverlet.
“I bequeth to Robert Balthorpe late my apprentice my booke called Guido
in Englysshe.” To Eliz{th} Smith a bedstead and mattress. To his two
god-daughters, the children of Robert Wilson and John Stocks, to each a
pewter dish and saucer.
I bequeth to John Mason[332] late my apprentice my bookꝭ called
Lanfrank, Johẽs Arden and an other olde booke w{t} a bare woodden
covˀ in Englysshe and the practise of ypocratꝭ. To my wifes father
Thomas Turnor my newe coloured gowne garded w{t} velvett and faced
w{t} foynes and my best rydinge cote garded w{t} velvett and my
dublett of redde taffeta Also I bequeth to the eldest sonne of
my father in lawe my foxe furred gowne and a dublett w{t} blewe
taffeta sleves and my black mournynge cote. Itm̃ I bequeth to Robr̃t
Balthrope some tyme my apprentice my Russett woorsted gowne faced
w{t} calabre{r} and garded w{t} velvett.
[332] Warden 1575.
He bequeaths his great house and premises called “ffreshe wharff” in
St. Botolph’s Billingsgate, of the annual value of £24 to his daughter
Elizabeth, but in the event of her decease before she came of age
this wharf to be sold and divided in certain proportions between
Bartholomew’s Hospital, Thomas Turner, his father-in-law, Thomas and
Richard Turner his sons, the poore of Coleman Street, poor maids’
marriages, and the mending of highways.
He bequeaths some pastures and meadows at Enfield to his wife. He
directs his parsonage of Kirkbye, Lincolnshire, with all the tithes and
profits to be sold, and 100 marks to be given to Roger Alcocke, his
brother’s son, 20 marks to his godson Nicholas Spencer, and the residue
to be devoted to works of charity in the discretion of his executors.
Thomas Archer, gentleman, and Randolph Atkinson, Merchant Taylor,
are appointed Executors, and John Wysdome, painter staynor, and John
Shireff, Barber-Surgeon, overseers.
ROBERT BALTHROP, SERJEANT-SURGEON.
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ROBERT BALTHROP was born in 1522, and about the year 1538 apprenticed
to Nicholas Alcock (Surgeon to King Edward VI). He was admitted to
the freedom 3rd March, 1545, and to the Livery 20th October, 1552. He
served the office of Warden in 1560 and 1564, and was Master of the
Company in 1565 and again in 1573. About the year 1562 he was appointed
Serjeant-Surgeon to Queen Elizabeth and held that office until his
death (9th December, 1591).
He is buried in the church of St. Bartholomew the Less, where there is
(behind the organ) on the south wall of the church, a handsome monument
to his memory with this inscription--
Here Robert Balthrope lyes intombd, to Elizabeth our Queene,
Who Sergeant of the Surgeons sworne neere thrtye yeeres hathe
beene.
He died at syxtie nine of yeeres December’s ninthe the daye
The yeere of Grace eight hundred twice deductinge nine a waye
Let heere his rotten bones repose, till angells trompet sounde,
To warne the worlde of present chaunge, and raise the deade
from grounde.
VIVIT POST FUNERA VIRTUS.
Balthrop’s will was made about a fortnight before his death (27th
November), and therein he directs his body to be buried in St.
Bartholomew’s the Less, in which parish he then resided. He seems to
have amassed a considerable estate and to have made a rather lengthy
will, but as a great deal of it is of much interest, especially his
inventory of surgical instruments and books, no apology is needed for
quoting largely from it.
I do give and bequeathe my sowle to the holy and blessed Trinitie
the ffather the sonne and the holy ghost three persons and one
God allmightie hoping and stedfastly beleevinge to be forgiven
and pardoned of all my sinnes and to enjoye the everlastinge and
unspeakable felicities of heaven through the merrittꝭ and passion
of my only redeemer and saviour Jesus Christ to whome be given all
glorie honor and praise nowe and for ever Amen.
To poor people in the discretion of his executrix £10. To John
Mason,[333] Chirurgian, dwelling in Long Lane 40_s._, and a few other
small legacies. “To my servauntes,” John Deighton, Richard Neill, John
Edwards and William Taylor 40_s._ each. To each of his wife’s maids
20_s._
[333] Warden in 1575, his fellow apprentice with Nich. Alcock.
Also I give to the Company and bequeath to the company of the Barbors
and Chirurgions of the Cittie of London for their use in their hall
one bell [? beer] bowle with a cover beinge both of silver and gilte
weighinge thirty ounces half an ownce and half a quarter of an ownce.
Also I give to the M{r} and Governours of the said Company to make
them and the rest of the Cloathinge a Dynner in theire hall after
my buryall ffyve poundes. Also I give and bequeath to the poore
people of the said Company fyve poundes. . . Also I bequeath to my
moth{r} M{ris} Love my golde ringe which hath in it a stone called
a Turkey. . . Also I bequeath to my felowe Goodorus[334] one of my
Launcettꝭ that is sett in golde and enamyled Also I bequeth to my
felowe Baker[335] her maiesties Chirurgion my Syringe of silver
gilted and three pypes of silver gilted belonginge to the same.
[334] Serjeant-Surgeon and Master 1594. [335] Master 1597.
To Mr. Bennett, one of the Queen’s footmen, “my Brooch of golde
compassed aboute with ragg Rubies.” Upon payment of £10, John
Gryffyn,[336] surgeon, was to have the lease of his house. To
testator’s nephew, William Balthrop £50 “and my greate Ringe of golde
with my seale of Armes.” To his Nephew Richard Balthrop at the end of
his apprenticeship £50 “and my lesser Ringe of golde with my seale of
Armes.” And to these nephews his lands and tenements at East Greenwich.
To John Gryffyn
[336] Surgeon to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, 1586-1593.
My fyne clothe gowne welted with velvett and faced with
Damaske. . . . To John Deighton my servaunte my blacke cloth cloake
layed with lace and faced with velvett my blacke satten Dublett and
my rounde velvett hose. To Richard Neel my servaunt a cloak, doublett
and hose. To John Edwards my servaunt my white canvas Dublett that
is at the parke with my Rownde velvett hose and my pheasaunt colored
cloake with the sleeves and cape faced with russett velvett. Also
I give and bequeath to my servauntꝭ that nowe are with me and have
bene my servauntes in tyme past which do practize and exercise the
art of Chirurgery such thingꝭ of mine belonginge and appertayninge to
chirurgerie as are by me given and appointed to them in the Schedule
hereunto annexed.
To Dorothy, his wife, he gave all the residue of his lands, houses,
buildings, goods, chattels, plate, chains of gold, jewels, ready money,
&c., and appointed her executrix. Probate was granted 16th December,
1591.
SCHEDULE.
Item I give and bequeathe to my servaunt John Deighton my newe and
last made Chirurgery chest which is for my owne use with all that is
therein except golde and silver Also I bequeath to him my plaster
boxe of leather which hath the lock hinges and barrs over yt of
Copper gilted and the cysars and all the silver instrumentes therein.
Also I give unto him my rownde silver salvatory and one catheter
of silver and annother of leade with the case wherein they are Also
I give unto him a case with silver Instrumentes therein that ys to
saye a silver splatter a chockbarr of silver for the uvula a silver
Syringe parcell gilted Also I give unto him my silver precipitate box
all w{ch} thingꝭ are in the aforesaid chest. Also I bequeath unto him
all my bookes of Phisicke and chirurgery with two Dixionaries which
are in my study in my house at Manfeilde parke in the parishe of
Taplowe. I also bequeath unto him my Englishe bible which is at the
Courte. I give and bequeath to Lewes Rogers[337] somtyme my servaunte
my greater surgery Chest which is in my Chamber here at London
with all that is therein except golde and silver. Also I give unto
him my plaster box which my wife hath in the Countrie with all the
instrumentes therein belonginge to the same Also I give unto him a
Catheter of silver which is in the Chest that I have apointed to John
Deighton my servaunte Also I give unto him these bookes followinge
Guydoes Chirurgery in ffrench, Bartholomeus De proprietatibus rerum,
Vidus Vidius Interpres, Valescus his practise, Albucasis Discorides,
Cornelius Celsus, Johannes Mesue, Marcus Catenarcus, Guydoe in latin,
Leonardus ffuschius, Gyrolanus in ffrench and Quintus Curtius in
Englishe. Also I give and bequeath to my servaunt John Edwards my
least Chirurgery Chest which is at the Court for the Dayly use of my
servauntes with all that therein is, my plaster box of leather with
y{e} gilted locke and hinges of silver with all the instrumentes
therein to the same belonginge and these English bookes, Gemimes
Anathomy, Guido and Leonard ffuschius both in written hand, John
Vigo, Eliot’s Dictionarie which I have lent to my felowe Goodorus,
Turners herball and my byble which is at my howse in Manfeilde parke.
Also I give unto him a pewter Syringe with three pypes of silver
belonginge to the same. Also I give unto John Griffin somtymes my
servaunt my silver salvatory percell guilted which is in the Chest
that I have appointed to my servaunte Lewes Also I bequeath to
Anthony Gariswall somtyme my servaunte one bigge latin booke wherein
are bounde togeather the Chirurgeries of Guido, Brumis, Theodoricus
Lanfrancke and Alberti Palus Also I give and bequeath unto the
companie of the Barbors and Chirurgeons of the Cittie of London the
Chirurgery of that most excellent writer John Tagaultius the lattin
booke and also the English translation that I have made thereof
And also the Chirurgerie of the expert and perfect practitioner
Ambrose Parey both which workes I have written into Englishe for
the love that I owe unto my bretheren practisinge Chirurgerie and
not understandinge the latin Tounge and given them into the Hall
for theire Dayly use and Readinge both in lattin and Englishe and
Desiringe that they may be kept faire and cleane for my sake which
wish them all prosperous and good successe in theire workes and
endevours whatsoever they take in hande to the glory of God and the
advauncemente of the Arte. Also I give unto my servaunt John Edwards
my Case with all the Instrumentes therein which is in my Chest which
I have appointed for Deighton. Also I give unto my servaunte John
Deighton my bagge with the case and all the Instrumentes and other
thingꝭ that are therein which lyeth for my Daily use in my Chest
wherein I put my lynnen at the Courte. ffinally my will is that
myne Executrix shall give to the use of the two hospitalls Sainte
Bartholomewes and Saint Thomas for the sicke and sore people there
all other such medicines bookes Instrumentꝭ bottles boxes and pottꝭ
and such like thingꝭ belonginge to Chirurgery as are not in this
Schedule bequeathed and given and such as she will reserve for her
owne use, and to give to the poore for Christes sake. In Witnesse
whereof I have also Subscribed this Schedule and put to my seale the
Daie and yere first above written.
[337] Warden 1615, 16, and 17 (died in 1617).
Per me ROBERTUM BALTHROPP.
Arms. Ar. on a chev. sa. five fleur de lys of the first. (The shield
on Balthrop’s monument is quarterly 1{st} and 4{th} as above, 2{d} and
3{rd} a bend betw. two Eagles displayed.)
SIR PETER PROBY.
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PETER PROBY was born at Chester, and was the son of Randolph Proby,
afterwards of Brampton, Hunts, by his wife, a Miss Bernard. He was
admitted to our freedom in 1579, made a Liveryman 1st July, 1596, an
Assistant 6th July, 1609, and served the office of Master 1615. He was
Sheriff of London 1614, Alderman of the Ward of Queenhithe, and Lord
Mayor in 1622.
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19th August, 1605. This day M{r} Peter Proby a very lovinge member
of this company did out of his love and affection to this house of
his owne voluntarie good will give unto this company a very fayre
large and serviceable standinge Cup of silver and double gilte
wayghinge xxx ouncꝭ & a penny waight with a cover unto it whereupon
are his armes placed And hath this supˀscription ingraven upon it
[This cup is given to this hall by Peter Proby gentleman free of
the same, A servant to Queene Elizabeth and to Kinge James And for
both keepˀ of the Recordes in the Tower of London. Postm{r} for the
service of Ireland. And for speciall Service a pentioner for leife.
Who was twice of the high courte of Parliament] which cup was kindlie
accepted by this Court, And in gratificac͠on thereof It is by this
Court ordred that the said Peter Proby shalbe exempted and discharged
from all offices within this Company except the office of M{r} or
Governo{r} of this companie. And from all other attendaunces for the
sˀrvice or affaires of the said Company And when it shall please him
to come to the hall he is to be kindlie and freindlie intertayned.
finis coronabit opus.
24th May, 1614. It was agreed that Mr. Alderman Proby should, if he
desired it, “have the use of this house together with the plate and
other necessaries for to keep his Shrievalty,” and if he desired to
keep his Shrievalty elsewhere he was to be allowed to borrow the plate
for a year; and on the 1st July it was agreed that £40 should be given
to him towards the “bewtifying of his howse.”
25th August, 1614. Fifteen Members of the Court of Assistants were
nominated to attend Mr. Sheriff Proby on Michaelmas eve and the next
day, and all charges and expenses which they might incur were to be
borne by the Company.
In 1616, Sir Peter who had previously been appointed Governor of the
colony of Ulster by special commission from the King and the City
of London, repaired thither, attended by divers of the most eminent
citizens, to regulate certain affairs belonging to the plantation,
taking with him two rich swords of state as a present from the City, to
be carried before the Mayors of Londonderry and Coleraine, the former
having been some time before erected into a city and the latter into a
Mayor-town.
8th June, 1622. At a Court held this day Alderman Proby was ordered to
be translated to the Grocers’ Company, in view of his coming election
as Lord Mayor.
20th September, 1622. At this Court it is agreed that there shalbe
hiered on the Lord Maior{s} day a Noyse of Trumpettꝭ at the Charge of
the howse.
At this Court it is agreed that M{r} Alderman Probie shall have our
plate & hangeingꝭ for this yeare of his Maioralty.
Sir Peter’s eldest son, Heneage, was knighted; he was Sheriff of Bucks,
and M.P. for Amersham. His second son, Henry, was Common Serjeant of
London. Sir Peter was the ancestor of several members of Parliament
as also of the Marquess of Rockingham and the Earl of Carysfort. His
grandson Peter Proby, who married Grace, daughter of Sir Richard Ford,
was chosen a Liveryman of the Company 10th March, 1659.
Sir Peter Proby’s will (undated) was proved 21st March, 1625, and
commences--
I Peter Proby Knight and Alderman of London calling to minde the
transitory estate of all flesh and more perticulerly the great age
w{ch} through gods especiall goodnes I have attayned, as alsoe the
weake estate of my body broken of late w{th} many sicknesses and
infirmities w{ch} still hanging one mee as be many monito{rs} unto
me to pˀvide for my approachinge change and settlinge of that poore
state wherew{th} it hath pleased god to blesse mee.
He gives to his wife Dame Elizabeth Proby (of whom he speaks in terms
of the greatest affection) his manor of Allington, _alias_ Aylton,
Hunts, for 40 years, if she shall so long live, with remainder to
his son Heneage, also to his wife his mansion and manor house of
Caddington, Herts, with the demesne lands of that manor and the tithes
thereof, also all his lands, tenements, and hereditaments in Luton and
Dunstable with remainder to his son Henry, also to his wife his house
in St. Swithin’s Lane, London. To his son Henry the manor of Yaxley,
Hunts, with the tolls of the fair and markets there, which he had by
virtue of a lease from Queen Elizabeth. To his son, the Rev. Edmund
Proby, D.D., £1,000. To his son George £1,000. To his son Emanuel £500
(he having already had £500). His daughter, Walsingham having been
provided for on her marriage, was to have £20.
To my kinde and loveinge soune in lawe William Downhall esquire £20.
Item I give and bequeath unto my lovinge friends the M{r} Wardens and
company of Barber surgions the some of twenty pounds.
Also £30 to the Grocers’ Company and £6 6_s._ 8_d._ to Bridewell
Hospital. To the poor of Aylton 12_d._ weekly for 5 years. To the poor
of Yaxley 6_d._ weekly for 5 years.
And as for that yerely penc͠on y{t} I have given for ever in the
parish I was borne in in the Citty of Chester I require my executor
to see and make inquiry of the pˀformance thereof (accordinge to a
brason table in the Church therefore) the w{ch} for many yeres past I
have knowne well performed and soe I hope wilbe for ever.
His sons, Heneage and Henry, and son-in-law, William Downhall, were
appointed Executors.
Sir Peter Proby’s arms were, erm. on a fesse gu. a lyon pass. or. a
crescent for difference.
WILLIAM CLOWES.
[Illustration: Coat of Arms]
WILLIAM CLOWES was the son of Thomas Clowes, originally of Kingsbury,
Warwickshire, and afterwards of London. He was born about 1540, and
studied surgery under Mr. George Keble, who was not free of our
Company, but of whom Clowes more than once speaks in terms of highest
praise. He tells us that in 1563 he served as a Surgeon in the army
under the Earl of Warwick at Havre, and after this campaign he was for
some time in the Navy, in both which appointments he undoubtedly gained
great experience. In 1569 he no doubt settled in London, as on the 8th
of November in that year he was admitted to the freedom by translation,
and he soon secured a large practice, though it was not until the 18th
July, 1588, that he was made an Assistant of the Court.
The records do not display Mr. Clowes’ character in the most favourable
light, as the following extracts will show:--
6th October, 1573. Here was one & complayned [against] Willm̄ Clowes
for takynge his money and he not cured.
7th February, 1575. Here came one Willm̄ Goodnep and complayned of
Willm̄ Clowes for not curing his wief de morbo gallico and yt was
awarded that the saide Clowes sholde either geve the saide Goodnep
xx{s} orells cure his saide wief w{ch} Clowes agreed to pay the xx{s}
and so they were agreed and eche of them made acquittance to other.
28th February, 1576. Here was a complainte against Willm̄ Clowes by
one Goodenge for that the saide Clowes had not onlie misused the
saide Goodinge in speche but also most of the masters of the Company
w{th} scoffing wordes and jestes, and they all forgave him here
openlye in the Co{r}te and so the stryfe was ended upon condˀ that he
sholde nev{r} so misuse him self agayne and bonds was caused to be
made to that effect.
25th March, 1577. Here at this Corte was a greate contension and
stryffe spoken of and ended betwene George Baker and Willm̄ Clowes
for that they bothe contrary to order and the good and holsome rules
of this howse misused eche other and fought in the ffelds togethers.
But the M{r} Wardens and assistance wishing that they might be and
continewe loving brothers pˀdoned this greate offence in hope of
amendement.
The George Baker with whom Clowes fought, was afterwards
Serjeant-Surgeon and Master of the Company in 1597. In 1575 Mr. Clowes
was appointed one of the surgeons of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital and
later on he was surgeon to Christ’s Hospital; he was also surgeon to
Queen Elizabeth and James I. His first book, “De morbo Gallico,” was
published in 1579. In 1585 he went as surgeon of the forces in the
expedition to the Low Countries under the Earl of Leicester. In his
book, “Proved Practise,” he tells a great deal of this expedition and
says that many of the surgeons were most unskilful and “slew more than
the enemy did,” though he and his friend Serjeant-Surgeon Gooderus
(Master 1594) did not lose a case. Mr. Clowes had the honour of serving
in the fleet which defeated the Spanish Armada, and in 1594 was Warden
of the Barber-Surgeons, the last Court which he attended was on the 9th
February, 1596. After a successful practice he retired to a country
house at Plaistow, in Essex, and died in 1604. Dr. Norman Moore says
that his books “are the best surgical writings of the Elizabethan age;
they are all in English, and his style is very easy and forcible,
sometimes a little prolix but never obscure.”
WILLIAM CLOWES, JUN., SERJEANT-SURGEON.
He was the son of William Clowes, Barber-Surgeon; born about 1582,
he was apprenticed to his father and admitted to our freedom 22nd
January, 1605, and on 13th December, 1615, called to the Livery; he
was then surgeon to the Prince of Wales, and had a dispensation from
the Court of the Company to attend the lectures and Hall only on such
occasions as should be convenient to him. On the accession of Charles I
he was made Serjeant-Surgeon to the King. In 1626 he was Master of the
Company, and again in 1638. A characteristic letter of Serjeant Clowes
and some particulars as to his election as Master in 1626 may be seen
on pp. 248-250. On 30th October, 1648, his decease was reported to the
Court.
By his will, dated 28th March, 1630, he bequeathed his property
freehold and copyhold, to his wife Sara, his son James, and his
daughters Ann and Sara.
Arms. Az. on a chev. engr. betw. three unicorns’ heads, era or. as many
crescents gu.
GEOFFREY CLOWES =
of Tutbury, Staffordshire |
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+------------+
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Nicholas Clowes, =
of Kingsbury, Warwickshire |
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+------------+
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Thomas Clowes = Emma d. of
of Kingsbury and | John Beauchamp.
London |
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+------------+
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1st. ...... d. of = William Clowes of = and. Katherine Smith,
Godwin of Kent | London, Surgeon to | grandd{r} of Sir Hen.
| Queen Elizabeth and | Wallop of Hampshire.
| James I, d. 1604. |
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William Clowes = Sara. Richard Clowes |
Serjeant-Surgeon | |
to Charles I. | +------------------+---------+----------+
d. 1648. | | | |
| Henry Clowes = Susan, d. Catherine Mary
| of Cornhill, | of Richard, m. Rich{d.} d. unm.
| admitted to | Cutler of Pile of
| Freedom of | London. Hampshire.
| Barber-Surgeons|
| 16 Jan., 1627, |
| viz., 1633. |
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| | | | | |
James Clowes. Ann. Sara. Richard Clowes. Thomas Clowes. Susan.
æt. 3, in 1633.
THOMAS THORNEY.
THOMAS THORNEY, born in 1542 or 1543, was apprenticed to William
Bovey (Master 1581) a surgeon in large practice. He was made free 8th
April, 1573, and elected an Assistant 19th June, 1595; he served as
Warden in 1598 and 1600 and was twice Master of the Company, viz., in
1602 and 1606, he was also a Common Councilman. Mr. Thorney acquired
considerable property in Holborn and the country, but dying on 4th
June, 1614, without issue, made his nephew Peter (son of his then
deceased brother Walter) his heir. He was a considerable benefactor to
the Parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, where there is a monumental tablet
to his memory. His Will dated 25th May, 1612, was proved on the day of
his death, and among other bequests to St. Andrew’s Holborn, he left
£10 to the Churchwardens--
to make a Dynner or supper therwith and to make merrie therewith with
my good neighboures for my sake and to encrease neighbourelie love
amongest them And the Churchwardens to bid the parson and Minister
to be with them. Item I give to the Company of Barbar Surgions twoe
spowte pottꝭ of silver and guilt one all guilte and the other
parcell guilte to the valewe of twentie poundes and the Thorne bushe
to be graven on either of them and the Barber Surgeons armes and my
name at lardge and some wordes to shewe that they were of my guifte
Item I give likewise to the Company of Barbor surgions of London that
shall followe me at my ffunerall fyve poundꝭ to make a Dynner with
and to be merrye for my sake and to the entent to encrease brotherlie
love amongest them The said ffyve poundes to be paied to the Master
and Wardens when they come to fetch my bodye to the churche.
To his wife Annie he gave his dwelling house in Holborn, and another
newly built house there, also one on the street side next the Bars, and
the third part of all his other lands for her life and all his goods
and movables. To Richard Cade “my auncient and honest servaunte” and
to Jane his wife 40_s._ each for rings. To his nephew, Peter Thorney,
his houses in Fetter Lane, the Bell Inn at Acton, a dwelling house at
Acton, and the King’s Head in Holborn near the Bars, with a proviso
that should Peter die without heirs the Bell at Acton was to pass to
the Barber-Surgeons.
PETER THORNEY.
PETER THORNEY was apprenticed to his uncle Thomas Thorney and admitted
to the freedom 14th July, 1603. He seems to have got into good practice
and was one of the Army Surgeons. He was appointed Surgeon-General
of the Army going to the relief of Rochelle, and made his will a few
days afterwards (25th July, 1628) with a presentiment of his death,
which was soon realised, as probate was granted on the 24th November
following. He says--
I com̃end my bodie to bee buried where it shall please god or my
freindes, if I come not home from the Sea this voiage I intended for
the releife of Rochell, but if it shall please god that I die in
England if it maiebee possible I would bee buried in S{t} Andrews
Church as neare to my Unckle M{r} Thomas Thorney as maie bee.
Among other bequests he gives five marks to such of the livery of the
Company as shall follow him to the Church; he makes his son Thomas
(then under age) his heir generally and provides for his wife Ann and
daughter Elizabeth; he leaves to George Peren, Barber-Surgeon, his
“yearball knowne by the name of Gerardꝭ yearball.”[338]
[338] Gerard’s Herball.
But if it shall please god soe that both my children shall die
without issue Then my will is that y{e} Bell in Acton shall remaine
for evˀ to the Company of the berber surgeons of London according as
my unckle M{r} Thomas Thorney hath hertofore bequeathed it.
Item I give to Edward Griffith which was my Servant all my
manuscriptꝭ belonginge to surgerie and all my instrumentꝭ belonging
to Surgery except my plaster box and salvatory and instruments in the
boxe and my silver seringe, and likewise unto the said Edward all my
medicines whatsoever I give him w{th} my bookes of Surgery whatsoever
in my Studdie.
JOHN GERARD.
[Illustration: Coat of Arms]
JOHN GERARD was born in 1545 at Nantwich in Cheshire, his parentage
is unknown, though by his coat of arms he appears to have descended
from the Gerards of Ince in Lancashire. In 1562 he was apprenticed to
Alexander Mason, a Surgeon in extensive practice, who was Warden in
1556 and 1561 and Master in 1567 and 1573 (Mr. Mason died 3rd April,
1574). Gerard was admitted to the freedom of the Barber-Surgeons 9th
December, 1569. There is no record of his admission to the Livery,
though in consequence of his professional attainments and his
presumable friendship with his master who made him free, he doubtless
had the clothing at the same time. The only note we have of Gerard,
before he comes on the Court, is one in which he appears before the
Masters as defendant in a case of alleged slander on the wife of a
brother freeman.
21st February, 1578. Here was a complainte against Jo: Jerrard for
saying that Richard James his wief had the ffrenche pocks, and he
made answere and saide he wolde justifie the same, and he was dismist
to the Comon Lawe.
Gerard was elected a Member of the Court of Assistants on the 19th
June, 1595. For some long time previous he must have been engaged in
the preparation of his great work “_The Herball or Generall Historie of
Plantes_,” a folio of some 1,400 pages, embellished with about 1,800
illustrations of plants,[339] and published in 1597, which, whilst
it was by far the best and most exhaustive work of its kind at that
period, has ever since been considered a standard book of reference; a
good copy being now worth 8 to 10 guineas. At this period he was living
“at my house in Holburne, within the suburbs of London,” probably near
Fetter Lane, where he had a large garden of herbs.
[339] The woodcuts for these illustrations were procured from
Frankfort, and originally executed for the German Herbal of
Tabernæmontanus.
The style of Gerard’s writing was very quaint, and abounds with quiet
humour; he scouted monkish tales and old wives’ fables concerning the
miraculous properties of plants, etc., honestly endeavouring to present
facts to his readers; yet even he has not hesitated to record as true,
and gravely set forth, some fabulous stories, as, for example, in
speaking of Barnacles on p. 1391, he says--
There is a small Ilande in Lancashire called the Pile of Foulders,
wherein are found the broken peeces of old and brused ships . . .
wheron is found a certaine spume or froth, that in time breedeth unto
certaine shels, in shape like those of the muskle, . . . wherein is
conteined a thing in forme like a lace of silke finely woven, as it
were togither, of a whitish colour; one end whereof is fastned unto
the inside of the shell; . . . the other end is made fast unto the
belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape &
forme of a Bird: when it is perfectly formed, the shel gapeth open, &
the first thing that appeereth is the foresaid lace or string; next
come the legs of the Birde hanging out; and as it groweth greater, it
openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come foorth,
and hangeth onely by the bill; in short space after it commeth
to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth
feathers, and groweth to a foule, bigger then a Mallard, and lesser
than a Goose; having blacke legs and bill or beake, and feathers
blacke and white, spotted in such maner as is our Magge-Pie, called
in some places a Pie-Annet, which the people of Lancashire call by no
other name than a tree goose; which place aforesaide, and all those
parts adjoining, do so much abound therewith, that one of the best
is bought for three pence: for the truth heerof, if any doubt, may
it please them to repaire unto me, and I shall satisfie them by the
testimonie of good witnesses.
The woodcut illustrations with which the book abounds are designed
in a good artistic style, being frequently consulted and adapted
nowadays by artists engaged in floral design. In 1596, Gerard seems
to have propounded a scheme for the Company to keep a garden for the
cultivation and study of medicinal plants, and some land belonging to
the Company in East Smithfield was suggested for this purpose, but not
being thought a suitable spot, certain members of the Court offered to
contribute towards the purchase of a garden elsewhere; in June, 1597,
the subject was under consideration, and again in November, 1602; but
whether anything further was done in the matter does not appear. The
minutes in our books relating to this business, are as follows--
26th March, 1596. A motion was also made concerninge the Demisinge
of certen garden grounds at East Smithfield for the w{ch} M{r}
ffettyplace, M{r} Lacock and John Gerard were sevˀall Sutors. Yt was
agreed that the same should be let for yerely rent at the pleasures
of the masters or governors and none of the said sutors obteyned any
graunte. But for as muche as John Gerard’s request was to have yt to
make a garden of yt for the ffurtherance of learning in the knowledge
and practiqe of the nature and skill of herbes, w{ch} was thought
not a place ffytt for that pˀpose, but that a more convenient place
should be sought owte and dyvers of the Companie did offer to be
contributors for the buying of the same, and M{r} ffetiplace and M{r}
Lacock are to be spoken w{th}all and thus to be satisfied.
16th June, 1597. At the request of M{r} Peck[340] and M{r} Gerat
yt was agreed at this Corte that those whose names are here after
menc͠oned should survey a peece of ground ffyt to make a Garden for
to plant all kinde of herbes in routes plantes and suche like as to
the saide M{r} Gerat being a skilfull Herbalist should thinck meete
for the wo{r}shipp of this societie, and to relate their opinions and
acc͠ons therein to this howse and societie for the further pˀceding
therein, viz{t} M{r} John Isard[341] M{r} Lewes Atmer[342] M{r} Cox
M{r} Wood[343] M{r} Sprignell[344] M{r} Borne[345] Jeames Bates[346]
M{r} Thomas Waren[347] M{r} Bovy[348] M{r} Byrd[349] M{r} Gale[350]
M{r} Laycock[351] M{r} Jo Martin[352] or any viij. x. or the most
pˀte of them.
[340] John Peck, Master 1605 and 1610.
[341] Warden 1590, 1593, 1596.
[342] W. 1601.
[343] Master 1591.
[344] W. 1584, 1587, 1591.
[345] M. 1600.
[346] W. 1591, 1595, 1597.
[347] W. 1596.
[348] M. 1617.
[349] M. 1590.
[350] M. 1595.
[351] M. 1598, 1604.
[352] M. 1601.
2nd November, 1602. This daye it is ordered that the Committes for
M{r} Gerrard’s garden shall this aft{r} noone meet at the hall to
consider of the report for a Garden for the said M{r} Gerrard.
In August, 1597, John Gerard was chosen Junior Warden (George Baker,
the Queen’s Serjeant-Surgeon being at the same time elected Master),
and in January following he was appointed one of the Examiners of
Surgeons. In 1604, there had been controversies between Gerard and
Christopher Frederick (Master 1609), which on the 12th June were
referred to a Committee of the Court for settlement. “And if they
no ende can make they are to make report at the next Court of their
pˀcedinges therein.”
26th September, 1605. This day M{r} Jerrard was discharged of the
office of second Warden and upper governo{r} of this Company uppon
his suite & entreatie for certayne considerac͠ons. And is fyned for
the said places at x{li} which he is pˀntlie to pay to the pˀnte
M{rs} or governours And is hereafter to take his place as though he
had served the place of upper Governo{r} any thinge to the contrarie
notwithstandinge.
7th November, 1605. The above order was rescinded, but shortly
afterwards Mr. Gerard brought £10 into Court, and left it with the
Wardens, when it was ordered that the matter should be further
considered, and in the result the fine was accepted.
21st October, 1606. This daie John Gerrard was fyned at vj{s} viij{d}
for abuseing M{r} Peck and it is ordered that from henceforth they
shall be freinds, and all Controversyes betweene them are to cease.
20th July, 1607. Mr. Gerard was again appointed an Examiner of
Surgeons, and 17th August following elected Master.
Queen Elizabeth is reported to have entertained a high opinion of Mr.
Gerard’s attainments, and he was also patronised by her Minister,
William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, whose garden he superintended for twenty
years. In the dedication of his Herbal to Lord Burleigh, in speaking of
the “care and studie” of herbs, he says--
Under your Lordship I have served, and that way imployed my
principall studie, and almost all my time now by the space of twenty
yeeres. To the large and singular furniture of this noble Iland, I
have added from forren places all the varietie of herbes and flowers
that I might any way obtaine, I have laboured with the soile to make
it fit for the plants, and with the plants to make them to delight in
the soile, that so they might live and prosper under our climate, as
in their native and proper countrie: what my successe hath beene, and
what my furniture is, I leave to the report of them that have seene
your Lordships gardens, and the little plot of my speciall care and
husbandrie.
Among the numerous epistles, etc., laudatory of Gerard, prefixed to
the Herbal are some exceedingly quaint verses dedicated by “Thomas
Thorney[353] Master in Chirurgerie, to his learned friend and loving
brother in Art, M. John Gerard.” There is also an epistle by “George
Baker, one of hir Maiesties chiefe Chirurgions in ordinarie, and M. of
the Chirurgions of the Citie of London.” Besides his garden in Holborn,
Gerard seems also to have had one in the Strand by Somerset House,
and to have held the appointment of “Herbarist” to James I, for among
the Domestic State papers at the Record Office, is a grant dated 10th
October, 1603, by Anne, Queen of James I to Sir Robert Cecil, Lord
Cecil of Essingdon, of the Keepership of Somerset House with all the
orchards, walks, gardens, &c., thereto belonging “except and alwaies
reserved to John Gerrard of London Surgeon and herbarist to his Ma{tie}
all that garden plott or peece of ground w{th} all and singular pˀfittꝭ
comodities and other the app̃tencꝭ therew{th} graunted and demised unto
him by one lease given under o{r} hand and seale at”[354] . . .
[353] See p. 538.
[354] The lease was dated 14th August, 1603, and was for 2 acres of
land for Gerard’s life at a yearly rent of four pence, with a tribute
of herbs, &c., if demanded.
In 1639 the Company purchased a copy of Gerard’s work for the Library.
“Paid for M{r} John Gerrardꝭ herball for the library for Claspes &
settinge on the chaine . . . . . xxv{s} vj{d.}”
John Gerard died in February, 1612, and was buried at St. Andrew’s,
Holborn, on the 18th of that month. There is a fine portrait of Gerard
facing page 1 of the Herbal, in which he is represented holding a
potato plant in his hand; below are the arms of the Barber-Surgeons
and his own coat, viz., quarterly 1st and 4th ar. a lyon rampant erm.
crowned or, a crescent for difference (Gerard), 2nd and 3rd ar. three
torteaux in bend between two bendlets sa. (Ince). Crest, A lyon’s jamb
era. inverted holding a hawk’s lure. Motto, D’assenti buone.
The best account of Gerard may be seen in a privately-printed
“Catalogue of Plants cultivated in the Garden of John Gerard and a life
of the Author,” by Benjamin D. Jackson, F.L.S. London, 1876.
SIR THOMAS BLUDDER.
Sir THOMAS was the son of Sir Thomas Bludder, of Flanchford, in the
parish of Reigate (who died 1st November, 1618). He was knighted at
Whitehall, 22nd April, 1618, and married three times, his third wife
being Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Brett, of Rotherby, Lancashire.
9th August, 1621. At this Court upon the request of Sir Thomas
Bludder Knyght who was desierous to be made a freman of this Company
It was ordered he shold be made free & so tooke his oath accordingly.
Sir Thomas, who was a Justice of the Peace for Surrey, represented
Reigate in the several Parliaments of 21 James I, and 1, 3 and 16
Charles I. He was a Royalist and imprisoned for his adherence to that
cause, and died on 29th September, 1655.
A pedigree of the Bludders will be found in Aubrey’s Antiquities of
Surrey, IV, 210.
Arms. Gu. a dexter arm embowed or, the hand ppr.
MARTIN BROWNE.
[Illustration: Coat of Arms]
MARTIN BROWNE was born about 1590, probably in Lincolnshire; he was
apprenticed to Thomas Clemence, a surgeon free of the Company, and on
13th July, 1613, was admitted to the freedom. He seems to have had an
extensive practice, and in 1648 was living in Creed Lane. There are
numerous references to him in our Minutes, from which may be gathered
that he was a man of great experience, and well able to hold his own in
some cases where his professional skill had been called in question by
jealous brethren of the craft. He served as Warden in 1640 and 1645,
and was Master in 1653, when he presented the Company with a loving
cup (_see_ p. 502). He died 16th April, 1655, and in his will dated
20th August, 1654, and proved 24th April, 1655, he describes himself
as of the parish of St. Gregory, “full of yeares,” and requests to be
buried in his parish church near his dead children “which was partly
under my owne pewe where now of late I satt.” To the poor of that
parish he leaves £10. To the poor of East Tilbury 40_s._ To the poor of
Louth, in Lincolnshire, £10. To his cousin Richard Mason, of Leeyborne,
Lincolnshire, £5, and to his son, Richard Mason, testator’s apprentice,
£5 and his case of silver instruments, “with fower books of phisick and
of Chirurgery namelie Ambrose Parrey and Rondeletius and Aqua Sendens
his mannuall operations and Tangaltius and others Authers all bound up
in one volumne.” He gives several legacies of money to cousins, nieces,
servants, and apprentices, makes his wife Margaret his executrix, and
leaves all his lands and houses in the counties of Essex and Lincoln
and the City of London to her for life, with remainder to his only
child Rebecca, the wife of Humphry Winch, Esquire. “To my cousen Henery
Barker all my Instruments of yron for Chirurgerie excepte my Lancetts
and incision knives. I likewise give [him] theise bookes namely the
workes of Hypocrates, Galen, Celsus, Paulus Agenta, ffernebens Senertus
his Chirurgery.”
Arms (as engraved on the loving cup). Quarterly, 1st and 4th three
mullets, 2nd and 3rd a hunting horn stringed between three escallops.
EDWARD ARRIS, ALDERMAN.
[Illustration: Coat of Arms]
Few names are held in greater veneration at Barbers’ Hall than that
of Edward Arris. His father, Jasper Arris, was apprenticed to Thomas
Burston or Burstowe, a Surgeon and Master of the Company in 1576.
Jasper Arris (probably born 1560-2), was admitted to the freedom, 3rd
April, 1583, chosen a Liveryman, 22nd January, 1606, an Assistant, 3rd
August, 1614, served as Warden in the years 1617 and 1622, and was
reported on 8th January, 1623, as then recently deceased. There are
few notices of Jasper in our books, and one of them on 21st October,
1606, is perhaps not much to his credit, as it records his fine for
working on the Sabbath day; from which we may gather that he was one
of those who, contrary to the Ordinances and the Statute, worked both
as a Barber and Surgeon,--a practice often winked at by the Governors.
His son Edward, was born in London in 1591, and was admitted to the
freedom by patrimony on 21st January, 1617, having learnt his art with
his father; he was admitted to the Livery 9th October, 1627, and on
30th April, 1629, granted his diploma to practise Surgery. In 1632, he
was chosen Steward, and the next year Master of the Anatomy. On the
23rd April, 1640, he was elected an Assistant and served the office of
Warden in 1642. On 10th February, 1648, he was appointed one of the
Examiners of Surgeons, and elected Master of the Company 1651. On 3rd
July, 1663, Mr. Arris was nominated by the Court of Aldermen, Alderman
of the Ward of Bridge Without (_loco_ Richard Evans) and was sworn
in on the 28th July following, but this civic office was probably an
uncongenial one to him, for he very shortly afterwards applied to be
discharged from it, and thereupon paid a fine of £300 to the City.
In 1645 Mr. Arris founded an Anatomy Lecture, and with a characteristic
modesty endeavoured to conceal the founder’s name, though his intention
in this respect was necessarily frustrated when the deed of settlement
had to be drawn. This, the Arrisian Lecture, still survives at the
Royal College of Surgeons. (Particulars of the foundation will be
found on pp. 368, 369.) In 1649, when our plate was sold, Mr. Arris
re-purchased King Henry VIII’s cup, and “freely gave it againe to this
Company,” for which all Barber-Surgeons and Barbers have ever after
been profoundly grateful to him. He also, in 1651, gave us four silver
cups. Mr. Arris’ granddaughter, Henrietta Maria Langford, seems to have
got into straitened circumstances, as on 5th August, 1718, we read “It
is ordered that Henrietta Maria Langford daughter of Robert Arris son
of Alderman Arris Members of this Company, shall be made free without
charge, in Gratitude to the Memory of Alderman Arris, in order that
she may be admitted one of the Company’s Pentioners.”
The Alderman died 28th May, 1676, at the good old age of eighty-five
and is buried in St. Sepulchre’s Church, where there is a quaint tablet
with this inscription--
EDWARD ARRIS ESQR. GAVE TO | NEAR THIS PLACE LYETH INTER’D
THE COMPANY OF CHIRURGEONS 30L | THE BODY OF MARY ARRIS YE
FOR AN ANATOMY LECTURE & TO | WIFE OF EDWARD ARRIS ESQR.
THE HOSPITAL OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW | & SOMETIME ALDERMAN OF THIS
24L BOTH YEERLY FOR EVER | CITY. THEY WERE MARRIED 60
TO CHRIST’S CHURCH HOSPITAL | YEARS AND HAD ISSUE 23 CHILDRE
100L & 50L TOWARDS REBUILDING | WHEREOF ONLY THOMAS ARRIS
OF THIS CHURCH AND SEVERAL | (DR. IN PHYSICK FELLOW OF THE
LARGE GIFTS TO THE POOR OF THIS | COLLEGE IN LONDON JUSTICE
PARISH WHEREIN HE WAS BORN. | OF YE PEACE IN THE COUNTY OF
AND ALL THESE IN HIS LIFE TIME | HARTFORD AND A MEMBER OF
HEE DECEASED THE 28TH OF MAY | THE HON{BLE.} HOUSE OF COMMONS) HER
1676 AGED 85 | SURVIVED. SHEE DIED Y{E} IJTH
& LYETH BURIED | OF DEC{R.} 1674 AGED 76 YEARS.
BY HIS WIFE. |
By his Will, dated 20th May, 1676, he directs his body to be buried in
the grave of his father, mother and wife in St. Sepulchre’s, and he
bequeathed his property to his then only surviving son Thomas Arris,
M.D., M.P., and his children, and to the children of his deceased
son Robert. He gave five legacies of £400 each and some smaller ones
amongst his grandchildren and an annuity of £30 a year to his grandson
Robert. He also bequeathed messuages, lands, &c., at Hatfield, two
messuages in Well Yard, St. Bartholomew’s the Less, a messuage near
Pye Corner, ten acres of Copyhold land in the manor of Bedwell near
Hatfield and four freehold houses in the parish of St. Paul, Covent
Garden, to his son and grandchildren. “I give Ten shillings a peece
to soe many Antient men as I shall be yeares old att the tyme of my
death to mourne in decent Gownes att my Burial whereof Tenn to be of
the parish of Little St. Bartholomews Tenn of the Company of Barber
Chirurgeons and the rest of the Parish of St. Sepulchres.” He also
left £8 to the poor of St. Sepulchre’s to be given to 160 poor at his
burial; £5 to the poor of St. Bartholomew the Less; £5 to Christ’s
Hospital among 100 children to attend his burial; 20_s._ each to the
two Beadles of the Barber-Surgeons, and 5_s._ each to the four Beadles
of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; also £5 to Dr. Bell to preach a sermon
at his burial.
Arms. Ar. on a cross gu. five fleur de lys or.
JASPER ARRIS=
of St. Sepulchre’s, |
London, died 1622-3. |
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Alderman Edward Arris = Mary ...
b. 1591. d. 28 May, 1676. | b. 1598 d. 11 Dec., 1674.
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Robert Arris, Surgeon = Elizabeth d. Thomas Arris = Olivia ... and
ad{t} to Freedom 21 | Henry Boone. of St. Alban’s| 21 other
Jan., 1651.; died be- | Herts, M.D., | children
fore 17 April, 1662. | M.P. |
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Edward Arris Henrietta = ... Susan |
apprenticed to Maria Langford. |
Thos. Ryton admitted to |
Surgeon Freedom |
3 Sep., 1674. 5 Aug., 1718. |
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Edward Arris Thomas. Robert. Jasper. Elizabeth. Mary. Agnes. Margaret.
appt{d} to
Thomas Hobbs,
Surgeon,
13 Feb., 1677.
admitted to
Freedom
4 March, 1684.
SIR JOHN FREDERICK.
[Illustration: Coat of Arms]
JOHN FREDERICK was a son of Christopher Frederick, Barber-Surgeon. A
minute of the 9th June, 1595, states that “the said Xpõfer ffrederick
being a strainger borne had his ffreedom geven him of the Cittie of
London by vertue of her Mat{ies} most gracious Lrẽs to the Lord maior
and Corte of Aldrem̃e directed and was made fre of this Companie and
after chosen of the lyvery and then one of Thassistance.”
Christopher Frederick was on more than one occasion at serious variance
with the Court, as also with some of its members, and a resolution was
passed, evidently with pointed allusion to him, viz., that in future
aliens should be ineligible for the Court. He was Serjeant-Surgeon
to James I, and probably to Elizabeth also; Master in 1609 and again
in 1616. His son William was admitted to the freedom by service 27th
October, 1607. Christopher Frederick was buried 10th October, 1623,
in the church of St. Olave, Jewry, where also Mary, his widow, was
interred on 6th June, 1636. They had issue six sons and six daughters.
John Frederick, the fourth son, was baptized 25th October, 1601, and
educated at Christ’s Hospital. On 17th July, 1632 he was admitted
to the freedom by patrimony, on the 13th November, 1635 elected to
the Livery, and on 30th January, 1645 made an Assistant. He was a
successful merchant and resided in a large mansion on the site of what
is now Frederick’s Place, Old Jewry (which he rebuilt after the Great
Fire in 1666). This house was afterwards used as the Excise Office,
upon the removal of which to Broad Street, the building was taken down
and the present houses erected. He was elected Alderman of Vintry
September, 1653, and in 1660 removed to Coleman Street Ward. He was
Master of the Barber-Surgeons in 1654 and again in 1658; he served as
Sheriff, 1655-6, and was then knighted. The Barber-Surgeons attended
Sir John in their barge to Westminster when he went to be sworn in as
Sheriff, and ordered his portrait to be painted at a cost of £15. This
fine picture representing the Sheriff in his robes and with a flowing
wig, is preserved at Barbers’ Hall. In 1661 Sir John was translated to
the Grocers’ Company to enable him to take upon him the office of Lord
Mayor, which he served 1661-2. The pageant performed at the expense of
the Grocers upon his accession to the Mayoralty was entitled “Londons
Tryumphs presented in several delightfull Scænes,” and was composed
by John Tatham; a copy of this very rare tract is preserved in the
Guildhall Library. Pepys, under date 29th October, 1661, writes--
This day I put on my half cloth black stockings and my new coate of
the fashion, which pleases me well, and with my bever I was (after
office was done) ready to go to my Lord Mayor’s feast, as we are all
invited; but the Sir Williams were both loth to go, because of the
crowd, and so none of us went. My mind not pleased because I had
proposed a great deal of pleasure to myself this day at Guildhall.
This Lord Mayor, it seems, brings up again the custom of Lord Mayors
going the day of their instalment to Paul’s and walking round about
the Crosse, and offering something at the Altar.
In 1662 Sir John was elected Master of the Grocers’ Company and also
President of Christ’s Hospital, which latter office he held until 1683.
In the Parliament of 1660 he represented Dartmouth; on the 10th March,
1663, he was elected one of the Members for the City and so continued
until the dissolution in January, 1679. In 1674 he gave £100 towards
rebuilding Barber-Surgeons’ Hall; he also repaired and fitted up the
Great Hall at Christ’s Hospital at a cost of £5,000. In 1664 he bore
the expense of bringing the Conduit Water from Gray’s Inn Fields to
the Hospital. In 1667 he gave £50 and twenty chaldrons of sea coal,
and by his Will bequeathed £500 to the Hospital. In 1654 he gave a
handsome silver loving cup and cover weighing about 38 oz. to the
Barber-Surgeons; this cup is still used on festive occasions. There is
a portrait of Sir John at Christ’s Hospital, which represents him as
seated in an arm chair, in his civic robes, with an open letter in his
hand, on his head is a full bottomed wig and a black cap, he has white
whiskers and a tuft of white hair on his under lip.
In the “Gentleman’s Magazine” for November, 1769, is a copy of a
document prepared for Charles II, giving the characters of the Lord
Mayor and Aldermen, which says of Sir John Frederick that--
by reason of his age, he is apt to be ledd by others, especially by
Sir John Lawrence, a man of little dispatch, very readie to run into
mistakes; he hates a souldier, and cannot endure to see any of the
King’s guards.
Sir John married Mary Rous by whom he had issue four sons and nine
daughters. Judith, his eldest daughter, married Sir Nathaniel Herne
(Alderman and Sheriff 1674 and Master of the Barber-Surgeons 1674),
who, dying in August, 1679, she married secondly, Robert Hooker, of
Hatton Garden. Her Will, dated in 1688, was proved 30th June, 1691.
Sir John Frederick was buried in the Church of St. Olave Jewry 19th
March, 1685, where his widow was also interred 19th December, 1689; she
bequeathed £300 to Christ’s Hospital. His eldest son Thomas was the
father of John Frederick who was created a baronet 10th June, 1723. Sir
John gave marriage portions of £3,000 apiece to his daughters Judith
and Elizabeth, who married respectively Sir Nathaniel Herne and Sir
Joseph Herne, and he covenanted to give £2,000 apiece more either in
his lifetime or by will; it seems that he did this by will, which led
to litigation, his relict (to whom he left about £10,000) laying claim
to some portion of these legacies by the custom of London.
_Arms_ (granted by Sir Ed. Walker, Garter, 22nd October, 1661). Or on a
chief gu. three doves ar. beaked gu. legged or.
_Crest._ On a cap of dignity az. turned up ermine, a dove ppr. holding
a laurel branch vert.
SIR NATHANIEL HERNE.
[Illustration: Coat of Arms]
Sir NATHANIEL HERNE was the son of Nicholas and grandson of Richard
Herne (Alderman and Sheriff in 1618). He was born in 1629 and in 1646
apprenticed at Barber-Surgeons’ Hall to Sir John Frederick, one of the
merchant-princes of London at that time. Herne was admitted to the
freedom on 7th May, 1655, and, like the typical industrious apprentice,
he married his master’s daughter, Judith Frederick, by whom he had
(among others) a daughter Judith who married William, second Earl of
Jersey, and thereby was one of the ancestors of the present Earl. Sir
Nathaniel Herne was a most successful merchant and amassed a large
fortune. In 1674 he was Sheriff of London (being knighted at Windsor on
the 9th August) and Master of this Company. On the 11th April, 1676, he
was elected Alderman of the Ward of Billingsgate. He was sometime M.P.
for Dartmouth, and a Governor of the East India Company. He died 16th
August, 1679, being then fifty years of age and was buried at St. Olave
Jewry, where there is a monument to his memory, with his arms impaling
Frederick, and this inscription:--
M S.
Here lyeth in hopes of a Glorious Resurrection the body of S{r}
Nathaniel Herne Knight late Sherife And at his death Alderman of this
Famous Citty and Governour of the Honourable East India Company, Son
to Nicholas and Grandson to Richard Herne sometimes Alderman allso of
this Citty A Person of great Prudence and Indefatigable Industry in
the Management of all Publick Affairs, of Exemplary Piety, Spotless
Integrity and Diffusive Charity having with his owne hand dispenced
very considerable summes to many Charitable uses Particularly to the
reliefe of poore Seamen & Educating of their Children. He tooke to
wife Judith Eldest Daughter of S{r} John Frederick Knight Alderman
and sometimes Lord Mayor of London, his now sorrowfull Widdow by
whome he had divers Children and left three hopefull Sons surviving
viz{t} Frederick, Nathaniel, and Thomas, to whose and to this Cittyes
& Nations great loss as allso to y{e} griefe of all them that knew
him He departed this Life y{e} 16{th} August, 1679 Ætat 50.
Sir Nathaniel by his Will dated 12th April, 1677, left a large property
between his wife and children, and legacies to Sir John and Lady
Frederick, Ephraim Skinner and numerous other friends and relatives.
Arms. Sa. a chev. erm. between three Herons ar.
NICHOLAS HERNE =
of Tybenham, Norfolk. |
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Richard Herne = Alice dau. of
Sheriff 1618 and | John Pasck, D.D.,
Alderman, lived at | of Cambridge.
the Blue Anchor in |
Cheapside. |
|
1st. Elizabeth = Nicholas Herne = Sarah
dau. of Nicholas | of London, | dau. of
Hooker of London | s. & h. | Rich{d}
Goldsmith. | | Ironside
| | of London.
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| | | | | | |
1 2 3 | | | |
Richard Nicholas John Susan. |
Herne Herne Herne. Mary. |
s.p. Katherine. |
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| | | |
4 5 6 7
Sir Nathaniel = Judith dau. James Sir = Elizabeth d. Basil =
Herne b. 1629,| of Sir John Herne. Joseph | of Sir John Herne |
d. 1679. | Frederick Herne of | Frederick of Hamp- |
Alderman | Lord Mayor. London stead. |
of London | Merch{t} |
Barber- | |
Surgeon. | |
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Fredk = ..... d. Nathaniel = .... d. Thomas Judith m. = William |
Herne, | of Lile Herne, of Sir Herne 22 March, | 2{nd} |
of | of North- Esq., Arthur d. unm. 1704, at | Earl of |
London, | ampton- M.P. Ingram Hamp- | Jersey. |
Esqr. | shire. of stead. | |
bur. at | London. | |
S{t} | Earl of |
Brides. | Jersey. |
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a son a daughter = Edward Villiers |
died “worth son and heir . . . . Herne =
young. £40,000.” of the Earl of |
Jersey. +---------+
|
. . . . Herne =
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Sir William Herne,
born, 1745, Alderman
of Castle Baynard
and Sheriff in 1797.
d. 20 Dec., 1838,
bur. in the Chancel
at Bray Church.
SIR JOHN LETHIEULLIER.
[Illustration: Coat of Arms]
Sir JOHN LETHIEULLIER, who was born in 1633, was descended from the
Le Thieulliers, an old Protestant family in the Low Countries; his
great grandfather John was burnt at Valenciennes for his religion
by the infamous Duke D’Alva. His grandfather John was a merchant at
Cologne and died there in 1593. His widow survived him thirty-eight
years and came over to England in 1605 with her only son John, who was
born in 1591. In 1620 he was established as a Merchant in London, but
on the breaking out of the Civil Wars he went over to Amsterdam and
returned to England at the Restoration; he lived at Lewisham, where he
died on 2nd November, 1679, having married Jane, daughter of John de
la Fortre, of London, by whom he had five sons and three daughters.
His eldest son, Sir John Lethieullier, was apprenticed to Sir John
Frederick (Barber-Surgeon) and admitted to the freedom by servitude
11th November, 1657. He served the office of Master in 1676, having
been Sheriff of London in 1674. He was a successful merchant and a rich
man, having a great fortune by his wife Anne, daughter of Sir William
Hooker, who was Lord Mayor in 1673. Sir John was a free brother of
the Company of Merchant Adventurers of England, and of the Society of
Merchants of London Trading to the Levant Seas and the East Indies.
His third brother, Sir Christopher Lethieullier was Sheriff of London,
1689, and died 1690. On the 20th November, 1707, Sir John wrote to the
Court asking to be relieved from the office of an Assistant on account
of his indisposition and age (he was then 74), but the Court, out of a
feeling of respect towards him, refused to accept his resignation,
and ordered that the Wardens should have a personal interview with him
to know his pleasure. This was done, and on the 15th January following
his resignation was accepted. Sir John, who resided at Greenwich, died
there on the 4th January, 1719, having had two sons, John and William
(both of whom were free of the Company), and three daughters.
[Illustration: Family tree]
Sir John Lethieullier’s will, of prodigious length, is dated 6th May,
1709, and he therein directs that he shall be buried in the vault in
Greenwich Church with his late wife. To his two daughters, Letitia
and Leonora he gave £10,200 each, and to his married daughter, Lady
Ann Dodwell, whom he had previously provided for, £1,000. To all his
grandchildren £100 each. To Christ’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals and to
the French Congregation in Threadneedle Street £100 each, numerous
gifts to the poor in various parishes, and bequests to friends,
relatives and servants for mourning and rings. All his lands and houses
in the City of London (except two) and in the county of Essex to his
son John. Two houses on College Hill, late in the occupation of Sir
Henry Furnese and Sir Alexander Cairnes, to his two daughters, also his
house and land at Lewisham, his best coach and chariot horses, live
stock, &c. All his other freeholds and houses in Beckenham, Lewisham
and Battersea, his lands at Dartford and his manor of Sutton at Hone
and Wilmington to his son William. There are four codicils to this Will
and by one of them (19th July, 1714) he gave the manor of Rowhill,
which he had then lately purchased to his son William. His two sons
were appointed executors.
Arms. Ar. a chev. gu. betw. three parrots’ heads couped vert. beaked of
the second.
EPHRAIM SKINNER.
[Illustration: Coat of Arms]
EPHRAIM SKINNER was born at Barnstaple 30th November, 1637. In 1652 he
was apprenticed to Sir John Frederick, and afterwards became a wealthy
Merchant trading with Spain. He was sometime the British Consul at
Livorne. On 25th April, 1665, he was admitted to the freedom of the
Barber-Surgeons, and in 1673 gave us the chimney piece in the Court
Room, where there is a three-quarter portrait of him in his livery
gown, with full wig and rich lace bands; on the portrait is this
inscription: “M{r} Ephraim Skiner Marcht. & one of y{e} Assistants of
this Compy: of Barbersurgeons Lond: gave y{m} besides other gifts 300£
for 20 years.”
By his Will, dated 27th December, 1677, he gave to the Governors of
Christ’s Hospital (of which he was a member) five acres of pasture in
Islington, also £700 in trust for them to lend the Barber-Surgeons £300
for 20 years without interest to help them to pay their debts, and also
for a payment of 5_s._ a week to the Minister of Islington for him to
expound and “chatecize” every Sunday afternoon and to pay £5 a year
to the poor of Islington, to whom he also bequeathed a sum of £50. To
the poor of the Old Jewry £50. To the poor of Barnstaple £200. To the
rebuilding of St. Paul’s £50. To his father-in-law Peter Rowe £25 per
annum for life. To several members of the Barber-Surgeons, including
Sir J. Frederick, Sir N. Herne, Sir J. Lethieullier and their children
£10 each, and numerous legacies of money to friends and relations. The
residue of his Estate to his wife.
On the south wall of St. Olave Jewry is a tablet to his memory;
Neer this Place
Lyeth the body of Ephraim Skinner Merchant
Sometimes his Majesties Consul at Livorne
Whose
{Piety Towards God
{Integrity towards Man
Exemplary {Charity to the Poore
{Humility towards all
Made him {Live desired} by all that knew him
{Die Lamented}
He was born in the Town of Barnstable
In Devon on S{t} Andrews Day. Ann.
MDCXXXVII Died at Islington May VI{t}
MDCLXXVIII in the XLI yeare of his
Age
A kind Husband to ANN: his
Consort who in memory of him
erected this Monument but now
caused his Body to be removed
hence to the Parish Church of Great
S{t} Hellen’s and layd in the Vault of
Robart Foot Esq{r} her present Husband
January 1712.
Arms. Sa. a chev. or. betw. three gryffins’ heads era. ar. a crescent
for difference.
SIR HUMPHRY EDWIN.
[Illustration: Coat of Arms]
Sir HUMPHRY EDWIN, descended from an old Herefordshire family, was born
at Hereford in 1642. He was the only son of William Edwin (sometime
Mayor of Hereford) by his wife Anne Mansfield, and grandson of William
Edwin of the Field next Hereford. One of his sisters (Mary) was
married to Sir Edward Dering. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel
Sambrooke, a London merchant, and a sister of Sir Jeremy Sambrooke;
by her he had four sons, born between 1671 and 1677, viz., Samuel,
Humphry, Thomas and Charles.
On the 3rd February, 1679, he was admitted to our freedom; on
11th October, 1687, he was sworn in Alderman of Tower Ward on the
direct appointment of James II; on the 18th November following he
was knighted at Whitehall, and a few weeks later appointed Sheriff
of Glamorganshire, in which county he had purchased considerable
estates. In 1688 Edwin was chosen Sheriff of London and Master of the
Barber-Surgeons. In 1689 he took official part in the Proclamation
of William and Mary in the City, and shortly after was appointed a
Commissioner of Excise with a salary of £1,000; he was also an officer
in the Honourable Artillery Company, and a Colonel of the Trained Bands.
In 1691 Edwin was the victim of a malicious prosecution; he was
indicted for perjury, and a true bill found against him, but on his
trial was acquitted, Lord Chief Justice Holt not calling on him to
swear all his witnesses. Sir Humphry owned extensive property near
Westminster Hall, he also had a mansion at Kensington, and added to
his Glamorganshire property the castle and lordship of Ogmore. In
1697 his eldest son Samuel was married to Lady Catharine Montagu,
daughter of the Earl of Manchester, and the same year Sir Humphry was
elected Lord Mayor of London, having been previously translated from
the Barber-Surgeons to the Skinners’ Company. The customary mayoralty
pageant was omitted, owing, doubtless, to Edwin’s religious scruples,
he being a Nonconformist. Soon after his admission as Lord Mayor, he
gave great offence by attending Nonconformist worship at a conventicle
on the afternoons of Sunday, 31st October and 7th November, in full
civic state. A meeting of the Court of Aldermen was held 9th November
to consider a complaint of the Swordbearer against the Lord Mayor,
for compelling his attendance on the occasion when the Lord Mayor was
deserted by all his officers except the Swordbearer, whom one of the
chapel officials had locked in a pew! According to the minute, the
Court took notice that the Lord Mayor had “for two Lords dayes past in
the afternoones gone to private meetings with the sword,” whereupon
his Lordship promised to forbear the practice for the future. Edwin’s
action roused all the bitterness of the High Church party and caused an
angry literary controversy in which Dr. Nicholls, James Peirce, Calamy
and Defoe joined, and in which the question of “occasional conformity”
was raised. Edwin had on his election received the Sacrament in
accordance with the rites of the Church of England, and his friend
Defoe took him very severely to task for this, charging him with having
“played bo-peep with God Almighty.”
On the 19th April, 1694, Sir Humphry Edwin was dismissed from the
Court of Assistants of our Company on account of his continued
non-attendance. He died 14th December, 1707, at his country seat at
Llanmihangel, intestate, administration being granted to his son
Charles on 19th February following. His widow died in London 22nd
November, 1714. Besides the children already mentioned he had four
daughters and a fifth son John, from whom is descended the present Earl
of Crawford and Balcarres.
Arms. Ar. a cross flory engr. betw. four Cornish choughs sa.
SIR WILLIAM STEWART.
[Illustration: Coat of Arms]
Sir WILLIAM STEWART was admitted to the freedom 22nd July, 1686, by
redemption. In 1706 he was one of the Directors of the East India
Company. On 31st July, 1711, he was elected Alderman of Cripplegate,
and the following year was knighted.
21st July, 1720. The Master acquainted the Court That S{r} William
Stewart Kn{t} and Alderman of the City of London a Freeman of this
Company being the Senior Alderman under the Chair of this City except
one Did make it his request to this Court That he might be translated
from this Company to the Company of Goldsmiths forasmuch as it was
required by the Custom of London That he should be free of one of the
first twelve Companys of this City before he could be put in elecc͠on
to be Lord Mayor.
Sir William was Lord Mayor for the year 1721-2, and died at his house
in Mark Lane, 29th April, 1723. His corpse was carried, preceded by
a hundred boys of Christ’s Hospital and fifty boys belonging to the
London Workhouse, each with a wax taper in his hand, and was interred
at Guildhall Chapel 7th May following.
His Will is dated 28th March, 1723, and by it he bequeaths various
legacies of £2,000 each to nephews and nieces, and sundry other
smaller legacies to friends and servants, etc. £700 to St.
Bartholomews, and £100 each to St. Thomas’, Christ’s and Bethlem
Hospitals. £50 to the London Workhouse, £500 to his housekeeper Mrs.
Ann Smedley, etc.
Arms. Or a fesse chequy ar. and az. over all a bend engr. gu.
CHARLES BERNARD, SERJEANT-SURGEON.
[Illustration: Coat of Arms]
CHARLES BERNARD, who was born about 1656, was a son of Samuel Bernard,
D.D., of Croydon. On 16th August, 1670 (his father being then dead), he
was apprenticed to Henry Boone, Surgeon, for seven years, and on 4th
December, 1677, was admitted to the freedom of the Barber-Surgeons; on
25th October, 1697, he was chosen an Assistant, and on 8th November,
1700, an Examiner of Surgeons in the place of Thomas Lichfield. In 1702
he was appointed Serjeant-Surgeon to Queen Anne, and in 1703 he was
Master of the Company. One of his brothers, Dr. Francis Bernard, was
physician to James II, and he had another brother, Dr. William Bernard.
Charles Bernard died at Lord Weymouth’s house, Long Leate, Wilts,
on 9th October, 1710, and shortly afterwards the Company caused his
portrait to be painted. There is a Latin inscription below it which is
highly eulogistic of Bernard, the following being a translation:--
This portrait of Charles Bernard Esquire, Royal Surgeon in Chief,
most learned in Greek and Latin letters, most experienced, candid
and upright in his profession, enjoying the greatest favour with
the Most Serene Queen Anne, the greatest fame among the laity, the
greatest authority among his fellows, the greatest esteem among all,
in consideration of the remission by the same Most Serene Queen at
his prayer of a heavy sum of nearly one thousand pounds in which this
Company was bound to the Royal Exchequer, and in consideration of
his advancement of Surgical science, his assertion and augmentation
of its dignity, and other brilliant services to the Surgeons, the
Company caused this portrait to be painted after his death 1711.
Mr. Bernard possessed a valuable library containing a curious
collection of the best authors in Physic, Philology, Antiquities,
&c., together with many ancient manuscripts, all of which were sold
by Auction in March, 1711, at the Black Boy Coffee House in Ave Maria
Lane. Swift in his Journal to Stella, March 19th, says,
I went to-day to see poor Charles Bernard’s books, and I itch to lay
out nine or ten pounds for some fine Editions of fine authors * * *
I walked to-day into the City, and went to see the auction of poor
Charles Bernard’s books. They were in the middle of Physic books, so
I bought none, and they are so dear I believe I shall buy none.
A catalogue of these books is in the Sloane collection (1770).
In Nichols’ Literary Anecdotes is a story of Mr. Edward Thwaites, M.A.,
Fellow of Queen’s College, Oxford, which characteristically introduces
Mr. Bernard.
Mr. Bernard’s daughter Elizabeth was married to Ambrose Dickins,
Esquire (who was Master in 1629 and Serjeant-Surgeon).
By his Will, dated 7th November, 1707, he bequeathed to his wife Susan,
£500 and his houses in Broad Street, Pissing Alley and Milk Street.
To his daughter Susan £1,000, and other bequests to his daughters
Elizabeth and Mary, his son Charles and his sister Jane. He desires to
be buried privately and late at night, makes his children residuary
legatees and appoints his brother, Dr. William Bernard and his kinsman,
Thomas Sisson, executors. By a codicil 3rd October, 1710, he revokes
the appointment of executors and makes his son, Henry Bernard, and
Charles Bernard (Clerk of the Barber-Surgeons) his executors with £100
each.
Arms. Ar. on a bend az. three escallop shells of the field.
SIR JOHN BULL.
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Sir JOHN BULL was the son of Richard Bull, of Stonall, Staffordshire,
and was admitted to our freedom 6th April, 1714. He was susequently
translated to the Clothworkers’ Company, and nominated Sheriff of
London, 22nd April, 1718, which office he served during the Mayoralty
of Sir John Ward.
Arms. Or. three bull’s heads gu.
CLAUDIUS AMYAND, F.R.S., SERJEANT-SURGEON.
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CLAUDIUS AMYAND was the second son of Isaac Amyand, of Mornac,
Xaintonge, a Hugenot refugee who was naturalized in London 10th
October, 1688, and was living there in 1699. Claudius Amyand’s birth
is not recorded. He was elected a Director of the French Protestant
Hospital (La Providence) 2nd January, 1723. He was also a Fellow of
the Royal Society and Serjeant-Surgeon to George II. On 7th May, 1728,
he was admitted to the freedom of the Barber-Surgeons, examined and
approved touching his skill in surgery, admitted to fine for all
offices to the Parlour door, and elected on to the Court of Assistants.
It was ordered on the same day “in regard to the dignity of their
offices” that Mr. Serjeant Dickins and Mr. Serjeant Amyand should
hereafter take precedence next after the Governors for the time being.
Mr. Amyand served as Warden in 1729 and 1730 and was Master of the
Company in 1731. He was Surgeon to St. George’s Hospital 1733-1738.
By his wife, Mary Rabache, he had three sons and six daughters. The
eldest son Claudius was Under-Secretary of State in 1750 and an M.P.;
he married Frances widow of George, 6th Earl of Northampton. The second
son George who was also an M.P. and a Director of the East India
Company was on the 4th August, 1764, created a baronet. The third
son Thomas was in holy orders. The eldest daughter Anne married John
Porter, M.P., Alderman and Sheriff of London; another daughter, Mary
Catherine married Sir Richard Adams, Recorder of London and a Baron of
the Exchequer; and the youngest daughter Judith, was married to the
Rev. Thos. Ashton, D.D., Rector of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate.
Sir George Amyand (son of Claudius) was succeeded by his eldest son,
Sir George Cornewall, Bart., M.P., who on his marriage with Catherine
daughter and heiress of Velters Cornewall, M.P., assumed the name and
arms of Cornewall and was the ancestor of the present baronet of that
name. Sir George Amyand’s second son John Amyand, M.P., died in 1780
unmarried; his daughter Anna Maria married Gilbert, Earl of Minto, and
another daughter, Harriet Mary, married James, Earl of Malmesbury.
Serjeant-Surgeon Amyand died at his house in Castle Street, St.
Martin’s-in-the-Fields, 6th July, 1740, having met with an accident in
Greenwich Park on the day previously, and his Will was proved a few
days afterwards. He bequeathed to each of his children £1,000, he left
£300 for apprenticing poor boys, and his lands in Hampshire and at
Sidlesham, Sussex, and the residue to his wife Mary.
Arms. Vert a chev. betw. three garbs or.
SIR THOMAS CHALLONER.
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Sir _Thomas_ was the son of Thomas Challoner, of Woodbridge, Suffolk.
On 4th July, 1699, he was apprenticed to January Farmer (who was a
Barber by trade), and was admitted to the freedom 4th March, 1707.
He left the trade of a Barber and became a Wholesale Grocer and
Merchant in Leadenhall Street, where he traded in partnership with
Mr. Lethieullier. On the 2nd December, 1760, he was elected Alderman
of the Ward of Aldgate, served the office of Sheriff in 1762 (when
the celebrated William Beckford was Lord Mayor), and was knighted 4th
October in the same year. In 1761, he was Master of the Barbers and
living at Walthamstow, where dying 8th May, 1766, he was buried there.
By his Will dated 5th March, 1766, he gave his sister Rachel Challoner
£20 per annum for life. To Mr. William Lethieullier and Rachel his
wife £100 each, and to their daughters Rachael and Margaret £50 each.
Residue to his wife Mary Challoner.
Arms. Ar. on a fesse betw. three fleur de lys gu. another fleur de lys
or.
WILLIAM CHESELDEN, F.R.S.
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THIS eminent Surgeon was the son of George Cheselden, and born 19th
October, 1688, at Somerby, near Burrow-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire.
He was at an early age studying anatomy with William Cowper, the
celebrated anatomist, but appears to have left him when fifteen years
old, for on the 7th December, 1703, he was bound apprentice for seven
years to James Ferne, the Surgeon to St. Thomas’ Hospital, under
which distinguished man he made rapid advance in his profession. On
5th December, 1710, he was admitted to the freedom and livery of
the Barber-Surgeons, on the 29th January following he had a full
certificate to practise as a Surgeon, and he then (being but twenty-two
years of age) began his lectures on anatomy, and the following year was
elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
By a minute in our books of 25th March, 1714, it seems that Mr.
Cheselden had often procured the bodies of malefactors and privately
dissected them at his own house, and that at times when lectures and
dissections were proceeding at the Hall, whereby the attendance at the
Hall was diminished, and moreover contrary to the express laws of the
Company; whereupon he was summoned before the Court and reproved, when
he promised not to offend again in like manner. A less influential man
would probably have been fined.
In 1719 he was elected Surgeon to St. Thomas’ Hospital, where he highly
distinguished himself in his operations for the stone. He was also
consulting Surgeon to St. George’s and the Westminster Infirmary. In
1727 he was appointed principal Surgeon to Queen Caroline, and ten
years later was chosen Head Surgeon to Chelsea Hospital, which post he
held till his death. He married Miss Deborah Knight of London, by whom
he had an only daughter. His practice was both extensive and lucrative,
and his works on Surgery are numerous, besides which he was a frequent
contributor to the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Mr.
Cheselden died at Bath on the 10th April, 1752.
Dr. J. F. Payne says that he will always be regarded as, beyond
dispute, one of the greatest of British surgeons, being one of the most
brilliant operators whose achievements are upon record; he was a keen
patron of athletic sports, especially boxing; his disposition was gay
and genial, he was fond of society, and evidently popular, while to his
patients he was always kind and tender-hearted.
On the separation of the Surgeons from the Barbers in 1745, Mr.
Cheselden was named in the Act of Parliament one of the Wardens of
the new Company of Surgeons, he having been Junior Warden of the
Barber-Surgeons that year. His will is a remarkable specimen of brevity
and absence of formality:--
Being in perfect health I write this with my own hand and declare
it to be my last Will and Testament. I give to my daughter W. J.
Cotes five hundred pounds and all the rest and residue of my estate
of what kind soever to my wife and make her full and sole Executrix
administratrix and assign Witness my hand and seal. Will{m} Cheselden
(L.S.) 24th March 1749/50.
Arms. Quarterly 1 and 4 Ar a chev. betw. three crosses moline gu.
(Cheselden). 2. Ar. on a fesse indented sa. three bezants (Brough). 3.
Or. an eagle displayed az. beaked and feet gu. (Mongomery).
AMBROSE DICKINS, SERJEANT-SURGEON.
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AMBROSE DICKINS (sometimes spelt Dickens) was the son of George Dickins
of Riplington, in East Meon, Hampshire, gentleman, and was probably
born about 1687. On the 17th February, 1702, he was apprenticed to
Serjeant-Surgeon Charles Bernard for seven years, and on the 16th
February, 1709, he was admitted to the Freedom and Livery of the
Barber-Surgeons, when he was residing in James Street, Covent Garden.
He married (before the 24th March, 1709) Elizabeth, daughter of Charles
Bernard. On December 20th, 1721, he was elected Surgeon to Westminster
Hospital. His old master, Charles Bernard, died in October, 1710, and
it seems that Dickins succeeded him when quite a young man in the
important office of Serjeant-Surgeon. In 1728 he was Warden of the
Barber-Surgeons, and in 1729 Master of the Company. He was Surgeon
to St. George’s Hospital 1733-38. On the separation of the Surgeons
from the Barbers in 1745, Mr. Dickins became an Assistant of the
Surgeons’ Company and an Examiner of Surgeons. He probably died in
1747, as on 7th September in that year Mr. Cæsar Hawkins was appointed
Serjeant-Surgeon in his place.
Dr. John Douglas, Bishop of Salisbury, in “The Criterion,” introduces
Mr. Dickins’ name in an interesting paragraph. Dr. Douglas was a firm
believer in the efficacy of the Royal touch for the King’s evil, and
he gives some curious particulars of Mr. Dickins’ experience in this
matter which are well worth referring to.
Arms. Ermine on a cross fleury sa. a leopard’s face or.
SIR CÆSAR HAWKINS, BART., SERJEANT-SURGEON.
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THIS eminent Surgeon (the son of Mr. Cæsar Hawkins, a Surgeon at
Ludlow, Shropshire) was born 10th January, 1711, and by his great
ability, at a very early age secured a large and lucrative practice;
he was the inventor of the cutting gorget, and a remarkably dexterous
operator.
1st July, 1735. M{r} Cæsar Hawkins Surgeon in Bloomsbury who had
lived several years with his father a Surgeon in the Country and
afterwards with M{r} Ranby a Foreign Brother of the Company seven
years, but not bound an Apprentice at the Hall, was in consideration
thereof, admitted into the freedom of the Company for six pounds six
shillings which he paid down and was sworne. At the same time the
said M{r} Cæsar Hawkins was examined touching his skill in Surgery
his answers were approved of and he was ordered the Diploma under the
hands of the Governors and the seal of the Company testifying his
skill and impowering him to practice.
19th August, 1736. Mr. Hawkins was admitted to the Livery, and the same
day was chosen a Demonstrator of Anatomy, being then but twenty-five
years of age.
18th August, 1737. M{r} Cæsar Hawkins one of the Demonstrators of
Anatomy attended at this Court and surrendered the said office and
after returning this Court his thanks for the honor they had done
him to choose him one of their Demonstrators acquainted them that he
being appointed Surgeon to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
and also Surgeon to one of the troops of Guards, could not perform
the office of a Demonstrator and therefore the Court accepted of such
surrender.
Mr. Hawkins, in addition to his other appointments, was Surgeon to
St. George’s Hospital, 1735-1774, and Serjeant-Surgeon to George III,
to which latter office he was appointed 7th September, 1747. By his
practice as a phlebotomist alone he is said to have made £1,000 a
year, it then being the custom for people to be bled at the spring and
fall of the year.
His family have been Surgeons for some generations, and have held
distinguished office, his brother Pennell Hawkins, his son Charles,
and his grandson Cæsar Henry, having all been Serjeant-Surgeons. On
the 25th July, 1778, Mr. Hawkins was created a Baronet; he died 13th
February, 1786. A portrait of him, by Hogarth, is in the Hall of the
Royal College of Surgeons.
Arms. Ar. on a saltire engrailed sa. five fleur de lys or.
WALTER HENRY WILKIN, ALDERMAN.
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WALTER HENRY WILKIN, Esquire, who was born 1st April, 1842, is the son
of the late Mr. David Wilkin, of the firm of Wilkin and Pugh. He was
admitted to the freedom and livery of the Company 5th January, 1864.
Mr. Wilkin commenced his career as articled clerk to a well-known
firm of underwriters at Lloyds, but subsequently entered himself at
the Middle Temple, where he read with Mr. Crump, Q.C., and passing
his examination and obtaining the Certificate of the Council of Legal
Education, he was called to the Bar; but in consequence of the deaths
of his father and brother, he retired from the profession of the law to
take upon himself the conduct of their business in the City. In 1878
Mr. Wilkin was chosen an Assistant of this Company, and in 1885 served
the office of Master. For twelve years he sat as one of the Common
Council for the Ward of Lime Street. On the death of Sir Robert Walter
Carden, Mr. Alderman Cotton was transferred from Lime Street to Bridge
Without, and the vacancy thus occasioned in the Court of Aldermen, was
filled up by the appointment of Mr. Wilkin in February, 1888. He is a
member of the Court of Assistants of the Broderers’ Company, and has
filled the office of G.S. and Master in Grand Master’s Lodge No. 1.
For twenty-six years Mr. Wilkin was a Volunteer, rising to the rank of
Lieut.-Colonel in the 3rd Middlesex Artillery, but has now resigned his
commission.
SUNDRY MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
1469. Robert Dallahouse (Daluss), Master 1462, died 1469, was buried at
St. Martin’s in the Vintry with the following inscription on his tomb:--
As flowers in feeld thus passeth lif,
Nakyd, then clothyd, feble in the end,
It sheweth by Robart Daluss and Alyson his wyf
Christ yem save fro the power of the Fiend.
obiit 1469.
1510. John Den, buried at St. Margaret’s, Westminster.
Here lyes undyr this ston
John Den Barbor Surgeon
And Agnes his wyf, who to heuyn went
MCCCCC and X that is verament
For who soul, of your charite
Sey a Pater Noster and an Ave Marie.
1580. William Green, Master 1564, died 1580, was buried in the church
of Allhallows the Less.
Before this time that here yee have seene,
Lyeth buried the body of William Greene,
Barbor & Surgeon & late Master of that Company
And Clark of this Church yeeres fiftie;
Which William decesyd the truth for to say
The month of December the fourth day.
The yere of our Lord God as by books doth appere
On thowsand fyve hundryd and eighty yere.
1598. Thomas Bankes, Master 1596, died 1598, was buried in the church
of St. Michael le Querne.
Thomas Bankes, Barber Chirurgeon, Deputie of this Ward, who had
to wife Joan Laurence, by whom he had issue seven sonnes and ten
daughters.
1610. William Gale (Master 1595, 1610) was buried in the church at
Monken Hadley, where there is a brass with the following inscription:--
Blessed are they y{t} concydereth y{e} poore & needie.
Here lyeth the bodye of William Gale Citizen & Barber Chyrurgion of
London who dyed the XIX daye of November 1610. Then being y{e} second
tyme Master of his Company, he had 2 wives, Elizabeth & Suzan & had
issue by Elizabeth V soñes and 8 daughters and was LX and X yeares of
age or thereabout at y{e} time of his death.
1655-6. John Gale (son of William Gale, Master 1595), Surgeon of
Bushey, gave the Company £16 per annum for an Anatomy Lecture, died
1655-6 and was buried in Bushey Church.
Here in hope of a happy resurrection through Christ, lies the body of
John Gale, Esq. who was father to Mary Gale, by his second wife Jane,
and sister to M{rs} Elizabeth Terry, both which are here interred
next unto him; he lived to the age of 70 years, and peaceably
departed this life Jan 5{th} 1655.
1668. Charles Stamford, Master 1659, died 1668 and was buried at St.
Katherine’s near the Tower.
Here lyeth interred the body of Charles Stamford, Chirurgeon, who
departed this Life June 24{th} 1668; also Elizabeth his Wife, and
sixteen children.
Mille modis morimur mortales, nascimur uno:
Sunt hominum, morbi mille, sed una salus.
* * * * *
~Weep not for them, since they have gone before
To heaven, where Barbers there are many more.~
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APPENDICES.
APPENDIX A. (_See page 28._)
NORWICHE.
And a bretherhode ther is ordened of barbres, in the site of
Norwyche, in the worschep of god and ys moder, and seynt Johan the
Babtis, that alle bretherin and sisterin of the same gylde, als longe
as xij. persones of them lyuen, they schulen offeryn a candel and
to torches of wax, and this light they hoten and a-vowed to kepyn
and myntenyn, and thes other ordenances that ben vnder wreton, vp-on
here power and diligence, in worschepe of crist and ys moder and seyn
Johan Babtis, and the to torches schul bien of xl. lib. weyght, and
alle the bretherin and sisterin schullen offeryn this candel and the
to torches euerie ʒer a misomere day, and they herin here messe at
the heye auter atte Charunel in cristis cherge, and eueri brother and
sistir offeryn an ob. wyth here candel and here to torches, in honor
of god and oure lady and seynt Johan the Babtis.
And the to torches, eueri day in the ʒer, scullen ben light and
brennynge at the heye messe at selue auter, from the leuacion of
cristis body sacrid, in til that the priest haue vsud.
This bien the names of the men that ben maystris and kepers of the
gyld.
PHILIPPUS BARBUR } And this men han in
JACOBUS BARBIR } kepynge for the same
THOMAS BARBYR at prechors } light, ij{s} in here box.
(MODERN ENGLISH OF THE PRECEDING.)
NORWICH.
And a brotherhood there is ordained of Barbers, in the city of
Norwich, in the worship of God and His Mother, and Saint John the
Baptist; that all brothers and sisters of the same guild, as long
as twelve persons of them live, they shall offer a candle and two
torches of wax; and this light they promise and avow to keep and
maintain, and these ordinances that be under-written, upon their
power and diligence, in worship of Christ and His Mother and Saint
John Baptist; and the two torches shall be of forty pounds weight;
and all the brothers and sisters shall offer this candle and the two
torches every year at Midsummer day, and they hearing their mass at
the high altar at Charunel in Christ’s church, and every brother and
sister offering a halfpenny with their candel and their two torches,
in honor of God and our Lady and Saint John the Baptist.
And the two torches, every day in the year, shall be alight and
burning at the high mass at the same altar, from the elevation of
Christ’s body sacred, until that the priest have used.
These be the names of the men that be Masters and Keepers of the
guild.
PHILIP BARBUR } And these men have in
JAMES BARBIR } keeping for the same
THOMAS BARBYR “at prechors” } light, two shillings in their box.
GILDA IN CIUITATE LINCOLN.
CERTIFICACIO ordinac͠ois & incepc͠ois fratˀintatis TONSOꝜ LINCOLN’
virtute pˀ clamac͠ois inde fc̃e sequit{a} in vˀba HEC est queᵭa
fratˀintas fcã & inchoata ex coĩ assensu omĩ tonsoꝜ Ciuitatis Lincoɫn
in honore dnĩ nrĩ Jhũ xpĩ & bẽ marie & pˀcipue ad honorẽ scĩ Johis̃
Eũngeliste in Natalli dnĩ renouata vˀo in festo eiusdem anno dnĩ
mil̃l̃imo CCC{mo} sexagesimo nono.
PRIMA ordinacio est qᵭ heᵬunt & custentabunt vnũ cerẽn quadrat̃n
ardentem omiᵬz dieᵬz festinis pˀ annuˀ cuˀ tempus finˀt ad altare scĩ
Joh̃is Eungẽs in monastio bẽ marˀ Lincoɫn. Et quiɫt fratˀ & soror dcẽ
fratˀintatis ibunt in pˀcessione cñ dcã candela & quiɫt frˀ & soroꝜ
offeretꝭ ad ymaginem scĩ Saluatoris oᵬ. sub pena vnius librˀ cere.
Scᵭa ordinacio est qᵭ * * * * * *
Decima ordinacio est qˀd * * * * *
Et ad confirmandꝭ plenius omẽs ordinac͠oes sup{a} dicas sigillnˀ
decanatus xˀpianitatis Lincolnˀ pˀsentibʒ est appensuˀ in finem &
testimoniuˀ pˀmissoꝜ DAT Lincoln die & anno sup{a} dcĩs.
IN TRĨS & teñ ad gildam pˀdcam mortificatꝭ vel non mortificatꝭ
nichil hẽnt nec cãt aliqua in manibʒ ipoꝜ fratrnˀ & soroꝜ ad usum
dc̃e gilde existunt nisi ex largĩoe eoꝜᵭe ad pˀdcãs deuoc͠oes
sustinendꝭ & comunia iñt se non fac nisi tm̃ pˀ dilec͠oe int̃ eos
nutriendꝭ.
(TRANSLATION.)
GUILD IN THE CITY OF LINCOLN.
THE CERTIFICATE of the ordinances and beginning of the Fraternity
of Barbers of Lincoln, by virtue of the proclamation in that behalf
made, follows in these words;--
THIS is a certain fraternity made and begun by the common assent of
all the Barbers of the City of Lincoln, in honour of our Lord Jesus
Christ and the Blessed Mary and observed in honour of Saint John the
Evangelist, renewed in the feast of the Nativity of our Lord, A.D.
1369.
THE FIRST ordinance is, that they have and keep one “quadrate” of wax
burning on all feast days throughout the year, and on other special
occasions before the altar of Saint John the Evangelist in the
Monastery of the Blessed Mary at Lincoln. And all the brothers and
sisters of the said fraternity go in procession with the said candle,
and all the brothers and sisters offer at the Image of Saint Saviour
a halfpenny, under a penalty of one pound of wax.
THE SECOND ordinance is, that if any brother or sister of this
fraternity shall die in the City, the Dean of this guild shall bear
in order four “soule candels,” which shall burn about the corpse
at the Dirige and remain until the Mass. And all the brothers and
sisters, for the soul of the departed, pay a halfpenny to the poor,
according to the directions of the Graceman and Wardens, wherever the
greater necessity shall be.
THE THIRD ordinance is, that if any brother or sister shall die so
poor, that he has not whence to be buried as he ought to be, the
Graceman and Wardens, of the halfpennies collected, together with any
portion of his chattels they find, shall make a general mourning, and
do other necessaries that he be honorably buried.
THE FOURTH ordinance is, that if any brother or sister of this
fraternity shall desire to go into the country (_i.e._, reside out of
the City), he shall give to the sustentation of the aforesaid candle
at his going 2_s._, twopence to the tankards (_ad ciphos_), 1_d._ to
the Dean of the guild, and afterwards 6_d._ annually, which he shall
pay in three “mornspeeches”[355] in equal portions throughout the
year.
[355] General assemblies of the guild.
THE FIFTH ordinance is, that if any brother or sister of this guild
fall into poverty or sickness, so that he cannot work and prays the
charity of this house, each brother and sister of this guild shall
give to him 6_d._ per annum in the three mornspeeches aforesaid, by
like equal portions.
THE SIXTH ordinance is, that if any brother of this guild shall
receive any apprentice to teach him his art, the same master shall
pay for the said apprentice, to the sustentation of the said candle
two shillings, and this at the first mornspeech after he shall have
taken the said apprentice.
THE SEVENTH ordinance is, that if any brother or sister of this
guild do rebellious works or speeches, and is not willing to be
silent but finds fault with the ruling of the Graceman of the guild,
he shall give towards the burning of the said candle, one pound of
wax, . . . .[356] and that without any remission; and whatsoever
master or servant within this fraternity or out of it, shall be
a thief to the extent of one penny, and of that matter shall be
convicted, it is agreed by common consent that he shall abjure
occupying his art within the City for ever.
[356] There are two words here which I could not decipher.
THE EIGHTH ordinance is, that none shall be admitted to any Offices
in the said guild, unless they have been Barbers, dwelling in the
said City; and whoever shall be elected Graceman and shall be
unwilling to serve shall give half a stone of wax; and whoever Dean,
and shall be unwilling, shall give one pound of wax.
THE NINTH ordinance is, that by common assent, all the brethren shall
have three assemblings in the year, viz.--The first, the Sunday next
after the feast of Saint John the Evangelist aforesaid, to hear (the
ordinances), to drink together, to settle the accounts, and to elect
new officers for the year to come, The second, the Sunday next after
the feast of the Apostles Philip and James, And the third, the Sunday
next after the feast of the Translation of Saint Hugh.
THE TENTH ordinance is, that if any brother or sister, the aforesaid
ordinances as he is able shall not content, or shall not come when
he shall be summoned (unless by any reasonable cause he shall be
hindered), he shall give to the sustentation of the said candle, as
often as he shall trespass, one pound of wax.
AND in full confirmation of all the aforesaid ordinances, the seal of
the Rural Dean of Lincoln is affixed to these presents in conclusion
and testimony of the premisses. GIVEN at Lincoln the day and year
abovesaid.
IN LANDS and tenements to the aforesaid guild in mortmain or
otherwise they hold nothing, nor are there any chattels in the
hands of them the brothers and sisters to the use of the said
guild, except out of their liberality for the sustenance of the
aforesaid devotions; nor do they make any gatherings between
them, unless however for the purpose of cherishing love amongst
themselves.
APPENDIX B. (_See page 78._)
SIR THOMAS MORE’S ORDINANCES, 1530.
TO ALL TREW CRISTEN PEOPLE TO WHOME THIS PRESENT WRYTYNG SHALL COME
SIR THOMAS MORE KNYGHT and Chauncellor to owre most drad Souˀaigne
lorde Kyng Henry the viij{th} Kyng of Englond and of ffraunce
defensor of the ffaythe and lorde of Irelond: Thomas Duke of
Northffolke and Tresourer of Englond, John ffitzjames Knyght Cheyff
Justice of owre said Souˀaigne lord is Benche and Roᵬt Norwiche
Knyght Cheyff Justice of the Com̃en Benche Sende gretynge in owre
lorde God evˀlasting. Where in A certen Acte in the pˀliament holden
at Westmynster the xxv{ti} daye of January in the xx{th} yere of
the most Noble Kynge of ffamous memorie Kyng Henry the vij{th}
made and Ordeyned ffor the Weale and pˀffite of his Subgeittꝭ it
Was Amongꝭ other thingꝭ Ordeyned Establisshed and enacted that no
Maister Wardens or ffelaiship of Craftꝭ or misteries or any of
them or any Rulers of Gyldes or ffratˀnites sholde take upon them
to make any Actes or Ordinaunces ne to execute or use any Actes or
Ordin{a}nces by them heretofore made in disenheryting or dymynic͠on
of the Kyngꝭ pˀrogative or any other or Ayenst the Comen Weale and
pˀffite of the Kyngꝭ Subgeittꝭ and liege people but yff the same
Actes or Ordin{a}nces be examyned appoynted and admytted by the
Chauncelor and Tresorer of Englond and the Cheyff Justices of eyther
Benche or three of theym or els before bothe Justices of Assise
in their Circute or progresse in that Shire where soche Actes or
Ordin{a}nces be made upon payne of fforfature of xl{li} for evˀy
tyme that they doo therunto contrarie as in the said Acte itt doeth
more playnly appere: The Maisters and Wardens of the misterie or
Crafte of Barbor Surgions of the Citie of London Willing and desiring
the said Acte in evˀry behalff to be observed and kept the xx{ti}
day of Octobre in the xxij{ti}[357] yere of the Raigne of owre
Souˀaigne lorde Kyng Henry the viij{th} have exhibite and pˀsented
their petic͠on thereupon made w{t} a Boke conteyning dyvers Statutes
Actes and Ordin{a}nces hertofore devised ordeyned and made for
the ffelauship of Barbors Surgions and their Successors and for the
Comon Weale and conservac͠on of the good estate of the said Crafte
and misterie of Barbor Surgions aforesaid and for the Better Rules
and Ordin{a}nces of the same ffelauship establysshed ordeyned and
used. And therupon Instantly have desired us that We all and evˀy
the said Statutes Ordin{a}nces and Othes by the same Maister and
Wardens and their pˀdecessors to the fforsaid Entent made ordeyned
and establisshed Wolde oversee and exameyn and the same and evˀy of
theym correcte Refourme and amend after the maner and due ffourme
convenyent and as the fforsaid Acte in the said pˀliament made
requyreth. WEE WELL pˀceyving the said Supplicac͠on to be good and
acceptable according to their petic͠on and desires and by auctoritie
of the said Acte of pˀliament to us comytted ALL and evˀy their Othes
Actes and Ordin{a}nces in the said Boke specyfied have pˀfightly
seen and the same well and ripely understond and theym all and evˀy
of theym examyned corrected and reformed the tenure as hereaftˀ
foloweth THE OTHE OF EVˀY FFREMAN FFURSTE YE SHALL swere that ye
shalbe good and trewe unto owre leige lorde the Kyng and to his
heires Kyngꝭ of Englond and obedient to the Maior and his Brethern
the Aldermen of the Citie of London. And also ye shalbe obedient to
the Maisters or Governors that now be or that hereafter shalbe of the
Crafte of Barbor Surgions wherof ye be nowe made ffree, ye shall also
obeye kepe and observe all the good Orders Rules and Ordin{a}nces
of the said Crafte hertofore made and not Repelled and herafter to
be made so helpe you God and all Sayntꝭ and by this Boke THE OTHE
OF THE MAISTERS OR GOVERNORS ye shall swere that ye shall observe
kepe and mayntene the Wourship proffite and Comen Wele of the Crafte
of Barbor Surgions in all poyntꝭ laufull and leafull as good and
pˀffitable Maisters or Governors and Rulers ought to do after youre
good connyng good diligence and power. Also ye shall kepe and maynten
and do to be kept and mayntened during yo{r} tyme as farforthe as you
laufully maye aswell all soche good usages custumes liberties and
Ordin{a}nces of the same Crafte and at this daye used approved and
contynued and all and singuler poyntꝭ conteyned in the pˀmysses duely
and trewly ye shall put in execuc͠on When and as often as the Casse
shall requyre during yo{r} tyme. And also ye shall duely and trewely
make yo{r} Serches thorough all the Company of the same Crafte Within
the Citie of London and Suburbes of the same. And thereupon as the
Casse shall requyre all the defaultes and necligences concilementꝭ
and inconvenyencꝭ that may hapne or fall to be ffounde in the Crafte
of Barbory or Surgery in yo{r} tyme ye diligently shall reforme and
sett in good Rule and trewely correcte and ponyshe according to the
power and Rules for the reformac͠on had and made for the same in
the said Crafte And for and during yo{r} tyme correcte and lawfully
ponyshe after the qualites and gravites of and upon the demerites
and defaultꝭ ffounden in the same after yo{r} connyng and power.
Also ye shall not admytt eny fforen to be of this misterie whiche
herafter shall sue to be ffreman of this Citie by Redempc͠on and to
be enfraunchised in this misterie w{t}out thassent of the xxiiij{ti}
assistentꝭ of the same Crafte or the more pˀte of them. And over that
ye shall not charge the hole bodye of this ffelishipp by puttyng
the Comen Seale of the same misterie to eny manˀ writyng cause or
matter wherby the same company in any wise may be charged hurted
or hyndered. Also in all the pˀmysses and other thyngꝭ necessarie
concernyng the Weale and proffite of the said Crafte ye shall trewly
lawfully diligently and indyfferently behave yo{r} selffe after yo{r}
connyng and power and neyther for mede love ffavor affecc͠on nor
for drede malice hatred or envie otherwise pˀcede Rule or conclude
to or with any pˀson or pˀsones w{t} whiche ye shalhave to doo by
reason of yo{r} said office than the good usages Rules liberties and
Ordin{a}nces for the good ordre of the same Crafte hertofore made
and not repelled and herafter to be made. ALSO at thende of yo{r}
Office ye shall geve unto the Maisters or Govˀnors that shall succede
you next in the same occupac͠on this pˀsent othe So that they shall
duely and trewely in all thingꝭ during the tyme that they shalbe in
like Office pˀforme and ffulfill the same othe so god you helpe and
all Sayntꝭ and by this Boke ALSO IT IS ORDEYNED that evˀry pˀson
enfraunchised in the same Crafte shalbe redye at almanˀ of somons of
the maisters or Govˀnors of the said Crafte for the tyme beyng And
yff eny soche pˀsone absent hym from eny soche somõns w{t}out cause
resonable to be tried by his othe byfore the maisters or Govˀnors
yff they thynke it necessarie Than he to paye for evˀy so doyng
iij{s} iiij{d} the oon half to the chambre of London the other to
y{e} almes of the crafte ALSO Y{T} EVERY man enfraunchesed in the
said Crafte beyng duely warned or somõned that kepeth not his houre
accordyng to the Somõns w{t}out cause resonable to be tried in manˀr
aforesaid for evˀy tyme so doyng shall paye to the almes of the said
Crafte ij{d} And he or they that disobeyeth this ordinaunce shall
paye for his or theire disobedience in that behalff for evˀy tyme so
offending iij{s} iiij{d} to be devided in ffourme aforsaid ALSO IT
IS ENACTED AND ordeyned that evˀy man in the Clothyng or lyvere of
the said misterie shall paye quarterly to the maynten{a}nce of the
Comen Charges of the same vj{d} And evˀry man owt of the Clothing
and evˀy Wydowe kepyng an open Shoppe iij{d} And this to be paide
quarterly upon payne and forfeyture at evˀy tyme offendyng or doying
the contrairie iij{s} iiij{d} the one halff thereof to be applied to
the use of the Chaumbre of London and the other halff to the almes of
the said ffeliship so alwayes that the said quarterage be lawfully
demaunded. ALSO IT IS ORDEYNED that no pˀson enfraunchesed in the
said Crafte shall take any apprentice unto this tyme that he ffurst
pˀsente this same pˀsone byfore the maisters or Govˀnors for the tyme
beyng that they may see he be clene w{t}out contynewell diseases or
grevous infirmytes wherby the kyngꝭ leige people myght take hurt upon
payne for evˀy tyme so doyng of xl{s} to be applied in manˀ aforsaid.
ALSO IT IS ORDEYNED that evˀy pˀson of the said ffeliship shall
paye towardꝭ there charges for evˀy apprentice that he taketh ij{s}
vj{d} To be payde at the pˀsentac͠on & allowyng of every apprentice.
ALSO IT IS ORDEYNED that no pˀsons of the said ffeliaship beyng in
the Clothyng or lyverye shalhave any moo Servauntes apprentices or
Coven{a}ntꝭ[358] usynge the faculte or misterie of Barborye or
Surgery to gidder at oons above the nombre of iiij pˀsons pˀvided
alwaye that w{t}in halffe a yere of the goyngowt or endyng of the
terme of oone of the said iiij pˀsons it shalbe leaffull to evˀy
soche pˀsone to take and have another apprentice or Serv{a}nte
the said act notw{t}stondyng and he that offendyth in brekyng this
Acte shall forfeyte and paye xl{d} to be devided and applied in
ffourme aforsaid ALSO IT IS ORDEYNED that no manˀ of pˀsone of the
same ffeliship beyng owt of the Clothing shall have to giddere at
oons above the nombre of iij apprentices or Serv{a}ntes to occupye
the said misterie and ffaculte pˀvided as is pˀvided in the latter
article and uppon lyke payne ALSO IT IS ORDEYNED that no pˀsone of
the said ffeliship shall take to his sˀvice as sˀv{a}nt alowes[359]
eny englishman fforen or Aliaunt Straunger to occupie the ffaculte
of Barbery or Surgery but the said pˀsone shall pˀsent the same
Sˀv{a}nte w{t}in iij dayes next after his Comyng to the said pˀsone
to and before the said maisters and Govˀnors of the said ffeliaship
for the tyme beyng to thentent that he before theym may be sessed
what wages he shall take. And yff he be an Aliaunt Straungear borne
he to paye yerely of his wages to the almes of the said ffeliship
iij{s} iiij{d} and that mony to be taken quarterly of the Master of
the same Straungear and of his wages and who that doethe contrarye to
this Rule shall fforfeyte at evˀy tyme so doyng xl{d} to be devided
and payde as is aforsaid ALSO IT IS ORDEYNED that no pˀsone of the
said Crafte shall entyse or desire eny Sv{a}nt from his Maister nor
shall take any fforren into his sˀvice ffor lesse terme than for oon
yere and he to be sessed or rated for his wages by the Maisters or
Govˀnors of the same misterie and this to be done yerely evˀy yere
upon payne for evˀy tyme doyng the contrarie of xiij{s} iiij{d} the
oon halff to be applied to the use of the Chaumber of London and
the other halffe to the use of the almes of the said feliship. ALSO
IT IS ORDEYNED that no pˀsone of the same ffeliaship after that he
be admytted and sworne ffreman of this Citie afore the Chaumberleyn
pˀsume to open hys Shoppe Wyndowes before he hathe pˀsented hym
selff to and before the Maisters or Govˀnors of the said misterie
for the tyme beyng and w{t} them have aggreed in payng his dutie
accustumed that is to saye to the use of the Company iij{s} iiij{d}
and to the Clerke iiij{d} to the maynten{a}nce of theire comen
Charges and in takyng his othe afore theym accordyng to the lawdable
custume and ordre in the same misterie of olde tyme used upon payne
to lose fforfeyte and paye xl{s} to be devided and applied in ffourme
aforsaid ALSO IT IS ORDEYNED that no pˀsone enfraunchesed in the said
misterie shall enforme or teche eny fforen other than his Apprentice
eny poynte of his Crafte belongyng to Barbery or Surgery upon payne
for evˀy tyme so doyng xl{s} to be applied in ffourme aforsaid ALSO
YFF ANY MATTER of stryffe or debate herafter be betwene eny pˀson
of the said Crafte as God fforfende that noon of them shall make
eny pˀsuts[360] in the Comen lawe but that he whiche ffyndeth hym
aggreved shall ffurst make his complaynt to the Maisters or Govˀnors
of the said Crafte for the tyme beyng to thentent that they shall
ordre the said matter or cause of complaynt so made yff they can:
and yff it fortune that they can not nor doo not ordre and appesse
the same matter w{t}in xiiij dayes next ensuyng That then it shalbe
leafull to the pˀtie aggreved to take his advauntage at the comen
lawe So alwayes that the pˀtie ayenst whom the complaynt is made be
not ffugityffe and who so doeth the contrarie herof shall paye for
evˀry tyme so doyng xiij{s} iiij{d} to be devided and applied in
ffourme aforsaid. ALSO THAT NO PˀSONE of the said ffeliship shall
revile Rebuke nor Reprove an other of the same ffeliaship by eny
unfitting opprobrios condic͠ons or dishonest Wordes in the pˀsens of
the Maisters or Govˀnors or eny of theym nor before eny other pˀsons
in eny other places and he that offendeth in this behalff and due
prouff therof had shall paye for evˀry soche defalte vj{s} viij{d}
to be devyded and applied in ffourme aforsaid. ALSO THAT NO PˀSONE
of the said Crafte shall refuse to be of the Clothing of the said
misterie or to bere Office in the same at eny tyme whan he by the
said Maisters or Govˀnors and assistentꝭ of the same misterie or the
more pˀte of them shalbe abled therto upon payne to paye xl{s} to be
applied in ffourme aforsaid. And that the Maisters or Govˀnors of
the said misterie for the tyme byng shall not take nor admytte eny
pˀsone into the Clothyng or lyverye of the same misterie without the
Comen assent of the xxiiij{ti} assistentꝭ of the same or the more
pˀte of theym upon like payne as is aforsaid for evˀy tyme so doyng
to be devided and applied in ffourme aforsaid. AND WHERE BY DYVERS
highe auctorities for the honor and Revˀence of the Sondaye it is
ordeyned of olde antiquyte that no Barbor dwellyng w{t}in the Cite
or Suburbis of the same nor elles where shall occupie Shaving on the
Sondayes neyther w{t}in their house nor w{t}out pryvely nor appertly.
It is now therfor ordeyned and enacted that no pˀsone ffree of the
said Company from hensforthe occupye eny manˀ Shavyng on the Sondays
w{t}in this Citie nor liberties of the same upon payne and forfature
for evˀy tyme so doyng of xl{s} the one halff thereof to the chaumber
of London and the other halffe therof to the almes of the said
Crafte. ALSO IT IS ORDEYNED THAT no maner pˀsone beyng ffree of the
said ffeliship shall take any seike or hurte pˀsone or pˀsones to
his Cure whiche is in pˀell[361] of Deithe or mayme but yff[362] he
shewe the same seike or hurte pˀsone by hym Resseved to the Maisters
or Govˀnors of the said misterie or twoo of theym for the tyme beyng
for the Savegarde of the Kyngꝭ leige people and that w{t}in iiij{re}
dayes next after the Receyving of the said seike or hurte pˀsons upon
payne for evˀy tyme doyng the Contr{a}ie of xx{s} to be devided and
applied in manˀ and ffourme aforsaid ALSO IT IS ORDEYNED that every
man enfraunchesed in the said ffeliship occupying Surgery shall come
to their hale to the Redyng of the lecture concernyng Surgery evˀy
daye of assemble therof and evˀy man after his course shall rede the
lecture hym selffe or ellꝭ ffynde an able man of the said ffeliship
to Rede for hym and not to absent hym selffe at his daye of the same
Redyng w{t}out cause Resonable and w{t}out he give lawfull warnyng
therof before the daye upon the payne to fforfate and lose for evˀy
tyme doyng the contrarie xx{s} to be devyded and applied in ffourme
aforsaid ALSO IT IS ORDEYNED that no man of the said ffeliaship shall
take any cure from A nother of the same ffeliaship nor Supplant oon
A nother nor geve or Speke eny Slaunderous Wordes in disablyng hym
of his Science or conyng but be Rather in a Redynesse to geve good
Counceill to helpe the Kyngꝭ people And evˀy man offendyng in this
behalffe to paye at evˀy tyme so offendyng xiij{s} iiij{d} the oon
halffe therof to the Chaumber of London and the other halffe to
th’almes of the said ffeliship. Provyded that yff the pacyent ffynde
hym selffe aggreved w{t} his Surgion that then the same pacyent
paying to his ffurst Surgion Resonably for his labour shall and
may take and have eny other Surgion at his libertie and pleasure
AND WHERE OF OLDE Custume yerely upon the Sondaye next ensuyng the
ffeaste of Seynt Bartholomew the appostell a dyner is kept and
provyded for theym of the lyverey of the said Company in their Comen
halle called Barbors hale AND ON the daye of saynt Cosme & Damian yf
it be not on the Saterday a dynˀ for them of the same compani owt of
the lyverey It is ordeyned and enacted that evˀy man that hathe been
upper maister or upper Govˀnor of the said Company shall paye at and
for the same dyner xij{d} for hym selff and viij{d} for his wyffe yff
she come And evˀy other man beyng of the lyverey of the same Company
shall paye in likewyse for hym selffe viij{d} and for his wyffe yff
she come iiij{d} Provided alwaye that the maisters or Govˀnors of the
said Company for the tyme beyng shall paye nothing for theire wyffꝭ
comyng to the dyner for that yere fforasmoche as their Wyffꝭ must
of necessite be theire to helpe that evˀy thyng theire be sett in
ordre. And that evˀy man of the said Company beyng owt of the lyverey
shall paye at and for his dyner on the said morowe viij{d} and for
his Wyffe yff she come iiij{d.} ALSO IT IS ORDEYNED that at evˀy
assemble holden in the Comen halle of the said misterie no man beyng
their pˀsent shall multiplie langauge in the assembly tyme that is to
saye yff any man theire Speke moo Wordes or multiplye more langauge
in the assemble than the maisters or Govˀnors for the tyme beyng
their pˀsent thynke to be good and necessarie that then yff they or
oon of theym comaunde hym to kepe Silence that then he shall so doo
in kepyng his Obedience. And also no man comyng to eny of the said
assembles shall depˀte ffrom thens duryng the assemble tyme w{t}out
lycence of the maisters or Govˀnors their pˀsent or oon of theym and
the offender in eny of the said ij poyntꝭ or cases to fforffeyte
and paye at evˀy tyme soo offendyng xx{d} to be devided and applied
in ffourme aforsaid ALSO IT IS ORDEYNED that no man of the Clothing
or lyverey of the said Company pˀsume to goo oone afore another of
theym in processions buryallꝭ or Annyversaries nor in Syttyng in
their Assembles or in their halle at dyner or other Repastes their
or in any other honest place to be had other wyse than he is in
Aunsiente[363] in the same Company and accordyng to the trew Entrance
therof in the Bedyllꝭ Rolle. NOR that eny of them of eny scrypulosite
ffrowardnesse or pusyllamyte Reffuse to take his owne Rowme or place
accordyng to the ordre aforesaid but that evˀy man in theyse ij cases
kepe and occupye his oldene Rowme and place in ffourme aforsaid Wyll
he nyll he in good obedient manner and he of theym that offendyth
in Brekyng the ordre in any of the said ij cases shall fforffeyte
and paye at evˀy tyme so offendyng xij{d} to be applied and devided
in ffourme above rehersed. ALL WHICHE ORDIN{A}NCES AND othes in
manˀ and ffourme afore specyfyed at the Request of the said Maister
Wardens and ffelauship by Auctorite of the same Acte of pˀliament
Wee the said Chaunceler Tresourer and Cheyff Justices of eyther
benche aforsaid for good lawdable and laufull Ordinncꝭ Estatutes and
othes doo accept and admytte by theis pˀsentꝭ asmoche as in us is
Ratifie laude and approve PROVIDED alwayes and forseen that theis
ordin{a}ncꝭ w{t}in this boke expressed or any of theym in noo
wyse extende nor be pˀjudicyall or hurtfull to the Kyngꝭ pˀrogatyve
nother to the hurte of eny graunte or grauntꝭ by the kyng or his
noble pˀgenytors before tyme made to the Citie of London or any other
or any laudable Custumes now used in the same Citie and in case any
article or articles in this boke expressed be pˀjudiciall or hurtfull
to the kyngꝭ pˀrogatyve or to eny gr{a}unt by the Kyng and his
noble progenytors made to the said Citie of London or any other or
to any other laudable Custumes above expressed then the same article
or articles and evˀy of theym so beyng pˀjudiciall or hurtfull as is
abovesaid to be voyde cassate and of non effecte Anything by us the
said Chaunceler Tresourer and ij Cheyffe Justices in this behalffe
done or made to the contrarie not w{t}standyng PROVIDED always that
for divers consideracions aswell for the welth of the Kyngꝭ lyege
people as for the honesty of the sayd Crafte yt is now condescended
and aggreed that from hensforth no pˀsounes of ffelaishyp after he
or they be made ffree of the said Company shall pˀsume to sett open
any Shopp of Barbory unto soch tyme as he or they be abled by the
sayd Master or Govˀnours withoute he be of the cleer value of ten
markꝭ sterlyng uppon payn of fforfaiture of xl{s} the oon half to the
chambre of London and the other half to the almes of the said Crafte.
[357] A clerical mistake for 21st year of Henry VIII (1529).
[358] _i.e._ Covenant Servants, servants or assistants engaged under
covenants to serve for a period (generally two years), and
whose engagements were recorded by the Clerk at the Hall.
[359] _i.e._, hired.
[360] Pursuits.
[361] Peril.
[362] But if = except.
[363] Ancienty, _i.e._, his precedence according to seniority.
IN WYTNES wherof to this pˀsent Booke wee have sett owre signe
manuellꝭ the xiiij{th} day of Maye In the xxij{ti} yere of the Reign
of oure sovˀaygne lord his Reigne Kyng Henry the viij{th.}
THO MORE JOHN FFITZJAMES
Ch{a}uncellour RÕBT NORWYCH.
APPENDIX C. (_See page 80._)
Anno xxxij } ¶ An act concernyng Barbours and Surgeons to be
Henrici Octavi } of one companie.
} Cap. xij.[364]
[364] Misprint for xlij.
The kyng our soveraigne lord by the advise of his lordes spirytuall
and temporall, and the commons in thys presente parlyament assembled
and by the auctortye of the same by all their common assentes duly
ponderyng among other things necessary for the common welth of this
realme, that it is very expedient and nedeful to provyde for men
experte in the science of phisicke and surgery, for the helth of
mannes body, when infirmities and sickenes shall happen, for the
due exercise and maintenaunce whereof good and necessary actes be
alredy made and provided. Yet nevertheles, for as muche as within
the citie of Londone, where men of great experience aswell in
speculation, as in practice of the science and faculty of surgery,
be abiding & enhabiting, and have more commonly the dayly exercise
and experience of the same sciẽce of Surgery, then is had or used
within any partyes of this realme: And by occasion therof many expert
personnes be brought up under them, as their servauntes apprentices
and others, who by thexercyse and diligent informacion of theyr sayd
maysters, as wel now as hereafter shal exercise the sayd science
within divers other parties of this realme, to the great relyefe
comfort and succour of much people, and to the sure safegarde of
theyr bodily health, theyr limittes[365] and lyves. And forasmuch
as within the sayd citie of London there be nowe two severall and
distincte companyes of Surgeons, occupyinge and exercisynge the
sayde scyence and faculty of surgery, the one company being commonly
called the Barbours of London, and the other company called the
surgeons of London Which company of barbours be incorporated to sew
and be sewed by the name of maisters or governours of the mistery
and comminalty of the barbours of London, by vertue and auctoritye
of the letters patentes under the great seale of the late kyng of
famous memory kyng Edwarde the fourth dated at westminster the foure
and twentie day of February in the fyrst yere of his reigne which
afterwarde as wel by our nost[366] most drad soveraigne lord as
by the right noble and vertuouse prynce kyng Henry the seventhe,
father unto the kynges mooste excelent highnesse now beyng were and
be confirmed, as by sundrie letters patentes therof made amongest
other thynges in the same conteygned more at large maie appere. And
the other companie called the surgeons be not incorporate, nor have
any maner corporacion which two severall and distincte companies of
surgeons were necessarie to bee unyted and made one bodie incorporat
to the entente that by their unyon and often assemble togythers to
the good and dewe order exercise and knowlage of the sayd science
or facultie of surgerie, should be as well in speculacions as in
practyse, both to them selves and al other their servauntes and
apprentises, nowe and herafter to be brought up under them, and by
their lerninge and dilegent and rype informacions more perfect spedy
and effectuall remedy shuld be than it hath ben or should be if the
said two companies of barbours and surgeons should contenew severed a
sunder and not joyned togyther as they before this tyme have ben and
used them selves not medlynge togyther. Wherfore in consyderacyon of
the premysses be it enacted by the Kynge our soveraigne lorde, and
by the lordes spirituall and temporall, and by the commons in this
present parlyamente assembled, and by the auctoritye of the same
that the sayd two several and distyncte companyes of Surgeons, that
is to saie, bothe the barbours and the Surgeons, and every personne
of theim beynge a free manne of either of the sayd companies after
the custome of the sayd citye of London and theyr successours, from
hense forthe immediatly be unyted and made on entyer and hole body
corporate and one cominaltye perpetuall whych at al tims herafter
shall be called by the name of maisters or governours of the mystery
and comminalte of Barbours and Surgeons of London for evermore and by
none other name: And by the same name to impleade and be impleaded
before al maner of Justices, in al courtes in al maner of actiõs
and sutes. And also to purchase enjoy, & take to thẽ and to theyr
successors al maner of landes tenementes rentes and other possessions
what so ever they be, and also shal have a comon seale to serve for
the busines of the sayd company and corporacion for ever. And by
the same name peasably quietly and indifferently have possession and
enjoy to theym and to theyr successours for ever, all suche landes
and tenementes, and other hereditamentes what soever, which the said
company or comminalty of barbours have and enjoy to thuse of the
said mistery and comminalty of barbours of London. And also shall
peasably and quietlye have and enjoye all and singular benefittes,
grauntes liberties, privileges fraunchises, and fre customes and also
al maner of other thinges, at any time geven or graũted unto the sayd
companies of barbours or surgeons, by what so ever name or names
they or any of theim wer called, and whiche they or any of them now
have, or any of their predecessours have had by actes of parlyament
letter patentes of the kynges highnes, or other his moste noble
progenytours or otherwyse by any laufull meanes had at any tyme afore
thys present acte in as large and ample maner and forme, as they or
any of thẽ have had myght or shuld enjoye the same, this union or
conjunction of the said companis together not withstandyng. And as
largely to have and enjoie the premisses, as if the same wer and had
ben specialli and particularli expressed and declared with the best
and most clerest woordes & termes in the lawe, to all intentes and
purposes And that al persons of the sayd Company now in corporate
by thys present act, and their successours, that shal be laufully
admitted and approved to occupie surgery after the forme of the
statute in that case ordeyned and provyded shalbe exempt for bearĩg
of armure or to be put in any watches or inquestes And that they and
their successours shall have the serche over sight punishement and
correctiõ as well of fremen as of foreins for such offences as they
or any of them shall com̃it or do against the good order of barbary
or surgery as afore this time amonge the sayd mistery and company of
barbours of London, hath ben used and accustomed, accordyng to the
good and politike rules and ordynaunces by them made and approved bi
the lords Chauncellour treasorer and two chiefe Justices of either
bench or any thre of them after the forme of the statute in that case
ordeyned and provided.
[365] A misprint for “limmes” = limbs.
[366] A misprint for “now.”
¶ And further be it enacted by thauctoritie aforesayd, that the sayd
maysters or governours of the mistery and comminaltie of barbours and
surgeons of Londõ, and their successours yerely for ever after their
sad discrecions at their free liberte and pleasure shal and maie have
and take without c͠otradiction foure persons condempned adjudged and
put to deathe for feloni by the due order of the kynges lawe of thys
realme for anatomies without any further sute or labour to be made
to the kyngs highnes his heyres or successours for the same. And to
make incision of the same deade bodies or otherwyse to order the same
after their said discrecions at their pleasures for their further
and better knowlage instruction in sight learnyng and experience in
the sayd scyence or facultie of surgery Savĩg unto al person their
heires and successours al such right tytle enterest and demande,
which they or any of them myght laufully clayme or have in or to any
of the landes and tenementes with the appurtenaunces, belog̃ing unto
the sayd company of barbours and surgeons or any of them, at any tyme
afore the makyng of this acte, in as ample maner & fourme as they or
any of them hadde or ought to have had heretofore: Any thyng it[367]
thys present acte comprised to the contrary herof in any wyse not
withstãding.
[367] In.
¶ And for as muche as suche persones being the misterie or facultee
of surgery, oftentymes medle and take into their cure and houses
suche sicke and diseases[368] persõs as ben infected with the
pestilence great pockes & such other contagious infirmityes do use
or exercise barbari, as washynge, or shavyng, and other feates
therunto belongyng, whiche is veraie perillous for infectyng the
kyngs liege people resortyng to their shoppes and houses ther beyng
washed or shaven. Wherfore it is now enacted ordeyned and provided
by thauctoritye aforesayd that no maner person within the citie of
London suburbes of the same, and on[369] miles compasse of the sayde
citie of London, after the feast of the nativitie of our lord god
next com̃ing usyng any barbary or shavyng, or that here after shall
use any barbary or shavyng within the sayd citie of London suburbes
or one myle circuite of the same citie of London he nor they nor none
other for thẽ to his or other use shall occupy any surgery lettyng
of bloud, or any other thynge belongyng to surgery drawing of teeth
only excepte. And further more in lyke maner who so ever that useth
the mistery or crafte of surgery within the circute aforesayd, as
long as he shall fortune to use the sayde maystery or crafte of
surgerie shall in no wyse occupie nor exercyse the feat or crafte of
barbarie or shaving neither by hym selfe nor by non other for him
to his or their use: And moreover that al maner of persones usynge
surgery for the tyme beyng as well free men as forens aliens and
straungers within the said citie of London, the suburbes therof, and
on myle compasse of the same citie of London before the feast of
sainct Michaell tharchangel next commyng, shal have an open signe on
the strete syde wher they shall fortune to dwell that all the kynges
liege people there passing by may know at al times whether to resort
for theyr remedies in time of necessity. And further be it enacted by
thauctority aforesayd, that no maner of person after the sayd feast
of saynct Michaell tharchaungell next commyng presume to kepe any
shoppe of barbarie or shaving within the city of London except he be
a free man of the same corporacion and company.
[368] Diseased.
[369] One.
☞ And furthermore at such times heretofore accustomed there shalbe
chosen by the same company foure maisters or governours of the same
corporacion or company, of the which .iiii. two of them shalbe expert
in surgery and thother two in barbary, which .iiii, maysters and
every of theym shall have full power and auctority from time to time,
during theyr said offyce to have the oversyght serche punishement
and correction of al such defaultes and inconveniences as shalbe
found among the sayd company using barbary or surgery, as wel of fre
mẽ as forens aliens and strangers with in the citye of London & the
circuite aforesayd, after their sad discrescions And if any persõ or
persõs usyng any barbary or surgery at any time hereafter, offend
in any of these articles aforesayd: then for every moneth the sayd
persons so offending shal lose forfait and pay .v. li. the one moiety
therof to the king our soveraigne lord, and the other moiety to any
person that wil or shal sue therfore by action of det bill plainte or
informacion in anye the kinges courtes, wherin no wager of law essoin
or protection shall be admitted or alowed in the same.
¶ Provided the said barbours and surgeons and every of them shal
beare and pay lot and scot and such other charges, as they and their
predecessours have ben accustomed to pay within the sayd citie of
London this acte or any thyng therin conteigned to the contrary herof
in any wyse not withstandyng.
☞ Provided alway and be it enacted by auctoritie aforsaid that it
shalbe lefull to any of the kynges subjectes not beyng Barbour or
Surgeon, to reteine have and kepe in his house as his servaunt any
person beynge a barbour or surgeon whych shal and maie use and
exercise those actes and faculties of Barbery and surgery or either
of thẽ in his maisters house, or elles wher by his maisters licence
or commaundement any thyng in thys acte above written to the contrary
not withstandyng.
APPENDIX D. (_See page 106._)
1577. ~Thys ys~ accompte of all suche monie as was levyed in the tyme
of M{r} John ffeild John Hitchin Xp̃ofer Swaldell and Henrye Rankin
masters and governo{rs} of the misterie of Barbo{rs} Surgins of
London upon the ffremen brethern and straungers for the furnishinge
of souldiers according to the saide Precept and was collected
and gathered by the handes of the saide Xp̃ofer Swaldell second
governo{r} as followeth.
~Inprimis~ of Rychard Sprignell xj{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ of Willm̃ Gale vj{s} viij{d}
Item of Edwarde Gryffen vj{s} viij{d}
Item of George Baker vj{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ of Willm̃ Bo{r}ne vj{s} viij{d}
Item of Willm̃ Carrington vj{s} viij{d}
Item of Willm̃ Wyse ij{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ of Thom̃s Birde vj{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ of Henrye Smithe vj{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ of John Isard vj{s}
Itm̃ of Thom̃s Gyllet vj{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ of John Johnson iij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ of John Martyn vj{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ of Richard Wood vj{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ of John Laycock vj{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ of Henrye Bradley vj{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ of Richard fferrys v{s}
Itm̃ of James Bates iiij{s}
Itm̃ of John Smithe iiij{s}
Itm̃ of Anthonie Wolcock iiij{s}
Itm̃ of John Lyster ij{s}
Itm̃ of John Sheryff v{s}
Itm̃ of Henry ffoster v{s}
Itm̃ of Robert Walwyn v{s}
Itm̃ of Robert Wood iiij{s}
Itm̃ of Willm̃ ffountayne v{s}
Itm̃ of Nicholas Dobby ij{s}
Itm̃ of Willm̃ Brode ij{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ of Richard Carrington v{s}
Itm̃ of Richard Clarke ij{s}
Itm̃ of Willm̃ Hatho{r}ne v{s}
Itm̃ of Roger Laybo{r}ne iiij{s}
Itm̃ of Willm̃ Braye iij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ of Christopho{r} Clark iij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ of Randall ffoster v{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ of John Barnye vj{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ of Randall Cotton vj{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ of Daniell Botham v{s}
Itm̃ of Anthonie Spackman v{s}
Itm̃ of John Studesburie v{s}
Itm̃ of John Burges iij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ of Raphe Rodes v{s}
Itm̃ of Thomas Waight v{s}
Itm̃ of John Carrington ij{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ of Thomas Tho{r}ney iiij{s}
Itm̃ of Allen Collye iij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ of Henry Bost ij{s}
Itm̃ of Richard Holland iiij{s}
Itm̃ of John Tybbald iij{s}
Itm̃ of Richard Smithe ij{s}
Itm̃ of John Odwey ij{s}
Itm̃ of John Paradyce ij{s}
Itm̃ of Edward Coweye xij{d}
Itm̃ of Richard Storye iij{s}
Itm̃ of Thom̃s Warren v{s}
Itm̃ of Ward & Turno{r} pˀteners iiij{s}
Itm̃ of John Newsam v{s}
Itm̃ of Richard Saunderson v{s}
Itm̃ of Thom̃s Maneringe xij{d}
Itm̃ of Philɫp Henlye ij{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ of Thom̃s Eve ij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ of Andrew Grove xij{d}
Itm̃ of Willm̃ More ij{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ of John Hawkes iiij{s}
Itm̃ of Willm̃ Sympson iij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ of Henrye Stranguishe ij{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ of Henry Tottye v{s}
Itm̃ of George Sedgwick v{s}
Itm̃ of Robert Johnson v{s}
Itm̃ of Willm̃ Wye ij{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ of John Dards v{s}
Itm̃ of John Machin v{s}
Itm̃ of John Gymblet v{s}
Itm̃ of Robert Peterson iij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ of Roger Hall ij{s}
Itm̃ of Richard Johnson xij{d}
Itm̃ of Willm̃ Browne v{s}
Itm̃ of John Bigꝭ iij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ of John Bo{r}ne iiij{s}
Itm̃ of Lewis Atmore iij{s}
Itm̃ of Peter Ledsom ij{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ of Richard Chaddock ij{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ of[370] Stevens ij{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ of John Whetelye iiij{s}
Itm̃ of Alexander Ellyot ij{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ of Willm̃ in Dixon ij{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ receyved that was due for wages iiij{s}
Itm̃ of John Harrington ij{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ of Mathew Easte ij{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ of Thomas Richardson iiij{s}
[370] Blank in original.
~Sm~ of all the monie receyved of ffremen }
of the Companie for furnishinge } [371]
of Souldiers Dothe amounte unto }
[371] Blank in original.
~Monye~ receyved of fforrens and straungers towardes the saide furniture
~Receyved~ of Jeames Saule x{s}
Of Jarvys Mullins viij{s}
Of Reynold Davys ij{s} vj{d}
Of Mathew Ken v{s}
Of Willm̃ Knightley ij{s} vj{d}
Of James ffrauncꝭ x{s}
Of John Grymsen x{s}
Of Phillip Jurden v{s}
Of Gefrye Mostrims v{s}
Of John Phillipps ij{s}
~Sm~ of the monye received }
of fforrens and straungers } iij{li}
Dothe amounte unto }
~Sm~ of all the monie receyved of ffremen }
fforrens and straungers for the furnishing } xxij{li} xvij{s} xj{d}
of Souldiers Doth amounte unto }
~Monye~ laide owte by the handes of Christopho{r} Swaldell seconde
governo{r} for furnishing of Souldiers viz{t}
~Inprimis~ paid for xij Calyvers xij murrions xij
fflaskes xij tutche boxes with stringꝭ white
and grene ix{li} vj{s}
Itm̃ to the Clark in reward for his paynes
aboute the souldiers ij{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ to the Beadle in reward xij{d}
Itm̃ paide for the Dyner at the red crosse vj{s} viij{d}
Itm̃ paide for xxxvj{li} of co{r}ne powder xxxvj{s}
Itm̃ paide for vij{li} of matches ij{s} iiij{d}
Itm̃ paide for browne papˀ vj{d}
Itm̃ paid in presse monye xij{s}
Itm̃ geven Roᵬt Bendoes wief vj{d}
Itm̃ paid for iij Dõz. and viij yeardes of
reband w. b. & g[372] x{s} ij{d}
Itm̃ paide for xij rooles and there stuffingꝭ iiij{s}
Itm̃ paid for iiij dõz. of charge -- --
Itm̃ paid for tape for the charge vj{d}
Itm̃ paide for a stoweing stick iij{d}
Itm̃ paide for borde wages one daie viij{s}
Itm̃ spent at myle end iiij{d}
Itm̃ paide for vj{li} of matche ij{s}
Itm̃ paid for j{li} of co{r}ne powder xij{d}
Itm̃ paid for mending one Caliver vj{d}
Itm̃ paide for leade for bulletꝭ viij{d}
Itm̃ paid for breakefast xiiij{d}
x{th} April
Itm̃ paid for vj{li} of matche ij{s}
Itm̃ paid for xij{li} of cornepowder xij{s}
Itm̃ paid for bo{r}de wages viij{s}
Itm̃ paide for o{r} breakfast ij{s} vj{d}
xj{th} April
Itm̃ geven to the souldiers in reward vj{s}
Itm̃ paid to the Armorer for mending the armo{r} iiij{s} vj{d}
Itm̃ geven in reward to the Armorers man vj{d}
Itm̃ paid for o{r} breakfast ij{s}
xiij{th} of May
Itm̃ paide for xxxvj{li} of co{r}ne powder xlij{s}
Itm̃ paide xij{li} of matches iiij{s}
Itm̃ paide for browne papˀ iiij{d}
Itm̃ paide for gilding of bayes viij{d}
Itm̃ paide for iiij Daies bo{r}de wages xxxij{s}
Itm̃ paide for o{r} breakefast xx{d}
Itm̃ paid for changing a broken Calyver x{s}
Item paide unto the Armorer for scowringe and
mending o{r} peces and murrions xj{s} vj{d}
~Sm~ of all the monie paide owte by }
the handes of Christopho{r} Swaldell } xxij{li} xvij{s} xj{d}
seconde governo{r} for the furnishing }
of Souldiers Dothe amounte unto }
[372] Probably, white, blue and green.
APPENDIX E. (_See page 157._)
THE CASE OF THE BARBERS OF LONDON.
The _Barbers_ of _London_ were a _Fraternity_ before the Time of
_Edward the Second_, and by Letters-Patent of _Edward the Fourth_
were made a _Body Corporate_, and invested with several Powers and
Privileges. In the 32d Year of _Henry the Eighth_, the _publick_
Policy thought proper to _unite_ them with another Company (not
then _incorporated_) called the _Surgeons_ of _London_, in order,
(as is most probable) to _transfer_ those Powers and Privileges to
the _latter_, without directly appearing to _wrest_ them from the
_former_ to whom they had been _originally_ granted.
The _Coalition_ of the two Companies having now subsisted above _Two
Hundred Years_, the _Barbers_ are surpris’d to find an _Attempt_ made
by the _Surgeons_ to _dissolve_ it, by Authority of _Parliament_,
without their Participation or Consent.
The _principal Reasons_ assigned by the _Surgeons_, in their printed
Case, to induce the legislature to the _extraordinary_ Act of Power,
are,
_First_, That the _Barbers_, in the Time of _Henry the Eighth_,
were all _Surgeons_, and that the Parliament, by _uniting_ them
with others of _superior_ Abilities, intended _their_ Improvement
in _that_ Profession; but that they having, long since, _ceased_ to
intermeddle with any Branch of _Surgery_, this _Intent_ of the Act is
frustrated, and the laudable _Purpose_ of the _Union_ at an end.
_Secondly_, That by this _Alteration_ of the Circumstances of things,
the Junction of the two Companies (how advantageous soever in
_former_ Times) is _now_ become highly _inconvenient_.
_Thirdly_, That the _Surgeons_ if _distinctly_ incorporated, would
be encouraged to _meet_ and _communicate_ to one another their
Experiments and Successes.
And _Fourthly_, That the like Separation has taken place at _Paris_,
_Edinburgh_, and _Glascow_.
BUT the _first_ of these _Reasons_ is grounded on a _Mistake_ in
point of _Fact_; for tho’ it be _true_ that the _Barbers_ were _all
originally Surgeons_, and incorporated _as such_, yet long _before_
the Union in question, _most_ of them had _quitted_ the _actual
Exercise_ of that Profession, and the _Right_ itself of exercising
it _in virtue_ of their Charter, had been _taken away_[373] by
Parliament: And tho’ in the _Preamble_ of the uniting Act, _both_
Companies are stiled _Surgeons_, yet from the _Enacting_[374] Part
(which expresly _restrains_ the _Barbers_ from occupying any part of
_Surgery_, except _Tooth-drawing_) it is evident the _Legislature_
did not consider them as _real_ Surgeons, nor could intend their
_Improvement_ in a Science they were _forbid_ to _practise_, so
that the Circumstances of Things are _not_ altered from what they
_then_ were, or from what they manifestly were _designed_ to be; and
therefore the _Barbers_ having no Relation to the _Surgeons_, or
their Art (as it was _then_ deemed no _Objection_ to their _Union_)
cannot _now_, with any Propriety, be insisted on as a _Reason_ for
their _Separation_.
[373] _3 H. 8. Ch._ 11. No Person within the City of _London_, nor
within seven Miles, shall occupy as a _Surgeon_, except he be first
examined, approved, and admitted by the Bishop of _London_ or Dean of
St. _Paul’s_.
[374] _32 H. 8. Ch. 42. Sect. 3._ No Person within the City of
_London_, Suburbs of the same, and one Mile Compass of the said City,
using any Barbery or Shaving, shall occupy any Surgery, Letting of
Blood, or any other Thing belonging to Surgery, Drawing of Teeth only
except.
With regard to the _Inconveniences_ complained of, as the Charge
is _general_, this _general_ Answer only can be given, That the
_Barbers_ have always, with the greatest Deference, _submitted_ to
the _Surgeons_ in all Matters _peculiar_ to them, and chearfully
contributed, out of their _common_ Stock, towards every Expence
which _they_ have declared necessary for the Honour or Advancement
of _their_ Profession. And since _none_ of these Inconveniences have
been of Consequence enough to deserve being _particularly_ pointed
out, we may venture to pronounce them _inconsiderable_, and unworthy
the Attention and Redress of _Parliament_; and the rather, as _all_
of them put together, have not prevented the _Surgeons_ of _London_
from carrying the Improvement of their Art, both in Speculation and
Practice, to a greater Height than has been done in any other Place
or Nation.
That the frequent Meetings of ingenious Men, and their free
Communications on the Subject of their Profession, may tend _to the
Benefit of Mankind in general, and to the Honour of their Country
in particular_, is not denied: But surely the Constitution of the
_united_ Company is no obstacle to these laudable Purposes. The
_Barbers_ have for many Years, at their Monthly Courts, submitted
to _withdraw_ at a stated Hour, and _resigned_ the Parlour to the
Surgeons: And if this _Condescension_ is not supposed to afford
them _sufficient_ Time for Conversation on these _particular_ Days,
nothing _hinders_ them from holding _seperate_ Assemblies at the Hall
almost _every_ other Day in the Year.
As to what is said to have been done at _Paris_, _Edinburgh_, and
_Glascow_, no _particular_ answer can be given, unless it appeared
by what _Means_, for what _Reasons_, and upon what _Terms_ the
_Separations_ in those Places were brought about. In _London_
there are but two Instances of Separations of Companies, _viz._
that of the _Feltmakers_ from the _Haberdashers_ in 1604, and that
of the _Apothecaries_ from the _Grocers_ in 1617; but both these
were effected by _mutual_ Consent, without the Intervention of
_Parliament_; and it may be proper to observe, that the Feltmakers
miscarried in a former Application for an exclusive Charter in 1576
for _want_ of the Haberdashers Consent.
Upon the whole, therefore, the _Barbers_ humbly hope the forgoing
Reasons will be deemed _insufficient_ to induce the _Legislature_
to destroy an _Union_ they _themselves_ thought proper to _form_,
an Union which two hundred Years Existence has rendred _venerable_,
and which, by the _Improvements_ above-mentioned, appears to have
answered all the _Purposes_ for which it was established.
But if for _other_ Reasons (which the _Surgeons_ say _may_ be
given) the Parliament shall be inclined to favour them in _this
part_ of their request; the _Barbers_, from the scrupulous Regard
and Tenderness which that _August Assembly_ has always shewn for
_private Property_, cannot but hope they shall be _continued_ in the
Enjoyment of _all_ their present Possessions, without any _Division_
whatsoever, and that, for the following Reasons:
_First_, Because most of the _united_ Company’s Lands and Tenements,
(particularly the Site of their _Hall, Parlour, &c._) originally
belonged to _them_, and by the uniting Act[375] seem with great
Justice to have been intended to remain to their _sole_ and
_separate_ Use, tho’ in fact the _Surgeons_ have hitherto been
_indulged_ in the _equal_ Enjoyment of them with the _Barbers_.
[375] _32 H. 8. Ch. 42._ The united Company shall have, possess, and
enjoy, to them and their Successors for ever, all such Lands and
Tenements, and other Hereditaments whatsoever, which the said Company
or Commonalty of _Barbers_ have and enjoy, _to the Use_ of the said
Mystery and Commonalty of _Barbers_ of London.
_Secondly_, Because the _Surgeons Share_ of what may have been
acquired _since_ the Union, will scarce be an _adequate_ Recompence
to the _Barbers_ for the above _Indulgence_, much less for
the unmerited _Loss_ of a Brotherhood now so _honourable_ and
_advantageous_ to them.
_Thirdly_, Because the Expenses of the _Barbers_ when _distinctly_
incorporated, can fall but very little, if any thing, short of those
of the _united_ Company, so that a Reduction of _Income_ must subject
them to very great Difficulties, which (considering that _they_
neither desire, nor have given the _Surgeons_ just Cause to desire a
Separation) would be extremely hard and unreasonable.
_Lastly_, Because the present _flourishing_ Condition of the
_Surgeons_, (the only _real_ Alteration in the Circumstances of
Things) will sufficiently enable them to support the Dignity of their
_new_ and _favourite_ Institution with becoming _Splendor_, without
distressing their _less happy_ Brethren the _Barbers_.
APPENDIX F.
ACT OF PARLIAMENT 18 GEO. II, CAP. 15. (_See page 162._)
And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That
such of the Members of the said United Company or Corporation, who
are Freemen of the said Company, and are not admitted or approved
Surgeons, and their Successors, shall, from and after the said
Twenty-fourth day of June, One thousand seven hundred and forty-five,
be, and they are hereby made and constituted, a Body Corporate,
and Commonalty Perpetual, which, at all times hereafter, shall be
called by the Name of The Master, Governors, and Commonalty of the
Mystery of Barbers of London; and, by the same name, shall plead
and be impleaded before all Manner of Justices, in all Courts, and
in all Manner of Actions and Suits; and also purchase, enjoy, and
take to them, and their Successors, any Lands, Tenements, Rents, or
Hereditaments, not exceeding the yearly Rent or Value of Two hundred
Pounds in the Whole, without incurring any of the Penalties or
Forfeitures of the Statutes of Mortmain.
And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that
Master Jonathan Medley, the present First Master or Governor of the
said United Company or Corporation, and Master Humphrey Negus, the
present Third Master or Governor of the said United Company, and
such Two other Persons as shall hereafter be elected and appointed
for that Purpose, in pursuance of this Act, and as is hereinafter
mentioned shall be, and they are hereby respectively established and
confirmed, the Master and Governors of the Company or Corporation
of Barbers of London, established and incorporated by this Act; and
shall continue in, and hold, exercise, and enjoy the said Offices
respectively, until others shall be chosen, elected, and appointed in
and to the same Offices respectively, pursuant and according to the
By-laws, Rules, Orders, and Constitutions of the same Company; and
that the said Jonathan Medley, Humphrey Negus, and William Parker,
Luke Maurice, John Barnwell, John Truelove, William Haddon, John
Negus, Edward Boxley, Samuel Rutter, Robert Scrooby, Richard Swithin,
Edward Colebeck, Togarmah Jones, and John Gurney, being Fifteen of
the present Court of Assistants of the said United Company, and
such Nine other Persons as shall be hereafter elected and appointed
for that purpose, in pursuance of this Act, and as is hereinafter
mentioned, shall be, and they are hereby constituted and appointed,
the Court of Assistants of the Company of Barbers, made, established,
and incorporated by this Act; and shall continue in, and hold, enjoy,
and exercise the said office during their natural Lives respectively,
or until they shall be respectively removed out of the said Office,
pursuant and according to the said By-laws, Rules, Ordinances and
Constitutions of the said Company of Barbers of London.
And it is hereby further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to
and for the said Jonathan Medley, Humphrey Negus, William Parker,
Luke Maurice, John Barnwell, John Truelove, William Haddon, John
Negus, Edward Boxley, Samuel Rutter, Robert Scrooby, Richard Swithin,
Edward Colebeck, Togarmah Jones and John Gurney, or the major Part
of them, to meet at or in the Hall now belonging to the said united
Company, situate in Monkwell Street in the City of London, on the
Twenty-fifth Day of June, One thousand seven hundred and forty-five,
between the Hours of Nine in the Morning and One in the Afternoon of
the same Day, and then and there to elect, choose, and appoint, out
of the Freemen of the said Company or Corporation of the Barbers of
London, established and incorporated by this Act, by the Majority of
the Votes of such of the said Fifteen Persons last mentioned, who
shall be present at such Meeting, so many other Persons to be of the
said Court of Assistants of the said Company or Corporation of the
Barbers of London, as will make the Number Twenty-four, to continue
in the said Office respectively for and during their natural Lives,
or until they shall be respectively removed out of the said Office;
and also that immediately after such Court of Assistants shall be
made up the said Number of Twenty-four Persons, the said Court of
Assistants shall then and there, by the Majority of Votes of such of
the said Court of Assistants as shall be then present, elect, choose,
and appoint from among themselves, Two Persons, to be the Third and
Fourth Governors of the said Company or Corporation of the Barbers of
London, to continue in, hold, exercise, and enjoy, the said Offices
respectively as aforesaid.
And it is hereby further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful
for the Master and Governors for the Time being of the said Company
or Corporation of Barbers, or any Two or more of them, with Eleven
or more of the Members of the said Court of Assistants for the Time
being, when and as often as to Two or more of the said Master and
Governors shall seem meet to hold Courts or Assemblies at or in
the Hall of the said Company for the Time being, in order to treat
and consult about the Rule, State, Order, and Government of the
said Company or Corporation of Barbers; and also that it shall and
may be lawful to and for the said Master and Governors, and Court
of Assistants, so assembled, or the major Part of them, to make,
constitute, ordain, establish, ratify, and confirm, all or any such
By-laws, Ordinances, Rules, and Constitutions, as to them shall seem
requisite, proper, or convenient for the Regulation, Government,
Profit, or Advantage of the said Company or Corporation of the
Barbers of London, and the Members thereof, and the same, from Time
to Time, to alter or repeal; so as the By-laws, Ordinances, Rules,
and Constitutions so to be made and established, shall be examined,
approved, and allowed of, as by the Laws and Statutes of the Realm is
provided and required.
Provided always, and it is hereby enacted and declared, That the
several By-laws, Ordinances, Rules, and Constitutions, made and
established for the Regulation and Government of the said United
Company or Corporation, so far as the same do not relate to or
concern the Art or Science of Surgery, and which, on the said
Twenty-third day of June, shall be subsisting and in Force, and shall
not be repealed, annulled or abrogated by virtue of this present Act,
shall continue and be in Force, and shall be exercised, observed, and
executed by the said Company of Barbers established and incorporated
by this Act, until such Time and Times respectively as the same
By-laws, Ordinances, Rules, and Constitutions, shall respectively be
repealed, annulled and made void, by virtue and under the Authority
of this present Act.
And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the
Master and Governors of the said Company or Corporation of Barbers of
London shall be yearly elected and chosen on the second Thursday in
August, by the Court of Assistants or the major Part of them, or in
such manner as by the By-laws, Rules, Orders, and Constitutions of
the same Company or Corporation shall be ordained or provided; and
that when and as often as any member of the said Court of Assistants
of the said Company of Barbers shall happen to die, or be removed,
it shall and may be lawful to and for the surviving Members of the
said Court of Assistants, or the major Part of them, to nominate and
elect one other Person, being a Freeman of the same Company, to be
a Member of the said Court of Assistants, in the Room of the Person
so deceased or removed; and the person so nominated or elected shall
continue in, hold, and exercise the said Office for and during his
natural Life, or until he shall be removed out of the same.
And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That
the Master, Governors, and Commonalty of the Mystery of Barbers of
London, hereby made, established, and incorporated as aforesaid,
and their Successors, and all Persons who shall be free of the same
Company or Corporation, shall and may, from Time to Time, and at
all Times for ever hereafter, have, hold, and enjoy all and every
such and the same Liberties, Privileges, Franchises, Powers, and
authorities, as the said United Company or Corporation, with respect
to every Thing but Surgery, and the Members of the said United
Company, occupying the Feat or Craft of Barbery or Shaving, could or
might respectively have had, held and enjoyed by virtue of the said
recited Act of Union or Incorporation, [32 Hen. viij] and Letters
Patents of his late Majesty King Charles the First, and other the
Royal Grants, Charters, and Patents therein respectively mentioned
and referred to, so far as the same do not concern or relate to
the Art and Science of Surgery; and that in as full, ample, and
beneficial Manner, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the same had
been expressly repeated, set down, and enacted in and by this present
Act.
And it is hereby Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Sum of
Five hundred and ten Pounds, now vested in the said United Company,
and which was given and paid to the said United Company by Edward
Arris, for the Use of the publick Anatomy Lectures on the Muscles,
and also the Annuity or yearly Rent-charge of Sixteen Pounds given
to the said United Company by the Will of John Gale, Gentleman, for
One Anatomy Lecture, by the Name of Gale’s Anatomy, and charged upon
certain Messuages and Tenements at Snow Hill, in the Parish of Saint
Sepulchre, without Newgate, London, shall, from and after the said
Twenty-fourth Day of June, One thousand seven hundred and forty-five
be vested in, and be deemed the sole Property, Estate, and Effects
of the said Company and Corporation of Surgeons established and
incorporated by this Act; and that the said Sum of Five hundred and
ten Pounds be accordingly paid by the said Company or Corporation of
Barbers of London, out of the Estate and Effects of and now belonging
to the said United Company or Corporation, within Three Months
next after the said Twenty-fourth day of June, and that the said
Sum of Five hundred and ten Pounds, and the said Annuity or yearly
Rent-charge of Sixteen Pounds per Annum, shall be held and enjoyed by
the said Company of Surgeons established by this Act, upon Trust, to
be applied and disposed of for the Purposes intended by the Donors
thereof respectively; and that from and after the Payment of the
said Five hundred and ten Pounds by the said Company of Barbers to
the said Company of Surgeons, they the said Master, Governors, and
Commonalty of the Mystery of Barbers of London, and their Successors,
shall for ever be discharged of and from the said Sum or Gift of
Five hundred and ten Pounds, and every Part thereof, and of and from
the said Annuity or Gift of Sixteen Pounds per annum, and every Part
thereof, and of and from all Duties and Trusts in respect of the said
Gifts, or either of them; and shall, from Time to Time, be saved
harmless, and kept indemnified, by the said Company of Surgeons, of,
from, and against the same, and all Actions, Suits, Charges, and
Expences which they the said Master, Governors, and Commonalty of the
Mystery of Barbers of London, or their successors, shall or may, from
Time to Time, be put unto or sustain on account thereof; and that
all the Rest and Residue of the Real and Personal Estate and Effects
of and belonging to the said United Company or Corporation, and the
Arms or Ensigns Armorial of the same Company or Corporation, shall,
from and after the said Twenty-fourth Day of June, One thousand seven
hundred and forty-five, be vested in, and the same are hereby from
thence forth vested in the said Company or Corporation of Barbers of
London, and their Successors, to and for their own sole and separate
Use and Benefit, for ever.
And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That
such of the Books, Papers, and Writings which now belong to the said
United Company of Barbers and Surgeons, and relate to or concern the
Surgeons or Surgery only, shall, immediately after the First day of
July, One thousand seven hundred and forty-five, be delivered by
the said Company of Barbers, established and incorporated by this
Act, to the Master, and Governors, and Court of Assistants, of the
said Company of Surgeons established and incorporated by this Act,
or such other Person or Persons as they, or the major Part of them,
shall by Writing under their Hands, appoint to receive the same, for
the Use and benefit of the said Company of Surgeons: And that the
Master, Governors, and Court of Assistants, of the same Company of
Surgeons, or any of them, or such other Person or Persons as they, or
the major Part of them, shall by writing under their hands, appoint,
shall and may, from Time to Time, and at all seasonable Times, upon
reasonable Notice, from and after the said First Day of July, One
thousand seven hundred and forty-five, have free Access to, and
Liberty to inspect and peruse, in the Hands of such Person or Persons
as the said Company of Barbers shall Appoint to have the Care and
Custody thereof, all the rest of the Books, Papers, and Writings, and
also all the Charters and Deeds which now belong to the said United
Company of Barbers and Surgeons; and, from Time to Time, to take such
Copies or Extracts of or from the same, or any of them, as the said
Master, Governors, and Court of Assistants of the said Company of
Surgeons, or the major Part of them, or such other Person or Persons
so to be appointed as aforesaid, shall, from Time to Time, desire or
require; and also that the said Company of Barbers shall, from Time
to Time, and at all Times, upon reasonable Notice, from and after
the said First Day of July, produce the said last mentioned Books,
Papers, Writings, Charters, and Deeds, or any of them, at the Expence
of the said Company of Surgeons, upon any Trial at Law, or Hearing
in Equity, or Examination of Witnesses, or otherwise, where the said
Company of Surgeons shall have occasion to make use thereof, or of
any of them, and permit the said Company of Surgeons to make use of
the same accordingly.
Provided always, and it is hereby further enacted by the Authority
aforesaid, That every Person who hath been bound Apprentice to any
Member of the said United Company, and by the Laws or Custom of the
City of London, or otherwise, is or would be intitled to his Freedom
of the said United Company, and to the Freedom of the said City,
in case this present Act had never been made, shall be intitled
and admitted to his Freedom in the said Company or Corporation of
Surgeons, if his Master is or was an examined Surgeon, or else to
his Freedom in the said Company of Barbers; and in either case shall
be intitled and admitted to his Freedom of the said City of London,
any Law, Usage, or Custom, to the contrary thereof in any wise
notwithstanding.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that this Act
shall be deemed, adjudged, and taken to be a publick Act; and be
judicially taken notice of as such, by all Judges, Justices, and
other persons whatsoever, without specially pleading the same.
APPENDIX G. (_See page 339._)
CHARLES R.
Trustie and welbeloved wee greete you well Whereas wee understand
that contrary to the antient Charters & an act of Parliament
confirmed by us and o{r} late deere father divers Hosiers Dyers &
other tradesmen unskilfull in Chirurgery or Barbarye have bene chosen
into & held the places of Governem{t} of the Companye of Barbar
Surgians, when in deed for many waightie reasons the governem{t} of
that Companye hath bene established & settled by Act of Parliam{t} &
ought to consist of 4 Masters or Governo{rs} whereof twoe be expert
in Surgerye and the other twoe in Barbarye and that by meanes of such
undue Elections the true intenc͠on of the Chrẽs and Act of Parliament
for the well governem{t} of that Companye have bene neglected,
Wee takeing into considerac͠on of what dangerous consequence it
maye be to suffer a Companye wherein the lives and safetie of o{r}
people are soe much concerned and for w{ch} o{r} Progenito{rs}
have soe carefully provided, to bee governed by such unskilfull
pˀsons; Doe therefore herebye straightlie charge & comaund you,
That from henceforth it be duelye observed in all yo{r} Elections
of Governo{rs} that none be chosen into that governem{t} but such
as are capeable thereof by the said Act of Parliam{t} viz{t} twoe
expert in Chirurgerye and the other twoe in Barbarye, And of yo{r}
due pˀformance herein wee shall expect an exact Accompt. Given under
o{r} signett at our Palace of Westmˀster the three & twentieth daye
of March in the fower teenth yeare of o{r} reigne.
To o{r} trustie & Welbeloved the Masters }
or Governo{rs} Assistants and Coĩaltie of }
Barbars and Chirurgians of Lonᵭ. }
INDEX RERUM.
The reader will find it convenient to observe the general arrangement
of this Index before using it, several references being grouped under
distinctive or separate headings.
The details of various insignificant items (_e.g._, many of the
Wardens’ payments pp. 379-422, and similar matter), together with the
Biographical Notices and Appendices (which speak for themselves),
have not been indexed. To have given a reference to _every_ sentence
would have _materially_ increased the bulk of the volume without a
corresponding advantage, but every endeavour has been made to include
whatever is practical or useful.
Abuse (_see_ opprobryous wordes).
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT--
Physicians and Surgeons (3 H. VIII), 72, 347.
Jury Service (1513), 74.
Ordinances of Guilds (20 H. VII), 77.
Incorporation of Barbers and Surgeons (32 H. VIII), 74, 78, 156,
244, 301, 347, 439, 441, 586.
Separation of Barbers and Surgeons (18 G. II), 162, 248, 597.
Hairpowder (10 Anne and 4 G. II), 164-5.
Alderman, Barber-Surgeons who have been, 19.
Aliens rejected, 354.
ANATOMIES--
Public and private, 362.
Public, regulations to be observed at, 335.
ANATOMISTS--
Appointed, 314, 363, 364, 365.
To spend less on feasting, 365.
ANATOMY--
Public, given up for three years, 327.
Member fined for having a private, 317.
Private, permitted, 372.
Charges about a dead body, 342, 353.
Demonstrators of, to have a silver medal, 355, 356.
Details of minor expenses, 356.
Dinners, guests not to come to, 370.
Dinner, Pepys attends an, 372.
Dissecting room to be built, 334.
Making a skeleton, 418.
Masters and stewards of, 361, 362.
Masters of, to provide aprons, &c., for the doctor, 309.
None but masters and stewards to dissect, 345.
None dissected in 1644, 364.
Reader appointed, 334, 366, 367, 370, 371, 372.
Reader, gifts to the, 366, 367, 368, 405.
Regulations for demonstrations of, 376.
Lectures, compulsory attendance at, 313, 344.
Lectures, days for holding, 371.
Lectures, licenses for absence from, 313, 318, 326, 327.
Lectures, increased accommodation at, 315.
Lectures, surgeons to contribute to cost of, 366.
Lectures to be read by members of the company, 365, 366, 367,
371, 372.
Annuities granted, 405.
Apparel, excess of, 124.
APPRENTICES--
Minutes relating to, illustrating their general bad behaviour
and quarrels with masters, punishment, &c., 261-70.
Corrector for, 388, 392, 406.
Girls as, 269, 270.
Statistics of, 259.
Troublesome, 260.
Not to wear beards, 261.
Presentation of, 260.
Turn over of, 260, 272.
Apprentices of surgeons to be examined, and how, 309, 310.
Examined to have a preferment of grace, 310.
To know Latin and to write and read, 309, 354.
Need not know Latin, 312.
Payment for whipping an, 389.
Indentures cancelled for marrying, 264.
Apprenticeship, term of, 260.
Archbishop of Canterbury’s barber complained of, 221.
Architect of Theatre and Court room, &c. (_vide_ Index Nominum
_sub_ Jones, Inigo).
ARMOUR--
And guns sold, 403.
Cleaned, 392, 419.
Exemption from bearing (_see_ Jury service).
Provision of, 108.
Armourer appointed, 174, 204.
" dismissed, 178.
Arms to be cast in lead and affixed to houses, 231.
ARMY SURGEONS--
Sent to Colchester, 343.
The Company ask to have examination of, 348.
Medicine chests provided for, 405.
ARRISIAN ENDOWMENT--
Account of, 160, 161.
The offer of Mr. Arris, 368.
The deed of settlement, 369.
Subsequently varied, 369.
Paid to Surgeons’ Company, 230.
ASSISTANTS--
First mention of, 244.
Precedence of, 225.
Limited in number, 186.
Varied number of, 244.
Absent from court to be fined, 221.
Expelled, 185, 187, 204, 216, 251.
Summoned to attend court, 221.
Refuse to attend court, 221.
In hot weather sit without gowns, 203, 225.
To have fees, 228.
Assistant wants to be drawn to the Hall with wild horses, 215.
ASSISTANTS, COURT OF--
Origin of, 242, 243.
Powers of, 247.
When held, 246, 247.
Order of sitting in, 225.
Disturbances at, 248.
Peace restored at, 218.
As now constituted, 248.
Fine to go on the, 207.
Act as private Trustees, 214.
Serjeant Clowes objects to serve as Warden, 248, 249.
His unpopularity, 250.
His apology, 250.
Audit book of Wardens’ accounts, 379.
" dinner in 1603, cost of, 381, 383.
BANNERS--
And streamers purchased, 192.
Cost of, 397.
Defaced by Cromwell, 142, 407.
Painting the, 400, 416.
In 1728, 488, 489.
Banner, the present, 432.
BARBER--
First admission of a, to freedom of City, 25.
Forbidden to keep a servant, 205.
Complained of, for teaching a foreyn, 218.
Complained of, for using surgery, 322.
BARBERS--
Early notices of, in City books, 25, 26, 27.
Keepers of City gates, 25.
Forbidden to expose blood, 23, 119, 181.
Practise surgery in early times, 22, 23.
Bound not to practise surgery, 320.
To be prosecuted for using surgery, 349, 350, 351, 352.
To shut up shop, 177, 185, 198, 199.
Case of the, in 1745, 594.
Basins, 378.
Chairs, 378.
Poles, 181.
Pudding, 458.
(_See_ Charters.)
(_See_ Company, the.)
(_See_ Lincoln.)
(_See_ Norwich.)
BARBER-SURGEONS--
(_See_ Charters.)
(_See_ Company, the.)
Books and belongings of a, temp. H. VIII, 377.
BARBERS AND SURGEONS--
Union of, by H. VIII, and remarks thereon, 78-80.
Separation proposed, 146.
Separation of, and proceedings in Parliament, 154-162.
Table recording separation of, 419.
Barbery and surgery, freemen sued for using both, 189.
BARGE--
Hired, 172, 187, 209.
Contributions to the, 411.
Expenses about the, 411, 412, 413.
Rowers for the, 416.
To be sold, 222.
House at Lambeth, lease of, 221.
House to be repaired, 221, 224.
House finally given up, 227.
House, let to the Ironmongers, 416.
BARGEMAN--
Appointed, 207.
To have new “britches,” 221.
To have new livery, 227.
To deliver up coat and badge, 229.
BAYLE OR STANDING--
To be provided, 186, 229.
New, to be made, 420.
At Cromwell’s entertainment, 408.
To be sold, 237.
BEADLE--
Beadle, 299-307.
Earliest reference to, 302.
His numerous duties, 299, 300.
Office of, 299.
Unpleasant duties at Tyburn, 301.
Nominated by the Lord Keeper, 300.
Dismissed for misconduct, 303, 304, 305.
Silver mace heads, 302.
Of the Yeomanry, 301.
Beadle’s house, 300.
Beards, prohibition of long, 97.
Bibles and prayer books, gift for, 238.
Blood, barbers, prohibited to expose, 23, 119, 181.
Bone setters to be prosecuted, 351.
Books, not to be published without leave, 319.
Brass bust of Charles I, 404.
Building, expenses of, in 1603, 387-390.
" " of, in 1608, 394.
Bulbegger, the, 268, 363.
Burglars, execution of the, who stole our plate, 208.
" expenses incurred about the, 395.
Butler appointed, 204.
BY-LAWS--
Of 1633, 131.
Of 1681, 144.
Of 1709, 150.
(_See_ Ordinances.)
Captives, grants for ransom of, 210, 211, 213, 219.
Chandeliers bought, 419.
" presented, 233.
Charities or benevolences bestowed on individuals, 172, 177, 183,
203, 208, 209, 217, 219, 383, 384, 385, 395, 397, 398.
CHARITIES--
Almshouse fund, 484.
Atkinson, 238, 484, 485.
Baker, 482.
Bancks, 219, 481, 494.
Cottrell, 483.
Decayed Livery Fund, 482.
Driver, 482.
Dunnett, 484.
Ferbras, 161, 481.
I’Ans, 233, 482.
Kidder, 483.
Lawton, 484.
Long, 483.
Skipper, 484.
Turner, 292.
Charles I’s letter to the Company suppressed, 138.
CHARTER--
Freeman rebuked for shewing Charter to a lawyer, 197.
Charter book ordered, 197.
Charter book embellished, 408.
CHARTERS--
Edward IV, 52, 346.
Edward IV, translation of, 55.
Edward IV, remarks upon, 58-60.
Henry VII, 70, 71.
Henry VIII, 76.
Henry VIII, remarks upon, 75.
Philip and Mary, 100.
Elizabeth, 102.
James I, 112, 113, 114.
Charles I, 129, 156.
Charles I, cost of, 397.
James II, 147.
Charters surrendered to Charles II, 145.
Charters restored, 148.
CLERK--
Clerk, 288-298.
Acts as gardener, 288, 289.
Office of, 288.
To be a freeman, 290.
The first, 289.
First ordered to sit in Court, 293.
Fees, 288, 289, 291, 292, 295.
Not to abuse members, 289.
His duties increased, 293.
A dishonest, 293, 294.
Recognition of Charles Bernard’s services, 295.
Recognition of John Paterson’s services, 296, 297.
Navy Commissioners complain of, 295.
Clock presented, 188, 226.
" bought, 393.
Clocksmith, blacksmith, clockmaker, 401.
Committee, a, to meet at 6 a.m., 194.
COMPANY, THE--
Origin of, 21.
Originally composed of Barbers and Surgeons, 28.
Return to writ of Richard II, 21, 22, 28-34.
First master of, 23, 24.
Two masters first appointed, 24, 28, 35.
Complains of unskilful practitioners, and ordinance thereon, 35,
39-42.
Disputes with Guild of Surgeons, 38, 39, 43, 51.
Composition with Guild of Surgeons, 66-69.
Attends funeral of Henry V, 50.
Contributes towards Guildhall Chapel, 50.
Claims exemption from finding soldiers, 99.
Return as to revenue in 1576, 105.
Pecuniary difficulties in 1644, 139.
Raises money by granting annuities, 142.
Debt in 1645, 1646 and 1653, 405, 406, 408.
Address of thanks to James II for liberty of conscience, 147.
First meeting of the present, 163.
Compter, committals to the, 186, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 198, 199,
202, 212, 248, 263, 264, 265, 282, 283, 316, 319, 325, 326, 327,
328, 330, 336, 337, 428, 429.
Constable (or officer) appointed, 189, 195, 204.
CORN--
Precepts for provision of, 104, 123, 128, 136, 205.
Ordered to be bought, 212.
Compounded for, 189, 201.
Scales and weights for, 401.
Members to lend money for, 212.
“Corn money” discontinued, 224.
Coronation dinner of James I, cost of, 391.
Cosmus and Damianus, Saints, 433, 434, 435.
Counsel appointed, 199, 224.
Cranmer, Archbishop, Dr. Butts’ friendship for, described by
Shakespeare, 85.
Cromwell’s party, their dishonesty, 139, 140, 141.
Cromwell’s party open to bribes, 143.
DEAD BODIES--
Notices as to, 301.
Stolen from beadles, 349.
Rioting about the, 417, 418, 419.
Hangman complained of, 358.
Expenses of procuring, 417, 421.
Constables’ expenses about, 358.
Constable of Holborn to have a fee, 358.
Beadles compensated, 419.
Prosecutions for stealing, 349, 350, 417, 418, 421.
A drowned man wanted, 417.
Receptacle for, 418.
Ordered to be buried, 345.
Skin of, not to be tanned, 320.
Resuscitation of, 320, 321, 358, 359, 360.
Sheriffs to be moved for, 341.
Order of sheriffs as to, 357.
Orders of Court of Aldermen as to, 355.
Petitions for soldiers to protect beadles, 350, 354, 355.
Debt, loans to free Company from, 206.
" order for payment of a, 204.
DIPLOMA--
Form of, in 1497, 69.
Form of, in 1556, 311, 312.
Form of, in 1655, 343.
Disbanded soldier forbidden to practise barbery and surgery, 224.
DISPUTES--
Practice of Company as to, 423, 424.
Ordinances relating to, 33, 45, 77.
Cases brought before the court, 424-430.
Arising out of a case of Martin Browne’s, 341.
Between Company and Christopher Frederick, 200.
Dissecting table, 236.
Distilling strong waters, Assistants to attend Privy Council
as to, 338.
Distress levied by beadle, 395.
Doctor’s gown, &c., given to beadle, 232.
Drummer appointed, 206.
Election day, divine service on, 172, 178, 391.
ELECTION OF GOVERNORS--
Ordinances as to, 117, 118, 178, 179, 204, 211.
Ancient practice of, 244, 245, 246.
Dates of, 244.
Proceedings in 1550, 169, 170.
Proceedings in 1598, 190.
A stormy, 215.
Charles I complains of manner of, 339, 602.
Proceedings thereupon, 340.
Embalming dead bodies, 112, 218, 331.
Entertainment of Charles II, cost of, 410.
Entertainment of Duke of Monmouth, 413.
Estate, plan of, 135.
Evil speaking (_see_ opprobryous wordes).
EXAMINERS--
Gloves for, 352.
Not to accept bribes, 346.
(_See_ Surgeons, &c.)
Exhibitions to universities, 183, 187, 210.
Falling bands not allowed, 203, 274, 392, 393.
FEASTS--
Extracts from records as to, 447-467.
Extracts from the cook’s books relating to bills of fare,
&c., 455-461.
Remarks on, 443, 444, 445.
Earliest ordinances as to, 445, 446.
Days of, 449.
Irregularities at, 454, 461, 465.
A scandalous dinner, 463.
Cook appointed, 447, 448.
Cook dismissed, 450, 451.
Pewterer dismissed, 452.
Clerk claimed to appoint cook, &c., 176.
Clerk’s perquisites at, 464.
Livery to contribute to music at, 450.
Provision for venison, 452.
Stewards of, 461.
Summons to serve as steward, 464.
Difficulty of procuring stewards, 466, 467.
Privy Council dine at the hall, 452, 453, 454.
Masters to dine with Lord Mayor, 450.
Barbers to come to examination dinners, 450.
Widows of Members to come to, 450, 451.
Women not to come to, 450, 455.
Ladies, 464, 465.
Excessive quantities of wine drunk, 461, 462, 463, 464, 466.
Potation money, 461, 466.
Fees on admission, 159, 228.
Fight between two eminent surgeons, 428.
FIRE, THE GREAT--
Expenses about the, 414.
Theatre and court room escape the, 144.
Rebuilding after the, 414, 415.
FOREIGN BROTHERS--
Definition of, 258.
Refusal to take oath, 225.
FOREIGN SURGEONS--
Request to be examined, 322.
Fined for non-presentation of patient, 325.
FOREYNS--
Fees on admission of, 207.
Forbidden to keep shop, 201, 207, 213, 223.
To be prosecuted for using barbery, 222, 226, 229.
Complained of for not being cessed, 192.
Court refuses to assent to foreyns as journeymen, 227.
(_See_ also Non-freemen.)
FREEDOM--
Ancient, fine on admission to, 259.
Fines on admission to, 270, 271.
Admission to, on presentation of a great beer bowl, 272.
Of City, early admissions to, 256, 257.
FREEMEN--
Fined for not taking livery, 275.
List of, in 1537, 95.
Statistics of, 259.
Oath of, 254.
Presentation of, 254.
Admissions entered in minute books, 220.
Take oaths of allegiance, &c., 221.
Licence to open shop, 177.
Gale’s Lectureship, 162, 220, 373, 574.
GARDEN--
To be kept by the clerk, 289.
Trimming vine, &c., 395.
Sweetbriars, &c., bought, 398.
Work in the, 398, 399.
Gateway in Monkwell Street built, 144.
Gowrie’s conspiracy, 394.
" day, 396.
Granary built, 131.
" cost of building, 399.
Gunpowder bought, 107, 136.
Gunpowder to be sold, 191.
Hair powder, duties upon, 164, 165.
Hangman, compensation to, 417.
" has Christmas box, 302, 417, 421.
HALL--
First mention of, 28.
Freehold in 1490, 65, 161.
Building work ordered, 121, 199, 200.
Court room to be built, 213.
Expenses of building court room, 403.
Court room repaired after Great Fire, 416.
Cupola to be erected over Court room, 232.
To be repaired, 233.
Chandelier presented, 233.
Marble pavement presented, 218.
Thames water supplied to, 188.
New River water supplied to, 208.
Tapestry hangings at, 205.
Burglary at, 208.
Lent for weddings, 184, 185, 295.
Used for funerals, 295.
Not to be let for dancing, &c., 175, 179.
HERALDRY--
First grant of arms, 432.
Second grant of arms, 436.
Variation on ditto, 436.
Supporters granted, 436.
Last grant of arms, 437.
Remarks on ditto, 439, 441.
Herald’s fee at visitation, 401.
The Opinicus, 413.
Specimens of, at the Hall, 431.
The Surgeons’ cognizance, 433.
Herbs for strewing, 196, 382, 391, 395, 409.
Holbein’s picture. (_See_ Pictures.)
Hour glass mended, 392.
Ignorant man bound not to practise, 318.
Impostors to be prosecuted, 209.
" forbidden to practise, 332.
Impress Surgeons, warrant to, 313.
" " order to, 321, 322.
Impressment of 23 surgeons, 338.
" of 40 surgeons’ mates, 344.
Informer appointed, 203.
Inventories, books of, 486.
Inventory of property in 1728, 486-491.
Irish estate, acquisition of, minutes of proceedings relating to,
and remarks thereon, 468-480.
Jew admitted to freedom, 229.
Journeymen’s wages fixed, 171, 187, 257.
JURY SERVICE, INQUESTS, BEARING ARMOUR, ETC., EXEMPTION FROM--
General notices as to, 60, 74, 97, 98, 99, 100, 219.
Petition against providing soldiers, 316, 320.
Freemen sued for not serving as constables, 237.
Opinion of Sir R. Gibbs, 236.
Opinion of Sir J. D. Coleridge, 60.
KING’S BARBER--
Perquisites of, 127.
Regulations concerning, 90, 91.
Royal grant to, 127.
King’s Barbers, list of, 19.
King’s Surgeon, Royal grant to, 127.
Lancet, A borrowed, to be paid for, 325.
Lantern hung before the Hall gate, 395.
Law suit between members prohibited, 201, 210.
LIBRARY--
Assistants of Yeomanry to be keepers of, 281.
Masters of Anatomy to be keepers of, 313.
Proposed regulations for, 346.
Washing and cleaning, 386.
Catalogue to be made, 232.
Chained books and MSS., 403, 405.
Gift of £5 to buy books, 217.
Book dedicated to Company by Dr. Crooke, 332.
To be valued by Mr. Whiston, 231.
To be sold, 231.
Surgeons’ Company decline to buy the, 231.
Sold to Mr. Whiston, 232, 419.
Horatius Morus’ tables presented, 326.
Dr. Gwyn’s MSS. ", 338.
Alderman Arris’ books ", 345.
Cafferius Placentius ", 405.
John Tagaultius ", 531.
Ambrose Parey ", 531.
Guido de Cauliaco ", 523.
Pandack ", 524.
Verroyce ", 524.
Gerard’s Herbal bought, 545.
Stow’s Survey bought, 211, 400.
Licence given to go to law, 203.
Lincoln, Barbers of, 21, 28, 576, 577.
Lithotomy. A compliment to John Douglass, 352.
LIVERY--
Calls to, 224, 230, 253, 275.
Composed of equal number of Barbers and Surgeons, 275.
Dress, 255.
Investiture of, 184.
Fines for, 159, 228, 274.
Fine for discharge from, 274.
Not more than fifty in olden time, 186, 253, 273.
Not to come into Court unbidden, 176.
Processions of the, 255.
Verdicts against freemen for not taking the, 234, 235.
And hood forbidden to be worn, 274.
LIVERYMEN--
Dismissed, 193, 202, 209.
Expelled for insolvency, 255, 273.
Permitted to wear hats with their liveries, 274.
Loans of money by members, 202.
London, Hollar’s View of, 511.
LORD MAYOR--
Barber-Surgeons who have been, 19.
Masters dining with, 183.
LORD MAYOR’S DAY--
Company decides not to go out on, 235.
Company goes out for last time on, 421.
Lord Mayor’s Show, none in 1603, 111.
Lotteries, State, 103, 104, 106, 124, 125.
Lottery, offer to let hall for holding a, 236.
“Loyal London,” contributions towards the, 412, 413.
MASTERS AND WARDENS--
Ancient list of, 513.
List of, from 1308, 1.
Machyn’s Diary, extracts from, 100, 102, 103.
Mandrake shewn to the Court, 397.
MEMBERS PUNISHED FOR--
Teaching foreyns, 198.
Keeping foreyn uncessed, 186, 193.
Being partner with a foreyn, 225.
Keeping too many servants or apprentices, 186, 268.
Keeping two shops, 207, 223.
Setting up shop without licence, 191, 392.
Refusing to serve as Whiffler, 207.
Non-payment of fines, 191.
Going to law without leave, 210, 283, 425, 428.
Abusive or bad language, 191, 196, 199, 209, 217, 248, 274, 391,
426, 427, 428, 465.
Assault, 201, 426.
Hanging out basins on St. Bartholomew’s day, 200.
" on May day, 192.
" on St. Peter’s day, 391.
" on Twelfth day, 205.
Absence on Summons, 194, 391.
" from lectures, 327, 391.
" from pageants, 196, 391.
" from funerals, 202, 203.
Wearing falling bands, 203, 274, 392.
Not wearing cap, 202.
Not wearing gowns, 224, 225, 274.
Not reading lectures, 334.
Contempt of court, 202, 336, 428, 429, 465.
Supplanting, 326, 328.
Malpractice, 318, 326, 328, 337, 391.
Fraudulent surgery, 350.
Not presenting patients, 316, 317, 322, 327, 330, 335, 337.
Holding a private anatomy, 317, 331, 337.
Going to sea without licence, or with chests unviewed, 330, 331,
337.
Refusing impress, 195.
Posting quack advertisements, 194.
Sunday trading (_see_ Sunday trading).
Midsummer watch, 76.
Minute book, first, 99.
Monken Hadley church, Gale’s brass in, 206, 574.
Monstrous child examined and reported on, 333.
Monumental inscriptions, 573, 574.
Muscular lecture, readers of, 373-377.
Music, payment for, 226.
Musicianer chosen, 229.
NAVY SURGEONS--
The Company nominate, 345.
Interference with Company’s rights as to, 350.
The examiners of, charged with misconduct, 354.
Extraordinary cases of, to be copied in a book, 355.
Commissioners of Navy complain of unskilful surgeon, 356.
Newgate, Ordinary of, relieved, 219.
New River water taken in, 405.
NON-FREEMEN--
Sent to prison for using barbery, 192.
Arrested for using barbery, 410.
Sent to prison for opening shop, 192.
Ordered to remove sign, 193.
To be summoned to take freedom, 223.
Resolution to prosecute, 235.
Prosecuted, 236.
(_See_ also Foreyns.)
Norwich, Barbers of, 21, 28, 575, 576.
Oath of freemen, 254.
" altered, 142.
Oaths taken upon old ordinance book, 184.
Obits compounded for, 187, 188.
Offences punished (_see_ Members punished).
“Opprobryous wordes,” slander, &c., cases of, 170, 176, 177, 191,
193, 194, 196, 209, 212, 217, 248, 274, 319, 341, 425, 426, 427,
428.
ORDINANCES--
The first set of, 29-34.
Of Sir T. More, 77, 579.
Of 1633, 131.
Of 1681, 144.
Of 1709, 150.
ORDINANCES, BY-LAWS AND ORDERS RELATING TO--
Admission of members, 45.
Aliens, 120, 200.
Anatomy, 119, 120, 180.
Anatomy, masters and stewards of, 145, 176, 180.
Apprentices, 62, 64, 65, 77, 118, 119, 173, 176, 180, 181.
Assistants, 181.
Auditors, 118.
Charity, 33, 120.
Courts of Assistants, 120, 181.
Debate in court, 78, 120, 173, 179, 182, 250.
Defacing pictures, 508.
Defacing records, &c., 120.
Disputes, 33, 45, 77.
Distraint, 120.
Election, 117, 118, 178, 179, 204, 211.
Empirics, 131.
Evil speaking, 45, 77, 120.
Feasts, 34, 78, 117, 447.
Foreyns, 46, 174.
Funerals, 33, 183.
Lectures, 77.
Livery, 34.
Livery gowns, &c., attending in, 203, 228, 273, 276, 342, 370.
Liverymen to attend masters home, 179, 188, 192.
Meetings of the craft, 46.
Oaths, 77, 117.
Office bearing, 33, 34, 45, 77, 118.
Practising of the craft, 65, 77, 78, 119, 180.
Presentation of patients, 77, 119, 182.
Processions, &c., order in, 173, 182.
Quarterage, 33, 77, 120.
Religious observances, 33, 34.
Revealers of secrets, 120, 191.
Seal, 118.
Servants and journeymen, 46, 47, 63, 64, 77, 171, 175, 180.
Summons, attendance on, 44, 77, 117.
Sunday trading, 77, 120, 172, 181.
Surgeons, examination of, 119, 180.
Stewards, 118.
Unseemly behaviour, 120.
View, 118, 170, 174, 182.
Wardens, duties of, 120, 170, 179, 180, 201.
Yeomanry, 120.
Osteology lecture, readers of, 373-377.
Painter appointed, 177.
Pall used at funerals, 286.
" to be embroidered, 214.
" given to the Beadle, 232.
Past Master expelled for improperly certifying Surgeons, 222.
Past Master fined for contempt, 205.
Patients of Dr. Butts’, 86.
Patients not to be brought to the Hall, 180.
Peruke makers, proposed union with Company, 150, 151, 165, 166.
PHYSICIANS--
A petition against their tendering the Covenant to the
Barber-Surgeons, 251.
A petition against Charter to the, 411.
A proposed conference with the, 326.
Differences with the Barber-Surgeons, 125, 126.
Opposition to encroachments of the, 399.
Dr. Harvey’s practice complained of, 336.
Servant prosecuted for using surgery, 332.
Physicians and Surgeons, Conjoint College of, 42.
PICTURES--
Not to be defaced, 508.
Of the 41 Philosophers, 509.
Holbein’s picture, 487, 512.
" what it represents, 80, 81.
" description of, 81-94.
" borrowed by Charles I, 93, 397.
" borrowed by James I, 92.
" preserved in 1666, 143, 414.
" Sir R. Peel’s opinion of, 91.
" Saml. Pepys’ opinion of, 92.
" cartoons at College of Surgeons, 93.
" to be engraved, 510.
" Baron’s study of, 513.
" engraved by Baron, 93.
Thomas Allen, 488.
Queen Anne, 513.
Edward Arris, 510, 512.
Robert Balthrop, 404.
Charles Bernard, 487, 512.
Edward Charleye, 509.
Charles II, 417, 487, 488, 512.
Queen Elizabeth, 404.
Mr. Ferne, 488.
Sir John Frederick, 487, 512.
Dr. Goddard, 509.
Dr. Gwyn, 509.
James I, 392, 509.
Henry Johnson, 487, 513.
Inigo Jones, 418, 487, 512.
Thomas Lisle, 487, 512.
Linneus, 512.
Sir T. More and family, 510.
Prince Elector Palatine, 488.
John Paterson, 297, 511.
Sir Peter Proby, 395, 404.
Dr. Prudjon, 509.
Duchess of Richmond, 297, 512.
Sir C. Scarborough and E. Arris, 407, 487, 510, 512.
Ephraim Skinner, 487, 513.
“Two Spanish pictures,” 487, 513.
Dr. Tyson, 419, 487, 511.
PLAGUE--
In 1607, 202.
In 1625, 128, 209.
In 1636, 135.
In 1665, 413.
At St. Edmundsberey, 214.
PLATE--
Ancient gifts of, 189, 190, 192, 493, 494, 495, 529, 532, 538.
Bought, 188, 418, 419, 493, 494.
Altered or exchanged, 493.
Pawned, 140, 406, 493, 496, 497.
Redeemed, 497.
Sold, 495, 496, 497.
Yeomanry’s, sold, 495.
Fears as to safety of, 496.
Inventory of, in 1728, 490, 491.
Stolen, 208.
Royal gifts, 492.
Henry VIII’s cup, 497.
Charles II’s cup, 499.
Queen Anne’s punch-bowl, 500.
Gifts of modern masters, &c., 507.
Arris’ cups, 501.
Badge of barge master, 418.
Badge of master, 506.
Badge of warden, 506.
Beadles’ maceheads, 487, 506.
Collins’ flagon, 503.
Loving cups, 501.
Monforde’s hammer, 506.
Pepper boxes, 418.
Punch ladles, 419, 505, 506.
Rose-water dishes, 504.
Tankards, 503, 504.
Tea spoons, 505.
Tea urn, 504.
Tureens, sauce boats, &c., 504.
Wardens’ garlands, 397, 494, 506.
Poors’ box, purchase of, 403.
PRECEDENCE--
Of the Company, 239, 240, 241.
Asserted in 1606, 116.
Dispute with Tallow-chandlers as to, 402.
Order of Aldermen as to, 195.
Of members in court, 171.
PRECEPTS--
Forbidding breach of the peace, 187.
" excess of apparel, 124.
" feasting, 448, 449, 451.
For loans to James I, 111, 124.
For loans to Charles I, 128, 136.
For Midsummer watch in 1525, 76.
For present to Charles II, 143.
For provision of armour, 108.
For provision of corn, &c., 104, 123, 128, 136, 205.
For provision of gunpowder, 107, 136.
For provision of soldiers, 106, 148.
For relief of sufferers by fire at Blandford, Tiverton and
Ramsey, 228.
Suppressing rebels in Ireland, 107.
For a pageant resisted, 129.
For royal progresses and processions (_see_ Progresses).
Present to Charles II, 143, 409.
Prison, order for discharge out of, 205.
PROGRESSES, &C.--
Elizabeth, 108, 109.
James I, 110.
James I and Christian IV, 115.
Henry, Prince of Wales, 123.
Charles I, 136, 137, 404.
Cromwell, 143.
George I, 151.
PROPERTY--
Bequest of houses by R. Ferbras, 61, 161, 481.
Leases granted, 174, 176, 177, 198, 234.
A pretended lease, 199.
Sold, 416.
Sold in 1717 and reasons therefor, 152, 153.
To be insured, 225.
Houses bought in Monkwell Street, 109.
Site of Theatre bought, 234.
QUACK--
Punishment of, in 1382, 37.
Advertisements pulled down, 385, 400.
Dealt with, 336.
Forbidden to practise, 352.
Rejected, 351, 353.
A Frenchman rejected, 334.
Quaker admitted to freedom, 226.
Quarterage, 29, 30, 33, 253, 270, 277, 278, 280, 284, 380.
Quo Warranto, 145.
Recorder, yearly fee to, 203, 396.
Records got from Guildhall and Tower, 401.
Rent Roll in 1603, 381.
" in 1609, 394.
Resuscitation, cases of, 320, 321, 358, 359, 360.
Romish procession, and dinner at the hall in 1555, 100.
Russian ambassador, Company meet the, 410.
ST. ALBAN, WOOD STREET--
Contribution to repair of church, 212.
Contribution to organ fund, 229.
ST. OLAVE, SILVER STREET--
Contribution to repair of church, 201.
Interesting method of assessment, 237.
ST. PAUL’S--
Letter from Bishop Laud asking for contribution towards repair
of, 129.
Contribution, 403.
Sceptre and two pictures presented, 189.
Seal ordered, 226.
" altered, 164.
Seals corporate, 486.
Search for a malefactor, 392.
Search, the Masters to go in, 201.
Secrets, revealers of, to be expelled, 191.
Sergeant-Surgeons, list of, 18.
Shampooing apparatus, 378.
Sheriff, Barber-Surgeons who have been, 19.
Ship money, 107, 135, 212, 401.
Skeleton, the, at the Hall, 315.
Skeleton, prepared by Arris for the Theatre, 337.
Skin of an anatomy not to be tanned, 320.
Soldiers billetted on City Halls, 142.
" Surgeons appointed for wounded, 334.
" cost of furnishing, 590.
" provision for, 106, 148.
" (_See_ precepts.)
Sorcerer forbidden to practise Surgery, 327.
Spain, contribution to expedition against, 107.
Stewards of feasts, 118, 211, 407, 444, 464, 466, 467.
SUNDAY TRADING--
Ordinances as to, 77, 120, 172, 181.
Cases of, 182, 184, 185, 190, 191, 192, 200, 222, 223, 416, 426.
Archbishop Arundel’s letter as to, 48.
Sun dial, 221, 400.
Superannuation of Navy officers, examinations for, 351.
Superannuation, candidate for, rejected, 353.
Suppression of Charles I’s letter to Company, 138.
SURGEON--
First admission of a, to freedom of City, 25.
A contumacious, 336.
An impertinent, 343.
An impudent and defiant, 332.
A slanderous, 329.
Not approved, sent to prison, 325.
On his knees apologizes for slander, 319.
Ordered to heal his patient, 308, 316.
Prosecuted for not exhibiting a sign, 322.
Summoned for amputating a breast without calling in an
examiner, 349.
Summoned for not reading his lecture, 328.
Ordered to be defended if sued by Physicians, 345.
SURGEONS--
Examiners of, appointed, 308, 316, 329.
Examination of, 157, 158.
Being examined, to give a silver spoon, 310.
Candidates for, rejected, 349.
Diplomas, 69, 311, 312, 343.
Licenses to be recorded, 308.
Ordered not to practise barbery, 217.
Order to prosecute unskilful, 323, 328.
Unskilful, ordered not to practise, 319, 322, 324, 325, 327, 329,
330, 331.
To appear at anatomies in flat caps, 370.
Improperly elected masters, and thereon, 149, 150.
Mr. Beckett’s book on lives of, 351.
Guild, 35, 36, 38, 47.
" disputes with Barbers’ Company, 38, 39, 43, 51.
SURGEONS, BISHOP’S LICENCES TO--
Act of Parliament for, 72, 73, 74.
Surgeons to be examined before going to Bishop, 310, 329.
" presented to Dean of St. Paul’s, 328.
Petition to Bishop of London, 322.
" to Archbishop of Canterbury setting out the practice, 346.
" to other Bishops, &c., 348.
Bishop agrees not to license without a certificate, 350.
Company objects to pay caveat to Bishop’s registrar, 358.
Practice continued till 18th century, 74.
SURGEONS LICENSED TO PRACTISE IN--
Bone setting, 325.
Dentistry, 178.
Couching, &c., 324, 329.
Cutting for stone, 313, 317.
Midwifery, 330.
As Oculist, 331.
Rupture, 317, 329.
Scrofula, 340.
SURGEONS COMPLAINED OF--
By patients, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 321, 324, 328, 330, 341,
426, 427, 429.
For slander, 319.
For putting out unlawful sign, 316.
Surgeons’ Company peruse the united Company’s records after
separation, 229, 230.
Surgeon-General for the army, Peter Thorney appointed, 334.
Surgical lectures, 362.
Tapestry purchased, 393.
Technical education, Company provide for, 361.
Tenant complained of as disorderly, 211.
Tenure, curious old, 188.
Thanksgiving and Humiliation days, 395, 406, 407, 408, 413.
THEATRE OF ANATOMY--
Leases from the City, 132, 133.
Built, 132.
Contributions for building, 215.
Cost of building, 402, 403.
Plan of, 134.
Ceiling to be decorated, 213.
Ceiling to be boarded, 214.
Sculpture for the, 214.
Curiosities in the, 134, 488.
To be repaired, 227.
Earl of Burlington requested to repair the, 231.
Restored by Earl of Burlington, 153, 154.
To be pulled down, 233.
Site bought, 234.
Tortoiseshell given to the Hall, 218, 487.
Tours, edict of, 23.
Trades of freemen binding apprentices, 398, 399.
Translation of freemen to other Companies, 226, 254, 272, 273,
314, 349.
Trenchers, wooden, 396, 405.
Truss maker ordered to alter his sign board, 350.
Violent freeman, a, 212.
Virginia colony of, 121, 122, 123.
Virginia, sending children to, 395, 396.
Viscera lecture, readers of, 373-377.
Warden dismissed for misconduct, 214.
Warden Frederick applies for Deputy to be appointed in his
place, 197.
Wardens, 120, 170, 171, 179, 180, 201.
Wardens’ garlands, 397, 494, 506.
Woman Surgeon arrested, 392.
Women admitted to freedom, 260.
Women, examination of condemned, 401.
YEOMANRY--
Description of, 276, 277, 278.
Articles of, 120, 278, 279, 280.
First Wardens of, 281.
Wardens not to go home in state, 281.
Wardens commit offender to prison, 282.
Forbidden to commit to prison, 284.
Forbidden to attend weddings, 283.
Wardens to collect quarterage, 282.
Compound for quarterage, 286.
Forbidden to collect quarterage, 284.
Dispute with Auditors, 284.
Reproved for exceeding their powers, 284.
Not to keep their book of orders, 285.
Forbidden to hold quarterly dinners, 284.
Not to dine, 451.
Not to be sworn, 285.
Plate sold, 495.
Funeral pall, 286.
Alleged to be illegal, 282, 283.
Extinction of the, 286, 287.
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INDEX NOMINUM.
The Lithographed Pedigrees of Aylef, Lethieullier, Pen and Proby,
having been inserted since this Index was prepared, will not be found
here.
The names of various obscure individuals have not been indexed.
“Biographical notices” are in SMALL CAPITALS.
L. M. signifies Lord Mayor.
The same name will frequently be found more than once on the same page.
Abbott, Sir Maurice, L.M., 357.
Abraham, Stephen, 327.
Adair, Serjt., 235.
Adam, Henry, 96.
" Thomas, 14, 15.
Adams, Daniel, 14.
" John, 14.
" Sir Richard, 566.
ALCOCKE, Nicholas, 527.
Alcocke, Elizabeth, 527, 528.
" Margaret, 527.
" Nicholas, 83, 91, 95, 529.
" Roger, 528.
Alderson, Daniel, 270.
" James, 270.
" Katherine, 270.
" Richard, 286.
Allen, Abraham, 7, 273, 328, 470, 477.
" Isaac, 494.
" Thomas, 8, 9, 194, 203, 215, 249, 343, 344, 392, 393, 452, 488.
Allott, Dr. Robert, 210, 331, 495.
Alsop, Thomas, 82, 85.
Alva, Duke of, 556.
Alwyne, Nicholas, L.M., 71, 72.
Amcottes, Sir Henry, L.M., 517.
AMYAND, Claudius, 565.
Amyand, Anna Maria, 566.
" Anne, 566.
" Claudius, 11, 18, 228.
" Claudius, jun., 566.
" Sir George, Bart., 566.
" Harriet Mary, 566.
" Isaac, 565.
" John, 566.
" Judith, 566.
" Mary, 567.
" Mary Catherine, 566.
" Thomas, 566.
Andrews, Michael, 8, 127, 134, 215.
Andrewes, Dr. Richard, 366.
" Robert, 305, 490, 504.
Androwson, John, 170, 424.
Anger, John, 95.
_ANNE, QUEEN_, 150, 490, 492, 500, 505, 513, 563.
Annis, John, 15.
Anslow, John, 328.
Anson, Robert, 69, 70.
Antonio, John, 331.
Appleton, Thomas, 4, 96, 173, 289, 302, 303.
Archenbold, Nicholas, 6, 377.
Archer, Thomas, 528.
ARRIS, Edward, 547.
Arris, Agnes, 550.
" Edward, 8, 9, 19, 136, 140, 160, 162, 215, 251, 337, 343, 345,
368, 369, 372, 407, 452, 487, 491, 497, 501, 503, 510, 512,
550, 600.
" Elizabeth, 550.
" Jasper, 7, 8, 547, 550.
" Margaret, 550.
" Mary, 549, 550.
" Olivia, 550.
" Robert, 548, 549, 550.
" Susan, 550.
" Thomas, 550.
" Dr. Thomas, 160, 161, 369, 370, 549, 550.
Arundell, Archbishop, 48, 49.
" and Surrey, Earl of, 128.
" Edward, 4, 5.
" Thomas, 96.
Ashton, Thomas, D.D., 566.
Ashwell, William, 4.
Atkinson, Charles Howard, 17.
" John, 5, 6, 15, 95, 170, 238, 463, 465, 484, 485, 500,
505, 506.
" Joseph, 14.
" Randolph, 528.
" Richard James, 17.
" Thomas, 4.
Atkyn, Henry, 95.
Atmer, Lewis, 7, 95, 194, 323, 324, 429, 543, 591.
Atwood, William, 3.
Augustinis, De, 86.
Austin, George, 16, 17, 505.
" George, jun., 17, 507.
" Lawrence, 3.
Awcetter, John, 95, 96.
AYLEF, Sir John, 516.
Aylef, Alice, 518, 519, 521.
" Erkynwald, 518, 519, 520, 521.
" Sir George, 518.
" Lady Isabel, 89, 178, 518, 520, 521.
" Sir John, 5, 19, 75, 81, 82, 88, 89, 95.
" Sir John, jun., 89, 518, 519, 521.
" Martha, 520.
" Mary, 518, 519, 521.
" William, 520.
Babbidge, Mr., 418.
Bacon, William, 2.
Baker, Alexander, 8, 482, 495.
" Frederick, 16.
" George, 7, 18, 329, 428, 530, 536, 543, 544, 590.
Bakon, John, 26.
Baldwin, Henry, 4, 5.
Bale, Dr. Charles, 375.
" Gratian, 10, 11, 305, 306.
" Nathaniel, 305.
Balthazar (physician), 86.
BALTHROP, Robert, 528.
Balthrop, Dorothy, 530.
" Richard, 530.
" Robert, 6, 18, 316, 404, 440, 523, 527, 528.
" William, 530.
Bamber, John, 254, 345.
Banckes (Banks, &c.), James, 5, 308.
" John, 4, 5, 95, 169, 211, 219, 383, 398, 481, 494, 512.
" Thomas, 6, 7, 189, 481, 494, 574.
Bancks, Sir John, 478.
Banester, John, 95.
Banks, Dr. R., 377.
Barber, K., 5.
" Thomas, 6.
" Alice le, 27.
" Johanna le, 25.
" Katherine le, 25, 257.
" Richard le, 1, 23, 24, 25, 242, 257, 402.
" Hamo the, 27.
" Lawrence the, 26.
" Nicholas the, 27.
" Ralph the, 256.
" Roger the, 26.
" Thomas the, 26.
Barbir, James, 575, 576.
Barbur, Philip, 575, 576.
Barbyr, Thomas, 575, 576.
Barker, Henry, 9, 416, 547.
" John, 5, 96.
" William, 96.
Barnard, John, 357.
Barnes, William, 307.
Barnet, Thomas, 273.
Barnett, Thomas, 13.
Barnwell, John, 11, 12, 163, 597, 598.
Barnye, John, 591.
Baron, Bernard, 93, 422, 510, 513.
Barowes, Anthony, 96.
Barrett, Raphe, 322.
Barrowby, Dr. W., 374, 375.
Bartlett, Mr., 350.
Bartlot, Walter, 61.
Barton, Walter, 326.
Baskerville, Jeffery, 268.
Bates, James, 7, 543, 591.
Batman, George, 96.
Baylie (Bayley, &c.), Noah, 193, 264.
" Thomas, 6, 10, 96, 102, 316, 523, 524.
" Timothy, 13.
" William, 14.
Baylis, Sir Robert, L.M., 357.
Baynes, Richard, 330.
Beale, Richard, 296, 297.
Bearblock, John, 12, 163.
Beauchamp, Emma, 538.
" John, 538.
Beckett, William, F.R.S., 351.
Beckford, William, L.M., 567.
Belchier, John, 376.
Belfore, Sir William, 336.
Bell, John, 96.
" Thomas, 490, 501.
" Rev. Dr., 530.
Bellamy, William, 9, 10.
Bendoe, Robert, 592.
Bennett, James Douglas, 16.
" William, 9, 215, 270, 369.
" Mr., 530.
BERNARD, Charles (S.S.), 563.
Bernard, Charles (S.S.), 10, 18, 149, 294, 487, 490, 500, 512, 570.
" Charles, jun., 564.
" Charles (Clerk), 222, 289, 293, 294, 295, 465, 565.
" Henry, 565.
" Jane, 564.
" Elizabeth, 570.
" Dr. Francis, 563.
" Mary, 564.
" Miss, 532.
" Samuel, D.D., 563.
" Susan, 564.
" Dr. William, 563, 564.
Berney, Mr., 227.
Berrow, John, 13.
Bestchirche, John, 1.
Beton, William, 316.
Bette, William, 447.
Beverley, Robert, 68.
Bewsye, Robert, 319.
Bierly, Mr., 478.
Bigges, John, 591.
Biggs, Thomas, 215.
Bignell, William, 8, 9, 136.
Billing, William, 95.
Bird, John, 5, 95, 169.
" Thomas, 6, 7, 194, 201, 323, 493, 543, 590.
Blackley, Henry, 8, 202, 215.
Blackborne, James, 330, 331.
Blakey, John, 2.
Blakye, John, 2.
Blanford, William, 11.
Blaunchard, Gilbert, 256.
Blayny, Edward, 303.
Blounde, John, 61.
BLUDDER, Sir Thomas, 545.
Bludder, John, 454.
" Sir Thomas, 452.
Blundell, John, 12.
Bodeley, Henry, 96.
Boleyn, Queen Anne, 56, 87.
Bolingbroke, Lord, 139.
Boll, Richard (_See_ Bowle).
Bolling, Christopher, 95.
Bond, William, 10, 11.
Bone, John, 3.
Bonnar, John, 5, 6, 96, 426.
Bonner, Richard, 265, 266.
Bonwick, Jacob, 307.
Boone, Elizabeth, 550.
" Henry, 8, 9, 136, 215, 337, 343, 369, 452, 487, 550, 563.
Booth, John, 225.
Bordman, John, 95.
Borgarneins, Dr. Julyo, 314, 363.
Borne, John, 8.
" Thomas, 8, 210, 495.
" William, 7, 543, 590.
Borrell, William, 96.
Borrett, Samuel, 307.
Bosberry, Ralph de, 257.
Bost, Henry, 591.
Botelier, John, 4, 71.
Botham, Daniel, 591.
Bourne, Thomas, 396.
Bovey, Ralph, 7, 494, 543.
" William, 6, 316, 538.
Bowden, Thomas, 9, 215, 337, 338, 341, 342, 343, 344, 490, 501.
Bowghy, George, 270.
" Katherine, 270.
Bowlden, Nicholas, 324, 325.
Bowle, Richard, 5, 95, 169, 426.
Boxley, Edward, 12, 163, 597, 598.
Boyvell, Thomas, 1, 402.
Brabanzon, Roger le, 256.
Bradley, Henry, 6, 591.
Brampton, John, 2.
Branton, John, 2.
Brass, William, 507.
Braswell, John, 96.
Braye, William, 591.
Brett, Elizabeth, 545.
" Robert, 545.
Brian, George, 4.
Bridgeman, Sir Orlando, 411.
Bridges, Thomas, 12.
Brightmore, Richard, 3.
Brightwelton, George, 96.
Bristolle, John de, 27.
Brock, Thomas, 16.
Brode, William, 591.
Bromefeld, Lewis, 96.
Bromfield, William, 377.
Bromley, Humfrey, 333.
Brooke, Henry, 2.
Brooks, James, 9, 10.
" John, 164, 165.
" Major, 144, 414.
Brothers, Nicholas, 9, 215, 342.
Brown, Edward, 349.
" Robert, 5.
BROWNE, Martin, 546.
Browne, Dr., 190, 200.
" Barker, 391.
" Christopher, 330.
" George, 15.
" John, 4, 95, 406, 429, 497.
" Margaret, 547.
" Martin, 8, 9, 215, 250, 251, 341, 342, 490, 497, 501, 502.
" Rebecca, 547.
" Thomas, 2, 8, 452.
" William, 591.
Brownhill, Robert, 5, 6, 95, 169.
Bryckett, John, 177, 270.
Brykesworth, George, 527.
Bucke, Alice, 522, 523.
Buckell, Isabel, 518.
" Robert, 519.
Buckingham, Edward, Duke of, 514.
Buckley, Roger, 274.
BULL, Sir John, 565.
Bull, Henry, 11.
" Sir John, 19.
" Richard, 565.
" William, 6, 184.
Bullock, Robert, 9, 215, 343.
BURGAVENNY, Henry, Lord, 514.
Burgavenny, Frances, Lady, 515.
" Mary, Lady, 514.
Burges, John, 317, 591.
Burgess, John, 7, 190.
Burleigh, Lord, 544.
Burlington, Earl of, 94, 153, 154, 231, 422.
Burn, James Frederick, 16.
Burnett, Thomas, 96.
Burroughs, Mr., 227.
Burston, Thomas, 6, 281, 426, 547.
Burton, Thomas, 9.
" Isaac, 13.
Bushe, Henry John, 393.
Butphillian, Thomas, 95.
Butts, Dr. William, 82, 85, 86.
Bynns, Fenton, 345.
" Joseph, 9.
Byrkes --, 513.
Cade, Richard, 250, 274, 539.
Cadwalder, Richard, 322.
Cairnes, Sir Alexander, 557.
Caister, Thomas, 10.
Calamy, Edmund, 561.
Caldwell, Edward, 326.
" Thamar, 128.
" Thomas, 8, 19, 127, 128.
Callowe, Edmund, 2.
Calveley, Thomas, 9.
Canham, Thomas, 9, 221.
“Canonbury Bessie” 134, 337.
Canterbury, Archbishop (Tenison), 346.
Capoll (Caupoll, &c.), Richard, 1, 3.
Carden, Sir R. W., L. M., 572.
Carelill, Edward, 272.
Carlisle, Earl of, 516.
Carpenter, James, 15, 16.
" Thomas, 16.
Carre, John, 391.
Carrington, John, 591.
" Richard, 319, 591.
" William, 426, 427, 590.
Carroll, Captain, 414.
Carter, Henry, 489.
" John, 16, 506
" Joseph, 15.
Carysfort, Earl of, 534.
Castard, Thomas, 3.
Caster, John, 2, 3.
Cave, William, 305, 306, 345, 349.
Cawsey, William, 313.
Cazor (Cazier), Henry, 4, 5, 95.
Cecil, Sir Robert, 544.
Chaddock, Richard, 591.
CHALLONER, Sir Thomas, 567.
Challoner, Mary, 567.
" Rachel, 567.
" Sir Thomas, 13, 19.
" Thomas, 567.
Chamber, John, 308, 424.
" Robert, 96.
Chamberlaine, Dr., 405.
Chambers, Richard, 3.
Chamblent, Dr., 368.
Chambre, Dr., John. 82, 87, 88.
Chapelyn (Chapeley), William, 2.
Chapman, William, 1, 30, 32, 303, 304.
_CHARLES I_, 93, 129, 134, 136, 138, 142, 156, 338, 339, 397, 404,
488, 515, 602.
_CHARLES II_, 143, 409, 410, 412, 417, 471, 487, 488, 490, 492, 499,
500, 512, 515, 553.
Charley, Edward, 209, 215, 396, 452, 509.
Charterane, John, 96.
Chaumbre, Henry de la, 257.
CHESELDEN, William, 568.
Cheselden, George, 568.
" William, 12.
Cheshire, Richard, 10.
Chevall, Edmond, 90, 525.
" Lucy, 525, 527.
Cheynall, Jonathan, 505.
Cheyr, John, 1.
Child, Richard, 96.
Childe, John, 1, 2.
Christian, Hamlet, 387, 388, 389.
_CHRISTIAN IV_, 114, 116.
Chovett, Abraham, 376, 377.
Clarck, Thomas, 473.
Clark, Christopher, 591.
Clarke, Abraham, 9.
" Augustine, 5, 169.
" Elizabeth, 491.
" James, 215.
" Richard, 591.
" Robert, 6, 8, 9, 209.
" William, 10.
Clapp, James, 15.
Clay, James, 14.
Clemence, Thomas, 546.
Clerc, Richard, 2.
Clerk, Robert, 378.
" Roger, 37.
" William, 378.
Clerke, Abraham, 343, 344.
Clifton, Kellam, 303, 304.
" William, 201.
Closs, Samuel, 15.
CLOWES, William, 535.
CLOWES, William, jun., 537.
Clowes, Ann, 537, 538.
" Catherine, 538.
" Geoffrey, 538.
" Henry, 538.
" James, 234, 537, 538.
" Mary, 538.
" Nicholas, 538.
" Richard, 538.
" Sarah, 537, 538.
" Susan, 538.
" Thomas, 535, 538.
" William, 7, 319, 427, 537, 538.
" William, jun., 8, 18, 136, 215, 216, 248, 250, 339, 342, 367.
Cobbold, John, 96.
Cock, Edward, 404.
Cockaigne, Edward, 10.
Coghill, John, 7, 8, 206.
Cokerell, Richard, 96.
Cole, John Benjamin, 14.
" Simon, 3.
" William, 11.
Colebeck, Edward, 163, 597, 598.
Colebrooke, Dr., 373.
Coleridge, Sir J. D., 60.
Colet, Sir Henry, L. M., 63.
" William, 29, 32, 34, 402.
Coley, Richard, 96.
Collard, Thomas, 3.
Colley, Allen, 263, 426, 427, 591.
" John, 15.
Collins, Nicholas, 199.
" Richard, 306, 307, 421.
" Thomas, 8, 9, 331, 338, 339, 369, 490, 503.
Colman, John, 378.
Colmer, Dr. H., 373.
Compton, Sir William, 88.
Conny, John, 10.
Connysbye, Nicholas, 424.
Conway, Lord, 334.
" Secretary, 127.
Conyngesby, Simon, 1.
Cook, Henry, 1, 30, 32, 424.
Cooke, Sir Anthony, 200.
" Sir John, 334, 398.
" Robert, 437, 441.
" Thomas, 352.
Cooper, Joseph, 453.
" Richard, 7, 8, 208, 249, 450.
Corbet, William, 327.
Cornewall, Catherine, 566.
" Sir George, Bart., 566.
" Velters, 566.
Cornish, Edward Charles, 17, 507.
" James, 16.
" James Cope, 17.
Corron, George, 6, 281, 440, 493.
Cosins (_See_ Cousins).
Cosmo and Damian, Saints, 68, 433, 434.
Cotes, Mrs. W. J., 569.
Cotesworth, William, 11, 154.
Cotton, John, 330.
" Lawrence, 8, 213, 215, 250, 367.
" Randall, 591.
" Thomas, 12, 163, 483.
" W. J. R., L. M., 572.
“Country Tom,” 134.
Cousins, Joseph, 11, 225, 226.
Coweye, Edward, 591.
Cowper, William, 568.
" William, Lord, 150.
Coxe, Leonard, 6, 7, 184, 543.
Cragell, John, 96.
Cranfield, Sir Lionel, 92.
Cranmer, Archbishop, 85.
Crawford, Earl of, 562.
Croidon, Roger de, 27.
Cromer, Dr. Walter, 86.
Cromwell, Oliver, 143, 407, 408.
Crooke, Dr., 332.
Crosby, Bartholomew, 3.
Crosse, Mary, 140, 496, 497.
" Symon, 473.
Crouch, Symon, 217.
Crowe, William, 6, 184.
Crump, Mr., Q. C., 572.
Cruttenden, Joseph, 230.
Cumberland, John, 321.
Cunningham, Dr. William, 363, 524.
Cutberd, John, 96.
Cutbert, John, 96.
Cuthbertson, Francis, 16.
Cutler, Richard, 538.
" Susan, 538.
Dagvile, John, 61.
Daiseman, Peter, 5, 95, 169.
Dale, Henry, 107.
Dallahouse, Alyson, 573.
" Robert, 3, 573.
Dallinge, John de, 26.
Dalton, John, 2.
Dance, George, 234, 420.
Daniell, Richard, 473.
" Thomas, 4.
Dansie, James, 12, 155.
Dards, John, 7, 8, 193, 591.
Darker, Thomas, 96.
Darling, John, 10.
Darnell, Serjt., 149.
Dasons, Robert, 2.
Daulton, John, 2.
Daunt, John, 3.
Dauntese, William, 96.
Davy, Sir Horace, 445.
Davis, Dr., 365.
Davison, John, 14.
Davyes, John, 8, 215.
" Thomas, 8, 19.
Davys, Reynold, 592.
Dawes, Thomas, 4, 69, 70.
Deane, John, 10, 317.
Dee, Mr., 149.
Defoe, Daniel, 561.
Deighton, John, 529, 530, 531, 532.
De la Fortre, Jane, 556.
" John, 556.
Demynge, John, 174.
Den, Agnes, 573.
" John, 573.
Dene, John, 95.
Denham, George, 7.
Denman, Sir Thomas, 467.
Denmark, John, 3.
Denny, Jonathan, 17, 507.
Denys, John, 96.
Deodate, Dr. John, 375.
Derham, Robert, 194, 195.
Dering, Sir Edward, 560.
Dester, Thomas, 96.
Dethick, Gilbert, 437, 441.
Deviatt, Abraham, 491.
DICKINS, Ambrose, 570.
Dickins, Ambrose, 11, 18, 153, 155, 228, 486, 564, 566.
" George, 570.
Dicson, Thomas, 96.
Dier, Hugh, 95.
Dixon, Ralph, 267.
" Thomas, 273.
" William, 592.
Dobby, Nicholas, 591.
Dobynson, Bartholomew, 96.
Dodds, William, 13.
Dodinghurst, John de, 256.
Dodwell, Robert, 96.
" Lady Ann, 557.
Doorebarre, Thomas, 399, 404, 408.
Dorrell, John, 215, 452.
Dorrington, John, 491, 504.
Dormot, John, 96.
Dorset, Earl of, 116, 121.
Doughton (_See_ Dowton).
Douglas, Dr. James, 374.
" Robert, 14, 505.
Douglass, John, 352.
Dounesheued, William de, 26.
Dowell, Ralph, 3.
Downeing, Nicholas, 335, 336.
Downes, Robert, 14.
Downhall, William, 535.
Downham, William, 96.
Downinge, Humphry, 274.
Downys, Robert, 96.
Dowton, Arthur, 8, 473.
Draper, William, 96.
Drewe, Richard, 172.
" William, 308, 424.
Driver, George, 16.
" John, 14, 482.
" Thomas George, 17.
" Thomas Skegg, 15.
Drumacks, John, 3.
Duell, William, 359.
Duffeeld, Edward, 271.
Dunn (Dunne), George, 8, 9, 140, 217, 338, 342, 367, 369.
Dunnett, Malcolm, 14, 484.
" William, 16.
Dunolm, Henry de, 256.
Dupont, --, 334, 398.
Duppa, Thomas, 287.
Dupre, Josias, 480.
Dycson, Richard, 425.
Dye, Samuel, 136, 209, 215, 251, 452.
Eade, Richard, 273.
Easte, Matthew, 592.
Eastey, Richard, 3.
Eaton, Henry, 215, 342, 452.
" Matthew, 271.
Ecclestone, William Aaron, 17.
Eden, Ralph, 14.
" William, 290.
Edenborough, Samuel, 15.
Edlyn, John, 96.
_EDWARD VI_, 47, 52, 87, 89, 91.
Edwards, Joel, 15.
" John, 447, 529, 530, 531, 532.
EDWIN, Sir Humphey, L.M., 560.
Edwin, Charles, 560, 561.
" Sir Humphry, L.M., 10, 19, 221.
" Humphry, jun., 560.
" John, 562.
" Mary, 560.
" Samuel, 560, 561.
" Thomas, 560.
" William, 560.
_ELIZABETH, QUEEN_, 87, 92, 102, 103, 108, 109, 121, 313, 398, 439,
440, 543.
Ellenborough, Lord, 237.
Ellesmere, Lord, 116, 121.
Elliot, Alexander, 592.
" (Elyott), Richard, 5, 95, 170.
Emberson, Thomas, 16.
Emerton, Robert, 13, 14, 504, 507.
Enderby, John, 4, 5, 95, 169, 172.
Erwin, James, 349.
Essex, Earl of, 107.
Essington, Thomas, 12.
Evans, Edward, 303.
" Henry, 16.
" Richard, 548.
" William, 13.
Eve, Thomas, 591.
Evelyn, John, 139.
Exeter, Bishop of, 88.
Fairfax, Sir Thomas, 142, 405.
Fane, Sir Thomas, 515.
Farendon, Sir Nicholas de, 24, 256.
Farmer, January, 11, 486, 567.
Farre, James, 9.
Fauconer, Thomas, L.M., 40, 43.
Fayles, Thomas, 96.
Fenton, John, 7, 116, 121, 193, 194, 200, 202, 206, 208, 326, 327,
332, 386, 473, 476, 508.
" Joseph, 8, 323, 329.
Ferbras, Robert, 61, 161, 382, 398, 481.
Ferne, James, 11, 12, 486, 488, 568.
Ferrat, William, 271.
FERRIS, Richard, 524.
Ferris, Em, 524.
" Richard, 5, 6, 18, 83, 92, 170, 312, 591.
" Thomazine, 524.
Fettyplace, Mr., 542.
Field, John, 6, 14, 316, 524, 590.
" William, 290.
Finlay, Robert, 152, 153.
Fitzhugh, Mr., 227.
Fitzjames, Sir John, 77, 579, 586.
Flecton, Robert, 449.
Fleete, Edward, 209, 215, 334, 369, 452.
Flemmynge, Gyles, 330.
Flower, William, 437, 441.
Foliard, Ralph, 9, 19.
Folliot, Thomas, 3.
Foot, Robert, 559.
Ford, Grace, 534.
" Sir Richard, 534.
Forster, Robert, 95.
Forty, Henry, 411, 412.
Foster, Henry, 591.
" John, 325, 452.
" Nathaniel, 304, 305, 433.
" Philip, 10.
" Ralph, 9, 454.
" Randall, 7, 8, 206, 208, 476, 591.
" Robert, 273.
" Roger, 4.
" William, 328.
Fothergill, Thomas, 491, 504.
Fountayne, William, 591.
Fradin, Daniel, 12, 463.
Franck, John, 210.
" John, jun., 210, 219.
Frankish, Rowland, 3.
Fraunceis, Gefery, 96.
" James, 592.
_FREDERICK V_, Elector Palatine, 396, 513.
FREDERICK, Sir John, L.M., 550.
Frederick, Christopher, 7, 18, 194, 197, 198, 200, 206, 264, 325,
329, 473, 476, 508, 543, 550, 551.
" Elizabeth, 553, 555.
" Sir John, L.M., 9, 19, 197, 343, 344, 487, 490, 501, 502,
512, 554, 555, 556, 558.
" Sir John, Bart., 553.
" Judith, 553, 554, 555.
" Mary, 551.
" Thomas, 553.
" William, 551.
Freeman, Elizabeth, 142.
Freke, Mr., 155.
Freman, Edward, 95.
Freind, Dr. John, 373.
Frende, John, 316, 317, 318.
Frizemigefeyld, --, 389.
Fryer, William, 9, 10.
Fuller, Robert, 7, 473.
Fullerton, Sir James, 127.
Furnese, Sir Henry, 557.
Fynceham, John de, 257.
Fynche, Richard, 331.
Fyninge, William, 7, 109, 116, 202, 383, 387, 390, 508.
Fyshe, Thomas, 5, 96, 312.
Gale, Elizabeth, 574.
" Jane, 574.
" John, 162, 220, 574, 600.
" Mary, 574.
" Suzan, 574.
" Thomas, 5, 6, 102, 312, 363, 439, 524.
" William, 6, 7, 206, 220, 329, 524, 574, 590.
Galle (_See_ Gale).
Gamlyn, John, 96.
Gardener, John, 317.
Gardiner, Thomas, 18.
Gariswall, Anthony, 531.
Garland, Ralph, 5, 95.
Garrard, Sir Thomas, 197.
Garrett, Sir William, L.M., 99.
Garrood, Thomas, 13, 14.
Garter, Thomas, 290.
Garwood, Robert, 14.
Gastey, Richard, 3.
Gataker, Thomas, 18.
Gatard, William, 3.
Gayle (_See_ Gale).
Geddyngs, Richard, 1.
Geekie, Alexander, 11, 418.
Geene, George, 5, 6, 95, 99, 102, 169, 170, 308, 312.
Geery, Henry, 4.
Geffery, Thomas, 2.
_GEORGE I_, 151.
GERARD, John, 540.
Gerard, John, 96.
" John (Herbalist), 7, 194, 206, 329, 429.
Gheys, Mr., 232.
Gibbs, Sir R., 236.
Gibson, Thomas, 4, 5, 76.
" Zachariah, 10, 11.
Gilberd, John, 95.
Gill, Philip, 215.
" Thomas, 491, 504.
Gillam, Thomas, 331, 334, 494, 495.
Giles, Dr. Marmaduke, 374.
Gisberd, Melser, 331.
Gisebourn, Walter, 1.
Glasier, Elizabeth, 521.
Glen, Alexander, 13.
Glenister, William, 12.
Gloucester, Duke of, 409.
" Robert de, 257.
Glyn, Serjeant, 411.
Glynton, Thomas, 174.
Godard, Reginald, 1.
Goddard, Dr. John, 342, 370, 509.
" Thomas, 3.
Godman, Mr., 350.
Godschall, Robert, 357.
Golding, Thomas, 13, 14.
Goldsmith, Dr., 375, 376.
Gomine, William, 30, 32.
Goodale, Edward, 286.
" Thomas, 204, 323, 391.
Goodall, Dr., 125, 345.
" Thomas, 196, 428.
Goodby, John, 5.
Gooderus, William, 5, 7, 18, 206, 329, 530, 531, 537.
Goodwin, William, 176.
Goodwyn, Henry, 327.
Gorton, Edward, 300, 304.
Gorston, Humphry, 394.
Gossidge, Lewis, 209.
Gower, Richard, 5.
Gowrie, Earl of, 394, 396.
Grafton, John, 2, 3.
" Richard, 521.
Grange, George, 14.
Grantone, John de, 1, 35, 36.
Grave, Henry, 2.
Gray, Donald, 16.
" George, 491, 503.
" John, 96.
Greenbury, Richard, 398, 407, 494, 509, 512.
Greene (Grene), Edward, 11.
" " John, 95.
" " Joseph, 11.
" " Thomas, 3.
" " William, 5, 6, 96, 102, 184, 573.
Greenway, John, 96.
Gretton, Henry, 164, 307, 357.
Griffin, Edward, 6, 7, 420, 590.
" Joseph, 464, 465.
" Thomas, 12, 13.
Griffine, John, 524, 530, 531.
Griffith, Edward, 540.
" Morrice, 215.
Grig, Thomas, 274.
Griggs, William, 437.
Grint, Dr., 332.
Grome, Thomas, 95.
Grottell, Robert, 317.
Grove, Andrew, 591.
" Robert, 95, 273.
Grymsen, John, 592.
Gurney, John, 163, 597, 598.
" William, 8, 9.
Gwyn, Dr., 210, 334, 338, 365, 509.
" Susan, 338.
Gyle, John, 5.
Gyllam, William, 182, 316.
Gyllet, Thomas, 590.
Gylman, Thomas, 96.
Gymblet, John, 591.
Hacche, Johanna atte, 37.
" Roger atte, 37.
Hadden, George, 15.
Haddon, William, 12, 155, 163, 597, 598.
Haines, Richard, 16.
Hall, Anthony, 303.
" John, 314, 363, 364.
" Roger, 591.
" Sylvanus, 234, 235.
" Thomas, 9, 183, 187, 364.
Halyday, Robert, 68, 69.
Hamersley, Hugh, L.M., 333.
Hamlyn, John, 96.
Hammond, Richard, 3.
Hamond, Mr., 341.
Hampshire, Thomas, 14.
Hands, Dr., 373.
Handsom, Robert, 4.
Harbert, Robert, 384, 385, 388.
Harbin, Richard, 127.
Hardy, William, 306.
Hare, William, 15, 16.
Hargrave, Charles. 293, 294.
Harington, John, 592.
Harman, Edmund, 5, 19, 75, 81, 82, 90, 95.
Harper, John, 421.
Harris, Thomas, 13.
Hart, John, 14.
Harte, Hugh, 2, 3.
Harvard, Elizabeth, 519.
Harvey, James, 16.
" Richard, 11.
" William, 436, 440, 442.
" Dr. William, 336.
Harvie, John, 9.
Haryot, Sir William, L.M., 61.
Haselhurst, Henry, 4.
Hassall, John, 7, 206, 267, 273.
Hastyngs, Robert, 96.
Hathorne, William, 591.
Hatley, Ralph, 10
Hatton, Christopher, 336.
Havers, Dr. Clopton, 373.
Hawkes, John, 425, 591.
HAWKINS, Sir Cæsar, Bart., 571.
" " , 18, 377, 570.
" Cæsar, 571.
" Cæsar Henry, 572.
" Charles, 572.
" Pennell, 572.
Hawley, Sir Thomas, 517.
Haydon, John, 1.
Hayes, Robert, 11.
Hayles, William, 2.
Haynes, Christopher, 95.
Haysie, John, 6, 7.
Hayward (Haward, Heyward, &c.), John, 12, 157, 159.
" " Richard, 3, 4, 71, 211.
" " Richard, jun., 211.
Heath, Nicholas, 8, 134, 136, 142, 215, 367, 405.
" Sir Robert, 131.
Heaps, John, 16, 307.
Helton, George, 105.
Hemp, James, 15.
" William, 15, 16.
Henlye, Philip, 591.
_HENRY V_, 50.
" _VII_, 433.
" _VIII_, 75, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 433, 435, 439,
440, 487, 490, 492, 497, 498, 510, 516, 520, 524, 525.
Herbert, Sir Henry, 333.
" Thomas, 14.
Herenden, Anthony, 11.
HERNE, Sir Nathaniel, 554.
Herne, Basil, 555.
" Frederick, 555.
" James, 555.
" John, 555.
" Sir Joseph, 553, 555.
" Judith, 554, 555.
" Katherine, 555.
" Mary, 555.
" Sir Nathaniel, 9, 19, 553, 558.
" Nathaniel, jun., 555
" Nicholas, 554, 555.
" Richard, 554, 555.
" Susan, 555.
" Thomas, 555.
" Sir William, 555.
Herte, Hugh, 432.
Hetherley, William, 96.
Hewett, Edward, 96, 281, 308.
" Richard, 10.
Heydon, John, 8, 30, 32, 213, 215, 269, 334, 367.
Higgs, William, 95.
Higgins, Richard, 473.
Hill, Joseph, 13.
" Sir Rowland, L.M., 521.
" William, 2, 3, 96.
Hiller, William, 95.
Hilles, Mr., 383, 384, 385.
Hingham, John, 3.
Hinxman, Daniel, 8.
Hitchen, John, 6, 590.
Hobbs, Dr., 134.
" (Hobbes, &c.), John, 2.
" " Thomas, 10, 18, 265.
" " William, 3, 18.
Hodes, Thomas, 318.
Hodgkinson, Henry, 215.
Hogarth, William, 572.
Hogeson, James, 96.
Hogekynson, Henry, 95.
Hogkyn, Michael, 527.
Holbein, Hans, 80, 81, 510.
Holden, Richard, 328.
Holditch, Samuel, 343.
Holehouse, Samuel, 16.
" Thomas, 13, 235.
Holland, George, 5, 312.
" James, 4.
" John, 71, 95.
" Richard, 591.
Holliday, Robert, 3, 4.
Hollier, Thomas, 9.
Holmes, John, 350.
Holt, Sir John, 150.
" Lord Chief Justice, 560.
Homewood, Thomas, 473.
Hooker, Anne, 556.
" Elizabeth, 555.
" Richard, 555.
" Robert, 553.
" Sir William, L.M., 357, 556.
Hooper, John, 421.
Hopgood, Thomas Burn, 15.
Hopkinson, William, 4.
Hopton, Richard, 515.
Horsnell, George, 10.
Horton, William, 3.
Howard, Sir Edward, 139.
" Sir William, 516.
Howlden, Richard, 274.
Huckle, William, 8, 134, 213, 215.
Hughbank, Edward, 96.
Hughes, Richard, 6, 440.
" James, 303.
Humphris, Edmund, 14.
Hungate, Christopher, 95.
Hunne, William, 2.
Hunt, Gabriell, 325.
Hurford, William, 13.
Hutton, John, 5, 95.
" Robert, 95.
I’Ans, Elizabeth, 233.
" Michael, 12, 233, 482, 483.
Ibatson, John, 429.
Ingolsby, Edward, 7, 8, 95, 206.
" James, 3, 4, 68.
Ingram, Sir Arthur, 555.
Ireland, Edward, 6.
Ironside, Richard, 555.
" Sarah, 555.
Izard, John, 7, 194, 206, 428, 493, 495, 543, 590.
" Mistress, 203.
Jackson, John, 10.
" William, 163.
Jaggard, John, 282.
_JAMES I_, 92, 110, 111, 112, 123, 126, 394, 397, 468, 470, 515.
_JAMES II_, 147, 148, 560, 563.
James, Jeremiah, 14.
" Richard, 541.
Jasper, --, 313.
Jenkin, John, 345.
Jenkins, Roger, 7, 121, 273, 328, 473.
Jenkinson, Mathias, 329.
Jennings, Robert, 286, 473.
Jersey, Earl of, 554, 555.
Jewrin, Dr. Thomas, 374, 375.
Johnson, Edmund, 305, 339.
" Francis, 305.
" Henry, 9, 10, 487, 513.
" John, 3, 4, 5, 7, 95, 186, 187, 188, 289, 290, 425, 493,
523, 590.
" Matthew, 5, 95, 99, 169, 170, 273.
" Richard, 591.
" Robert, 7, 190, 206, 323, 450, 591.
" Thomas, 5, 95, 99, 169, 170.
" Tobias, 8, 272.
" William, 96.
Jones, Dr. Hezekias, 374.
" Inigo, 94, 134, 135, 144, 211, 232, 402, 416, 487, 512.
" Owine, 322.
" Richard, 14.
" Togarmah, 163, 597, 598.
Joy, Mistress, 217.
Jurden, Philip, 592.
Keble, George, 535.
Keith, Alexander, 349.
Kellaway, Nicholas, 190, 196, 325, 391, 493.
Kellett, Edward, 275, 494.
" Walter, 4, 5.
" William, 495.
Ken, Mathew, 427, 592.
Kent, James, 272, 495.
" Richard, 3.
Kerkby (Kyrkeby, &c.), William, 4, 5, 76, 95, 169.
Kerrell, John, 7, 8, 473.
Key, Garrett, 325.
Kidd, William, 5.
Kidder, Thomas, 15, 483.
King, Bartholomew, 10, 150.
" James, 15, 351.
" John, 10.
Kingman, Thomas, 9.
Kings, William, 9, 215, 218, 342, 343, 369, 431.
Kippax, William, 13, 504.
Kirby, Ralph Smith, 16.
Knight, Deborah, 569.
" John, 9, 10, 18, 414, 499, 500, 513.
Knightly, William, 319, 592.
Knolles, Thomas, 43.
Knott, John, 4, 69, 70.
" Thomas, 5, 52, 75, 76, 78, 99, 169, 170, 312.
Knowles, Roger, 10.
Knox, John, 14.
Koppisley, Thomas, 68.
Kydd, William, 95.
Lamb, David, 14, 504.
" Richard, 287.
Lambkin, Thomas, 187, 273, 425.
Lamyngton, Robert de, 27.
Lane, Pascall, 322, 327.
Langford, Henrietta M., 548, 550.
Larden, Richard, 493.
Laud, Archbishop, 129, 130.
Laugecombe, Sir John de, 26.
Laurence, Sir John, 553.
" Joan, 574.
Law, Thomas, 14.
Lawless, Edward, 299, 307.
Lawton, Philip, 15, 484.
Layborne, Roger, 591.
Laycock, John, 6, 7, 113, 190, 205, 206, 323, 387, 389, 473, 542,
543, 591.
Layfield, William, 10.
Ledes, Robert, 96.
Le Despencer, Baroness, 515.
Ledson, Peter, 591.
Leeson, Robert, 10.
Legge, William, 2, 3.
Leicester, Earl of, 447, 537.
Lely, Sir Peter, 512.
Lenthall, Mr., 510.
LETHIEULLIER, Sir John, 556.
Lethieullier, Sir Christopher, 556.
" John, 556, 557.
" Sir John, 10, 19, 221, 558.
" Leonora, 557.
" Letitia, 557.
" Margaret, 567.
" Rachel, 567.
" William, 557, 567.
Levelyf, John, 1.
LEVEN, Earl, of, 515.
" Lady, 516.
Leycock (_See_ Laycock).
Lilley, Robert, 3.
Linacre, Thomas, 87.
Lingham, William, 8, 214, 215.
Lings, John Benjamin, 15.
Linneus, 512.
Lisle, Thomas, 9, 19, 487, 512.
Litchfield, Thomas, 10, 150, 222, 563.
Littlebury, William, 164, 307, 357.
Loader, Richard A. C., 16.
Locke, William, 517.
Loe, Laurence, 9, 215, 218, 343, 452.
Lomeline (_See_ Lumley).
Long, William, 14, 483.
Lookes, Richard, 12, 163.
Loup, William, 11.
Love, Martin, 16.
Loveday, Mr., 134.
Lovell, John Cary, 507.
" Sir Thomas, 86.
Lovels, Mr., 282.
Low, Robert, 15, 16.
Lowe, Vincent, 271.
Lowther, John, 13.
Lucas, Richard, 3.
Lufkin, John, 8, 452.
Lumley, Dominic, 8, 274, 321, 473, 495.
" William, 17.
Lunne, John, 2.
Lybbe, John, 96.
Lyghthed, William, 95.
Lymcocke, Hugh, 5, 6, 95.
Lynch, Simon, 11.
Lynche, Walter, 425.
Lyon, Anthony, 14, 15.
" James, 14, 15.
Lyster, John, 591.
Lythego, William, 14.
Lyving, Nicholas, 3, 4, 68.
Maccullock, Peter, 376, 377.
Machell, John, 521.
Machin, John, 591.
Machyn, Henry, 100, 102.
Maderman, Thomas le, 26.
Madocks, John, 9, 220.
Madox, Thomas, 406.
Malmesbury, Earl of, 566.
Manchester, Earl of, 139, 561.
Maneringe, Thomas, 591.
Mangrave, Thomas de, 25, 257.
Mansfield, Anne, 560.
Mapes, Faith, 214.
" Richard, 7, 193, 201, 206, 214, 217, 286, 323, 329, 330, 365,
387, 429, 473, 476.
Marcadye, James, 318.
Maresfield, William, 4.
Marham, John, 68.
Markeland, Michael, 218.
Markham, William, 9.
Marks, Richard, 10, 150.
Marney, Sir Henry, 86, 88.
Marshall, John, 13.
Martell, Dr. Lawrence, 375, 376.
Martin (Martyn), John, 7, 201, 473, 543, 591.
" (Martyn), Thomas, 4, 7, 76, 206, 208, 323, 386, 390.
" (Martyn), William, 7, 189, 193, 194, 198, 322, 324, 508.
_MARY, QUEEN_, 88.
Marye, James, 297, 298.
Mason, Alexander, 5, 6, 96, 316, 439, 540.
" John, 6, 16, 527, 529.
" Richard, 546.
Masters, Joseph, 293.
Mathew, Andrew, 322, 429, 473.
Mathews, John, 272.
Maurice, Luke, 11, 12, 155, 228, 230, 419, 597, 598.
May, William, 1.
Maynard, Robert, 4.
Mayne, Owyn, 3, 4.
Mead, Dr. Richard, 373.
Meath, Bishop of, 472.
Mede, Thomas, 95.
Medley, Jonathan, 12, 163, 597, 598.
Meeke, Walter, 493.
Melville, Lord, 516.
Meredith, John, 215.
Mereston, John, 2.
Merlawe, Richard, 2.
" Richard, L.M., 40.
Meverell, Dr., 367, 405.
Mew, John, 26.
Michell, John, L.M., 43.
Middelton, Henry, 11, 357.
" Sir Hugh, 404.
" Thomas, 10, 357.
Miles, William, 354.
Milliners, Edmund, 4.
Millington, Anthony, 192.
Mills, John, 209.
Minikin, George, 10, 221.
Minn, Thomas, 322.
Minto, Earl of, 566.
Misleden, Robert, 4.
Mitchell, Joseph, 464, 465.
Molines, James, 8, 210.
Molins, Edward, 217.
" William, 372.
Mollyners, Lawrence, 96.
Mondey, Anthony, 211.
Mone, Thomas, 95.
Moneycock, Richard, 3.
Monforde, James, 5, 83, 90, 503, 506, 507.
MONMOUTH, Duke of, 515.
Monmouth, Duke of, 413, 516.
Montagu, Lady Catherine, 561.
Montgomery, Viscount, 139.
Moore, Charles, 12, 13, 465.
" Dr. Norman, 88, 537.
Morden, John, 3.
More, George, 96.
" John, 177.
" Sir Thomas, 77, 244, 423, 446, 510, 579, 586.
" William, 318, 591.
Morgan, Richard, 14, 15.
Morland, John, 364.
Morrey, Robert, 326, 391.
Morreyson, William, 4.
Morrice, Richard, 8, 216.
Morris, Mathew, 307.
Morrys, Richard, 271.
Morryt, John, 273.
Morton, Nicholas, 4.
Morys, Richard, 1.
Morysch, John, 2.
Moss, William, 11.
Mosseley, John, 96.
Mostrims, Gefrye, 592.
Mould, Anthony, 340, 341.
Mowle, John, 322.
Moy, Mathew, 269.
Mudesley, Robert, 6, 316, 439, 523.
Mullins, James, 203.
" Jarvys, 592.
Mullyns, John, 4.
Mumford, Humphry, 304.
Munday, Anthony, 400.
Murray, Mr., 512.
Murrell, Henry Edward, 16.
Myddelton (_See_ Middelton).
Myneyard, Robert, 4.
Napkin, Hugh, 215.
Needler, Samuel, 219.
Neel, Richard, 529, 530.
Negus, Humphry, 12, 155, 163, 597, 598.
" John, 163, 597, 598.
Nesbitt, Dr. Robert, 375, 376, 377.
Nevell, Richard, 3, 4.
Newens, Thomas, 283.
Newman, John, 8, 95.
" W. L., 511.
Newsom, John, 7, 274, 591.
Newton, William, 4.
Nicholls, Dr., 561.
" Dr. Francis, 376, 377.
" John, 11, 486.
Nicoll, Anthony, M.P., 139.
Nicols, Richard, 96.
Norfolk, Duke of, 86, 447, 579.
North, Sir Francis, 145.
Northall, James, 11.
Northampton, Countess of, 566.
" Earl of, 566.
" Marquis of, 447.
Northey, Sir Edward, 150, 224.
Norton, Robert, 303.
" Samuel, 13.
Norwiche, Sir Robert, 77, 579, 586.
Nottingham, Earl of, 145, 194, 197, 198.
Nourse, Edward, 376.
Nurse, Dr., 372.
Oades, William, 10, 149.
Oakley, John, 4.
" William, 3, 4, 69, 70.
Odwey, John, 591.
Ofeild, Henry, 8.
Ogilby, William, 349.
Oliphe, John, 521.
Oliver, Andrew, 4.
" Dr., 350, 351.
Olkar, Richard, 425.
Orgor, Thomas, 256.
Oseland, Mr., 471, 472.
Oseyld, Henry, 273.
Oskyn, John, 96.
Osneye, William, 1, 402.
Ostergis, Ralph, L.M., 68.
Otherborne, William, 5, 169.
Owen, Dr., 377.
" Evan, 215.
Oxford, Earl of, 514.
Pace, Thomas, 269.
Pacon, John, 1.
Paddy, Sir William, 364, 365.
Page, John, 96.
" Thomas, 10.
Painter, Humphry, 9, 18, 215.
Palatine, Prince Elector, 137, 488.
Pallet, William, 3.
Palmer, Robert, 3.
Papps, John, 14.
Papworth, John, 3.
Paradice, John, 319, 427, 591.
Paris, Humphry, 6.
Parke, Edward, 184, 187, 273, 282, 316, 317, 425, 426.
Parker, Edward, 13.
" John, 2.
" Lord Chief Justice, 417.
" William, 11, 155, 163, 228, 597, 598.
Parkins, Thomas, 3.
Parsons, Ralph, 272.
Partridge, Martin, 270.
Pasck, Alice, 555.
" John, D.D., 555.
Paterson, John, 13, 164, 165, 231, 289, 296, 297, 511.
Patten, Henry, 15.
Patterson, Henry, 96.
Payne, Dr. J. F., 569.
Pays, Thomas, 95.
Peacock, Oliver, 322.
" Sir Stephen, L.M., 195.
Pearse, James, 9, 92, 500.
Pearson, Francis, 14.
Pecham, Peter de, 256.
Peck, Edward, 322.
" John, 7, 116, 190, 194, 202, 206, 208, 322, 327, 329, 386,
473, 476, 542, 543.
Peel, Sir Robert, 91.
Peerson, John, 4, 76.
Pegott, Philip, 96.
Peirce, James, 561.
Peirse, William, 13.
Pelham, Martyn, 324.
Pemarton, Henry, 273.
Pemberton, Sir Francis, 145.
" Henry, 5, 95, 169.
" John, 215.
Pembroke, Earl of, 139.
PEN, John, 525.
Pen, Dorothy, 526.
" Elen, 526.
" Elizabeth, 526.
" Gyles, 526.
" John, 5, 19, 75, 81, 83, 90, 91, 95.
" Robert, 525, 526.
" Thomas, 526.
" William, 527.
Pengrove, Daniel, 464, 465.
Penton, Richard, 464, 465.
Peny, Gyles, 526.
Pepys, John, 12, 163.
" Samuel, 92, 143, 373, 412, 413, 499, 500, 552.
Perkins, John, 9, 136, 452.
Perrine, George, 334, 540.
Perrott, Abraham, 275, 491, 503.
Perse, William, 9, 10.
Pet, Commissioner, 373.
Peterson, Robert, 591.
Petoe, Marshall, 211, 398.
Petrol, Gabriel, 271.
Petty, William, 12, 155, 228.
Pewall, William, 3.
_PHILIP II_, 313.
_PHILLIP & MARY_, 100.
Phillipps, John, 592.
Phillips, Mr., 275, 411.
Philpott, John, 95.
Picton, Henry, 523.
Pile, Richard, 538.
Pilkington, William, 324.
Pinchon, John, 2, 3.
Pinder, John, 8, 209, 215, 369, 396.
Pinke, John, 10, 150, 221.
Pinsent, Mr., 350.
Pitcher, James Henry, 16, 17.
Pitts, George, 473.
Plackett, Hewe, 319.
" Samuel, 13.
Pleahill, William, 10, 149.
Plumtree, Dr. Henry, 374.
Pole, Mr., 282.
Pollexfen, Mr., 411.
Pollet, William, 3.
Pope, Pierce, 2.
Popham, Sir John, 116, 121.
Porter, John, 2, 3, 566.
" Peter, 7, 8.
Portland, Earl of, 131.
Postle, Robert, 5, 95, 169, 170, 177.
Potter, Edward, 4, 5.
" James, 13.
" John, 5, 95.
" Philip, 3.
" Thomas, 12.
Poule, Simon, 2.
Powell, Richard, 8, 9, 10, 136, 213, 215, 318.
Predey, George, 8.
Presson, Edward, 303, 395.
Preston, Achilles, 13.
Prince, Gilbert, 27.
PROBY, Sir Peter, L.M., 532.
Proby, Edmund, 334.
" Dame Elizabeth, 534.
" Emanuel, 535.
" George, 534.
" Sir Heneage, 534, 535.
" Henry, 534, 535.
" Peter, 534.
" Sir Peter, L.M., 7, 19, 395, 396, 404, 478.
" Randolph, 532.
" Walsingham, 535.
Prujeon, Dr., 367, 370, 371, 372, 509.
Prymerose, Serjeant, 326.
Purchas, John, 2.
Pym, John, 139.
Queldrick, John, 1, 2.
Rabache, Mary, 566.
Raleigh, Sir W., 107.
Ranby, John, 18, 571.
Randall, John, 11.
Rankyn, Henry, 6, 7, 184, 285, 590.
Ratsdale, Richard, 292.
Raven, John, 95.
Rawlins, Robert, 293.
Rawshold, Henry, 96.
Raylens, Lawrence, 336.
Rayney, Roger, 204.
Rayson, Samuel, 11.
Read, Dr. Alexander, 335, 366, 367.
Recherdson, Rev. --, 103.
Reede, Steven, 447.
Reeve, James, 16.
Renex, Abraham, 327, 391.
Repton, Thomas, 305, 306.
Rewe, William, 5, 95.
Reynell, Richard, 293.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 511.
_RICHARD II_, 28, 29.
Richardson, Thomas, 592.
" Sir Thomas, 131.
Richmond, Duchess of, 512.
" John, 7.
Rider, Mr., 350.
Riley, William, 16.
Ripoult, James, 354.
Roades, George, 8, 209.
" Richard, 210.
Roberts, William, 12, 13, 163.
Robertson, John, 4, 71.
Robinson, George, 3.
" John, 6, 96.
" Steven, 317.
" Thomas, 263.
" William, 15.
Robson, John, 493.
Rochford, Lord, 86.
Rockingham, Marquess of, 534.
Rodergo, Leonardo, 313.
Rodes, Edward, 7, 116, 204, 206, 381, 386, 390, 473.
" Raphe, 591.
Rogers, John, 13.
" Lawrence, 3.
" Lewis, 7, 531.
" Richard, 303.
Rogiers, Richard, 96.
Rolf, Simon, 2, 41.
Rollesley, Edward, 96.
Rooke, Roger, 2.
Roote, John, 2.
Rosse, Thomas, 515.
Rossington, Henry, 10.
Rous, Mary, 553.
Rowdon, Francis, 289, 290, 291, 292, 323, 382.
Rowe, Peter, 558.
Rowland, Alexander, 15, 16, 237.
" Humphrey, 188.
Rowley, Raphe, 321.
Rowney, Thomas, 14.
Ruff, Edward, 16.
Ruffiniac, Dr. Guy, 376.
Russell, George, 13.
" John, 324.
Ruston, William, 17, 504.
Rutland, Earl of, 515.
Rutter, Samuel, 12, 163, 232, 597, 598.
Rutty, Dr. William, 374, 375.
Rycraft, Francis, 473.
Ryggewyk, William, 2.
Ryley, William, 128.
Rymmer, William, 9.
Sadler, George, 15.
St. George, Sir William, 401.
" Henry, 441.
Sainthill, Mr., 155.
Salaman, Nathan, 17.
Salisbury, Dr. Douglas, Bp. of, 570.
Sallis, Henry, 16.
" William, 15.
Salmond, Christopher, 5, 83, 92, 95, 96.
Samborne, Richard, 274.
Sambroke, Davy, 95.
Sambrook, Daniel, 5.
Sambrooke, Elizabeth, 560.
" Sir Jeremy, 560.
" Samuel, 215, 560.
Sandale, Sir John de, 26.
Sanderson, Robert, 10.
Sandford, Bryan, 65, 161.
" Joseph, 12.
Saule, James, 592.
Saunders, Edward, 317.
" John, 3.
Saunderson, Richard, 591.
Sawyer, Sir Robert, 145.
Sax, John Jacob, 354.
Saxton, Peter, 273.
Say and Seale, Lord, 139.
Scarborough, Sir Charles, 372, 407, 487, 510, 512.
Scarlett, Sir James, 467.
" Robert, 3, 4.
Scawin, Mr., 141.
Scoloker, Elizabeth, 192.
_SCOTS_, Mary Queen of, 514.
Scott, James, 3, 4, 13, 68.
" Robert, 3.
Scripe, Roger, 2, 3.
Scroggs, Sir William, 411.
Scrooby, Robert, 12, 163, 597, 598.
Scultinge, Cezar, 326.
Sedgwick, George, 591.
" Tobias, 9.
Selborne, Lord, 445.
Selbye, Richard, 316.
Sermont, Richard, 4, 95.
Sewell, William, 96.
_SEYMOUR_, Queen Jane, 87.
Shakespear, William, 233.
Sharpe, Rev. --, 218.
Sheene, Roger, 4.
Sheeres, Thomas, 326.
Shepey, John, 1.
Sherborn, William, 5, 95.
Shiplake, William, 2.
Shireff, John, 528.
Shirlock, Mr., 493.
Shoppee, Charles John, 16, 135, 144, 431, 507.
Shott, John, 11, 228.
Shrene, John, 95.
Shryffe, John, 170, 591.
Simpson, Nicholas, 5, 19, 82, 89, 95.
Simpson, Robert, 5.
Sipnam, William, 61.
Sisson, Thomas, 564.
Sisterton, Dr., 375.
Skair, Thomas, 523.
Skelton, Eustace, 326.
" William, 358.
SKINNER, Ephraim, 558.
Skinner, Ann, 559.
" John, 5.
" Ephraim, 487, 513, 555.
Skipper, Peter, 14, 484.
Skynner, Roger, 96.
Slade, William, 13, 314, 511.
Slee, John, 14.
Slight, Alexander, 3.
Small, Mr., 349.
Smarthwaite, John, 6, 96, 102.
Smedley, Ann, 563.
Smith, Edward Grose, 15, 235, 298.
" Henley, 16, 298.
" Henley Grose, 298.
" Henry, 447, 590.
" John, 5, 169, 303, 591.
" Dr. John, 69, 70.
" Katherine, 538.
" Peter, 305, 344, 411, 412, 413, 414.
" Richard, 591.
" Sir Thomas, 125.
" William, 11, 225, 226, 307.
Smyth, Neste, 326.
Smythe, John, 5, 95, 170, 312.
" Richard, 96.
" William, 95.
Snadenham, Richard, 2.
Snelling, Francis, 16.
Soare, Francis, 337.
" Edward, 406.
Sommers, John, 4.
Sotherton, John, 9.
Southcott, John, 521.
Southnam, Richard, 3.
Spackman, Anthony, 591.
Speight, James, 14.
Spencer, Nicholas, 528.
" William, 95.
Spicer, Dr., 341.
Springet, John, 3.
Sprignall, Richard, 6, 7, 192, 543, 590.
" Robert, 5, 95, 169, 493.
Spurling, John, 350.
Squior, Edward, 272.
Stagg, William, 13.
Stambrooke, John, 10.
Stamford, Charles, 9, 215, 343, 574.
" Elizabeth, 574.
Stanbridge, Thomas, 96.
Standon, John, 6, 439.
Stanton, John, 3.
Staple, John, 364, 425.
Staynton, Thomas, 95.
Stek, Ralph, 95.
Stere, John, 96.
Stevenson, George, 417.
Steward, Robert, 322, 428.
STEWART, Sir William, L.M., 562.
Stewart, Daniel, 15.
" Neil, 159.
" Sir William, L.M., 19.
" Dr., 374.
Stimson, Thomas, 14.
Stocdale, Robert, 95.
Stock, William, 13.
Stockdale, Thomas, 5, 99, 169, 170.
Stocks, John, 527.
Stone, Edward, 16.
Storer, Mr., 189.
Storye, Richard, 318, 591.
Stower, Mr., 383.
Stranguishe, Henry, 591.
Struge, John, 2, 432.
Studdis, Robert, 3.
Studesburie, John, 591.
Stutfeyld, Edward, 325.
Succa, John Baptista, 332.
Suddenham, Richard, 3.
Surbut, John, 96, 281.
" Thomas, 5, 95.
Suthwerk, John de, 25.
Sutton, Thomas, 5, 95.
Swaine, William, 6.
Swainston, John, 16.
Swaldell, Christopher, 6, 7, 107, 184, 590, 592, 593.
Swan, Charles, 14.
Swayne, Robert, 324.
Swedenham, Richard, 68.
Swift, Dean, 564.
Swithin, Richard, 12, 163, 597, 598.
Syddon, William, 292.
Sygans, Richard, 527.
Symmonds, Joshua, 376.
Symonds, Thomas, 10.
Symons, Thomas, 271.
Sympson, William, 591.
Symsyn, William, 96.
Syward, John, 257.
Tatham, John, 552.
Tavernor, William, 272.
Tayler, John, 4, 68.
" Richard, 4, 5, 95.
Taylour, William, 378, 529.
Terne, Dr. Christopher, 373.
Terrill, Robert, 215.
Terry, Elizabeth, 574.
Tettisbury, Baldwin, 41.
Theobald, James, 12, 163, 233.
" Peter, 12, 163.
Thickness, Ralph, 9.
Tholmwood, John, 95, 170.
" Richard, 5, 6, 95, 186.
" Thomas, 384.
Thompson, Robert, 322.
" Thomas, 14.
Thomlyn, William, 178.
Thorn, Warman, 15.
Thornbury, John, 61.
" Richard, 61.
" Walter, 61.
Thornebury, Richard, 8, 248.
THORNEY, Peter, 539.
THORNEY, Thomas, 538.
Thorney, Ann, 540.
" Annie, 539.
" Elizabeth, 540.
" Peter, 209, 334, 493, 538, 539.
" Thomas, 7, 193, 194, 206, 286, 322, 324, 329, 334, 473,
493, 539, 540, 544, 591.
" Walter, 538.
Thorold, Edmund, 10.
Thorpe, Mr., 372.
Thrift, John, 358, 421.
Thwaites, Edward, 564.
Tillett, William, 12, 13.
Tilley (_See_ Tylley).
Tomlinson, Thomas, 215, 219.
Tompkins, Richard, 217.
Toms, Christopher, 11.
Tompson (Tomson), James, 5, 95.
" " John, 95.
Tottye, Henry, 591.
Tounnyage, John, 3.
Trengye, Galfridus de, 256.
Tresswell, Mr., 400, 404.
Trevellion, Thomas, 8, 214.
Trevor, Sir John, 150.
Trewise, William, 95.
Trottman, Secondary, 408.
Truelove, John, 12, 155, 163, 463, 597, 598.
Tuke, Brian, 86, 87.
Turner, Cressens, 292.
" Daniel, 349.
" Richard, 292, 293, 528.
" Thomas, 9, 136, 452, 527, 528.
Twinch, William, 15.
Twynne, Thomas, 4, 5, 95.
Tybbald, John, 591.
Tylley, Henry, 4.
" William, 5, 83, 92, 169, 170.
Tymber, John, 95.
Tymes, Arnold, 176.
Tyrell, Edmond, 95.
Tyson, Dr. E., 345, 373, 419, 487, 511.
Udall, John, 265, 391, 473.
Ude, Richard, 4.
Upton, Richard, 6, 426.
Urle, John, 2.
Urse, John, 2.
Vale, William, 15.
" William, jun., 15.
Vanderlatch, Bartholomew, 331, 494, 495.
Vandyke, Sir A., 512.
Van Otten, James, 324, 325.
Vaughan, George, 6, 96, 185, 188, 440, 495, 519, 523.
Veare, Thomas, 7, 206, 305, 413.
Venar, Richard, 314, 523.
Veriar, George, 13.
VICARY, Thomas, 522.
Vicary, Thomas, 4, 5, 6, 18, 80, 81, 82, 88, 95, 101, 169, 312, 313,
492, 493, 520, 523.
" Stephen, 523.
" William, 522, 523.
Villiers, Edward, 555.
Vivian, Thomas, 96.
Wadsworth, Dr. Thomas, 373, 374.
Wagstaffe, Dr. William, 374, 375.
Waite, Henry, 15.
" John, 16.
Wainwright, Richard, 13.
Wakeley, John, 2.
Walch, Edward, 3.
Walderne, Sir William, L.M., 42, 43.
Wale, John, 2.
Wales, Henry, Prince of, 123, 515.
Waleys, Thomas, 432.
Walgrave, John, 332.
Walker, Sir Edward, 554.
" William, 8.
Wall, James, 10, 150.
" John, 425.
Wallis, Thomas, 2, 3.
Wallop, Sir Henry, 538.
Walpole, Sir Robert, 419.
Walsall, James, 215.
Walsh, Edmund, 3.
Waltham, Hugh de, 25.
Walton, Christopher, 473.
" Thomas, 3.
" William, 6, 96.
Walwyn, Robert, 591.
Wanlon, Thomas, 377.
Ward (Warde), Hugh, 212, 215.
" John, 8, 134.
" Sir John, L.M., 565.
Ward and Turnor, 591.
Waren, Thomas, 543.
Warham, Archbishop, 87.
Warren, John, 6, 96, 101.
" Thomas, 7, 95, 282, 283, 591.
Warwick, Earl of, 535.
" John, 2.
Waterford, Robert, 5, 95, 169.
Waterhouse, Edward, 8.
Wateson, Henry, 8, 136, 452, 509.
" Richard, 8, 136, 139, 140, 141, 215, 367, 452.
Watson, Thomas, 324.
" William, 9, 215, 342, 343.
Watkins, William, 11, 306, 307.
Watts, Dr., 376.
" John, 12.
Wayte, Thomas, 7, 591.
Waystbe, John, 2.
Webb, Roger, 2.
Welfed, William, 96.
Wells, John, 307.
" Joseph, 14, 307.
" Thomas, 315.
Wellys, Richard, 2, 41.
Wench, Thomas, 5.
Wengrave, John de, 24.
Went, Richard, 4.
Wenyard, George, 96.
West, John, 6, 96, 170, 177, 424.
Westbrooke, Robert, 9.
Western, Abraham, 16.
Weston, Lawrence de, 1, 27, 35, 36.
" Margaret de, 27.
Wetyngton, William, 95.
Wevir, Robert, 96.
Weymouth, Lord, 563.
Wharton, Thomas, 15.
Wheatley, Andrew, 8, 274, 393.
Wheeler, John, 12, 295.
" Joseph, 159, 164, 295, 296, 359, 360.
Wheelis, Henry, 271.
Whetelye, John, 591.
Whiston (Bookseller), 231, 232, 419.
White, Clement, 328.
" William D., 16.
Whitebred, William, 3.
Whitehead, George, 15.
Whitgift, Archbishop, 332.
Whiting, George, 16.
" John, 12, 163.
Whittingham, Thomas, 5, 6, 96, 101.
Whyetmore, Nicholas, 282.
Whyte, Charles, 377.
Wichells, Henry, 13.
Wilbraham, Mr., 111, 325, 385.
Wilding, John, 13.
WILKIN, Walter Henry, 572.
Wilkin, David, 572.
" Walter Henry, 17, 19, 507.
Wilkinson, John, 2.
_WILLIAM III_, 516.
Willot, Thomas, 2, 3, 432.
Wills, Jonas, 305, 344, 414.
Wilmott, Dr. E., 375.
Wilson, Frederick, 16.
" Henry, 271.
" John, 3, 68.
" Joseph, 17.
" Olyver, 96, 176, 289.
" Richard, 302.
" Robert, 527.
" Thomas, 95.
Wilt, John, 14.
Winch, Humphry, 547.
Winchester, Walter, Bishop of, 257.
Window, Charles, 306, 417, 421.
WINDSOR, Lord, 515.
Windsor, Sir Andrew, 86.
" Lady, 200, 515.
" Lord, 367, 452.
Windsor-Hickman, Thomas, 515.
Wisdom, Dr. G., 524.
Wise (Wyse), William, 316, 318, 427, 590.
Wiseman, Richard, 9, 18.
Wisto (_See_ Wysto).
Wiston, Richard, 177.
Withers, Laurence, 521.
Wolcock, Anthony, 591.
Wollaston, Sir John, 405.
Wolsey, Cardinal, 86, 87.
Wood, James, 5, 6, 96, 101, 308, 424.
" Joseph, 12.
" Richard, 6, 7, 192, 194, 201, 206, 322, 324, 329, 387, 388,
543, 591.
" Richard, jun., 274.
" Robert, 286, 591.
" Thomas William, 16.
" William, 298, 504.
Woodall, John, 8, 136, 334, 336, 367.
" Thomas, 372.
Woodde, Mr. Justice, 383.
Woodfall, William, 425.
Woodhouse, William, 2.
Woodward, Mr., 345.
" Edward, 11, 12.
" John, 4, 378.
Woollet, Richard, 345.
Woolley, Benjamin, 16, 17.
Worcester, Earl of, 515.
Worrall, Daniel, 372.
Worseley, Thomas, 95.
" Richard, 96.
Worton, Thomas, 16.
Worts, John, 10.
Wotton, Henry, 96.
Wottone, Nicholas, L.M., 41.
Wright, Dr., 370.
" Serjeant, 149.
" Thomas, 213.
" William, 196, 199, 329, 330, 394.
Wyborde, Nicholas, 315.
Wye, William, 591.
Wyfold, Nicholas, L.M., 44.
Wyght, Charles, 5, 95.
Wylde, Sir William, 410.
Wyllet, John, 282, 283.
Wyndesore, John de, 256.
Wyndet, John, 429.
Wynton, John de, 27.
" Agnes de, 27.
" Alice de, 27.
" Joan de, 27.
Wysdome, John, 528.
Wysto, Richard, 6, 185, 426.
Yates, John, 6, 187, 316.
Yenson, William, 95.
York, Duke of, 409, 500.
" Nicholas, Archbishop of, 101.
Young, Austin Travers, 94.
" Henry, 95.
" John, 5, 95, 169.
" Reginald, 3.
" Robert, 275.
" Sidney, 432, 514.
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D’ARCY POWER, M.A., F.R.C.S., _26, Bloomsbury Square, W.C._
H. RALPH, _3, Heathfield Villas, East Finchley_.
JOHN ANDERSON ROSE, _1, Lancaster Place, Strand, W.C._
W. H. RYLANDS, F.S.A., _11, Hart Street, Bloomsbury, W.C._
NATHAN SALAMAN, _41, Gordon Square, W.C._
L. B. SEBASTIAN, _Skinners’ Hall, E.C._
WILLIAM SHEPHERD, _101, Bermondsey New Road, S.E._
JOHN W. SHERWELL, _Saddlers’ Hall, E.C._
CHARLES JOHN SHOPPEE, _61, Doughty Street, Gray’s Inn, W.C._
HENLEY GROSE SMITH, _136, Harley Street, W._
HENRY SMITH, _8, John Street, Adelphi, W.C._
W. W. SMITH, _13, Trinity Street, Cambridge_.
JOHN D. SPRAGUE, _20, Parliament Street, S.W._
BENJAMIN TABBERER, _13, Basinghall Street, E.C._
JOHN TANNER, M.D., F.L.S., _19, Queen Anne Street, W._
FREDERICK TREVES, F.R.C.S., _6, Wimpole Street, W._
TRUBNER & CO., _57, Ludgate Hill_ (3 copies).
WALTER TRUEFITT, _1, New Bond Street, W._
HENRY JOHN WADLING, _4, Lamb Building, Temple, E.C._
W. D. WILKES, M.D., _27, New Canal, Salisbury_.
WALTER REGINALD WILKIN, _5, Russell Square, W.C._
JOHN WILLMOTT, _55, Bartholomew Close, E.C._
EDWARD J. WILSON, _Milton Grange, Brough, East Yorks_.
JOSEPH WILSON, _6, Clapton Square, N.E._
HONORABLE LEWIS WINGFIELD, _14, Montague Place, W.C._
JOHN JOHNSON WINSER, _7, Cloudesley Street, Barnsbury, N._
WILLIAM WOODWARD, _7, Duke Street, Adelphi, W.C._
KEITH D. YOUNG, _17, Southampton Street, Bloomsbury, W.C._
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