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JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street. PREFACE. I AM anxious, in a few sentences, to explain the circum- stances under which these Memorials have been printed for the use of the Fraternity. The expediency of collecting into one volume all the in- formation which in several volumes had, from time to time, been laid before Parliament, often suggested itself to me, and upon my accession to the Mastership of the Company, the Court of Assistants very readily sanctioned an expenditure, and gave authority for such a work. During the investigation incident to its execution, I hud frequent occasion to examine into the old Records of the Fraternity, and in doing so I came to the conclusion that some of these would, if printed, be a valuable contribution to civic if not to general history. Hence, therefore, I selected such as would in my judgment be read with interest by the Members of the Company. These alone did not, however, appear to be all that was needed to make the work complete. It was essential that many facts, to be gleaned from other sources of information, should be compiled or brought together under such headings as I have adopted in these pages. Accordingly, I devoted such leisure as was available to me in prosecuting this under- taking, of which the present volume is the result. It has been a self-imposed labour, which was entered upon without any anticipation that the materials would be so abundant as they have proved to be ; and if in the progress of the work I have felt regret, it has arisen from the wish that an Author rather than an Editor had engaged himself in the task, and that his knowledge had enabled him to blend the History of Guilds with that of the City, in which they have occupied so conspicuous a part for many centuries. VI Preface . The Government of London, under its Chief Magistrate, was developed in a two-fold aspect, — territorial in regard to v commorancy and personal in regard to art or employment. The first was the Ward, presided over by the Alderman, the other the Guild, presided over by the Master. Each of these subordinate authorities owed his allegiance to the Chief Magistrate; they were members of a larger corporation of which he was the Head, and the latter swore before him to govern “ the art or mysterie ” for his year of office according “ to the rules and ordinances approved here,” 1 — that is in the supreme Civic Court. As, therefore, every citizen, as a security to soci ety, had to enterinto frank-pledge for his good behaviour as a resident, so had he to enter a Guild for his honesty and competency as a trader or craftsman. The ambition of these Guilds, aided by the wise policy of the Crown to increase its own influence over the citizens, led in time to their incorporation under Royal Charter. Yet, in these instances, it will be noticed that care was taken not to destroy the authority of the Lord Mayor, but in subordination to the higher sanction of the Crown to preserve his controlling power, by giving him a veto upon the rules and ordinances made and upon the judgments pronounced by the Master for the government of the Mysterie. Starting with the impetus of a defined constitutional existence the City Guilds gradually increased both in number and in importance. Each member thereof individually, though it may be imperceptibly, realised the truth of Lord Bacon’s aphorism, “ that if the force of custom, simple and separate, be great, the force of custom, copulate and conjoined, is far greater, for there example teacheth, company comforteth, emulation quickeneth, glory raiseth” ; so that in these associa- tions, and by their influence, the industrious and honest crafts- man passed through the gradations of employer, trader, merchant, Sheriff and Lord Mayor, until these Guilds, as seed plots for tame, reared men like Whittington and Gresham, who, by their commercial adventure throughout the world, spread the renown of London and upheld the character of its citizens for integrity and benevolence. 1 “ Liber Aldus” pp. 425 and 451. Preface . Vll But these were results slowly attained, and the Guild is to be traced through many stages of development. Taking our own as an illustration of others, we may notice that it came into existence adopting as its emblem the highest type of humanity, “ St. John the Baptist.” No text or precept of divine truth is to be found anywhere scattered throughout its records, but this great ideal was ever before the Guild, for the incidents of the Prophet’s life and death were pictured on the surrounding walls of their place of assembly, and were woven upon their vestments and burial clothes. Adopting Religion therefore as the basis of Union, the Guild was constituted upon the principle of a common sympathy between capital and labour, between the master and the artificer, for while the Master and Wardens, as repre- sentative men, governed the Craft or Mysterie, they exercised their authority under the solemn sanction of an oath to act “without favour or partiality” to either of the litigants before them, the capitalist on the one side and the work- man on the other. The Court so constituted was one o f con- jciKatinn, and in that aspect supplied a want which a later civilization has hitherto sought for in vain. It was not, however, only in regard to the prosperity of its Members that the Guild supplied an existing want. At that, as at other times, men fell into decay or adversity. Against this evil, when no Poor Law existed, a Provident fund or Benefit society was established, supported by the stipulated contributions of all the members paid into the Common Box, or Treasury, of the Fraternity. No doubt it was a taxation of the rich for the benefit of the poor, but it savoured of benevolence when the more prosperous men of the Craft provided alms- houses when alive, and left a larger provision at death, for their poorer Brethren than their own quarterly payments could supply. As to the discipline of the Guild, in those days the best security for good conduct was deemed to be attendance at the public services of the Church. Hence, at the Cathedral of St. Paul, and at their own Chapel at the Hall, the members of the Fraternity were summoned to worship upon anniversary vm Preface . occasions — as the day of their foundation, and on other days when death severed the connection of some Brother with the Guild, and they were attendant upon his funeral. If, indeed, sterner measures were needed to protect society from any dishonesty in the members of the Mysterie, the powers of fine and imprisonment — which the Court of the Master and Wardens possessed — were freely exercised against the offenders. No one* guilty of such practices would be permitted to > trade, for as no shop could be opened without license, none could be obtained unless others of the Mysterie vouched for his integrity. By these methods trade was governed, and first becoming honest, in time it became honourable. Viewed in its social and political aspect, the Guild was, if possible, of higher importance. At the time when the Sovereign ruled from, and resided in, the Tower of London, — when the houses of the nobles were scattered on the banks of the Thames and in ways or streets of the City — trade being a despised occupa- tion — it was of no mean importance that a Taylor, then (though not now) an insignificant social atom, should, by association, be able to hail from such a place as Merchant Taylors' Hall, and if oppressed by noble or by stranger, invoke the aid of a Company which, soon after its establishment, had managed to enrol within its membership the Sovereign, and others of no mean rank in the kingdom. Nor was this only a nominal advantage. In a City " . . . . where Civic Independence flings The gauntlet down to Senates, Courts -and Kings/ 1 the custom of early times was to summon all the Members of the Guild, at least four times in each year, to a common banquet ; and though a distinction of rank and table no doubt was recognised, yet the fact remained that high and low, rich and poor, did assemble together, sharing not only the name but (in matters common to them) the sympathy of a Brotherhood. The growth of wealth and independence, fostered by these institutions, gave the middle class political importance. If the nobles could serve the crown in elective office with hereditary Preface . IX wealth, the citizens, by common contributions, raised their Civic Monarch and Sheriffs to something more than an equality of splendour. The yearly pageant in which they were proclaimed the supreme Governors for the civic year, brought into promi- nence many a man who by honest industry had reached this supremacy, while the experience gained in municipal govern- ment qualified them, as their example stimulated others, to serve the public interests of their fellow citizens in the wider arena of Parliament. No doubt these Guilds have discharged their primary duty of protecting and fostering trade until trade no longer needs any such protection; but corporate as well as individual life has other purposes for its existence. As wealth increased, so did benevolence, and the founders of many Charities have selected as their future Almoners the Master and Wardens of the Fraternity. For centuries these trusts which the piety of their predecessors so confided to them have been fulfilled, while out of other funds strictly applicable thereto a liberal hospitality has been exercised in the City, where social absenteeism would otherwise prevail. In the case of our own Fraternity, neither these nor other obligations have been ignored. As early as the year 1513 the necessity for education was recognised and provided for at Wolverhampton by a distinguished Member of the Guild, while in later years, at Bedford and elsewhere, Schools, and air Oxford (Sir Thomas White’s and Lord Craven’s) Scholarships, were founded by other Members. So again, after the Reforma- tion had secularised the objects and increased the revenues of these Guilds, the men who then governed our affairs realised the noble purpose of establishing a School in the City, which opened wide its portals to those whose lot in life it was to toil within the walls. And that the present generation are not wholly unmindful of the traditions of the past, or unwilling to develop into greater usefulness the heritage that has descended to them, is evidenced in some degree by the new School that is being reared at the Charterhouse, and shortly to be opened by an Illustrious Prince, a member of our Guild. X Preface . Nor is it only in corporate action that the members of the Fraternity manifest benevolence, for in the present year “A loving Brother of the Mysterfe” has given a sum of money,. not inconsiderable in amount, to promote the spiritual welfare of the inmates of our Convalescent Home, while their material comforts are attended to by others of the Mysterie with. a liberality of labour and sympathy which is its own reward. Such are some of the benefits arising from Trade Guilds, and surely in the retrospect of European history for the period of Bix centuries their position is unique. All that the Crown ever conceded to the members of our Fraternity was the right of free assembly for the purposes of self-government, the liberty to hold in an honest manner their feast of meat and drink on St. John Baptist’s Day, and to acquire real estate; and yet out of these elements what a fabric of social order have the citizens raised I How few institutions are now existent as they originated, for — during the period under notice — have not Kingdoms been annihilated, Thrones destroyed, Dynasties changed, and the elements of Religious strife let loose in Europe ? And yet in each of these trials — so far as they have fallen upon England — the Fraternity of St. John Baptist has been found acting in dutiful allegiance to the rulers of Church and State. Surely no one can examine these Memorials and not be struck with the continuity of govern- ment and authority, which is wholly without a parallel in any other than the Civic Throne ; while no better evidence can be furnished — unless the Corporation of London be such — that the citizens are averse to change, and cherish, with something akin to reverence, their early institutions. I have in conclusion only to add that the assistance I have received from others has always been acknowledged in the text or in a footnote, and the reader will see that it has been considerable. In the Appendix much valuable information will be found which has been contributed by Mr. Martin, of the Public Record Office, by Major Newsome, R.E., a Warden of the Company, and by Mr. N. Stephens, for many years con- nected with it. Preface . xi With his usual liberality, Mr. Gardner, on healing of my undertaking 1 , placed his valuable collection of prints and sketches connected with the City at my disposal, and some illustrations have been taken from it. The work has required, and received, great care in printing, and Mr. Bullock (of Messrs. Harrison’s establishment), to whom it was entrusted, has spared neither labour nor time in securing accuracy. C. M. C. 47, Phillimore Gardens, Campden Hill, W. Xlll TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAO* NlSTES OF THR MASTER, WARDENS, COURT OF ASSISTANTS, AND FRATERNITY of Merchant Taylors xxy MEMORIALS OF THE FRATERNITY : i. The Company . . . . . . . . . . 1 n. The Yeoman or Batchelors’ Company 22 hi. The Hall 29 iv. The Chapel at the Hall . . . . . . 42 V.^The Church of St. Martin Outwich . . . . 46 VI. The Almshouses at the Hall . . . . 47 vn. The Religious Privileges of the Merchant Taylors’ Company, as recorded in the earlier Ordinance Book . . . . . . . . 49 thi. “ The Common Box ” . . . . . . . . 62 ix. The Manuscript Account Books of the Company . . . . 68 x. The Accounts for the Year 1399-1400 66 xi. The Treasury Accounts (Receipts and Payments), 1489 to 1603 . . 69 in. Inventory of Jewellery and Plate in 1491 . . . . . . -82 xra. Inventory of the Effects of the Company in 1612 . . . . 84 xrv. Inventory of Plate and General Effects, taken in 1609 . . 92 xv. The First Grant of Arms, 1480 . . . . . . . . 96 xn. The Second Grant of Arms, 1586 . . . . . . . . 98 xvn. Payments for Superstitious Uses made by the Company in 1647. . 100 xvm. Precept to the Company, and their Certificate of Real and Personal Estate, 1566 109 XIX. Seiche made at the Vigil of St. Bartholomew . . . . 110 xx. The Mace and Yard of the Company . . 114 xxi. The Mayoralty of Sir Thomas Rowe, Citizen and Merchant Taylor, 1568 115 Xin. Ceremonies upon the Election of Master and Wardens, 1573 . . 120 xxm. The Annual Festivals of the Company . . 123 xxiv. Menu for a Dinner in 1480 . . 126 xxv. The Bishop’s Bible placed in the Hall, 1578 126 xxvi. Minutes of a Quarterly Court, and Form of Prayer / ^ * J Lin 1607 .. 180 XX v n. The Burial of a Deceased Brother, and Prayer, 1608 . . 131 xxvm. Precept to Provide a Watch, 1571 . . 138 xiv Table of Contents . hoe Memorials op the Fraternity — continued. tytt Precept to attend upon the Queen on May Day, 1572 . • . . 139 xxx. The Lottery of 1586 • 141 xxxi. The Plantation in Virginia in 1609 . . . . . . 143 ytt tt. The Banquet given to King James I. in 1607 (Court Minutes r 147 and Accounts) . . . . . . . . . • 1. 164 xxxm. The National Anthem 182 xxxrv. u The Loving Brother of this Mysterie, John Stowe ” . . . . 188 xxxy. John Speed, the Chronicler 186 xxxvt. Ogilby, the Poet .. .. 187 xxx vn. Charter of the Merchant Taylors’ Company . . . . . . 188 Charter of Edward III., A.D. 1326 . . . . . 189 Bichard II., a.d. 1390 «• .. •• . • 190 Henry IV., A.D. 1407 191 Herny VT., a.d. 1439 193 Edward IV., A.D. 1466 194 xxxvm. The Ordinances and Oaths of the Company in 1607 and 1613 : Ordinances . . 199 (1) The Ordynaunce for non-appearance upon a due and reasonable Summons . . . . . . . . . . 204 (2) The Ordynaunce for the Election of the Maister and Ffower Wardens 204 (3) Th’ Ordynance for the givying of the Benefice of St. Martyn Oteswych . . . . . . . . . . 206 (4) The Ordynance for an whole Brother that desireth to be an Almesman of this Fraternity . . . . . . 206 (5) The Ordynance for them that Myseorder themselves in theire Apparell and Array . . . . . . . . 208 (6) The Ordynance for the presenting and admitting of • Apprentices .. .. . . .. .. .. 208 (7) The Ordynaunce for the Clerk to make the Indentures 208 The Ordynaunce for all those persones that shalbe shied by the Maister and Wardeins to holde lions or shop open . . . . , . . . . . . . 209 A recytall of the graunte of Kyng Edward the iqjth unto the Company for their serche . . . . 209 (8) The Ordynaunce for the Search making . . . . 210 (9) The Ordynaunce for the Enrolling of Apprentices . . 210 Th’acte for Chambre-holders 211 Th’ordynaunce for fbreyns straungers and fforeyns denizens . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Th’ordynaunce ayenst theym that make anyjassemblees 212 Th’ordynaunce ayenst theym that hyre any t ennau nt out of his dwellyng hous or any other tenure • . 212 (10) The Ordynaunce for them that Mysorder themselves in the presence of the Maister or Wardens . . . . 212 (11) The Ordynaunce for the Beadle . . . . 213 Th’ordynaunce ayenst theym that denye to here a broder or sister to buriyng 213 Table of Contents. xv Mbxo&ials of the Fraternity— continued. VAOB xxxvm. Ordinances and Oaths of the Company in 1507 and 1618 — cotU. Ordinances — continued (12) The Ordynaunce for Non-appearance of the Assistants 214 (IS) The Ordynaunce for levying of the Duties apper- tayning to the said Maister . . . . . . . . 214 Th’ordynaunoe for rebellions persones ayenst the Governours of their Company . . . . 214 (14) The Ordynaunce against Apprentices wearing Weapons within the Cittie . . . . . . . . . . 216 (15) The Ordynaunce for them that disclose the Secrets of this Mysterie . . . . . . 215 (16) The Ordynaunce for them that deny to beare the Charges concerning the profitt and worshipp of this Mystery . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 (17) The Ordynaunce for the Wardens that Mysbehave them to the Maister or Wardens being in Office . . 216 (18) The Ordynaunce against them that entice any Man’s Apprentice from his Master . . . . • . . . 216 Th’ordynnaunoe for kepyng of holydays . . . . 216 (19) The Ordynaunce for the delyvery of Goods or other vendible wares to any Apprentice or Servaunt . . 216 20) The Ordynaunce for taking of a Stranger born, Apprentice . . , . . . . . . . . 217 (21) The Ordynaunce for the usaunce of the Comon Seale 217 Th’ordynnaunce for the olde Wardein and late Benter . . . . 217 Th’ordynnaunce for theym that associate theymself with such persones that be brokers of ordynnaunces 217 (22) The Ordynaunce for him that goeth from this Company to another . . 218 (23) The Ordynaunce for the Bachelor’s Company when a Maior happen to be of the said Fraternity., . . . 218 Th’ordynnaunce for the iiijth Wardeyn . . . . 219 (24) The Ordynaunce for him that denyeth to be Maister 219 (25) The Ordynaunce for him that denyeth to be Warden or Warden Substitute 220 26) The Ordynaunce for propounding of Suits or Motions at Courts of Assis taunts by any of the Assistaunts concerning themselves or any of their friends . . 220 (27) The Ordynaunce for the yielding upp of the Maister*8 Accompt • . . 221 (28) The Ordynaunce for the viewing of the Lands . . 222 (29) The Ordynaunce for them that become another Servaunts with men of Mysterie . . • . 222 (30) The Ordynaunce for them that instruct Children of other Crafts, the Handy craft or Knowledge of this Mysterie . . . . . . . . . . 222 Th’ordynnaunce for the kepyng of the Queue’s obite and of the Kynges when it shall happen 223 (31) The Ordynaunce against Maisters that suffer theire Apprentices to buy and sell to theire owne uses . . 228 (32) The Ordynaunce for the Maister and Wardens against partialitie . . . . 224 XVI Table of Contents . Memorials or the Fraternity — continued. PACK xxxvTii. Ordinances and Oaths of the Company in 1607 and 1613 — coni. Ordinances — continued. (S3) The Ordynaunce to distraine for Penalties . . 224 (34) The Ordynaunce that if any controversy happen bctweene any Brother of this Company and his Apprentice, the same to be determyned by the Maister and Wardens for the tyme being . . . . 225 Th’ordynnaunce for the buyng of stuf perteignyng to reparations . . . . . . 226 Oaths : (35) The Oath of the Master of Marchaunt Tailors at his first admission into the Office . . . . . . 227 (36) The Oath of the ffower Wardens of the foresaide Misterio . . 228 (37) The Oath of the Assistants, or Counsellors of the Mystery aforesaid . . . . . . . . . . 230 (38) The Oath of every whole brother admitted into the Livery . . . . . . . . . . 231 (89) The Oath of every Person at his first admyttance into this Misterie be it by way of Redemption or other- wise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 (40) The Oath of the Comon Clarke of the said fratemitie 233 (41) The Oath of the Beadle of the said fraternity . . 235 (42) The Oath of the ffower Wardens substitutes of the Bachelors Companie .. .. .. .. 235 (43) The Oath of the Sixteen Men or Sixteen Assistants to the Wardens Substitutes of the Bachelors’ Company 237 xxxix. The Ordinances of 1661 . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 XL. Documents from Town Clerk’s Office : (1) Protest of the Recorder against the Company’s Charter of Henry VI. (20th October 1443) . . . . . . 242 (2) Lord Mayor Billesdon’s award between the Skinners’ and the Merchant Taylors’ Companies (10th April 1484) 248 (8) Supplementary award between the same parties (17th January 1521) . . . . . . . . . . 245 (4) Lord Mayor’s Judgment in Newyngton’s Case (27th January 1617) . . . . 245 (5) Summons on Complaint against Tailor Apprentices (5th November 1536). . .. .. .. .. 246 (6) Fine for not taking office as Warden (21st October 1613) 246 (7) Fine for not taking up the Livery (4th March 1672) 246 (8) Scrutiny of the Poll on the Lord Mayor’s election (24th October 1682) 247 (9) Wardens of the Yeomandry abolished (14th Januaxy 1691) 247 (10) Exemption from the Livery of the 12 Companies (27th July 1697) 248 (11) Bland discharged from taking up his Livery (27th May 1715) 248 (12) Kidd also discharged (1st October 1717) . . . . 248 Table of Contents. xvu PAOK XL. Documents from Town Clerk’s Office — continued. - (13) As to right of Livery to Inspection of Charters, Ac. (20th December 1751) 249 (14) Petition of Liverymen, and Lord Mayor’s Summons thereon (2nd June 1752) . . 250 (15) Hearing of the Company on return of the Summons (16th June 1752) 262 (16) Award of the Lord Mayor, 30th June 1752 . . . . 253 xu. Report of Royal Commissioners (in 1837) on the Merchant Taylors’ Company . . . . . . 254 MEMORIALS OP THE ASSOCIATED CHARITIES : ' xxii. Peter Mason’s charity (1412) . . . . . . 277 xxiu. John Creek’s charity (1418) . . 277 xxrv. Thomas Sutton’s charity (1432) 278 liv. Hugh Candish’s charity (1460) . . . . . . . . 279 XLVl. Ralph Holland's charity (1452) . . . . . . . . . . 280 xxtil Sir John Percival’s charity (1507) . . . . . . 280 XLvm. Dame Thomas in Percival’s charity (1508) . . . . . . 281 XUX. James Wilford’s charity (1514) . . 283 x John Tressawell’s charity (1518 . . • • 284 Li. Alderman Heydon's charity (1519) . . . . . . • • 284 MI. John Howden’s charity (1520) . . . . . . . . • • 285 Mil. Gerard Braybrooke's charity (1520-2) . . . . . . 285 ut, John Wilford's charity . . . . • • 286 xv. Margaret Parson’s charity (1563) . . . . . . 287 xvi. Sir Thomas Rowe’s charity (1565 and 1569) . . . . • • 287 XVII. Thomas Thomlineon’s charity (1667) . . . . . . • • 288 xvm. Robert Donkin’s charity (1670) . . . . . . 289 xix. Sir William Pitzwilliam’s charity . . . . • . 290 XX. Walter Pish's charity (1580) . . . . . . 290 XXX Richard Hille’s charity (1586) . . . . . . . . . . 291 xxxx John Conyer’s charity (1691) . . . . . . . . 292 xxni. The charities of Robert Hawes and others (1595) . . • . 292 XXXV. Nicholas Spencer’s charity (1597) . . , . . . • • 293 xxv. Peter Blundell's charity (1599) . . . . . . . . 294 xxvx Dame Mary Ramsay’s charity (1601) . . . . 295 f rrn. Richard Shepham’s charity (1604) 295 t.ttitt. John Hyde’s charity (1604) . . # , 296 ttt x. Robert Dowe’s charity (1606-10) . . . . 297 IXX. Reynold Barker’s charity (1608) . . 800 ucxi. Prances Clarke's charity (1608) . . 300 t.ty ii. Richard Osmotherlaw’s charity (1612) . , . . * • 301 T rnn . Randolph Woolley’s charity (1615-16) 303 Utxiv. Sir William Craven’s charities (1615) 304 i xxv. John Vernon’s charity (1615) . . . . • • 306 jyyv i. Robert Jenkinson’s charity (1616) 310 b xviii Table of Content*. riGi Mbmobials of the Associated Chabities— continued. lxxvii. William Parker’s charity (1616) . . ..* .. .. 310 lxxviii. Alderman Jeffery £1 wee’s charity (1616) . . . . . . 312 lxxix. John Woollens charity (1617) 312 LXXX. John Harrison’s charity (1618) . . . . . . . . 314 lxxxi. William Priestley’s charity (1620) . . . . . . 815 lxxxii. Robert Parker's charity (1622) . . . . . . . . 315 Lxxxm. Dame Ducie’s charity (1635) . . 317 LXXXiv. Samuel Proctor’s charity (1636).. . . .. 317 lxxxv. Sir John G-ore's charity (1636) . . . . . . . . . . 317 lxxxvi. Thomas Coventry's charity (1636) . . . . . . . . 318 lxxxyii. Helen Ghilston's charity (1637) 320 lxxxviii. Charities of Stint, Hawthorne, Lane, and Lee (1638) . . 320 lxxxi x. Robert Gray’s charity (1639) •• 321 xc. Sir John Hanbury's charity (1639) .. .. .. ... 321 XCI. John Heyman’s charity (1646) . . 321 xcn. Ralph Bolton’s charity (1648) . . 322 xcm. Henry Colborn’s charity (1655) 32 1 xciv. William Tudor’s charity (1655) . . 324 xcv. Edward Rennock’s charity (1656) 325 xcyi. 77 : Uiam Tudman’s charity (1657) .. .. •* .. 325 xcvii. Fowlk Parry’s charity (1658) . . . . 325 xcyiii. Walter Bigg’s charity (1659) . . . . . . . . • • 326 xcix. Lady Jane Maynard’s charity (1660) 328 u. Sir Abraham Reynardson’s charity (1661) 329 oi. Andrew Dandy’s charity (1673) 329 oil. Henry Richards* charity (1674) 330 oiii. James Chadwick’s charity (1679) . . . . . . . . 331 civ. Sir William Turner's charity (1680) 831 cv. James Church's charity (1681) .. .. .. .. .. 332 CVi. Christopher Pitt’s charity (1683) . . . . . . . . 332 evil. Judith Alston’s charity (1687) . . 333 cvm. John Williams' charity (1712) . . . . 333 cix. Abigail Solly’s charity (1719) . . . . . . . . 333 cx. William Moore's charity 334 CXI. Walter Hull’s charity 334 cxii. Thomas Roberts's charity (1824) 335 cxm. The Prison Funds .. .. 335 MEMORIALS OF THE INSTITUTIONS : cxiv. The Advowson of the United Rectory of St. Helen's, Bishops- gate, with St. Martin’s Outwich 837 cxv. The Advowson of Holy Trinity, Dalston 345 cxn. The Advowson of St. Peter's, Limehouse . . . . . . 345 Order in Council, 5th May 1873 346 cxvn. Townsend’s Lectureship (1789 and 1812) 363 exvm. The Almshouses formerly on Tower Hill, and now at Lee, Kent 365 Rules of the latter . . . . 369 Table of Contents. xix FAGS Mhhobijllb of the Institutions — continued. cxix. The Almshouses at Sion College (1647) , . . . _ . . . . 373 cxx. a. The Almshouses of Boones’ Foundation (1686).. .. . . 377 b. Bales and Ordinances of 1683 . . . . . . . . . . 378 e. New Scheme of 1868 . . 382 d . Buies and Begulations of 1868 . . . . 382 cxxi. a . The Convalescent Home at Bognor (1872) . . . . . . 389 3. Scheme of 1872 . . 889 c. General Buies and Begulations for the Home . . . . . . 394 d . General Boles for the Matron 896 e. General Buies for the Patients 898 gxxh. a. The School at Laurence Pountney Hill and Charterhouse (1561 and 1874) 401 b. The Statutes of 1561, Founding the School . . . . . . 417 e. Merchant Taylors’ Company to Charterhouse Governors . . 426 d. The Statement of the Company to the Public Schools Com- missioners in 1862 . . . • . . . . . . . . 431 e. The Beport of the Public Schools Commissioners on the Mer- chant Taylors* School (1864) . . 437 f. Beorganization of the School as proposed (by the Head Master) in 1873-4 449 CXXin. Preferments awarded to Boys in, but proceeding from the School — a. The Scholarships of Sir Thomas White, at St. John’s College, Oxford (1555) 456 Ordinances of the Privy Council relating thereto (1861) . . 458 b. The Stuart Scholarship at St. John’s, Oxford (1733). . . . 464 c. The Andrew Scholarships at St. John’s College, Oxford (1747) 465 d. The Exhibition for a Boy or Boys superannuated from the Merchant Taylors* School (1809) . . . . . . . . 468 e. The Stuart Scholarship at Cambridge (1733) . . . . . . 468 /. The Pitt dub Scholarships at Oxford or Cambridge (1825) . . 470 g. The Bev. Charles Parkin’s Scholarship at Cambridge (1759) 469 A. The Tercentenary Scholarships for Mathematics established by the Company in 1861 471 *. The Tercentenary Scholarships (at either University) founded by “the Alumni’* of the Merchant Taylors’ School (1861) 472 j. The Medical Scholarships 472 k. Beorganization of the foregoing, 1873-4 473 cxxrv. Preferments awarded to former Scholars but in actual residence at Oxford or Cambridge — a. Walter Fish’s Battellngs at St. John’s, Oxford (1580) . . 479 b. John Temon’s Scholarships at St. John’s, Oxford (1615) . . 481 c. John Woollens Scholarship at St. John’s, Oxford (1617) . . 481 d. John Jnxon’s Scholarship at Oxford or Cambridge (1626) . • 482 e. Beorganization of the foregoing, 1873- . . • . 482 b 2 XX Table of Contents. Memorials of the Institutions — continued . PAOK CXXY. Scholarships and Frizes awarded to Boys in the School : , a. Scheme for Fifteen Foundation Scholarships to be held in the School, proposed by a Special Committee of 20th February, and Approved by the Court of April 1866 . . . . . . 483 h. The Hebrew Prize Medal (1838) . . . . . . . . 484 c. The Good-Conduct Prize (1857) — Gilpin’s Prize . . . . 485 d. The English History Prize (1861) .. .. .. .. 485 e. The Commercial Prize (1861) 486 f. The 2nd English History Prize (1863) 486 g. Elocution Prize (1868) 487 h. The 2nd Mercantile Prize (1868) . . . . . . . . 487 *. The Hessey Divinity School Prizes (1872) 487 j. Company’s Prizes (1823-74) . . . . 488 h. Reorganization of the foregoing, 1878 -4 468 cxxvi. The Act for the Transfer of the Merchant Taylors* School to the Charterhouse (1867) . . . . 489 cxxvii. The Great Crosby School, Founded by John Harrison . . . . 492 The Scheme of the Endowed Schools Commissioners, 1874 . . 496 APPENDIX. DOCUMENTS AND EXTRACTS REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT. Memorial I. TAGS A (1). Extract from •* Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London ” (2) . Ordinance — " Articles of the ArmourerB ” . . (3) . Ordinance — “Articles of the Tailors” .. .. (4) . Ordinance that the Yeomen Tailors shall not use liveries or brotherhood amongst themselves ” . . . . (5) . Confirmation of the Ordinance made in the time of Thomas Fauconer, against the brotherhood of Yeomen Tailors, &c. (6) . Extracts from the Manuscript Account Books relating to the affairs of the Fraternity (7) . Extracts from the Court Minutes relating to the affairs of the Fraternity .. .. (8) . Names of the Company of “ Marchaunt Taylours ” in 1537 512 518 513 514 516 517 530 560 Memorial H. B (1). Extracts from Court Minutes as to the Yeomen Tailors 561 Table of Contents . tolOEULL III. ^ W- 'Extracts from the earlier Manuscript Account Books of the Com- pany relating to Expenditure (1399 to 155-6), principally at the Sail premises (2). Extracts from Court Minutes as to Repairs of the Hall, 1584 to 1631 (3). Extracts from Court Records relating to acquisition of Hall premises, 1577 to 1648 (4) . Extract from Evidence Book, 1605 (5) . Extracts from Court Minutes as to the use of the Hall for Plays, 1573 (6) . Extracts from Court Minutes as to safe keeping of Gunpowder, 1621 to 1648 ' p). General Fairfax’s Protection to the Hall from Quartering, 1648 . . (8) . Extracts from Court Minutes as to rebuilding Hall Premises, 1669 to 1675 (9) . Extracts from Court Minutes as to rebuilding Court Rooms, 1680. (10) . Extracts from Court Minutes as to Decoration of Hall in 1728 . . (11) . Extracts from Court Minutes as to the Fire in 1765 (12) . The ancient Crypt under the Hall premises . . Memorial Till. D (1). Extract from Court Minutes as to cost of Election Dinner (2). Assessments made upon the Company to provide for the purchase of Com . . (8). An Assessment of the several Members of the Company in 1603. . Memorial X. E. As to Livery doth given to Sovereigns Memorial XXI. F (1). Extracts from Manuscript Account Books, as to payments for the Lord Mayor's Civic Expenses, 1412 to 1458 (2) . Extracts from Court Minutes as to calling to the Livery to raise money for Sir Robert Lee’s Mayoralty, 1602 (3) . Sir John Gore's Mayoralty and Webster’s Pageant, in 1624 (4) . Extracts from Court Minutes as to Civic Expenses, 1607 to 1785. . Memorial XXXII. G (1). Honorary Members prior to James I.’s reign, and not included in the list at pp. 155-8 (2) . Honorary Members subsequently admitted to the present time . . (3) . Notea (by Mr. Warden Newsome) on various Honorary Members of the Company Mkmorlal XXXIV. H. John Stowe, an Examinant before the Lord Mayor and Master and Wardens, in 1568 V^O MAL XXXTPI. (22). L Mr* Wilkes's petition to marry and to be translated from this to the Vintners* Company xxi PAGE 565 673 675 577 578 578 679 680 681 584 585 586 588 588 689 596 697 598 600 615 617 620 622 650 652 xxn Table of Contents , • PAOE Memorial XLI. J (1). Resolutions of the Court not to produce their Records to the Corporation Commissioners . . . . . . . . . . 664 (2) . The opinion of Sir James Scarlett on the powers of the Commis- sioners . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 654 (3) . Franks’ controversy . . , . . . . . . . . . . . 656 (4) . As to the Annual Appointment of Officers 657 Memorial CXIY. K. Brasses and Monuments in St. Helen’s Church, Bishopsgate . . 658 Memorial CXXII. L (1). Expenditure on the School from 1561 to 1873 660 (2) . Some account of the Head Masters of the Merchant Taylors' School 661 (3) . Some account of other Eminent Scholars of the Company’s School (than those included in the other Appendices). . , . 664 (4) . Dimensions of the Rooms in the new School Buildings at the Charterhouse . . . . . . . • • . . . . . 691 Memorial CXXIIL M(l). Letter from Sir Thomas White, written during his mortal illness, February 1566 692 (2) . Presidents of St. John’s College, Oxford 693 (3) . Fellows of St. John’s on Sir Thomas White’s Foundation for Merchant Taylors’ School from 1796 to 1861 695 (4) . Proceedings at Merchant Taylors’ School on the lltli June (Election Day) 704 (5) . A list of the Andrew Scholars .. .. .. 706 (6) . The course of procedure to be pursued in filling up Andrew’s Exhibition 707 (7) . List of Parkin’s Scholars 709 (8) . Synopsis of Scholarships and Exhibitions, according to the sub- jects for which apportioned, from 1876-90 inclusive . . . . 712 Memorial CXXIY. N. Certificates of Good Conduct, Divinity, and Attendance at Lectures .. .. •• .. .. .. .. ,, 713 Memorial CXXYII. O. The Building of Great Crosby School in the 17th Century . . . . 714 Index to Matters . . 729 Index to Places . . 785 Index to Persons . . 738 XX111 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Tub Hall . . Plait of Hall Premises by Mb. I’Anson Crypt UITDKB THE HALL PREMISES IlTTKBIOB OF THE HALL Chfbch of St. Martin’s, 1878 Thx Bird’s-etb View by Goodmans .. Title Page to Account Book EXEMPLIFICATION OF FIRST GRANT OF ARMS Ezemflificatios of Second Grant of Arms Mack and Yard, 1596-7 Burial Cloth, circa 1490-1512 Bitriax* Cloth, circa 1520-1530 Ground Plan of St. Helen’s Church Almshouses oh Tower Hill . . Aik Inmate of the same in 1710 School in Suffolk Lane (front) School in Suffolk Lane (back) Plan of Charterhouse Estate Schooi* in Charterhouse Diagram of Work Portrait of Sir Thomas White School, at Grbat Crosby P us OF the Fire in 1765 Block Plans (5 in number) of Rooms in the Charterhouse . . thx New School TO FAOB PAGE 1 ST »» 29 ft 81 It 35 tf 39 » 46 „ 18 It 64 It 97 ft 99 ft 114 ft 136 if 136 ft 344 II 365 ft 368 ft 401 it 410 ft 413 ft 415 ft 455 tf 456 ft 492 tf 585 IN n 691 XXT THE COMPANY IN 1873-74. the master, wardens, and court op assistants. UVKRT. WARDEN. MASTER. MASTEB. 1848. June 15 1864 — Charles Mathew Clodk. WABDENS. 1840. April 23 1871 — Thomas Styan. 1857. June 15 1871 — John Whately Simmonds. 1854. April 27 1873 — John Whittaker Ellis, Alderman and Sheriff Elect. 1860. Oct. 25 1873 — Charles William Bonus. 1817. Feb. 27 1833 1843 Charles Morrice Hullah. 1815. June 9| 1841 1860 | 1847 Thomas Bless Pugh. 1825. Feb. 23| 1843 1861 | 1849 Edward Thomas Complin.' 1831. Dec. 20 1846 1853 John Costeker. 1830. July 6{ 1847 1862 1 1855 Richard Boyman Boyman. 1836. Jane 24 J 1851 1866 1 1860 Charles Gordon. 1835. April 28-j 1853 1869 1 1862 Thomas Bennett Spence. 1839 . Dec. 12 1853 1863 Sir Richard Baggallay, Q.C., M.P., the Attorney-General. 1840 . Oct. 28 1854 1864 John Watson Lay. 1835- Dec. f 1855 [ 1870 1 1866 George Parbury. 1840. July 14 1855 1865 William Foster White. XXVI The Company in i 873-4. LIVERY. WARDEN. MASTER. — 1841. Oct. 26 1856 1868 Sir James Tyler, Knight. . 1844. Oct. 29 1858 1869 Edward Masterman. 1887. Dec. 14 1859 1870 Henry' Pigeon. 1843. Oct. 26 1859 1871 William Timbrell Elliott. 1843. Dec. 14 1861 1872 Thomas Weston Baggallay. 1849. Jan. 25 1865 — John Coysgarne Sim, High Sheriff of Surrey, and Master Elect. 1849. June 14 1867 — John Jackson. 1838. June 18 — — Samuel Mason. 1852. Jan. 27 ‘ 1868 — Oliver Henry Davis. 1843. July 14 1869 — Edwin Nash. 1853. June 24 — Thomas Cundy. 1857. April 80| 1872 1874 \ ~ James Penning, \ > Wardens Elect. 1858. Oct. 28j 1872 1874 1- James Graves, ' 1849. Oct. .-1 1874 William Newsome, 1st Renter Warden Elect. . 1864. Oct 27 1874 — Gordon Wyatt Clark, 2nd Renter Warden Elect. THE HONORARY MEMBERS. Field-Marsh al His Royal Highness George William ) Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge, K.G., &c. J His Royal Highness Frederick William, Crown ) Prince of Prussia, K.G. . . . . . . . . ) The Right Hon. Frederic Lord Chelmsford The Right Hon. Lord Lawrence, G.C.B., K.S.I. . . His Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of ^ Wales, K.G., Ac.. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., i The Right Hon. Hugh McCalmont Baron Cairns . . The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P Salisbury 1840. June 11. 1857. Dec. 3. 1858. June 11. 1859. Dec. 20w 1863. June 11. 1866. June 5. 1870. June 11. 1874. June 24. 1874. June 24. 1874. June 24. The Company in 1873-4. xxvii THE r*XV3EBYHEir, WITH THE DATE OF THEIB ADMISSION TO THE LIVEBY. 1813. April 28- Charles James Aldis (died December 25, 1874). 1816. Oct. 24. William Dixon. 1817. July 10- William Crew. 1818. Dec. 11. Frederick Cowper. 1818. Dec. 11. James Stanes. 1820. Feb. 24. William David Jourdain. 1820. Feb. 24. Henry Augustus Hope. 1820. Dec. 19. Robert Harrington. 1822. Oct. 29. William Thomas Smart. 1823. Oct. 29. Benjamin Waud. 1825. April 27. Nicholas Heald. 1825. April 27. Charles John Freeman. 1825. June 24. Archer Thomas Upton (died January 7, 1875). 1825. Oct. 27. Thomas Chittenden. 1825. Oct. 27. Edward Sergeant. 1826. July 11. Osborn Hills. 1826. Oct. 27. Sir Samuel Hancock. 1 828. April 29. John Home Dobree. 1823. Dec. 19. Thomas Britten. 1829. - April 30. Charles Alliston. 1829. July 7. John Young. 1829. Dec. 17. Samuel Harton. 1829. Dec. 17. Thornes Tanner. 1830- April 29. John Ebenezer Bromley (died December 5, 1874). 1830- April 29. Samuel Lilley. 1832. Oct. 25. William Downing. 1833. Dec. 19. George Alliston. 1835. June 18. William Neil Waugh. 1836. Feb. 25. Sir Moses Montefiore, Bart. 1837. Oct. 25. Richard Aldridge. 1838. Feb. 21. Richard Jennings. 1838. April 25. Francis Simpson. 1838. June 18. James Thomson. 1839- July 11. Charles Beard. 1839- Oct. 31. Bonamy Dobree. 1840. Dec. 16. Arthur Edward Campbell. June 18. John Smart, the younger. 1841- July John Thompson Fletcher. 1841. Dec. 16. James Warren Dudin. xxvm The Company in 4873-4. 1841. Dec. 28. John James Purnell. 1842. Feb. 17. Richard Ball. 1842. Feb. 17. Francis Frederick Feltoe. 1842. July 14. Francis Fuller. 1842. Dec. 15. George Field. 1842. Dec. 15. Philip Devereux Hickman. 1843. Feb. 16. Michael Watts Ramsdale. 1848. June 16. John James Yon der Heyde. 1844. July 12. William Jennings. 1845. Feb. 14. Alfred Pigeon. 1845. April 15. John Buswell Dudin. 1845. June 13. Edward Langley Corker. 1845. June 13. William Henry Poynder. 1845. June 24. Francis Theodore Hay. 1845. Oct. 29. Eustace Anderson. 1845. Oct. 29. Lewis John De la Chaumette. 1846. April 22. William Hamilton Crake. 1846. July 14. John Elliott Snow. 1846. Oct. 28. Charles Jacomb. 1847. April 22. Samuel Hanson. 1848. Jan. 27. Sir Anthony Rothschild. 1849. Jan. 21. Henry John Baddeley. 1849. Jan. 21. John Thomas King. 1849. April 26. William Moxon. 1849. Dec. 28. Hugh Hamilton Lindsay. 1850. Oct. 24. Thomas Aldridge. 1851. June 12. James Ryder Mowatt. 1851. Oct. 23. Henry Bonus. 1851. Oct. 23. Joseph Ince. 1852. April 22 Joseph Wright Tumley. 1852. April 22. Werner Hocke Taylor. 1852. Oct. 28. George Sparks. 1852. Oct 28. William Thompson White. 1852. Oct. 28. George Thompson White. 1853. Jan. 27. John Addis, Junior. 1853. Jan. 27. John Barber. 1853. April 28. David Johnson. 1853. April 28. William Richards Luard. 1853. April 28. Joseph Frederick Poole. 1853. April 28. Christopher Octavius Von der Heyde. 1854. Jan. 26. Richard Clark Rogers. 1854. July 13. George Beazley. The Company in 1873 - 4 , xxix 1854. Oct, 26, Arthur McNamara. 1855. April 26. Rev. Richard Whittington, M.A. 1855. April 26. Thomas Ruston. 1 856. April 24. Harry Todd Jackson. 1856. July 14. Emanuel Boutcher. 1857. April 30. Richard Alliston Boyinan (died Sept. 22, 1874). 18o7- June 15. Joseph Boulcott William Crew. 1858. Jan. 28. Frederick Joseph Cronin. 1858. Oct. 28. Samuel Lupton. 1859. April 28. Henry Hobson. 1860. April 26. Oliver Henry Davis, Junior. 1861. April 25. George Baker, Junior. 1862. June 24. Samuel Harton, Junior. 1862. Oct. 30. Willliam Alfred Joyce. 1863. April 28. Alfred Richards. 1863. April 28. Charles Mansfield Tebbutt. 1 863. June 24. William Clements. 1863. July 14. William Hartree. 1863. Oct. 29. Charles Pannell. 1864. Feb. 1. Alfred Tylor.- 1864. June' 14. Wickham Noakes. 1864. July 14. Alfred Wilkins. 1864. July 24. Frederick Heritage. 1864. Oct. 27. Matthew Edward Clark. 1864. Oct. 27. William Costeker. 1864. Nov. 3. Howard John Kennard. 1864. Nov. 28. William Kerbey Bowen. 1865. Jan. 26. Edward I’Anson. 1865. Oct. 26. William Sherman (died October 19, 1874). 1865. Oct. 26. Edmund Whistler. 1866. Jan. 25. Alfred Braithwaite. 1866. Jan. 25. John Howard. 1866. Mar. 5. Robert Johnson. 1866. Mar. 5. Lawrence Hawkins Johnson. 1866. April 26. Thomas Bull. 1866. April 26. James Mowatt. 1866. June 5. George Hilditch. 1866. June 25. John Lambert Sim. 1866. June 25. Robert Feather. 1866. Oct. 25. Frederick Graves. 1867. April 25. John Blacket Gill 1867. May 9. Sir Frederick Martin Williams, Bart., M.P. XXX The Company in / 873-4. 1867. Dec. 12. George Dunkin Fanning. 1868. Mar. 12. Thomas Frazer. 1868. Mar. 12. George Barry Letts. 1868. Oct. 29. Thomas Dixon. 1868. Oct. 29. George Carruthers Finnis. 1868. Dec. 10. Charles Abram Lloyd. 1869. Jan. 28. Henry Ellis. 1869. Mar. 11. Anthony Sim. 1869. Mar. 11. Malcolm Ovan Sim. 1869. April 29. Benjamin Gallaway, Junior. 1869. April 29. Thomas Simpson. 1869. April 29. James Thomas. , 1869. May 13. Richard Searle. 1869. Oct. 18. George William Barnard. 1870. April 28. Charles Graves. 1870. April 28. Henry Morley. 1870. June 1 . James Rose Valientin. 1870. June 24. Edward Masterman, Junior. 1870. July 14. John Ewart. 1870. Dec. 8. Andrew Alexander Ellis Nash. 1871. Feb. 16. Rev. Edward John Watson. 1871. Feb. 16. Thomas Cradock Watson. 1871. July 14. John Frederick Beazley. 1871. Oct. 26. John Barnard. 1871. Oct. 26. John Charles Barnard. 1871. Dec. 14. George Knowles. 1871. Dec. 14. Samuel Mason, Junior. 1872. Mar. 14. Jonathan Neild. 1872. Mar. 14. William George Nash. 1872. Mar. 14. Edward Nash. 1872. Mar. 14. Andrew John Nash. 1872. Mar. 14. George Haward Trollope. 1872. Oct. 31. Benjamin Biggs. 1872. Oct. 31. Alfred Geere. 1872. Dec. 12. Charles Norfolk. 1878. Mar. 13. Frederick Morris Fry. 1878. April 24. Walter Hilton Nash. 1873. April 24. Raymond Henry Thrupp. 1878. June 4. Albert Thomas Burrows. 1878. June 24. Maurice Grant. 1878. July 14. William Joshua Mason. 1878. July 14. Justus Albert Briebach. The Company in 1873-4 . 1873 . 1874 . 1874 . 1874 . 1874 . 1874 . 1874 . 1874 . 1874 . 1874 . 1874 . 1874 . 1874 . 1874 . 1874 . 1874 . Hoc. 11. Frederick James Sweeting. Maf. 11. Henry Pigeon, Junior. Mar. 11. Samuel Walter Stephens. May 14. Edward Mulready Stone. May 14. Faithful Cookson. May 14. Thomas Bark worth. June 3. James Morrah Whitmore. July 14. Henry Samuel King. July 14. Henry Kimber. July 30. James Shaw (Sheriff Elect). July 30. Edward Blakeway PAnson. Oct. 29. Charles Woolloton. Dec. 10. William Bayne Ranken. Dec. 10. Charles William Jaoomb. Dec. 10. Frederick Charles Jacomb. Dec. 10. Henry William lies. OFFICERS. Appointed. 1870. Dec. 15. Francis Grantham Faithfull, MJL . . Clerk. 1 838. Mar. 2. Francis Lewis Hopkirk Account 1872. Dec. 12. William Thomas Essex Office Cl 1830. June 25. Nathaniel Stephens . . Beadle. 1870. Mar. 10. John Thomas Chilvers Butler. 1862. Oct. 30. Joseph Stephens Porter. photo- Lithographed from an old engravinc made from a drawing by william Goodman in THE YEAR 1599 AND NOW IN POSSESSION OF THE WORSHIPLUL COMPANY OF MERCHANT TAYLORS. MEMORIALS OF THE GUILD OF MERCHANT TAYLORS. MEMORIALS OF THE FRATERNITY. L THE COMPANY. 1. It will be convenient, as an introduction to the different Memorials printed in the subsequent part of this volume, that a brief sketch be given, in chronological order, of the various incidents relating to the Company which have come under my notice, from the earliest period until the year 1691, when it ceased to have any direct connection with trade. 2. One of the earliest civic records mentioning the Taylors a.d. 1267. as a separate craft or mysterie, 1 is the “ Chronicle of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London,” which narrates their dispute with the Goldsmiths, and the subsequent conviction of the rioters of both sides by Laurence de Broc, the Justiciar, in November 1267.* 3. The next event in order of date is mentioned by Stowe, A 1209 w who writes that Edward I., in the 28th year of his reign, granted them his licence to adopt the name of “ Taylors and Linen Armourers of the Fraternity of St. John the Baptist,” 1 Some confusion arises from the spelling, the y and i being used indifferently to express the same meaning, though properly they should be applied to express a different one, as miatery (from ministerium) signifies a trade or craft, and " mysterinm” a secret. — (See lliley’i London, p. 50). *See Appendix A (1), p. 612. B 2 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ I. and to hold their feast and to choose their Master and Wardens on the Midsummer Day yearly. According to his authority (and the Company’s books if forthcoming 1 should confirm it) upon St. John Baptist’s Day, 1300, a Master (Henry de Ryall) and four Wardens were chosen, and called, until the 11th Richard II., the first, the “ Pilgrim,” as travelling for the whole Company, and the others the “Purveyors of Alms” or “ quarterages,” plainly showing that the Guild in its original institution was a charitable rather than a commercial fraternity. 1322. 4. The earliest ordinances 2 in the year 1322, ordained in the Husting Court, relate rather to the trade of Armourers than of “ Linen ” Armourers. To prevent worthless and unserviceable armour being covered, these ordinances provided that no smith that made, should henceforth himself cover, any basnet for sale, but should sell them out of his hand quite new and uncovered. Further, they were to remain uncovered until they had been seen and passed by four men inspecting them for the purpose of deter- mining, under oath, whether they were fit for covering or not. 3 1326. 5. In March 1326, the first Charter 4 was granted to the Company by Edward III. Their petition to Parliament set forth that they had been accustomed, “ from the time whereof there is no memory,” to hold their Guild once a year to govern their mysteries and to settle the state of their servants, and prayed a confirmation of their privileges. Under the Charter which was then granted to them, they were to hold their Guild once a year, to govern their mysteries and servants by view of the Mayor, and to correct “ the same by the more honest and sufficient men of the mysteries.” No one was to hold a shop of the said mysteries within the City unless free, nor should any one be made free “unless vouched by honest and lawful men of the mysteries that he is honest, faithful, and fit for the same.” ] 331-51. 6. I n 1331, the Company acquired that portion of their Threadneedle Street estate upon which their present Hall stands. 5 In 1351 they enrolled their first honorary member, and during the episcopacy of Symon of Sudbury (1361 and 1 On the 17th April 1865, the (then) Clerk produced a paper book (referred to in Herbert, vol. ii., p. 391) containing the names of the “ Masters and Wardens from 1300 to 1609/’ but this invaluable book is not to be found. 9 See Appendix A (2), p. 513. 8 A.S to employment of Linen Armourers, Mr. John Hewitt (the author of “ Antient Armour”) wrote to me on 8th October 1874, thus, “My notion is that all which did not fall within the Smith’s province came to the Linen Armourers, and there was always lots of stitching to be done. 1 * 4 See Mem. xxxvn., p. 189. 6 See Mem. m., p. 29. The Company . 3 I-] 1371) obtained a grant 1 (noticed upon our records, but not by Dugdale in .his Histoiy of St. Paul's) of a chapel at the north side of the mother church of St. Paul’s, in honour of St. John the Baptist, for daily service and prayers for “ the preservation of them that are or shall be of the Fraternity.” In 1382, Thomas Carleton devised a rent-charge to the Master and WardenB for religious services in this chapel. 7. In 1371, the Company, under the first Charter, with the a.d. 1371. approval of the Lord Mayor, made an ordinance 2 to regulate their trade, with the especial object of recovering damages from workmen miscutting the cloth which was intrusted to them. For each offence a fine was imposed, payable in part to the Chamber of the Guildhall, and in part to the alms of St. John, that is, to the priests and poor. 8. In 1385, Richard II. became an honorary member, and in A#D . 1386 - 90 . July 1390 granted the Company their second Charter, under which, “in honour of St. John Baptist,” they were to hold and exercise the Guild of Taylors and Linen Armourers, and to receive members into their Fraternity. They were also to elect a Master and Wardens from amongst themselves [de seipsis ] as often as they pleased; to have a livery 8 of a garment of one suit in every year ; “ to hold meetings in places of the City 'belonging to them, and in an honest manner their feast of meat and drink on St. John Baptist's Day,” whereat they were to make ordinances amongst themselves as they should see fit for the government of their Fraternity. 9. In 1401, Henry IV. and the Prince his son were admitted aj>. 1401-6. to the honorary freedom of the Company, and the same year the Company made their first purchase of real estate (being the Saracen’s Head, Friday 4 Street), out of their Common Box. In January 1404, the first devise was made in favour of the Company, that by Thomas Sibsay, of houses in Bread Street ; and in 1406 the Company received a large accession of property adjacent to the Hall, by Churchmans gift of the advowson of St. Martin's, and of houses in Bishopsgate and Threadneedle Streets, 5 which, in the seventh year of the same reign, 6 they obtained a licence to hold in mortmain. 10. In August 1407, King Henry IV. granted the third a.d. 1407. Charter/ under which the Master and Wardens and their 1 See Hem. rn., p. 49. * See Appendix A (3), p. 613. * See Appendix E, p. 596. 4 This was pulled down in January 1844, and the materials sold. * See Hem. xvn., p. 100. * See HS. Accounts, fol. 28. 7 See Hem. xxxyii., p. 191. B 2 4 Memorials of the Fraternity . A.D. 1412. A.D. 1415. A.D. 1417. A.D. 1432. [ I. successors were made “a sound, perpetual, and corporate Fraternity,’’ and acquired their name of “the Master and Wardens of the Fraternity of Taylors and Linen Armourers of St. John the Baptist in the City of London,” and a “Common Seal.” Of more importance, however, was the licence thereby granted to them to hold in mortmain (under the various names set out or any other name) all the lands which they had hitherto acquired to the use of the Company. 11. The year 1412 is memorable as the first in which the Guild was made the trustee of lands for benevolent purposes. In this year, one Peter Mason 1 * * devised the corner-houses of the Poultry towards Bucklersbury to the Company ; therefore, for 460 years and upwards, the rents of this estate have been faithfully given to those objects whom the testator designated as recipients of his bounty. It was followed in 1418 by another trust devise * (Creek’s), and three others — viz., Sutton’s, Candieh’s, and Holland’s — were made in the same century. 12. In 1415, the condition of certain apprentices — Yeoman Taylors (as they were then, and have since been called) — living without supervision in “ Three, Shears Court, at Garlick Hill/ * excited the notice of the City authorities, and became the subject of legal investigation. The Master and Wardens were summoned by the Mayor to discuss the matter, and explain how it was that they permitted their servants and apprentices to live apart, without a “superior to rule them.” Having expressed their grief at such misconduct, the offenders them- selves were summoned by the Mayor, and, after reprimand, told to disperse, under pain of fine and imprisonment. 8 13. In 1417, the same Brotherhood of Yeoman Taylors became petitioners for the privilege of going, without the Master, to the church of St. John, but this the Lord Mayor denied them, telling them, that “ in future times no servant or apprentice should presume by themselves to enter assemblies or conventicles at the aforesaid church, unless with the Master.” 4 14. It was not long after the acquisition of Churchman’s gift, i.e., in 1414/ that the Almshouses were established. The terms show the object of that gift to have been the promotion of 1 See Mem. xlh., p. 277. 8 See Mem*, xnn., xur., xly., and xlyi. 8 See Appendix A (4), p. 514. 4 See Appendix A (5) ; also pp. 808 and 516. 8 MS. Account Books, 2 Heniy Y., fol. 735, 805, 865. In 7 Henry Y. (1419), the repairs are entered as for “ The Hall, Almshouse, and petit Rentes,” fol. 1005. The Company . 5 I.] charity, and the will of Sutton in 1432 makes express reference to the “Almshouses near the Hall” as an established institu- tion at that date. 15. In 1434, King Henry VI. was admitted to the honorary A * D * 1434-7. freedom of the Company, and in the year 1436-7, Parliament, by the 15 Henry VI., cap. 6, legislated upon the subject of City Guilds, obliging them — 1st, To register their Charters or Letters Patent before the Lord Mayor ; and, 2ndly, To submit their Ordinances for his approval, and for subsequent record in the City Archives. 1 So long, therefore, as this enactment was in force the Lord Mayor had a controlling authority over the Guilds, and his Court was one of appeal, at the instance- either of the Company or of any recalcitrant member. 2 16. In February 1439, the fourth Charter was granted to a.d. 1439. the Company, under which they acquired an exclusive right of search in and concerning the mysteries, and concerning those persons who are or may be privileged with the Taylors, within the City and the suburbs thereof, and to correct and reform the same. 8 Under this Charter a search was annually made at St. Bartholomew's Fair until its abolition. 17. In 1442, the Taylors sought to set aside the election A D * 144,2 * of Robert Clopton as Lord Mayor, in favour of their Brother (and future benefactor), 4 Ralph Holland. They became so outrageous in their opposition that some of the rioters were committed to Newgate by the Lord Mayor (Sir John Paddesley), and punished as they (are said to have) deserved.* Possibly it was in revenge for this contention that Clopton, when he was Lord Mayor, impeached, before the Privy Council, the legality of the Charter of Henry VI., and obtained an order for the suspension of its operation. 8 18. In June 1455, the chapel at St Paul’s being too small, a.d. 1455. a petition was addressed to Rome 7 for a grant of a free chapel at the Hall, setting forth that their “ brethren had founded and endowed another perpetual chapel in the Hall or Inn of tho Brotherhood, called Taylor’s Hall (within the community of the parish of St. Martin's), with an altar in the chapel for the more 1 St at. Realm, toI. ii., pp. 298-9. *8ee cases of Newynton and Robinson [Mem. XL., (4)], p. 245. 1 See Mems. nx. and mm 4 See Mem. xlyi. ; and Fabian’s Chronicle, p. 891. • Entick’s Surveys, vol. i., p. 180. 4 See the Order, p. 242. 7 See Mem. rr. 1 have set enquiries on foot through Sir Duffus Hardy and my old friend the Rev. Jos. Stevenson, at Rome, in the hope, if the petition exists in the archives of the Vatican, of obtaining a copy for publication with these Memorials. 6 Memorials of the Fraternity . C I. commodious performance of the devotions of the Brotherhood. The prayer of this petition was granted by Pope Calixtus III., and, by his Bull, free and lawful permission was given to have masses celebrated, whenever necessary, on the altars in the chapel of “ Taylor’s Ball.” a.d. 1460-5. 19. In 1460, King Edward IY. became an honorary member of the Company, and in August' 1465 granted the fifth Charter 1 confirming the last Charter, which had previously been a subject of controversy.* a.d. 1480. 20. In October 1480, the Company received the first grant of arms, taking emblems essentially religious, as “an holy lamb 8 set within a sun; the crest, being within the pavilion, our Blessed Lady St. Mary the Virgin, Christ her son standing naked before her, holding between his hands a vesture called tunica inconsutilis”* a.d. 1484. 21. In 1484 arose the celebrated controversy with the Skinners for precedency, which was settled on the 10th April by the award* of the Lord Mayor (Robert Billesden), the terms of which award from that date have been annually com- plied with in the Halls of the Merchant Taylors and Skinners. 6 7 From its perusal it will be seen that a controversy had arisen between the two Companies “for the roume and place in their going afore in processions within the City,” and that “ for norishing of peas and love,” the Lord Mayor adjudged a dinner at the Hall of each Company ; and that as to precedence, the Skinners should go before the Taylors “ from the fest of Easter then next coming unto the fest of Easter then next coming,” and that the Taylors, from the same fest of Easter then next ensuing, shall go in all processions before the Skinners for a year fully to be complete/ but if either Company had a Lord 1 See Mem. xxxvil., p. 194. 2 * 4 * See Mem. XL., p. 242. 3 Herbert points out (yol. i., p. 67, note) that the Drapers chose the Virgin Mary, mother of the Holy Lamb or Fleece, as the emblem of their trade, and that the Merchant Taylors, another branch of the draping trade, marked their connection with it by selecting St. John the Baptist, who was the harbinger of the Holy Lamb, the crest of the Drapers. 4 See Mem. XY., p. 96. 6 See Mem. XL., (2), p. 243. 6 The Taylors and Skinners came more or less in contact in their employment. Thus the proclamation in 1310 that Taylors should not scour furs in Chepe, includes the Skinners : “ It is ordained that no Taylor or pelterer [or Skinner] shaU be so daring or so bold as to scour furs otherwise than at night or just before day- break” (Mity, p. 77). 7 On Easter Day, 1874, the Merchant Taylors’ Company entered upon precedence for that year till Easter, 1875.. I. ] The Company . 7 Mayor of the Fraternity (which gave precedence over all Com- panies) then that yeare was to be taken out of the award. 22. It was not until the reign of Henry VII. (in 1502) that a.d. 1502. the Company attained to the full privileges which they after- wards enjoyed. Early in his reign the King became an honorary member, and in his 18th year of it granted to the Company their final Charter, 1 save those of mere confirmation. As “ the men of the mysteries" (to use the quaint language of it), “in all quarters and kingdoms of the world," used “ all and every kinds of merchandizes" to the renown, honour, and benefit of the kingdom, “ buying and selling of all and every wares and merchandizes whatsoever," “as well wholesale as retail," the title of “ Merchant," before that of “ Taylors," was conferred upon their Company. 23. Under this Charter they ceased to be exclusively Taylors, for it enabled them to take in “ whatsoever persons, natives, whom they might be willing to receive into the said Fraternity, without the hindrance or disturbance of any person or persons of any other art or mystery/’ 2 * * 24. But the highest powers conferred were those of making ordinances for the governance by punishment and correction of the mysteries for offences therein. Certainly the Master and the Wardens exercised, if they did not possess, the powers of fine and imprisonment (the criteria of a Court of Record), 8 and their Court Minutes show that they heard and judicially deter mined the causes or complaints of those who were subject to their special jurisdiction. 25. And lastly, the Charter conferred upon them the exclu- sive monopoly “ in the working, cutting, or making of men’s apparel within the city and suburbs " ; while no one was to presume to search any liege subject of the Fraternity, or the workmen of men’s apparel within the city or suburbs, or their goods, ells, or measures, except the Master and Wardens of the Company, whose authority was, however, always to be exercised without prejudice to the higher authority of the Lord Mayor. 26. That the power of making ordinances might not be abused. Parliament, in the year succeeding this Charter, enacted, by the 19 Henry VII., c. 7, that no ordinance should be made in diminution of the Royal prerogative or against the common 1 See Hem. xxxvn., p. 19*. 3 la fact they did so before this grant (Mem. x., p. 66). J Lord Holt’s Judgment in College of Physicians’ Case (Mod. Beports, vol. xii., p. 386). 8 Memorials of the Fraternity . [I- profit of the people. Further, it required that all ordinances should be approved by the Lords Treasurer and Chancellor and Chiefs of the Bench, or any three of them, and that no ordi- nance should usurp the authority of the supreme courts by restraining its members from sueing therein. 27. The prime mover in getting this Statute passed is said to have been the Recorder, Sir Robert Sheffield, who felt a higher regard for the prosperity of his profession than of his fellow citizens. Under this Act of Parliament ordinances were prepared for the Company, and approved in 1507 by William, Archbishop of Canterbury (as Lord Chancellor), Thomas, Earl of Surrey (as High Treasurer), and by the two Chief Justices of the King's and Common Bench. These were entered by that assiduous Common Clerk of the Company, Henry Mayour, in the old Ordinance Book, which is still extant amongst the Company’s muniments of title. 1 28. A study of the Charter and Ordinances of Henry YII.'s reign, together with the oaths of the several members and officers of the Fraternity, will enable the reader to understand the constitution of the Guild, and the objects for which it was founded, 29. Tracing the subject under two divisions, the Company comprised the governors and the governed; the former con- sisted, as it now consists, of these officers* — 1st. The Master, whose summons or order the Clerk or Beadle has to deliver or execute. 2nd. The four Wardens, in whom, with the Master, the corporate powers and property are vested. 1 May our’ s Memo, in 1608 [see Mem. ixiTin., p. 199]. 3 The sums which (grouped under the head of “Potation Money”) have been left to the Master and Wardens and the various officers by Wills enumerated as Mems. xly., xlyii., xlvui., xlix., in., lit., ly., lx., lxyiii., lxix., lxxiv., lxxv., Lxxvm., lxxix., lxxx., lxxxh., lxxxiy., lxxxyi., xoi., cxii., and by Townsend, Warner, Sir Thomas White, and Sir Stephen Jennings, amount to the total sums given as under . — £ 9. d. a. To the Master 7 12 8 b. For the First Warden 7 12 9 o. „ Second Warden 7 12 9 d. „ Upper Renter Warden .. .. 7 17 9 e. „ Under Renter Warden . . 7 18 9 f. „ Common Clerk 16 2 6 g. „ Beadle 6 16 6 h. „ Under Beadle or Porter . . . . 0 6 0 £61 17 2 d and e have frequently been given by the Wardens to the “ School Library Fund." I. ] The Company . 9 3rd. The Court of Assistants, chosen from the Livery as Counsellors, who are to be consulted upon the affairs of the Company as often as the Master may deem needful. 30. The latter consisted, as it now consists, of these members — 1st. The Livery, who as men of substance, are called by the Court to accept the clothing or livery of the Com- pany, and by whom certain special charges of the Fra- ternity were formerly borne. 1 2nd. The Yeomen or Batchelors,* who as Freemen, had also to contribute to the Common Box, and were (as now they generally are) the working or labouring part of the Fraternity. 31. The members now known as ‘‘honorary,” and who are gratuitously admitted only to the freedom of the Company, stand in a different position to that occupied by Kings and others, who, in earlier times, were admitted to the Livery by a payment, always equal and sometimes more 8 than that made by ordinary members, to the Guild. What the advantage of taking the Livery was deemed by such persons to be is not apparent, but that they paid for the honour of admission 4 is clear; and at a time so recent as James I/s reign, we find the exemption of Dr. John Bull from the payment of his livery fine treated of as an act of grace to him by the Company. 5 A list purporting to contain the names of all the honorary members was presented to James I. ; but a recent investiga- tion of the early account books has brought many other names to notice which, it would seem, should have been included therein. These are printed in a note. 6 32. The servants of the Fraternity were, as they now are : — 1st. The Common Clerk, who is the recorder of the pro- ceedings of the Master and Wardens, and their channel of communication with the Fraternity. 2nd. The Beadle, who as the summoning officer, is charged with the execution of such process or orders as formerly were, or now are, issued by the Court against the Fraternity. 1 See Lists of these in 1587, and of the Company in 1608, in Appendix, pp. 660 sad 590. 9 See Mem. ni., p. 22. 1 In 1899, the Duke of Surrey paid 61 . on admission, and in 1428-9 the Duke of Northumberland presented the M Image of St. J bhn.” 4 Ihafc they took apprentices, see Note at p. 161. f See Note at p. 161. * See «»»»*>■ of honorary members not in the printed List, Appendix G (1), p. 617. 10 Memorial s of the Fraternity . [I. 33. Accepting the record of Henry Mayour, as stating the troth, in 1508, it is dear that the Master and Wardens exercised a primary judicial power oyer all members of the Fraternity in relation to trade controversies, and therefore the Court was, in a certain sense, a tribunal of commerce or of conciliation, which if failing “ to pacify the matter and cause of complaint,” then gave to the parties a free liberty to sue in the ordinary Courts 44 where they listed.” 1 34. The benefits of this tribunal (according to the same authority) were “ good obedience,” 44 perfect love and charity/* 44 by reason whereof the citizens did richly increase and grow into wealth and prosperity.” Evil therefore would appear to have been the day when the Recorder, Sir Robert Sheffield, 44 by his great labour, subtle wit, and crafty means caused an Act of 19 Henry VH., cap. 7, to be made/* the effect being practically to abolish these tribunals, and to throw the law open to every one. 35. The principal object of the Guild was the preservation of the trade or calling ot the F ratemity ; no one being permitted to work in London, as a 44 Tailor,” unless a freeman of the Com- pany. This freedom was only to be obtained (1) by patrimony ; (2) by apprenticeship ; (3) by purchase or redemption, — though the latter method was urgently protested against by those whose living was dependent upon monopoly.* 1 “ At this Court, Thomas Jeunyngs, late one of the Warden substitutes, and John Collins, his late servant, being both brothers of this Company have referred all suit, quarrels, Ac., depending or which might depend or any way arise between them heretofore unto this present day unto the award and arbitrement of the right wor IL Sir John Swynnerton, Kn*-, Mr. Rich** Gore, and Mr. John Vernon, or any two of them, so as they or any two of them do or shall make or publish their award in writing or otherwise by word of mouth to the said Jennyngs and Collins, at or before the 15th day of June next ensuing the date of this Courte. And for the true performance thereof either of the said parties doth hind himself to the other in the some of One hundreth pounds a peece by the interchanngeable delivery of sixpence a peece either to other in presence of the Assistants.”— [Court Minutes, 22nd May 1609.] [See also the entries at p. 631.] “ Whereas there was an Order sett downe in writing under o r M r and Wardens hands for the hearing and determyninge of a controwsie betweene John Harris and Symon Warren, both brothers of this Company, who were both content to referre themselves to our M r and Wardens for the ending the same, and yet notwithstanding sithence the said order was made the sayd Symon Warren hath sued the sayd John Harris and recovered of him the some of eleven pounds tenn shillings or thereabouts. Whereas by the sayd order he should have had but five pounds, and for w« h his contempt he was somoned to this Court, and from heare oomitted to the Compter there to remains untill he submitt himselfe and make satisfaction for the said contempt .” — [Court Minutes , 3 rd July 1616.] * See p. 26. The Company. 11 I. ] 36. For the protection of the trade the right of search 1 was vested in the Guild, such search being a guarantee to the public that the honest usages of trade were observed, and to the Fraternity, that their monopoly was not infringed. Moreover, by the ordinances, the Master had supreme authority to summon any member before him (each member having by oath agreed to obey his summons) and to protect the King’s lieges from dealings with incompetent men, “ without ability or cunning,*’ as a license to open a shop was needed, which the Master and Wardens only granted after they were satisfied of the com- petency of the freeman. 37. The authority of the Master over the Fraternity was maintained by an ordinance directed (as were the orders of 1415 and 1417) against assemblies or conventicles which, if he did not preside, were unlawful, and justified the infliction of fine and even imprisonment upon members attending thereat. Even to associate or company with one breaking an ordinance was, after warning, a criminal offence for which a fine might be inflicted. 38. The Judicial integrity of the Court was upheld by the oaths 1 of its members. “ The Master was wisely and discreetly to examine the matter of complaint,” that with the consent of the parties “it might be truly determined,” and “that no favour nor partiality be showed to either party, otherwise than right, equity, and good conscience asked”; and the Wardens were sworn in like words. The Assistants, by their oath, were “acting after their wisdom and discretion,” to give “their opinion and sentence according to truth and good conscience, not sparing any man for favour, affection or love, nor hurting nor hindering any man for malice or hate, but equally and truly to bear and behave in all causes and matters between party and party according to equity, indifference, and good conscience.” 39. For the sustentation of the poor, every member of the Fraternity was put under quarterly contribution for sums regulated according to the status of his membership. Hence, therefore, the difficulty of getting transferred from one to another Company, as being thereby released from the charges that were due to the Common Box from each member of the Fraternity. Besides these payments, fines and other charges were imposed for delinquency, the object of which was not 'See Mem. xix., p. 111. 9 See Mem. xxxyhi., (35) to (43) j and p. 652. 12 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ i. only disciplinary, but to obtain, when no other poor law existed, a fund for the relief or sustentation of the poor members. 1 * * a.d. 1507-16. 40. After this date, till the great event of the Reformation, there is little to record. From the contents of an inventory of the Company’s effects, which was taken in 1512, no less than from the ordinances of 1507, it is apparent that the religious element entered largely into the Corporate life of the Guild. From the commencement of its history we find a chapel and priest at the Hall and at the north side of Powles, and to the middle of the 16th century many gifts or devises were made to • the Company for religious or superstitious uses.* Another fact worthy of notice is that, so early as the year 1512, Sir Stephen Jenyns 8 (the Master of the Fraternity in 1492), by Letters Patent of 22nd September, established and endowed (under the management of the Company) a free Grammar School at Wolverhampton — now one of the most prosperous of those schools which have been refounded under the Endowed Schools Act, 1869. 4 a.d. 1547. 41. Parliament, which at the Reformation suppressed all purely religious Guilds, preserved those connected with trade — but secularized them. The interrogatories exhibited by the King’s Commissioners, and the certificate 5 * given in by the Com- pany, enable the reader to ascertain the number and purpose of the religious endowments of which, in 1547, the Company were trustees. They disclaimed having any chapel, but set forth that they had endowments for nine priests, and twenty-three obits or services, which were to be performed in these City churches : — The Chapel on the north side of St Paul’s (endowed • by Thos. Carleton in 1382). St. Martin Outwich, six obits. St. Mary Abchurch, four obits. St. Mary Woolnorth, three obits. Aldermary, two obits. In seven other churches, one obit in each. 1 So© entries of 1463-4, p. 520, and 1573, p. 533. 9 See Sir John and Dame PercivaTs, and other Wills [Mems. xlyii. to liii.] 8 See p. 70. The School history is given in Charity Commissioners 1 Report (1820), vol. iv., p. 350 ; and Endowed Schools Commissioners’ Report, voL xv., p. 484. 4 The Company relinquished the management by Decree of the Court of Chancery, 20th May 1778. And see Mem. lxxiii., p. 303. 8 See these printed, Mem. xvn., p. 100. The Company. 13 I.] 42. The policy of Parliament was to sweep away these pay- ments for superstitious uses, by declaring them forfeited to the Crown that the Crown might, with this property, found Grammar Schools or Collegiate Institutions. In the case of the Merchant Taylor’s (as of other Companies) these annual charges (amounting to 102/. 0*. 10.1652. bra ted members of the Company — Sir Thomas White. As the purchaser of the dissolved monastery, in the name of the Cor- poration of Coventry, he directed a deed, dated the 26th July, to be prepared between the City of Coventry and the Company, under which the proceeds of the estate, then 70/. per annum, were, after his death (which happened in February 1566) to go in certain proportions to five towns — viz., Coventry, Notting- ham, Northampton, Leicester, and Warwick, with a proportionate yearly sum to the Company, to be paid at the Feast of St. Bartholomew the Apostle, at their Hall, for their labour and pains in seeing the said matter duly performed.* 44. In anticipation of the future establishment of a School 8 a.d. 1655-7. by the Company, Sir Thomas White, in the years 1555-7, founded the College of St. John’s, Oxford, and out of the fifty fellowships created and endowed he reserved forty-three for the Company’s scholars, with a prior claim as to six of such fellowships in favour of the founders kin. By this act of munificence his name has been associated with the annals of the Company and of St. John’s, Oxford. 45. One of the first fruits of the Reformation in regard a.d. 1661. to the Company was the establishment of their school at St. Lawrence, Pulteney Hill, in 1561. The principles upon which this was established are to be found in the Statutes of the 24th September in that year, adopted on the model of Dean Coleys, for the foundation of St. PauPs School. The school was to be essentially of a religious type. “ In the honor 1 The lands sold in 1549-60 were parte of lands derived under Mems. xny., XXT., xxvi., XL Yin . and L., and of other lands given by Moncaster and Halleyate. (Epitome, pp. 147-8.) * This charity was brought before the Court of Chancery by the Company in Hilary Term, 1695, and before the House of Lords on 19th February 1702. The rents, which were originally 70/. per annum, in 1710 were 838/. In June 1827, a petition was presented under Bonnily ’s Act, and further reference will be found to the charity in the Commissioners’ Beports under 58 G-eo. 8, c. 91. Yol. xviL, p. 614, as to Warwick ; voL xx., p. 402, as to Nottingham, and p. 686 as to Bristol. a Mssn. cxxn., p. 401. 14 Memorials of the Fraternity . a. d. 1664. a.d. 1666. a.d. 1566. [ I- of Christ Jesus ’* the Masters “ shall teach the children, if need be, the catechisme and instructions of the Articles of the Faith and the Ten Commandments in Latin,*’ and that the religion so taught should be “National/* the same Statute (20) explains “that is to say: such a catechism as shall be approved by the Queen’s Majesty that now is, and by the Honorable Com- mittee of Parliament of this realm from time to time.” 46. And it may be incidentally mentioned that the Court Minutes of a quarterly meeting of the Fraternity at about the same period bear the same impress of the religious spirit pre- vailing. Then (as is the practice of Parliament now) their meetings were opened by the Chaplain, and prayer was made for “ Church and Queen/* for the increase of the common weal, — against the “ enemies of the Gospel, the Pope, the Turk, and their adherents.** 1 * 47. From the contents of a certificate, dated 24th January 1566, of their real and personal estate, made to the income-tax assessor^ appointed under the 8th Elizabeth, cap. 18, the school would appear to have consumed more than one-half the Company’s surplus income. 8 By the Statutes, the Masters* salaries were made a charge on the Common Box* “ until such tyme as the same shall be otherwise discharged by the gifts and legacies of good and well-disposed**; but — strange as it may appear to some readers — the benefactors have chosen rather to give their property to the Company to be disposed of in most instances at its absolute discretion than to create any separate endowment in favour of the school. 48. Looking at the twenty-six benefactions made to the Company either as a trustee or as a beneficiary during the 16th Century, they may be classed as fourteen before and twelve after the Reformation, though upon the post- Reformation gifts no strictly religious use is grafted. It was after the establish- ment of the school, and chiefly in the 17th Century, that a number of benefactions were made to the Company, none of these having, as I have before observed, any trust whatever in favour of the school. 49. After the decease of Sir Thomas White, the City of Bristol, 4 by a deed of the 1st July 1566, in which they were of the first part, St. John’s College, Oxford, of the second part, and the Company of the third part, declared the trusts of a fund contributed by his bounty entitling the Company as one of 1 See Mem. xxyi. * See Mem. xyui., p. 110. * See 46th Rule. * See the Journey to Bristol with the Drapers, in 1496, p. 81. The Company . 15 I- ] twenty-four Corporations to a sum of 100/. as loan money every twenty-fourth year, 1 which trust continues in operation. 50. In the year 1567 we have a trace of the Company’s a d. 1568. corporate action in their search 2 * for the protection of their own trade or mystery, and in the year 1568, they took an active part in the Lord Mayor’s inauguration festival — & member of the Fraternity (Sir Thomas Rowe) holding that office. At that period, having no official residence or plate allowed him out of the Civic funds, each Lord Mayor had to look to his Guild for aid enabling him to sustain “ the dignity of his office.” In this instance the Company voted money towards the charges of Rowe’s Mayoralty, and as the records give a complete account of the “ order of attendance and arrangement of the Feast,” they will be found well worthy of perusal. 2 51. The year 1571-2 presents the Company in the aspect of a.d. 1671-2. discharging the duties (1) of attending upon the Sovereign 4 with part of an armed retinue on May day, and (2) of setting an armed watch (with the Vintners’ Company) over the Gates of the City 5 to prevent the admission of idle or disorderly persons — duties which, before a Standing Army or an organized Police were established, usually fell upon the Citizens of London to discharge. 52. When a new English edition of the Bible was put forth, a.d. 1678. the Master and Wardens decreed " that a Bible of the new form lately printed by Christopher Barker, the Queen’s Majesty’s Printer, shall be bought and set up in their Common Hall in some convenient place that such as resort unto the said Hall may occupy themselves at Court days while they attend for the hearing of their causes.” 6 53. To raise money for the Public Service, the Crown a.d. 1586-6. resorted to the expedient of a lottery, and addressed the Lord Mayor with the object of his persuading the City Companies to make an adventure therein. 7 The letter of the Privy Council is printed at length, 8 and the reader will not fail to notice the inducement which is held out to the Mayor and his colleagues the Sheriffs in the promised gift “ of a bason and ewre of 100/.” to the Lord Mayor, “ and of a bason and ewre of 100 markes ” to the Sheriffs between them. “ Loving brethren of the 1 See Charity Commissioners’ Report, vol. riii., p. 685; Parliamentary Papers ( 1883 ), toL xxxir., p. 61 ; and entry, December 1600, p. 589. 1 See Mem. xrs. 8 See Mem. xxi. 4 See Mem. xxix. 4 See Mem. xxvnr. • See Mem. xxv. 7 See p. 582. 8 See Mem. xxx. 16 Memorials of the Fraternity. a.d. 1686. A.D. 1588-92. a.d. 1592 to 1605. A.D. 1607. A.D. 1609. [ I. Mysterie ” were appointed to attend the drawing at the “ west door in Pawle’s Church Yard,” but the result is not recorded. 54. In 1586, the Company took advantage of the Herald’s Visitation throughout the kingdom (to register pedigrees and to regulate the use of armorial bearings), to secularize their armorial bearings by casting off the religious emblems which are to be found in the earlier grant, 1 and by taking two camels as supporters, and, as a motto, the words of Sallust, which are at present found in the arms of the Company. 55. As the Almshouses at the Hall were originally designed for Liverymen who might be married when or (the Company assenting) after they were appointed, it frequently happened that their widows had to be removed, for the vacancy was usually given away in reversion — i.e., while the Almsman was alive. To provide for these and other widows, Mr. Richard Hilles (who benevolently aided in the establishment of the School) proposed, and in fact established, other Almshouses at Tower Hill — which there remained till the institution was transferred to Lee, in Kent.* 56. It may be noticed that at this period John Stowe, who was not only the author of the “ Survey of London,” but a working freeman (as a tailor), was a pensioner of the Com- pany ; a worthy Master and benefactor, Robert Dowe, having provided for him first at his own cost and then by asking the Company to aid him with an increase of pension. 8 57. The early years of the 17th Century show the Fraternity as occupying a position of increased importance. In 1602-3, we have a list of the names of the whole Company who were assessed 4 to bear the expenses of King James’ coronation, but the more notable event to record is the entertainment given by the Company to the Kong in 1607. The Court Minutes, and an accurate statement of expenditure — every item being entered — are, as .valuable records of the period, printed verbatim . 5 58. In the year 1609, James I. proposed to the City Guilds that they should aid in the general scheme for colonization. The settlements in Ireland are matters of civic history, and the record of those in Virginia 6 appear to be worthy of notice from the advantages then foreseen as flowing from them. The immediate benefits were, first, the city and suburbs should “ be eased of a swarme of unnecessary inmates,” the cause of 1 See Mem. XT. 4 See Appendix D, p. 589. a See Mem. cxvm. 4 See Mem. xxxn. 9 See Mem. xxxiv. • See Mem. mi. The Company . 17 I.] dearth, famine, and plague. To the emigrants, if they should demand “ what would be their present maintenance, what their future hopes ” in this new world, “ it may please you to let them know that for the present they shall have meate, drink, and clothing, with an house, orchard, and garden (for the meanest family), and a possession of lands to them and their posterity.” But as affecting the public weal, colonization was spoken of in higher terms, “ as an action concerning God and the advancement of religion, the present ease, future honour and safety of the kingdom, the strength of the Navy, the visible hope of a great and rich trade, with many secret blessings not yet discovered,” nor were these advantages exaggerated, as we now see them developed in our great Colonial Empire. 59. An entry 1 of the Quarterly Court for Michaelmas, 1607, presents to us the fact of the same religious spirit pervading their assemblies as was noticeable in earlier days. The whole fraternity assembled, and at the common feast around their hospitable board they gathered not only the wives of the same members but the “ almsmen ” of the Livery, “as in antient time hath been accustomed.” 60. In the following year an entry is found having reference a.d. 1608. to an assembly of the fraternity for the burial of a deceased member, upon which occasion (November 1608) “a commendable grace or thanksgiving drawn by a learned divine ” was adopted for use. To make this use perpetual, the worthy Robert Dowe, in 1610, created an endowment of an annual sum of 5s. to the Common Clerk for reading the grace.* 61. Nor is this the only benevolence of Robert Dowe which a.d. 1612. should be recorded. He contracted with the Company “to perform for him certain deeds of charity by God and grace for ever,” the particulars of which are entered in the Company’s records, and noticed upon the pages of Stowe by his successor Strype.* He made a provision for singing in divine service by the boys in Christ’s Hospital, and, besides the perpetual mainte- nance of almswomen in the Company’s House, he left an annual provision for sixty poor to be selected by the ecclesiastical authorities of Aldgate parish. The gift was to be bestowed in the church, and the recipients were to be exhorted “ to kneel 1 See Mem. xxri. *See Mem. xxm., and Dowe’s Deed [Mem. lxix.] * Strype’* Stowe, Book 2, p. 20. C 18 Memorials of the Fraternity. [I. down, and with all humility and reverence to say (after the minister) the Lord’s Prayer , and then, God receive all good benefactors and bless the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors Afterwards they were to leave quietly, with a benediction from the minister. Of the same religious character was another object which he provided for — viz., the exhortation 1 to repent- ance of Newgate criminals condemned to execution — lBt, by an exhortation in their cells over night, and then, on the morning of execution, by the “ Passing Bell,” and an admoni- tion to them as they went by St. Sepulchre’s Church wall to execution.* 62. Of greater importance was the foundation of Great Crosby School by John Harrison in 1618. His father was, according to local tradition, a shepherd boy who left his employment for the search of wealth in the great City, and his (the founder's) connection with the Company till he became a member of the Court of Assistants is shown in the 1 Strype’s Stowe, Book 1, pp. 19, 20. 2 “ Mr. Bob*- Dowe’s bequest to Christ© Hospital increased from 150/. to 240/. In consideration of w ch said increase they shall henceforth pay yearly for ever as of the free guiffc of the said Mr. Dowe the some of 12/. (being 4/. more than was formerly paid for his guift) to one that shall teach oerten boys of the said Hospital to singe. And if the Governors shall not perform the said trust the said 240/. to be paid to this Company.” — [12 th February 1609.] “ A small Indenture annexed to a former one made between^ the Governors of Xpist’s Hospital and this Company touching an increase of ffowre pounds p ann (the guift of Mr. Dow) to the Singing Schoolem r of the said Hospital for ever.” — [14/A June 1611.] “ The Comon Clark’s report concerning the Schoolmaster and Singing children at Xpist’s Hospital, and the Beadle of the Livery concerning the Prisoners executed out of Newgate.” — [25/A October 1611.] “ At this co*te a mocon being made by our Mr that it was the desire of Mr. Baph Hamor and Mr. Zachary Dow, two of the neerest kynd to Mr. Robert Dow, deceased, a worthy member and good benefactor to this Company, to have the body of the said Robert Dow carried out of the Hall, and the funerall Dynn r for such as accompany the corps to church to be kipt in the same. It is therefore granted with a gen’all consent that both the hall lynnen and plate belonging to the same shalbe freely lent, to p’forme the last duty of so woor 11 * a brother ” (he was buried at Aldgate, and a monument erected to his memory by the Company). — [8/A May 1612.] “ At this Corte repot© was made by the Comon Clarke how well and in what decente manner, he sawe and heard the Schoolmaster and the singing children of Xpist Hospital p’forme their singing of Divine service, in the Quire at Xpist Church, and that all things were p’formed according to Covenants. “ Also the Beadle of the Lyvery, made like report© at this Co r te that all things were p’formed by the Vicar, Churchwardens and vestrymen of the pish of St- Sepulchre’s, London, concerning the prisoners executed out of Newgate according to covenants.” — [25/A May 1612.] I] The Company . 19 footnote. 1 * The history of the school until its re-foundation in 1874 by the Endowed Schools Commissioners (1869) is given in a separate record.* 63. About the same time, Dr. Thomas White selected the a.d. 1621-2. Company as his auditor in regard to the endowment which he made by deed of August 1621 for the Chair of Moral Philosophy at Oxford, and in the following year he established Sion College, giving to the Company the nomination to eight of the twenty almshouses which he connected with the College. 3 64. The subsequent events of the century may be noted as those incident to the “ Great Rebellion” and the “Dreadful Fire,” both events being equally disastrous to the Company. At the close of the “ Rebellion ” the State was indebted to the Company in the sum of 24,731/., an accumulation of debt which is thus described by a Finance Committee in 1769 as having arisen from the repeated calls made upon the Company. “ In the year 1640 the Company were obliged to raise 5,000 /., to be paid into the Exchequer for the service of the King and the Kingdom, and in 1642 the sum of 200Z. towards the relief of Londonderry. The same year paid into the Chamber of London, for the relief of Ireland, 7,000Z. In the year 1643, 3,000Z. for the further relief of Ireland. In 1644, for the King’s use 4,050/., as their proportion of 50,000/. borrowed of the several Companies. In 1645, towards the maintenance of fortifications about the City of London, 150/. For the maintenance of the Army under 1 The father of John Harrison was admitted to the freedom of the Company by redemption, on the* 5th August 1558 (4 A 5 Philip and Mary), and John Harrison, his son, and the founder, was admitted to the freedom by patrimony, 9th August 1591. Both father and son lived and died in St. Augustine’s parish, near Paul’s Gate. No record of admission of either to the Livery is traced, but the son was chosen Warden at the election at Master and Wardens on 9th July 1593, thus — Bichard Proctor, Matters Leonard Halliday, William Craven, John Harrison , J effery Elwes, Wardens. In 1594, Harrison and Elwes were elected as Assistants, but Harrison does not seem to have filled the office of Master, and his name soon disappears from the records as being present at the Courts. His will is dated 15th May 1618, and his codicil 24th July 1619 : he died shortly afterwards, childless. His brothers and sisters (with their issue) were numerous, and I imagine his father and himself to have been prosperous tradesmen connected with the drapery or woollen trade. His mother, Ann Staper, was possibly the daughter of the Alderman of that name, whose beautiful monument has recently been removed from St. Martin’s to St. Helen’s (See Appendix E.) His kinsman, John Harrison, lived at “ Much Crosby,” and superintended (on the Company’s behalf) the erection of the school buddings shortly after his death. (See Appendix O.) 5 See Mem. cxxvn. C 2 3 Mem. cxix. Memorials of the Fraternity. jl.d. 1649. 20 [I- Sir Thomas Fairfax, 150Z. All which sums added together amount to the sum of 19,550/. 65. “ In the year 1640, being distressed to raise the sum of 5,000/., they called in the debts due on Bond, and in 1642, when a further demand was made upon them for 10,000/. for the pre- servation of Ireland, they were obliged to borrow that sum on the credit of their Common Seal at 8 per cent., and, in order to supply after demands, the Master and Wardens were directed to sell part of the Company’s Plate for furnishing the same. And in 1644 they sold Plate to the amount of 875/. 19*. 6 d., and were under the necessity of borrowing further sums at the same rate of interest, so that their debt in the year 1646 was increased to 20,000/. and upwards. 66. “ By an account taken in 1646, from sums lent to the State, there was due from the Government at Ladyday 1647, for Prin- cipal and Interest, 24,731/. 8*. 2d., of which no part was received until 1668. In this year they received 2,250/. in part of the Principal, which was the only sum the Crown ever paid on that account; and 94/. 15*. for interest, and having likewise received 1,000/. for fines of some estates, and in the following year 1669 having made an extraordinary call upon their members to take up their Livery, a sum of 2,010/. was raised, by which the Company was enabled to pay off the 4th part of their debt, and the remainder by instalments.” 67. The sympathy of the Company was with the Parlia- ment. When the arrest of the 5 members was attempted by Charles I., in January 1642, a Committee of the Commons adjourned and sat at the Company’s Hall; 1 and after the taking of Chester by the Parliamentary Forces, in February 1645,* when thanksgivings were to be celebrated in all the City Churches, the Company appear to have added a dinner in honor of the event with an increased allowance to the stewards.* 68. The distress brought upon trade by the Rebellion led 1 Oar. Rebellion, vol. ii., p. 133. * Commons Journal, vol. iv., p. 429. * “ Stewards' Thanksgiving Dinner for the taking of Chester . — It was also moved on the behalf of Mr. Kendal and Mr. Jeston, Stewards, that provided the Dinner at the Hall, the 19 th of Feb? last, at a Thanksgiving for the obtaining of Chester and other victories by the Parliament Forces to be allowed towards the charge of the said Dinner, the accustomed allowance appointed to former Stewards, this Court taking the same into consideration, that, although the said allowance of the 17 th of Nov r 1641 was given and appointed only to Stewards that shall provide the accustomed Dinners on the Lord Mayor’s Day. the Fifth of November, and the 27th of March, nevertheless this Court doth think fitt that the sum of xiijft. vj*. viijd- shalbe for this time paid to the said Stewards by our Master, and that the sum of vi li. xiije. iiijd. shall be in future allowed to every Steward.” — [18£A September 1644.] The Company. 21 I- J to the infringement of the Apprenticeship Laws, hence in 1649 originated the schism between the Yeomen Taylors and the Guild, which after 50 years of controversy led to the severance of the working trade from the Guild of Taylors. 69. The “ Dreadful Fire ” brought immediate ruin to the a.d. 1666. resources of the Company. 1 2 “ The losses sustained by the Fire of London obliged the Company to let their Land in the City upon small Ground Rents to enable their Tenants to rebuild, which rendered them incapable of paying their Instalments of loans borrowed. They were therefore obliged to sell to Edward Backwell, Esq., for 5,0007., the Lands devised to them by Sir John Percival and Giles Slater in Lombard Street* and Comhill, which (as the books declare) they esteemed as the richest Jewel of their Estate. With this and other monies in the year 1674 they paid Principal and Interest 5,3847. 70. “ In the year 1688 four houses were sold to Michael Rolles, Esq., in Bishopsgate Street, for 7507. reserving a Rent Charge of 247. per annum, by .the sale of which Estates their Annual Income was so reduced as to render it necessary to suspend the payment of some of their Benefactors’ Gifts. In 1718 their debt again increased to 16,3447. 3*. 2c?., which occasioned them to let Leases of their Estates at large, fines and small Ground Rents, they therefore let to Nathaniel Newnham, Esq., several Estates for which they received 10,4577. 2 s. 6d. for fines, and therewith discharged several debts amounting to 9,9497. 3 «. 2c/., and there then remained due from the Company 6,3957,, and by pursuing the same method in the year 1719 paid off for Prin- cipal and Interest 2,6407. 8 s. 3d., and so from year to year con- tinued lessening their debt until the year 1727, when they sold their Estate in Ireland (granted to them by King James the First in the year 1609, as one of the 12 Companies, in considera- tion of their having advanced several considerable sums for the new Plantation in Ulster) to Wm. Richardson, Esq., for 20,6407., reserving a rent charge of 1507. p r anfl which enabled them to pay the remaining part of their debt, and also to lay out in the years 1728 and 1734 in Repairs of their Hall, their School in London and other Buildings, &c., as much as 4,1007. and upwards. 1 The TT»11 wa * let to the E&sfc India Company for 200 1 . a year in 1710. 2 This House was for the use of the Lord Mayor, if belonging to the Company. In 1674, Lady, the wife of Sir William, Harper, importuned the Company, through Lord Burgley, for a renewal of the lease, but without success, afterwards she had to be ejected then a small payment was made to her (1 574, March 4 and 21, end 1676, August 29). 22 Memorials of the Fraternity . A..D. 1682. A.D. 1689-80. [ n. and 600/. for the renewal of Lease with the Prebendary of the Moor, and to give 350/. for the rebuilding of the Parsonage House of St. Martin Outwich.” 71. The close of the Reign of Charles IT. brought upon the Company (as it did upon the Corporation of London and upon other Guilds) the forfeiture of their Charters. Public spirit must have been at a low ebb indeed when Corporate bodies like the City Guilds were found voluntarily to relinquish their privileges and yield them up to such KingB as the two later Stuarts, and afterwards, as in the case of James II., request the honour to erect a Memorial to him, and (with the consent of the Lord Mayor) to place it up in the Royal Exchange. 1 * 3 72. With Will. HI. came the establishment of public liberty, the Charters were restored, and the Company (like others) heartily responded to the calls of the new Sovereign to fight against James II. under the walls of Londonderry, by subscribing to its defence.* In the year 1691 they entertained General Ginkell and the officers returning after the reconquest of Ireland, 8 and in the same year the controversy between the Yeoman Tailors and the Guild was closed, by the Privy Council leaving the Yeoman Tailors to their remedy at law, which they never pursued. 73. What is here written is a bare outline to be filled in by reference to the papers quoted in the foot notes ; but, that the affairs of the Company may be more completely understood, it is especially desirable that the reader should study the extracts taken from the early Account Books 4 (1399 to 1557), and from the Court Minutes (1561 to 1681), the one prepared by Mr. Martin of the Public Record Office, and the other by Mr. R. Stephens, for so many years in the Company’s service. II. THE YEOMAN OR BATCHELORS’ COMPANY. 1. Seeing that this organization was abolished in 1691,* no practical importance can attach to its former existence ; but as a “memorial” of the past I have thought it well to collect together these few incidents, because the Yeoman or Batchelors were the channel or connecting link between the Fraternity as a Corporation, and Tailory as a craft or art. 1 Court Minutes, February 1684. The Memorial was by Gibbons (Court Minutes, 16th ^December 1685). 3 1002. paid to this object in 1689-90, during the Mastership of Mr. Ayrey. 8 Monthly " Mercury,” 29th October 1691. 4 See Appendices A (6) and (7). 8 See Mem. XL. (9). II.] The Yeoman or Batchelors 9 Company . 23 2. An early trace of the Yeomen Tailors is to be found in a Decree or Ordinance of the Court of Aldermen, dated 141 5, 1 * extracted from the City Archives. The Company had an old hall at Dowgate which is noticed upon the Court records so recently as the year 1593.* These yeomen possibly lived in “3 Shears Court,” described by Stowe in his Survey 3 as lying adjacent to the church of St. James’, Garlick Hill, 4 and the complaint against them was that they “ lived by themselves alone in companies,” against the licence or will of the Master, and “ without head or government.” 3. This was an evil in those times too serious to be borne with, and hence two of these offenders were summoned to appear before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, who adjudged “ that the servants of the foresaid trade shall be hereafter under government and rule of the Master and Wardens of the afore- said trade^as other servants of other trades in the said City are, and are bound by law to be, and that they shall not use hence- forth livery or dress, meetings or conventicles, or other unlawful things of this kind.” 4 . In two years after this award, — viz., 5th August, A.D. 1417 , they, “as a Brotherhood of Yeoman Tailors,” approach the Lord Mayor for liberty to assemble “ on the Feast of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist 5 next following and so hence- forth yearly, in the church of St. John of Jerusalem, near Smythfield, there to offer for the deceased brothers and sisters of the said brotherhood, and to do other things which they have been accustomed to do there”; but the Court, obviously distrustful of them, thought fit to “ order and consider that in future times no servant or apprentice of the said trade shall presume by themselves to make or enter assemblies or con- venticles at the foresaid church of St. John or elsewhere, unless 1 See this and the Ordinance of 1417, printed in Appendices A (4) and (5). * M January 2 3rd, 1593. — This Court, intendinge the p 5 sente taking© in hand and proceedinge to finish the Buildinge at the Old Hall, former lie tenanted by this Company, have appointed and chosen for the Surveyors of the same building, to visite the workemen there employed as theire leisure may p^mitte them, Richard Venables, Walter Plummer, and John Davenante, three of the Assistants of this Company.” In the February following, it was let on lease to the Clerk, who was “ to take in hard the r ec o v ery of die old way that cometh out of Thames Street, on tbe bock part of the mid tenement.” I find, however, that this Hall came to tbe Company from Sir Thomas Roe, on 6th August 1565, and was the former residence of Sir Richard Cbarieton, Knight (attainted for High Treason). — Evid. Bk., p. 113. * Book 3, p. 14 (1720). 4 As to the “ Gild of Garlekhille, London,” in 1375, see Toulmin Smith's work, p. 3. 4 See Mem. YU. ; and Oath, p. 236. 24 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ II. with and in presence of the Masters of the said trade, etc., on pain of imprisonment and fine.” 5. I gather from the Records of the Fraternity, 1 * * that, at a very early period, Wardens and Assistants for this branch of the Fraternity were instituted. The separate* establishment con- sisted of four persons who acted as Wardens’ Substitutes, sixteen other persons who acted as the Assistants, and they had a Clerk, 8 a Beadle, and a Treasury 4 * * distinct from those of the general Fraternity ; in fact, an “ imperium in imperio ” was set up, producing discord as the consequence. 6. In an M.S. record, “the Occasion of the Constitution of the Wardens of the Yeomanry and their sixteen Assistants,” is thus described: — “The Members of this Company growing very numerous and their affairs being also great by the many charities they had to manage and otherwise, the Court of Assistants began to consider of every means to make business more easy to them, and thereupon did substitute some of the inferior members who were Taylors by trade, and for method’s sake constituted them the Wardens, called Warden Substitutes, and sixteen persons to aid and assist them in such matters as the Court of Assistants should direct and appoint, and that they should meet at the Hall at such times as the Master and Wardens should think fitt and when they should give them leave.” 7. “ The office to which they were appointed by the Court was to collect the quarterage, and also to make searches and see whether the Taylors were regular in their trade, and to take notice of what abuses happened, and then to give an account to the Court of Assistants from time to time what quarterages they had collected and what irregularities or abuses were committed, so that the Court might take such care to rectify those abuses as the offence required.” In the year 1649 (the apprenticeship monopoly probably being found to press heavily upon a population whose industrial 1 See Appendix B (1). * Thu s, an entry of 6th August 1680 records that “ the Wardens of the Batchelors' Company asked license to keep their quarter-daye here on Tuesday come sevenight, which is the 16th August next, which was granted unto them, Mr. Warden Brell and Mr. Warden Queraby are appointed to assist them." * Boger Silverwell, on 2Srd May 1610, who lived with his wife in one of the almshouses. When a widow, she received See Hem. cxiv. •Stowe's u Survey,” pp. 181-2. 48 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ VI. the advantages, and prescribes the duties “ of a whole Brother that desireth to be an almsman of the Fraternity,” thus : — “ . . . Everiche of the said almesmen that hereafter shalbe admytted into the saide almes shall make promys atte his first ad- myssion unto the Maister and Wardeins than beyngthat he aslong as he shall contynue in almes shalbe personally present in the said Churche of Saint Martyn there serving God and all his seintes and kepying all Dyvyne service seid and songen there Wekely and praiyng every daye for the prosperous and noble estate of the Kyng our soverainge lord Henry the vijth, chief & first foundoure of the said fraternitee of Saint John Baptist of Merchaunt Taillors of London, and for the good estate of the Maister, Wardens, brethren, sisters, and of all the benefactours of the same frater- nitee beyng abyve, and for the soule of the moste excellent Pryncesse Elizabeth, late Quene and Wyf to oure said soveraigne lorde, the soules of all the brethren and sisters of the said fraternitee late deceased, and all Christian soules.” 3. Frequent mention was made of these houses on the Court Minutes 1 until they were partially destroyed by the Fire of London. Upon survey of the destruction made by the fire, the Court of 12th October 1666 “ thought 6t that the Almshouses near the Hall be covered and kept wind tide and water tide in such manner as the Master and Wardens shall appoint,” and shortly afterwards — viz., in 1667 — the site was let on building lease, and in 1668 the seven almsmen (who' were of the Livery) petitioned the Court, and received a commuted allowance of 51 . per annum each for rent. As each died no other almsman was appointed upon the old Foundation. 1 “ Upon the humble petition of the Almsmen of the Livery, granted that a sufficient penthouse shalbe made at the Companies chardg and Bett up over their heads where they usually sitt in the streetes neere their Dore to th’end they may aitt dry and warme, in cold and foule weather.” — [17 th June 1612.] The Company availed themselves of the New River water for the Almshouses in 1618— “ A Motion being made at this Court© by our M r in the behalfe of the Almsmen of the Livery w ch dweU in the Company's Almshouses neere unto theire Hall for the taking in of the new river water for the ease and benefitt of the poore men, and sweete keeping of the said house, the same was well liked and thought fitt by this Cote to be pformed, and therefore ordered and agreed that M r Middleton shalbe dealt withall for the same, Ac.” — [8& May 1618.] " A Committee appointed to view the Companies Almeshouses neere the hall and to consider whether it be needfull to have those houses new builded or not, and if they shall find the same fitt to be new builded and thereby any increase of Alms- houses should or might convenientlie be added. Then they are further to consider what the charge thereof will be and how the same may be raised.” — [14 th February 1626.] * ISOMETRICAL VIEW OF THE MERCHANT TAYLORS HALL. THE ALMS HOUSES IN THREADNEEDLE STREET. AND S T MARTIN OUTWICH. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHED FROM AN OLD ENGRAVING MADE FROM A DRAWING BY WILLIAM GOODMAN IN 1599. r ^e p is VII. ] The Religious Privileges of the Company . 49 VII. THE RELIGIOUS PRIVILEGES OP THE MERCHANT TAYLORS’ COMPANY, AS RECORDED IN THE EARLIER ORDINANCE BOOK. 1 1. For asmoche as amonges all werks medefull, most meritory is in this oure lyfe, naufrage and perilous, the allectyfes of goostly helth deryvied from the moste mercyfull and plenteous founteyn of oure moder holy chirche to be publysshed, ministred and declared to all Christen people as the perfite preparatyfes guydyng mannes soule to eternall salvacyon; Therfore it ys that we — John Prynce, late Maister, Thomas Pye, Richard Sutton, John Martyn and Thomas Burgeys, late Wardeins of the ffraternitee of Seint John Baptist of Taillours in the Citee of London beyng possessed of goostly tresoure and willyng all Cristen people to be partiners of synguler and all suche Indul- gences, Pardons and Remissions by oures of blessed memory precessours and predecessours of entier chafitee purchased long tyme secrete : now of oure goostly mocyon to meve the reders and herers to devocyon of all & singuler such Indulgences, Pardons and remissions in oure moder tonge as is in this table ensuyng, have made a declaracyon. First, this reverent Ura- te mitee stablisshed in hymself to have that blessed prophete Seint John Baptist for their patrone, thurgh 2 * * * * * theire deservyng were admitted to be partiners of the right holy hospitall house of Seint John in Jerusalem 8 after the tenoure here ensuyng. “ F rere John Pavely, of the holy hospitall house of Seint John in Jerusalem prioure of th’ordoure in England, and all the brethem of the same hospitall, to oures welbeloved in Crist, all and singuler Taillours in the Citee of London which are of the flraternitee of Seint John Baptist in the saide Citee of London and to all other of the said ffraternitee brethern & sisters, helth in our Lord Jesu. “ Advertisyng & brynging to mynde the grete zele and right many benefyttes by you don to oure religion and trustyng to be 1 Does the entry at page 520 relate to this P 8 Through. * The Ordinance of 1417 (printed elsewhere) shows the celebration of the Feast of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, at the Church of St. John’s of Jerusalem, near 8mythfield, to have been then an annual custom, and the following entry from Machyn’s Diary (p. 03) shows the same to have prevailed in 1555 : — “ The xxix day of August (which) was the day of Decolacyon of Saint John BaptyBt, the Merchand-tayllers kept masse at Sant -Johnes be-yonde Smyt-feld, and my Lord of Sant Johnes dyd offer at masse, and ser Hare Hubylthome, ser Thomas Whytt and Master Harper, Althrrmen, and all the Clothyng. And after the iiij Wardens of the Yeomanry, and all the compene of the tayUers, a Id. a pesse ; and the qwyre honge with Cloth of arres, and after masse to the TayUers’ Hall to dener.” See also p. 808. E 50 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ VII. don, we, yelding love for love, have recey ved & receyve you all and singuler into oure ffraternitee and of th’ole religyon we admitte you withouten ende, 1 * 3 grauntyng you to be partynera of masses, mateins and other houres of prayers, fastynges, almes- dedes, hospitalitees, abstynences, watches, pilgrimages, goostly laboures and of all other goode dedes by the brethem of oure religyon don or to be don worlde withouten ende.” This graunle is confermed by Robert Maloiy late prioure of the saide religion in England. 2. This devoute ffraternitee willyng th’encrease of Godde’s honoure by lowly supplicacion,* were admitted of theire right reverent fader in God, Symon 8 the Bisshoppe of London, to have in theire moder chirche of Ponies a Chapell which is halo wed in th’onoure of Seint John Baptist atte North syde of Powles where they have ordeyned, by graunt of theire said right reverent fader, preestes to the greto laude of God, specyally to sey masses dailly and to praye for the sowles of brethren and systers of the said ffraternitee deceased from oure mortalytee, and dayly contynued ys in goodenes for the preservacyon of theym that are or shalbe of the said ffraternitee. 4 3. Oure [ 8 moste holy fader in God Bonyface pope the sixth of that name] hath of his mere mocyon to cause people to devo- cion, to all Cristen people that wyll putte to theire helpyng handes to the makyng of the said chapell or to the mayntenaunce of Goddes service in the said place and to all theym truly penitent and shryven that visyt the said chapell in the ffeestes of Cristmas, Circumcisyon, Epiphanie, Easter, th’Ascencyon, Pentecost, Coipus Christi, th’adnunciacyon, Purificacyon & th 5 * * Assumpcyon of our blessed Lady Saint Mary, and in the 1 These conventions were said to be common with religious guilds. — See JBrentano Essay (1870), p. lxxxiv. 3 Edward IIL’s letter to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, complaining of the deficiency of Priests there (1345). — Riley’s London. * Simon de Sudbury, alias Tybold, appointed to London in 1361, translated to Canterbury in 1371, and beheaded by the Rebels in Wat Tyler's rebellion, on 14th June 1381, whose skull is said to be preserved in a niche in the vestry wall of St. Gregory, Sudbury, Suffolk. 4 The early records of the Company show that the expenses of a Priest and of Public Worship, at Powles, were borne by the Company. Thus in accounts from 81 Henry 6 to 32 Henry 6, this entry is found by Mr. Martin, “ Paid for 4 Wax Candles, of which 2 are in the Chapel of St. John’s in Powles, and 2 in the Chapel in the Hall — 4 lbs. at 7 d. a lb." Dame Beatrice Rose granted an annuity for the service, which was redeemed in 4 Edward VI. (see p. 627), and Hugh Carleton in 1382 also endowed the Chapel (see p. 102). 1 There is an erasure here in the Ordinance Book, and a blank left, which Mr. Martin has revived, and restored the words here given in [ ]. 51 J The Religions Privileges of the Company. of the Nativitee of Seint John Baptist the ffest of Peter & Psule and in the ffeest of the dedicacyon of the said chapell, hath mercifully for eche of these ffeestes graunted vij yeres and vij lentes of remissyon, and whoso within th’utasses of Cristmasse, th Epiphanie, Easter, th’Assencyon, Corpus Christi, the Nativitee ^Assumpcyon of the blessed Virgyn Mary, the Nativitee of Seint J ohn Baptist, the ffeest of the blessed Apostels Petir & Pome and of the yj dayes immediatly ensuying the ffeeste of Pentecost, are willyng deyoutely to visyte the said Chapell or to put to theire helpyng handes for every daye within th’utasses hath nuercyfully graunted [c dayes of indulgence]. 1 Also the right reverent faders in God Syraon th’arche- h®^°pp e of Caunterbury, William of London, William of Wyn- chestre^ John of Lincoln, Robert of Coventre & Lychefelde, John of Bathe & Welles, Thomas of Excestre, Thomas of Ely, of Salesbury, John of Herforde, Henry of Norwych, Viliam of Chichestre, Adam of Seint Davyd, Thomas of ^^chestre, John of Bangor, Roger of Landaffe and William Seint Asse,* Bisshoppes, have graunted to all theim that put t° theire helpyng handes to .the laude of God in this Chapell t° be mayntened to exorte Christian people to devocyon eche theim fxl dayes of remissyon]. 8 5. Also right reverent faders in God, first Garsias Martyn of Savoy Channon and proctour generall of the Convent of th’ospitall of oure Lady of Roscydevale (Rounceval), 4 Maister & keper of the Chapell founded atte Charyngcrosse, hath receyved this worthy ffratemitee into theire ffraternitee, grauntyng theym to be parcyall of the benefyttes in theire religion don or to be don of all indulgies graunted or to be graunted confermed or to be confermed by holy faders worlde withoute ende. This graunte ys confermed by the priours in the generall chapitre by name “ Examinacion De Aynore.” 6. Also William Wardon, Abbot of the monastery of oure Lady nygh the Toure of London 5 hath receyved this saide ffra- temitee into the brotherhed of theire religyon ever to be partyners of theire Buffragies perpetually. 7. Also William, 6 the Prioure of the Monastery of the Trinitee 1 The mt of this part of the record is erased and has been also revived. ’This Bishop, as the latest in consecration, was appointed Bishop of St. Asaph in 1076 } and this grant was probably made at or about this date. 1 Another erasure and revival here. 4 Pounded by William Marechal, Earl of Pembroke, in Henry III.’s reign, upon the site of Northumberland House (Strand), and was suppressed in Edward YI.’s feign. 1 See page 166 (79). 6 See page 156 (82). 52 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ VIIL in London, hath admitted this notable ffratemitee in breder of theire religion and to be prayde fore perpetually. 8. Aleo William Hesperby the prioure of th’ospitall of onre Lady Withoute Bisshoppeegate of London hath graunted to this saide ffratemitee to be partyners of theire suflfragies for ever. 9. Also Robert Draycote, prioure of the hospitall of oure Lady of Elsyngspitell 1 within Crepilgate of London, hath graunted this saide ffratemitee to be partyners with theym in all theire goode werkes goostly for ever. 10. Also William Gedney, prioure of the monastery of Seint Barthilmewe 2 in Smythfelde of London, hath by th’assent and consent of his brethem admitted this right devoute ffratemitee into theire all & singuler suffiragies don or to be don in theire religion withoute ende. 11. Also all these places of religion have graunted that whan any brother or sister of this devoute ffratemitee shall decease from this mortalitee, that than they of the name certe- fied shall do and make to be done in all thynges as is or shall be don for any brother of the saide, religion. 12. Also all they that are or shalbe of this blessed ffratemitee by the privilege of Roscydevale to them graunted ben released of the vij^ parte of theire penaunce by oure most holy faders in God Nicholas the iiij 01 - and Innocente the vj^ popes of blissed memory confermed. 13. Also Elizabeth, abbasse, and Thomas, generall confes- soure and all the congregacion of sisters & brethren of the holy monastery of Seint Brigitte 8 of Syon, have graunted unto this saide ffratemitee to be partiners with theym, as wele in this lyf as after, of all masses, prayers, prechynges, fastynges, abstynencies, watches, disciplynes, almesdedes and all other go&d dedes don or to be don by theym and theire successours for ever. VIII. “ THE COMMON BOX ”« 1. Under this expression the corporate funds of the Fra- ternity were formerly designated. The earliest bequests made 1 P. 155 (15). Sion College occupies the same site (p. 373). * P. 155 (13). ‘ 8 Founded at Isleworth by Henry Y. (1420) as a memorial of the Battle of Agincourt. The only house of Bridgetines in England. 4 The Poor Box (placed on the table for freemen’s and liverymen’s gifts) was established on the 18th August 1647, thus — “ It is ordered that there shall be a Poores box bought and provided ag< every Court of Assistants, To the’nd that such as take leases may give something to the poore, as other Companies and Corporations in like cases use.” vm ] u The Common Box.*' 63 to the (Company for “ corporate 99 as distinct from “ trust ” pur- poses are found in the wills of Sir John and Dame Percival in 1507 and 1508. Both gave “to the Common Box of the Fraternity ,” the one “to the maintenance of their common charges and need,” the other “ for the maintenance and sup- portation of their common charges.” Another expression to convey the same meaning is found in Donkin's Will (1570), where, though grafting a trust upon them, he directs his rents to be gathered “into the Company's stock”; and, again, in Vernon's will (1615), where the term “stock of the house” is used. The earliest benefactors to the Company were Sibsay (1404), Churchman (1406), and Langwith (1483), and the later ones, Moncaster (1517), Harris (1520), Slater (1521), Speight (1527), Sir S. Jennyns (1527), Acton (1530), and Buckland(1531). 2. The receipts and payments are shown elsewhere, 1 * but the ordinary sources of income, as evidenced by the Company's Ordinances, were (a) the annual and quarterly payments of each member of the Fraternity*; (5) The fines imposed on those who “mysorder themselves” either in the presence of the Master* or elsewhere; ( c ) The fees taken from citizens when apprenticed, or admitted to the Freedom or Livery, or to office in the Company ; ( d) The fines imposed on those refusing to serve, having been chosen or appointed to office. 4 3. (a) The “ annual ” payments towards the Master's elec tion dinner have ceased for many years, that of 1 2d. from each Freeman 5 * * in 1623 (when they ceased to be summoned), and that of 3s. 4d. from the Assistants and Livery upwards of 220 years, the expenses of this dinner being (now partially as formerly) borne by the Master and two Kenter Wardens. When made, the subsequent disbursement of these payments for this entertainment appears, as . the Records show, 8 to have been more or less within the control of the Lord Mayor or Court cf Assistants of the Company. 4. (5) The quarterage of 2 8 . 2d. was raised to 4s. by order of the Court in 1699, and in 1724 a Liveiyman refusing to pay it was fined 40*. by the Court, and the Clerk ordered to reoover 1 See Appendix A (6), pp. 517-30. 3 Under the 13th Ordinance. * Under the 10th Ordinance. 4 The particulars in this, and in paragraphs 3 to 10, are obtained from a state- ment dated 1831, submitted to the late Lord Campbell and Mr. Baron G-urney. •These were the “Batchelors or Yeoman Taylors.” They petitioned to be summoned to the dinner in 1648-9. •See the Lord Mayor’s precept against dinners, 1st August 1573. See also Appendix T> (1). 54 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ VIII. the same by legal process. These payments, which were in the nature of poor rates, have ceased for upwards of 30 years. 5. (c) The fees taken on apprentices must be divided into Officers’ and Company’s. The Clerk’s fees were, in 1632, for binding, Is. 10 d., and for presentment, 2d. ; in 1678, 2#. 8d. upon a merchant’s and 1*. 8 d. on any other apprentice ; in 1623, the apprentice fees were raised to 1Z., and in 1625 to 1Z. 5s,, with an extra fee on a premium paid. The Beadle and Porter also had fees. 6. The ^Company’s fees were 2s. 6 d. on apprenticing and 3 s. 4 d. on freedom; when they were increased by the Ordinances of 1661, in four grades, realizing, upon an average, 18 s. 4d. and 12s. 6d. for each apprentice and freeman. The Court resolved in 1673 to return to the old fees ; but in 1804, 1813, and 1825, other fees were fixed; the Court, be it observed, having always assumed the control and regulation of these payments. 7. (d) The payments by Liverymen must also be dis- tinguished as Stewards’ and Livery fines. The first arose from the custom which threw the expense of the Lord Mayor’s and several other dinners upon the Livery, (three or four in number being chosen), who had to act as stewards and to pay either the cost of these entertainments or a fine, fixed arbitrarily by the Court, until the year 1705, when 10Z. was established as the steward’s fine. 8. The second was fixed in 1591 at 16Z. 13«. 4d., in 1598 at 20Z., in 1601 1 at 25Z.; in 1607 at 35 Z. to those seeking the office, or at 30Z. to those summoned; in 1663 at 25Z.; in 1680 at 20Z., with a fine of 30Z. for those refusing to bear the expenses of Steward; and in 1705 at 15Z., and 10Z. for the Stewards’ dinner. 9. On the 28th July 1726, the Court resolved that the Livery fine should for the future be 30Z. ; that the members paying such fine should not be called on to serve the office of Steward, that the Company should be at the charge of the Lord Mayor’s day and school feasts, and that the office of Steward should cease. . The fine was raised to 50Z. in 1813, to 75Z. in 1817, to 80Z. 5s. in 1825, at which sum it now stands. 10. The “ Lively ” or the office of Assistant is now sought for as a benefit, not imposed as a burthen, hence fines for default of service are seldom incurred. The office of Master is still, by some at least, deemed onerous, and the fine (100Z.) has been paid in recent years. 1 See Appendix D (3). “The Common Box." 55 Via ] 11. By provident care the resources of the Company accumu- lated, and so early as 1401 were invested in the purchase of real in the City. The pressure of the Crown by threatening forfeiture at the time of the Reformation obliged the Company to buy up all superstitious charges on their estates, but what m 1549-50 might have been deemed an evil has by the ^creased value of land to money become a great benefit. 12. The extraordinary sources of the income, ultra the Ordin- a J Ices > were assessments made on the members of the Frater- by order of the Court of Assistants, or the precept or command of the Lord Mayor as for a supply of com. The constitution of these guilds provided a convenient machinery * or taxation, 1 * * 4 * * * and the Common Council assumed the right of ordering the Master and Wardens to raise men, 8 supplies 8 or money* f or municipal, no less than the Privy Council and larliaiuent for imperial purposes. ^3. As another source of extraordinary income, the liberality c* ^^ceased members may be reckoned. With power to hold in mortmain, the Company was at an early period in its history J^de the trustee of land for many benevolent objects. These Refactors usually provided for the remuneration of the Company’s officers, and, having given fixed pecuniary charges °baritable purposes, often left the residue for the common of the Fraternity. With few exceptions these estates as they were left ; the rents being apportioned with the 1 See Mon. ix., and Appendices A (6) and D( 3) j also the Precept of 24th 1666, for the Subsidy and Certificate of the Company’s property [Mem. 1 Ken (35) armed to be furnished for the Queen’s service, Lord Mayor acting for the Crown ; precept dated 24th July 1562. Men to attend the Queen at Greenwich ; Lord Mayor’s precept, 26th March 1672. A standing Watch by order of the Privy Council, 12th May 1685. Lord Mayor’s precept for soldiers of the Company to attend Sidney’s funeral, 5th February 1586. ■Cbra: Lord Mayor’s precept, 2nd October 1662. 14th February 1566, to acquire and store arms and gunpowder. Lord Mayor’s precept, by order of the PriTy Council, to purchase and store gunpowder and arms, 8th October 1586, which led to the more extensive acquisitions of arms (stored in the gallery over the King’s chamber), and the appointment of an armourer. Various entries, 6th October 1595, Bid 23rd March 1603. See Appendix D (2), p. 588. 4 Lord Mayor’s precept, dated May 1594. A pest-house for the City; the like for 28V. towards the King’s coronation ; both orders of the Common Council. The last order was made when Bichard Gore was Master, and his return (dated 15th May 1608, and pr e s e rved in the Account Book), gives the names of every member of the Company, the Lord Mayor, Sir Robert Lee, being the 1st contributor. The Mseonnent for the Mew Exchange on 14th January 1565, contains the List of the Company. 6,0002. was a s se s sed on the Company to aid the King’s Northern Army in 1640. 56 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ VIIL sanction of the Charity Commissioners (appointed nnder the 16 and 17 Viet., c. 137) to the specific charitable purposes for which they were originally devised. The enhanced value of land given to the Company, as against money given to the Charities, has not unfrequently raised the corporate as con- trasted with the trust income of the Fraternity ; an inequality often reduced by the ruling body. To turn to the other side of the account; the charges created against the ordinary revenue were these : — 14. The primary charge — as of charity — appears to have been the maintenance of Almsmen during life and their inter- ment after death. They were “ to be buried honestly at the costs and charges of the said Fraternity ; and the Master and Wardens, and diverse of the clothing in their whole livery, to be present.” 15. A specific rate (in effect a poor-rate before the Statute of Elizabeth), “for the poor of the said Fraternity,” was levied quarterly, under a penalty of double the amount, and “ without any remission or pardon,” hence the cost of maintaining the poor was a second charge on the common box. 16. After the establishment of the School, in 1561, its main- tenance has been a charge on revenue, for by the 44th Rule of the Foundation, the Company resolved to dedicate “40/. yearly, to be paid out of the Common Box,” to the Masters. At that time this donation formed no inconsiderable part of the Company’s yearly surplus, for in 1566 (there being no earlier account extant), the expenses of the School are shown as 56/. 13s. 4 d., leaving only a residue of 46/. 6*. 8A for the general purposes of the Fraternity. 1 * 17. The extraordinary charges were probably connected with 16th Ordinance, which was directed against “those per- sons who denied to be partners or contributors, and to bear their parts of certain charges concerning the worship, benefit or credit of the Fraternity.” A power of taxation was exer- cised by the Master, Wardens, and Court of Assistants, for specific purposes which were deemed to be common to the Fraternity, and to fall upon them as members of a Corpora- tion subordinate to the supreme Common Council of the City. These sums were applied or paid for the special objects for which they were raised. 9 1 The Company’s Certificate to Elizabeth’s Precept of 1666 [Mem. xyiii.] 3 See Note on Sir Bobt. Lee’s Mayoralty in Appendix F. VIII. ] “ The Common Box." 57 18. The landed estates of the Company were usually subject, by the wills of the donors, to extraordinary payments, and it was the custom of the two Renter Wardens to divide the labour and responsibility of collection and of disbursement by taking one of two districts (into which they separated London), receiving the rents of that district, paying thereout the dis- bursements, and handing over the balance after due audit to the succeeding Master who, when the wealth of the Company out-filled the u Box,” placed it in what was soon termed “ the Treasury.” 19. In days when “ Banks ” were unknown, the money was held in specie, and with the plate, kept in this Treasury, under several keys, one being given into the custody of the Master and of each of the Renter Wardens, and of a trusted member of the Fraternity. The orders of the Court justified expendi- ture, but the Treasury, was only opened in the presence of the Master and Wardens, the Master being the person into whose hands the money was given for ultimate disbursement. 1 * * * * * * 20. At the “ dreadful fire” of London (“ which burnt down about l,400iL per annum of ground rents/’*) “the Treasury by the Hall ” was consumed, and all the plate melted, whereupon a Committee was appointed, on the 20th September 1666, to “ view the same,” and treat “ with Mr. Taylor at the Tower about the refining of the same, and to dispose of the said plate to the best advantage and benefit of the Company.” What the plate realized is shown in the foot note. 8 * * 1 “ It ys agreed and decreed that the some of lxvjl. xiijs. iiijd. shalbe taken onto of the Treasoiy to paje unto the Lady Harper, according© to the agreement© made by Sir James Hawes, Knight©, Lord Mayor of London, w ch some was taken out© the nexte daye in the p^sence of the Wor 11 Mr. Ed ward© Joanes, Mr. Richard© Hills, and Robt. Dowe, Warden, & delivered unto the said Mr. Joanes accordinglie.” — [2W* October 1575.] u Upon long experience of the care & fydelity of Mr. Henry Offley, a wor 11 & aundent Member of this Company, who in degree and callinge in this House was nexte unto Mr. Robt. Hawes, a late wor 11 & faithful Counsaillor of this Company, deceased, it hath pleased the Company to oomyttee unto the Chardge & Custodie of Mr. Henry Offley one of the Keys of the Companies Treasury, which the said Mr. Robt. Hawee for diverse yeares, and until his death, did carefully keep.” — [12a December 1601.] * Court Minutes, 22nd March 1667. a Item of Mr. Portman for pounds and ozs. £ ». d. of silver at 5s. 6 d. per oz., the sum of . . 245 15 0 Item of Major Wallis for 12 pounds 1} ozs. of silver at 5s. 8 d. per os., the sum of 40 6 9 Item of him more for silver that was found in the dust left in the Treasury (From the Master’s account 1666 and 67.) 4 19 6 58 Memorials of the Fraternity . [IX. 21. When the use of the Treasury was abandoned and the money first placed in a Banking Account has not been traced. The Company opened an account with the Bank of England by order of the Court, of 15th October 1730, in these words: “ That for the future the cash of the Company be kept for the respective Master and Wardens for the time being in the Bank of England, or in such other place as the said Master and Wardens will be answerable for;” the occasion of the order being that, at the same Court, the Master (Dawson) had previously memorialized and been relieved from 396/. 17*. 6rf. of corporate money, deposited by him with Mr. John Jenkins, a Banker, then insolvent. IX. THE MANUSCRIPT ACCOUNT BOOKS OF THE COMPANY. 1 1. The Merchant Taylors 1 Company possesses a number of books containing the statements of receipts and expenses returned by the Masters at the expiration of their term of office. Of these the earliest four have been examined, with a view of gaining information from them, of the history of the Company. 2. Book I. commences in 1399, the 23rd and last year of the reign of Richard II., and extends to 1445, the 23rd year of Henry VL The title on the back states that it commences in 1397, 21 Richard II., but in the first page, which is nearly illegible, the figures “ xxiij ” are just visible. In the reign of Henry YI. there are one or two errors, and probably some pages missing. The account for 14 Henry VI. is placed next before 23 Henry YI., and there are two accounts for 19 Henry VI. but none for the 18th year. After 22 Henry VI. comes an account in which the number of the regnal year is omitted, but it probably belongs to the 21st year, as the statement for that year is absent. This volume contains 365 leaves, and is fairly legible, although the paper is rotten in many places from the action of damp. 3. At the commencement, the language used is French, but soon English and French are mingled together in a strange way. The last account, that of John Langewith, 23 Henry VI., is entirely in English. The title of the Company at first is given as “La Fratemite Seint Johan le Baptistre des Taillours 1 By Charles T. Martin, Esq., of the Public Record Office. IX. ] The Manuscript Account Books of the Company. 69 en Londres”; but in 1 Henry V., 1413, the following style is used : “ La Fraternite des Taillours et Armurers de Lynge Armurie de Seint Johan le Baptistre en la Citee de Loundres.” In some instances des Lynges Armuries ” in the plural occurs. In English the title runs thus, “ The Fraternite of Seynt Johan the Baptist of Taillours and Lynge Armurers in the Cite of London.” 4. The form in which the accounts are stated is usually as follows : The Master’s receipts include a sum of money received from the Treasury for the payment of poor men, priests, and other minor expenses; rents from tenements belonging to the Company in London and Wandsworth ; fines and forfeits from galleymen, 1 botchers (Le., men who repaired and sold old clothes), and others; fees paid by tradesmen enfranchised, and by the master tailors for their apprentices ; bequests ; old and new alms ; fines for licence to keep foreign servants; and the fees paid by the new brethren, both trades- men and honorary members, on their entry. 5. Money was also collected from the members for specific objects. In 2 Henry IV., 1401 (f. 8&), 24*. 9 d. was collected for repairs at the chapel, and in 8 Henry V., 1420-1 (f. 103d), 114 3*. 5 d. was contributed for works in the Hall, and 17*. 10 d. for work done in the chapel chamber, the lodging of the Chaplain of the Fraternity. The following year, 9 Henry V., Walter Bolton gave 1*. 8<4 for the work in the Hall, and the Chaplain, Sir Thomas Bradenham, contributed 6*. 8 d. to make the chimney in his room. In 10 Henry V., sums, of which 5*. is the largest, were contributed by many members u pour faisure de noue werke.” When it was desired to obtain a confirmation of the new Charter in 19 Henry VI., 1440-1, the legal expenses were defrayed in the same manner, and 624 10*. 10 d. was collected in one year. The expenses include a gold ring for the Chancellor; furs, damask, and suppers, for other law officers ; plate for one of the King’s yeomen of the Robes, for his favour ; 6*. “ for lymnyng of the H. of the gret charter,” & c., in addition to the regular costs of law. 6. Nor are these collections made only for important matters, as we find in 9 Henry V., 1421-2, that 48 members contributed 37 s. 9 <4 for the minstrels. In some cases a return 1 This w aa the name usually given to the Genoese merchants, who lived mostly near Tower Street. The place where they landed their goods was called Galley Key, and the «n»n silver coin which they brought into England with them, galley half- pence. 60 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ IX. is expected for contributions. In 6 Henry V., 1418-9 (f. 93), a brother gives 4/. for the support of one of the Chaplains in the chapel of the Fraternity at Saint Paul’s, on condition of receiving a gown of the livery, the value of which was 22 s. 6d. 7. The expenses are arranged under the following heads : The salaries of priests, clerks, and beadles ; sundries, including law expenses, burials, the cost of decorating the Hall for the feast, minstrels, &c.; cloth allowed by the Company; quitrents; repairs to the Hall and other houses, and the obits of deceased members. As a specimen of the way in which the earliest accounts were kept, those for 1 Henry IV., the second year given in the book, will be found printed in full as Mem. X. The first year could not be printed, as the state of the first page renders it impossible to copy it accurately. 8. The Fraternity took a good deal of interest, and spent much money, on the two chapels in the Hall and in St. Paul’s Cathedral. Among the expenses the following entries occur relating to them : — 2 Henry IV., 1400-1 : “ Ceux sount lez expenses entour le chapelle a Poulis, et l’auter de Seint Thomas. 9 . d. “ En primes, pour fesure .(Tun cell© desouz Tauter a Seint Thomas . . “ Item. Pour un cere et un huis de fer en mesme lieu “ Item. Pour coverture et byndyng d’un lyvre “ Item. Pour xlv ulnee de toille, l’auene, viijd. “ Item. Pour steyuyng, paie al steynour en parti do paiement “ Item. Pour un heyre a le auter “Samma, iiijtt. xi. iiijd.” ij iiij ▼j “J XXX xlv y iiij 3 Henry IV. : “ Paie a Morris Steynour, pour steynure de les draps en le chapelle a Poulis, duez de velle, xlvijs. vjtf.” In 10 Henry IV., 1408-9, new cloths were provided and the following expenses incurred (f. 44 ft) : — 7 ells of cloth for two altar cloths, at Id. ; 11^ ells for “draps a qaresme” at 7 d,; dyeing the same, 6*. 8 d , ; 1 ell to mend an alb, and the work, lOd. ; for binding the cloths, 2s. In 12 Henry IV., 1410-11 (f. 56), “Pour velym et pour rescripture del table en le chapel a Poulis, xxd.,” and in the following year three forms were bought for the chapel for 2s. 4 d. The salaries of the Chaplains were, at St. Paul's, 5/., and at the chapel in the Hall, SI. 6s. 8 d. a-year; while the yearly cost of candles in the two chapels was 14 j d., and of bread and wine for Mass at the Hall alone, 2s. Among other payments connected with religion, there is 9*. 4 d. for lamp oil for the church of St. Martin Outwich, in 1432 (f. 207) ; 10s. given in reward to the servant of the Earl of Northumber- IX. ] The Manuscript Account Books of the Company. 61 land, for bringing an image of St. John, in 1436 (f. 246) ; and 6*. 8 d. for making a crucifix in 1444 (f. 3215). 9. In 14 -Henry VL, 1435-6, the Company retained for the defence of Calais 1 for 60 days, three gentlemen at 16 d. a day, and seven archers and yeomen at 8 tf., the whole expense, including the cleaning of armour and “ bokeram for pensels,” amounting to 28/. 6s. Id. 10. In the following year, 11s. 8 d. was spent in torches for the burial of Queen Katharine, widow of Henry V. (f. 2575). When the next Queen of England, Margaret of Anjou, arrived in her adopted country in 1445, the Company joined in- the procession to meet her, and fines amounting to 71. Is. 4 d. were exacted from those “ that rood not a geyns the quene ” (f. 353). Among the expenses the following entry- occurs referring to the same event : — “ Expenses ayenst the quene riding. — Item in expenses for the Master and Wardens and the clerk, sittyng daiely at halle, unto the space of a quarter of a yere, on day with a noder, a boute the devise for the lyvere a geyns the quene is comyng, and receyvyng of men assigned to ride [to] Boleyn and delyvere hit wrought ageyn, and to cesse and stynte certeyn that rode noght, and aboute receyvynge the same money, and for fewell, iij/t. xiiijs. vjd. ob. “ Item, for the facyoun of the mantels of silver for the Master and iiij Wardens is slevys ayenst the same ridinge, pris the pece, vs. j d. Summa xxvs. vd. a “ Item, for a reward to the iiij Wardens for their occupacions and besinesse, and lettynge of other occupacions (no mm given).” (f. 3645). 11. The annual search at St. Bartholomew’s fair is men- tioned elsewhere, 8 but there is also an entry in 8 Henry IV., 1406-7 (f. 345), of costs, “ entour le serche en Temse.” The expense is chiefly for food and drink, consumed at Gravesend and Queenhithe, and for barge hire, but 4s. 2 d. was allowed for the wages of a gunner and 2 lb. of powder. The total amount is 12/. 7s. 4 d. 12. Of John Chircheman, one of the earliest benefactors, there are several mentions. In 7 Henry IV., 1405-6, 36/. Os. bd. is entered as spent in law expenses concerning the lands 1 See Mem. XL, p. 69. * This paragraph is struck out, but doubtless the “ mantels of silyer ” were worn, if not paid for out of the Common fund. *See Mam. xrx 62 Memorials of the Fraternity . C DC- bequeathed by him to the Company ; and the chambers used by the Chaplains in 1414 are Bpoken of as formerly occupied by him. There are frequent entries of the expense of pruning the vines in the Hall garden, of which the earliest is in 1409. 13. In 1428, the following plate was bought, a gilt basin with a spout; another, with suns; a gilt saltcellar covered; a high standing cup with a sun ; 2 gilt spoons ; 2 enamelled bosses for the basins, and a sun for the saltcellar ; 2 silver basins and 2 silvers saucers ; costing in all 73/. 2s. 11 d. 14. Occasionally a present was made to the Lord Mayor at his election, and in later times a sum of money was given to him in support of his expenses. In 1444, swans were presented to Sir Henry Trowicke, the Mayor that year, costing 40$. In 1400 the Company contributed 6/. for the “ Mommyng ” at Christmas in the Guildhall (f. 10), and in 1546 40/. were paid by “Decree.” 1 15. As often happens in medieeval documents, the accounts are frequently headed with the name “ Jesus,” or u Jesus” and “ Maria,” and sometimes the verse “ Assit principio Sancta Maria meo.” 16. The second book ranges from 31 Henry VI. to 9 Edward IV., 1453-1470, so that the accounts of eight years are lost. In this book, the year's accounts are from Easter to Easter, while previously St. Bartholomew's day was the starting point. Latin is used nearly throughout, but some entries are in English. The extracts printed in the Appendix* will give some idea of the contents. For the first year an abstract of the accounts is given, and afterwards a few detached entries which happen to be of interest. 17. Book III. extends from 9 Edward IV., 1470, to 1484, 2 Richard II., but it is in a bad state of decay. More than half of most of the leaves is rotted away, and what is left is stuck together by damp. The title of the Company as in the last book, is “ Fratemitas Sancti Johannis Baptist® cissorum et line arum armaturarum armurariorum in civitate London'.” 18. Among the legible entries are the following : — A fine of 12 d. from Thos. Sudeley for working on Sunday* Receipt of 3 8. 4 d. from the Wardens of the Parish Clerks for occupying the Hall once. Elm board for Keletts well, 6 d. Paid to Minstrels of the King and divers Lords at the feast, 27 s. 1471-2, 1 See p. 525, and Appendix F. 8 See Appendix A (6). IX. ] The Manuscript Account Books of the Company . 63 boat hire to London and Westminster for the Master and Wardens going thither by the King’s orders, 4 d. For eight signs of “ holy lambes ’’ for the almsmen, 3*. 4d. To eight trumpets and their marshal, and Bichard Tumbler, playing in the Hall at the feast. Funeral expenses of Peter Ferreys, late beadle, 15*. lOd. A pike and a pottle of wine sent to Mrs. Ellen Lange with, 2*., and two sugar loaves also sent to her, 2s. 11 d. This lady was probably the widow of John Langewith, who was Master in 1445. The allowance of cloth to honorary members was already discontinued. 1 At this time, the only persons who received it were the Accountant, the Counsel of the Company, the Clerk, the Beadle, and the Lord Mayor’s Sergeant. After this there is a long interval for which no accounts are extant. 19. Book IV. commences at Ladyday, 35 Henry VIII., 1544, and goes down to the same day, 3 and 4 Philip and Mary, 1557. With the exception of the heading to each year’s accounts, English is used throughout. The title of the Company now is, “ Mercatores Scissores fratemitatis Sancti Johannis Baptist® Civitatis London’." 20. As the landed property of the Company had largely increased during the last century, it was divided into the “ East part ’’ and the “ West part,” each of which was superintended by a Warden, who gave in a separate account of the rents which he received, and these are inserted in the book after the general accounts for each year.* 21. An important change passed over the Company during the period to which this book refers. By the two Acts for the dissolution of colleges and chantnes (37 Henry VIII., c. 4, and 1 Edward VI., c. 14), the whole of the payments made by the Merchant Taylors, for the saying of masses and performance of obits and anniversaries for deceased benefactors, became vested in the Crown; and there are many entries in the accounts, illustrating the way in which these Acts were carried out. The ostensible object of the Acts, was the increase of grammar schools and vicarages, but it seems that comparatively little of the profits was really devoted to so good a purpose. 22. In 1548, it was resolved by the Council to sell some of the property thus obtained by the Crown, to meet the expenses of the War in Scotland and the rebellion in Ireland ; and the entries in the Appendix, for 1549 and 1550, will show that the 1 See Appendix E. • See Mem. yin., par. 18. 64 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ IX. Company redeemed some of the rent charges which had been vested in the King. Some also had been already sold to private persons. 23. In the reign of Queen Mary t.wo obits were restored, that for Henry VII., and the general obit for deceased brethren and sisters of the Company. Mass also reappears on the feast day, in place of the “ service of the communion,” which was held during the reign of Edward VI. This was followed usually by a sermon, which in 1548 was preached by Miles Coverdale, afterwards Bishop of Exeter, the translator of the Bible. 1 24. The accession of both Sovereigns is referred to in the payments for 1553-4. In each case the Company subscribed 20*. towards garnishing the City and towards a purse of 1,000 marks presented to the new Sovereign ; but before the coronation of Mary, the Company not only gave her as “ a reward,” 40/., but also contributed another 100/. toward the maintenance of a garrison for the defence of herself and of the City ; and during the insurrection in Kent, headed by Sir Thos. Wyatt, furnished 20 soldiers to join the force led against the rebels by the Duke of Norfolk, and 60 more to keep London Bridge, when they had advanced to Southwark after their first success. 2 In 1556, six men were sent to the fleet serving against France. 25. It is clear that the Company was bound to provide soldiers when necessary, as there are continual notices of the armour and ammunition stored up in the Hall ready for use, and the expenses for 1549 contain the costs of the “furniture of 30 persons against the mustering day, made before my Lord Mayor and Aldermen.” The duty of supplying men for the Watch in the city, at Midsummer, was commuted by the Com- pany in 1553 for a money payment to the Lord Mayor. 26. Among other payments for the benefit of the City at large, we find that the Company in 1553 lent 300/. to the Corporation to provide wheat for the city, and in 1556 subscribed towards the conversion of Bridewell into a “ house of labour or occupation.” More detailed information will be found in the Appendix,® which contains a series of extracts similar to those of the Second Book. 1 See Mem. xxv. * See Mem. cxxm., par. 1. 3 See Mem. vm., par. 12 ; and Appendix A (6). FAC-SIMILE TITLE-PAGE TO THE "MASTER’S ACCOUNT" FOR THE YEAR 1581-2. T§factp. 64. The Accounts for the Years i 399-4400., 65 *•] X. w ACCOUNTS, 21 RICHARD II.— 23 HENRY VI, 1397-1443.” The first page is partly illegible, but the date is 23 Richard II., not 21 as on the title of the book. The following is the statement of accounts for the second year given in the book — i.e. 9 1 Henry IV., 1399-1400: — “ Fait a remembrer que ceux sont lez acomptz de Clement F. 4 . Kyrton, Mestre de la Fraternite Seint Johan le Baptistre des Taillours en Londres de les biens du dit Fraternite, renduz le xx“* jour de August 1 Tan du regne Roy Henry quarte puis le conquest primer. De le Commone ChateU. U. t. d. Ed primes il resceust de le comone chatell de Henry Newman et de William Kyrkeby en moneye . . . . xv Item, resceu de William Harford* . . . . . . xl De Rentis. Item, il foist chargez ove le rente de veill hostiell, de . . xlvij x Item, il ad resceu de mesme le hostiell pour son temps v Item, de la rente en Fridaistret, pour son temps . . xv x Item, de le peti rente pres le port . . . . . . iiij xix ix Item, sount a derere de mesme le rente, pour son temps xl Item, sount a derere de mesme rente de Fridaistret pour son temps . . . . . . . . . . , . xxx Item, de le steynour pur la chambre xlvj viij De dons et testamentz. Item, resceu del testament Simond Wynchecombe, par William Horston.. .. .. .. .. .. xl Item, del testament William Wynslowe, par Johan Creek . . xl Item, del testament Henry Seward, par William Jene. . xiij iiij Item, de Johan Forster par Maistre Thomas Carleton. . x De Franks homines et de forfetis. Item, de franks homines et forfetis . . . . v xiiij De Almoigne. Item, de veill Almoigne . . . . . . . . . . vij y Item, de Novell Almoigne . . . . . , . . xi xiiij iiij Pour Mersimentz. Item, coile en la vile pour Mersimentz et reparation de le veill hostiell et de le rente en Fridaistret • • . . v xij j This page, headed “De Confrere,” ib crossed out, but the F. 4 b . names are the same as those on the following page. De Entree. Clemente Kyrton. i. d. Monsieur Johan Eynesford, Chivaler . . . . xx Maister Adam Husk xx William Dirfeld* taillour xx 1 Over this date is written, “ Vendredi devaunt le feste de Seint Michell.” * Driffield, on p. 46. F F. 51. 66 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ X. • S. dm Bichard Skarton xx Sir John Stokis xx Johan Grimesby, brewer 1 * . . . . .. .. .. xx Bichard Stratton, talchaundeler xx Jone sa femme .. .. . . .. .. . . xx Simond Bryan [ove l’abbe de Westm 1 ] 9 xx Mergreto Halum, Philip Southmer*, Alia sa femme, Robert Halum, Huguea Malkynton .. . . . • xx Thos. Boche, vintner xx Johan Cotis, taillour . • .. .. .. .. xx Bichard Qedding, barbour .. .. .. .. xx William Holme, esquier . . . • . . • . . . xx Johan Ludlowe, taillour .. .. .. .. • • xx Davy Beynold, taillour . . • • . . • . . . xx Johan Balle, taillour .. •• xx Stineux, esquier . . . . . . . . . . . • xx Jon Thorn, taillour .. . . .. .. >•» xx Sire Robert Wantenge, persone . . . . . . . . xx Johan Holbeche, sherman. . . . . . . . . . xx Dame Mergrete Percevale. . . . .» . . . . xiij iiij Alia la femme Johan Bush .. .. .. . . xiij iiij Jone la femme Bichard Beynold, taverner . ♦ . . xx Johan Vyaner, grocer , . , . . . . . . . xx Johan Froste, taillour *. . , .. ,, . . xx William Calandrer, dier . . xx J ohan Swayn, taillour . . . . . . . . . . xx Bauf Horsle, chaundeler ' . . . . xx Johan Gore, taillour . . . . . . . . . • xx Johan Kent, grocer . . . . . • . . . . xx Summa totalis receptuum vj“ xiij ft. ij*. viijd. Johan Godeston. Anne sa femme. Johan Burgh. “ Ceux sount les espensis faitz el noun du dicte Fratemite. Chapelins et Pours, ft. #. d. En primes. A Sir Wauter Edenestowe, pur Tan . . vj xiij iiij David Kelby, bedell, pur Tan . . , . . . . iij Johan Brenchele, clerk pour soun salary pur Tan . . Iiij iiij Item, pur sa table, pur Van . . ... . . . , iij Umfrey Dunham, pur Van iij Bichard Walwayn, pur Van . . iij Cristian Wytham, pur Van . . iij Nicholas Comewaill, pur Van iij Johan Bateman, pur Van . . . . . . . . . . iij Sare Lunt, pur Van xl Robert atte Pye •• .. •• . ■ •* •• lvj vii j William Herford, pur iij quarters Iij Geffrey Kent, pur iij quarters xlv Adam Ladies, pur demi an . . . . . . . . xxx Johan Cornewaill . • . • • . . . . . . xxviij iiij Biohard Jardevyle, serjant, pur Van vi viij 1 The various occupations or trades followed by the persons admitted must bo noticed. See Mem. I., par. 23. 9 Supplied from par. 4 b. X. ] The Accounts for the Years 4 899-4 400. 67 li. g. d. 1 tern, pur l’entennent de Roger Dalby . . . , . . yij yiij Item, pur l’obit de M&ister Tbos. Oarleton . . . . vj xj • Item, pur ij novel! es torches et le peinture pur le lumir a Poulis et pur chaundelle en la chapelle, par l’an . . xx iij Item, alowance a le Mestre pur straminer 1 * et apparailer la sale et lez chambres encontre le feste de Seint Johan , ,, .. . . ,, X 1 Item, pur payn et vin pur chaunter messe en le chapelle par Tan ij Item, pur jarlondis as mestres et maistresses . . « . ij yj Item, pur loture de la naperie . . • . . , . . ij yj Item, pur Minstrellis pur la feste et pur autres estrangers xxviij viij Item, pur le wafrer pur le feste . . xiij iiij Item, pur lez chaperons des mynstrelles et wafrer, et faisure xij ix Item, paie a le peintour en parti de paiement del pein- ture de lez baners . . . . . . ' . . , . xxdj Item, pur paper et parchemyn pur l’an xij Item, pur quitrente al abbe et covent de Westm’, pur Tan xx Summa ljtt. xvj*. xj d. Drap alowe par le Companie. 3 En primes, a le Roi, vj verges drap de ix*. un pece tartaryn, xxviij*. iiirf. iiij ij • iiij A le prince, iiij verges demi drap de ix*. un pece tarteryn, xxvj*. viijd iij yij ij A le meire, un goune et chaperon, 8 pris .. , , . . xviij Item, a le tresorer, un chaperon, pris . . . . . . iij he Recordour et ij viscontz, iij chaperons . . . . yij yj Richard Whitynton, le chamberleyn et son clerk, iij chaperons • . , . . . yij William Creseewik, une robe . . . . . . . . xviij William Morehay, une robe xvj Sir Wauter Edenestowe, une robe , . , . . . xix iij Sir Hugues Tesdale, une robe . . xij iij Richard Jardevyle, Credy, Battisford, Est, Rose, Otis, vj chaperons . . , . . . . , . . . xij Johan Berfayr, un chaperon , . ij yj Johan Godeston et sa femme, ij robis . • . . . . xij ij William HerfCrd, une robe xiij ij Johan Brynchele, clerk, un robe . . xj Summa xvli. x*. iiij J. Item, pur mynstrelles al coronacion du Roy .. . . xxiij iiij Item, pur lours chaperons, et le fesure, et pur boire a ioelle temps . v . . , . vj ix Item, pur mynstrelles al chivache du meire . . . . Xxiiij Item, pur lours chaperons, le fesure et boire a icelle temps .. viij vj Item, pur ij serjantz de ley a ij foitz pur le mestier • . xxvj viij Item, pur iiij homines de ley . . . . . • xv Item, pur l’amendement d’un fenestra en la sale • • v 1 Strewing rushes on the floor of the HaD. 3 See AppendixE (1). 8 Hood. F 2 68 Memorials of the Fraternity, [ X. F. 6b. F. 7- Item, pur l’amendement de stores en le rente, et pur d. j novelle cere 1 «. .. .. .. .. xiiij Item, pur j lb. et demi soudure pur lez goters en la sale ix Summa vj U. xiiij rf. “ Cornhull. “ Ceux sont les costages et espensis faitz entour le reparacion de le veill hostiell sur Cornhull par le dit Mestre. En primes. U. 8. d. Pur tymbir, bord, lath' et nailT xvij vij Item, pur hokis, hengis, ceres, diets, boltis, staplis, lacchis, hagedies et tout maner ironware iiij ij Item, pur diversis carpuntere overantz sur mesme le overeigne.. “j vj Item, pur iiij m cco de plaintile, demi o roftile, et pur j bussell tilepyn XXV vj Item, pur xv lodis et ij sak de lym et pur x lodis de sonde xvij ij Item, pur diversis tileris pur mesme le oyereigne • • Iiij VU] Item, pur ij lodis lombe et pur dawberie 9 . • Vj Item, pur ij masons, ij jours et demi iiij iij Item, pur plombe et soudure a lez goters du dit hostiell iiij Summa vij U. xiij*. iiij <2. “ Fridai strete. “ Ceux sont les costages et espensis faitz entour le reparacion de le hostiell et de le rente en Fridaystrete pur le dit Mestre. A de primes. Pur tymbir, okyn bord, elm bord, estrich bord, shidis, pur plat.s et pur le sawyng et pur lowance de gynnes U. 8. d. de supporter les maisons en le mesme temps de platinge et pur cari&ge y j V j Item, pur iiij m c et demi de saplath, liertlath, et pur novelles rakkis . . . . . . . . . . . . XXIX viij Item, pur diyerses sortie de dowis, cestadire, le c a vj d., vd., iiijd., iijd., ijd. sprig, traunson, et rofnaill, pur ceres, cliefs, lacchis, cacchis, hokis, hengis, hage- daies, et tout maner de ironware iuj vj vj ob. Item, paie a diversis overantz sur mesmes l'ostell et rente 1 viij ob. Item, pur xviij m et c de plaintile, pur cc et viij de roftile, pur x bussell et dimi de tilepynnis V *vj iiij ob . Item, pur xxxix lodis et ij sak de lyme, pur lxj lodis de sond et lembe liiij X Item, paie a diverses tyleris overantz sur mesme le overeigne . . • . . . . . . . . . vj V x ob. Item, pur piers de ragge et tall, 8 pur ccc et demi de fiandrishtile et le cariage, et pur diverses masons overantz sur mesme le overaigne . . , , “i viij ▼j Item, paie a diverses dawberis overantz pur le mesnier 4 et pur whitlym . . xlvj viij Lock. * Plasterer's work. 8 Hewn stone. 4 Mesnier : Sergent huissier j crieur public j domestique, qui est a la tete d We maison ( Roquefort ). XI. ] The Treasury Accounts, 4489 to Item, paie a diverse* laborers pur voider et houscarier robous 1 pur faire un pitte pur le prive, pur okir, cole broune et stre pur lee dawberis Item, pur netture del prive et pur cariage de viij xx et viij lodis de dunge et robous hors del dit hostiell . . Item, pur plombe et soudure as goters du dit hostiell . . Summa xxxix/t. xjr. j d. ob. Summa totalis des ezpensis Summa qum remanet outre lea expends 4508 69 li. g. d . xl xlij ij iuj >3 cxix xvij x ob. iiij ix ob r XL THE TREASURY ACCOUNTS (RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS) A.D. 1489 TO A.D. 1503. Memorand. that William Buk, beyng Master of the Felas- ship and Fratemytie of Saynt John Baptist of Taillours, in the yere of oure lorde, 1489, And the 4th yere of the Reigne of Kyng Henry the 7 th , brought in this Boke to this Ende, that is to sey, that theryn shall be wreten all such money as shall be brought yn from hensforth into the tresorye. And also theryn to be wreten all such money as from hensforth shall be dely- uered and payde oute of the same : — And therupon a vewe taken of such money as is there nowe fbunde, there is founde the some of . . Ifcin, the said William Buk hath brough yn and delyuered in to y* ■aid Treeory the some of 50J. sterlinges, which was taken oute by the aggrement of Mr. Swan, Mr. Percyvale Aldremen, Mr. Stodard, Mr. Tego, Mr. Lee, Mr. Barlowe, Mr. Galle, Mr. Pemberton, the said Mr. Buk, and his Wardeyns, for a lone graunted to the Kyng by Coftn Conncell for a certeyn retenewe of men of armes to Caleys,* and deliuered in ayene in the presens of Mr. Swan, Mr. Percyvale, Mr. Teyo, Mr. Stodard, Mr. Barlowe, Mr. Pemberton, Mr. West, William Hertand . . . . 60 l. Also the Mid Willia Buk hath delyuered in 51. which was taken oute and delyuered to him by Mr. Pemberton for to pay Danyelles Wif for an arrerage for the makyng of london Walles 61. Sum delyuered 551. Of the which there is slowed to hym for the 10th part of the lyvelode of the Crafte graunted to the Kyng by Parliament, as appereth by the particular parcelled therof sum in the Journall in the Coun- tyng hous, fo. 2d- 58r. Id. ob. Itm, slowed to hym accordyng to the ordenaunoe of the gyfte geven to the M* Robert Tate, Mayre for the yere, beyng in his tyme •• •• • . •• . . . . •• . . 40r. 1 Rubbish. * See Mem. rx., par. 9 ; and p. 517. 70 Memorials of the Fraternity [ XI. Itm, the said Willia hath brought yn vpon his Accompt in redy money, as appereth by his Acoompt. . . . 35/. 16#. ob. Itm, he hath brought in besedes that asmoch tymbr and bourde as in value ammounteth to the sdme 1 * * . . . . . . . . # . 6Zi. 4a. 8 d. ob. Sum of the said Mr. Bukkes Aocompt, as appereth aforesaid, 42Z. &d. Itm, the said Willia Buk hath brought yn to the tresory of the be- quest of Mas tree Padyngton, late Wif of Hugh Champernon of the said Bretherhede, A Cup of Syluer, couered double gilt, weying 51 vnces di. Appreysed at 4 #, Id. vno, sum in value . • 10/. 4#. Parcelles of money taken onte and brought yn the tyme of Stephen Jenyns,* Master— Itm, delyuered to the said Master Jenyns the 6/. which was brought in by Mr. Buk for to pay Danyell Wif, as appereth on the leve before delyuered, to thentent to pay her yf she will reseyve it . . 5/. Which 51. was paid to Mr. Shirbouru, w* my lorde of Caunterbury Chaunceler and he hath discharged the Craft of her Clayme. Tempore Stephi Jenyns, Magri. M d * taken owte of the Thresory hous oute of the Chist, the 14 day of May A° 5to H. 7, towardes the payment of 200/. to be payde to Symond Byrlyngham and Thomas Benkes Carpenters for the makyng of the Saresyns hede® Itm, payde to hym the same day of the 40/., which Richard Dyngley shall pay towardes the said byldyng • . Itm, the said Mr. Stephen J enyns hath brought in in 4 to the Thresory, as appereth by the Fote of his Accompt, the some of . * . Itm, the said Accomptaunt hath geven in to the said Thresory the some of 40#., which he hath paide to the vewer for his fee due in the tyme of Mr. Buk . . . . . . . Itm, he renounced allowaunce of 5#. 6d. of quite Rente due by Mr. Cotton which the said Mr. Jenyns paide, and in lyke wise 5#. 6d. due by Mr. Hede, sum • • , . . , • . . . . . Itm, he hath geyen yn asmoche lathes as cost 41. 4a. 7 d.* towards the byeldyng of the Saresyns hede . . , . . . . . Itm, he hath geven yn the some of 12/. which was geven to hym by the body of the Crafte for his Rewarde for his labour had by the yere post . . . . . . . . Itm, he hath geven in the s5me of 53#. 4 whose soul God assoyle. J Itm, the tapet liying upon the table there of the gyfte of Thomas i ' Speight late Maister, whiche cost© . . . . . . . . J Itm, the hangyng about© the parlour of the gyfte of Henry Dacre, Richa Hall, George Harward, and John Benet than Wardeins with Si. 8 d. the said late M T , which ooste Itm, a banker, with tholy lamb© in a sonne and Ecce agnus \ j dei, lyned thurghout 1 .. .. . . /J Itm, a table of grene, paynted of Kyffyns gyfte. Itm, an olde verdour for the same table. Itm, 3 trestelles and 3 formes joyned. Itm, 2 course olde Aundyrorons and a pair of tonges. Itm, a CofFyn of Estriche horde with the buriyng clothe and half a shete to lay within it. Itm, 3 peces of led to lye vpon the bankers. Itm, an olde Curteyn w* a wyre affore the dore. Itm, in a gret Coffyn 3 baners of silke, whereof one is beten with an Image of our Lady, the 2** with Saint John, and the 3 d * with tholy Crosse and a dyademe in paper gilt. Itm, 4 soocheons in bokeram, w^ tharmes of Quene Elizabeth, late deceased. Itm, 8 trumpet banners whiche were made whan Sir John Fercyvale was mayre. Itm, 8 large trumpet banners made in Mr. Duplage dayes. Itm, 2 stremers and a banner of Saint John all closed in a oofyn of Estrychs horde, whiche coffyn William Erie hath gyffen to the craft©. Itm, a yerd of syluer and an other of iron. Itm, a table of the sufiragies bilongyng to this fraternitee. Itm, a pace of waynescote framed for the chymney. Itm, a double Almeiy of the cost© and gyfte of Henry Mayour, wherein be dyuers boxes and bookes of Maisten Accomptes and other. 1 See Mem. xxvn., p. 135. 86 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ XIII. Itm, vpon the same Almery an hawte pace of Estryche horde to set ouer plate. Itm, an almery with 3 dores, of the coste of Mr. Doget, behynde the parlour dore. The Kinge't Chambre . First, an olde longe table of vyrre. Itm, 4 trestelles with 4 fete. Itm, an horse trapper with tharmes of the crafte. Itm, a staf for the Eesurrexion, the Crosse thereof gilt. Itm, a beds ted with strawe. Ropery, playne. First, a table clothe playne, with A. B. and an oylet hole, conteyning 12 yerdes and di. Itm, a table cloth of 10 yerdes, w* Saint Anthonyes crosse and the Ire J. Itm, a peoe of 21 yerdes, marked with J. B. and H. C. Itm, a litell clothe feble of 4 yerdes, marked w* J. A B. Itm, a table clothe marked J. A B. of 13 yerdes. Itm, a table clothe w* J. A B. of 6 yerdes and di scant. Itm, a table clothe with H. A C. of 13 yerdes. Itm, a table clothe with B. and an oylet hole, of 12 yerdes and di. Itm, a pece of 23 yerdes and di. Itm, a table cloth with J. A B. of 11 yerdes and di. Itm, a table clothe w c J. A B. of 12 yerdes and di. Itm, a table clothe with J. A B. of 10 yerdes scant. Itm, a table clothe, rent in the one ende, with J. A B. of 10 yerdes and dL Itm, a table cloth with B. and an oylet hole, of 9 yerdes. Itm, a table clothe w* J. A B. of 14 yerdes. Itm, a table clothe with J. A B. of 20 yerdes. Itm, a table clothe with J. A B. of 10 yerdes and 3 quarters. Itm, a table clothe with J. A B. of 19 yerdes. Itm, a table clothe with J. A B. of 7 yerdes and di. Itm, a table clothe with J. A B. of 19 yerdes. Itm, a table clothe with J. A B. of 10 yerdes. Itm, a table cloth with J. A B. of 10 yerdes. Itm, a table clothe with J. A B. of 18 yerdes scant. Itm, a table clothe with B. A 2 oylettes, of 12 yerdes. Itm, a table clothe with J. A B. of 9 yerdes. Itm, a table clothe with J. A B. of 7 yerdes and dL Itm, a table clothe w* J. A B. of 4 yerdes. Itm, a table clothe w* J. A B. of 4 yerdes. Diaper Table Clothes . First, a table clothe of 14 yerdes and a quarter in lengthe, and 2 yerdes and 1 quarter in brede, of R. Draper’s gyfte. Itm, a clothe of 9 yerdes and a quarter in lengthe and 2 yerdes in brede and a quarter. Itm, a clothe of 8 yerdes and 1 quarter in length and in brede a yerde and di. Itm, a clothe of 7 yerdes in lengthe and in brede a yerde and di. Itm, & clothe with J. A B. of 6 yerdes and 1 quarter in lengthe and in brede a yerd and dL Itm, a clothe with crosse diamauntes J. A B. of 13 yerdes di in lengthe, and in brede 1 yerd and di, of Maister Colettes yefte. Itm, a clothe with crosse diamauntes of 11 yerdes in lengthe, and in brede 1 yerd and 1 quarter. XIII. ] The Inventory of 1512. 87 TotoeUet . First, a towell of 12 yerdes and di, with J. & B. Itm, a towell with J. & B. of 17 yerdes. Itm, an olde towell of 4 yerdes. Itm, a towell with J. & B. of 14 yerdes. Itm, a towell with J. & B. of 18 yerdes. Itm, a towell of 31 yerdes, w* a sone in one parte thereof. Itm, a towell of 16 yerdes, with J. & B. The Kechyn . First, 3 gret brasse pottos, 2 with bayles of iron, the 3 dc without. Itm, a brasse potte, w l 7 scores on one of the eres. Itm, 4 ranges with rakkes by the walles. Itm, a st&ndyng rak in the myddes of the kechyn. Itm, 7 stone morters sette in the grounde, of dyuers sortes. Itm, a standard to cutte meto to the dresser. Itm, a long borde affore the dresse, w* 3 course trestelles. Itm, 3 hordes vndre the 3 wyndowes of the dresser. Itm, a boket hoped with iron for the well, and 2 ropes for the same, and aoheyne of iron and a bayle therto. Itm, a litell borde and 2 trestelles. Itm, an olde feble kymlyn. Itm, an olde hoggeshed with one botom. Itm, an olde tubbe. Itm, a table dormanut for the cokes. Itm, 2 fourmes. Itm, 2 shelves. Itm, a standard a long affore the dresser. The Larder Hoot. First, in the myddell, 2 hordes and 3 trestelles. Itm, to the gardyn warde, a borde and 4 trestelles. Itm, 2 hordes and 4 trestelles next the kechyn wall. Itm, 3 plankee and 3 trestelles next to the wey house. Itm, a gret almery with 3 flores. Itm, 4 shelves. The Patirye. First, a moldyng borde sette oner 2 standardes. Itm. 4 standardes. Itm, 2 ranges of shelves. Itm, without forth 3 copyng hordes. Itm, a sawcery borde on 2 standardes. Itm, in the bultyng house a tonne. Itm, a brake and a brake borde. Itm, 2 scullery pannes sette in a furneys. Itm, m the drye larder house 9 shelves. The JBotery. First, a gret almery of fraynesoote, with 8 flores and 2 holies Itm, a rakke for wete pottee or wete cuppis. Itm, a stole with 4 stakes. Itm, a planke and 2 trestelles. Itm, 5 bred bynnes. 88 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ XIII. Itm, 2 shelves. Itm, 2 hordes and 2 treetelles. Itm, a horde in the wyndowe. Itm, an old wyndowe oner a hyn. The Storehous. First, an almery with the Napery affore written. Itm, 2 olde tuhhes. Itm, a trough for the oonveyaunoe of water into the kechyn. Itm, a gret panne of hraase. Itm, certeyn peoes of an olde frame for a dere story. Itm, a short forme with 4 stakes. Itm, a tree tell with 8 stakes. Itm, a short table with 2 trestelles of 6 stakes. In thandes of the Bedell. 2 old hankers of red saye lyned, both oont. 9 yerdes. Itm, 6 old quysshons stuffed with flokkes. The Jowell House . First, a new Almery of waynescote, with 3 flores, 4 lokkes, and 6 keys of the prouysion and ordynance of the forsaid Maister Tresawell and his WardeynB, for the conserucion and sauf kepyng of the plate, jowelles, chartres, evydences, and munymentes concemyng and bilongyng to this fratemitee. The parcelles of all whiche plate and jowelles herafter folowen, that is to sey : — Basyns and Ewres. First, 2 gilt hasyns of estate, with lamhes and sonnes, pois togiders by the weight of tioye . . . . . . . . 149 me. Itm, 4 basyns of siluer paroell gilte, with lamhes and sonnes in the botoms, pois togiders by the Baid weight . . 191 mo. Itm, 4 ewres of siluer, with lyke tokens on the lyddes, pois togiden 93 me. Itm, 3 basyns, with sterres and lamhes in the botoms, pois togiden 198 me. and di. Itm, 8 ewres, par cell gilt of the same makyng, with lambes on the liddes, pois . . . . 87 mo. and di. Salles , gilt. First, a large square salt, with a couer with torettes, and a lambe w* a sonne on the pomell, pois 70 me. and di. Itm, a square salt eouered, with a pellycane on the knop, of the gyfte of Maistres Bate, pois . . 42 me. and di. Itm, a round salt, gilt, eouered, with a lambe and sonne on the pomell, pois , . 44 me. Spones , gilt and white. First, 6 spones of the gyfte of Mr. Barther Reed and Thomas Wyndowte Shreffs, w* Saint John Baptist on the spones endes, pois togiden 9 me. 3 quarters. XIII. ] The Inventory of 4542. 89 Itm, 6 gilt spones, with wrethen knoppes, late Mr. Swannes \ ^ ync Itm, 6 gilt spones, with strawbeiy knoppes, pois togiders j Itm, 6 gilt sponee, with acomes, of the gyfte of John Herat, pois togiders . . . . . . 10 vnc. quarter di. Itm, 2 gilt spones, with round knoppes and sonnes, pois . . 3 vnc. Itm, a gilt spone, of the gyfte of Grey, with Saint John on the knoppe, and the stele graven w* his name • • 2 vnces di quarter lesse. Itm, spones, whyte, with Saint John vpon the knoppes, 12 dossen and one spone, pois togiders by the weight of troye . . . . . . . . 181 vnc. Itm, 3 spones gylt, which Bichard Barton gafe to thuse of this place for to haue his lees sealed w* the comen scale of the tent that he hoideth in Lumberd Strete, pois 3 vnces. Stondyng Guppet. Birat, a gret gilt stqpding cup, couered, for the chosyng of the Maister, pois 66 vnces. Itm, an other gilt cup, couered, with a lambe and the sonne graven in the fote, with gaudete in dno, pois . • • • 51 vnc. 3 quarters. Itm, a stondyng gilt cup, couered, with 3 angelles on the fote, and ecce agnus dei on the couer, pois . . . . 55 vnces. Itm, a stondyng gilt cup, couered, with a lambe and the sonne on the oouer, of the gyffe of John Fulthorp, pois 45 vnc. Itm, a standing cup, couered, of the gyfte of Maistres Champernon, pois . , . . . . 51 vnc. and di. Itm, a stondyng cup, couered, chaced wrethen, of the gyfte of Maister Stodard, pois , . . . 40 vnc. Itm, a stondyng cup, couered, with a pomell caatell wyse, of the gyfte of Maistres Bose Swan, pois . . , . • • 42 vnc. Itm, 2 stondyng gilt cuppis, couered, chaced with son beames, of Mr. Materdale’s yefte, pois togiders . • 80 vnc. Itm, a stondyng gilt cup, couered, and chaced with the Besurrexion on the pomell, of the gyfte of my Lady Bergevenny, pois ,40 ync. 3 quarters. Itm, 2 standyng cuppes, couered, a more and a lesse, of the gyfte of Mr. Petyt, pois togiders 63 vnces. Itm, a standyng cup, couered, of the gyfte of Mr. Boughton, pois 34 vnces and di. Itm, a standyng cup, couered, chaced di. gilt, of the gyfte of Mr* Prince, pois .. 41 vnces. Itm, a standyng cup, couered, chaced di. gilt with a floure in the botom, pois .22 vnces. Itm, a standyng cup, couered, with Saint Mighell on the knop, with a spere and a perle on thende, of the gyfte of Margery Materdale, pois . . . . •• . . 32 vnces and di. Itm, a grete notte, garnysshed with siluer and ouergilt with Saint John on the knop, of the gyfte of Mr. Breux, pois 89 vnc. Itm, a standyng cup, gilt w* a oouer, and a oolumbyn on the pomell, of the gyfte of Dame Thomasyn Percyvale, pois by the troye weight 47 vnces. Itm, of hyr gyfte a layer of siluer parcell gilt, weiyng by . the same weight . • 39 vnces. 90 Memorials of the Fraternity [ XIII. Potta. First, 2 gilt pottes, playne, with lambes on the lyddes, pois 123 too. Itm, 2 gilt pottes, with bayles, of the gyfte of Sir John Percyvale, Knight, late May re of London, pois . • 251 vnces. Itm, a layer of syluer and ouergilt, of the gyfte of Boger Gerveys, pois • . . . . . • • . . . . 14 vno. and di. Bolles. First, 4 bolles, with a couer, parcell of 6 bolles, parcell gilt, with lambes and sonnes, bought in Mr. Duplage tyme, pois togiders the 4 w* the couer. . . . . • . . 106 too. Itm, 6 bolles, playne gylt, with a couer, whiohe late were Maistres Swann ee, pois 170 TOCes. Itm, 6 gret bolles, with a couer, chaced, that late were Mr. John Kyrkebye’s, pois togiders .. .. .. .. 397 toc. For the whiche 6 bolles and couer the Company is bounde by indenture ruder their oomon scale to kepe an obyte for the said Mr. Kyrkeby, 1 the 6th daye of J ujn,duryng the terme of 80 yereB, expending atte same obyte at the blak freres yerely, 20s. As in the said indenture thereof made more playnely is conteyned. Itm, a white standing cup, with a couer, of the gifte of Thomas Gardyner, poys by troy weight . . . . 24 rnces. Itm, a litell image of Saint John Baptist in gold enamelled, whiche Richard Haydyf, late a brother of this fratemitee, deliuered for 20s., assessed rpon hym towardes the byeldynges in Fridaye Strete. Itm, a potell potte, parcell gilt, whiche Mr. Richard Smyth, late Shreffe, had to pledge for 10 l. t whiche 10 J he gafe freely mto the crafte, and deliuered the same potte ayen w^out any peny therfore payng, weiyng of troye weight, 47 oz. and di* Plate far Jcepyng of Obyttes. First a blak Notte oouered gamysshed with siluer and ouergilt, pois . . . . . • • • . . . . 15 vnc. Itm, a maser oouered with an Image of Saint Kenelme on the Couer of the gyfte of J ohn Cober, pois . . . . 9 me. Itm, a standyng maser without a couer, pois . . . • 11 too. Itm, a standyng maser with a couer and a lowe fote of the gyfte of Roger Doket, presto. As it appereth on the fote of the same maser, pois . . . . . . . • 14 toc. 1 quarter. Itm, a gret lowe maser with a couer and a flour© on the couer, pois . . . . . . 17 toc. Itm, a swerde wherof the Crosse and pomell is plated with siluer and ouergilt, whiche late was occupied by S r John Percyvale andS r Stephen Jenyns, late Mayres of this Citee. Itm, 3 scaberdes perteignyng to the same swerd, wherof the chief is rychely browdered with thise wordes, sequere iusticiam and inuenies vita. The 3 d * is of cloth of gold, both chaped and gyrdelled with siluer and ouergilt, and the 3 d * is of blak velivet w* a chape of siluer and ouergilt, w t a lyke corse© and w l a boele and pendaunt. 1 See Mem. xyii., p. 108. 8 M d that the 6th daye of October, Anno r. H. 20, deliuered to Mr. Skevington Shrief the 2 gilt pottes, weiyng 124 oz., and the said white pot weiyng 47 oz. and di., which is lent to him to occupie during the tyme of his shirifvaltie. XIII. ] The Inventory of 1512. 91 Itm, an olde cheat© strongly bound© with iron, wherein the plate was wont to lye' with a lok and a key, a barre oner and 2 hangyng lokkes. Itm, a Joyned table and 2 Trestellea. Itm, a newe Comp tor of Wayneseote with 8 tyllea, whereof 2 be lokked. Itm, in the same Complor 2 beamea w 4 4 balaunces. Itm, a pyie of weigh tea of 16 lb. after Troye weight. M d that the Basyu and Ewer w 4 tharmea of M r Hugh Pemberton, late Aldreman, weyen togydera by the weight of Troye 78 vncea lakkyng di qrt. Itm, 5 playne holies parcel] gylt w 4 the oouer weyen to gyders by the same weight . . . . . . . . 94 vnoes 3 quarters. Itm, 2 salters w 4 a couer parcel! gylt, chaced w 4 sounee and small loses of the biquest of Thomas Howdan, late M*, weyer togyders 80 vncea and di. Itm, a standing gylt cup, oouered chaced vpright of his said biqueste, weieth by the weight aiforsaid . . . . 89 vnces and di. Itm, a gilt spone w 4 seint John of the gyfte of agnies benet poys . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 2 oz. Itm, 12 sponea w 4 seint John of the gyfte of Alane Hubert, late deceased, weyen to gyders . . . • . . . . 20 vnoes, quarter. Itm, a standyng Notte, couered, gamysshed w t siluer, and ouergilt of the biqueste of Willm. Erie, late bedell, deceased, weieth . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 vnces. It, a nott w 4 a handyll, and A oouer fast to hyt of syluer and geltt, of the geft of John avncell, weyyng 21 ownoes A quarter . . . . . . . . . . 21 owncea A quarter. Itm, a gilt cup of the gifte of John Smyth, w 4 a couer weiyng of Troye weight 26 vnces and 8 quarters. Itm, of the gift of maistres Boughton, widow, a nut w 4 a oouer weiyng of troye weyght 24 oz. and 3 quarters, tree and al Itm, of the gift of S Laurence Wareyn, chauntrie preest, of S r John Percyval Knight, A pair of Knyves and a bodkyn harnesid w 4 siluer, and the- shethe also hernesid w 4 siluer .. .. . . . . Itm, a gilt cup of the gifte of Maister Richard Hal, weiying of troye weight • , . . . . * . , . . . 16 oz. and di. quarter. Itm, 1 dosaen gilt sponea of the gift of maister John Wilkynaon, Alderman, poiz 26 oz. 3 quarters, given in the tyme of M r Goner, maister. Itm, of the gift of maister flour, 1 gilt cup w 4 1 oouer, w* a columbyne weiying 28 os. Itm, of the gift of Hugh fener, toward es the fynding of an obite, 3 goblettes w 4 a oouer, w* 10J. of redy mony, the goblettea weiyng 64 oz. 1 qrt. Itm, of the gift of maister Button, 1 a stondyng maser gar- nysahed w 4 siluer and gilt, poiz. It, of the gyft of Sir Willm. Fitz Willm., Knyght, A standyng cupp w 4 a cover all gilt, weying of Troye weight . . . . . . vncea. It, A little Ale pott, pownced parsell gylt w 4 a cover, of the gyft of Master Bic. Gibson, weying of troye weight . . vncea. 1 “ Britton ” in margin. 92 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ XIV. Itm, of the Gift© of Master Henr. Dacres, A Basyn and An Ewar of Siluer, panel! gylt w l his Armee in the Botom of the eaied basyn, weyeng poix. M d that the said Basyn hath bene alteryd syne, and, made weghtier, as apperith by thaccompte of Mr. Botyll and tharmes of the oompaney is also engraven in the same, and the same doth nowe wey . . . . . . . • . . . . 112 ounces, di. Itm, one dosyn of spones, parcell gilte, of the gifte of John Fysher, poix vnoee. Itm, of the gifte of Bobert Wilford, one Ale potte, w* A couer of syluer, all gilte, poix vnces. Itm, of the gyfte of the wonhipfull Mr. Bychard Wadyngton, A standynge Cuppe of Syluer w* a couer, all gylte, poix 30 ounces. XIV. INVENTORY OF PLATE AND GENERAL EFFECTS, TAKEN IN 1609. 1 PLATE. Basons and Ernes. Imprimis, a Bason and Ewre pcell guilt, of the guift of Mr. Dacres, w eying One hundreth and twelve ounce. Itm, a Bason and Ewre pcell guilt, of the guift of Mr. May, weying One hundreth three ounce and three quarters. Itm, a Bason and Ewre guilt, which Mr. Wills gave this Company for their good will in assenting to his translation to the Vinteners, weying One hundreth nine ounce three quarters. Itm, one Bason and Ewre pcell guilt, weying ffowrescore and sixteen ounce three quarters. Itm, one other Bason and Ewre pcell guilt, weying ffowrescore eleven ounce and a quarter. Itm, one Bason and Ewre pcell guilt, which Mr. Henry Lee gave the Company to be free from all office and attendance in the Company, weying ffowre- Bcore twelve ounce and a half. Itm, one very faire Bason and Ewre, of the guift of Mr. Arthur Medlicott, all guilt, weying One hundreth forty eight ounce three quarters. • Standing Cupps. Itm, the Maister his election cupp, all guilt, weying threescore and eleaven ounce three quarters. Itm, the Maister Warden’s election Cupp, all guilt, weying threescore and fyve ounces. Itm, the ' second Warden’s election Cupp, weying ffyfty eight ounces and a quarter. Itm, the third Warden’s election Cupp, all guilt, weying ffyfty ounce. 1 1 have presumed this to be the date, as a survey of the books was made in this year, John Vernon being Master, and probably by Bichard Langley (the Clerk), see Court Minute, 8th August 1608 ; Appendix A (7), p. 543. XIV. J The Inventory of 1609. 93 Itm, the yongest Warden's election cupp, all guilt, weying fforty eight ounce three quarters. Itm, an old Standing Cupp and cover , all guilt, marked with the old arms of the Marchaun tailors, weying thirty ounce and a half. Itm, a Standing Cupp and cover, guilt, of the guift of Mr. Oliff, weying fforty three ounce. Itm, a Standing Cupp and cover, guilt, of the guift of Mr. John Cod, weying fforty two ounce. Itm, a Nutt Cup and cover, guilt, of the guift of Mr. Albany, weying Twenty- six ounces three quarters. Itm, a Standing Cupp and cover, guilt, of the guift of Mr. Mansbridg, weying twenty one ounce and a half. Itm, a Standing Cup and cover, guilt, of the guift of Mr. Lynford, weying twenty four ounce and a half. Itm, a Standing Cupp and cover, garnished with silver guilt, of the guift of Mr. George Sotherton, weying fforty two ounce and one quarter. Itm, a Standing Cupp and cover, guilt, of the guift of Mr. Rob te * Hawes, weying fforty six ounce and a half. Itm, a Standing Cupp and cover, guilt, of the guift of Mr. William Price, weying fforty ounce and a quarter. Itm, a Standing Cupp and cover, guilt, of the guift of Mr. John Hutchinsone, weying sixteene ounce and a half. Itm, a Standing Cupp and cover, guilt, of the guift of Mr. Whitcoote, weying ffyfteene ounces. Itm, two greate Fflagons, guilt, of the guift of Sir John Perdvall, weying two Hundreth fforty eight ounces Itm, an Old Ale Pott and cover, guilt, weying twelve ounce and a half. Itm, one neste of Bowles with a cover, all guilt, of the guift of Mr. Huison and Mrs. Huison, weying fowre score nynteene ounce and a half e. Itm, a guilt Pott, of the guift of Mr. Davenaunt, weying twenty ounce and a quarter. Itm, a guilt Salt and Cover, of the guift of Mr. Anthony Sprott, one of the Lyvery, weying twenty seven ounce three quarters. Itm, one Plate Trencher, poell guilt, weying seaven ounces and a quarter. Spoones. Itm, One dozen of Appostle Spoones, pcell guilt, weying twenty and one ounces. Itm, One other dozen of Spoones, marked with the name of Mr. Alderman Wilkinson, weying twenty six ounce and three quartern. Itm, One dozen of Spoones, of the guift of Mr. John Pount, marked with I. P., weying three and twenty ounce three quarters. Itm, Twenty fowre guilt Spoones, of the guift of Mr. Dowe, marked with a Dove, weying fforty eight ounce and a half. White Plate . Itm, Three greate Salts, having but one Cover w* h is fltt for ev*y of them, weying One hundreth and thirteene ounce and half and half a quarter. Itm, a Trencher Salt, weying eight ounce. Itm, five greate Beere Bowles, weying One hundreth twenty fowre ounce and a half. Itm, six other Beere Bowles, weying three score six ounces and one quarter. Itm, six midle Wyne Bowles, white, weying three score and twelve ounce and a half. Itm, six lesser Wyne Bowles, white, weying ffyfty eight ounce and a half and half a quarter. 94 Memorials of the Fraternity. XIV. Pewter. Inprimis, nyne greate Chargers. One dozen of 5°* platters, ffowre dozen of 4* b platters. Two dozen and term of 3 lb platters. Three dozen of 2 lb platters. Three dozen and eleaven sallett dishes, ffowre dozen and eleaven plate trenchers. Two dozen and eight py plates. Eight dozen and fy ve sawcers. Two dozen of pottle potts. More Pewter bought this yere Anno Dm. 1609. InprimiB, nyne greate 7 lb Chargers. Twelve lesser 5 lb Chargers. Two dozens of 4* b Plat ters. Three dozen and two of 3 lb Platters. Two dozen of 2 lb dishes. Two dozen and one Sallett dishes, ffowreteen long pasty plates. Three dozen and fowro sound plates. Seaven dozen and eight Sawsers. Two plate trenchers. Six Dansk Potts, viz., fowre of quarts and two of pottles. Six Chamber Potts. ' Prasse. One Brasse Cesteme, which is used by the Butler at quarter dynners and other dynners kept in the Hall. Lynnen. Inprimis. 1 Damask Table Cloth for the High Table in the Hall, length 12 Ells. Itm. 1 Damask ToweU, length 11 Ells for do. 1 Do. Table Cloth, 6 Ells and i length for the long Table in the King’s Chamber. 1 Do. Towell, 7 Do. t Do. Do. 1 Do. Do. Bq. board Cloth, 2 Ells, King’s Chamber. 1 Do. Table Cloth, 5 Ells, Table in the Parlour. 1 Do. Towell, 4 Ells f , for the same Table. 1 Do. Cupboard Cloth, 1 Ell £ , for the Parlour. 2 Doz. Do. Napkins, much worne. 6 Damask Coverpanes edged with Gould, wanting 2 buttons. 6 other Do. Do. with Silver, Do. 4 do. 18 Do. Do. and bottomed with thread, Do. 1 do. A Diaper Table Cloth for the waiting Women’s Table in the Hall, 12 yards in length. Do. Guest Table in the middle of the Hall, 10 EUs. A Diaper Cloth for the Skreene in the Hall, 5 yds. and b 2 Coarse Diaper Cowchera, 9 Ells each. 9 Diaper Livery Towells, 2$ Ells each. 6 Doz. and 4 Do. Napkins. 3 Diaper Table Cloths for the Schools, 7 yds. each. 2 Do. Square board Cloths for do., 2 yds. i. 1 Do. old Cowcher for the Parlor, 6 yds. XIV. ] The Inventory of / 609 . 95 Ifcm. 1 Do. Do. Cowcher, playne, somewhat torne, 8 Ells. 1 Do. Do. Do., 11 yds. i,' Wayting Women’s Table in the Hall. 2 long Diaper Towells for the Schools, 7 yds. each. 1 Damask Table Cloth, Maister’s Table, 12 yds. 1 Do. Towell, Do. 1 1 yds. i. 12 Dozen and 9 Napkins. 1 Diaper Table Cloth, Lyrery Table, divided into 2 pts., 24 yds. i. 2 long Diaper Towells for Lyvery Table, 12 yds each. 6 Square Do. Clothes for the Carving boards, 2 yds. } each. 10 Dozen and 8 Diaper Napkins. A Cowcher of playne Cloth for the high board in the Hall, 11 Ells i. A Do. for the Table in the Zing’s Chamber, 6£ Ells. 7 Dresser Cloths, 4£ Ells each. A Cowcher of plain Clothe for the Guest board, 11 Ells. 1 Sq. Boord Cloth of Damask, 2J Ells. In the Parlour. Itm, One old long table. One old greene carpet fringed with greene silke. One drawing table. Ten Wayneecott ioyned stooles. 2 Pictures of Sir Thomas White. 1 Picture of Mr. Dow, with a Silk Curtain to it. 8 Great Mapps' in 8 great Frames, with three laige Silk Curtains to them. 1 large Testament. 1 1 Hammer of Ivory* In the Chamber next to the Council Chamber . The State Cloth of Black Velvett ymbrothered with gould. 4 One Buiwall Cloth of Black Yelvett being in two parts and ymbrothered with gould. 4 One large Persia Carpett for the King’s Chamber.* One large Cloth ymbrothered with the Company’s Arms being in three sev’ral Banners and Streamers. Ihprimis, One Banner with the Zing’s Arms. One Banner with the Citty Armes One Banner, A undent, with the Companies Armes. Two Banners with the late Queen’s Armes. One Banner with the Companies Armes. One Banner with Bob. Lees Armes. One Banner with S*- Leonard Hallidaies Armes. One long Streamer with the Companies Armes, the ground thereof Greene. Two long streamers with the Companies Armes, the ground of them Redd Two long streamers with the Companies Armes, the ground Blue. Fifty Trumpet Banners with the Companies Armes. > See Mem. xxxv. ~ "* See Mem. xxv. ' not 0I *t w l“chisat present in use, which is engraved atone end with the 4 r ™* of t ^ “ erc J lant Taylors Company, and at the other “ The Gift of Thonms Roberts,* 1679. It ires restored to the Company mounted on a silver tondle, encircled with a silver band, bearing the date of restoration, « 15th Julv 1866, by Captain Tupper through Charles Rickards, a member of the Court.” * * See Mem. xxvii. ‘See Mem. m. • This gentleman does not appear to have been onUe Court of the Comreny. Another hamm.. in use sis the gift of nomas BAerta 1822 ( 0 ,. Master, 1797). another hammer 96 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ XV Banner and Streamers , Old and not Serviceable. One long Streamer, ground Greene. Two Do. Redd. Two Do. Yellow. One aunoient Do. Marchaunttailor’s Armes. One Banner, Do. Company’s Armes. Thirty Six Trumpet Banners* One long Streamer, ground Greene. Pavises and Scutcheons of Wood . One Pavice, with the King’s Armes. One Do. City Armes. One Do. Company’s Arms. One Do. Sir Leonard Halliday’s Armes. One hundred' and ten Small Scutcheons with sev’rall Armes painted and guilded upon them. One Silver Yard 1 with an Iron Barr in the middle of yt having the Companies Arms engraven upon it, 36 oz. One Do. Mace, 1 Do. Armes enamelled upon it, 26 oz., with a Barr of Iron in the middle. One standard of waynsoott being the Goad, the Ell, and the Yard. Cushions. Seven Cushions of Orrace with Imagery. Eighteen Do. of do. with the Angell and Sonn. Twelve Do. of Loome work© with the holy Lambe. Five Tapestry Cushions. XY. THE FIRST GRANT OF ARMS (1480). To all true Christian people these present letters reading, hearing, or seeing, I, Thomas Clarenceux, Principal Herald and King of Arms of the south parts of this Realm of England, send due and humble recommendation and greeting in Our Lord God everlasting. For so much as I understand for certain that every craft within this the King’s most royal City of London, called his Chamber, study, devise, and imagine in it with all their busy cares and diligences, and specially such persons as be lineally descended from gentle and noble blood (by very course of nature thereunto compelled), the most honourable, excellent, laudable, virtuous, and convenient ways and means to them 1 See Mem. xx. 8 The drawing of the anna and crest has been made by Sir Albert Woods (Garter King at Arms) to represent th* description (in the absence of any emblazon- ment on the margin) of the Grant. The First Grant of Arms, 1480. 97 xv. ] possible for the exaltation of the same City, and preferment of their fraternities to nobles, and to as excellent renown, land, and recommendation as by them can be goodly devised to the intent that every person entering into the same crafts and fraternities, hearing of their laudable and virtuous opinions, should enforce and apply themselves with all possible diligence by policy, wisdom, and sadness towards the maintenance, supportation, and long continuance of the same to the honour, laud, and praising of God, the King our Sovereign Lord, this his said Realm, and the said Noble City and the same crafts and fraternities. Amongst whom I, the said King of Arms, remember and note specially at this time the laudable and right honourable craft of Taylors and Linge Armourers of the Fraternity of St. John Baptist, within this said noble City, and the good and commendable, virtuous, discreet, and honourable persons Robert Duplege, Master, Ewen Boughton, John Warner, James Shirwode, and John Potman, Wardens of the same noble craft for the time being, and all their whole fraternity of Taylors and Linge Armourers within the said ’ City, which craft hath continued without reproach in honour and noblesse out of time of mind. To whom, therefore, at their special instance by the authority and power imperial to my said office annexed and attributed, I have devised, ordained, and granted, and by these presents devise, ordain, and grant to the said Master, Warden, and Brethren, of the said noble craft and fraternity for them and their successors in sign and token of noblesse, the shield, helm, and timbre hereafter following, that is to say, silver, a pavilion between two mantles imperial, purple, garnished with gold in a chief azure, an holy lamb set within a sun; the crest upon the helm a pavilion, purple, garnished with gold, being within the same our Blessed Lady St. Mary the Virgin in a vesture of gold sitting upon a cushion azure, Christ, her son, standing naked before her, holding between his hands a vesture called tunica inconsutilis, his said mother working upon that, one end of the same vesture set within a wreath gold and azure, the mantle purple, furred with ermine as in the margin hereof, more plainly it appeareth depicted in the same. To have and to hold, use, occupy, and rejoice the same arms peaceably and vowably at their pleasures to the said Master, Wardens, and whole Fraternity of Taylors and Linge Armourers within the said noble City of London, and their suc- H 98 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XVI. cessors, without impeachment, interruption, impediment or let, of any person or persons, whatsomever he or they be, by virtue of this my grant for evermore. In witness whereof I the said King of Arms to these presents signed with my hand, have put my seal of authority. Given at London the 23rd day of October, in the 21st year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King Edward the Fourth (1480). XVI. THE SECOND GRANT OF ARMS IN 1586. 1 To all and singular as well Nobles and Gentles as others to whom these presents shall come, be seen, heard, read, or under- stood, Robert Cooke, Esquire, alias Clarencieulx, King of Arm and principal Herald of the East, West, and South parts of this Realm of England, sendeth Greeting in our Lord God ever- lasting : Forasmuch as anciently from the beginning the valiant and virtuous acts of excellent persons have been commended to the world with sundry monuments and remembrances of their Good deserts. Amongst the which the chief est and most usual hath been the bearing of Signs and Tokens in Shields, called Arms, being evident demonstrations and testimonies of prowess and valor diversely distributed according to the qualities and deserts of the persons meriting the same, which order as it was prudently devised to stir up and inflame the hearts of men to the mutation of virtue, even so hath the same been continued from time to time, and yet is continually observed; to the intent that such as have done commendable service to their Prince or Country, either in war or peace or otherwise by the laudable and courageous enterprise or proceedings of any person or persons in the augmentation of the estate or common- wealth of the Realm or Country, might thereby both receive due honor in their lives, and also derive the same successively to their posterity and successors after them. 1 The Company’s motto is to be found in the following quotation from “Sallust, Juqurtha,” x. 6 — “ Cone irdia parvee res crescunt , disco rdia maxim® dilabuntur.” EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE SECOND GRANT OF ARMS, 1586. MERCHANT TAYLORS' COMPANY. XVI. ] The Second Grant of Arms, i586. 99 And whereas King Heniy the Seventh by his Letters Patents, bearing date at Westminster the 18th year of His Reign, did in- corporate the men of the Art or Mystery of Merchant Tailors of the Fraternity of St. John Baptist, within the City of London. And that they should be a perpetual Commonalty, and yearly choose one Master and four Wardens of the men of the Fraternity aforesaid to oversee, rule, and duly govern the said Fraternity, and aH and singular the men of the same Fraternity, and that they should have a perpetual succession and one Common Seal for the necessary busi- ness of the same Fraternity to serve them for ever: which Fraternity have of long continuance borne Arms, helm, and crest, which arms and crest to the knowledge of such as be skilful in that faculty, being found to be over much intricate with confused mixtures of too many things in one shield contrary to the lowed and commendable manner of bearing of arms. I, therefore, the said Clarencieulx, King of Arms, at the instant request of William Widnell, Master of the said Fraternity, and Reignold Barker, Nowell Southerton, William Saulte, and Henry Webbe, Wardens of the same Fraternity, have thought good to yield them my help only reforming and altering of the same arms and crest; but for a further declaration of the worthiness of the said Fraternity, do grant unto them these supporters hereafter following : which arms, crest, and supporters is thus blazed : that is to say, the field silver, a pavilion with two mantles imperial purple garnished with gold on a chiffe azure, a lion passant gold, and to the crest upon the helm on a wreath silver and azure on a mount (vert), a lamb silver in the sunbeams gold, mantled gules doubled silver, and supported with two camels gold, as more plainly appeareth depicted in this margin, which arms, crest, and supporters, I the said Clarencieulx, King of Arms, by power and authority to me committed under the Great Seal of England, do ratify, confirm, give, and grant to the said Master and Wardens, and to their successors in like place and office, and to all the men enfran- chized of the said Fraternity, they the same to use, bear, and show far ever, in all places honest to their honor and worship, in shield, standard, banners, pennons, streamers, pencil, or other- wise at their liberty and pleasure without impediment, let, or interruption of any person or persons. In witness whereof I the said Clarencieulx, King of Anns, have hereunto subscribed my name, and thereto put the seal of my office, the 23rd day of 100 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XVII. December, in the year of Our Lord God 1586, and in the 24th year of the reign of our most Gracious Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth. Robt. Cooke, alias Clarenoeeulx, Roy D Armen . XVII. PAYMENTS FOR SUPERSTITIOUS USES MADE BY THE COMPANY IN 1547. 1. With reference to the brief “ Declaration,” 1 printed at the close of this notice, it may be remarked that the Statute under which it was made (1 Edward VI., c. 14) confiscated the property of all Guilds 2 * to the Crown, “ other than such of mystery es or craftes” 8 which, as a rule, saved the City Com- panies from confiscation. As to these latter Guilds the Act authorized Commissioners 4 appointed by the Crown to survey and examine their records, in order that they might ascertain what endowments the Guilds held for the maintenance “ of any priest, anniversary or obit, or other like thing, light or lamp,” and certify the same to the Augmentation 5 Office. 2. Interrogations were exhibited to the several companies to this effect : — “ 1st. Whether they had any peculiar Brotherhood or Guild * within their Corporation”? An enquiry directed to any Guild which not being a Mysterie or Craft would have become forfeited under the 7th Section of the Act. 2nd. (a) Whether they had any College, Chantry, Chapel or Fraternity, Brotherhood or Guild, within the same ? An enquiry directed to the discovery of property forfeit- able to the Crown under the 37 Henry VIII., c. 4. (5) What number of stipendiary priests they paid from bequests, and what were the amounts of such stipends ? 1 Extracted from the Public Record Office. 8 Sec. 7. % * Was thy penned by Mr. Brooke P See page 526. ;> 4 &eh5.T& * l * Sec. 12. XVII.] Payments for Superstitious Uses, 4547 . 101 (( c ) Who were the donors, and what were the particu- lars of the estates left, with their yearly value, and the payments and deductions to be made from them 1 3rd. Whether they possessed any and what jewels, goods, ornaments, chattels, and other things, pertaining to any chantry, or stipendiary priests, and if so to return all the particulars concerning them ? Lastly, whether they had any other yearly profits or advan- tages (exclusive of those above mentioned) which to their knowledge the King ought to have under the operation of the Act ? 3. Herbert purports to give the certificate or answer returned to these enquiries by the Company ; which from the payments of the Company for 1547-8 appears to have been prepared with some care under the advice of “ Mr. Brooke, the Recorder of London, by John* Huchenson, their clerk/’ 1 I have made the following extracts relating to landed property, thinking it scarcely necessary to print the certificate entire, as the substance of it is to be found in the “ Declaration ” of the King's Commissioners, or in the “ Memorials 99 printed under the title of the “ Associated Charities 99 1 — “THE CERTIFICATE OF THE COMPANY OF MERCHAUNTAYLO*S. “ To the King’s Commissioners touching Chaunteryes and such like, onno 1° E. 6. “ First, they certifie that w^n there gennerall corporac’on of the Master and Wardens of the Merchaunt Taylo r s and Fratemitie aforesaide, they have no p'ticuler brotherhood nor guyle. “ To the seconde article they certefie in like manner vnto yo w that w^'in there said corporac’on they have no colledge, chappell, fratemytie, brotherhood, nor guylde, but they have ix stipendiarie preistis, to whom they doe geve towardes theire lyvynge, out of certein landes and ten’ts certen stipendes, in manner and forme hereafter followinge, that is to say — THOMAS CARLETON, “ Citezein and broderer of London, by his last will and testa- ment, dated the XX th of Decemb r , in the year of o r Lorde God 1 See entries at pp. 522 and 526. 102 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XVII. 1382, did geve and bequeath to the foresaid Master and Wardens, and to their successors for ever, one yearly rent of x m r kes, goinge owt off all those his ten'ts w* app r tenaunc* w ch he had upon the comer off Ad lane , in the p r ish off St. Albone, in Wood strete, in London, To the intente that they therew" 1 shoulde fynde a preist to singe for him, w^in a chappell at the north dore at Paules . And, further, by his saide will, he gave vnto them x* quite rent, for ever, owt off the said landes and ten'ts, to kepe one yearely aimiv r saiy, in the saide chappell w tb in Pawles, for him and other in the said will comprized, as amonge other thinges in the said will is expressed. “ The yearely value of the said lands is To S John Trimmed, for his salary, p* aim* . To the preiste and sexton, for th’ obit, p* ann’ To the poorc people, yearely. JOHN CHURCHMAN, 1 " Citizen and grocer of London, by his deed indented, bearinge date the xx th daie of July, in the year© of the reigne of kinge Henry the Fourth after the Conquest, the sixth, did geve vnto the saide M r and Wardens, and there successors, for evermore, fowre messuages and xvii shoppes , w th th’ app T tenaunc B , beinge in the p r ish of St Marten Owtewich , of London. And vij 1 viij d off rente goinge owt off the ten'ts of Richarde Bedwyn, in the p r ishe of S* Michaell, in Croked lane, of London. And also the advowson of the churche of S* Martyn Owtwich, To th* entent that they should fynde a preist to singe for his sowle and others in the saide churche of S* Martin's Owtwiche ; and that they should pay yearely to the saide preists, x m r kes. And further, by the said deed indented, he willed and devised that they should fynde vnto one other preist there founded in the said churche, for the sowle off one Will’m off Owtwiche, and other in the saide dede comprized. And also willed and devised that they shoulde fynde a lampe contynually breunynge in the said churche for evermore. And further, willed and ordeyned that they shoulde fynde and keepe, for evermore, every yeare, one anniv r sary in the saide churche, for him and other expressed in the said deed. And allowe and pay the resoluteB and deduc'ons hearafter expressed; and the residue off the profitts to be imployed vpon suche poore men as they of almes doe kepe. “ The yearely value off the said landes, p’ ann' is xxx 11 vj* viij d over and besides certen almes-howses. ix u viij* — deduc’ons inde. x m r kes xyj 1 vj A xij d vi B v^j d . ,, 1 After this, other Wills are set out in Herbert, rol. ii., pp. 442-9. XVII.] Payments for Superstitious Uses, 4547. 103 “ Resolute* and Dedvc'ons inde . First, To S' J ohn Wilkenson, serving for the said John Churchman, p’ aun. . .... It’m. To 8* Bichard Palmer, servinge for-Will’m Owteswiohe It’m, Paed for the same lampe, every yeere, most comonly xvj a , or thereabouts .... To the preists and clarkes of the said church, for the said obytt It’m, Payed, yearely, to the King's Highnes, for one quite rent, late belonginge to the late dis- solved Priory off X'pist churche, London . It’m, Paied more to the Kinges Highnes, owt of the said landee, for a quite rent, late belonginge to the late dissolved priory of St. Mary Oveiys . It’m, Paied more for a quite rent, due to the M” of the Bridge house It’m, Distributed to the poore people yearely Summa inde s.xi 11 xix # ” “To the iiij th article they aunswere, that they haue no jeuells, plate, goods, money, ornaments, cattails, nor other things w 4 * haue bene belonginge, or ought to be exercised about any chantry or stipendiary preists, other than is heare- after p’ticularly expressed — That is to say, — “ La the custody of S r Rob’te Waterall, preist, servinge at Abchurch for Mr. Howden : “First, A challes of eylver, w* a patent of the Trynitie, guylt, waying xv oz. lackinge dj oz. “ It’m, A pax of sylver and guylte, w* an image of o T Lady, wayinge iiij oz. dj q r ter. * It’m, A vestment of crymesyn velvet, w** the Alb, and all belonginge to it. “ It’m, A vestement 1 of redd sarsenet and all apparell to yt. “ A vestement of grene S* Thomas wosted [worsted], w th all apparell to yt. “ It’m, ij curteins of blewe sarsenet. “ It’m ij alter clothes, blewe sarsenet, etc. Ut patet quoad bona et omamenta in p r ed.” “ To the last article they aunswere, that they have no other yerely p'fitts, advantages, or comodities w ch , to their knowledges, the Kinges Grace ought or may lawfully be intituled vnto, by reason of the p r mises, or any p r cell thereof.” [Here is set out an enumeration of all the tenements held under the wills of Carleton, Churchman, and others previously set forth, with the names of the tenants, their rents, &o. Churchman’s gift is thus entered : — xiij' iiij d xij- vj* viij d xijq" xvj' xijq" iiij' xq* vij* xq« viij* xq* y* y 1 The vestments appear to have been handed over to the Crown Commissioner, in 1551-2. See p. 528. 104 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ XVII. £ *. d. “Lord Wriothesley, a messuage and 2 Tenements, per annum 10 0 0 Henry Polsted „ 5 „ „ 15 0 0 Richard Carill „ .. . . „ • 5 6 8 Also there is certain small tenements enclosed within one great gate which they have transposed and thereof made their almeshowses for the relief of theire poor people, not valued.’* “ Summa, 30/. 6#. 8d.”] 4. It appears from the plea pleaded by the Coiporation of London, to the Charge of Concealment 1 which was afterwards (1582) raised against the Corporation and the Guilds, that the Commissioners did not simply accept these returns, but that they came to the several Halls and made an examination there into the evidences which the Company laid before them. “ Upon this Statute (the plea states), commissions were directed for London, to certein persons of the king’s counsell learned, and other greate learned men in l^we, and suche as were of parlia- ment, and prevye to the makynge of the lawe, and so beste understandinge the true meaninge of the statute. ’ “ These commissioners came to the Halles of London, ,* and there had all the evidences of the companies laide before them, that they mighte, accordinge to theire understandinge, sett downe the rightes of the kinge. “ They, accordinge to the said exposition, did sett downe and certifie those profittes to bee the kinge’s, as rentes-charge, and did not entitle the kinge to the landes themselves. “ The certificates were so accepted and allowed in the kinge’s courts, no doubt, with the advise of the kinge’s officers and judges and counsel learned. “ These rents were were accordingly paid to the kinge by the space of certen yeres, without question. “ Afterward the kinge, in the thirde yere of his raigne, having occasion to levie a great masse of money, did require the com- panies to purchase those rentes, which they were lothe to doe, but beinge urged by their dutie of love and service to the kinge. “The companies accordingly purchased those rents, for which they paied to the kinge allmost xix thousand pounds. “For the raisinge of this somme of 18,700/. they were enforced to sell divers of the said landes and tenements to paye for the reste.” 3 1 An information was brought in the Court of Exchequer against the Company for concealing 71. a-year for a priest to sing mass for Sir William Fitzwilliam, and settled 29 April 1579, by payment of 103/. 5 s. 9 The Company’s Return was sent to the Commissioners sitting at “ Haberdashers’ Hall.” See pp. 522 and 526. 8 The particulars of the property sold by the Company to realise 2,133/. 3#. 6d. is set out in the accounts of the year 1549-50. It came from these donors, — Tressawell, Candish, Holland, Sutton, Moncaster, Thomason, and Halleyate. See p. 627. XVII.] Payments for Superstitious Uses , 4547. 10 5 The “ Declaration v of the Royal Commissioners 1 returned to the Augmentation Office was in these words : — The Cytyb of London and the County of Middlesex. Nono lie Januarii Anno primo R. R. Edwardi vj°. That is to saye f A breef declaration made by vb S r Roger Chol- meley Knight chief Baron of the Kinges Maiesties Eschequier, Nicholas Hare, Wy- mounde Carew and John Godsalue Knightes, Richard Goodricke, John Carrell, Richard Morrison and Heue Rosse, Esquires, Com- missioners of our souv’aine lord the Kinge w*in the Citie of London and the Countie of Middlesex, assigned for thexecution of an Acte made in the furst yere of his heighnes reigne, conceminge Colleges, free chapelles, Chauntreis, fraternities, Glides, Brotherheades and other landes whatsoever geven for or towardes the findinge of anny preestes, obite, leighte or lampes, and suche other like vscs as in y* Kg Commission vnto vs directed in that behalf more playnelie appereth de- claringe aswell the trewe value of all suche Colleges, free chappelles, Chauntreis, Brother- heades, Glides, and other w* thyerly Repris annuall deductions goinge out of them as also of all suche somes of monie oominge and growing e to the Kinges Baied Majestie by reason of the fore named Acte of Parliament as hereafter more playnelie may appere. The Corporations and Companyes wfo the Citie of London. [Note.— The estates marked * were purchased by the Company, of the King, under Patent 4 Edward IV.] * Thoms Cableton (1382) gauevnto the M r and Wardens ther to U. 9 . d. find© a prest to singe at the Northe side of paules* and to kepe an obite for ever lande and Tenement© amounting to [91. 8s.] • . ix viii mere °f £ d. It. t. d. To S* John Tumor, prest . . [6 13 4] vj xiij iiij Spent upon Thobbite . . [0 10 0] x And then Remayneth Clere .. [2 4 8] . • vij iij iiij xliiij viij * John Chuecheman (1405) gaue vnto the same M r and Wardens to flnde a prest and a lampe w*in the Churche of S*. Mertens Owtewiche lands and tenements amounting to [30Z. 6#. 8d.] . • xxx Whereof £ g To S r John Wilkenson, prest [ 6 13 In Augment of a preste lyuing [36 In quiterent to the kinge . • [ 0 17 Spent vpon Thobbite . . • . [ 0 6 Spent vpon a lampe . . . . [ 0 16 And then Remayneth Clere [18 7 li. 9 . Xiij lxvj xvij xvj d. iiy viij xvuj vj viij xix vij viij 1 Extracted from the Public Record Offioe. * See Mem. vn., p. 60. 106 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ XVII. William Tu knell (1420) gaue vnto the same M 7 and Wardens to li. s. d. kepe an obite w*in the poehe of S* Mary Abchurche for ever lands amounting to [2 2.] . . • • . . . • . . . . xl Whereof Spent vpon Thobbite [16#. Id.] xv j And then Remayneth Clere [12. 4# . lid.] . . . . . . xxiiij x j * Rapt Hollands (in 1462, see Mem. xlyi.) gaue vnto the same M r and Wardens to kepe an obite w*in the Churche of Alder- mary land and Tenements amounting to [62. 16#. 8rf.] . . . . vj xvj viiij Whereof Spent vpon Thobbite [18#. 4 d.] xiij iiij And then Remayneth Clere [62. 8#. 4d.] vj iij iiij IL #. d. Ediths Hilltat gaue vnto the same M r and Wardens to kepe an obite w*in the Churche of St. Martens Owtewiche lands amount- ing to [42. 16#. 4d.] . • . . . • . . . . • • . . iiij xvj iiij Whereof Spent vpon Thobbite [6#. 8d.] vj viij And then Remayneth Clere [42. 6#. 8d.] iiij ix viij * Elen Langswichb (1488) gaue vnto the same M r and Wardens to kepe an obite w*in the Churche of St. Mary Abchurche lands amou n ti n g to [1 22. 6#. 8d.] . • •• • • . . , . M xij vj viij Whereof £ #. d, #. d. To the King for quiterent .. [2 6 2] xlvj i j ] Spent vpon Thobbite .. [0 16 8] xvj viij J x . And then Remayneth Clere 1 . . [9 8 10] . . . . ix iij x * Hews Candysshe (in 1440, and see Mem. xly.) gaue vnto the same M r and Wardens to kepe an obite in the Churche of St. Mertens Owtewiche, lands amounting to [202. 18#. 4d.] . . xx xiij iiij Whereqf Spent vpon Thobbite [16#. 8d.] xvj viij And then Remayneth Clere [192. 16#. 8d.] . . . , , . xix xvj viij * The Mr and Wardens of the same Company in Consideradon of the some of [8842. 6#. 8d.] cocxxziij u vj* viij d , and certen plate to them geven by the last will of Thoms Howdam (1620, and see . Mem. Lii.), do Unde w*in the Churche of St. Mary, Ab- churche, one prest to singe for his sole for ever, vnto whome they geve for his Stipende [72. 3#. 4d.] vii 11 iij* iiij*, and also do kepe an obite ther for his sole for ever, and do expend therat w* twelve shillinges and nyne pence geven to the poore [12. 7#.] xxvij* in all [82. 10#. 4 <2.] viij x iiij 1 See the entries from the account books of 16 and 17 Edward IT., and 21 Edward IT. XVII.] Payments for Superstitious Uses , 4547. * Johk Pbbcevall (in 1507, and see Mem. xlvti.) gaue vnto the li. i. same Mr and Wardens to finde two prests and to kepe one obite w*in the Churche of St. Mary, Wolnothe, lands and tenements amounting to [432.] . . . . . . . • . . . . . . xliij Whereof To S r John Palmer, preet To S r Thoms Som?ton, prest Spent vpon Thobbite And then Eemayneth Clere £ #. d. ..[ 6 13 4] ..[6 13 4] . . [ 2 10 0 ] ..[27 3 4] U. #. d. Tj xiij iiij I vj xiij iiij > xv xvj 1 J . • • . xxyij iij * Dame Thames yn Pebcyyall (in 1508, and see Mem. XLvm.) gaue vnto the same M r and Wardens, in augmentaoion of the saied two prests lyuings, singing in the Churche of St. Mary, Wolnoth, lands amounting to [ 182 . 13 #. 4 dJ] . . , , , , xviij xiij Whereof £ #. d. 9 . d. In Augmentation of the prests wages[ 2 13 4] liij iiij Spent vpon the maynetennce of an 1 r o a Q -. . . ... Anthem and a Beame leight ther J L 6 8J xivj vnj Spent vpon an obite . . . . [21 10] xli x And there Eemayneth Clere . . [11 11 6] . . } vij xj xj The M r and Wardens are bounde during two yeres yet to come to finde one prest singing win the Churche of Alhallows in Bred- stret, and to geve him for his Stipende [72.] vij u , the nowe Incum- bent is one S r Harry , and they are further bounde to kepe an obite ther by the same time, and to spende therat w* twentie and one penny geven to the poore [13#. 4c2.] xuj* iiij 4 , in all [72. 13#. 4 dJ] . • vij xiij The same M r and Wardens in consideracion of [2002.] oc u to them geven by Jone Hilton are bounde to finde during [72] lyrii yeres yet to come one prest to singe win the Churche of St. Mary, Wol- north, the nowe Incumbent is John Fysaher, who hathe for his Stipende [72.] vij H , and further they are bounde duringe the saied time to kepe an obite, and to spende thereat w* twentie and three pence geven to the poor© [13#. 4<2.] xiy* iiij 4 , in all yerelie [72. 18#. 4d.] . . . . vij xiij * Mathews Pkmxbton (1508) gaue vnto the same Mr and Wardens to finde a prest to singe in the Churche of St. Martens, Owte- wiche, as muche ready monie as bought lands to the value of [242. 14#. 8d.] xxiiij xii\j Whereof To S' George Sharpe, prest To the King for quiterent And then Eemayneth Clere £ #. < 2 . 22 . [ 8 0 0] viij [ 0 12 0 ] [16 2 6 ] .. xij } “J .. xyj ij 108 Memorials of the Fraternity. [XVII. •The M r and Wardens are bounde to kepe an obite w*in the Churche li. *. d. of St. Merten’s, Owtewiche for the Sole of Gerard Braysebroke (in 1520, and see Mem. liii.), and to spende therat [2 2.] . . xl The same M r and Wardens in consideracion of one hundreth pounds to them geven by John Kirkebie, 1 are bounde to kepe an obite in the Churche of St. Mary, Colohwiche, for ever, and to Bpende therat [12.] xx • The same M r and Wardens kepe an obite w*in the Churche of S* Pancras for John Hadley, and spende therat [12.] . • .. xx The same M r and Wardens do finde a prest singing in the Churche of St. Peter’s in Cornehill, whose name at this present is S r Bobert Stocks, and they geve him for his Stipende [72.]. . . . vij The same Mr and Wardens do finde w*in the same Churche a beam© leight, and spende thervpon [13*. 4d.] xiij iiij Robtb Shbthebgaub vnto the same M r and Wardens to kepe an obite w l in the Churche of St. Michels in Cornehill, lands amount- ing to [42. 1*.] iiij xij Whereof Spent vpon the same obite [16*. 6d] . . . . . . xvj vj And then Remayneth dere [32. 4*. 6d.] lxiiij vj The same M r and Wardens in consideracion of graunts to them geven by John Coton, are bounde to kepe an obite for his sole for ever in the Churche of St. John ( illegible in record) and to spende therat [12 pence] xij d to the pore [12. 6*. 8 d.] . . xxvj viij • Richard Thompson gaue vnto the M r and Wardens to kepe an obite w*in the Churche of St. Mary, Abchurehe, lands amount- ing to [62. 1*. 4 d.] yj xvj Whereof Spent vpon Thobbite w* [13*. lid.] xiij 1 xj d to the poore [12. 0*. 6d.] xx vj And then Remayneth Clere [62. 0*. 10d.] . . . . The same M r and Wardens are bound to kepe an obite w*in the Churche of St. Anthonies for the Sole of Thoms Speight for (26) xxvj yeres to come, and to spende therat w* [4*. 10d.] iiij* x 4 geven to the poore [12.] . . . . xx The same M r and Wardens are also bounde to kepe an obite w*in the Churche of St. Leonids in Estchepe for the Sole of John Palmer, for one yere yet to come, and to spende therat w* [12*. 9 d.] xij» ixd to the poore [12. 6*. 8d.] . . . xxvj viij 1 The gift was of Plate. See Mem. xm., p. 90. / XVIII. ] Precept and Certificate of Company's Estate. 109 The same M r and Wardens are also bounde to kepe*w*in the Churohe . s. d. of Aldermary for the Bole of John Britton, for [15] xy yeres to oome, and to spende therat w l [3*. lid.] iij B xj d geven to the poore [15*.] xy 9 The same M r and Wardens are bounde to kepe an obite w*in the Churche of St. Merten’s, Owtewiche, for Hewe Talbot, for hove longe they knowe not yet they spende therat yerelie w* [Is. 2d.] xihj d geven to the poore [4*. lid.] iiij xj XVIIL PRECEPT TO THE COMPANY, AND THEIR CERTIFI- CATE OF REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE. MADE IN 1566, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SEO. 5 OF THE 8TH ELIZABETH, 1 CAP. 18 (AN ACT OF A J-15TH AND 1-10TH GRANTED BY THE TEMPORALITY). “ January 24 th 9 1566. “ A Precept directed to this Company for a Certificate of their Lands and Goods. “ By the High Assessors. “ Theis are to requyre you and on the Quenes Maj UeB behalf, comande you that ye return unto us on Monday nexte at eighte of the clock in the forenoone of the same daye a true certificate of the just value of your Lands and Goods apper- teynynge to yo 9 ffellowshippe, and that hereof fail ye nott as ye tender the Quene’s Ma tt «® fyne. Written at Guildehall this psente xxiiij daye of January A 0 . 1566. In the ix* yere of the Quenes Ma tie ® Reigne.” “The Certificate of the Master and Wardens of the Cor- poracon of the MT chanttailors of London made to the Quene's Ma tiet Sessors of her Cittie & Chamber of London for the Taxation of the subsidie granted unto her Ma tie at the laste session of the laste Prfiament holden at WestrS: and begune in the eighth yere of her Ma tie8 reigne accordinge to the tenor of a Precepte to them dyrected by the foresaide Sessors (viz.)— £ #. d. £ 9 . d . “ Ffijrste they the said Master A Wardens do Certifie that all theire Bents and Revenues Issuing, Coming A Growings of all the Lands and Ten mU * belonging to their saide Corporacion at this daye extends to the some per annum of . . . . . . . . • . — 280 15 4 “ Notwithstanding of late the same did extende to the some per annum of 308/. 7*. 1 Stftt. Realm, yoI. iv., part 1, p. 507. 110 Memorials of the Fraternity, [ XIX. “ But at this presente there is paroell of the same Londes situate and leyinge in the Parish of St. Martyn, in the Vyntrye of St. JameB, at Garlickhithe, which was lately rented in the hole at the some of xiijf. vj*. viijd. per annum, w ch is nowe vacant by reason of the decaye thereof and lack of Newe buildinge. So that the yerely value of the Londes at this daye is 280/. 15*. 4 d. Whereof to be admitted as followeth — “ Fyrste for Quyte Rentes and other Rente Charge, where- withal the sayde Londes is charged per annum . . 109 15 0 “ Item, to the Beliefe of theire Almesmen & others, and for Coles gyven to the Poore according to the Devyses of the Donors of oerten of their sayde Londes per annum .. 59 17 11 “ Item, to the Scholemaster and iy Ushers of theire late erected Q-rammar Schole, founded in the Parishe of St. Lawrence Pounteney, in London, and for the Vysytacon of the sayde Schole per annum • • . , 1 56 13 4 “ Item, to theire Offycers for theire flees, per annum . . 22 6 8 “Soma totalis of the deductions and payments goynge oute of the foresayde Londes & Annuyties . . . . ' 248 18 10 “ And so remayneth cjere to the sayde Company towardes the repay ringe of the sayd Londes & of Newe Build- ings, of what is decayed thereof as is aforesaid, the some of .. .. •• . . .. .. — 1 46 6 8 “ Item, more they do oertyfie, that all the Plate, Juells, & Good’s belongings to theire Corporacion extends not above the value of . . . . 66 13 4 4i And further, They do Certifie that the sayde Corporacion is indebted at thiB time, and doth owe to dyverse persons as well by their bonds obligatory under theire Common Seale as otherwyse ov^ and above all such debtes as be owinge to the sayde Corporacion, the some of 237 6 0 XIX. SERCHB MADE AT THE VIGIL OP ST. BARTHOLOMEW. 1. This fair 2 3 was instituted by a grant of Henry II. to the Priory for three days, — “the eve, the day, and the morrow,” — to which the Clothiers of England and the Drapers of London resorted. It was proclaimed 8 by the Lord Mayor and Aider- men on Bartholomew’s Eve, in the afternoon, at the great gate going into the Cloth Fair, and then commenced, lasting, by sufferance, 14 days. The search after those who, as foreigners, infringed the rights of the Company was exercised from a very early period. 1 The School expenditure absorbed a large proportion of the surplus income. 2 Stowe, Book iii., p. 235. 3 See Form of Proclamation, " Laws of London” (1680), XIX. ] The Search of St. Bartholomew*# Fair, S567. Ill Entries of money spent for meat and drink, “ sur le serche faitz par les gardeins occur in 7 Henry VI. 1 Thus, — “ Paie as dyvers foitz sur lez serchez del Mistier et autres hommes pour wamyng de dyvers foreins overantz en musset, for. 8 d” And in 13 Henry VI.,— “ Espendu 2 divers foitz en viaunde et boire sur lez gardeins pour le serche et gaderyng dez revenuz, xxa.” Again, in 14 Henry VI., — “ Spent in mete and drynke* whan the Meister went to serche, sur luy et lez gardeins et le seijaunt, et autres, iij daies, xxjs. Item, Paie a Holgrave Seijaunt, pour son labour delserche, xlc?.” 4 2. The right of search was specifically granted by the Com- pany’s 4th Charter, and its exercise over the traders of St. Bartholomew is shown in an entry which also embraces the expenses of obtaining the Charter. Thus (1443-4), — 22 Henry VI., William Auntrus, Master. 5 — “ Thise been the paiementz and costz made by the Meistre and Wardeins upon dyvers men for the serche of Barthilmew faire. First spended in mete and drinke and horsmete to Dogmansfeld and home, and fro London to the kynge’s hous for a letter fro the kyng, and a nother tyme to Penycoke’s place, xxiiijs. Item, paid to Lowthe’s clerk for writyng of the charter and certein writtes, vj*. viijrf. Item, paid to Gedeney, under secretary e for devysyng and writyng of a letter fro the kyng to the Meir of London, vj*. viijd. Item, paid to Lowthe of the Chauncerie for his labour, dyvers tymes rydyng fro Dogmansfeeld to London and to the kynge’s hous and other places for our mater, xls. Item, paid to men of our crafte and other that wer in Newgate, vj*. viijd Item, spended in horshire, horsmete to Eltham, and bothire dyvers tymes to Westminster for that matter, ijs. yjrf. Item, espended in dyvers tymes at dyners and sopers upon Lowthe, Gedeney, and other men of lawe for the serche forseid, xxxvij*. Item, paid to Lakyn and Wolston, men of lawe, for seyng of our charter, vjs. viijrf. Item, spended in horshire and horsmete whan Jeorge rode to Shene and fet Thomas Davy and the clerk another tyme, ij*. iiijd.=vjfi. 3. In its continuance it appears to have been a convivial meeting, for the next entry is : — 1 Account Book, f. 17 6b. 3 Ibid., f. 3295. 8 Ibid., f. 842. 4 There is also an entry at f. 3055, 19 Henry VI., for a serjettnt to search u forem*.* * Account Book, No. I., £ 321. 112 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XIX- 23 Henry VI. 1 * * * * * * * — “In expends for the Wardens, the clerks and bedill, with other drynkynges, in the serchyng tyme and aboute gaderyng yn of the money for prentises, and at other tymes with consell and suche other necessary and nedful for the craft, xxxvs. ij d” 4. The search made in 1567 is noticed in the Court Records, thus : — “ Serche made in the Vigill of St. Bartylmewe th’ Appostle An 0 1567 et anno Regni Reg: Elizabeth: nono, in the Ffayre kepte w th in the Pcyncte of Greate St. Bartylmewes and Smythfielde in London, by the Right Worshipfull W m * Sylierde, Robert Hulson, William Heton and Arthure Dawbney, Wardens of the Right Worshipfull Companye and ffelisshippe of Marchnnttayllo's of the Ffratemitie of St. John Baptyste in the Citye of London, and of others the Righte Worshipfull of the sayde Companye (that is to saye) ffrancys Pope, John Sperck, Will m - Hodgson and Thomas Wylford, in the presens of Thomas Underhill, S 9 geant at Mace to the Lorde Mayo 9 , and also comon hunte of the sayde Citie, and of the Clerck and Bedyll of the sayde Company among all the Ffreemen of there sayde Company beinge in occupiers in the sayde Ffayre, and kepinge Bothes and usinge any measures as yeards or ells wSn the sayde Ffayre, to see that they occupye none but suche as were good and lawfull, whereby the Queen’s people thither resortyng to buye shoulde not be by any of suche dyssaved: And the names of the sayde Ffreemen of this Mysterie then keepinge Bouthesat the sayde Ffayre were these whose names are hereunder fellowith wrytten viz. : — ‘ John Harry son. J ohn Artor. Thomas Hawes. Humffrey Walsingame. Prancys Brad borne. Edwarde Whyte. Roger Myllington. Harry Nycoll. Andrew Armorer. Rob 1 - Reynolds. Edward Bennett. Robert Albany. Xpofer Whitlock. Rycharde Monnoxe. Steaphen Prowde. Nycholas Tetlowe. Henry Hemlock. Baldwin. Rob 1 *- Maxfielde. Will m - Mason. William Newton.” \\2th August 1567.] 1 Account Book, No. I., f. 364. In Book II. these entries are found : — 31- 32 Henry VI. — “ Paid for ‘expenses, after the search (scrutinium) made by the Warden, at St. Bartholomew fair, on the eve of St. Bartholomew, 1 2d ” — (*b. 18. 6.) 32- 33 Henry VI. — “ Expenses of the Wardens making a search * super hominibus Kujtis wisteria * at Barth, fair, lOfcd.” — ( Fo . 42.) 34-35 Henry VI. — “Carrying distresses at the time of the scrutiny.” — ( Fo. 137. b.) The search was made by Warden, Clerk, and Bedell ; and the entry occurs yearly in the Second Book, 1453-1470. XIX. ] The Search of St. Bartholomew’s Fair , 4567 * 113 5. In 1609, this right was apparently questioned by the Drapers, and settled by reference to the Company’s records, thus : — “ Whereas information is given to this Court of great wrong offred unto o r Company by the Wardens of the Company of Drapers, in searching one of the Brothers of our Company in Bartholomew fayer last, and their Clarck also offering that our Company had not any right or authority to make any search in the same fayer. It is therefore ordred that the Clarck of this Company shall resorte to the Drapers Hall at their nexte Courte of Assistants with this message, ‘ To understand whether they did mistayke him that they serched, not knowing that he was a Marchaunttailor or whether the Drapers will justify the doing thereof, to th’end that such further order maye be therein taken as shalbe thought fitt for the preserving and mayntayning of the right that this Companie have to theire Searche and which they have quietly enjoyed sithence the seven and twentieth yeare of King Henry the Sixt, being above one hundred and threescore yeres past. And many yeres before that time, as by the Recorde of this Company, wherein is mencioned a long sute betweene the Drapers and this Company about the same question of Search, and a sentence passed for this Company as in one of the Company’s Register Books being marked with the letter B, Fol. 62, may at large appeared” 1 — [28 th August , 1609.] 6. Preceding the search in later years the Wardens usually dined together, as this record shows : — “ Whereas it hath alwayes ben accustomed for the newe Wardens and the olde to meete on Bartholomew Eve, and to dyne togeather at the charge of the two Rentor Wardens, and after to make their search in Bartholomew ffayer, and forasmuch as this yeare both the Renter Wardens wilbe absent, the one not yeat taken his oathe being as farr as Yorke, and the other in Ireland about the Cittie affaires. It is therefore at this Courte ordered and agreed that three of the Wardens which served the last year, ioyned with Mr. Boothby, present Warden, and the fower Wardens that were in the place the yeare before shall meete for the said search, and the dynner to be provided by the Comon Clarke at the Hall, and the money to be paied for the present out of the stocke of this howse, and required agayne of the two Renter Wardens when they come to take their several place and charge/’ — [9/A August 1613.] 2 7. The search was made annually until the proclamation of Bartholomew Fair was discontinued in 1854. 1 See the summons at p. 521. * See entries, August 1634 and March 1639, in Appendix A (7). I 114 [ XX. Memorials of the Fraternity . XX. THE MACE 1 * * * * * * AND YARD* OF THE COMPANY. The Mace (the emblem of the Master’s supreme authority) and the Yard (the London measure of cloth used in the search) are drawn on the opposite page, and this entry relates to them : — “A Petition of Edward Thruxton, 8 late Beadle of the Company, stating that in the time of Mr. Kympton (159K-7), while Thruxton’s wife was in the country, ‘the Silver yard and Mace were at that tyme both stolen forth of my house. Since w* h tyme I have made them both new agayne much fairer than they were before, att my owne prop coste and charges as may be judged by those who did knowe the other before, I am bold to send your Worshipps note what the coste and chardges did stand me in,’ &c., &c., here follows the statement of the cost and reference to some articles of fixtures left in his late residence : — u A note of the Yard and Mace. “The 20th June 1597, paid Mr. Duckett, Couldsmith, 1 for 7 and £ ounces of Silver to make the Mace, at > 5*. the oz . . . . . . . . J “ For making the Mace “ For gylding of it . . . . . . “ The 10th August 1697, paid more to Mr. Duckett for 1 11 and i oz. of silver to make the yard at be. ye oz. J “ For making the yarde £ s. d. 1 17 6 0 10 0 0 4 0 £ s. d. 2 11 6 2 17 6 0 15 0 3 12 6 6 4 0 1 Edward III.'s Charter to the City granted, “for the honor of the City,” the right to the Sergeants “ to bear maces of gold or silver " when the Civic Magistrates go out to meet the king or royal family. — Norton's London (1869), p. 365. * See page 96. This was exhibited at the South Kensington Museum in 1862, as No. 5,467, and was described in the Catalogue (p. 452) as five-eighths of an inch in diameter, and near each end is engraved the arms (1480) of the Company, and the Lombardic letter H, which was used as the Hall Mark in 1445-1525 and 1605. The H on the silver yard most resembles that of 1445. * The beadle (Truxton) was not, it may be supposed from another entry found relating to him, a very creditable officer of the Company : — “ Whereas Edward Truxton, the Beadle of this Company, in regard of his yeares and ymperfections of his body, did lately desire the favor of the Company to grant the reversion of his office unto one John Burford, a brother of this Company, who would assist him in his office without expecting any allowance for the present, of which the Company took further tyme to consider. Sithence w** 1 tyme the said Edward Truxton hath ben ares ted and ymprisoned for debt. And therefore resorted hether with his keep, and desired the favour that he might recomend the said John Burford to the present execution of his place. At the next court Edw* 1 * Truxton now remayning in the prison of Ludgate, Doth signifie that he is no longer able to undertake his said office, upon proceeding to elect one of 5 Candidates Jn°- Burford (one of the 16 men) refused to Btand in competition with any other and Nicholas Hurdes was elected. 1 ' — [81*£ May 1598.] XXI. ] The Mayoralty of Sir Thomas Rowe , 4568. 115 “It was fully agreed that the some of 20 nobles (6Z. 13^. id.) is i hough t to be a sufficient satisfaction for the same as for all other matters, Ac.'* — \21st October 1598.] XXI THE MAYORALTY OF SIR THOMAS ROWE, 1 * * * CITIZEN AND MERCHANT TAYLOR, 1568. A vote of money to Mr. Thomas Rowe, Lord Mayor Elect, with the order of attendance, arrangement of the F east at the Guildhall, and the Verses spoken at the Pageant. September 2 5th, 1568. It is at this daye by the Maister, Wardens and Assistents fully agreed and decreed by these presents that there shalbe geven oute of the Comon Boxe of this Howse unto the Righte Worshipfull and theire lovinge Brother Mr. Thomas Rowe, Alderman, now Lord Mayo 9 Electe of this Cytie for the yeare ensuinge by waye of benevolens towards the supportacon of the charges of his Mayrealtie xF* And the same to be payde to him by the f^esaide Maister and Wardens in the name of the whole Company accordingly. Item. It is agreed and decreed by y* Maister Wardens and Assistants, that these persons undemamed together with the Maister and Wardens shall give theire attendance upon the sayde Lord Mayo 9 Electe at his house from tyme to tyme as occasion shall require, as well to geve him theire beste advyce and counsell that in them shall laye concemyng the ordering and trimmings of his Howse. As also for the viewing and seeinge of the olde p 9 sidents for and conserninge such p 9 vision as shall seme necessary to be had and p 9 vided for the keepinge of his Ffeaste, viz, — Mr. Gforarde Q-ore. I Mr. John Q-od. Mr. Bichard Hills. | Mr. Thomas Brown. It is also agreed and decreed that these p 9 sons undemamed shall give theire attendance at the Guildehall iij or iiij dayes before the Mayor’s Ffeaste to be in suche roomes and places as to them thereunder is also lymitted and assyned: And they 1 Upon his death, in 1570, all the Livery were summoned to attend at the Hall, at 6 A.U., to proceed with the Master “ to Shacklewell, from whence they shall accompany the corpse of Sir Thomas Rowe to his burial at Hackney Church.” — lEntry of 8th September 1570.] I 2 116 Memorials of the Fraternity . L XXL altogether to see that the Hall and Chambers there be decently hanged, and the tables and stooles to be severally sett uppe. And to see that y* p 9 vision and porcon of victuall p 9 pared for the sayde Ffeaste and broughte thither be both goode and wholesome else not to be reseyved, (viz.), — Surveyors of the Kitchen. Robt. Hawes. Bichard Maye. Giles Jacobe. Robert Brett. W m - Ffellips. Olyver Rowe. Surveyors at the Dresser at y* Stayerhedd entringe into y* Mayor’s Courte. John Myllnar. Anthony Ratclyfle. Bycharde Pasmore. Surveyors at the Dresser in the Hall, viz., — Bycharde Ryall. John Bragdon. Bob 1 - Dowe. John Tappe. Item, that these persons underwritten shall geve theire attendance at the Guildehall the morrow after St. Symonde and Jude, as well to welcome the gests that shall repaire and come to y® said Ffeaste, as also to see that the Worshipfull Companie that shall dyne there that daye and others, may be well served ev^ry of them in theire order, (viz.), — Mr. Emanuel Lucar. Mr. Rich&rde Hills. Mr. Rob*- Bose. Mr. Tho*- Browne. Nicholas Spencer. Ffrancis Pope. Thomas Hale. Christopher Marter. Item. That xvj of the Bachelors Company, whose names are here underwritten, shall give theire attendance at the Guildehall upon the morrowe after Symonde and Jude nexte, and to helpe to carry in y® servis of meate to the Ladies and Gentilwomen and other Estate that shalbe sett and be served before the Mayor, shall come from Westminster, (viz.), — Robert Bye. John Davenett. George Novell. John Buttle. Nicholas Smythe. John Danesoombe. Robert Corse. Olyver Bedford. Thomas Aldesworth. John Apiyze. Laurens Leake. Roger Bollond. Nicholas Tetlowe. Bycharde Nicholls. George Gynne. Harry Nicholls. These persons undemamed shall geve theire attendance upon Symonde and Jude nexte upon my Lord Mayo 9 Electe when hee shall goe to The Guildehall to take his Othe, viz., — XXI. ] The Mayoralty of Sir Thomas Rowe, 4568. 117 Mr. Albany. Mr. Go re. Mr. Acworthe. Mr. Lucar. Mr. Hills. ' Mr. Bose. Mr. God. Mr. Browne. John Teaves. Nicholas Love. Edward Jones. Nicholas Spencer. William Merrick. Ffranois Pope. William Sylierd. Robert Hulson. The p^sons undemamed are appoynted to dyne at the Guildehall at the Table appoynted for the Mayor’s Company, viz,, — Mr. Albany. Mr. Gore. Mr. Acworthe. Mr. God. John Traves. Nycholas Love. Edward Jones. W* 1 - Ffleetwood. Rob 4 * Hulson. George Sanders. Tho 8 * Ludwell. George Sotherton. John Wylkinson. W m * Hodgson. Tho 8 * Wilforde. W m - Heton. Acto 5 Dawbeney. John Goodwyn. Walter Ffyshe. Edwarde Sanford. Baphe Spratte. John Davenett. Beignolde Barker. Humphrey White. Thomas Pope. The persons undernamed are appoynted to dyne at the Table appoynted for the Salters, and xvj of this Companye in respecte that the Sheryfls be both of the sayde Companyes, W m * Merrick. W m * Sylierde. Tho 8 * Shotesham. Bichard Johnson. Tho*- Offley, J un r - Bob 4 ®* Dowson. John Apesley. John Arto 5 . Bichard Whyte. Thomas Kyrfcon. Tho 8 - Offley. Bich d - Borne. Bich d - Newporte. Thomas Collett. Edward Bowen. THE SPEECHES FOR THE PAGEANT. St. John, I am that Voyce in Wilderness Which ones the Jewes did call And now againe am sent from God To preache unto you all. Bepent and make the Lord y s waye streighte, Let works your will bewraye The tyme of your acoompte, is come Amende your Lyres I saye. The Axe alreadie is in hande To hew downe ev*iy tree Which doth not beare so pleasant frute As God woulde it shoulde be 118 Memorials of the Fraternity [ XXI. SPEECHES SPOKEN BY FOUR YOUTHS The First 'e Boye. Behold the Roe the swift in chase Yet stayetli still to heare As sone as John began to speak The Roe did yield his Rare. Tho* wilde in wood, yet mylde to man, And lystening to his sownde And chefely as ye nowe beholde When God thereof is grownde. The Second Boye. The Roe is swyfte and yet can staye No Beaste so swyfte so sone. Whose gaull for healthe by speciall note In Acte hath wonne renowne. Our Roe by will is swyfte to winde And yet w th perche of staye Whose gaull whon as offenders move For justice maketh waye. The Third Boye. The Roe as he him self© in sight© All other doth excell So dothe he helpe w th sente aide All siiche as see not well. Our Roe by sighte in Government Wee truste shall rule so well That by his doings suche may leame As covet to excell. The Fourth Boye. God save cP Quene cP Maiden Prince Whom he hath set in Place That John maye preache, that Roe may learne The gyfte of heavenly grace. The Courte forbad John ones to speake A Mayden made the meene The Courte nowe bidds John Baptist preache Under our Mayden Quene. God sende her lyf and honor longe Her Royal Crowne to weare God sende us such as John to preach And such as Roe to heare. XXL ] The Mayoralty of Sir Thomas Rowe , 4568 . 119 These verses to be written aboute the Pageant if it shalbe thought good : — - If care of wysdomes learned skyll, If feare of God to doo his will, If righte of lawe and true justice. If hate of bribes and avarice, If these you printe in memorie If these you practyse faithfully— Then God do the guide you certainly e — Then God wyll blesse yo 5 Mayrealtie. Hoods and Clothinge of the Livery. Item. It is agreed and decreed, that there shall not at any tyme hereafter be wome by eny member of this Mystery that shalbe of the Liverye and clothinge of this Mystery, any other colors in their Hoods at eny tyme or tymes hereafter but onely Scarlet and Puke, and those colors to stand bothe for the beste and second Livery. And that eny Hood or Hoods made or to be made of the colors of Crymson and Puke shall not in eny wyse hereafter be wome by eny of the Livery of this Mystery at any tyme hereafter. An Order for bringing to the Hall the Hoods of the Livery that are Skarlet and Crimson. Item. It is agreed and decreed, that ev^ry one of the clothinge of this Mystery shalby x of the clock in the fforenoon upon Mondaye nowe nexte ensuynge, bringe in or cause to be broughte into this house before the Master and Wardens, all and ev^ry such Hoods and Hood as they have of the colors of Skarlet and Crymson, to that effecte, that suche of the sayd Hoods as by the forsaide Master and Wardens shalbe judged meet to srve for the beste lyverey to stand for good, and yf eny of the sayde whoods shalbe founde otherwise not mete to srve for the beste Lyverey. Then the M r and Wardens shall in place thereof p 9 vide or cause to be p s vided for them newe Hoods of y® colors of Skarlet and Crymson , 1 and they to paye for ev^ry of the sayde Hoods so to be p^vided for them by the forsaide Maister and Wardens as shalbe judged reasonable . 8 1 Sic in orig. Qy. Puka. * As to the mayoralties of Sir Robert Lee and Sir John Gore, and later members of the Court, see Appendices F (2), (3), and (4). 120 Memorials of the . Fraternity . [ XXII XXII. CEREMONIES UPON THE ELECTION OF THE MASTER AND WARDENS, 1573. At this Daye the Maister, Wardens, & Assistants, accordinge to the effecte of dyvers and sondry Graunts made and graunted to this right Wor u Company, as well by the Queenes, Majtf* 8 noble Progenitors, Kinges of this Realme, as also by her Majti®, our most gracious Sovereign, did procede to the secret Elecon or Nominacon of one M r and fower Wardens to rule and govern this mystery for the yeare now nexte ensuinge, and after the four severall Bills made by the Olde M r and Wardens for the Elecon of the four newe Wardens were redd in e9y of ye which the M r & Wardens had nomynated, and caused to be written four sundry names of .the whole Brethren of this Mys- tery, the whole Assistants considereth of them, & altereth the Bills, puttinge of them oute and puttinge other into the Bills, observinge the number at their pleasure until the Bills be fully agreed upon. And then the ffirst p 9 cede to the Elecon of the Fourth Warden or Puisne Warden, and after to the third Warden, which two Wardens be called Warden Rentors, to whose Eleffin all of the Assistants do pryck & so p 9 cede to electe the second and first Wardens, and then all such of the Assistants as be named in those Bills depute oute of the howse, the rest make the ElecxSn by scrutinye and pryck after this manner. The first Warden taketh the Elecon Bills in his hande, and the Sien Clerke a bodkyn, and so they go from one to another begynning at the youngest of th’ Assistants, as is usually done in all matters which passe by voyces in this house, and p 9 ceedinge upwardes until they come unto the Olde M re , and then they go to the youngest Warden and so to the reste, and after the Wardens to the youngeste and laste Maister, and so upwarde from one to another until they come unto the p 9 sente M r , the said upper Warden shewinge or the Clarke readinge their names which be in the Bill in scrutyne, and everyone hathe his pryck which he setteth to whose name he woulde have in Office, and if it happen that after the M r hath given his pryck there be two havinge moste and yet even nomber of prycks, the Maister of Prerogative maye pryck agayne to fynish the Eicon w® 11 resteth on him w® h hath the most prycks. And after the lyke mann r the M r is chosen, savinge that there be but two men named in the Bill made for the Elecon of the M r , and that the newe Maister is chosen onlye by the XXII. ] Election of Master and Wardens, 4578. 121 scrutyne and pryck of the Old Maister and Wardens then beinge, with the olde M r8 (all other Assistants being put assyde). Accordinge to the lawful orders of this Mystery, the saide Elecon this pnte daye restinge upon theis persons hereunder written (viz.), M r Rich d White, M r , Tho 8 Haile, Tho 8 Kyrton, Rob t Hawes, and Cha 8 Hoskins, Wardens, was solemply and openly in the coen Hall of this mystery put into Execucon by the saide Olde M r and his Wardens in this Coen Hall of this Mystery before the Right Hon ble S r Lyonell Duckett, Knight, Lorde Mayor of London, and many other Worshipfull persons then and there p^sente towards the latter end of the Dynner and before Waifers sved in accordinge to the right laudable and ancyent custome of this Mystery in that behalf yerely used & accustomed. The mann r of the Publication of the EleaSn, ho we yt is to be used, I have thoughte good for memory sake, noother Booke expressing the same, and that one uniforme Order maye be obsved therein to set yt here in writinge as followeth. The manner howe the Secrete Elecion is published in the Coen Hall. After the Hall is served w th the seconde Course, the M r and his Wardens accompanyed Officers do at evry Table chere their Gests, w« h beinge done the M r preparinge to make solempn publication of the said secrete Elecon havinge before him, firste, the Wayts of the Cytie playinge, then the Beadill and Clarke fol- lowinge together, the Beadill having a Verger of Sylver in his hande and the Clerke a Scrole of Paper which importeth the names of the Brethem, after whome followith the youngest Warden goinge alone, havinge one of the Elecon Cupps in his hande and his Garlande on his hedd and in like mann r appoynted, all the other Wardens followinge accordinge to their places, so that the ffirste or M r Warden goinge hindermost next the M r carrieth the M” Cuppe w tt Ipocras, 1 whom the M r ffolowith, hav- inge onely his Garlande on his hedd, being accompaned w tb two olde M”, thelder of whome goeth on his righte hande and the yonger on the M re leffce hande. 1 Arnold, writing in the year 1502, gives the following “ Besaaite to make Tpocres ” : — * “ For a Galon and a pynt of red wy take synamon iij vncis, gynger tryed an ▼nee greynee and longe peper dl. vnoe, cloues and xnaays, a q’rt’ of an rnce, Spignard a quartir of an vnee, auger ij. lb.” * The Ciutoms of London, or Arnold's Chronicle (London), 1811, f. 187. 122 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XXII. The Officers, Wardens, &c., in order aforesaide p 9 cede righte ove r the herthe (w ch is then fynely set w th flowers) to the chief Geste sittinge at the Highe Table, to whome after the Officers have rendered dutie and be with the Wardens declyned to the syde of the North or Liv r y Table, the M r pffereth hym his Garlande who chearefully accepteth it and putteth it on his hedd, and after, giveth yt agayne to the M r , who from one of his Gests to another setteth yt upon so many of their hedds as he lyketh at that Table. Afterwards the Waits, Officers, and Wardens descende alonge by the Lyv r y Table, leavinge comodious place for the M r to sett his Garlande on the Olde M r8 hedds with certen of the Assistants sytting abowte the newe M r or where he should sytt, yf he be absente one, whose hedds he setteth the Garlande twyse yf the M r Electe be presente, and when he setteth his Garland the seconde tyme on the hedd of the M r Electe he letteth yt stande, and taketh his Cuppe of the M r Warden and drynketh to him whom he publisheth to be M r of the Company for the year ensuinge. But yf the M r Electe be absent (as yt happened this yeare), The Waits, Officers, &c., in Order, as aforesaide cross ov r the Hall nere by and above the Scryne, and yf there be a Gest Table, they go upwards betwene the Geste Table and the M ra Table towards y e chief Geste, and then at the Geste Table the M r dothe also yf yt be his pleasure pffer his Garlande to his deare flriende there, and thenn fynally, dothe go to the chiefe Geste at the upper Table and drynketh to the Maister Electe being absent whom he then nameth and leaveth before the chiefe Geste his Cupp and his Garlande, and taketh his ease, w° h being done, the Waits, Officers, and Wardens descende, and come aboute the Scryne at the nether ende of the Hall where the fower Wardens Substitute attende to receive theire Cuppes w ch they do beare afore them, viz., The Warden Substitute for M 9 chaunttaillo 9 s Hall Quarter before the youngest Warden Rentor, and the Warden Substitute for Flete Streate Quarter before the thirde Warden, the Warden Substi- tute for Candilwicke Quarter beareth the Seconde Warden’s Cuppe, and the Warden Substitute for Watling Streate Quarter beareth the Maister Wardens Cuppe, who then p 9 cede and go righte over the hearthe towards the Chief Geste where dutye being rendered they goe unto the Livry Table, where evry of them pseth lyke ceremonyes w th their Garlands among suche as have not bene Maisters as the M r dyd before among the Maisters, and soe publishe the Elecon of the Newe Wardens XXIII. ] The Annual Festivals of the Company. 123 one after another by mutuall courses, viz., The M r Warden and the most ancient Warden ov 9 ffirste after the like forme, as is described the manner aforesaide when a Maister Electe psente or absente is published untill all be done, and then the Hall is served with Wafers. After Dynner the Lyvery repayretli into the Counsell house where they paye theire Brotherhood money to the M r Warden, to the M 19 use (the Clerke nothing), who do paye accordingly 2 And then every one drynketh a Cupp of Ipocras and deptheth, save such as be of the Assistants who do tarry to give Othes unto and to place the Newe Maister and Wardens, and appoynte Audytors to audyte the Olde M r and Wardens Accompts before they departe, according to the laudable custome of this right Worshippfull Company e. And accordynge to this Order Tho 8 Haile, late chosen M r Warden of this mystery was swome and placed by Xpofer Marler, his laste p 9 decessor in the saide Office. XXIII. THE ANNUAL FESTIVALS OF THE COMPANY. 1. Whatever may be the advantages of association in the present day, few will question the truth of the assertion that our Civic ancestors considered it in their day to be a very essential element to sustain their corporate life and strengthen their political existence. To hold a lawful assembly and to govern therein the craft or trade in which they were interested needed Royal authority, for in the earlier days of Civic Guilds every assembly unauthorized was looked upon as unlawful, because in the political experience of our Norman rulers the object of assembling was to regain the advantages of Saxon Freedom. The concession obtained by the First Charter, in 1326, was, therefore, the very life-blood of freedom — viz., the liberty of free assembly for the purposes of self government. 1 2. Such meetings would, however, soon have degenerated into political discontent, or something worse, had not the social element been grafted upon them ; consequently, by the Second Charter (in 1390), liberty was given to the Guild “ to hold and keep in an honest manner their feast of meat and drink,” and thenceforth the spirit of hospitality became inter- woven with the development of Civic Guilds. 2 1 Sec p. 189. 1 See p. 191. 124 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XXII. 3. Another element, by far the most important one — the salt of their existence — was the devout spirit in which these Companies were founded. At that period every festival of the Guild was in harmony with a higher rule 1 and the day appointed by the Charter for the annual gathering, of the Company was the feast day of St. John the Baptist. Then at least, if not now, " Men's words and works, their hopes and fears, Henceforth forbid to rove, Paused, when a Martyr claimed her tears, Or Saint inspired her love." and in this, as in the instances of other guilds founded in the same era, a Patron Saint was adopted as a type or emblem in memory of whom the affairs of the Company were to be conducted. 4. The religious meetings of the Fraternity were, no doubt, more frequent in earlier times than they now are; indeed, the chapels at “ Powles” and at the Hall, with the occasional ministrations of the Bishop of the Diocese there, and the attendance of the Fraternity at St. John , s of Jerusalem on the Decollation Day, are abundant proofs of this fact. 2 The summons to the burial of a deceased brother, which was pro- bably then frequent, has long ceased to be issued; and the only trace of that custom is preserved in two anniversary sermons, which are preached, — one, since 1514, on Good Friday, under James Wilford’s Will [Mem. XLIX.] : the other, since 1615, on the 23rd December, the day of John Vernon’s funeral [Mem. lxxix.] 5. It was usual (as before stated) that the chartered assem- blies of these Guilds were to be held on some previously appointed Church festivals ; and this fact appears to have been within the judicial cognizance of Sir Robert Billesden in 1484-5, when, by his award, he ordered the Skinners to invite the Taylors to their annual feast on “ the Vigil of Corpus Christi,” and the Taylors to invite the Skinners to their annual festival on “ St. John Baptist’s Day.” The oldest settled appointment of the Company is thus explained and accounted for. 1 “ When first earth's rulers welcomed home The Church, their zeal impressed Upon the seasons, as they come, The image of their guest.” * See Appendix A (6), and the gifts in Mems. LXix. and lxxv. 125 XXIII. ] The Annual Festivals of the Company . 6. The entertainment second in antiquity, viz., to “Strangers,” 1 * * has long ceased to be given to them. In a controversy with the Yeoman Taylors in 1609, this was objected to “as a great charge,” and it was urged that there was “no reason that the stranger should be better entertained than the King’s natural subjects ” ; therefore it was given up,* or at least the enjoyment transferred, to the Warden Substitutes and their Sixteen Men. 7. Of comparatively less importance were the quarterly dinners, when the whole Company subscribed and assembled for the entertainment. These meetings, which were also reckoned by Church festivals, 8 gradually fell into desuetude, first being celebrated only in every third, and then in every seventh year, 4 until, about 1623, they appear to have been wholly discontinued in regard to the yeomen. 8. When the national defence rested upon the citizens, and they were trained — first at Devonshire Square, and then at Moor Fields or Islington — in archery and shooting, the Company gave them the use of the Hall for, and bore part of the expense of, a “shooting” or “convivium* dinner, which in 1609 was de- scribed as being of “ antient continuance,” and as “ the only dinner of recreation.” 9. After the establishment of the school in 1561, other dinners in reference thereto— as that on “ St. Barnabas Day ” in the summer, and on “Doctors* Day” in the winter — were instituted, but with these exceptions no “ Festivals ” exist in the Company save those of ancient origin. 5 10. Formerly these expenses were borne by individuals, now they are borne by corporate funds, — conditions essentially different, which must not be overlooked or forgotten by the existing or future members of the Guild. 1 See Mem. x. * See Appendix B (4). s See entry of 29th May 1609. 4 See entry of 12th June 1616. * Probably, since the order of 17th May 1606, it has been a custom that the members attending a Court should (if they pleased) dine together ; and so, when the Master and Wardens assemble for special duty 6 * (of which an illustration may be given in the search at St. Bartholomew) that they should dine. • See entry of 20th June 1620. 126 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ XXIV. XXIV. MENU FOR A DINNER IN 1430. 1 * Le primer cours. Brawn ove mustard. Blank brewet de rys. Chynes of pork vel hakel beof. Swan, rosted. Fesaunt vel capon, rosted. Checons, bake. Jely vel Penynage. Venison, rosted. Partrich vel cok, rosted. Plover, rosted. Rabettes, soukers. Snytes vel quayles. Fruture goodwyth. Quynces, bake.* XXV. THE BISHOP’S BIBLE PLACED IN THE HALL, 1578. 1. “ The glory of putting forth the first English Bible in print was reserved for Miles Coverdale,” 3 who in 1535 published a “special translation,” in 1548-9 preached before the Company (receiving 6s. 8 d. 4 for his sermon), and in the decline of his life was a tenant of one of their houses in St. Benet’s Fink. 5 “ Sunday , the last day of January 1567. “ First at this day the Master and Wardens, at the humble request of Mr. Myles Coverdale, professor of holy divinity, 1 Written on a blank leaf (f. 191) of Account Book, No. I., between the accounts for the years 8 Henry VI. and 9 Henry VI. — C. T. M. It may be weU to contrast this menu with the provision made for James I. when he dined with the Company in ' 1607. See Mem. xxxn. * Another Menu, from Mr. Gardner’s collection, purporting to come from a Newcastle paper of 1843, and written on a paper directed to one of the officers of the Lord Mayor’s Courts, in these words : — A Bill of Fare for 124 persons of the Barber Surgeons , Tallow Chandlers , Sfc., Companies. « a.d. 1478, Edward IV. Newcastle upon Tyne. 2 Loins of Veal at Sd. . . 8. 0 d. 8 1 Babbitt . . 8. 0 d. 2 2 Do. Beef at 8 d. . . 0 8 1 Dozen Pigions . . . . 0 7 2 Ho. Mutton at 4 d. 0 4 1 Goose • • 0 4 2 Legs Do. 2\d. 0 24 1 Gross of Eggs . . , . 0 84 1 Pig . . . . . . 0 6 2 Gallons of Wine . , 1 4 1 Capon 0 6 1 18 Dozen Bottles of Beer 1 6 Total, 7 s. 6d. Newcastle Newspaper of 1843. 8 Shorts History of the Church of England , par. 535. 4 See Appendix A. b He died in 1568, and was buried in Great Bartholomew’s Church on 19th February (Stowe, book ii., pp. 121-2). XXV.] The Bishop's Bible placed in the Hall, 4578 . 127 have granted license unto Edward Babbington, gentleman, to transport unto the said Mr. Miles Coverdale, all that his right, interest and term of years, which he hath or ought to have to and in one tenement with the appurtenances situate lying and being in the parish of St. Benit Fink, within the ward of Broad Street of London, wherein Richard Mynsterley late dwelled, as well by virtue of a lease thereof made to the said Rychard Minsterley by Mr. Thomas Ac worth, the late Master of this mystery, and his Wardens as otherwise. So that he the said Myles do from henceforth yield and pay unto the fore- said Master and Wardens, and to their successors yearly, during the residue of the said term of years yet to come mentioned in the said Indenture of Lease in and by all things according as the said Richard Minsterley was bound to do by virtue of the said Indenture of Lease.” 2. In 1560 he also assisted, with other refugees at Geneva, in forming a new translation— dividing the Bible into verses ; and in 1568 another edition, called the Bishop’s or Parker’s Bible, was put forth for the use of parish churches. 3. This Bible was ordered to be placed in the Hall by this Court Minute : — “ The Master and Wardens decree that a Bible of the new form, lately printed by Christopher Barker, the Queen Majesty’s printer, shall be bought and set up in their Common Hall, in some convenient place for such as resort unto the said Hall, may occupy themselves at Court days while they attend for the hearing of their cause.” — [30 th October 1578.] 4. In consequence of objections raised to the Bishop’s Bible at a conference of Divines at Hampton Court, a new translation was agreed upon, in which Bishop Andrews, and other divines, some of whom had been educated in the Company’s School, were engaged. This was printed in 1611, and in process of time supplanted the older edition ; for in the Mastership of Mr. Edward Cotton in 1627, it was purchased for the Company, as this entry proves : — “ Item paid Mr. Churchman, w ch hee laid out for a Bible to stand in the Hall, the summe of 39$.” . 5. The Bible was not destroyed by the fire in 1666, but is still in the possession of the Company. It was rebound in the Mastership of Mr. Foster White, and beai-s the marks of the chain which attached it to the lectum. 128 Memorials of the Fraternity . |_ XXVI. XXVI. MINUTES OF A QUARTERLY COURT IN 1564.* “ December 11th, 1564 . “ QUARTER DAY. u Item. At this daye after Prayer made according to the laudable custome of this house the Lyvery were called by name, and theire defaults for none appearance were also i3ked, and after that dyvers Acts and Ordinances made for the goode regiment and governance of this house was also openly redde by the Clerke of this Mystery.” The following is tiie Form of Prayer then used upon every Quarter Day, upon the calling of the Livery and also of the Bachelor’s Company, prefaced with a short address to those present. Preface . “ Righte Worshipfull and Derely Beloved, forasmuche as Prayer is not only a speache but also a pcell of due service unto God who is of all mighte and majestie, wee w^ are but duste and ashes oughte reverently to regard that our harts w* h he eeeth and our words w 6 * 1 he heereth may be acceptable to him. The w ch sithe wee of ourselves beinge utterly unable to doe well, saye well, or verely to thinke well cannot p^forme, 1 beseeche you lett us crave the assistance of God’s holy spirit so to directe us that our p^sente Prayers maye be acceptable to him and effectually pffitable for us through Jesus Christ© our Lorde and only Saviour. So be it. Prayer . Almightie and most mercifull Father wee humbly beseeche thy devyne Majestie mercifully to p 9 serve thy Holy Churche universally, And therein we specially comend unto thy safe protection and direction o3 so9raigne Ladye Elizabeth, by the grace of God Queene of England©, France and Ireland, Defender of the ffaith, &c., w** all her Maj tieg moste honor- able Counsell, most humbly beseeching© thee by thy holy spirit© so to illumynate theire myndes and to work in theire 1 These quarterly meetings ceased in the year 1668, with the exception of a meeting held on the 11th August 1681 ; consequently no fines have been imposed on the Livery under the first Ordinance. XXVI.] Minutes of a Quarterly Court in i564. 129 harts that all theire counsells maye hide and all theire powers maye be employed to advance thy glory and to continewe Godly quietness w th th’encrease of comon weale in theise her Maj acs Dominions. Wee also beseche thee to geve grace to all the ministers of thy holy worde and sacraments, by what tytle or name soev they be called, that by emeste and syncere p 9 eachinge of thy worde and example of theire goode livynge they may seek thy glorye and to edefie thy churche. Likewise wee beseeche thee 0 heavenly Father to extend thy grace to all the Nobilitie of this Realme, and geflally to all Majestrates, Officers and Comons, in the same, That every one of us maye learne diligently bv the rule of thy holie worde to knowe our duties in our sevall vocations, and to endeavo 9 dutifully and faithfully to execute and accomplishe the same, in such sorte as maye be moste to thy glory and the due discharge of our consciences. Wee also beseeche thee to make us thank- full for our p 9 sente pease .and quietnes, and all other thy benefitts w° h wee enjoye, especially for the good Governors and all other Benefactors of this Righte Worshipfull Companie. And forasmuchp as wee feile and pittie the miseries of our ffellow members in Christe whorae thou haste not blessed w th the like comodities as wee enjoye as namely w th the true and publick p 9 eachinge of thy holy worde, and the p 9 tection of Godly Majestrates, wee beseeche thee m 9 cifully to beholde the manifolde miseries of suche of our Brethrene in Ffrance, Fflanders, or elsewhere, as suffer p 9 secution for thy love and testymony of thy truthe and the libertie of a good conscience, and ne9 suffer the enemies. of thy Gospell, the Pope, the Turke or theire adherents to p 9 vaile in theire practizes agaynste thy truthe and the p 9 ffessors thereof. But graunt, wee beseeche thee that in all pts of the worlde thy glorious Gospell maye be freely p 9 ffessed, plentifully p 9 eaehed and so obediently followed, that love w* 11 is the cognizance of thy true Disciples, maye gefially abounde to the glory of thy holy name. Fynally w r ee humbly beseeche thee, soe to direct us in all th* actions of this transitory life after the example of them w* 11 have beleved well and lyved well before us, that after this life wee w th them maye bo partakers in thy heavenly kingdome of lyfe and joyes ever- lastinge. F or theise and all other thinges neadfull for us and thy holy church univsally I beseeche you generally to saye with me that Prayer w che oure Lorde and Saviour Jesus Christe hathe taughte us in his holy Gospell. Our Father, &c.” n 130 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XXVI. MINUTES OF A LIKE COURT IN 1607. “ This was the first quarter-day that this m"r kept, in regard Mich's quarter-day was put of by reason of the visitation of sicknes within the citty at that tyme. “This day before dynner (according to auncient custome) the names of the lyvery were called, and notice taken of such as were absent . 1 * 3 Then in reverent manner prayer was made, every man kneeling. After which the names of the benefactors and their charitable and godly devises were openly read and remembred. And also the materiall ordynaunces for the government of the company, and the orders for the companies grammer schoole at St. Lawrence Pountneys were openly redd, and then preparation was made for dynner, whereunto were invited the whole assistaunts, and the ladies, and ould maisters wiefs, and the wardens wyefs of the present yere, and the preacher, the schoolemaister,* warden substitute, and almesmen of the lyvery, as in auncient tyme hath been accustomed.” The form of prayer used was in these words : — • “ Most mighty and most glorious God, which art great and fearfull, yet loving and merciful] to all such as call upon thee in syncerity and truth, and our most gratious mercifull and loving father in Christ Jhesus, wee most wretched and sinfull creatures here prostrate our selves before thy throne of mercy, in the name and mediation of thy beloved Sonne, our most gratious Saviour and Redeemer. Humbly beseeching thee (for his sake) to cast all our offences behynd thee, and to bury them in his grave who died for our synnes, and rose agayne to bring us both in body and soule unto thee. And wee beseech thee (good Lord) to preserve our King’s most excellent majesty, our gratious Queene, the noble prynce, and all the rest of the King’s royall ofspring and progeny. Good Lord, keepe this noble citty of 1 An entry of 23rd March. 1666 is to this effect : — “ Item at this day, Common Prayer was made according to the laudable custom of this House and a few years later (1573) the Court (March 1st) decreed that the Court days shall be kept on Mondays and Saturdays during all the time of Lent, that the members may more conveniently hear the Friday sermons before the Queen, and elsewhere, as hath been used before time. I have had my attention called by Mr. N. Stephens to other entries in almost the same words, under date of 29th January 1649 and 1st March 1652. Prayer by the Chaplain in the first, and “ Praise was made by one, Mr. Abbott,” being a noticeable difference in the two entries. 3 Wilson quotes this extract to show how long the custom has prevailed of inviting the schoolmaster to the Company’s entertainments (vol. i., p. 173, note). XXVII. ] The Burial of a Deceased Brother . 1S1 London, and defend it from grievous plauges, 1 and contagious sickines that wee may often in brotherly and trewe love assemble and meete together, to thy glory, and our mutuall comforte in Christ Jesus. And mercifull Father, blesse this society and brotherhood©, and be present with us in all our assemblies and councells, that wee may use them to thy glory, and discharge of our duties, make us thanckfull for all the benefits which wee have receaved, and daily in thy mercy are contynued towards us, through our Lord and Saviour, Christ Jhesus. Blesse thy good govemement amongst us (O Lord), and multiply thy mercyes towards us, with increase of welwishers, benefactors, and sound members of the same, setle and confirme faithfull and harty love among us all. Blesse and direct (by thy holy spirit) all our actions and endeavours, and give us grace faith- fully and honestly to discharge ye trust reposed in us, as well by our good friends and brethren deceased, as any other way belonging to us, to the glory of thy holy name, and peaceable comfort of qut owne soules, and good example and intisement of others. Ffor these thy mercies, and whatsoever else, thou in thy best wisdome knowest most needefull for us, and for thy whole church, wee shutt up these our prayers, in ye most effectuall prayer, which Christ himself hath taught us, saying.” XXVII. THE BURIAL OF A DECEASED BROTHER. 1. The earlier custom of the Fraternity was that the deceased Brother should be buried from the Hall, or that a deputation of members should attend his funeral at the church, and the 18th Ordinance of Henry VII. provided for the attendance of the Fraternity in these terms : — “Also it is ordained that what person of this Fraternity which at any time hereafter shall be duly summoned by the 1 These were frequent, and are constantly referred to on the Court Minutes. Thus, on 17th September 1563. Item. This day the calling of the Livery was omitted by reason that the most part of them were departed for avoiding the Plague u which God for his Christ’s sake cease yet and withdraw his heavy wrath from us Amen." Again, in September 1657, when Fu^jambe, the Clerk, is dead, and his wife also visited, the quarterly meeting is postponed. In 1593 the dinner is stopped, and the cost of it sent to the relief of those infected with plague. In 1603 the election dinner is private, all public feasting being prohibited by the Lord Mayor for the same reason ; and in 1607 the election sermon is at St. Helen’s, because a house “ over against our church ” was visited with plague. See p. 153. K 2 132 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XXYII Beadle to be present with the Master and Wardens in his whole livery at a place and hour assigned to or for the burying of any Brother or Sister deceased which aforetime hath not been Master nor Warden and denieth at the commandment of one or two of the Wardens then being to bear the said Brother or Sister to burying if he be not sick or diseased nor that the said Brother or Sister died on the great sickness called the Pestilence shall forfeit and pay to those of the said Fraternity for every time making denial 6$. 8d. provided always that such persons as have been Wardens aforetime, and summoned by the Beadle after the manner and form aforesaid for the burying of a Master when it shall happen at the desire of the Wardens then being 4, 6 or 8 of those who have been Wardens shall be ready to bear the said Master to burying, the causes aforesaid reserved upon the pain of forfeiture of 10$., the piece as often and when as such case shall happen.” 2. In either case the pall 1 of the Fraternity covered the coffin, and a dinner at the Hall usually succeeded the funeral, for which 2 20 1 . or 40Z. were not unfrequently given by the deceased Brother, the balance of expense (if any) being paid out of the “Common Box ” by special vote of the Fraternity. 3. Two of these palls or herse-cloths are still in the posses- sion of the Company, and are drawn on the annexed sheets. They were exhibited 8 at the Society of Antiquaries in June 1 See Mr. Gough Nichols’ note on “Herae Cloths,” Machyn’s Diary, p. xxx. (Camden Society, 1848). 8 Shepham’s funeral in 1604. 8 These were exhibited in 1862 at the South Kensington Museum, and were thus described in the Catalogue (pp. 267-8) : — No. 8,017. A hearse-cloth, of very rich cloth of gold, diapered with crimson velvet j all around on the purple velvet border is figured in gold the “ Lamb of God,” and subjects expressive of the life and beheading of St. John the Baptist, and richly embroidered. A pair of shears with the blades apart, or salterwise, shows this pall to have belonged to the Merchant Taylors Company, Tissues Flemish ; embroidery English, 16th Century. (The Lamb in a Sun or Glory, which was in the chief of the Shield of the Company's Arms, granted in 1480, 4 became the Crest of the Company in the grant of 1686,* and a Lion guardant substituted for it in the chief of the Shield, as seen in the Arms now used by the Company.) No. 3,023. A hearse-cloth of rich purple silk, brocaded in gold, and on the ends and sides richly embroidered with the life and matyrdom of St. John the Baptist and shields of arms, blazoned with argent, a tent royal between robes of state gules, lined ermine, 16th Century, English. (The arms here mentioned are those granted in 1480, and the intervening spaces are filled with the words Agnus Dei repeated, in massive embroideiy.) 4 Sec Mem. xv. * See Mem. xvi. XXVII. ] The Burial of a Deceased Brother. 183 1874, and in the Journal of their proceedings are thus described 1 : — “ It is well known that it was the practice for such of the City Companies as were originally gilds to possess herse-cloths which were used in the burial of members of the Company. The general construction of these palls consists of a breadth of baldakin cloth in the centre, about 6 feet by 2 in dimensions, to the sides and ends of which are attached embroidered velvet flaps, rectangular in shape, and about ten inches in breadth. The palls exhibited this evening may be thus described : — I. In the centre is a piece of baldakin cloth, or cloth of gold, 6 feet inches by 1 foot 10 inches. The pattern is a huge red stalk running from end to end with fruits and blossoms, chiefly, of the pomegranate. In general arrangement and colour it closely resembles the pall of the Ironmongers’ Com- pany as figured in Shaw's Decorative Arts of the Middle Ages, plate xxxiv., and that of the Vintners' Company as figured in the Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, vol. iii., p. 491. The flaps at the sides and ends are of purple velvet. The sides, 10 inches broad, may be thus described : — In the centre is the Baptism of Our Lord ; to the Saviour's left is John the Baptist kneeling and pouring a vessel of water on Our Lord's head; to His right is an Angel holding some drapery. “ The baptism is flanked by two pairs of Agnus Deis, rayed and spangled, and between each pair is a figure of John the Baptist, with the label, Ecce Agnus Dei . At each end is an Angel holding the head of John the Baptist in a charger, with the label : “ CAPAT [stc] IOHlS BAPTEST [sic] * 1 • DISOO. u At each end is a pair of shears placed saltierwise. “ The other side is a repetition of what has been described, with the exception that one of the shears has a tent between the blades. “ The ends are of the same breadth as the sides. On one is a representation of the Decollation, with an Angus Dei on each side. Salome is holding a dish, on which a figure, in the cos- tume of a lanzknecht of late fifteenth century, is about to place the head of John the Baptist, whose bent body is seen falling forward on the ground ; the blood streaming from the neck. 1 Journal of Antiquaries, yoI. vi., Second Series, pp. 245-6. 134 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XXVII. “ At the other end is the entombment of John the Baptist, with an Agnus Dei on each side. Two figures hold the body, a third standing in the middle in an attitude of prayer. This pall may be dated about 1490-1500. “ II. Centre piece, cloth of gold, 6 feet 3J inches by 1 foot 11 inches. The pattern consists of garlands of flowers with pomegranates and other fruits intermixed. The amount of gold in this cloth is much larger, more massive, than in the other. The side flap, which is 9 inches broad, is divided architecturally by arcades into seven divisions. Beginning at the spectator’s left — the first, third, fifth, and seventh of these are filled with the words ECCE AGNVS DEI — the syllables of the word AGNUS being divided between the third and fifth arcade. The second and sixth divisions contain the arms of the Company, viz., Argent, a tent-royal between two robes of state, gules, lined ermine. The central and largest division represents the Baptism of our Lord, John the Baptist kneeling to the spec- tator’s right with a hand stretched over the head of Christ — an Angel standing to the left. Above is a scroll with the words “ me EST FIUVS MEVS. “ The same subject is repeated on the other ride. “ At each end is the Decollation flanked by the Company’s arms. The costume, however, is about half a century later than the pall just described,” 4. Mr. Augustus W. Franks, M.A., F.R.S., under whose charge the British and Mediaeval Antiquities at the British Museum are placed, has furnished the following memorandum upon these cloths : — “ The two herse-cloths belonging to the Merchant Tailors’ Company are not very far apart in date, but, judging from some of the details of costume, and other reasons, I consider the less ornamented one to be the earlier. This is also more likely to be the case, as the Company would scarcely have a new cloth made less rich than one already in their possession. 5. “ The older cloth has in the centre an oblong piece of cloth of gold velvet, exhibiting a rich running pattern in crimson on a gold ground, in some places small loops of gold thread are visible, which seem to be characteristic of the stuff. A piece of the same kind of stuff, with a similar pattern, forms the centre of the herse-cloth belonging to the Ironmongers’ Company, dated 1515 ; and is engraved in * Shaw’s Decorative Arts of the Middle Ages,’ pi. 34. The Ironmongers’ Cloth is EiiMW luMi STT 1 1,'m kP! W f' t s||.J® **l A 0PW :« ■ *5 ■ MUR j n i 1 cl §| k - i'VXell.Lith. Cajil« S t HoILott^E.C. 512 XXVII. ] The Burial of a Deceased Brother. 135 noticed in the 4 Catalogue of Works of Art/ exhibited at Iron- mongers* Hall in 1861, vol ii., p. 456, as well as the cloth now under consideration, where the tissue is stated to be Flemish on the authority of Dr. Rock. Although, however, such stuffs are frequently represented in Flemish pictures, there is no evidence that they were made in Flanders. When any indica- tions of origin are furnished by inventories or accounts, they are always Italian. At this period, Lucca seems to have had a speciality of such fabrics, and on showing the cloth to Signor A. Castellani (who had brought several pieces of a similar kind from Italy), he told me that he considered it to be Pisan. It will be remembered that Lucca and Pisa are no great distance apart. The style of the design is also against a Flemish origin for the stuff, as the pattern has too little traces of Gothic design to have been made so early as 1515 in Flanders. 44 The central panel of rich stuff is surrounded by four flaps or borders, with embroidery in silk or gold thread, sewed on to purple velvet, and edged with fringe. The design of the long sides is the same ; in the centre the Baptism of our Lord, who is standing in the centre; St. John the Baptist is kneeling on one knee, and pouring water over Him out of a vase ; on the other side an angel holding the Saviour's robe ; on each side of this an Agnus Dei surrounded by rays and spangles, no doubt what is called in the Inventory 1 of 1512 4 the Holy Lamb in a sun*; then follows on each side a figure of the Baptist holding the Lamb, and a scroll, inscribed ECCE AGNVS DEI. Then .follows the Agnus Dei as before, then an angel bearing the head of the Baptist in a dish with a scroll, CAPAT IOHIS BAPTESTE i DISCO ; then again an Agnus Dei, and at the extreme ends a pair of shears, open. 44 In one instance, a tent is placed between the points of the shears, and from the blank spaces left in the same spot in the other shears, it is probable that this ornament has once existed in all of them. 44 One of the shorter flaps exhibits the entombment of the Baptist, whose headless body is being placed in 4 saracophagus, by three men in rich dresses ; this is flanked on each side by an Agnus Dei as before. 44 The other short flap exhibits the Decollation of the Baptist, flanked also by the Agnus Dei. In the centre is the headless body of the Saint, whose head is held up by the executioner, while Salome is holding out a dish to receive it. The execu- 1 See page 85. 130 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ XXVII. tioner is in the dress of a landsknecht of the period, and has a long executioner’s sword. He wears a cap with feathers, a vest slashed in front, and tight fitting hose, in one piece from the feet to the waist ; his shoes are broad toed ; Salome has a veil flying behind from her head dress, a long gown, over which is a jacket with long wide sleeves, trimmed with ermine. “ This is the most important part of the decoration, as the figures are in the costume of the period. I have not paid very special attention to the costume of the 16th century, but I should conjecture that the date of the embroidery might be placed between 1490 and 1510, that is, before the end of the reign of Henry VII. Should this date be correct, it is possible that this herse-cloth may be the ‘ burying clothe ’ kept in a deal chest, of the Inventory of 1512. One of the three herse- cloths mentioned in 1562, is called 1 the burial cloth of black velvet broidered with gold,’ in contra-distinction to the 4 State Cloth/ 6. “ The other herse-cloth has in the centre, a piece of cloth of gold velvet, of still finer design than that of the first herse- cloth, and still better suited to its purpose, as the design is more symmetrical, and fills up the panel much better; its Italian origin is very conspicuous. The pattern is in purple and gold, the latter has in patches the same small loops that have been noticed in the other specimen. “It has similar flaps or borders, entirely covered with embroidery in silk and gold, somewhat monotonous in design, but very rich in effect. The long sides are in every respect alike, being divided by pilasters into seven compartments of unequal widths. In the centre is the Baptism of our Lord by St. John, who is standing on the bank of the stream to the right of the Saviour ; to the left is an angel holding the Saviour’s robe ; above is the Holy Dove with the scroll, inscribed HIG EST FILIUS MEUS. The smaller compartments on each side, contain the old arms of the Company, with the Agnus Dei in the chief. The four other compartments contain the inscription ECCE AGNYS DEI in large ornamental letters. “ The smaller borders are also alike, divided by pilasters into three panels ; in the centre is the Decollation of St. John, at the sides the arms of the Company as before. “ The costume of the executioner and of Salome are of the period ; the former, a landsknecht, wears a hat with feathers and has a slashed doublet, and his sleeves and hose are slashed, puffed, and gathered in at intervals. He wears boots with broad falling tops, and carries a long executioner’s sword. C-F "KelLLs'li Cutlfl S r Hoibom.’B C XXVII. ] The Burial of a Deceased Brother . 137 Salome has an elaborate head-dress with a long veil flowing behind, a long dress with a jacket over it, and with slashed, puffed, and gathered sleeves. The slashed, puffed, and gathered garments of both these figures, point to a later date than the costumes of the other cloth, and I should be disposed to place them between 1520 and 1530. It is possible that a more elaborate herse-cloth, such as this one, was made for the Com- pany, or presented to it by some member, on account of the arms not appearing on the other cloth. The embroidery in both specimens must have the same origin. The costumes are somewhat Flemish, but as the English embroiderers enjoyed at this time a considerable reputation, there does not seem to be any reason why they should not have executed the work.” 7. After the Reformation, funeral solemnities were still observed, as recorded in the following extract from the Court Minutes : — “Memorandum that this day the funeralle of the Woor 11 Mr. John Swynnerton, late M r of this Company, were solemp- nized, and the M r , Wardens and Assistants, lyvery, Warden Substitutes and Almsmen, dyned at the Hall at a bountifull Dynner there provided of the guift of the said Mr. Swynnerton. Before which Dynner there was openly pronounced a grace or thanksgiving drawne by a learned Dyvine upon the Motion of a grave and Worthy auncient Master of this Company, intituled A Comemorable grace at a funerall dynner in the Hall for a good brother deceased.” — [3rd November 1608.] 8. This “commendable grace” which the worthy Robert Dowe 1 gave an annuity of 5«. a-year to the Clerk for reading, was in these words : — “ Almightie God and most mercifull Father, wee thy most unthankfull Servaunts unworthy of the least of all thy mercies, being at this present assembled together in thy feare and in remembraunce of our worshipfull Brother deceased, doe humbly entreate thy heavenly Majestie to accept at our hands this poore Sacrifice of Praise and Thanksgiving which wee offer up unto thee, as for all other thy blessings, so namely for thy contynuall providing for and feeding of us and oures from tyme to tyme. 0 Lord wee are not worthy of the meanest repast that ever wee tooke at any tyme at thy gracious hands, much lesse of this greate bounty and kindness which thou hast nowe vouchsafed us by the 1 See Mem. lxix. 138 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XXVIII. liberall gliift of our loving Brother deceased. Graunt ns we humbly beseech thee the assistance of thy holy spiritt that this and such other examples may contynually putt us in mynde of our mortallitie, that we may learae to feare and serve thee by true faith in Jesus Christ. And whensoever it shall please thee to call us out of this transitory lie£ guide us so by thy Grace that wee may according to the measure of thy temporall bless- ings wherewith it shall please thee to blesse us, shewe our kindnes with upright hearts not for desire of vain glory or for fashion sake, but to make knowne thy bountie towards us in the blessinge of this lief to the praise of thy name and to witness our thankfulnes to this worshipfull Company wherein wee have bene trayned upp and advaunced, that so having the holy use of this, and all other thy mercies wee may in them see thy tender love and care over us and have our harts stirred up to true thankfullnes in all holy Obedience to the Glory of thy name, the good Example of our Brethren, our owne present and everlasting comfort through Jesus Christe our Lord Amen.” XXVIII. PRECEPT TO PROVIDE A WATCH, 1571. October 20 th, 1571. A PRECEPT TO WATCH AT EV*RY GATE AND POSTERNE IN THE CITY. Ffirste at this daye, a Precepte directed from the Mayo 9 to , the Maister and his Wardens, conseminge the appoyntinge and nominatinge of some sufficient, hable, and discreete men to * joyne with the Company of. Veynteners, who are likewyse appoynted to set forthe other and hable and discreete men to , joyn with this Company in watche, on Monday nexte, beinge the 22nd daie of this instante monthe of Octob 9 , at ev’ry gate and posteme, as in the said Precepte hereafter wrytten men- coned, was openlie redd, the tenor whereof followeth : — “Wee straightlie charge and commande you that you immediatelye upon the receipt hereof do call and assemble togeder so many of your Companie as you shall think mete and expediente, and that ye take such order forthwithe among it. 4 yourselfe that ye appoints tenne sufficient, able, and dyscrete p 9 sones to joyne w* the Companie of Vynten 9 s, who are like- ooynted to sett forthe tenne able men to joyne with * 139 XXIX, ] Precept to attend the Queen, 4572. you to watch at every gate and posteme hereafter named, that is to say : at Newgate two, at Ludgate two, at the Bridge two, at Billingsgate two, at Moregate two, at Cripplegate two, at the posteme beside the Tower two, at Aldgate two, at Bishopps- gate two, at Aldersgate two ; and that they be ready uppon Munday nexte, being the 21st daie of this instante monthe, by sixe of the docke in the mominge, and they theire continuallie to remayne from the said houre of six until five of the clocke at night, watchyng and havinge continuallie duringe the sayde tyme a vigillant eye to all and ev’ry suche suspect and idle p 9 sones as shall passe and returne in, at, and by the same gate, and upon suspicion to staie and examine them, and so many© as they shall fynde suspect© and faultie to commit to warde under safe custodie untill o 9 pleasure shall be knowne therein for their deliv^ance, and that ye certifie me, the said Maior, of the names and surnames of such as ye shall comyt, and in what prison they shall remayne, and the cause ye comyt them for, to th’ende I maye take order for theire further examination, and forasmuche as other Companies of this Cittie are by us appoynted to followe you in the like watche, so as your turne cometh agayne to watche the tenthe daie from yo 9 saide firste daie of watchinge. “ These are therefore also to commande you to observe the saide order of watchinge ev 9 ry tenthe daie as y 9 tume comethe untill you shall have otherwise from us in commandement. Ffayle ye not hereof as you will answere for the contrarie to yo 9 p 9 rill.” XXIX. PRECEPT TO ATTEND UPON THE QUEEN ON MAY DAY, 1572. March 24 th, 1571. ATTENDANCE UPON THE QUEEN ON MAY DAY, IN MILITARY COSTUME. We straightly charge you and comande on our Soveraigne Lady the Queen’s Ma tie> behalf that immediately upon the receipt hereof w* all diligence and spede, all excuses set apart©, you do appoynt, nominate and assign© 188 good, tall, clenly and of the best picked p 9 sones of yo 9 saide Company, w^ shall 140 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XXIX. in theire own© p 9 sons or by other mete and apte p 9 sones for them, at theire costs and charges use and beare armes, only for a shewe to be made before the Queenes Ma tic< upon Maye Daye next cominge whereof 58 to be w th Callivers and shot furnished w th Morrians and other necessaries, 94 to be armed in fayer Corsletts w th Pikes, and 36 to be armed in fayer corsletts and Bills w tt Halberds, w ch p 9 sones w th their several armourers ye shall cause to be in p 9 fecte redyness, and to come and shewe them- selves upon Thursdaye nexte which shalbe the 27th daye of this Marche at 8 of the clocke in the forenoone at the Artillery Yarde without Bishopsgate of London, there to receve such further order as shalbe to them p 9 scribed, and that you have then and there names and surnames in a Book© faire written, every man as he is apoynted to s 9 ve, and one or two discrete p 9 sones of yo 9 said Company to conduct them thither, and to receive and understand© what shalbe unto them further sayd; In that behalfe fayl ye not hereof as you will answer© to t 1 e contrary at yo 9 uttermost p 9 ill. Geven at the Guildehall this 24th of Marche 1571. Stapleton. Postscript. You shall have upon Thursday nexte at the tyme and place appoynted but only yo 9 Cullivers w tt theire furniture, and the others ye shall put and have in a readiness fumyshed accordyng to the tenor of this Precept, ready to s 9 rve when they shalbe called for at one houres waminge. Stapleton. Item. The Wardens Substitute be appoynted to wame all horse soldiers of the yeomanrie of this Company to appere here before the Maister and Wardens of this Mistery, tomorrow© being the 26th daye of M 9 che, A 0, 1572, at 6 of the clocke in the morning, that they may better take orders for the ffurniture of men and armo 9 accordinge to the saide P 9 eeept. Item, Ffor the ffurniture of this Mistery w* armo 9 it is decreed that John Du Boys shall s 9 ve unto this Howse 80 pikes, and that he shall have for the same pikes after 2 s, 6d. the pece, w* h amounteth, soma 10/. Item, Mr. Rob** Hulson, Mr. W m ‘ Kimpton, and Nicholas Spencer are apoynted to assiste the Maister and Wardens to apoynte suche men tomorrowe as to theire wisdomes shall be thought mete for the service of the Prynce accordyng to the saide Precept. Item, W m * Merrick and Tho 8, Wilford are apoynted, together w th the Wardens of this Mistery, to p 9 vide for this Howse one XXX. ] 141 Precept for the Lottery of 1585. hundreth pownds waight of gone-powdere. And, moreover, 24 morians, 34 halberts, and 34 callyv 9 s, with theire furniture accordingly, w* 1 as moche expediron as may be possibly as tyme nowe seemeth to requyre. Wheuppon they the said Maister and Wardens, with the Assistants aforesaid, accordinge to the tenor of the foresaid Precept, have apoynted these p 9 sones, whose names and sur- names hereafter folowith, to be ready to prove accordingly in suche place as also hereafter is mentioned and expressed And here it is to be noted that for the more readier and bettei passinge in the lyke affaires, it shalbe good upon suche occasion to peruse the book of the last scruteny, whereby it may be well understoode what nombre of men ev’ry Company hathe as well of fforeners as ’prentizes, that where most and best be, there they may be apoynted, and the poor Brethren spared now was not observed for lack of president or other goode addresse. The list of names amount to 187. XXX. THE LOTTERY OF 1585. 1 July 26 M, 1585. A letter from Her Ma t,c * Privy Council to the Lord Mayor upon the Lottery which was sent to this Company to persuade its members to adventure in it. After o 9 hartie comendaains, we are greaved to under- stande by suche as by us are apointed as Treasurors to receave suche money as shoulde be brought into the Lotterie now open and published by virtue of Her Ma^ ires patent, and granted to John Calthrop, Merchante and Citizen of London, that since the publicacon of ihe same the proceadinges and cominge in of the adventurors are very slacke, by reason of the hard opinion and distruste conceived of the last lotterie, and the length of tyme set downe for the execuain of this nowe in hande. We therefore to whome by authoritie of Her Maj Uei ires it apper- teyneth to order and directe the proceedings of the same, knowinge the purpose of Her Maj tie8 graunte of the Lotterie to have tended speciallie to the benefiting of the said John Calthrop havinge soe well deserved in bringinge the same into the Realme, and management of others in the like service have, for the better comoditie of the said John Calthrop, and satis- facon of such as are disposed to adventure in the said lotterie, 1 See Court Minutes, August 1568 [Appendix -A (7), p. 632]. 142 Memorials of the Fraternity • r XXX. redeemed the tyme of the execuam and performance thereof, unto the Eighth daie of November nexte at the furtheste, for the execution whereof and trewe delivery of the pryces to the wynners. We meane to appoynt certaine psonnes of credite and trust, to whom the care thereof shalbe committed, that noe man shalbe defrauded of such part or prtes of the armor as shall befall unto him by the event of the said lottery ; and to th’ende the same may be the more speadilie furthered and advanced by your good meanes, the rather wee thinke yt meete, partelie uppon the receipt thereof, you call the Aldermen, yo 9 Brethren together, and to p 9 swade every man to adventure in some reasonable proporcon in the said lottery for themselves, and thereupon with the like p 9 suasion to deale with the Maister and Wardens of all the Companies within the Citie to assemble theire severall Companies together, and to make them adven- ture, either particularly or generallie, for the whole Companie soe many lotteries as they shall thinke convenient, and to bring in their adventure within the tyme prefixed. And yf you, the Lord Maior and the Sheriffs, shall by yo 9 own forwardness and industry to be further used amongst the citizens out of the Companies, procure and encrease of th’adventure, whether the Bomrne of money required by the ires patent may by, or within the tyme lymitted for the execucon of the lottery be brought in there shalbe bestowed upon you the Lord Maior, as of Her Maj tie * gift and liberalitie in respecte of the foresaid service of the said Lotterie, one bason and ewre of 100/., and to other of you the Sheriffs, one bason and ewre of 100 markes, to remayne to you the Maior and Sheriffs, and to yo 9 successors Mayor and Sheriffs within the Cittie for ever. And nothing doubtinge of yo 9 forwardness herein wee bidd you hartilie farewell from Greenwiche, xii of Julye 1585. Yo 9 very Lovinge Frends, Tho. Bromley, Cancel . R. Leicester. Fp. Bedford. H. Hunsdon. Christr. Hatton. Ff. Walsingham. S. Shrewsbury. Ch. Howards. H. Darbye. August 18 th y 1585. The Livery called and recommended to try their fortune in the Lottery. It is agreed that the Livery of this Mistery be called accordinge to a copie of a letter sente from my Lorde Maior to XXXI. J Precept for the Virginia Company in 4609. 143 the Maiater and Wardens concerning© the Lottery, to move them to adventure therein, which ire was sent f^om tbe Lord Maior to the Councell 9 *. It is also ordered and agreed that the Warden Substitutes shall lykewise call before them the Bachelors 5 Companie, and to cawse the said ire to be redd unto them, and to move them to adventure in the said Lottery likewise. June 28 th, 1586. The Drawing of the Lottery. It is agreed by the Master, Wardens, and Assistants that Oliver Thomas Pearson, Rich d Prockter and Roger Abdye, Lovinge Brethren of this Misterie, shall give theire attendance in the Lotterie Howse, sett up at the west dore in Pawle’s Churche Yarde, where the Lotterie shall be cawled out on Thursday, in the mominge next * ensuing© the date hereof, and their to remayne from eight of the clocke of the said morninge until xii of the clocke at noone, and soe uppon everye warning© to p 9 cede dowards in the Companie untill the same Lottery be called out. XXXI. THE PLANTATION IN VIRGINIA IN 1609. March 27th , 1609. At this Courte was redd a Precept from the Lord Maior, with the copy of a ire from the Councill and Company of the honourable Plantation in Virginia. To the Master and Wardens of the Companie of Merchaunt- tailors. These are to charge and require you, immediately upon receipt of the annexed ire, from the Councill and Company of the honourable Plantacon in Virginia, that you call before you your said Companie, and acquainting them with the contents of the said ire to deale very earnestly and effectually with every of them to make some adventure in soe good and honourable an accon. Copy. Whereas the Lords of his Majes*** Councill, Comissioners for the Subsidy, desirous to ease the City and Suburbs of a swarme of unnecessary inmates, as a contynual cause of dearth and famyne, and the very originall cause of all the plagues 144 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XXXI. that happen in this Kingdome, have advised yo 9 Lordshipp and your Brethren in a case of State, to make some voluntary contribucon for their remove into this Plantacon of Virginia, which wee understand you all seemeth to like as an action pleasing to God and happy for this Comen Wealth. Wee the Councill and Company of this honourable Plan- tacon willing to yield unto yo 9 Lord pp and them all good satis- faccon, have entered into consul tacon with ourselves what may be the charge of ev’ry private man and what of ev’ry private family which wee send herewith at large, not as a thing which wee seek to exact from you, but that you may see, as in a true glasse, the precise charge which wee wholly comend to your grave wisdoms bothe for the sum and manner of levy ; only give us leave thus far to enforme you that we give noe Bills of Adventure for a lesser sum than 12 1 . 10s., presuming it would breed an infinite trouble no we * and a confusion in the contri- bucon. But if yo 9 Lo’pp make any easement or raise any voluntary contribution from the best disposed and most able of the Companies, wee are willing to give our Bills of Adventure to the Master and Wardens to the generall use and behoofe of that Companie. If by Wards, to the Alderman and his Deputy to the perpetuall good of that Ward, or otherwise as it shall please you and your Brethren out .of your better experience to direct. And if the inmats called before you and enjoined to remove, shall alleadgo he hath not place to remove unto, but must lye in the streetes, and, being offred to go this journey, shall demaund what may be their e present mayntenance, what maye be theire future hopes, maye please you to let them knowe that for the present they shall have meate, drink, and clothing, with an howse, orchard, and garden, for the meanest family, and a possession of lands to them and their posterity, one hundred acres for every man’s person that hath a trade, or a body able to endure day labour as much for his wief, as much for his child, that are of yeres to doe service to the Colony, with further particular reward according to theire particular meritts and industry. And if your tpp and your Brethren shalbe pleased to put in any private adventures for yourselves in particular, you shall be sure to receave accordinge to the proporcon of the adventure equall parte with us adventurers from the beginning both of the comodities returned and lands to be divided. And because you shall see, .being Aldermen of soe famous a Cittie, wee give you due respect, wee are con- tented, having but one badge of grace and favour from his Maj tic to participate with you therein, and to make as many of XXXI. ] Precept for the Virginia Company in 1609. 145 you as shall adventure ffiffcy pounds or more, fellow Counsellors from the ffirst day with us who have spent double and treble as much as is required, abiding the hazard of three severall discoveries with much care and diligence and manie daies attendance. And as your Deputies are your Assistants in your private Wards soe shall as many of them as will adventure but 25 L present money be made Partners of this Companie and Assistants of this Councell. And thus, as an action concerning God, and the advance- ment of religion, the present ease, future honor, and safety of the Kingdome, the strength of our Navy, the visible hope of a greate and rich trade, and many secrett blessings not yett discovered, wee wholly comend the cause to the wisdome and zeal of yourself, and your Brethren, and you, and it, and us all, to the holy protecom of the Almightie. April 29 th 1609. This day our Master. Wardens, and Assistants did conferr with the Warden substitutes and sixteen men concerning the money proposed to be collected and advanced from the co’en stock at a Courte held on the 31 Bt of March last, towards the honourable Plantacon in Virginia, and upon full examinacon of all that was collected and lately agreed upon, It is resolved that the sum of Two hundred pounds shalbe p 9 senfly sent to Sir Thomas Smyth, Tre’sorer of the Virginia Company, which Two hundred pounds will be raised in this manner follow*- li. 8. d. £ Out of the Stock of the Company. . Of the free guift of diverse of the Lyvery whose \ c. ] xxiiij. j > 124 names ensue . . . . . . . . . J Of the free guift of the Bachelors* Company 1 whose names also ensue . . . . . . J liiij. iij. iiij. Adventurers of the Bachelors* Company, whose! names also ensue, expecting gaine . . . . J xv. xij. vj. - 76 Supplied by the Bachelors* Company out of theire 1 Th*roiy J vj. iiij. ij. J 1 cc. 200 Upon examinacon and conference with divers of the Com- panie, it also appeareth that particular Bretheren of the Companie have adventured with the Virginia Company in the name of themselves and theire ffrends or children, severall somes whereof this Companie have knowledge of as much as in the whole doth amount to Five hundreth fower score and six pounds thirteene shillings and fower pence over and besides the Two hundreth pounds before menconed. L 146 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ XXXI. The number that follow are : — Nos. Lyvery that meane to bestow tlieir profltts 23 Number of the Bachelors’ Company d°* 121 Bachelors’ CompJ* those who expect gaine . . . . . . . . 6 Number of the Company who hare adventured for themselves, their! 2 2 children, or friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . / The particulars of the foregoing statement were transmitted to the Lord Mayor on the third of May 1609, by Humphrey Streets, Master. Thomas Henshaw, Anthony Holmeade, George Leddiott, Francis Eyington, J Wardens. Copy of the Bill of Adventure, being sealed with a greate seale, having the armes of England with this writing about the same, viz., “ Pro Consilio suo Virginia,” and being subscribed with the name of Rich d * Atkinson, the Clarck of the Virginia Company. Whereas the Master and Wardens of the Merchanttailors of the Ffratemity of S 1, John Baptist, in the Cittie of London, have paid to S r * Tho*- Smyth, Kn 1 *, Th’ror for Virginia, the sum of Two hundreth pounds for their adventure towards the voyage to. Virginia. It is agreede that for the same they, the said Master and Wardens, and their successors for the tyme being, shall have ratably, according to their adventure, theire full parte of all such lands, tenements, and hereditaments, as shall from tyme to tyme be there recovered, planted, and inhabited. And if all such mines and minerals, of gould, silver, and other metals or treasure, pearles, precious stones, or any kind of wares or marchaundizes, comodities, or profitts whatso- ever, which shalbe obteyned or gotten in the said voyage according to the porcon of money by them employed to that use, in as ample manner as any other adventurer therein shall receave for tjie like some. Written this fourth of May 1609. Richard Atkinson. May 9M 1614. VIRGINIA COMPANY. A Paper Book presented by Sir Tho** Smyth, Kni ght, and the Virginia Company’s scale, for such as shalbe disposed to make any adventure in the lottery to set their hands to such somes of money as they purpose to put into the lottery. XXXir. ] The Banquet given to James I. in 1607 . 147 Also a true printed declaration of the present state of the English colony planted in Virginia. These documents being read and considered, as well in respect of the Counsel's letters as in regard of the future good that may come thereby, it was determined that the sum of 50 1. shall be put into the Lottery out of the Stock of this Howse, and what prizes or other profitt soever may be produced thereby, to be truly answered agayne to the use of the Howse. XXXII. THE BANQUET GIVEN TO JAMES I. 1 IN 1607. (a.) Reoorda of the Court. fb.) Expenditure as taken from the Master’s Accounts of that period. ' (A) RECORDS OF THE COURT. June 27, 1607. Information given that the King, Queen, and Prince intend to dine at Merchant Taylors' Hall. The Company are informed that the King’s most excellent Maj Ue - with our gracious Queene and the noble Prince and diverse Hon bte * Lordes and others determyne to dyne at our Hall on the day of the Elecon of the Master and Wardens : there- fore this Meeting was appoynted to advyse and consult howe everye thinge maye be performed for the reputacon and creditt 1 This account is by Richard Langley (the clerk), but another account is to be found in Howes ’ s Stowe (1615), p. 890. A Banquet, not mentioned in the Com- pany’s Records, is thus noticed in the Commons Journals (yoL L, p. 251). (See Lambert *# History, yoI. ii., p. 20. “ 2 Jac. I. Die Martis, 8° Julii 1604. “ This day there was a solemn feast prepared at Merchant Taylors* Hall, in London, for Mr. Speaker and a great number of the members of the House, of principal note and quality, to the number of 100 persons, besides servants. “ This was begun upon a motion made by Sir Edward Hobby, for a friendly and loving meeting, Ac., near the time of departing into their countries. The collection and provision undertaken by Sir Thomas Ridgeway. The Xing sent a back and a hogshead of wine. “ Mr. Speaker, Mr. V ice- Chamberlain, and Mr. Secretary Herbert, were present, and thirty persons above the number intended j besides every gentleman, and the Clerk and the Serjeant, had a man allowed them to wait. “The Clerk presented the Feast with a March-pane, representing the Commons House of Parliament sitting.* 1 * “There was at this Court punted and given to the Company by Edmund Howes, a Cronide books, newly made by the said Howes, In recompence of whose paynes It is ordered that the sayd Howes shall have fflre marts.’’— {4tA April 1616.] L 2 148 Memorials of the Fraternity. L XXXII. of the Company and to give his Majestie best lyking and con- tentment. The Charges. It is agreed for the present that the whole money shalbe laide onte and disbursed out of the comon Stock of the Com- pany, and when it is knowne what the whole charges will amount to, the Master and Wardens will referr themselves to the considers con of the Assistants what is fytt for them to allowe out of their private purses towards the same chardges. Committee’s. The Company have entreated and authorized the Master and four Wardens, Mr. Baron Sotherton, four Aldermen and all the old Masters, and Mr. Vernon, or any six of them, to be Com- mittee’s to determyne, direct and appoynte all matters con- ceminge the said greate and noble entertaynement and what they or any six of them shall appoynte, the Company will approve and allowe. Four Stewards. Mr. Thos. Rowe one of the Assistants, Robert Jenkinson, Thomas Johnson and William Greenewell, three of the Livery to be Stewards to receive money and to make all provisions and performe all other matters which belongeth to Stewards to undergoe. Two Caters. Lansdale the Lord Maior’s Cater, and Sotheme one of the Sheriffs’ Caters are appoynted to be in attendance upon the Stewards to informe them of all things necessary for such an entertainment, and to consider what number of messes are requisite and howe many and what dishes, and howe and where the same shalbe disposed, and to draw out Bills of the Diett to be considered of by the Committees, and to doe all such services as doth apperteyne to Caters to performe. One Cater to attend daily at Court. Mr. Warden Wright is entreated from tyme to tyme to attend at Court to understand from my Lord Chamberlain and my Lord of Salisbury, what complements are fytt to be per- formed by the Companye and to knowe of his Majestie hould his purpose and resolution to come. Chief Butler. Matthewe Springham, one of the Lyvery, is entreated to be chief, and M r * Butler to commaund all the Butlers that shalbe used in this service. XXXII. ] The Banquet given to James I . in 1607. 149 A Poet for a Speech . 1 Sir John S wynnerton is entreated to conferrwith Mr.Benjamin Johnson the Poet, abonte a speeche to be made to welcome his Majestie, and for musique and other inventions which maye give likeing and delight to his Majestie by reason that the Company doubt that their Schoolmaster and Schollers be not acquainted with such kinde of Entertainements. A Window for the King to look into the Hall. It is ordered that the Mason shall presently cut a hole through the mayne wall at the upper end of the Hall and make a windowe out of the little roome for the King to looke into the Hall, and Mr. Warden Osborne and Mr. Warden Albany to take care to see the same performed. The Hangings, Stooles, Carpets, &c. William Jones, Thos. Owen and Richd. Scales, three of the Assistants, are entreated at the Companies charge to make provision of Hangings, Carpets, Curtains, Stools, Chaynes, Pillowes and such other necessaries at the chardges of the Company. Plate. George Lydiatt, Otho Mawditt, Richard Osmotherly, George Sotherton, James Graves, Matthew Beadles, John Houghton and Henry Polstrede, being all of the Livery of this Company, are entreated and appointed to make provision of plate at the Companies charge, wherein it is not doubted but they will deale carefully and frugally for the Company. And Mr. Warden Wright is entreated to move the Lord Chamberlain for the use of the King’s silver vessel. Officers and Young Men to wait. The Master and Wardens are entreated to provide a com- petent and sufficient number of the Officers attending the Lord Maior and Sheriffs to wait at the Dinner. And also p^sonable young men of the Company to give their attendance in Gowne’s and to carry up the meate to the inferior tables. _ 1 When James I. was to be receiyed by the City on his coming from Scotland, the Court, by order 9th April 1603, thought fit to request “ that one of the scholars of the Company’s School should pronounce some such sorte and pithy speech as the Schoolmaster upon good consideration shall devyse, which no doubt will lend muche to his owne commendation and the credit of the Company.” Possibly this did not succeed, and hence the present order. 150 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ XXXII. Discreete Men to look about the House. Our Master and Wardens are entreated to cause discreete men to make special serche in and about all the houses and roomes adjoyning to the Hall to prevent all villainy and danger from all which wee doe most humbly beseech Almighty God to blesse and defend his Majestie. Three Tables at the upper end of the Hall. The Company are informed that the Ring’s Majestie will dine in the King’s Chamber, and the Princes Highness in the greate Hall. It is therefore thought fytt the long table at the upper end of the Hall be taken away and three several tables whereby the Prince’s Highness may sitt at a table by himself in state, and the noble men at t'vro tables at either end thereof. The Brick Wall in the Garden to be raised. It is considered and agreed that the brick wall in the Garden which adjoineth to the Taveme shall presently be raised up to take away the prospect of such as use to walke upon the leades of the Taveme and thereby woulde overlooke the Garden, and the King’s Chamber and the Garden Walls and the Gate and the houses about the same to be bewtified as much as tyme will admytt. Committee’s meet eveiy day. And be it remembered that divers of the Comyttee’s mett every day and appoynted officers to attend and also collected the most personable and proper men, and appoynted every one his service, as well of such as were of the Assistants, Lyvery and Sixteene Men, as also other young men of the Company and Ushers, and were careful to see everything performed for the creditt and reputacon of the Company. July 7th, 1607. Two Earls have invited the King. Committees to invite the Prince, and the Queen’s Lord Chamberlain to invite her Majestie. Albeit the Company are informed by Mr. Warden Wright that the Right Hon ble * the Earl of Suffolk, Lord Chamberlain, and the Right Hon ble - the Earle of Salisbury, the Kinge’s princi- pal! Secretarie, oute of theire honourable love to this Companie have invited the King’s moste excellent Maj tie - to our Ffeast, so as the Company shall not need to trouble his Majestie any further, yet it is both their honourable advice and also thought convenient that some of the chief of the Company should ride XXXII. ] The Banquet given to James I. in 4607. 151 to non such to the Prince's Court to invite his Highness, where- upon Mr. Baron Sotherton, Sir William Craven, Mr. Alderman Elwes, and Mr? Alderman Albany, have undertaken to perform that service, and Sir John Swynnerton and Mr. Alderman Elwes have also promised to invite all the Lords that are resident about London. And Mr. Warden Wright hath also promised to desire the Lord Chamberlain to the Queene to invite her Majestie and such honourable Ladies as usually attend her Highness. July 9 th, 1607. A Resolution not to invite either the Lord Mayor or any of the Aldermen that are not free of our Company. This Courte was specially provided to consider and advyse whether it were fitt and convenient to invite the Lord Mayor and all the Aldermen and their Ladies to the EleSSn dynner this yeare, yea, or no, and upon propounding thereof severall delyvered their conceite and opynions, some holdings opinion that it would be an honor and grace to the Company to see soe many sitt togeather in their Scarlet Robes: other being of opynion that it would much derogate from the private Com- panie who shoulde be at the whole charge, and soe make it seeme as an entertainment done at the charge of the whole Cytty : and some houlding opynion that if wee preferred my Lord Maior and Aldermen to a principal Table it woulde offend the nobles and honourable gentlemen who would reckon my Lord Maior in the presence of the King, to be but as an ordinary Knight Quia in prcesentia Majoris cessat potestas minoris : others houlding it the duty of us citizens to have a very special carp to give satisfaain and preferr the Governours of the Cytty: and some houlding opynion, that my Lord Maior for the present yere being a clothworker, 1 and having procured to grace that Company and to cause his Majesties name to be entered as one of that Society, he woulde doe his endeavor to crosse our Com- panie of that honour which wee understand the Prince's High- ness meaneth to conferr upon our Company ; and many other reasons and opynions were delyvred : after which it was put to scrutiny and by moste’ voices agreed, that neither my Lord Maior nor any of the Aldermen (saving such as be of our Com- pany) shoulde be invyted at this tyme, hoping that none of them shall have any just cause to except against the Companies resolution herein. 1 The King had dined with that Company on the 12th June 1606. — Entick'a Surety, toI. ii., p. 91. 152 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ XXXII. July 15th, 1607. Notwithstanding Mr. Recorder’s persuasion to invite ye Lord Mayor and Aldermen, yet it is not thought fitt. To this Court resorted Mr. Recorder of London, and did use many perswasive speeches to move the Company to invite the Right Hon ble * Lord Maior and the Right Wor 11 * the Aldermen his Brethren to dyne at the Hall upon the morrowe nexte ensuinge, upon whose emest moron it was estsones put to question and scruteny whether they should be invited or no, but the major parte remembering how the same was debated at the laste Court e, doe stand constant in theire former resolu- tion. And soe by scruteny yt was agreed that they should not be invyted at this tyme. And thereupon the Companie praied Mr. Recorder to conceave well of their resolucon, and to informe my Lord Maior and Aldermen that they feared that the com- pany of noblemen and ladies woulde be so greate that they could not possibly give his Lordshipp and worshipps that enter- taynement as would be fitt for Citizens to give to theire Magis- trates, which was the cause they forebore to invite them at this tyme. The Election of Master and Wardens this year, the day before the Ffeast. And forasmuch as there would be no tyme spared this yere for the Elecxm of Master and Wardens upon the morning before the ffeast as in former yeares it hath been used, therefore this Court was specially called for the Elecxm of a new Master and Wardens, and the rather because such as shalbe elected may be enjoyned not to be absent the next daye at the publicacon of th’ Elecon: and accordinge to usual manner and forme by scrutiny and prick, the persons hereafter named were elected for M r * and Wardens to rule and goveme the state of the said societie for one yere nexte ensuing (viz.), Mr. John Johnson, for Master or Governor, Mr. Thomas Owen, for head or M r - Warden, Mr. Richard Scales, for second Warden, Mr. John Wooller, for third or Upper Renter Warden, and Mr. Randolph Woolley, for fourth or youngest Renter Warden. Which said persons had pecial charge to make their appearance the next day, but thes Elecxm was kept secrett until it was openly pub- lished the nexte daye at Dynner as hereafter at large shall be declared. XXXII. ] The Banquet given to James I in 1607. 153 Purses and Gold to be provided for the King, Queen and Prince, &c. Also at this Court itt is agreed that the Stewards shall make provision of Three ntch Purses and of Two hundred poundes in faier gold, whereof one hundred poundes to be presented to the King and Fyfty poundes to the Queene and Ffyty poundes to the Prynce, and if the Queene doe not come, then that Fifty poundes to be saved. 1 July 16 th, 1607. Publication of the Election. Sermon at St. Helen’s on account of the Plague. Lord Mayor and Aldennen. A Speech to y* Bang. Music. Ship. King dined in the King’s Chamber. The Prince dined in the Hall. Knights, Aldermen and Masters carried the servioe. Three brace of Bucks sent by the Prince. The Master and Wardens present the King with a purse. A Roll delivered to his Majestie. The King’s consent that the Prince should be free. A present delivered to the Prince. The Prince’s Speech. The Company having made their Election of Master and Wardens in such manner as at the laste Courte houlden yester- day, the Companie made grfeat haste to Church to the Sermon which this yeare was in the Parish of St. Helen, by reason that a howse over against our Church, and some other howses in the Parish were visited with the Plague, which was used by some that would willingly have kepte the King and Prince from our Hall, as a very speciall motive to diswade his Majestie from coming. And the said Sennon was preached by Mr. Doctor Buckeridge, President of St. John Baptist Colledge in Oxon, who having due regard to the tyme and occasion began very early, and had fynished in a very convenient tyme, soe as the Companie came to the Hall to see all things in Order and give Entertainment, and to attend his Maj tiei * comyng. And it is to be remembered that the Lord Maior and Aldermen (albeit they were not invited and some of them discontented therewith) came all to the Hall in their Scarlett, and there staid untill his Maj 0 **- comyng, and then the Lord Maior and the Master of our Company and some of the Aldermen went to the Gate nexte the streete and the Lord Maior delivered up his sword to the King, and the Master of the Companie did welcome his Maj tie * and attended his Maj tic ’ up into the Hall. And at the upper end of the Hall there was sett a Chayre of State where his Maj tie * satt and viewed the Hall, and a very proper Child, well spoken, being 1 See p. 179, where this anticipation is realised. 154 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XXXII. clothed like an angell of gladness with a Taper of Ffrankincense burning in his hand, delivered a short speech containing eighteen (xviii) verses, devised by Mr. Ben. Johnson the Poet, which pleased his Maj ac * marvelously well, And upon either side of the Hall in the Windowe neere the upper end were Gallories or Seates made for Musique, in either of which were seaven singular choice musicions playing on their Lutes ; and in the shipp which did hang aloft in the Hall three rare men and very skilful who sung to his Maj U€ . And over the skreene, comets and loud musique wherein it is to be remembered that the multitude and noyse was so greate that the lutes nor songs coulde hardly be heard or understoode. And then his Maj tte - went up into the King’s chamber, where he dined alone at a table which was provided only for his Maj tte * and the Queene (but the Queene came not), in which chamber was placed a * very rich paier of Organs, whereupon Mr. John Bull, Doctor of Musique, and a Brother of this Company, did play during all the dynner tyme. And Mr. Nathanael Gyles, Master of the Children of the Kyng’s Chapell, together with divers singing men and children of the said Chappell, did sing melodious songs at the said dynner. And be it also remembered that the Prince did dine in the greate Hall, and that the long table at the upper end of the Hall was taken away and three tables distinct one from another placed in the room thereof (viz.), one table in the middle where the Prince sate alone in state, and the tables on either side were wholly furnished with Ambassadors and Noblemen. And the service to the King and Prince for the first course was carried up by the Knights, Aldermen, Masters, Assistants and Lyvery, which were of the Companie, the Lyvery having their Hoods upon their shoulders, the service being rich and bountifull, as by the charge will appear. Unto which dinner the Prince sent three brace of Bucks, and Sir Thomas Chaloner did, by ire written by his Highness commaundment, signifie that his Highness with his own hand placed the woodman to kill them. And when the King's most excellent Majesty had dyned and withdrawn himself into his inner chamber, the Master and the fower Wardens, Mr. Baron Sotherton and the Aldermen of the Companie, resorted unto his Majestie, and Mr. Recorder of London being there present did in the name of the whole Company most humbly thank his Maj tie * that it had pleased him to grace the Company with his presence that day. And the Master of the Company did present his Maj Ue - with a faier purse wherein was one hundreth pounds in gould. And Richard Langley the Comon Clerk of the Company did moast humbly XXXII. ] The Banquet given to James I. in 1607. 155 deliver unto his Maj tie - a Roll in Vellum which he had collected out of the ancient bookes and records of the Companie . 1 The Copy of the Roll delivered to the King and a similar one to the Prince. The names of Seaven Kinges, one Queene, &c. (1) Roger, Lord Mortimer, 1851. (2) Humffrey de Baune, Earle of Herford, 1872. (8) Dame J ohan, his Wief. (4) Symon, Lord Bishop of London, 1373. (5) Dame Alice, Coun tease of Kent. (6) Edmund, Lord Mortymer, Earle of March, 1377. (7) William Courtney, Lord Bishop of London, 1378. (8) Henry Percy, Earle of Northumberland, 1379. (9) John, Lord Hastings, Earle of Fembrooke. (10) IsabeU, Countesse of Pembrooke, 1381. (11) Robert Breybrooke, Lord Bishop of London, 1882. (12) John Fferdon, Lord Bishop of Durham. fl3) The Prior of St. Bartholomews, 1383. (14) The Sub Prior. (15) The Prior of Elsing Spittle. (16) King Richard the Second, 1885. (17) Queene Anne, his wife. (18) John, Duke of Lancaster. (19) Sir Roger Walden, Treasorer of Callia, 1387. (20) Thomas, Earle of Nottingham, 1388. (21) Hugh, Lord Zouch. (22) John, Lord Willoughby, 1389. (23) Edmund, Duke of Yorke, 1390. (24) Thomas, Duke of Gloucester, 1390. (25) Henry, Duke of Hereford and Earle of Darby, who afterwards was (1390) King Henry the Fourth. (26) The Duchess of Gloucester. (27) Edward, Earle of Rutland. (28) Thomas, Earle of Warwick. (29) The Countesse his Wief, and Thomas his son. (30) Thomas, Earle of Nottingham. (31) John Holland, Earle of Huntington. (32) John, Lord Roos. (33) Ralph, Lord Nevill. (34) Thomas, Lord Ffurnyrale. (35) Reginald, Lord Gray of Ryffyn. (36) Walter Skirlowe, Lord Bishop of Durham, 1391. (37) Phillipp, Lord Darcy, 1394. (38) Robert, Lord Scales. (39) William, Earle of March, 1397. (40) Alice, Countesse of Oxford. (41) Edmund Stafford, Lord Bishopp of Exceto r , 1397. (42) Thomas, Duke of Surrey, 1399. (43) Edmund, Lord Gray of Codnor, 1401. (44) Thomas Arandell, Lord Abp. of Canterbury, 1401. (45) King Henry the Fowrth and the Prince, had the Clothing of this Mistery. (46) Nicholas Bubwith, Lo: Bishopp of London, 1406. 1 See Appendix G (3), for the Notes by Mr. 'Warden Newsome on the Honorary Members. 156 Memorials of the Fraternity, [XXXII. (47) Willyam Colchester, Abbot of Westminster. (48) Lord John, the Kinges sonne, 1407. (49) Edmund, Earle of Kent. (60) Lord Thomas, the Kinges sonne, 1409. (51) Bichard Beauchamp, Earle of Warwick, 1411. (62) Henry le Scroope, Tresorer of England. (53) Henry Chichley, Bishopp of St. Dayies. (64) Sir Roger Westwood, Baron of the Exchequer. (55) John, Earle of Huntington, 1412. (56) Earle Marshall. (57) James, Earle of Ormond. (68) John, Lord LorelL (59) Henry Beauford, Lo: Bp. of winchester. (60) William, Lord Fferris of Groby, 1413. (61) William, Lord Zouch. (62) King Henry the Fifth, 1414. (63) Humffrey, Duke of Gloucester. (64) Edmund, Earle of March, 1414. (66) Lord Willoughby. (66) Henry, Lord Fitzhugh. (67) Lord Matrevers. (68) The Earle of Salisbury. (69) Richard Beauchamp, Lord Burgavenny, 1415. (70) The Abbott of Barmoundsey. (71) Henry Percy, Earle of Northumberland, 1420. (72) John, Lord Boos. (73) John, sonne of the Lord Gray of Rytthyn. (74) The Abbott of Tourchill. (76) Philip Morgan, Bishopp of Worcester, 1422. (76) Mr. John Stafford, Privy Seale. (77) Humflfcey, Earle of Stafford, 1428. (78) Lewes Robessartos, Lord Bonce rs. (79) [William Owbome] the Abbott of Tower Hill. (80) Mr. William An wick, Privy Seale. (81) Harry Warkworth, the Prior of St. Mary Overy. (82) Wm. Clerk, the Prior of St. Trinitie in Crichurch. (83) John, Lord Boos, 1425. (84) John, Lord Talbott. (85) William, Lord Zouch. (86) William, Lord Lovell. (87) William, Lord Harrington. (88) Thomas, Baron of Carew, 1425. (89) Walter, Lord Fitzwater. (90) John, Lord Scroope. (91) John Kemp, Bishopp of London. (92) John, Lord Gray of Codnor, 1426. (93) Raph Nevill, Earle of Westmerland, 1427. (94) William Gray, Bishopp of London, 1428. (95) Henry Boucers, Earle of Yew, 1429. (96) William Poole, Earle of Suffolke, 1431. (97) John Sutton, Baron of Dudley. (98) Gaylard, Lord Dovos . . t Three *| (99) Barard, Lord Mountserant . . > French V 1431. (100) Barard, Lord Delamote . . J Lords. J (101) Thomas Polton, Bishop of Worcester, 1432. XXXII. ] The Banquet given to James I in 1607 . 157 (102) Marmaduke Lumney, Bp. of Carlisle. (103) Elionor, Duchess of Gloucester, 1434. (104) Richard, Duke of York. (106) Lo: Strang, and Constance his Wief. (106) Robert, Lord Poyninges. (107) Nicholas, Baron Carewe. (108) Sir Reginald West, Lord Delaware. (109) Heere, Earle of Oxenford. (110) Lord Fferris of Chartley. (111) William Lynwood, Privy Seale. (112) King Henry the Sixt had the Clothing of this Company. (113) Edward Nevill, Lord Burgayeny, 1437. (114) Robert Nevill, Bishop of Salisbury. (116) Lewes of Lusingburgh, Chauncellor of Ffraunce. (115a) Georg Nevill, Lord Latymer, 1487. (116) John, Duke of Norfolke, 1438. (117) Robert Gilford, Bishop of London. (118) The Abbott and Prior of Westminster, 1439. (119) William, Earle of Arundell, 1440. (120) Thomas Luceus, Lord Scales. (121) Robert, Prior of St. John’s. (122) Thomas Boucers, Bishopp of Ely, 1444. (123) John Talbott, Lord of Lde. (124) Sir Thomas Hoo, Chancellor of Normandy, 1445. (126) The Lord Molynes. (126) John, Lo: Bishopp of Rochester. (127) Thomas Pomey, Prior of St. Trynity, London. (128) Lord Viscount Beaumount. (129) Thomas Lord Boos. (180) Raph Botelor, Kn*-, Lo: of Sidley and Tresorer of England. (131) Lord Wells. (132) Kemp, Bishop of London, 1449. (133) John Tiptough, Earle of Worcester, 1451. (134) William Wainflete, Bishop of Winchester, 1462. (185) Richard Neville, Earle of Warwick. (186) Henry Beauford, Earle Wardens. 1 See Court Minutes, 12th August 1611, in Appendix A (7), as to the subsequent visit of this gentleman with a gift of venison. XXXII. ] The Banquet given to James I. in 4607. 161 July 1 7th, 1607. Committee's to join with the Stewards who conducted the late feast. Mr. Thomas Juxon and Mr. Rich d - Wright are entreated to joyne with the Stewards for the satisfaction of such as have done service, or bene any wise ymployed for the entertayning of the King and Prince, or for any other paynes concerning the same. There was this day taken out of the Tresory the sum of three hundred pounds which was delivered to our Master to be employed towards the charges expended for the Entertainment of the King and the Prince. ^ At this Court the Company accepted Mr. John Bull, Doctor of Musique and a Brother of this Companie 1 into the Clothing and Liverye of the Companie. Also they have accepted and v taken Mr. Nathanael Gyles who hath his grace to be Doctor of Musique, and is Master of the Children of the King’s Chappell into the Freedom of this Society, and also into the Clothing and Livery of the same. And it is ordered that they shalbe placed in the Lyvery next unto the Assistants. And note that the Lyvery Hoods were put upon their shoulders but neither of them swome. And the Company are contented to shewe this favor unto them for their paynes when the King and Prince dyned at our Hall, and their love and kindness in bestowing the musique which was performed by them, their associates and children in the King's chamber gratis, whereas the musicians in the greate Hall exacted unreasonable somes of the Company for the same. The Companie therefore meane that this calling of Mr. Doctor Bull and Mr. Nathanael Gyles into the Livery shall not be any burthen or charge unto them further than shall stand with their own good likinge. Two Gentlemen from the Ambassadors. Two of the Gentlemen attendant upon the Ambassadors of the Lords of the States of the united provinces of the Lowe Countries, with a certen short request in the Ffrench tongue, purporting that whereas upon the motion of the Prince, the Company had done them the honor to take and to adopt them in their Company, and that the said Ambassadors had accepted that honor, and therefore they desired the Master of the Com- 1 “ Lone decimo quin to die Deeembris 1606. " John Bull, Doctor of Musique, who was bound apprentize to the Bight Hon bl «* Thomas Earl of Sussex (who was free of this Company), is admitted into the free- dome by svice upon the reporte of M r - Thomas Wilford one of the M 1 ®* of this Company .” — Presentment Booh. M 162 Memorials of the Fraternity . [XXXII. panie to inregister their names, and of the inregistering to grannt them an authentic act for witness of the premises. It is therefore ordered that their request be graunted and that the common Clerk shall prepare ready engrossed a writing to passe the common Seale of the Companie, to witness the same accord- ing to their request. (Copy in English). Seeing that through the intercession of the Prince, the Com- pany of the Marchaunttailor’s hath done the honor to the Ambassadors of the Lords the States of the United Provinces of the Lowe Countries, now beinge in this Realme of Great Brytayne to take and to adopt them in their Companie, and that the said Ambassadors have accepted that honor, may it please the Masters of the Companie to inregister theire names, and of the inregistering to graunt them an authentick Act for witness of the premises. John Berck, Lord in Godshalckoort, Pensionary, and first Counsailor of the Towne of Dort in Holland, Ambassador of the High and Noble Lords of the States of the united Provinces of the Lowe Countries towards the King of Great Brytaine, Ffraunce and Ireland, &c. To all to whom this present writing shall come, read or heare, the Master and Wardens of the Merchaunttailors of the Fraternity of St. John Baptist in the Citty ot London, greeting, in our Lord God Everlasting. Whereas it appeareth amongst the auncient Acts' of our said Company that seaven Kings of this Realme of England, and divers Princes, Dukes, Earles, Bishops, Lords, and other reverend and honourable personages as well of England as of divers places oute of these domynions have bene adopted, received and inregistered into our said Company. And whereas upon Thursday the sixteenth day of this instant moneth of July, the Most High and Mighty Kin g and oure moast gratious soveraigne Lord James by the grace of God, King of Greate Brytaine, Ffrance and Ireland, and the moast noble Prince Henry, Sonne and Heir apparent to our said moast gratious Bang, and the three honorable Ambassadors to the High and Noble Lords of the States of the united Provinces of the Lowe Countries, whose names hereafter follow (viz.), John Berck, Lord in Godshalckoort, Pensionary, and first Counsailor of the Towne of Dort in Holland, Ambassador of the High and Noble Lords of the States of the united Provinces of the Lowe Countries, towards our said moast gratious Kin g, Sir James du Maldarec, Knight, Lord of Heyes Popieulles Gros Annoy, &c., XXXII. ] The Banquet given to James I. in 4607. 163 ffirst in the States and Counsaile of Zeland, Ambassador of the High and Noble Lords the States of the United Provinces of the Lowe Countries towards our said gratious King. And Sir Noel de Caron, Knight, Lord of Schoonewalle, &c., Ambassador Ordynary for the said High and Noble Lords the States of the United Provinces of the Lowe Countries with the Duke of Lennox and divers Earles, Barons and honourable personages of this realme of Greate Brytaine, have bene invited and enter- tayned by us at our feast in our Comon Hall called the Marchaunt- tailors Hall, situate in the Citty of London, being upon the day of the Annual Eleccon of our Master and Wardens, at which tyme it pleased our saide moast High and Mighty Prince Henry (with the allowance of our moast gratious soveraigne Lord the King his Father) to honor and grace this Companie, and to appoint his name to be enregistered in the number of the Free Brothers of our said Company. And through the pleasure of our said noble Prince wee have honored the said Ambassadors and adopted them with the said Dukes and divers Earles, Barons and Honourable Personages into our said Society, and also enregistered their names (viz.) in the number of the Brothers of our said Company. In witness whereof (at the instance and request of the 6aid honorable Ambassadors) we have caused this writing to be made, and thereunto have caused the comon seale of our said Company to be fixed, and the same to be signed by the hand of the Secretary of our said Society the twentieth day of July, Anno Dom. (according to the computa- tion of the Church of England, 1607, and in the yere of the raigne of our Soveraign Lord James, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, Ffraunce and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c., that is to say, of England, Ffraunce and Ireland, the flyfih, and of Scotland the ffortieth. July 20/A, 1607. , The sum of 208/. 15*. 1 d. was this day taken oute of the Tresory and given to Mr. John Swynnerton towards the pay- ment of all disbursements which were expended in enterteyning of the King, Prince and noble Personages. August 8/A, 1607. The Companie falling into consideracon and reckoning of theire greate Charges in the Entertaining of the King and Prince, amounting to above 1,000/., being all disbursed out of the common Stock of the Companie, doe therefore desire to understand of Mr. Swynnerton, late Master, what he will allowe towards the same charges, whoe of his owne accord doth offer M 2 164 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ XXXII. Receipts. Chaundler. Butchers.— Beefe, &c. (that ho beinge allowed the usual allowance to other Masters for his Quarter dinners and also his Wardens 30/., and the Brotherhood money) that then he will bestowe towardes the said chardges the sum of one hundred and forty pounds, the which sum (albeit they hold it not so much as they expected) the Companie have accepted, upon hope that Mr. Swynnerton will be a good Member and Benefactor to our Company. (b) expenditure as taken from the master’s accounts of THAT PERIOD. The Accompt of Thomas Row, Robert Jenkinson, Thomas Johnson, and William Greenewel^ the 4 Stewards elected to make preparation of a Dynner for the entertayning of the Kings Ma^-, the Quene and Prynce, &c. [16 July 1607]. The said Accomptants doe charge them selves to have receaved *| of the right wor 11 * m r * J ohn Swynnerto Maister at severall > tymes, the some of Nyne hundred pownds. I say receaved J Sum pz. For the Cooke . Inprimis for boyling pipkins, 11 dozen and a half at 18 d. the 1 cast .. .. .. .. .. J For pans 2s. Gd., for 4 porringers 4 d. For 16 candlesticks 8 d., and 2 chafing dishes 2d. . . For 8 lbs. of candles 2s. 8 d. t and half a pound of wax 9 d. For vergis 5 gallons at 8 d. — 3*. 4 d., for rosen 2d. For mustard Gd., packthreed 4d., ladles 3d. . . . . For oatemeale 6d., and 3 torches 3s., and a linck 4 d. . . For vinyger Id. and 5 lbs. of candles 20 d. 33*. 9d. £ s. d. 900 0 0 0 16 6 0 2 10 0 0 10 0 3 6 0 3 6 Oil 0 3 10 0 19 For 6 lbs of candles 2s., 4 candlesticks 2d., packthred Gd. For cords 4 d., wooden cans Gd., butter 2d., oyle 4 d. . . For bay salt for the beere 2d., white salt a bushell 2s . . . Fqr 8 dozen of pottle potts at 18d. the dozen . . For 8 dozen of temple potts at 1 2d. . . . , For tapps 12 d., candles 7 lbs. 2s. 4 d., a firkin 4 d. 29 s. lOd. ’ Sum total of the Chaundery, 3J. 3s. 7 d. Payments by JPiUiam Sotherne , one of the Caters. For 4 surloynes and ribbs to rost 21 stone at 20 d. . . For 42 stone of beefe for laboured at 18d. . . . , For 79 stone of mutton at 2s., leggs at is., 81. 2s. For veale, 5 calves and a halfe, 51. 19s., and brest and loyne . For lambs 7 at 6*., and mutton 4* For suett lbs. 104, at 4 d. the pounde For mary bones, 10 dozen at 6 d. the dozen, 60*. For sweete breds and land lambs stones For pricks 12d., and 88 neats tongues at 14 d. . . 0 2 8 0 14 0 2 2 0 12 0 0 8 0 0 3 8 1 16 0 3 3 0 8 2 0 6 5 0 2 6 0 1 14 8 2 10 0 0 2 0 6 3 8 XXXII. ] The Banquet given to James I. in 1607. 165 For 3 dozen of sheepes tongues For 8 dryed neats tonges 12#., and 3 dozen at 16d. For 18 diyed neats tongues at 1 6d. and 12 at 18d. For 20 neats tongues at 14 d. the peece . . For 4 leggs of mutton 7#. and 4 leggs of vealo 7#. Sd. . . For 3 dozen of deeres tongues 3#., and 2 dozen of sweet breda 4#. . * For 6 dozen of lambs dowsetts . • . . . . • • For 2 leggs of mutton for the m r s dynner For half a lamb at that tyme • • . . • . • . Paid William Sotherne for a porter to attend him 4 daies, etc. Paid for our dynner w th m r Alexander y* princes gent, vslier Sum of William 1 Bothers paym u J } For fresh salmon, one at 35#. and 2 at 25#. y* peece For one 22#. and 4 others at 19#. the peece For 3 of m r Angell at 23#. 4 d. the peece. . For a salmon peale 4#. Gd. } and a side and chyne 12#. For 8 playse 6#. 2d., a lyuge 3#., att butt 2#. For a salt fish 10d., for a lobster 16d. • . For 2 greate playse, a paier of soles, and a dorie For 3 greate lobsters and 200 pra lines . . . . For porters to carry fysh from m r Angells • • For a turbut to m r Angell at 3#. 4 d. 15J. 3#. 4 d. Pikes, large con 1 24 inches, 16 at 6#. the pike . . Carpes, 12 at 2#. 6d. the carpe . . . . . Tenches, 12 at 2#. the peece . . . , • . Pikes, large, con 1 24 inches, 6 at 6#. the peece . . Pikes, midle, con 1 22 inches, 14 at 4#. the peece. . Pikes, con 1 20 inches, 14 at 3#. 4d. • . . < Pikes, con 1 18 inches at 2#. 8rf These 7 sommes amount to 16 1. 10#., but 10#. abated, so paid. Paid for a pike by m a Lansdale • • To m r Osborns man for bringing a fresh salmon To m r Swynnerton for 2 firkins at 26#. . . ’ To m r Angell for 2 firkins at 26#.. . , . • . To m r Barnes for 2 firkins at 26#. . . . . 1U. 16#. £ #. 4 16 1 10 1 4 1 16 2 16 2 6 1 1 0 2 0 1 Payd for paynting the signe of the lambe on y e dresser clothes For making and marking the said dresser clothes For a dynner on Munday befor the feast . . • . • To 2 carmen y 1 brought y« hangings from y 6 wat d side For the hyring of 18 covered stooles by G-riflyn For carrying re-carrying and helping vp with things • . For heating y« oven to the bakers man y 1 baked y e pasties . To Tho: Jackson for looking to the custards • • ... To Walter Bretton for going of errands . For 14 gallons and a q*t of creame • . To Robert Cryn for clensing the water gutters 66#. Sd. £ #. d. 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 18 4 0 14 8 0 7 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 0 4 4 0 4 4 14 0 4 5 0 4 18 0 3 10 0 0 16 6 0 11 2 0 2 2 0 8 6 0 7 2 0 16 0 3 4 15 0 0 0 8 2 2 12 0 2 12 0 2 12 0 0 10 0 5 0 0 10 6 0 18 0 10 0 0 16 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 19 0 0 10 - Fish. Pikes, Carps and Tenches. Boyling fish. Sturgeon. Other expenses. 166 Memorials of the Fraternity [ XXXII. Foulter. Eggs. Gammon* of Bacon. Fop Fop Fop Fop For Fop For Fot Fop For Fop Fop Fop Fop Fop For For Fop For Fop Fop Fop Fop Fop For For For Fop Fop For Fop Fop Fop For Fop Fop Fop For For 11 swanns at 10s. the peece 6 swans to M r Swynnerton at 11s. . . . . 10 old phesents at 10s. . . . . . . 16 phesant pouts at 6s. the peece .« 2 phesant cocks 16 geese at 22d., and 16 at 21d. the peece . . 62 capons at 2s. 4 d. the capon 158 pullets at 18d. the peece. . 86 turky chicking at 18d. the peece • • • • 40 large chicking at 7 d. the peece . . • 18 large chickins at 7 d. the peece . • • • 162 chickins at 6id. the peece . • • • 114 chickins to bake at 6 d. the peece 47 chickyn peepers at 6d. the peece . . 172 quaUes at 10d., and 6d. oyer for portage 23 heroes at 8s a> and 22 at 8s. 4 d. . . . . 2 heroes at 8s. 4 d. . . • • . . • • 10 bitters at 8s. 4d. . . , . £ 6 8 6 4 1 2 7 11 2 1 0 0 2 1 7 7 0 1 13 shovelers at 5s. the peece . • • • • • . . 17 gocLwitts at 3s. 4 d. the peece 81 partriches at 18 d. the peece • . . . . • 14 rouffs at 3s. 4d. the peece. . • • . . • . 14 brewes at 8s. 4 d. the peece . . . . 52 pewetts at 16d. the peece . • • • . . , . 87 rabbets at 8 d. and 6 rabbet suck's at 6d. . 66 ducklings at 6d. the peece howse pigions 57 at 8 d. and 56 at 9d. the peece . . 10 owles, 7 at 12 d. and 8 at 9d. .. . . . , 2 cookoes at 12 d. the peece . . • . , , 2 ringdoves at 9 d. the peece . • . . . . 2 leverets at 2s. 6d. the peece . . . . . . 2 peacocks at 10s. the peece . • • , . . agreateturky a mallard 24 teales at 7 d. the peece • • . . . . . , 6 martins 9 browsses at 3s. 4 d, the peece 2 capons on the 17 of J uly for y® M r and Wardens a mallard to hackle by Lana dale 3 3 6 2 2 8 8 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1042. 9s. 3d. s. d. 10 0 6 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 17 8 4 8 17 0 14 0 8 4 9 0 8 11 17 0 3 6 3 10 2 4 6 8 18 4 5 0 6 8 1 6 6 8 6 8 9 4 1 0 18 0 0 0 9 0 2 0 1 6 5 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 14 0 0 6 10 O 4 6 2 6 For 1,300 of eggs at 3s. 4 d. the hundred. . p*. 2 8 4 For 18 gammons of bacon waying 22 stone at 2s. 2d. • • For 8 Westphalia gammons of M r Angell at 5s. 6d. . . For 44 lbs. of lard at lOd. the pound • . • • . . 2 7 8 2 4 0 16 6 61. 8s. 4d. XXTTT. ] The Banquet given to James I. in 4607. 167 For 3 loaded of old greate cole at 26*. the loade For 4 sackes of smale coles at 6d. the sack For 2 thousand of billets at 15*. . . For 400 of ffaggots at 6*. Sd. For a porter to help Sotherne 71. 7*. Sd. £ *. d. 3 18 0 0 12 0 1 10 0 16 8 0 10 For a reame of capp paper 5*., and a reame of white 4d. For a hand basket, an herb basket, and treene dishes . . For a hoggshead made into 2 tubbs • . . . . • For 5 lbs. of packthridd . . . . . • • . For 8 lbs. of isinglasse at 12d. the pounde • • For 3 shovels 3*., for 2 payles 18d., for 3 poles for ovens 9 d. f for buttons and allowes 6d., and for 2 dozen of broomes 2*. For bread for the kytchin 18d., and carring stuff 5*. . . For a realme of capp paper for the cookes To Jennyns for scowring of vessell . . • • . . , . Ffor our dynner at the Mermaide for M* Wright and others . . For an other dynner for M r Webb y 6 butler and others 31 1 *. 6 d. } 0 6 4 0 14 0 8 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 7 9 0 6 6 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 16 0 0 8 6 For 29 ells of holland for butler’s aprons For 28 ells of canvis for dresser clothes at 12d. For 33 ells i of vemounter canvas at 18d. For 20 ells i of holland at 2*. Sd. for cooks’ aprons For 6 ells of oourse canvas at lOd. the ell For 2 ells of browne ministers to wrapp y e towells . . For 6 ells of cambrick at 7*. 2d. the ell . . For 6 ells i of Ozenbriggs to wipe hands For 9 ells of 3 q r s of lockerome at 16 d. the ell • • For one ell 1 of cambrick for M* Cordall • . For 9 ells 8 qrs. of headings for ye cooks to wipe one • . For 14 yards for straynors at 12 d., and 2 yard corse 1 2d. 18 1 16*. 5 d. Butter 160 lbs. of Watson and 200 lbs. of Lansdale • • • • Sm. pz. For 160 dozen and 6 penny worth of breads For breade by M* Lansdale s • e • 819*. £ *. d. For 6 barrels of beere at 8*. 2 16 0 For 13 barrells of beere at 6*. the barrell. . • 4 18 0 For a tunn of court beere to Mr. Campion . • • • . . For carring vp of beere to the high gallory •• • • • • SI. 11*. For 4 barrells of 10*. ale . . • . • . • • For 4 barrells of 8*. ale . • . • • 9 t • For 1 barrell of 6*. ale . . . . . • •• •• 3 1 18*. 2 8 0 18 0 2 10 3 2 13 4 0 4 2 0 1 10 1 16 10 0 6 6 0 13 0 0 11 0 0 9 6 0 15 0 6 0 0 8 0 0 0 9 0 6 14 0 1 16 0 0 10 2 0 0 1 12 0 0 6 0 Fewell. Necessaries for the Cooke. Lynnen. Butter. Bread. Beere of Webling. Ale. To Bellow. . Wine .of M r Atkinson. Flower. 168 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ XXXII. For 8 dozen of ashen cupps at 16d. For 2 payles at 18d. the payle For tilters 2s. 6d., and trayes 4s. . . For berebarrells to make tubbs for the ceUes r s • • For carying and cutting . . For mending a copper ceeterne . • . . . For 2 quier of paper For a padlock and staple for the wine celler To Silverwood, Griffin, and Belewe for their dynn e r s For mopps to wash the howse with • . For a lock for the beere celler dore . . • . £ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I. 10 3 6 4 O' 1 0 1 2 1 0 d. 8 0 6 0 6 0 8 0 0 0 7 80s. lid. For 2 hogesheads of gasconie wine at 61. 6s. . . . . For one hogeshead of high countiywine rackt . . For one hogeshead of cunnock wine . . • • For a rundlet of canara wine con 1 52 gallons • . ■ For a tierce of gasconi.e wine rackt • . . . . . For 22 gallons of claret wine for the cookes . • . • For the Rundlet for it . . . . . . . . . . For 2 rundlets of rhennish wine con* 51 gallons at 2*. 6 d. For the 2 Runlet ts. . . . . . . . . . . . For a runlet of white wine con t 21 gallons and a potle at 2s. 2 the gallon, and for the runlet 2s. For one runlet of canara wine cont 22 gallons at 3s. . . For the runlet For 13 gallons of yeniger at 18d. the gallon For the runlett . . . . • . For 2 empty runletts • • . . . . . . . . For 6 hogesheads of empty caake 15s., and portage 6d .. . For a runlett of yeniger, 7 gallons . . . . . . For 2 runletts of rennysh wine, 25 gallons 1 potle, at 2s. & the gallon 3/. 3s. 9d., and the rundlet 3s. For a runlett of rennish wine, 25 gallons at 2s, 6d. the gallon 31. 2s. 6d., and the runlet 2s For cartage and portage of all this wine. . For 3 gallons of canara wine from the tavarae . . For 8 potles of redd wine to make Ipocras 1 For cariage of 8 runlets of rennish wine For a gymlett broken 12d., and a dozen of canns 18d. . . For a potle of white wine for the cooke . . For cariage of 3 runlets of wine To M r Bray for his charge of the wyne oeller 10s., and Pryce 2s. .. To M r Roe for wine, one saterday to dynner 612. 12s. Id. } } } } 12 10 0 6 10 0 4 10 0 7 16 0 4 10 0 2 4 0 0 2 0 6 7 6 0 6 0 2 8 3 8 6 0 0 2 0 0 19 6 0 14 0 2 0 0 15 6 0 10 6 3 6 9 3 4 6 0 6 8 0 10 0 0 3 3 0 16 0 2 6 0 12 0 14 0 12 0 0 8 4 For forty bushells of fflower by waight at 34 lbs. to a bushell at 4s. 6d. the bushell •• •• . . . • • • • • Sum pz. } 9 0 0 1 See Note 1, p. 121. XXXII. ] The Banquet given to James 1. in 1607 . 160 £ s . d. 13 10 10 6 4 0 0 10 10 2 0 0 14 0 0 10 0 Suger powder, 260 lbs. at 13d. the pound Svgar refyned 96 lbs. at 15£d. the pound Currance fyne 20 lbs. at 6fcd. the pound. . Pruons 24 lbs. at 2d. the pounde . . . . 0 4 0 Reasons of the sonne 6 lbs. at 6 d. the pounde . . 0 2 6 Jorden Almonds 6 lbs. at 18d. the pounde . • 0 9 0 Figgs 6 lbs. at 6d. the pound 0 3 0 Dates 12 lbs. at 2s. 4d. the pound . . . . 18 0 Pepper beaten 8 lbs., and vnbeaten 12 lbs. at \ 2s. pound . . . . . . . • I Nutmeggs beaten 2 lbs. and vnbeaten 4 lbs. at 4s. Synamon beaten 1 lb., and vnbeaten 2 lbs. at 1 8s. 4d J Gynger beaten 2 lbs. vnbeaten 2 lbs. at I6d. . . 0 5 4 Mace, large, 3 lbs. at 8s. 6d. the pounde. . • • 15 6 Mace, midle, 8 ounces \ beaten 1 vnbeaten • . 0 8 4 Cloves one pound 054 Saffron 2 ozs. at 2s. 4d • . 0 4 8 Saunders 1 lb. at 4s. 6d 0 4 6 Rice 12 lbs. at 4d. the pound 0 4 0 Suger ponder, 100 lbs. more, at 13d. the pound 5 8 4 Reasons of the sonne more 8 lbs. at 5d 0 3 4 Dates, 4 lbs. more, at 2s. 4 d. the pounde . . 0 9 4 Almonds Jorden 6 lbs. at 18d. the pounde • • 0 9 0 Pepper casse 6 lbs. at 2s. the pound . . • . 0 12 0 Paid 3 porters for portage of this 0 10 36*. Is. lOd. Where of is to be defalked for spice deliv’ed back againe the some of 32. 12s. And w the acme W g* jM. due is . . J For synamon, large, 4 lbs. at 4s. Suger 3 lbs. at 16d. the pound Nutmeggs 3 q T s of a pounde Suger powder 46 lbs. at 13d. Cloves 4 ounces at 4d. Coryander seedes 4 ozs. • . 82. 14s. 6d. Paid but 3 62. — 3s. abated. For 3 syves of cherries, and 20ibs. more at 3d. . . For strawberies for the king's oookes • • For 3 gallons of gooeeberies For a gallon and half of raspices . . . . , . For certen seedes for the cookes . . £ s. d. 82 9 10 0 16 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 2 9 10 0 14 0 0 4 1 15 6 0 2 0 0 8 0 0 5 0 0 1 10 1 See recipe for this in footnote at p. 121. I find one other reference to Ipocras, thus : — “ 13 July 1601. — It is ordered at this Assembly [so called when the quorum for a Court was not present] that the Ipocras sent to the newe elected Master and Wardens shall be presented by the Warden Substitute of the Batchelors’ Company, and hereafter not to be sent by any such meane persons as of late have byn employed in that service, and the Master and Wardens to have a pottle of Ipocras sent to them.’* Grocery. Grooeiy for Ipocras. 1 For Fruite. 170 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ YYYTT. Trenchers. Glasses. For 2 hamper of quodlings For a hamper of pyppyns For goosberies, peaches, and cheries, wth portage For greene fruite, peares, apples, and dams jns . . For fower score greate lemans at Sd For fower score midle lemans at Ad For 1B0 greto orenges at 4 d. the peece For 260 midle orenges at Id. the peece For 60 lbs. of potatoes at lOd. the pounds For 136 quinces at Ad. the peece . . For 40 large quinces to Mr. Wallis at 6d. For ffVfty large quinces to him at 6d. . . . . . . For 10 dozen of artechoks at 6 d, the dozen For 6 gallons of gooseberies at 16d. the gallon . . . . For 3 quarts of redd currens For parsly 6s., lettis 5s., and purslane 2s. For Bpynnage 8s., smalo sallett 2s. 6d. . . . . . . For come sallett 2#., tarragon and rockett 12d. . . For flowers of all sorts 6#., rosemary and bayes 6s. For burredge and buroet 12d. f carrets, and tumepps 8s. For sweetherbes of all sorts 3s., onyons and herbs 12d.. . For sorrell and fennell 18d., for reddishes 6d. For hartechoke suckers . • . . For 5 barrell of pickled oysters at 2#. . . . . . . For a gallon of large olyves For a potle of small olyves . . . . ... For 6 lbs. of capers 7s. , and 2 lbs. of capers at 6#. . . For 14 pickled lemons . • For a gallon and a pinte of candy oyle . . . . . . For 5 lbs. and a half of bolonia salsadg For 5 barrells and a bottle 2s. 6d., for portage 4 d. . . For 8 lbs. of bolonia salsage to M r Angell at 8s. Ad. For 70 wardens to M r Swynnerton at Ad. the peece For a gallon of barberies . , For portage of meates £ 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 p 0 29 l. Is. Id. For 20 grosse of round trenchers at 4s. 3d. y« 1 grosse J For 24 gallon pots at 20d. the peece • . , . For 3 dozen of playne potts at 8s. the dozen . . For 4 dozen of playne pots at 4 s. the dozen • • For 1 peier of table knyves £ s. d. 4 10 0 2 0 0 14 0 0 16 0 0 2 0 £ i. d. For 2 dozen of water glasses at 8s. 0 16 0 For 12 dozen of venis glasses at 18s. 10 16 0 For 2 dozen of fyne venis glasses, covered, at 2s. 2d. the peece • • 8 0 0 For one venis table baskett 4s., and one square 8s. 0 7 For 2 dozen of ashen cupps at 18d 0 2 j-14 12 23J. 14s. whereof 4*. abated, \ 007 and so pd J 231. IQs. 12 6 7 4 18 6 8 0 10 3 0 6 10 8 8 13 5 3 11 4 4 2 1 10 6 2 12 2 6 16 2 10 8 6 2 10 d. 0 0 0 6 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 9 6 10 0 .4 8 6 0 XXXII.] The Banquet given to James I. in / 607 . 171 For IS basket* of strowings at 6d. the baakett For flowers about the hall and church . . For 9 dozen of nosegaies at 6d. the dozen • . . . . . For onyons and parsly . . . . . . 16 #. Id. For y® loane of plate to M r Terriey y® gouldsmith, w eh was hired by M r Georg Lydiat and other Comytties appointed Paid him for 28 oz. 1 of plate guilt and vngult, by agreement made by George Sotherton — 71. 18s., w^ 1 proviso that if the same plate be found againe, and not spoyled, to allowe like pryce againe for it • • For cartage of silver vessell from the tower 14 d. f and to the tower back againe 16d. . . . . . . For a padlock for the trunck for the plate For a doble lock for the plate chamber dore For bringing and carrying plate from and to M r Hudson’s For loane of the Song’s plate to Mr Warden Atkinson. . 25£.14r. 9d. To my Lord of Salisbury his man that brought 8 q r s of a stagg 20s., and 6d. to the porter that bare it. . • • To John Hellam for bringing a buck To one yt brought a buck from Mr Warden Albany • . To 2 y t brought bucks from M r Warden Atkinson To a porter that brought one of them . . .. . . To Richard Band that brought 8 q r s of a buck . • . ♦ To one that brought a buck from Mr. Myller ♦ . • • To one that brought a buck from Mr. Peart To the prince’s gentlemen that brought 4 bucks for his high ness 4 L, and to the keeper’s men 20#., and to the carters 2s. 6 d. some is . . . . • . . . • « • • For bringing a buck from Mr. Thomlins. . • • . • To one that brought a buck from Mr. Jenk . . • • To one that brought a buck from my Lord Chamberlen 8 1. 19 s. 6 d. To Thomas Collins lor joyner’s works done by him, for nailes, stuff, and workmanshipp vt. p. bill To William Gossen for carving worke donne for the Company as by his bill 67#. For hanging the hall to Silverwood and Griffeth To Griffyn for serving a sewer at o* M w election To Silverwood for a gratification . . . , . . To Griffyn for a gratification . , . . . . , . To Myller for a gratification . . . . • • • . • To Elizabeth Edwin for making oleane the hawse, having, 2 women to help her the space of 14 daies . . 83 #. £ #. d. 0 6 6 0 4 0 0 4 6 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 0 7 18 0 0 2 6 8 S 0 0 10 6 0 6 0 6 0 10 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 6 6 2-6 0 6 0 6 0 12 ,2 ,6 0 0 11 0 2 .6 2 6 2 6 2 6 8 0 0 0 Herbs and nosegaies. For the loane of plate and plate lost. Rewards giuen to y® bringers of venison. Joyners. For hanging the hall. 172 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ XXXII. Cookes. To M* Beomond, the oooke, and such as he set on worke, aa by the perticulers foU owing appeareth, viz. : — To M r Beamond for his owne paynes 51., and for his apron 6s. pz. To him for M r Morton one day • • To John Wallis for 2 daies .. .. .. .. To M r Tyffyn for 2 daies • . • . . . . . . . • • To M r James for 4 daies and one night . . To M r Barber for 2 daies To M r Lightwood for 4 daies . . • . . • . . To M r Goodyere for 4 daies . . . ... To M r Hayward for 3 daies • . • • • . • • . • To M r Baptist for fower daies To M r Stansted for 2 dayes . • . • To M r Pynfold for 2 daies . . . • To M r Ward for 2 dayes . • • • . . . . . • To M r Semper for one day • • • . . • . . To M r Gartrey for 2 daies . . • . • . . • • . To M r Williams for 2 daies To M r Ovorill for 2 daies . . . . . . . . . . . . To M r Towell for 2 daies To M r Charm e for 2 daies . . . • . . . . . . To M r Diyver 3 dayes To M r Clarckson 2 daies . • • . . . . . . . . . To M r Webster 3 dayes •• .. .. .. .. .. To old Hart for 3 daies . . . . • . . . . . To yong Hart for 3 dayes . . To M r Ffoydon 4 dayes and one night at 2s. 6d. To M r Ash for 2 dayes . . . . . . . . . , To M* Knowles for 2 daies , . . . To M r Sabill for 2 daies . . . . . . . , , # , , To M r Sebright 2 daies . . . . . . , , , , , To M r Waters 8 daies To M r Heyward for 2 daies ... . , .. . , , , To M r Smyth for 4 daies To M* Hart for 2 dayes 102.7#. 6d. To Mr. Beamont for made dishes or hackled dishes. For one turky pye • „ For 2 peacock pyes For one pheasant pye For 2 partrich pyes For one phesant py For 2 mallard pyes For 1 swann pye For 1 owle pye .. 47#. Paid for 43 labourers for the kytchine at 6d. the day . . Paid 4 labourers for the kytchin for 5 daies a peece' . , 19/. 16#. £ #. d. 5 6 0 0 2 6 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 12 6 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 7 6 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 6 0 6 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 7 6 0 6 0 0 7 6 0.7 6 0 7 6 0 12 6 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 7 6 0 6 0 0 12 6 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 11 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 116 10 0 XXXTT. ] The Banquet given to James I. in 4607 173 To Robert Appleby for the loane of 18 black jacks To him for 2 of them lost. . 33 *. To John Hudson for his paynes beinge ehiefe butler . . To him for the rse of his lynnen being 6 damaake table clothes, 8 dozen aamaske napkins, 6 diaper table clothes, and 3 diaper towells, whereof diaper was mangled and cut in the high gallery, and 19 damaske napkins, and one diaper napkin was lost To Nicholas Bellewe for his fee 40*., and gratificacion 10*. To John Story 6*., Roger Rany 6*., Tho. Chambe r len 6*. To Gilbert Yailes 6*., Henry Cocks 6*., and Tho. Leich 6*. . To Thomas Dikes 6*., Richard Horton 6*., to Jo. Fferrer 4*. . To Arthur Godfrey 3*. 6d., Brafford 3*., W m Bond 2 daies 2*. To John Ash, Ric. Gardn 9 , Ro. Chapman for 2 daies, . 3s. Ad. Venis date plums press 1 lb. 3s. Ad., retries p ss 1 lb. 8s. Ad. For the Lords messe if 16 of July 1607. Inprimis past of Genoa 2 lbs. 11s., and past of orenges 2 lbs. 8s. Past of gooseberies 2 lbs. 8s. and past of rasberies 2 lbs. 8s. . . Past of rubies 2 lbs. 8s. and past of grapes 2 lbs. 8s. , . Past of white petrogots 2 lbs. 8s. } past of musk millions 2 lbs. 8s Past of verduss 2 lbs. 8s., and past of apricocks 2 lbs. 11s. Yagases of Genoa 2 lbs. 10s. Sd., quartered quinces 2 lbs. 8s. . . Imperiall plums 2 lbs. 13s. Ad., pruons de roy 2 lbs. 10s. 8d. . . Venis amber plums 2 lbs. 13s. Ad., peach of Marcelis 2 lbs. 12s. Venis quinces candied 2 lbs. 10s., peaches of Genoa 2 lbs, 16s. Ffirench apricocks 2 lbs. 12s., Venis verdusses 2 lbs. 12s. Plums of Damasco 2 lbs. 13s. Ad., buckhones of Genoa 2 lbs. 10s. Sd Pruons of Brewnello 2 lbs. 8s., plums Azarello 2 lbs. 13s. Ad.. . Musk millions 2 lbs. 6s., Bucket orenges candied 2 lbs. 5s. Candied plums of Genoa 2 lbs. 18s. Ad., candied peach 2 lbs. 10s £ s. d. 0 16 0 0 14 8 0 12 0 0 11 4 0 12 8 0 13 4 0 12 0 0 12 8 0 13 4 0 16 0 0 9 6 0 9 4 0 8 0 0 12 4 0 9 4 0 9 6 0 8 0 0 9 0 0 9 0 0 8 0 0 9 0 0 11 4 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 0 0 6 8 0 6 4 0 8 4 0 6 8 0 6 8 0 19 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 19 0 0 16 8 14 0 15 4 16 0 14 0 14 0 114 0 11 0 18 4 Banquetting. 176 Memorials of the Fraternity. Bariquetting. Candied apricocks 2 lbs. 12 #., candied cloves 2 lbs. 10#. Candied eringoes 2 lbs. 10#., Bucket peares 2 lbs. 5s. . . Candied millions 2 lbs. 10#., marmalett 2 lbs. 3#. . . Prince biskett 2 lbs. 2#. 8d., almond comfits 2 lbs. 2#. 4 d. . Coriander comfits 2 lbs. 2#. 4d., anniseedes 2 lbs. 2#. 4d. . Synamon comfits 2 lbs. 3#., orenge comfets 2 lbs. 3#. . . Muske comfets 2 lbs. 3#., violett comfets 2 lbs. 3#. Amber greeco comfits 2 lbs. 8#., muscadine comf : 2 lbs. 4#. . Fyne syuamon comfits 1 lb. 4s. t cheries p^ss 2 lbs. 6#. 8d. Damsons press. 2 lbs. 6#. 8 d. f resberies p^ss 2 lbs. 6#. 8 d. Ffrench aprecocks 2 lbs. 6s. 8d., white quincs p^ss 2 lbs. 6s. 8 d Past of greene peches 2 lbs. 8#., peches p^ss 2 lbs. 6s. 8 d. French pippins preserved 2 lbs. 6#., goosebcris p 5 ss 6#. 8 d. . Yenis date plums p^ss 6#. 8 } 13 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 13 0 0 17 10 0 5 0 17 4 12 0 0 0 15 0 2 0 0 16 0 44?. 8s. 2d. For taffita for y® garm to of the singers in the shipp and robes for the speaker. To y« Tayler. To Thomas Robinson 80s., and to John Done 40#. To George Roaelor 40#., and to Tho. Sturgon 40#. To Willm. Ffregoeie, by Mr. Roselor 40*., and by J o. Robson 40#. To Nicholas Sturt for himself and his sonne 9 10 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 N To them that plaid on the Lute. 178 Memorials of the Fraternity. [XXXII. To William Browne, by Sturt 4 0#., and to Joseph Sherly 40#. To Wllm. Morley for himself 40#., and for Robert Kenn^sly 40#. To Robt. Bateman and Stephen Thomas who plaid on the treble violens, by Nicholas Sturt and Richard Morley To M r Beniamyn Johnson, the poett, for inventing the speech to his Ma*7 and for making the songs, and his direccions to others in that busines . . 4£. 10#. The names of To Peter Hutchins, to William Watkins, t .. . . . . To William So them’s sonne for his paynes . . . . To the marshall’s men for their paynes . . • • • . , . To a youth that copied the draught of the accompt p^sented by the stewards . . . . . . • • . . • . , . For dribletts forgotten to be written -by the payer that kept the money alone, the some of . . . • } i \ } ] } } £ *. d, 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 10 0 3 0 0 0 13 6 3 0 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 p 2 18 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 6 8 0 8 1 N 2 Gratuities to the King’s men. Gratuities to y* Prynces men. Guifts to the King and Prince. 1002. to the King. 502. to the Prynce. 1 See page 153. 180 Memorials of the Fraternity [ XXXII. Gi lie'll to Henry Beamount, the companies cooke, for 82 maister cooke’s dynner, there being noe could meats left for them .. . . .. . . •• M • • £ s. d. j- 8 0 0 Sum total of these accomptants^ whole payments doth amount j to the some of nyne hundreth 1 and six pounds 17s. 7 d. I say J j-9061 17*. Id. Whereby it appeth they haue^ disbursed more than they receaved. And w<* is to be paid them by M r Johnson M* ■ 61 17 1. 7 d. f Thomas Juxon, Exaied by ys -j j no . Yernon, t-Tho. Henshawe V Auditors. r * The w* h said some of six pownds seaventeene shillings and seayen pence was well and trewly satisfied vnto me, William Greenewell, by M r John Johnson, M r of the Company, the 6th day cf July Anno Domini 1608. And then Richard Langley, the comon clarck of the Company, did Batisfie ynto me the some of ten pownds w ch I deliv^ed Herne the paynter, as pcell of 30*. allowed the M r of the last yere. Whereas he only payd 20*., and I the said William Greenewell payd the ten pownds. W ch said 10*. was deliv^ed the said Bichard Langley to pay to me as aforesaid. WlLLM. GbEENEWELL. Hereafter followeth the Accompt currant or abstract howe the Foresaid some of nyne hundreth and sixe poundes 17s. Id. hath ben laid out and spent, viz. : — Inprimis, Chaundry ware as in pag. 164 Butchers’ meate, pag. 164 and 165 • . . , . Fish of several] sorts in several] somes, vis pag- 166, 16*. 3s. 4d., 15/., 3s. 2d., and 71. 16s. : in toto ( # Other expences, pag. 165 . , • • • . , Poultry of all sorts, pag. 166 • • • . , , . £ s. d. Eggs • . . 2 3 4 Garnons of bacon and lard. . • • . 6 8 4 Ffowell • • • 7 7 8 Necessaries for the cooke . . • • • 3 1 6 All 4 somes p. 166 and 167, in toto. £ #. 3 8 40 14 38 2 2 16 104 9 19 0 d. 7 0 6 8 9 9 181 XXIII. ] The Banquet given to James I. in 4607. th’ abstract o» the ohardges when the king and pbynob dtnbd at THB HA XT.. Ljxmen for aprons, towels, Ac Batter . . , . Breade Beere Ale Provisions for the butler Wine of all sorts and veniger . , . , , Fflower Grocery Ffor finite, as cheries, as strawberies, lemons, orenges, wardens, and divers other things . . , . , . Trenchers and glasses, Ac Herbes and nosegaies . . . . . . .. Lone of plate and plate lost . , . . Rewards to them that brought venison . . Joyner’s worke . . . . . , Hanging the hall and making cleane ye howse . . W Cooke’s wages, 6/. 6s., vnder cooks, 101. 7*. 6d . j 41s. and 20s. in toto Loane of black jacks and some lost Butler’s wages Hyer of pewter # . Pewter lost . . . . . . . . , , Banquetting stuff in severall somes . . ,, Rope and pullyes for the shipp 13*. 6d., and for taffaties and singers in the shipp, Ac., 441. 8*. 2d. . . Poetts and Inters . . . . , . . . . , 9 # , , Sheriff's officers Porters . . . . ,, , , M Sweote water, rushes, staves, birch wafers, Ac. Ffee aprons . . , . Gratuities to the king’s men and lending hangings Gratuities to the prynce’s men . . . # . , ,, Giuen the king 1001. and the prince 501.. • Purses and chang of gould More musique, caters and gratuities to cooks, Ac. Bum total nyne hundreth and six *) pownds seaventeene ahillmga and V 9061. 17*. 7 d. seaven pence J Memorandum that over and aboue this some of nyne hundreth six poundes seaventeene shillings and seavenpenoe, there was disbursed about the repayring and bewtifying of the howse, as by the aocompt of Mr. Swynnerton, maister, appeareth, the some of one hundreth fyfty fower pounds seaven shillinges and sixpence. Wherevnto add the 9061. 17*. 7d. And it maketh iust 1,0611. 5*. Id. £ *. d. 13 16 5 6 0 0 8 9 0 8 11 0 3 18 0 1 10 11 61 12 7 9 0 0 86 8 0 1*29 7 7 23 10 0 0 15 1 25 14 9 8 19 6 2 17 0 1 13 0 }l9 16 0 1 13 0 16 7 6 6 17 4 2 17 8 80 0 0 }46 1 8 44 10 0 7 4 0 1 10 6 12 8 7 1 4 6 29 18 6 8 0 0 150 0 0 7 0 0 27 2 9 182 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XXXIII. XXXIII. THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. It is alleged by some 1 that the words of this Anthem were written by Ben Jonson, and the music composed by Dr. John Bull for the Merchant Taylors’ Company, in honour of King James the 1st, A.D. 1607, set forth in the last Memorial. It is undoubtedly true — 1. That James I. (with Prince Henry), was entertained in Merchant Taylors’ Hall on .the 16th July 1607. 2. That Ben Jonson was engaged by the Company “about a speech to be made to welcome His Majesty, by reason that the Company doubt their Schoolmasters and Scholars be not acquainted with such kind of entertainment.” 3. That Dr. John Bull “ did play all the dinner-time, and the children of the King’s Chapel did sing melodious songs at the said dinner”; “ after which His Majesty came down to the great Hall — did hear a melodious song of farewell by three rare men in a ship, being apparelled in watchet silk like seamen: which song so pleased His Majesty that he caused the same to be sung three times over.” 4. That Dr. Jno. Bull was admitted to the Livery (though not sworn) “ for his love and kindness in bestowing the music which was performed in the King’s Chamber gratis,” and the Company “mean not that this calling into the Livery hath any burthen or charge to him further than as shall stand with his own good liking.” 5. That Dr. Bull went out of this kingdom in 1618, and of this world in 1622, leaving a song entitled “ God save the King” 1 See Clark’s account, printed and published in 1822 by W. Wright (London). Others hare insisted that the song dates only from 1746. — See Gentleman's Magazine, toIs. xcv. (p. 206) } and xcri. (p. 440). XXXIV. J John Stowe . 183 XXXIV. “THE LOVING BROTHER OF THIS MYSTERIE, JOHN STOWE.”* 1. In the history of Stowe's life as given by Strype (in his edition of the “Survey of London,” published in 1720) and by Thoms (in his edition of the “ Survey,” published in 1842), it is suggested that he was connected with the trade, if not with the Company, of Tailors ; but the “ Records ” of the Com- pany place these facts beyond dispute. 2. He was admitted to the freedom on 25th November 1547, but does not appear to have been ever called to the “ Livery,” or any office in the Fraternity, In the year 1568 he twice fell under suspicion of the Council ; Commissioners were sent to examine him and others as to the Spanish Ambassador’s 3 mani- festo on one, and to search his house for superstitious books on another, occasion. In 1570 he was again accused before the Ecclesiastical Commission, but escaped the danger which his own brother had exposed him to. And, strange as it may appear, in the same year the Company’s records show him appealing to the Master and Wardens to protect the fair fame of his own wife against the slanderous tongue of the wife of one Holmes, another Brother of the Mystery : — “ For the pacyfienge of a controversy depending here betweene Thomas Stowe, p* of the one ptie, and Thomas Holmes, def* of the other ptie, botho brethenne of this mystery, as well for and concerning undesent and unseemly words spoken, uttered and reported by the wyfe of the said Holmes againste the wyfe of the said Stowe, as hath beene here witnessed by certen credible psons. It is agreed here by the said M r and Wardens, by and w th thassente and consente of both© the said pties as folio weth, viz 1 * - : That the wyfe of the said Holmes shall forth" 111 in this place before the wyfe of the said Stowe utter, declare and speak these woords as followeth, viz 1 *: ‘I am sorry for those undesent woords w cb I have here- tofore spoken of you, and therefore 1 praye you to forgive me/ w* h being done accordinglie, the wyfe of the said Stowe shall forgive her accordinglie. Further, it is agreed that the said Holmes shall paye to the said Stowe 20*. of lawfull money of England, in satisfaction of all lawe and other charges incurred by him, and that being done, either of the said pties shall re- 1 I am indebted to Mr. Hopkirk (whose kno arledge of the Company’s affairs is inexhaustible) for his searches into the M.S. books in this matter. * See Appendix H. 184 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XXXIV- lease the one to thother of all manner of actions, &c. &c. f as well spiritual as temporal whatsoen heretofore rysen between the said pties at any tyme synce the beginninge of the world untill this pnte daye. Whereupon the wyfe of the said Holmes in the psens of the said M r and Wardens and dyvrse others of honest neighbo" of both the said pties did accomplish the said order in asking the wyfe of the said Stowe forgivenes ac- cordingly ; and Holmes paid 20*., and so bothe the said pties were made friends by taken of hands the one of the other.” — [20*A October 1570.] 3. He became a pensioner in a few years after, and in the Account Books of the Company (for the year 1578-79) is this entry : — 44 Item, paid to John Stowe, Cronickler, for one half-yeare’s Pension, ending at Midsomer 1579,* graunted to him per Courte of Assistants, xl*. (40*.)” The Court Records of this period have been searched for the order relating to this grant, but none such can be found ; but the payment of 4 L a- year to John Stowe out of the Company’s funds goes on with regularity until Midsummer 1600, some- times being called his 44 Fee” and sometimes his 44 Pension.” 1 * * 4. It will be seen that in 1592, Stowe presented to “the House ” his 44 Annals,” 44 as a small monument given in token of his thankfulness.” Thus, 44 at this Court (5th July 1592), John Stowe p 9 sented to this Howse a Booke called the Annalles which is a breife Chronicle of Actes and things sett downe and collected by him the said John Stowe, the which he praieth maie be accepted as a small monument given to this Corporacon by him, in token of his thankfulness to this Companie.” 5. In the year 1593, and for some time afterwards, he had a further sum of 4/. a-year as a pensioner under Mr. Robert Dowe’s benefaction; but for how many years he held this pension cannot be traced, as the names of the pensioners soon ceased to be recorded. It may, however, be presumed with tolerable certainty that it was until the year 1600, as the Com- pany deemed it proper in that year to increase their own gift to him to 6Z. per annum, as appears by the following entries — first in the Court, and second in the Account Books of the Company : — 1 It is said that Stowe sold his transcript of Leland to Camden for an Annuity of 81. f so that his income must have been sufficient for his ordinary expenses, though, as we know, he obtained letters of mendicancy from King James I. xxxiv. 3 John Stowe . 185 M March 12 th, 1600. “ Upon the mocon of Mr. Robert Dowe an ancient Master, and one of the Assistants of this Howse, in favour of John Stowe a loving Brother of this Company, who taketh much paynes in wry ting of Chronicles and matters of Antiquities. It is granted and agreed that the pencon of iiijZ. per anS gyven him owt of the comon stocke of this Howse shalbe encreased xls. (40s.) and made up vj/. per annS, to begine at our Ladie daye nexte— soe as with the iiijZ. he receaveth out of this Howse (as one of the Almesmen of the said Mr. Robert Dowe) he is in the whole to receave yerely duringe his life, a pencon out of, and from this Companye, amounting to the sum of tenn pounds per annum.” Master’s Payments, 1600-1. “Item, paid to John Stowe for his yerelie pencion — viz., for ij. quarters after the rate of xxs. the quarter, and for th’other twoe quarters ending at Midsomer 1601, after the rate of xxx«. the quarter, according to order taken at a Court of Assist ents xijth Martii 1600. 6. The particulars of Robert Dowe’s Charity will be found printed elsewhere, 1 but in an earlier deed of 20th June 1602, still in possession of the Company, which was revoked by that of August 1605, these passages are found : — 7. It sets forth by way of recital that Dowe, “ knowing the great number of his poore brethren, the Merchant Taylors, using the handycraft of Taylor y to be decayed many waies, chiefley by a number of forreins that have entred the Citty of London, and are divers waies placed and sett on worke in open shoppes and private howses within the liberties there by want of good foresight, care and diligence to reform the same, being moved with a zealous and charitable care to relieve the decayed estate of the said poore handycraft so much as he might.” 8. The deed then provides that the Company shall pay a yearly pension of 5 L 2s. to certain Tailors, and to John Stow r e, who was not then a working tailor, setting forth that those holding the pension should be qualified as such, “ saving only the said John Stowe, whoe yet notwithstanding in his begyn- nyng was of the handycraft, and now for many yeres ha # th spent great labor and study in wryting of Chronicles and other memorable matters for the good of all posterity, and therefore the said Robt. Dowe hath thought fitt for his better $ 1 See Mem. lxix. Memorials af the Fraternity. 186 [ XXXV. maynetennance to make him partaker of the benefit of one of the said Pensions/’ 9. This pension Stowe 1 received until his death on the 5th April 1605, and his successor Howes (if he can be called such), received encouragement in his labours from the Company, as this entry proves : — "There was fieely and lovingly given by this Court to Mr. Edmond Howes the Chronicler, who sithence the death of Mr. John Stowe hath sett forth an abridgement or summary of the English Chronicles, to thend the better to encourage him to proceed in the course which he hath begun, the some of Tenn pounds. 1 * — [20fA February 1607.] At a subsequent Court (4th April 1615) he presented a copy of his work to the Company. XXXY. JOHN SPEED, THE CHRONICLER. John Speed, the Chronicler, was also “ a loving Brother of this House,” as these entries prove : — “ Curtains for the Queen’s Arms and Maps* : — It is agreed that provision shalbe made for curtens for the Queen’s Armes in the Hall, and for the Mappes latelie given to this Companie by Mr. Spede, a lovinge Brother of this House.” — [21*£ October 1600.] "John Speede, a loving brother of this Company, became an humble suitor for a lease in reversion of a tenement in Fenchurch Street, submytting himself for a fyne to the con- sideration of the Company, whose humble suite the Company much respect, as well in regard that he is a brother of this Company, as also because he is a man of very rare and in- genious capacitie in drawing and setting forthe of mapps and genealogies and other very excellent inventions, and by three several mappes of his own invention w ch he freely gave unto this Companie maie appeare.” — [28*A March 1601.] “ John Speed having surrendered his lease of a garden and tenement in the Moorefields, wherein there is yeat nine years 1 In 1603 he dedicated an Edition of his Survey to Sir Robert Lee, who was the Lord Mayor and a Member of the Court of the Merchant Taylors* Company. * These probably hung in the “ Parlor.** See Memo. XIY. XXXVI. ] Ogilby , the Poet- 187 to come, did desire that it would please the Company to grant him a new lease for a longer tyme ; whereupon the Company, considering how he hath heretofore expressed his love to this house by psenting* his labours of free guift, and that he hath built on the said ground a fayer house which may stand him in 400/., ordered that he shall have a new lease of the sayed garden and new tenem* for the terme of thirty-one years without fyne and paying the old rent, which is twenty shillings p. ann.” — [18/A March 1614.] “ An Indenture of Lease, bearing date the 8th daie of June 1618, made and granted unto John Speed, Citizen and Mer- chantaylo r of London, of a tenem* garden and taynto r or Tayntor ground, situate and being neere Moore fields, in the parish ot St. Giles w th out Creplegate, for 31 yeares, whereupon is reserved the yearely rent of three pounds.” — [1*/ July 1618.] “ Ordered, that John Speed, a student in St. John’s College, 1 Oxford* surrendering his lease in of the tenement and garden in Little Moorfields now in his tenure, and late in the tenure of Mr. John Speed, late Merchant Taylor, deceased, his father, and which was heretofore built by his grandfather, shall have a new lease thereof for 31 years from Mich* next, for the accutomed yearly rent of 40*. and for the fine of 45/., to be paid within three months. — [16/A July 1652.] XXXVI. OGILBY, THE POET. 44 Upon the humble petition of John Ogilby, a poet, free of this Company, who having with much studie and expence translated Virgil into English meeter, together with Annota- tions upon the same, and likewise Esop’s Fables, both which he presented to this Companie this daie very fairly bound, this Court, in requital of his gift and for his encouragement, being a member of this Company, doth give and bestow upon him the sum of 13/. 6*. 8d.” — [20/A July 1654.] 1 He became a Fellow of St. John's, and he is noted hereafter ns one of the Scholars of the Company's School. See Appendix L (8), p. 670. 188 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ XXXVII. XXXVII. CHARTER OF THE MERCHANT TAYLORS* COMPANY.' (the eighteenth tear op the reign of henry vn.) 1. The King, to all to whom, &c., greeting, We have in- jk spected letters patent of Edward IV., of most 1 noble memory, late of England, &c., made in Henry 7 has inspected these words: Edward, by the grace of God the Charter of Edw. 4. King of England and France and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom these present letters Edward 4 has in- shall come, greeting ; we have inspected letters oFflen 6^ e Cluurfcer patent of the Lord Henry VI., in deed and not of right late King of England, among other things made in these words, Henry, by the grace of God King of England and France and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom these present letters shall come greeting ; we have Who had inspected inspected letters patent of the Lord Henry, gnndtMwHauyA | ate Kin g of England, our grandfather, made in these words, Henry, by the grace of God King of England and France and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom these present letters Who had inspected shall come, greeting ; we have inspected letters the lettere of Richard p a fc en ^ 0 f L or( j Richard II., after the conquest late King of England, made in these wofds, Richard, by the grace of God King of Eng- land and France and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom these present letters shall come, 1 For discussion on this Charter, see The King «. Attwood, 4 Bara, and AdoL, 495. This Charter (after the forfeiture of the City Charters to the King’s Bench, in Trinity Term, 1682-3) was surrendered to Charles the Second by the Master and Wardens (the Assistants having previously surrendered their rights and privileges to the Master and Wardens) on the 16th April 1684, and a new Charter issued limiting the Court to 40 members, all being of the Church of England. Subse- quently, in 1689, by the 2 William and Mary, c. 8, sec. 12, the original Charters were restored to the Company. XXXVII. ] Edward the Third's Charter , 1326. 189 greeting; we have inspected letters patent of Who had inspected the Lord Edward, our grandfather, late King of England, in these words, Edward, by the grace of God King of England and France and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom these present letters shall come, greeting ; we have inspected our letters patent which we lately had inspected caused to be made under the seal which we follows: then used in England, in these words : — 2. Edward by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland and Duke of Aquitaine, to all to whom Edward the 8rd’s these present letters shall come, greeting ; the Charter, loth March Taylors and Linen Armourers of our City of 1826 ‘ London, have besought us, by their Petition presented to us and our Council in our present Parliament, that as they and their pre- decessors of the same Misteries, in the City aforesaid, had always been accustomed hitherto from the time whereof there is no memory, to have and hold their Guild within the City aforesaid once a year, and in the same Guild to govern their Misteries, and to settle the state of their servants of the same Misteries, and to correct and amend the defects thereof, as well for the common weal of the men of the said City, as of those resorting thither and now for some time all those who have called themselves of the said Misteries, as well foreigners as others, have taken shops in the City aforesaid at their pleasure, and used the said Misteries, and through such irregularities of foreigners and their defects continuing uncorrected, a very many disadvantages have oftentimes occurred as well to many of the said City as to others, to the disgrace of the honest men of the said Misteries, we would ratify the said Guild, and confirm the same to the men of the said Misteries dwelling in the said Gty, to be holden by them and their successors of the same Misteries for ever, we, assenting to their petition in this behalf, do by the tenor of these presents accept and ratify the aforesaid Guild, willing and granting for us and our heirs that the men of the Misteries aforesaid in the said City aforesaid, and their successors, shall have and hold their Guild once a year, as it hath been anciently accustomed to be done, and in the same to settle and govern 1 their Misteries and the defaults of their servants aforesaid, by view of the Mayor of the City aforesaid for the time being, or of any one whom he shall have for that purpose appointed in 1 See Appendix A (3). 190 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XXXYII. his place, and to correct and amend the same by the more honest and sufficient men of the said Misteries, as may appear more advantageous for the commonalty of our people, and that no one shall hold a counter or shop of the said Misteries within the liberty of the city aforesaid, unless he be of the Freedom of that City, nor shall any one be admitted to the said Freedom unless it shall be testified by the honest and lawful men of the said Misteries that he is honest, faithful and fit for the same ; in witness whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent, witness ourself at Westminster the 10th day of March in the first year of our reign. 3. We have also caused the tenor of our aforesaid letters to be exemplified under the seal which we now 6, i5tU year of the U8e m England, in witness whereof we have reign in England, and caused these oui’ letters to be made patent, France the second. witness ourself at Langele the 6th day of February, in the 16th year of our reign of England, and of France the 2nd. 4. We, of our especial grace, ratifying and approving of all Bichard the 2ncL's a f ore8a ^ confirmation, intent and grant of Charter, 30th July our aforesaid grandfather, and all and singular Confirmation other things in his said letters patent contained, and also the good customs touching the afore- said Guild, w r hich in the said letters patent are not expressed, which they have used and enjoyed in the aforesaid city, from time whereof there is no memory, do for us and our heirs as much as in us is by tenor of these presents, grant and confirm all and singular the premises to the aforesaid Taylors and Linen Armourers and their successors fpr ever. 5. And moreover, of our more abundant grace, we have for us, our heirs and successors, as {edgea° f ° ther pri71 mllc k as in . us, is granted and given licence to the aforesaid Taylors and Linen Armourers, that they and their successors shall, in honour of St. John the Baptist, be able to have, hold and exercise the aforesaid Guild and Fraternity of the said Taylors and Linen Armourers, and of other persons whom they may be willing to receive into the aforesaid Fraternity, and The Fraternity to shall be able to elect, have and make one have and make one Master and four Wardens from among dens, from among themselves as often as they shall please, them selves, u often 0 r it shall be needful for the governance and Uahaflbe nfi” keeping and rule of the Fraternity aforesaid ' XXXVIL ] Henry the Fourth's Charter , 1407. 191 for ever, in manner as they shall think best; and that the said Master and Wardens may give one livery 1 of a garment of one suit among the brothers and sisters of the said Fra- ternity in every year, and also may cause meetings and assemblies in places of the said City belonging to them, and there to hold and keep in an The said Master and honest manner their feast of meat and drink I^mbSes^nd have on the said feast day of St. John the Baptist, a feast on St. John’s and there to make ordinances among them- selves as shall seem to them most necessary selves, as to them shall and fit for the better government of the “r^e^ette^go^Z Fraternity aforesaid for ever, as they have anceof the Fraternity, heretofore for a long time been accustomed to do ; in witness whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent: witness ourself at Nottingham, the 30th day of July, in the 14th year of our reign. 6. We, therefore, ratifying and approving the grants and confirmations aforesaid, and all and everything in the letters aforesaid contained, do as much ^August* urn**** as is for us and our heirs accept, approve and of our especial grace do grant and confirm the same to our well-beloved Thomas Sutton, the now Master, and John Wenlock, Thomas Wylby, Adam Fereby, and Ralph Shoklach, the now Wardens of the Fraternity aforesaid, and then* succes- sors, as the letters aforesaid reasonably testify. 7. And further, of our more abundant grace, and at the petition of the aforesaid now Master and Wardens of the Fraternity aforesaid, we do That the Master and will and grant for us and our heirs as much Wardens and the said as in us is, that the said Mastei and Wardens perpetual Corporation and their successor may be perpetual and b 7 tbe . name of , capable, and the said Fraternity may be of A^o^eraofStJTohn itself a sound perpetual and corporate Fra- tbo baptist, London, temity; and that the said Fraternity shall 1 The 19 Henry YII., cap. 14, reciting that there were divers Statutes for the punishment of such persons that give or receive liveries, imposed a penalty upon any one giving any livery or sign to any person “ other than such as he giveth household wages unto,” but a proviso was inserted (sec. 11) that the Act should not extend to any livery to be given {inter alia ) by any Seijeant-at-Law or by any executor at the interment of any person for any mourning array, or by Guild, Fraternity, or Craft corporate (Stat. Realm, vol. ii., p. 660). Scarlet and pink were adopted as colours for the livery and dothing of the Company, 25th September 1568, and blue (for gowns) appears to have been asked from the Lord Mayor in October 1624. 192 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XXXVII. it from henceforth be called and named The Fraternity of Taylors and Linen Armourers of St. John the Baptist, in the City of Londor ; and the said Master and Wardens shall from henceforth be called and named The Master and Wardens of the Fraternity of Taylors and Linen Armourers of St. John the Incorporation of the Ba P tiet ’ “ the Cit 7 of London, and we do in- Muter and Warden* corporate them, the said Master and Wardens one Sdy rat6nUt7, M anc ^ their successors, and also the Fraternity aforesaid, to continue for ever, and we do make them as one body, and do declare, accept and approve of them as one body; and also we do hold them as one body, and that they shall have a common seal, and also S^UndmaysSand that they shall be impleaded and implead bo sued by the above others by the name of The Master and Wardens name ' of the Fraternity of Taylors and Linen Arm- ourers of St. John the Baptist, in the City of London, for ever. 8. And moreover, we have, for us and our said heirs, as much as in us is, granted to the said now Master W^Mtoh“dh^S and Wardens, that they may have and hold to heretofore granted by them and their successors aforesaid, all lands, other*name 01 ^ tenements, annuities and other possessions whatsoever heretofore acquired by them or their predecessors, or by any other persons whomsoever, by the name of the Taylors and Linen Armourers, or by the name of the Fraternity, or by the name of the Master and Wardens of the Fraternity of St. John the Baptist, or by the name of the Master and Wardens and Brothers and Sisters of the Guild and Fraternity of St. John the Baptist of London, or by the name of the Master and Wardens of the Fraternity of St. John the Baptist of London, or by any other name whatsoever, to the use of the Taylors and Linen Armourers or Fraternity, and shall enioy the same for ever, without the occasion, impeachment or hindrance of us or our heirs, the justices, escheators, sheriffs or To the uaeof the Com- whdtsoever^ anH "““f*®™ °/ US OT OUr heira pany or Fraternity. er > an( l We do ratify and confirm to e sai now Master and Wardens and their successors, their possession of the lands, tenements, annuities and other possessions aforesaid for ever, the statute against putting lands and tenements in mortmain, or any forfeiture to Z Tr g 7-? redeCeeeora this behaLf incurred, or Sance m r; ? “ formed ^eof or any other statute or ordinance made to the contrary notwithstanding; in witness XXXYII. ] Henry the Sixth's Charter , 1439 . 193 whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent : witness ourself at Westminster, the 2nd day of August, in the 9th year of our reign. 9. We, therefore, ratifying and approving the aforesaid letters of such unrevoked liberties and fran- cliises, and all and every thing therein eon- tained, do for us and our heirs, as much as in confirms to the then us is, by the advice and assent of the Lords ^“r*righ Spiritual and Temporal, in our Parliament holden at Westminster in the first year of our reign, approve and by tenor of these presents confirm the same to our well- beloved John Locock, the now Master, and Nicholas Blome, John Stone, Thomas White and William Knotte, the now Wardens of the Fraternity of Taylors and Linen Armourers of St. John the Baptist, in our said City of London, and their successors, as the letters aforesaid reasonably testify, and as the said Master and Wardens ought to use the same, and they and their predecessors have always hitherto been accustomed reasonably to use and enjoy the said liberties Ag MorQ UJsed and franchises from the time of the making of the letters aforesaid. 10. And further of our more abundant grace, we have granted for us and our heirs to the aforesaid John Locock, the now Master, and to the said Nicholas, John, Thomas and William, the now Wardens of the said Fraternity of Taylors and Linen Armourers, and their successors for ever, that they and their successors, the Master and Wardens of the Fraternity aforesaid for the time being, may have and make full searoh in and concerning the miste- make Xll Search in lies aforesaid, and concerning all those persons and concerning cer- who are or may be privileged with the Taylors ^ th^ trad^ abuaes and Linen Armourers within our City of London and the suburbs thereof, and concerning such Misteries which they or any of them use or heretofore have or hath used, and may correct and reform all defects found among them according to their discretions, by the survey of the Mayor of our said City for the time being, and that no other persons or person shall in any manner make any search in and concerning the persons or Misteries aforesaid, but only the aforesaid Mayor or his deputies privileged of the aforesaid Misteries of Taylors or Linen Armourers, and in other way to be elected in default of the Master and Wardens aforesaid (if any shall be found in O 194 Memorials of the Fraternity . L XXXVII. the same), in witness whereof we have caused these letters to be made patent: witness ourself at Redyng, the 24th day of February, in the 18th year of our reign, 1 11. And now we, at the humble petition of our well-beloved Edward the 4th 'a John Stodard, the now Master, and Gilbert Charter, 28th August Kays, William Parker, John Swan and Robert 1465, Walthow, the now Wardens of the said Fra- ternity of Taylors and Linen Armourers of St. J olin, in the City of London, ratifying and approving all and singular the grants Confirmation agree- an< i confirmations aforesaid, and also the afore- ably to the former said letters, and all and everything in the said Charter. letters contained, do for us our heirs and suc- cessors, as much as in us is, accept, approve, and of our especial grace, ratify and confirm to the aforesaid now Master and Wardens of the Fraternity aforesaid, and their successors, as the aforesaid letters reasonably testify ; in witness whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent : witness our- self at Westminster, the 28th day of August, in the fifth year of our reign. 12. We, therefore, ratifying and approving the aforesaid Henry the 7th’B letters of such unrevoked liberties and fran- Charter, 5th January chises, and all and everything therein con- 1602 ‘ tained, do for us, our heirs and successors, as much as in us is, by the advice and consent of the Lord’s Spi- ritual and Temporal 2 in our Parliament holden at Westminster, Confirm, to the then “ the J e f ° f 0UP a PP rove » and b 7 Maater and Wardens the tenor of these presents eonnrm the same agreeably to the for- our well-beloved John Locock, the now mer (/barters, and as . they ought and are Master, and Nicholas Blome, John Stone, ao^stomedtousethe Thomas White and William Knotte, the now Wardens of the Fraternity of Taylors and Linen Armourers of St. John the Baptist, in our said City 1 Soe the Protest of the Lord Mayor and Corporation against this Charter (p. 242). It was probably to carry out this that the 8th Ordnance was made. The Drapers, in August 1609, are said to have questioned the Company’s right to make the search at St. Bartholomew’s Fair, but on being reminded of a lawsuit with the Company, and of a usage for 160 years then past, the Drapers appear to have been satisfied (Book B, fol. p. 62). As to the Cost, see A, B, fol. 298 b. 2 “ I will not say ” (said Mr. J ustice Taunton) “ that this grant wanting the assent of the Commons is to be looked upon as a Statute, but if not a more binding it is' a more solemn and considered instrument than a Charter granted ex mero motu regi*” Proclamation, dated Michaelmas Term, the 19th Henry VII., for the Corporation to show cause against this grant was issued, and no cause being shown the grant was made. XXXVII. ] Henry the Seventh’s Charter , 4502. 195 of London, and their successors, as the aforesaid letters reasonably testify, and as the said Master and Wardens ought and are accustomed to use the same, and they and their predecessors have always hitherto been accustomed to use and enjoy the said liberties and franchises from the time of the mating of the aforesaid letters, &c. We, therefore, ratifying and approving all the aforesaid letters patent of such liberties and franchises, and all and everything in the same contained, do for us, our heirs and successors, as much as in us is, approve, and by the tenor of these presents, confirm the same to our well-beloved Richard Smith, the now Master, Hugh Acton, William Batyson, John Skevington and James Moncestre, the now Wardens of the Fraternity of Taylors and Linen Armourers of St. John the Baptist, in our said City of London, and their successors, as the aforesaid letters reasonably testify, and as the said Master and Wardens ought to use the same, and they and their predecessors have always hitherto been accustomed reasonably to use and enjoy the said liberties and franchises from the time of the making of the aforesaid letters. 13. And moreover, as we have been informed, that the men of the Misteries aforesaid, in the City aforesaid, or at least the sounder part of them, have from time whereof the memory of man is not to the contrary, and daily do use, occupy and exercise in all quarters and kingdoms of the world, all and every kinds of merchandizes, to the renown, honour and benefit of our kingdom and subjects, and the great advantage of us and our progenitors formerly kings of England ; and that the same men of the said Misteries have during the whole time aforesaid used, occupied and exercised the buying and selling of all and every wares and merchandizes whatsoever, and especially woollen cloths, as well wholesale as retail, throughout our whole realm of England, and particularly with our City aforesaid and the suburbs thereof, we of our especial grace, and of our certain knowledge and mere motion, have transferred and changed, and do transfer and change, the said Guild and Fraternity in the name of the Guild of Merchant 1 Tailors of the Fraternity of St. John the Baptist, in the City of London, and the said Master and Wardens of the said Guild or Fraternity, and their successors, into the name of the Master and Wardens of Merchant Taylors of the Fraternity of St. John the Baptist, in the City of London; and 1 Thu change of name was attributed to the interest of Sir William Fitz william, then a Member of the Court (Cavendish Life of Wolsey [1825], p. 246). 02 196 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XXXVII. XT . . do from henceforth incorporate the aforesaid Name of mcorpora- r , , tion changed to the Guild by the name ot the Guild ot Merchant Master and Wardens Tailors of the Fraternity of St. John the of the Fraternity of Baptist, in the City ot London ; and that the St. John the JBaptist, ga id Master and Wardens of the Guild and .London. Fraternity aforesaid, and their successors, by the name of the Master and Wardens of Merchant Tailors of the Fraternity of St. John the Baptist, in the City of London; and we do by these presents ordain and declare them to be called, accepted and reputed by the said names. 14. And we do by these presents grant to the aforesaid Power to the Master Master and Wardens of the Fraternity afore- and Wardens to re- and their successors, that they shall be ceive all persons into . . ’ ^ , the said Fraternity of able - to augment and increase the aforesaid whatever trade. Fraternity, and to hold the said Fraternity of whatsoever persons, natives, whom they may be willing to receive into the same Fraternity, and to retain, have and enjoy, all and singular persons of the said Fraternity, or received into the same Fraternity, or from henceforth to be received into the same, lawfully and freely, without the hind- rance or disturbance of any person or persons, of any other Art or Mystery of the City aforesaid. 15. And that the said Master or Wardens of the Fraternity To hold all lands, aforesaid, and their successors, shall have, hold, &c., and aU privileges possess and enjoy to them and their successors, which they then had, n j n /• i i , , . or their predecessors, all and all manner oi lands and tenements, or the said Fraternity rents, reversions and services, and other here- had possessed. ditamerits and possessions whatsoever and wheresoever, goods and chattels, and also all and all manner of liberties, franchises, privileges and grants which the Master and Wardens of the said Guild or Fraternity of Tailors and Linen Armourers of St. John the Baptist, in our City of London, had at the time of the making of these presents, or they and their predecessors have heretofore had, possessed or held, or were to them or any of them, or to the said Guild or Fraternity heretofore given or granted. 16. And that the Master and Wardens of the Fraternity And may purchase, aforesai(i ’ the name of the Master and alienate, and receive Wardens of Merchant Taylors of the Fra- SfiftTbl i erni y of St - J ohn Ba P tist > fe the City of said laat-mentioned London, may be able to purchase, receive, rmme of incorpora- grant, alienate and lease lands and tenements, goods and chattels, and to plead and be im- XXXVII. ] Henry the Seventh's Charter , 1502. 197 pleaded, and also to answer and be answered before what- soever justices and judges in whatsoever courts, and in all actions, real, personal and mixed, and in pleas of assize, novel disseisin, and also in all pleas, suits, plaints, matters and businesses. 17. And that the Master and Wardens of the Fraternity aforesaid, and their successors may be able, Power to the lawfully and freely to make, ordain and exe- and Wardens to make cute, statutes and ordinances for the good and wholesome governance, survey, search and wholesome govem- correction of the Misteries aforesaid, and of the ^^correct^on ^the men of the said Fraternity and Misteries accord- mystery aforesaid, and ing to the necessity and exigence of the case, pratorSty.^coXg so often and whensoever it shall be needful, to the necessity and without the occasion, impeachment or hind- ^o^n^nd^henso’ ranee of us, our heirs or successors, justices, ever it shall be need- escheators, sheriffs, coroners, or other the bailiffs ^traly^th^lawB or ministers of us, our heirs or successors and customs of Eng- whatsoever, so that the said statutes and ordi- land * nances be’ not contrary to the laws and customs of our king- dom of England, nor in prejudice of the Mayor of the City of London. 18. Moreover, we do will and grant for us, our heirs and successors, by these presents, that the Masters and Wardens of the Fraternity aforesaid, and their successors, may for ever have, make and exercise, within the City aforesaid, the liberties and suburbs thereof, the full and entire survey, Power to search as to search, governance and correction of all and the said Mysteiy, and singular the men of the said Fraternity or ^toTalU- Mistery, and also of natives, strangers and tives, strangers and foreigners 1 using the said Misteries, or any- thing appertaining to the same Misteries in relating thereto, the City aforesaid, and the liberties and suburbs thereof, as well in the making, cutting and working of men’s apparel, as howsoever otherwise using or exercising the same Misteries within the City aforesaid, and the liberties and suburbs thereof; and that they may have the correction and punishment of all 1 The oath points to a prohibition against keeping foreigners, and in 1581 (April 18) a Proclamation, or Precept, was put out by the Lord Mayor, begging the Guilds to give quiet usage to the French then visiting England, and to appoint two of their members to see the order obeyed. The French and Butch tailors who had come oyer for liberty of conscience appear to have been tolerated by agreement in October (14th) 1608. See p. 544. 198 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XXXVII natives, strangers and foreigners, in and concerning all matters appertaining, or heretofore belonging to the said Misteries of the Merchant Taylors, or Taylors and Linen Armourers, for their offences therein, so often and when it shall be needful for the advantage and benefit of our liege people or others whomsoever, so that the correction and punishment of such natives, strangers and foreigners, and every of them so offending in the premises be exercised by the Master and Wardens of the said Fraternity According to the laws for the time being, according to the laws of of England. England, and the ordinances and statutes therefore made, and the customs of our City of London. 19. And that no native, stranger nor foreigner, from hence- None to use the Mya- ^ ° rth do use the said Art or Mistery of the tery within the City, Merchant Taylors, or the Mistery of the Tay- burba thereof unless lors and Linen Armourers, in the working, first admitted by the cutting or making of men’s apparel within the Master and Wardens, Q^y, the liberties and suburbs thereof, unless he be first admitted thereto by the Master and Wardens of the Fraternity aforesaid, or by their successors. Master and Wardens of the same Fraternity for the time being. • 20. And further we will, and by these our letters do grant to the aforesaid Master and Wardens of the said Fraternity, and their successors, by these presents, that no officer, artificer, None to search or in- merchant, or any other person whomsoever, terfere with any free- shall search, nor in any manner presume to man. of the Company, seaT(! ^ 1 an y J e ige subject of the aforesaid Fra- ternity of the Merchant Taylors, or the workmen, taylors, or makers of men’s apparel within the City aforesaid, the liberties and suburbs thereof, or their goods or wares, woollen cloths, ells and measures, to the said Misteries belonging or appertaining, except only the Master and Wardens of the Fraternity aforesaid for the time being, so that nothing be suffered to the prejudice of the authority of the Mayor of our City of London for the time being, although express mention be not made in these presents of the certainty of the premises or any of them, or of any other gifts or grants heretofore made by us, our progenitors or predecessors, to the aforesaid Master and Wardens, or their successors, by whats •> ever names they are called, or any other statute, act, ordinance, proviso, restriction made, published or ordained to the contrary thereof, or of any other thing, cause or matter whatsoever not- withstanding. In witness, &c. Witness the King at West- minster, the 6th day of January, the 18th year of our reign. XXXVIII* ] The Ordinances of the Company . 199 XXXVIII. THE ORDINANCES OF THE COMPANY. The Charter of Richard II., as will have been noticed, first gave authority to assemble the Fraternity, and to make Ordi- nances for their better governance, but earlier Ordinances 1 * * already printed, were made in the reigns of Edward II. and Edward III. The power of making Acts and Ordinances for the govern- ment of the Fraternity was also granted to the Company by Henry VII.’s Charter, but in the year succeeding the grant, the 19 Henry VII., c. 7 (reviving in substance the earlier Statute of 15 Henry VI.,* c. 6), was passed to restrict the Livery Companies from making any Ordinance in diminution of the Royal Prerogative, or against the profit of the people, and requiring that all Ordinances made should be approved by the Chancellor, Treasurer, and Chief Justices of either Bench, or three of them. And that these Companies might not, by restraining their members from sueing therein, usurp the authority of the supreme Courts, the making of any such Ordinance was prohibited under a pecuniary penalty 8 of 40/. for every offence. The reason for passing this Statute, and the course adopted by the Company under it,, are thus recorded by their Clerk in the Ordinance Book, under date of 1508 : — “ Forasmuch as many sundry acts and divers ordinances and provisions that were made in times past amongst fellowships corporate within this City for the good refinement, sad direc- tion, common profit, public weal, encrease, and also in conser- vation of very good order and due obedience in every fellowship, amongst which one was that no man of what company that he were of should sue, 4 vex, trouble, or implead any brother of his in Court spiritual or temporal, but if the matter were first shewed afore the Governors of the Company that the party complaint was of, and if they could not pacify the matter and cause of complaint, and do him remedy therein, then the com- plainant and defendant were put at their free liberty to take and sue for their remedy in the law where they listed ; and as long as this Rule and Ordinance was so used and kept within this said City, so long good obedience was used in crafts, and perfect love and charity was had between brother and brother 1 See Appendix A (2). * Stat. Realm, vol. ii., p. 298. 8 Ibid., pp. 652-8. 4 Declaration of the Ancient Orders in Companies that one Brother should not sue another without Licence. 200 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XXXVIII. of every mystery without any suit in the law, by reason whereof the citizens of the said City did richly encrease and grew into wealth and prosperity, Sir Robert Sheffield, 1 Knight, then Recorder of this City, and one of the Knights of the Parliament for the same City, knowing the Secrecies and Ordinances made as well within this City as of many sundry fellowships of the same, perceiving that sad directions, good policy, and discreet justice was indifferently taken and ministred among fellow- ships of and in pacifying matters that were debateful, grew to the prejudice of the learned men of this said City, and also of other out of the same. Therefore he, by his great labour, subtle wit and crafty means, caused an Act of Parliament to be made that no Masters nor Governors of Guilds or Frater- nities within this Realm from henceforth should use or exercise any Acts or Ordinances, but such only as should be ratified, approved, and confirmed by the Lords Chancellor, Treasurer, and two Chief Justices of England, upon the pain of 40Z., as in the same Act thereof made more plainly is contained ; and inasmuch as the Fellowship of Merchant Tailors of London had very perfect knowledge of the said Act, and how that the Master and Wardens of the same had a great number of house- holders, with their servants, to rule and govern, which could not be ordered and well justified without good acts, reasonable Ordinance, and laudable provisions were* had for the politic governance, regiment, and wise ordering of the same, There- fore, and in avoiding of the penalty comprised in the said Act of Parliament, the Right Worshipful Richard Conhyll, late Master, and the four Wardens with him afore in this book named, with the advice, counsel, and consent of the more part of the most worshipful persons, councillors and assistants of the said Company, commanded me Henry Mayour, Notary Public and their common Clerk, to compile and make a book or two in paper of all such Ordinances and Oaths as should concern and appertain to and for the good refinement and common weal of their said Company, and conservation of the same, whose com- mandment,! the said Henry, diligently according to mine oath and duty obeyed and fulfilled, which book of ordinances and oaths the four Lords named in the said Act of Parliament have approved, ratified, and confirmed and sithen the approbation, ratification, and confirmation of the same book. I the foresaid Henry at desire and request of my right singular good master Wilfiam 1 That Sir Robert Sheffield, Recorder, procured an Act of Parliament tbaf. no Master and Wardens should exercise any acts but such as were ratified by the Lord Chancellor, Treasurer, and two Chief Justices. XXXVIII. ] A Table of the Ordinances . 201 Grene, nor Master John Tresawell, John Wright, Richard Hall, and John Sexsy Wardens with the said Master Grene, have written, compiled, engrossed, and ordered the same book after the manner and form as it appeareth to every man’s sight, that listeth to see or read. And it was clearly written, finished, engrossed, and ended by me the same Henry within my dwell- ing house, pertaining to the whole body of this said fellowship, the 20th day of June, in the year of Our Lord God 1508, and in the 23rd year of the reign of Our Most dread Sovereign Lord, King Henry the 7th.” The Ordinances here referred to are dated the 23rd February 1507, and though mutilated at or after the Reforma- tion, they contain most of the present Ordinances, which were approved in 1613, and which still exist among the Company’s Records. Their contents (as illustrating the customs of the Fraternity before the Reformation) I have endeavoured to show by contrasting them with the existing Ordinances, which I find were laid before the Lord Chancellor (Lord Ellesmere) on the 23rd January 1612, for confirmation. Upon this occa- sion the Recorder of London advised 1 the Court that a present should be made to the Chancellor (Lord Bacon’s immediate predecessor), whereupon an Order of Court was made to “ pre- sent his Lordship with ten double sufferants in gould.” As only an imperfect copy of the Ordinances of 1613 is to be found in Herbert, I have thought it best to print them intact, showing by contrast in what respects they differ from those of 1507. PAG* 1. The Ordynaunce for non-appearance upon a due and reasonable Summons .. 204 2. The Ordynaunce for the Election of the Maister and Ffower Wardens .. 204 8. Th’ Ordynance for the gi vying of the Benefice of Saint Martyn Oteswych . . 206 4. The Ordynance for an whole Brother that desireth to be an Almesman of this Fraternity 206 6. The Ordynance for them that Myseorder themselves in theire Apparell and Array 208 6. The Ordynance for the presenting and admitting of Apprentices . . . . 208 7. The Ordynaunce for the Clerk to make the Indentures 208 The Ordynaunce for all those persones that shalbe abled by the Maister and Wardeins to holde hous or shop open 209 A recytall of the gfaunte of Kyng Edward the iiijth unto the Com- pany for their serche . 209 8. The Ordynaunce for the Search making 210 9. The Ordynaunce for the Enrolling of Apprentices 210 Th’acte for Chambre-holders . . 211 Th’ordynaunce for foreyns straungers and fforeyns denizens . • . . 211 Th’ordynaunce ayenst theym that make any aseemblees 212 Th’ordynaunce ayenst theym that hyre any tennaunt out of his dwellyng hous or any other tenure 212 10. The Ordynaunce for them that Mysorder themselves in the presence of the Maister or Wardens 212 1 See page 546. 202 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ XXXVIU. 11. The Ordynaunce for the Beadle . . Th’ordynaunoe ayenst theym that denye to here a broder or sister to bunyng 12. The Ordynaunce for Non-appearance of the Assistants 18. The Ordynaunce for levying of the Duties appertayning to the said Maister . . Th’ordynaunoe for rebellious personos ayenst the Governours of their Company 14. The Ordynaunce against Apprentices wearing Weapons within the Cittie .. 15. The Ordynaunce for them that disclose the Secrets of this MyBterie . . 16. The Ordynaunce for them that deny to beare the Charges concerning the profitt and worshipp of this Mystery 17. The Ordynaunce for the Wardens that Mysbehave them to the Maister or Wardens being in Office 18. The Ordynaunce against them that entice any Man’s Apprentice from his Master Th’ordynnaunce for kepyng of holydays 19. The Ordynaunce for the delyvery of Goods or other vendible wares to any Apprentice or Servaunt 20. The Ordynaunce for taking of a Stranger born, Apprentice . . . « 21. The Ordynaunce for the usaunce of the Comon Seale Th’ordynnaunce for the olde Wardein and late Renter Th’ordynnaunce for theym that associate theymself with such persones that be brokers of ordynnaunces 22. The Ordynaunce for him that goeth from this Company to another 28. The Ordynaunce for the Bachelor’s Company when a Maior happen to be of the said Fraternity Th’ordynnaunce for the iiijth Wardeyn 24. The Ordynaunce for him that denyeth to be Maister 26. The Ordynaunce for him that denyeth to be Warden or Warden Substitute . . 26. The Ordynaunce for propounding of Suits or Motions at Courts of Assist- aunts by any of the Assistaunts concerning themselves or any of their friends 27. The Ordynaunce for the yielding upp of the Maister’s Aocompt 28. The Ordynaunce for the viewing of the Lands 29. The Ordynaunoe for them that become Servaunts with men of another Mysterie . . . . . * 80. The Ordynaunce for them that instruct Children cf other Crafts, the Handy- craft or Knowledge of this Mysterie . * Th’ordynnaunce for the kepyng of the Queue’s obite and of the Kynges when it shall happen 81. The Ordynaunce against Maisters that suffer theire Apprentices to buy and sell to theire owne uses 82. The Ordynaunce for the Maister and Wardens against partialitie 88. The Ordynaunce to distraine for Penalties 84. The Ordynaunce that if any controversy happen betweene any Brother of this Compa ny and his Apprentice, the same to be determyned by the Maister and Wardens for the tyme being Th’ordynnaunce for the buyng of stuf perteignyng to reparations PAOl 213 213 214 214 214 215 215 215 216 216 216 216 217 217 217 217 218 218 219 219 220 220 221 222 222 222 228 228 224 224 225 226 ORDINANCES 1 confirmed by tbe Lord Chancellor of England and the Chief Justices of the Courts of King’s Bench and Common Pleas, in the 11th Year of the Reign of James I., A.D. 1613. To all trew Christian People to whome this present •writing shall come, S r Thomas Egerton Knight, Lord Ellesmere Lord Chauncellor of England, Sir Thomas Fflemyng Knight, Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench, Sir Edward Coke Knight, Lord 1 The Ordinances in small type are those of Henry VII., dated 23rd February 1507. XXXVIII. ] The Ordinances of the Company . 203 Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, senden Greeting in our Lord Everlasting, Whereas in a certain Act in the Parliament of King Henry the Seventh, holden at Westminster the five and twentieth day of Januarie, in the nyneteenth yeare of his Raigne, ordayned and made for the weale and proffitt of the subjects of this Realme, It was amongest other things ordcyned, established and enacted, That no Maister, Wardens or fellow- ship of Crafts or Misteiies or any of them, or any Rulers of Guildes or Ffratemities, shall take upon them to make any Acts or Ordynaunces nor to execute or use any Acts or Ordynaunces by them heretofore made in disinheriting or dyminition of the King’s prerogative or any other, or against the Common Weale and Proffitt of the King^s subjects and liege people: but if the same Acts and Ordynaunces be examyned, appointed and ad- mitted by the Chauncellor and Treasorer of England, the Chief Justices of either Bench, or three of them, or ells before both Justices of the Assize in their Circuits or Progresse in that Sheere where such Acts and Ordynaunces be made, upon the payne of forfeyture of Fforty pounds for every tyme they doe thereunto contrary as in the said Act it doth rfiore plainly appear. The Maister and Wardens of the Marchant Tailers of the Fraternitie of St. John Baptist in the Cittie of London, willing and desiryng the said Act in every behaf to be observed and kept , 1 the twentieth day of Januarie in the tenth yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord, James by the Grace of God, King of England, Ffraunce and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c., and of Scotland the six and fortieth, Have exhibited and presented unto us theire Peticon with a Book conteyning diverse Statutes, Acts and Ordynaunces, by them ordayned devised and made, for the said Ffraternity and their successors, and for the comon weale and conservation of the good estate of the Mistery of the said Marchaun tailors and for the better governing, ruling and ordering of the same Fraternity to be established, ordayned and used & thereupon have instauntlie desired us, that wee would peruse and examyne all and every the said Statutes, Ordynaunces, Acts and Oathes by the same Maister and Wardens of the Merchauntailors of the said Frater- nitie and by theire predecessors, to the fbresaid intent made ordeyned and established and the same and every of them correct and amend in due forme, and as the foresaid Act made 1 All the Ordinances have the same Preface, and those of 1507 were approved by William, Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Chancellor j Thomas Earl of Surrey, High Treasurer; Sir John Fineux, Knight, Chief Justice of the King’s Bench; and Sir Robert Bead, Knight, Chief Justice of the Common Bench. 204 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ XXXVIII. in the said Parliament requireth, Wee having perused the said Petition and fynding the same fitt to be graunted according to theire desires, have also by the authority of the said Act of Parlia- ment perused and redd, all and ever} 7, their Ordynaunces, Statutes, Acts and Oathes in the saide Booke specified and the same have corrected, reformed and amended as Wee sawe fitt, The Tenor whereof hereafter ensue and followe in these words — viz, 1. The Ordynaunce for non-appearance upon a due and reason- able Summons. First, it is Ordayned that every Brother of this Fraternity from henceforth being duly Summoned by the Clerk or Beadle, to be present with the Maister and Wardens in his whole Livery or otherwise at any place 1 and hower assigned reasonable, be it for any noble triumph 2 3 for the King’s Highnes, his noble yssue, or other greate Estates concemyng the honor of the King and of this his Realme, Or ells for any Quarter day assembly or any other reasonable cause and cometh not (except he hath been Maior, Alderman or Sheriff of the City of London) shall forfeit and pay for his first offence contrary to this ordynaunce, to the use of the said Maister and Wardens, Eight pence, at the second time xvjd: and at the third tyme, Six shillings and Eight pence, reasonable and lawfull excuse alway except and reserved. 2. The Ordynaunce for the Election of the Maister and Ffower Wardens. 8 Also, it is Ordayned that the Maister and Ffower Wardens being in office and authority from hensforth shall call or cause to assemble together the Ffower & twenty Assistants & Coun- sellors of the said Fratemitie or the more parte of them, in the Vigill of the Nativity ot Saint John Baptist, or upon a day certen within twenty daies before or after the said Vigill of St. John Baptist, at the discretion of the said Maister and War- dens, to be present with the said Maister and Wardens in their comon Hall at a certayne hower lymyted and upon the said Assembly the said Maister and Wardens after their wise discre- tions shall name and appoint unto the said Assistaunts eight sadd wise and able persons of the Clothing and Lyvery. every 1 See the Reproof of Lavender (a Brother), by the Court for not attending the Spanish Ambassadors, acoording to the warning of the Beadle, 28th August 1604. 8 On 24th March 1571, the Company were warned to send a choice selection “ of good, tall cleanly, and of the best picked persons,” to the Maying before Queen Elizabeth. 3 Sje Mems. xxii. and xxix. XXXVIII. ] The 2nd Ordinance . 205 of them being fitt to beare the roome of a Warden. Out of which eight persons the same Maister and fower Wardens with the consent of the said Assistaunts then being present, shall take, admitt and elect, fower of them which have most of the comon voices of the same Assembly to be Wardens for the yeare ensuing, which being done, then the said' Maister and Wardens shall name and appoint two of the Assistaunts of the said Fratemitie which have formerly served in the place of Upper or Second Warden, out of which two the said Maister and Wardens together with the assent of so many of the Assistaunts as have formerly borne the office of a Maister of the said Fratemite shall proceed© to the election of a newe Maister to goverae the Company for the yeare ensuing. And thus the election of the Maister and fower Wardens is in manner afore- said to be performed. Which Electon so made, is to be kept secrett until their ffeast or dynner, called the Dynner of the publishing of the Elecfon of the Maister and Wardens, and then, nigh about the end of the same ffeast the Maister and Ffower Wardens, with their garlands 1 upon their heads, and two others that have bene Maisters, that shalbe for the same appointed, and their Officers attending upon them shall come forth openly into the Hall afore such Estates, Honourable & Worshipful Guests as shalbe then and there present, and shall there publish theire late election and choice of the newe Maister that was aforenamed in the said day of elecon. And after that done, then the ffower Wardens and every and each of them in his order, shall publish their late election of the said severall fower Wardens formerly elected in the said day of election, according to the usual course, lawdable & ancient custome heretofore used in the publishing of the election of the Maister and Wardens of the Merchauntailors. And for the election of the Wardens sub- stitute, of the Bachelors company of this Mistery, and their Assistants, the same to be holden, done & performed yearely upon the Even of the Decollation of St. John Baptist according as heretofore hath bene accustomed. And it is further ordayned that yff the newe Maister & Wardens or any of them shalbe absent at the said feast or dinner of the publishing of the same Elecfon of Maister and Wardens unlesse they be letten by sick- ness or some such other necessary and ymportant occasion as they cannot be present, then they which are absent shall forfeit 1 When this custom was discontinued has not come under my notice, but on the 20th June 1674 the Court ordered, and Warden Sewell was requested to proride, five garlands for our Master and Wardens, against the Election day, as was formerly beiore the late dreadful fire. 206 Memorials of the Fraternity . [XXX VIII. to the said Maister and Wardens to the use of the Poore of the said Fellowshipp, the severall penalties and forfeitures following — viz., The Maister for his absence, Fforty shillings. The Upper Warden for his absence, Thirty shillings. The Second Warden for his absence, Thirty shillings; and the two Rentor Wardens for their absence, Thirteen shillings fower pence apiece. The same penalties and forfeitures to be paid before they take their Oathes for the execution of their severall offices respectively. 3. The Ordynance for the givying of the Benefice of Sainct Martyn Oteswych. Also whereas the said Maister and Wardens of the said ffra- ternitie are Patrons of the Benefice of St. Martyn Outwieh within the Citty of London and have the right of Patronage and disposing thereof as the same shall become void by any meanes. It is therefore ordayned that as often as the same Benefice shall become voide, the Maister and fower Wardens with the advice of the Assistaunts or of the more part of them, shall make choice of and present a sufficient and learned Mynister, being of good report e and Godly conversation, and such an one as hath given good testymony of his labours in the mynistery, by preaching of the word of God, and to be allowed by the Diocesan of this Diocesse for the tyme being, and the same choise and presentation to be made gratis, without any guift or Rewarde to be given or promised for the same. And that no advowson or presentation of the said Benefice be made or graunted by the said Maister and Wardens without the consent of the said Assistaunts or the most parte of them, upon payne of fforfeyture by the said Maister and Wardens of fforty poundes to the use of the said flratemity, as often and when as they shall doe contrary to this Ordynaunce. 4. The Ordynance for an whole Brother that desireth to be an Almesman of this Fraternity. 1 Also it is Ordayned that as often as any roome or place of an Almesman of this Fraternity shall fall void, yf any Brother being of the Lyvery or Clothing that is fallen into Poverty, so it bee not through Ryott, wanton or lavish Expences, his owne ‘John Churchman appears to have been elected on 23rd May 1610, with an additional pension of 20Z. with the kouBe. His family had been long and honourably connected with the Company, and his election was unanimous. XXXVIII, ] The 4th Ordinance . 207 negligence or other misdemeanure who aforetime after his power hath truly kepte and performed his obedience and sumons and also hath borne to nis degree all manner of ympositions, lott, scott & all other charges concerning the worship & profitt of the said Fraternity as long as he might performe the same, shall desire to be admitted into such roome and place of an Almesman so being void, that such Brother being allowed to be of such quality & condition as is aforesaid, shalbe admitted to the said roome of an Almesman to dwell in for the term of his lief and shall have every quarter paide unto him within the Comon Hall the sum of 26s. by the Clark or Beadle with the oversight of one of the Wardens then being of the same ; and over this he shall be partner of certain Coals distributed there at diverse tymes of the yeare, as diverse old Benefactors of the said Fra- temitie by their Testaments have devysed and ordeyned : And that every of the said Almesmen that hereafter shall be admitted into the said Almshouse shall as long as he shall contynue in Aimes be weetly personally present in the said Church of St. Martyn at all Divine Service, Serving God and praying for the prosperous and Royal Estate of our Sovereigns Lord King James his Hens and Successors and of his and their Royal Progeny and for the good Estate of the said Fraternity upon payne to be removed from his place of an Almesman if he be found often negligent herein, Provided alwaies that no per- son of the said ffraternitie that is or shall be admitted into the said Aimes shall contynue there any longer, than he is of good behaviour : and being found to be either Drunkard or of un- chast life or conversation he shalbe diplaced by the Master, Wardens, and Assistants and another of such quality and con- dition as is aforesaid chosen in his place : And provided also that if any of the said Almesmen being sole and dwelling at the Almeshowse receaving the said quarterly Aimes shall marry or take a Wife without the Licence of the Master & Wardens of the said Fraternitie for the tyme being, that such person so marrying, or taking a wief without Licence, 1 shall forfeit the said quarterly Aimes and be put out of the said Almeshowse, and if the said Almesmen or any of them decease there, then the Bedding and howsehould stuffe of the said Almesmen so deceasing being brought into the said Almeshowse and there used, shall remayne towards the sustentation of other Almes- men being there alive And he to be buried honestly at the costs 1 See instances of this in 24th January 1566, one Jenkins; and 8th April 1587 in one William Smalebrooke. 208 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XXX VII J. & charges of the said Fratemitie, and the Master & Wardens for the tyme being and diverse of the Clothing in theire whole Lyvery to be present at his buriall. 5. The Ordynance for them that Myseorder themselves in theire Apparell and Array. 1 Also, where many young men Householders and many other covenaunt Servaunts having little substaunce or none, using the handy craft of Taylory doe take upon them to weare costly apparell and garments of the newest fashion and of such stuff as exceedeth their degrees to weare or use ; ffor Remedy whereof, be it Ordayned, that no person of the said ffratemity which is under the obeysaunce of the said Master & Wardens and swome unto all the good and lawful rules & Ordynaunces, nowe made, and to be made, within the said Fraternity shall from henceforth take upon him to use or weare any costly array, Garments or apparell within this City otherwise than shall be decent, meete and fitt for his degree and calling "and such as a Citizen and Merchaunt man ought to have and under such manner and forme as it shalbe adjudged and deemed by the Maister, Wardens & other Assistants of the said ffraternity that his ability and power may well and conveniently reach unto, upon the penalty of three pounds to be paid unto the use of the said fraternity as often and when as any shalbe found to exceede or offend in this behalf. 6. The Ordynance for the presenting and admitting of Apprentices. Also it is Ordeyned that no Ffreeman of this fellowshipp shall take into his Service any Apprentice to be bound unto him to serve him after the manner of an Apprentice, but that he doe first present the same apprentice before the Maister and Wardens for the tyme being at their Comon Hall to th’ intent that they by theire examynation may understand that he be free of Birth and not challenged for a Bondman and borne under the Kinges obeysaunce, or made Denizen upon the payine of 40#. over and above the somme of the presenting of everie suche apprentice 7. The Ordynaunce for the Clerk to make the Indentures. Furthermore it is enacted that the Comon Clerk of the Com- pany from henceforth shall make all the Indentures of Appren- 1 See Robert Maltby, committed to prison for excessive dress, " a shirt edged with silver,” and Elliatt fined for wearing a “ cloke contrary to the Ordinance,” July 1562. A warning was given to Richard Symson (a Brother) for " having on apparell not thoroughly meet for him to weare,” 19th March 1576. XXXVI II. J The 7th Ordinance . 209 tizes and Obligations apperteyning to tlie said Apprentizes and none other person upon payne of ffive shillings to be payde to the said Clerk by every Citizen of the said Mystery so often as he shall doe the contrary inasmuch as every fFreeman of the same is bound so to doe, by reason of his first Oath taken be- fore the Maister and Wardens and that the Clerk of the Com- pany take no more for a paier of Indentures of Apprentize- hoode but twelvepence and for everie obligation with condicon endorsed, twelvepence. The ordynaunce for all those persones that shalbe abled by the Maister and Wardeins to holde hous or shop open. Also it ys ordeigued that noo persone of this misteere from hensforth shall sette up or kepe shop open within this citee and suburbes of the same upon himself withoute he hath first licenoe of the Maister have fallen you as nigh as Goo shall give you grace, Soe passed within the said help you God. Fraternity] The Oath of every, whole brother admitted into the Livery. Yee shall sweare that yee shall be trewe to ou r Sovereign Lord the King, and to his heires, Kings of England: You shall be good and true Brother unto the Merchant Taylors of the fratemitie of St. John Baptist of London whereof you are now a full Brother admitted ; yee shall not from henceforth with- stand nor disobey the sumons of the Maister and Wardens of the said fraternity, for the time being, at such time as yee be summoned, without a reasonable excuse be had to the contrary. Also, yee shall not discover the lawful councils of the said ffratemity and mystery, that should be kept secret within yourself ; you shall come to the Quarter Daies 2 s [Ridings for the and other Assemblies for the worshipp and king, processions, profitt of the said fratemitie, as often and when offerhigs^f^^reU^ as yee shall be thereunto lawfully warned or ren and Sisters that else to pay for every time being absent, without oblfce8 ^ a reasonable excuse be had, such penalty as is according to the effect of an Ordinance thereof made. Yee shall not withdraw your person in time to come, being in good health and within this Citie, from the Feast, kept yearely about Midsummer, and holden at the Comon Hall of the said fraternity, because you would not bear the Office, Room and Charge, of the Maister or of a Warden of the same fraternity. 8 Also s [Also ye shall not yee shall not use customably any unlawful deliver your livery things nor ungodly usages, that should be th° 0 *o7thU against good conversations and honest con- ^hich .hath afore- dicons ; that is to say, yee shall be no comon rioter, comon dice plaver, comon night walker, against the same fra- nor use the company of untrue jurors, nor or knowledge, nor. to customably haunt uncovenantable places, any other person ,,0,1 v -n i ^ whatsoever he be till whereby, & through whose ungodly demeanor the ii ver y be altered and ill rule, the said fraternity and mystery or changed, the king’s might be brought into great infamy, slander ^ ^ h^h^^pfeasure and rebuke ; & if you know any Brother of always except and the said fraternity that hath offended in reserved ’ 232 Memorials of the fraternity . [ XXXVIII. any of these points before rehearsed, yee shall warn the Maister or Wardens thereof, that they with the advice of the Assistants or the more part of them, there to be called, may, after their wise discretions, ordain a convenient and lawful remedy for the reformation of the said misdemeanors and ill doings, as of charity they ought to do to their I [And the compoei- Brother. You shall keep to your power all tione of John Church- the lawful ordinances and acts, now ready hteiSSS! made 7° ur said fraternity, as far as Carieton ; the wiUes shall concern or belong to your charge. 1 All j^h^°Ac.fand V ^f these points and all the articles above sped- others that shall be fied and rehearsed, as much as in you is, ^Tthe^Cle^oTtte 7 0U shaU wel1 and trul y> on y our behalf keep said fellowship for the & observe to your power, as near as God time being.] Bball send you grace. So help you God. The Oath of every Person at his first admyttance into this Misterie be it by way of Redemption or otherwise. Yee shall sweare ye shall be true to ou r Sovereign Lord the King and to his heires Kings of England. Yee shall be good and trewe unto the M^lntaylors of the ffratemity of St. John Baptist in the Citie of London whereunto yee be nowe ad- mitted. Ye shall not withstand or disobey the summons of the Maister and Wardens of the said misterie for the tymebeing by theire Officer therefore assigned but to the same Maister & Wardens yee shalbe obedient and obeysaunt at all tymes without ye have a reasonable and a lawfull excuse. Yee shall not discover the lawfull counsell of this ffratemity or mysterie that ye shall have knowledge of which should be kept secrett within yourself. Yee shall not conceale any fforreyne using the handicraft of Taylory or Merchandises to dwell within the Franchises of the said Cittie but as soone as ye know it ye shall warne the Chamberlayne of the same city thereof or some Mynistere of the Chamber that he may doe due correcon therein as belongeth to his office to doe. Ye shall cover no forreyne in anywise under your own franchises to your profitt and singular advantage of the said forreyne upon the payne that is con- teyned in an Ordynaunce thereof made. Yee shall take no fforreigne covenaunt man into your service but onely of your owne mistery such as have well and truely served as appren- tices seven years within the said Cittie, or else apprentices duly XXXYIII. ] Oaths of 4507 and 4643 contrasted. 233 bound without fraude or male engine. 1 And att the beginning of theire termes or before yee shall bring them to this place and them present before the Maister and Wardens , afc fche e of according to the Ordinances and here the In- 16 years, or ^ ttle dentures to be made. And every such appren- Ji^^ither^afc^he tice ye shall cause to be enrolled within the may take the charge first yeare of this terme as the custom asketh. 2 of . thi ® __ / . • ... , Mystene likewise as Ye shall not entice nor withdrawe any man s ye do now]. apprentice or Covenant Servant till that reason- s [Ye shall not take able departing be made betwene the Maister Mousse nor shop to and the Servant.* These points and all other o&SLe^nfou” good rules and Ordynances made and to be ye be ad- made not repealed nor reversed you shall obey, ^d^WwSns 1 ^^ & mayntaine to your power as neer as dent. and able, as God shall give you grace. Soe help you God. King’sliege people]. The Oath of the Comon Clarke of the said fratemitie. Ye shall sweare that yee shall be trew to ou r So9eigne Lorde the Kinge and to his heires Kings of England, yee shall be good and true Brother unto the Merchaunt Tailours of the Fratemitie of St. John Baptist, of London whereof you are now admitted Clerk, ye shall not dis- cover the lawfull counsell of the said fratemitie which you shall have knowledge of and should be kept secrett within yonrself. You shall not write, nor deliver any Act or Ordy- naunce or other president made within this misterie for the good regiment & profitt of the same to any person of another mystery within this Cittie or without, but if it be with Lycence, Will and Consent of the Maister, Wardens and Assistants for the tyme being nor no manner of writing, booke, escript, Scrowe nor Evidence, ymbeasell out of this present place upon the payne as they will assesse upon you. Ye shall be obedient unto the Maister and Wardens for the tyme being in all things conceminge the comon weale of this fratemitie. Ye shall be ready with the Wardens at all manner 1 “ Bat the chaste damsel! , that had never priefe Of such malengine and fine forgerye, Did easely beleeve her strong extremitye.” Faerie Queene (Book iii., Chap, i., St. 58). Note in J. P. Collier’s edition : — “ ‘ Of such malengine,’ ... as a substantive we are here to understand it as ill intention or wicked purpose .” — F. Gh F. 234 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XXXYI1I. serches profitable business and needful errands for the politique advantage of the said fraternity when ye shall be thereto assigned. Ye shall truly and diligently inform the Maister and Wardens for the tyme being of all manner Ordinances, Consti- tutions and Statutes made in this fraternity and misterie which of late were confirmed by the noble Lords aforenamed as farr forth as ye shall have knowledge of, at all tymes needfiill and 1 [or damage to the behoofull, that the said Maister and Wardens peril of their souls], nm no t into errors 1 through your negligence. You shall truly to your knowledge enter the names of all the Brethren of this Fraternity that come not to the Quarter s [obites diriges an< * assemblies when they be sum- offerings, ridings, pro- moned by the commaundment of the Maister oeMlon ^ & Wardens and enforme them in writing of all those persons that come not and make default in their ap- paraunce, and to help to your power yf you be thereto commaun- ded to gather and levy the amerciaments of the same according to the Ordynaunce thereof made. Ye shall duly enter into your Books all the Receipts received by the Maister to the use of the said fraternity. And all manner payments made by the * [Priests] said Maister for the tyme being to the 3 Officers, 4 [Obites] Almsmen & of all quitt Rents, 4 Reparacons & all other casual payments & expences to & for the necessary causes of the said fraternitie. And of all the said Receipts & Payments you shall engrosse & make a true reckoning and •These words [whole accompt in writing & the same shewe & declare are 8 £ batl " to the 6 [Maister, Wardens and Assistants of in brackets in the the said fratemitie tor the tyme bemgj or teit * the more parte of them assembled for that purpose, openly in the Comon Hall in the day of the yeelding up of the Maister’s Accompt. Ye shall once or twice every year while ye stand in Office, declare the wills and compositions of all the Benefactors of the said Fraternitie at quarter dais holden in the presence of the Maister and Wardens & the whole body then assembled. And yf the Maister and Wardens for the tyme being would desire you to compile or make any new Acts or Ordynaunces which should grow to the disworshipp of the said fraternitie, ye shall lett it as far forth as ye may And yf you may not then, ye shall warn the most substantiall & wysest persons of the Assistants which have experience and wisdom e to lett & adnull the same. Thus shall ye behave you well & truly to the said Companie as nigh as God shall send you Grace. Soe help you Qod. 235 XXXVIII. ] Oaths of 1507 and 1613 contrasted. The Oath of the Beadle of the said ffraternity. Ye shall sweare ye shalbe true to our soveraigne Lord the King and to his heires Kings of England. You shall be good and true Brother unto the Marchaunt tailors whereof ye be Beadle. Ye shalbe obedient and obay- saunt to the Maister and Wardens for the time being. You shall knowe no forraine to occupy within this mystery contrary to the ordynnances thereof made, nor Ryotor, Robber, night walker nor slaundered person of the said fraternity abyding within this Citty and liberties of the same, but that ye shall shewe the names of them as soone as yee have knowledge thereof to the M r and Wardens for the tyme being, to the intent that the party so using himself through theire whole- some counsell and good advertisement, may the sooner be reformed and reconciled to grace. You shalbe ready at all tymes while yon stand in office, to goe with the Wardens or with the Clarck, at all manner searches and all other needefull errands pertayning to the common proffitt of the said frater- nitie as you shalbe thereto called or assigned. Ye shall doe all manner sumons and warnings within the said fraternity or mistery, without any Penny receaving for your labour, whether it be betweene party and party of the same mystery or else betweene Maister and apprentice or servant, except of every stranger complayning of any person of this mistery, for your sumons doing fower pence. Ye shalbe ready to search all manner distresses, fynes, debts, amerciaments and all other duties belonging to the said fratemitie which are and shall be assigned to gather and receave, and the same so gathered or receaved you shall bring in and make thereof a true relacion and accompt unto the M r and Wardens of the said mistery for the time being, or else to the Clarck of the Bame, of all the said Receipts which shall remayne in your owne hands, unto the tyme that the Maister hath discharged you of all your said. Receipts. In all these points and all other busin'es that belongeth to your Office of Beadle to be done, well and trulie you shall beare and behave you to the honor and worship of this ffraternity, as nigh as God shall give you grace. So help you God. The Oath of the ffower Wardens substitutes of the Bachelors Companie. 1 Yee shall sweare that ye shalbe true leige-men to the Kin ge 1 Am to this, see “ Yeoman or Batchelor’s Company,” Mem. n. 236 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ XXXVIII. ou r Sovereign Lord that now is and to his heires Kings of England. Yee shalbe good and trewe unto the M^ntailors of the Fratemitie of Saint John Baptist of London whereof yee are now admitted and elect as Wardens substitutes of the Batchelers company of the same fratemitie and the same Office to exercise and therein doe, under such manner and forme as the Maister & ffower Wardens with the advice of the more parte of the worshipfull counsellors and assistaunts of the said fratemitie will that ye shall doe for the good of the com- panie. Yee shall not withstand nor disobey the sumons of the Maister and Wardens of this misterie for the. time being by their Officer therefore assigned but to the same Maister and Wardens ye shalbe obedient and obaysaunt at all tymes convenient and covenable without ye have a reasonable and lawful excuse to the contrarie. Ye shall make no gatherings, assemblies, con- gregations, nor conventicles 1 amongst yourselves nor knowe none to be made that should sound or redownde unto the reproach, infamy or prejudice of this fraternity in tyme to come. But that your said assemblies for your four quarter daies and other your necessary causes and business shall be kept and holden in this present place, onely for which gather- ings & Assemblies Licence shalbe afore asked by you of the said Maister and Wardens and by them the daie and tyme assigned you and they or some of them to be present at the same. Ye shall make your Dynner or repast for the Batchelers Company in this said place in the day of the decollation of St. John Baptist such as the Maister and Wardens with the consent, will and agreement of the said Assistants will be agreeable unto. And at the said Dynner or repast ye shall doe, elect and choose the same four Wardens substitutes and none other as the said Maister, Wardens and Counsellors afore have admitted in your bill indented. Also yee shall not permitt, nor suffer the six- teene men called the Assistaunts to the Wardens substitutes of the Batchelors company from henceforth to make any election for wardens substitutes in tyme to come, nor enter into any Grant chargeable to your said Company secretly nor openly whether it be for almesmen, overseers or any other cause, but it it be done with the will, consent and agreement of the said four substitutes or three of them at the least. Also yee shall doe your best endeavor to raise and levy the americaments, fynes and all other duties pertayning to the comon profitt of the said Batchelors Company in honeot manner of all them that come 1 See Mem. n. par. 3, and Ordinance* of 1416 and 1417. XXXVIII. ] Oaths of 4507 and 4643 contrasted . 237 not to quarter daies or any other cause concerning the comon weale of your said Company a reasonable excuse be not had to the contrary. And of the breakers of the same yee shall cer- tify the Maister and Wardens thereof that they may doe due correction therein as belongeth to their Office and autlioritie to doe. Also ye shall keepe and fulfill to your power all such lawful Acts and Ordynaunces of late made, ratified, approved & confirmed by the Right honourable the Lord Chancellor of England the Lord Treasurer of England and the two Chief Justices of the King's Bench and Court of Comon Pleas accordinge to the authoritie of an Act of Parliament hereto- fore made. All these premises and all the good rules and Ordynaunces made and ratified, after the manner and forme abovesaid you shall doe to be observed and kept on your behalf as much as in you is, while ye stand in Office as neer as God shall send you grace. Soe help you God. The Oath of the Sixteen Men or Sixteen Assistants to the Wardens Substitutes of the Bachelors' Company. You Bhall swere that you shalbe trew to o r So9eigne Lorde the Kinge and to his Heires Kings of England and also good and trewe to the Marchaunt Tailors of the fraternitie of Saint John Baptist of the City of London. Ye shalbe obedient to the Maister and Wardens of the sayd Crafte or Mistery for the tyme beinge, and also to the said Wardens Substitutes for the time being in all things concerning the Comonwealth of this Misterie. Ye shall also (if yee be be somoned or required by the Officer thereunto assigned by the Maister and Wardens or by the Wardens Substitutes or by any of them) be psent in your own person with the said Maister and Wardens or Wardens Substitutes be it in the coen Hall of the said fraternitie, or in any other place for the needful and necessarie matters, causes or busynes con2ning the weale, profitt or worshippe of this said Misterie without you have a cause of reasonable let to the contrary. And yet that let to be showed upon your othe to be trewe, if you be thereunto lawfully required. And at all tytnes, when ye shalbe pnte with the said Wardens Substitutes you shall give your beste advice and concell that you can or that your wit will sve you to the uttermost of your power in all things that shall con2ne the weale and worshippe of this fraternitie. And if you knowe any thinge of evill that shulde redown de or sounde to the infamy, dis worshippe or hurte of this said mistery, ye shall diligently do the Maister and Wardens 238 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ xxxvm. or other of the worshipfull Assistants of the same Mistery to witte thereof* for a reformacon in the same to be hadd. And also such causes and matters as shalbe alledged or brought before the Wardens Substitutes and yowe, betweene ptie and ptie; You shall diligently and truly reporte and psent the same fully and holly to the Maister and Wardens of this Mistery for the tyme beinge, not sparyng any man for favor, affection or love, nr hinderinge, nor hurtinge any psone, for malice or hatred, but equally, truly and indifferently, in your said reports betwene ptie and ptie ye shall bear and behave yo r self and all lawfull conceits and secretes of this Mistery, be it matters or causes beloninge to this Misterie or any other thinge, that ought to be kept secrete ye shall kepe it secrete and close to yo r self, with- out any utterance or disclosynge of the same secretes to any pson but the Maister or Wardens or one of the said Coiiceli admytted. And all things touching the common weale of the same Mistery under the said Maister and Wardens for the tyme beinge and by their sufferance, leave and Licence ye shall do and procure to the uttermoste of your power. And you shall to your power see that th’ accompts of the 8Sen goode of the same fra- temitie shalbe made yerely appertly, openly £ playnly before the Maister and Wardens for the tyme beinge, or some of them, and the hoole body of the said fraternitie. All these points and Articles befre recited and rehersed unto you concninge this your pnte charge and Othe, you shall on your behalf obsve and kepe the same as nighe as God shall gyve you Grace, Soe helpe you God. All which Acts, Ordynaunces and Oaths in manner and forme specified at the request of the said Maister, Wardens & Fellowshipp of the aforesaid Misterie of Merchaunt Tailors by the authoritie of the same Act of Parliament Wee the said Lord Chancellor and Chief Justices of either Bench aforesaid have examined & the same Ordinaunces and every of them, for good, lawdable and lawful Ordynaunces and Statutes do accept and admit and by these presents as much as in us is ratifie, lawd and approve provided alway and foreseene that these Ordi- nances within this Booke expressed or any of them in no wise extend nor be prejudicial or hurtful to the Kings Prerogative neither to the hurt of any Graunt or Grauntes by the King or his Noble Progenitors beforetime made to the City of London or any other or any lawdable customs, now used in the same Citie. And in case any Article or Articles in this booke ex- pressed be prejudicial or hurtful to the Kinges Prerogative or to any Graunt by the Kinge or his noble Progenitors made to XXXIX. ] The Ordinances of 1661 . 239 the said Cittie of London or any other or to any lawdable customes above expressed then the same Article or Articles and every of them so being prejudicial or hurtful as is above said shall in that point be voide, cassate and of none effect any- thin g by us the said Lord Chancellor and two Chief Justices in this behalfe done or made notwithstanding. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names and put to our Seales the fourth day of May in the Eleventh Yeare of the Reign of our Soyeraigne Lord James by the Grace of God King of England, France & Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c., and of Scotland the six and fortieth. 1613. XXXIX. THE ORDINANCES OF 1661.» Pecuniary necessity, as stated in the preface, obliged the Company to make these Ordinances, of which the substance is here given. [After a preface similar to that which is found in those of 1613, these Ordinances proceed] The Master Wardens and Assistants of the Company of Merchant Taylors ill the City of London willing & desirous the said Act in every behalf to be observed & kept the Three and Twentieth day of December Anno Dom. 1661 and in the 13th year of the reign of our most gracious Sovereign Lord King Charles y® Second have exhibited & presented their humble petition unto us with this present writing containing the good & charitable Orders Rules & Ordinances by them ordained de- vised & made for the said fraternitie & their Successors & for the comon weale & conservation of the good estate of the Mistery of the said Merchant Taylors And thereupon have in- stantly desired us that we would peruse & examine the said Orders Rules and Ordinances as the aforesaid Act made in the said parliament requireth & approve the same. Whereupon in pursuance of the s d Act of Parliament We 1 Confirmed on 24th January 1661, by Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England ; Thomas Earl of Southampton, Lord High Treasurer of England ; Sir Robert Foster, Knight, Chief Justice of the Court of King’s Bench ; and Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Knight and Baronet, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Fleas. 240 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XXXIX. have perused the said Ordinances the tenor whereof hereafter ensue & follow viz. Whereas by reason of the late unhappy troubles in this kingdom the poor people which are maintained by the Company of Merchant Taylors are much increased & become very numerous by the relieving of whose necessities the said Company is of late become indebted in great sums of money which Debts are likely to increase unless some future provision be made for preventing the same for the discharging of w sumes of money due by the s d Company & avoiding the inconveniencies of their incurring further debts & for the future & better reliefe of the poor of the said Company It is ordained & established by the said Master, Wardens & Assistants of the said Company of Merchant Taylors That every person free of the said Company of Merchant Taylors who shall from henceforth have any Apprentice bound unto him and every Apprentice that from henceforth shall be bound an Apprentice to any of the said Company when he shall be admitted a freeman of the said Company or fraternity of Merchant Taylors & all such others as in respect of his or their fathers being or having been a freeman of the said Com- pany of Merchant Taylors shall be admitted into the freedom 1 of the said fraternity shall for & at the respective times of such his and their having his or their s d apprentice bound unto him or them And the Apprentice or other person at the time of his being made free or admitted into the freedom of the said Com- pany of Merchant Taylors respectively pay the severall & re- spective sums for binding & making free'and admittance into the said freedom respectively as are hereinafter imposed upon them respectively — viz., that every person free of the fraternity of Merchant Taylors & using the Trade of a Merchant Adven- turer of England a Turkey Merchant Spanish Merchant a French Merchant or any other kind of Merchant whatsoever trading beyond the seas that shall have any apprentice become bound unto him — shall at or upon the binding of every apprentice unto him & for presenting & three times Entring & Recording of his said apprentice & Trade in the hall book or books of the said Company pay unto the Clerk of the said fraternity for the time being for the use of the said fraternity the sum Thirty Shillings. [Then, in the same terms, trades are classified and fees of 20s., 13s. 4 d. 9 10s., and 6s. 8 d. imposed on the apprentice, according to his class. The Ordinances then proceed.] 1 Freedom (unlike the livery in this respect) is the right of those qualified for it, and may be enforced by mandamus. XXXIX. ] The Ordinances of 4661 . 241 And that if any person or persons hereafter shall by reason of their fathers being or having been a freeeman of the said Company be admitted into the freedom of the said fraternity that the party that shall be so admitted shall upon his admit- tance thereunto & for Entring & Recording of his name & Trade as afore 8d pay unto the said Clerk for the use of the said fraternity such Sum of money as an apprentice of the said fraternity according to the rates afores d in relation to the Art, Trade or Imployment of the said father ought to have paid upon his admittance into the freedom of the said fraternity. And it is also further Ordained by the said Master, Wardens & Assistants that as often as the Master, Wardens & Assistants of the said fraternity shall think fitt to fill up or augment the Livery 1 or clothing of the said fraternity if any of those per- sons free of the said Company that shall hereafter be named & elected by the said Master Wardens & Assistants to be ad- mitted into the Livery or Clothing of the said fraternity shall renounce refuse or deny to accept of the same, that then every such person so elected & renouncing refuseing or denying to be admitted into the Livery or Clothing of the said fraternity shall forfeit and pay to the said Clerk for the use of the said Society the Sum of ffifty pounds. And that every person of the said fraternity that is or shall be admitted into the Livery & Clothing of the said fraternity & that shall not keep his Stewards Dinner or that shall refuse to supply or bear such usual rates of contributon as are usually bom by such as are elected and admitted into the said Livery shall for every such refusal forfeit and pay to the said Clerk for the use of the said fraternity the sum of Thirty pounds. Which Ordinances in maner and form afore specifyed at the request of the said Master, Wardens & Assistants of the afore- said Mistery of Merchant Taylors By the authority of the same Act of Parliament we the said Lord High Chancellor, Lord High Treasurer & Chief Justices of either Bench aforesaid have examined and the same Ordinance or Ordinances do by these presents (as much as in us is and as far as we lawfully may) Ratify, allow & approve. In Witness whereof We hereunto subscribed our names and put our Seals this ffour & Twentieth day of January Anno Dom. 1661 and in the Thirteenth year of 1 The Ordinances of 1618 are silent on this, but the calling or election iB at the option of the Court, and not the right of the freeman. His election imposes dues or duties recognized by Law. See Pullen'* Law* and Custom* of London , p. 82, and the cases there quoted. R 242 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XL. the Reign of our most gracious Sovereign Lord Charles the Second of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Clarendon, C. R. Foster, Orl. Brldgeman. XL. DOCUMENTS FROM THE TOWN CLERK’S OFFICE. FAOt 1. Protest of the Recorder against the Company’s Charter of Henry VT. (20th October 1448) 242 2. Lord Mayor Billesdon’s award between the Skinners’ and the Merchant Taylors’ Companies (10th April 1484) 243 8. Supplementary award between the same parties (17th January 1521) . . .. 246 4. Lord Mayor’s Judgment in Newyngton’s Case (27th January *1517) .. .. 245 6. Summons on Complaint against Tailor Apprentices (5th November 1536) . . 246 6. Fine for not taking office as Warden (21st October 1613). . 246 7. Fine for not taking up the Livery (4th March 1672) 246 8. Scrutiny of the Poll on the Lord Mayor’s election (24th October 1682) . . . . 247 9. Wardens of the Yeomandry abolished (14th January 1691) 247 10. Exemption from the Livery of the 12 Companies (27th July 1697) . .. .. 248 11. Bland discharged from taking up his Livery (27th May 1715) 248 12. Kidd also discharged (1st October 1717) 248 13. As to right of Livery to Inspection of Charters, Ac. (20th Deoember 1751) . . 249 14. Petition of Liverymen, and Lord Mayor’s Summons (2nd June 1752) .. .. 260 16. Hearing of the Company on return of the Summons (16th June 1752) .. •• 252 16. Award of the Lord Mayor 258 ( 1 ) Me d qd die Sabbatti xx die Octobris, A 0 ER 8 1448, 20 October. Henr Sexti xxj° cu qd Carta pqsita fuisset p M ? Protest of the Re- & Custod Artf Scisso^ London 3 * lifctes ? Con- oorder agamstthe SU etud Civitatf ? expJsse 3 * tenore Magne of fiErnyVl. F Carte ej^d Civitatf Et Maior ? at Aldr ej^d Civitatf p die? Carta, repellend misissent Dno Regi ? Cdcilio suo Recordatore Civitatis ad in¥im snspendend execucone Carte pdic? Dns Rex Bre suum misit Rob? Clop? Maior, ad exequend omes Articulos Magne Carte Civitatf no obs? Car? Scisso^ ^dic ?. 1 [Memorandum : Qubd die Sabbatti vicesimo die Octobris, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti vicesimo primo, cum quaedam Carta perquaesita fuisset per Magistrum et Custodes Artis Scissorum Londonensium, contra libertates et Consuetudines Civitatis, et express^ contra tenorem Magnae Cartae ejusdem Civitatis; et Major et alii Aldremanni ejusdem Civitatis, pro dicta CartA repellendA, misissent Domino Regi et Concilio 1 Jor. No. 8, fo. 158. 243 XL. ] Documents from the Town Clerk's Office. Recordatorem Civitatis : — ad interim suspendendum execu- tionem Cartse prsedictss Dominus Rex Brevem suum misit, Roberto de Cloptone, Majori, ad exequendum omnes Articulos Magnse Cartae Civitatis, non obstante Carta Scissorum preedicU. Be it remembered, that on Saturday, the twentieth day of October, in the twenty-first year of the reign of King Henry 6th, when a certain Charter had been earnestly sought by the Master and Wardens of the Craft of Tailors of London, contrary to the liberties and Customs of the City, and directly contrary to the purport of the Great Charter of the same City ; and the Mayor and other Aldermen of the same City had sent to our Lord the King and his Council 1 * * for the rejection of the said Charter, the Recorder of the City : — in order to suspend in the meantime the execution of the aforesaid Charter, our Lord the King sent His Order in Council to Robert Clopton, the Mayor, to put in force all the Articles of the Great Charter of the City, notwithstanding the aforesaid Charter of the Tailors ] Isto die Magri & Gardian Mister Pellipar & ( 2 ) Cissor cu qmptrib 3 alijs pbis hoibj utriusq 3 Mistr 1 compmise? se stare judo Robti Billesden Maiox T , * & Aldro^ ClYl 48 London, sup quodm mafia don’s award between cont^ inter eos pendeii qui quidm Major & the Skinners’ and the Aldri reddiderut Judiu p ma?ia pdca pacificand Companies. 7 ° TB forma seqii : * Be it remembred, that where there hath been of late a variaunce & cont®9sie moeved & had betwene the Mais?, Wardeyns & Feolaship of the Skinfls of the Citee of London on the one ptie, and the Mais?, Wardeyns & Feolaship of Taillo r s of the same Citee on that other ptie, for the roume & place in their going afore in pcessions w 4 in the same Citee; And for ceasyng and pacifiyng thereof the said Mais?s, Wardeyns & Feolashipps of both the said pties the X th day of Aprill, the first yere of the Reign of Kyng Richard the iij*®, of their free willes have compmitted and submitted theym self to stonde and obey the Rule and Jugemet of Robt Billesdon, Mair, and thaldremen 1 See these proceedings under date of 21st August 1442, in Nicholas’s History of Privy Council, vol. v., p. 196. * “ This day the Masters and Wardens of the Mysteries of the Skinners and Tailors, for the purpose of compromising all matters in dispute between them pending, submitted the same to the judgment of Robert Billesden, the Mayor, and the Aldermen of the City of London, who rendered their decree for the purpose of pacifying the beforesaid matters in the following form.” — Jor. No. 9, fo. 60 b . R 2 244 Memorials of the Fraternity. [XL. of the said Citee of London : Whereuppon the said Mair and Aldremen, the day and yeere abovesaid, takyng uppon theym the Rule, direction and charge of arbitremet of and in the pJmisses for norishing of peas and love betwene the Maisters, Wardeyns and Feolashipps aforesaid, the which ben ij grete & wirshipfull membres of the said Citee, by thassent and aggremet of the MaisPs and Wardeyns of both the said Feolashipps have adjiigged and awarded in the forme that foloweth : First, that the said MaisP and Wardeyns of Skynfls shall yerely desire and pray the said MaisP and Wardeyns of Taillo r s to dyne w 1 theym atte their Comon Hall, in the vigill of Corp 5 Xpi, yf the same MaisP and Wardeyns of Skynfls than make an open Dyner ; And that the said MaisP and Wardeyns of Taillo r s so praied shall yeerely dyne, then and there w t the said MaisP and Wardeyns of Skynfls aforesaid w^wte a reasonable excuse had ; Also, it is awarded and adjugged that the said Mais? and Wardeyns of Taillo r s shall yeerely desire and pray the said Mais? and Wardeyns of Skynfls to dyne w* theym, in the Fest of the Nativitee of Seint John Bapte, if thei there than kepe an oppen Dyfl at their Comon Hall ; and that the said MaisP and Wardeyns of Skynfls so praied shall yerely dyne than and there w 1 the said Mais? and Wardeyns of Taillo r s aforesaid, w^ute a reasonable cause, &c. Moreov to sette aparte almafl occasions of strif and debate which hereafP myght fall betwene the MaisPs, Wardeyns and Feolashipps aforesaid, for the rowrae & going in pcessions, as it is above rehersed ; it was awarded & jugged by the said Mair & Aldremen, the day and yeere abovesaid, that the said Mais?, Wardeyns and Feolaship of Skynfls shall goo in all pcessions before the said Mais?, Wardeyns and Feolaship of Taillo r s, from the Fest of Easter, next comying unto the fest of Easter than next ensuyng; And that the said MaisP, Wardeyns and Feolaship of Taillo r s, from the same Fest of Easter than next ensuyng, shall goo in all pcessions b efore the said Mais?, Wardeyns and Feolaship of Skynfls, for a yeere, fully to be complete ; And so ePmore the Mais?, Wardeyns and Feolaship of Skynfls for to have the pemynencie of going afore in pcessions one yeere, and the said MaisP, Wardeyns and Feolaship of Taillo r s to have the pJemynencie of goyng afore in pcessions another yeere, begynnyng the yeere alwey in the Fest of Easter ; pvided alwey that as ofte as hereafter it shall hapne any Aldreman of either of the said Feolashipps to be Mair of this Citee of London, by reason whereof the Feola- ship of the same Mair shall, after the old Custume of the said Citee, goo afore all other Feolashipps in all plac 8 wfo the said XL. ] Documents from the Town Clerk's Office. 245 Citee duryng the tyme of the Mairaltie of the Mair so chosen, y* the same going afore all the same tyme be not accompted for any yeere of going afore by this awarde or juggemet; But that the same of the said ij Feolashipps, which had by this Orden a uce the ^emynence of going afore in pcessions, from the Fest of Easter next afore begynnyng of the said Mairaltie have like ^emynence from thende of the said Mairaltie to the Fest of Easter than next folowyng, in ^for min g of his hole yeere, and from thensforth to kepe thordre above appoynted. Where late the Wardens of the Skynfis (3) exhibited to the Court a Bill of Compleynt 15 2i,^7 January ; agenst the Mays? & Wardens of Mlcfean- SuppW^award tayllos, recytyng by the same an Ordyn a uce between the same made in the Mayralf of M r Byllesdon, for partie8 * thorderyng of the seyd ij Crafts in goyng in pcessions ; and sur- mytted also in their seyd Bill that the seyd Ordynnce was to be understand of oonly in goying in pcessions, and at noon other geSall goyings or assembles, which Ordynnce red, herd and rypely understand by this Court, was clerely in?f?tyd & declared that the true meanyng & intent of makyng of the seyd Ordeynnce was understand of not oonly for goyng in pcessions, but also for rydyng, goyng or metyng in & at all other assembles : And thereupon the seyd Wardens had in com- aunde* by this Court, that they and their succ from hensforth shuld use and eScise the seyd Ordynnce according to the seyd in?ptaccon & declar by this same Court made and de?-mynecL l In the ma? of con¥v*8ie dependyng in this ( 4 ) Court betwen Reynold Newyngton, y® which 161 g Hen * by his Bill of petcon desyreth to be ?nslated ^ * from the Mister of M ) ch a nttaylo r s to the ment in Newynton’s Mister of M^lcers, y 4 apperyth to this Courte, Ca8e - uppon thanswer of the M r and Wardeyns of the seyd ch a n- taylo r s, that the seyd Reynold, of his own free wyll, was openly sworn uppon the Holy Evngelists in their Coen Hall, before the Mast r & Wardens then beying of the same Craft, that he, duryng his lyf£ schuld abyde & contynewe stvll oon of the same Felyship, w t oute fnslatyng, or in eny ma8 wijse to be chunged or made fo eny other Craft w^ the seyd Citie. Yt ys thought by this Court 1 Kep. No. 5, fo. 16 5 b . 246 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XL. that the seyd Othe ys expssely agenst the libties of this Citie, & that the seyd M r & Wardens shall adnulle & putte oute the seyd Clause of their Boke, & from hensforth no more to use yt; to the which they were then well agreeable. 1 ( 5 ) Also this Courte was enfomed that di9se & lgMNorwrtMri many Yong Men, Tayllo r s of this Citie, go SummonT^on com a ^ ou ^ e ^h e same idelly, & have no werk to plaint against Tailor occupye theym selfes therew*, wherefor the apprentices. Wardens of the Tayllours nowe here psente have the comaunde to make diligent serche amongs all the Company who they be that be so idell; and farthermore to make diligent serche what foreyns wfo this Citie do sette a werk eny Tayllo r s to werk wfo their houses, and to bryng in their names to this Court on Tewesday next.* Stoinarton, Maior . (6) This day John Robinson,* Citizen and 1613, ^October ; li Marchauntailo r of London, being con vented to Fine for not taking Court by the M r and Wardens of the Com- office as Warden. pany of Mar chauntaylo” for refusing to take upon him to be one of the Wardens of the said Company, being by them elected according to rule and order, or to submit himself to pay his fine. And for his obstinate and wilfull refusing heere in Court to accept of the aforesaid Office, or to yeeld to pay his tine, in contempt of the good Rules and Ordinances of his said Company and of this Ckty, and to the p)nicious example of other offenders in the like kinde, was therefore by this Court comitted to the Prison in the Gaole of Newgate, there to remayne untill he shall conforme himself. 4 Hanson, Maior . ( 7 ) This day, upon a complaint made unto this 16 ^ 2 * *Cha^ 1 II 1 25 ^ our * ky the Master and Wardens of the Com- Fine fo/not taking P an >' of Merchantaylors against Richard Wal- up the Livery. ton, a Member of their Company, for that the said Richard Walton, being capable and duly elected, refuseth to take upon him the Clothing of the said Com- pany, and to pay the usuall fine upon such occasions, the said Richard Walton pretending himselfe exempted from the juris- 1 Rep. No. 8, fo. 125. 8 Rep. No. 8, fo. 204 k . 8 The son of the Alderman buried in St. Helen’s .Church (?), p. 659. 4 Rep. No. 81. Part 1, fo. 188 b . XL. ] Documents from the Town Clerk's Office . 247 diccon of the said Company, being by Trade a Distiller, and haveing been since admitted and swome to the Company of Distillers : It is notwithstanding ordered by this Court, that the said Richard Walton doe, according to the Custome of this Citty, comply e and yeild all due subjeccon to the said Company of Marchantaylors, whereof he is a Member, and cannot be dis- charged without the free consent of the said Company. 1 This day Mr. Coen Seijeant, in presence of (8) Mr. Sherriffes, and also of the Citizens imploied 5 to inspect & examine the late Poll taken for Scrufcin of tlie p oll the Election of Lord Maior, acquainted this on the Lord Mayor's Court with severall objections that had bin Elecfclon * made upon the Scrutiny ag* divers persons who voted in the s d Poll, & he thereupon propounded severall questions to be considered of and determined by this Court: Which this Court taking into consideration, having first read a paper pre- sented by some of the s d Citizens to answear the s d objections, and haveing also heard Councell to some of the perticulers, a question was put (after long debate, and a previous question put and carried in the affirmative, whether this should be the question), Whether such of the Company of Merchant tailers call’d upon j* Livery as have not taken the Oath required in that case by the Constitucons of the Company, are good and lawfull Liverymen. And it was carried in the negative, that they are not good and lawful Liverymen.* This day appeared before this Court the (9) Master, Wardens and Assistants of the Com- 1 g 9 ^J r ^f pany of Merchtaylos, upon y* complaint of the w , m ‘ J J r J v Wardens of the Yeo- Wardens and 16 Men ot y* Yeomandry ot the mandiy abolished, said Company; and after a long heareing of y® complaint of the said Wardens and 16 Men of y* Yeomandry, for not sweareing the said Wardens, to enable them (as was sug- gested) to regulate abuses in the Taylors’ Trade, as also of the defence made by the said M r , Wardens and Assistants of the said Company, by Councell learned in the Law, on both sides : This Court being fully satisfied that the said Wardens and 16 Men have bin of late altogeather useless, and only a charge to the said Company, were of opinion that the M r , Wardens and Assistants of the said Company of Merchtaylors ought not to be 1 Rep. No. 78, fo. 108. 8 Rep. No. 87, fo. 858. 248 Memorials of the Fraternity. [XL. obleiged by this Court to sweare the said foure Wardens of the Yeomandiy. 1 * * f 10) 1697, 27 July $ 9 Will. III. Exemption from y« Livery of the 12 Com- panies. Clarke , Maior. This Court being highly sensible that severall persons free of the Companyes of this Citie (amongst others) are called upon the Liveryes of their respective Companyies, who have neither Estates nor Abilities to take the Cloathing upon them, which proceedings tend not onely to y* impoverishm* of them & their famelyes, but is alsoe at last a charge & burthen to the Companyes to which they belong ; It is now Ordered for the future, that noe persons be called to take upon them the Cloathing of any of the Twelve Companyes unless they have an Estate of a Thousand pounds ; And that noe persons be called to take upon them y* Cloathing of any of the inferiour Companyes, unless they have an Estate of Five hundred pounds. 8 Humfreys, Mayor . (ID 1715, 27 May j 1 George I. Upon hearing the Complaint of the Master and Wardens of the Company of Merchant BlaiX' dUoharged Baylors against Michael Bland, one of their from taking up hie Members, for refusing to take upon him the Llver J* Livery of the said Company, This Court being informed that he hath eight young Children, and is but a poor man, doth think fit to discharge him of the said office. 8 Bateman , Mayor . (12) The Complaint of the Master & Wardens 1 ^ 17, Geo° < e°i >eri 4 Company of Merchant Tailors against Kidd tdso discharged. John Kidd ’ a Member of their Company, was chose on the Livery by the said Company, for refusing to take on him the said Livery, being heard, and the said Mr. Kidd here in Court being sworn, declared he was not worth One thousand pounds, his debts paid. Where- upon it is ordered, that he be at this time discharged from the said Livery. 4 1 Rep. No. 96, fo. 100. 8 Rep. No. 101, fo. 810. This order was given up as ultra vires in the Vintner's Company v. Passey, 1 Burr. Rep. 236. 8 Rep. No. 119* fo. 282. 4 Rep. No. 121, fo. 388. XL. ] Documents from the Town Clerk's Office. 240 Upon application to this Court (the Mer- (13) chant Taylors* Company) by Mess 1 *. Francis 1751, 20 December. Cooper, Robert Wilsonn, Geo. Dance, Rob 4 . ^.toBigbtof Lrrory Pumell, and John Smith, 5 Liverymen of this ters, &c. Company, desireing that they might be allowed the liberty of inspecting the body of the Bye-laws which have been enacted for the go vemm* of this Company, and that the Clerk of this Company might be ordered to transcribe for them such of the said Bye-laws as they should, upon inspecting y« same desire, on their paying hinua reasonable gratuity for the same. The Court signified to them, that tho’ this Court will not deny any reasonable request, yet that as this application is an unusual one, the Court think pitoper to take time to consider of it, & will return them an answer y e next Court. Ordered that a state of the Case be prepared & the Attorney- General’s Opinion taken how far this Court is obliged or it is reasonable for them to comply with the request delivered to the Court, and that the state of the Case be communicated to the Master and Wardens, and they to sumon the Assistants to advise with them thereon, and that such opinion as is given be also communicated to the Master and Wardens, and by them to the Assistants previous to y* next Court. Upon reading the Opinion of the Attorney-General 1 on the Case laid before him, pursuant to the directions of this Court, touching the constitution of this Company under their Charter of Henry the 7th, and the power exercised by the Master and War- dens in making Bye-laws, and the validity of the particular Bye- laws for Election of Master and Wardens, and how far the present Master, Wardens and Court of Assistants were obliged by law, or in point of prudence should comply with the request lately made to this Court by five of y e Members upon the Livery to have a sight of all the Bye-laws of this Company and copys of such of them as they may require ; and upon con- sideration had of the said Opinion given by Mr. Attorney- General, that by the Charter of Henry the 7th, the name of the Corporation was changed, & that for the future the Master and Wardens became the Corporation & had good power to make Bye-laws and Ordinances, and that the particular Bye-law of 1613 (for election of Master and Wardens) is a good law & binding on the Members, and to be observed ; and that it is not advisable for the Master, Wardens and Court of Assistants to comply with the request of some of y* Members to do anything 1 Court, 22nd April 1752. 250 Memorials of the Fraternity . [XL. in derogation of its authority, which has been supported by usage long enough to presume a Bye-law, if none appeared in writing, and that as the usage goes so far back as stated before that law, it is sufficient to presume one before, or perhaps even a Prescription time out of mind, as the Fraternity appears to have acted as a Corporation before the Charter. This Court is of opinion that the request of the 5 Members of the Livery of this Company, made on the 20th of Dec r last is not proper to be complied with, and that when they are acquainted with the opinion of this Court it be signified to them at the same time that the Members of y* Livery shall not be without due notice of the contents of any Bye-law which they are required to observe, and that the Clerk of “this Company hath the permis- sion of this Court to produce the Index of the Bye-laws, to y® end that if the Members of the Livery will specific the Bye-laws the contents whereof they desire to be informed o£ the Clerk may return an account thereof to this Court, who will then consider how far it may be advisable to comply therewith. Ladbroke , locum tenens, Winterbottom, Mayor . Tuesday, the 2d day of June 1752, and in the > Twenty-fifth Year of the Reign of King George the Second, of Great Britain, &c. This day the humble Petition of John 1762 2 June ; 25 Smith, Francis Cooper, George Dance, Robert George II. Wilsonn and Robert Purnell, Liverymen of Petition of Livery- the Merchant Tailors 5 Company, was deli- Mayor*a ^Summow vered into this Court, and read in these thereon. Words : To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and the Worshipful Court of Aldermen, of the City of London. The humble Petition of John Smith, Francis Cooper, George Dance, Robert Wilsonn, and Robert Purnell, Livery- men of the Merchant Tailors’ Company, in the said City : Sheweth, That your Petitioners having severally been called upon by the Master, Wardens and Court of Assistants in the said Com- pany to take upon them the Livery, they have all paid to the said Master, Wardens and Court of Assistants the fine or sum of 30/., being, as your Petitioners were informed, the Livery fine of the said Company : XL. ] Documents from the Town Clerk's Office . 251 That by the Charter granted to the said Company by King Henry VII., in the 18th year of his reign, power was given to the Master and Wardens to make Bye-laws for the better go- vernment of the said Company : and your Petitioners have been informed and believe that some set of Bye-laws have been since made by the said Master and Wardens, in pursu- ance of such power, which Bye-laws your Petitioners humbly apprehend as well concern the Livery and Commonalty of the said Company as the said* Master, Wardens and Court of Assistants : That the said Bye-laws are not anywhere enrolled as your Petitioners have been able to discover ; and although most of your Petitioners have been a great number of years on the said Livery, yet they have never had any opportunity of seeing the said Bye-laws, or hearing the same read : That your Petitioners being fearful of ignorantly offending against any of the said Bye-laws, your Petitioners, in the month of December last, did jointly apply themselves to the present Master, Wardens and Court of Assistants, desiring that they might have the inspection of the body of the Bye-laws of the said Company, and that the Clerk of the said Company might copy out such of the said bye-laws as your Petitioners should desire, on their paying him a reasonable gratuity for the same, which request of your Petitioners the said Court desired time to consider of : That after many applications on the part of your Petitioners for an answer to their said request, your Petitioners have lately received a paper from the Clerk of the said Company, which .appears to be a Minute of a Court held the 22d day of April last, and in which is set forth, That the Court is of opinion that the request made by your Petitioners is not proper to be com- plied with ; but your Petitioners should have notice of any Bye-law before they were called upon to observe it, and that the Clerk of the said Company had permission from the said Court to produce to your Petitioners the Index of the Bye-laws, to the end that in case your Petitioners should specify which of the Bye-laws they desired to be informed of the contents of, the said Clerk might return an account to the Court, who would then consider how far it might be advisable to comply therewith. That your Petitioners humbly apprehend that the answer so given to your Petitioners by the Clerk of the said Company amounts to a denial of your- Petitioner’s request. And in regard your Lordship and this Honourable Court 252 Memorials of the Fraternity. [ XL. are, as jour Petitioners humbly conceive, the guardians of the rights and privileges of the citizens of this City. Your Petitioners humbly pray, that the said Master, Wardens and Court of Assistants may be directed by this Honourable Court to show and produce to your Petitioners, or their agents, the said Bye-laws of the said Company ; and that your Petitioners may have Copies of such of them as your Petitioners shall desire. And your Petitioners shall ever pray, &c. John Smith, Francis Cooper, George Dance, Robert Wilsonn, Robert Purnell. Whereupon this Court doth appoint Tuesday the 16th in- stant to hear the matter of complaint on the said Petition; and it is ordered that the Master and Wardens of the said Company of Merchant Tailors, as also the Petitioners, do then attend the Court for that purpose. r Tuesday the 16th of June 1752, and in the Akop, Mayor. 4 Twenty-sixth Year of the Reign of King L George the Second, of Great Britain, &c. (15) This Court proceeded, according to the 1762, 16 June. order of the 2d instant, to hear the matter Hearing of the Com- pany on return of the Summons. of complaint in the Petition of John Smith, Francis Cooper, George Dance, Robert Wilsonn and Robert Purnell, Liverymen of the Merchant Tailors’ Company, against the Master, Wardens and Assistants of the said Company, as well as the said Petitioners ; attending ac- cording to the said order, they were all called in, and the Petition was then again read ; and the said Master and Wardens being required to answer the same, they did deliver into this Court a paper writing, signed by their Clerk, by their order, which they prayed might be read as their answer to the said Petition, and the same was accordingly read, in these words : To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, and the Worshipful Court of Aldermen of the City of London, The Master and Wardens of the Merchant Tailors having received an order of this Court, requiring their attendance this XL. ] Documents from the Town Clerk's Office. 253 day, and being desirous on all occasions to show their great regard and due respect to this Court, do attend accordingly. And with deference to this Court, saving to themselves as to the subject matter of the Petition mentioned in the order of this Court, all rights by their several Charters from the Crown, confirmed by Parliament or otherwise, in them vested, they say that in the affair mentioned in the Petition of five of the Members of the Livery of their Company, they the said Master and Wardens have hitherto, as they apprehend, acted accord- ing to law, and pursuant to the advice of His Majesty’s Attorney-General as Counsel, and hope this Court will not in- terfere between them and their five Members, in which the Merchant Tailors’ Company will endeavour to act agreeable to their Charters, with reasonable regard to any proper application of their Members ; and with submission they apprehend that nothing to contrary appears in the transactions with their complaining Members, on their own state of the affair duly considered. By order of the Master and Wardens and Court of Assistants. 16 June 1752. George North, Clerk. And some debates arising thereon, all the said parties were ordered to withdraw, and they withdrew accordingly. This Court, after debating the matter, doth resolve, That it is their opinion that the several Companies, Guilds, Fraternities, Mis- eries and Societies within this City, are by custom and pre- scription under the regimen, government and orders of this Court, and doth adjourn the farther consideration of the said Petition and Answer till this day fortnight, when all the said parties are hereby ordered to attend again ; and in the mean- time this Court doth recommend it to the said Petitioners to apply to the said Masters and Wardens to see the Index of their Bye-laws in the Petition mentioned, and to demand copies of such of them as they shall desire { Tuesday, the 30th day of June 1752, and in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Reign of King George the Second, of Great Britain, &c. ( 16 ) This Court proceeded to take into their con- 1752 , 80 June. sideration the matter of the Petition of John Award of the Lord g m ith and others, complaining of the Master, '*** or - Wardens and Assistants of the Company of 254 L XLl. Memorials of the Fraternity . Merchant Tailors, pursuant to the order of the 16th instant ; and Mr. Town Clerk acquainted this Court that this morning he received a letter from Mr. George North, the Clerk of the said Company, which he produced in Court, and the same was read, purporting in effect, that he was directed by the Master, Wardens and Court of Assistants of the Merchant Tailors’ Com- pany, to acquaint the Town Clerk that the five Members of their Livery, the Petitioners to the Court of Aldermen, having, according to the Minute of the Court of Assistants of the Com- pany of the 22d of April, mentioned in the Petition, inspected the Index of the Bye-laws, and specified, in a note by them signed, the particular Bye-laws they required to see, the said Mr. North had the orders of the Court to permit the said five Members to hear read and have copies of the Bye-laws specified in the note by them delivered : the case being thus, it was apprehended the attendance of the Master and Wardens was not necessary ; they therefore, and not for any want of due regard to the Court of Aldermen, do not attend this day. Whereupon the further consideration of this matter is ad- journed till this day fortnight. XLL REPORT OF ROYAL COMMISSIONERS (IN 1887) ON THE MERCHANT TAYLORS’ COMPANY. 1 * 3 1.* Upon our first application to the Clerk of this Company l Conduct of the we rece i ye( l reply a letter from him, accom- Company. Docu- panied by the copies of certain Opinions of ments * Counsel, and Resolutions, 8 said to be passed at the Court of Assistants, held 24 October 1833, and 14 November 1833, by which they declared that they would meet us with “ unqualified resistance and in reply to our circular of queries and the request to attend before us at Guildhall, we received a letter of the 3rd October 1834, referring us to the previous communication. No person appeared before us, on our public sittings at Guildhall, on behalf of the Company, to give any information or evidence. The Town Clerk, who attended us as usual, furnished some examples, taken from the City Archives, 1 Ordered to be printed 25th April 1837. 1 Numbers have been put to the paragraphs for convenience of reference. 3 See Appendices J (1) and (2). 2 55 XLI. ] Report of Royal Commissioners (4837). of the jurisdiction exercised by the City over the Com- pany, which we have printed; and a Liveryman appeared for the purpose of giving information, and also of pre- ferring various complaints. This gentleman had been long engaged in litigation with the Company, and at the time of our inquiry was under prosecution for a libel on the Clerk. He delivered to us a printed copy of an office copy of the Charters of the Company, which we have printed at length, because we found a difficulty in abstracting it, owing to some inaccuracy in the recitals, and several other documents noticed in our statement of his evidence. He also referred us for in- formation to various printed papers 1 which had been delivered to us, three of which are subscribed by his name ; others are anonymous. We have not deemed it expedient to make any use of the printed papers, excepting those portions which con- sist of documentary evidence, or letters signed with the real names of the parties. 2. As introducing the evidence of this witness, it must be stated that, at a festival of the Company, held at the Hall, in August 1830, a discussion Committee of^Liy- arose between the members of the Court and ©rymen against the certain members of the Livery, of which dis- ompany * cussion the primary cause was a letter, signed “ Mercator,” cir- culated by a member of the Livery, in which it was asserted that all executive officers ought to be annually chosen by the body of the Livery, on the Feast of St. John the Baptist, or as near as convenient. In consequence of the proceedings at the festival, a meeting of the Livery of the Merchant Tailors’ Company, at which, however, not more than 20 attended, was held. 3. This was shortly followed by another similar meeting, at which several Resolutions were passed, protesting against the self-election of the executive authorities by the Court of Assistants, and against the uncontrolled receipt and disburse- ment of their revenues and bestowal of their patronage, recom- mending that funds be raised by subscription, . to defray the expenses attendant on the efforts to restore the rights of the Livery, and requesting the co-operation of the other Livery- men. These Resolutions were advertised. The witness who 1 A publication called “ The Free Enquirer,” printed by E. Wilson, of the Royal Exchange, in 1831-2, entered into these disputes. 256 Memorials of the Fraternity . [XLI. appeared before us acted as Secretary to the meeting, and it appears to have been with reference to these proceedings that he procured much of the information communicated to us. 1 2 4. He delivered to us the copy of an affidavit made by the Clerk to the Company, in the course of the legal proceedings 8 which we have already mentioned, from which the following account of the constitution of the Company is principally taken. The Company commonly called the Merchant Tailors’ Company, is a Corporation, as well by prescription as by Charter. In the 18th year of King Henry VII., a Charter was granted by that King, purporting therein to grant the same by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parliament, which was duly accepted and acted upon, and is now the governing Charter of the Company. By that Charter the said King did incorporate and confirm and translate the said Master and Wardens and their successors, by and unto the name of the Master and Wardens of the Merchant Tailors of the Fraternity of St. John the Baptist, in the City of London; and power was given to them and their successors to increase and admit Mem- bers into the said Fraternity, from time to time ; and all the lands, tenements, rents, reversions, services and property of every description, real as well as personal, and all liberties, franchises, privileges, and grants, which the said Master and Wardens, or their predecessors, or the men of the said Mysteries, had before held, possessed or enjoyed, were thereby granted to the said Corporation of the Master and Wardens and their successors, by their now name, and they were thereby in and by that name authorized to purchase, receive, grant, alien and demise, lands and possessions, to sue and be sued, and to make Statutes and Ordinances for the good government, overlooking, scrutiny and correction, of the said Mysteries, and of the men of the said Fraternity, when and as often as necessity should require. 5. The Clerk in this Affidavit further states, that by the same Charter the Guild or Fraternity of Tailors and Armourers of the Linen Armoury of St. John the Baptist, in the City of London, were also incorporated, confirmed and translated by and into the name of the Guild of Merchant Tailors of the Fraternity of St. John the Baptist, in the City of London, and 1 See Appendix J (3). 2 The King v. Merchant Taylors’ Company, 2 B. and Adol., 118. XLI. ] Report of Royal Commissioners (4837). 257 by virtue of the same. Charter or of former Charters, the Members of the said Fraternity as such, and by becoming either Freemen or Liverymen of the same, become entitled to and in fact enjoy many benefits and privileges, municipal and mercantile, in the City of London, and also become liable in the matters provided for by the said Charter, and by legal Bye-laws, from time to time duly made under the authority of the same, to the control and government of the said Corporation of Master and Wardens of the said Fraternity. 6. From the date of the earliest documents in the possession of the Master and Wardens down to the present time, a period of 340 years and upwards, there appears to have existed in the said community a certain body, varying in number, but not falling below 24, called Assistants or Counsellors, the Members of which appear to have been from the earliest period, and still are, Past Masters and others elected from the Liverymen or Freemen of the said Fraternity; and the right of the election of the Master and Wardens appears, from the earliest periods in which any evidence can be procured on the subject, to have been in the Master and Wardens, and Assistants elected as above-men- tioned ; the time, manner and other ceremonies of the elections are described and recognized as then existing by the earliest Bye-laws, as well as by the Book of Ordinances now in the possession of the Master and Wardens. 7. It appears from the records which are extant from 1488 to the present time, with the exception of two intervals from 1493 to 1562 and from 1663 to 1672, that the electors for the office of Master have always been the Master, Wardens, and Past Masters, or the Master and Past Masters of the said Fraternity, Mem- bers of the said Court of Assistants, and the electors of the Wardens have always been the Master and Wardens and Court of Assistants generally, and that in no case has the general body of Freemen or Liverymen, as such, interfered in such elections. 8. The electors of the Assistants, according to the earliest records, have uniformly been the Master, Wardens, and Court of Assistants, who appear in very early times to have elected commonly Past Wardens into the office, at other times to have elected members from the body of Freemen and Liverymen at once upon the Court of Assistants, without appointing them to any other post or office at the "time, and in later years to have elected the person or persons who may happen to be chosen Wardens from the body of the Livery, at the same time mem- s 258 Memorials of the Fraternity . [XLI. bers of the Court of Assistants, which last-mentioned practice is that which now prevails, and has prevailed, as appears by the said records, with very few exceptions, for the last 150 years and upwards ; and the Clerk believes there is nothing in the constitution or usages of the said Fraternity to prevent such elections being made at the freewill of the said Master and Wardens of the said Court of Assistants. 9. Of the 39 members which compose the present Court of Assistants, six had been from 20 to 30 years, nineteen from 15 to 20 years, nine from 12 to 15 years, and one 11 years and upwards, Liverymen of the said Fraternity, before their elec- tion into the said Court, and the remaining four members of the Court, who were Liverymen of the Company, were elected on the said Court immediately after their appointment as Aider- men of the City of London, in pursuance ot an old-established custom ; and among the said 39 members there are only eight who are related to each other by blood and marriage. 10. The Clerk admits that the Master and Wardens, but not the Fraternity, do possess property, real and personal, to a large amount, which has been given or bequeathed to them, from time to time, principally by individuals formerly Masters or Wardens, or Members of the Court of Assistants, part of which property has been given or bequeathed to them absolutely, and to be disposed of at their own free will, other part of which they hold as trustees, for purposes wholly unconnected with the Fraternity, other part specifically for the repair and sustentation of the Hall and premises of the said Master and Wardens, and the remainder as Trustees for charitable purposes; and that besides the property above-mentioned, the Master and Wardens receive, from time to time, certain fees and fines from the Members of the Fraternity upon their admission, and on other occasions, as hereinafter mentioned. 11. The Clerk states, that the only church patronage in the gift of the said Master and Wardens, or of the said Company or Fraternity, consists of the Rectory of St. Martin’s OutvVich, London, in which parish great part of Merchant Tailors’ Hall is situate, and a Lectureship of the value of 75/. 8s. 4 d. per annum, both of which are in the gift of the said Master and Wardens, and are usually bestowed upon the masters of the Merchant Tailors’ School, of which the Master and Wardens are the patrons and special visitors, which was established in the year 1561, by’ the Master, Wardens, and Court of Assistants of that day, and has ever sirce been maintained by the Master and Wardens out XLI. ] Report of Royal Commissioners ( i837 '). 259 of the estates, of which they are the absolute owners; and that no specific fund, provision, or other endowment, has been left, bequeathed, or set apart for its support, with the exception of a small sum of 8/. per annum, left for providing refreshments for the Masters and Examiners of the said School, during the pro- gress of certain examinations, which take place on two days in the year; and of another small sum of 1/. 65. 8d. paid to and divided among the four Masters of the said School on each of the probation days in the year. 12. The Master and Wardens expend out of their estates a large sum of money annually, towards the support of the said School; which is not, nor has it ever been since its first establishment, confined to children of Freemen or Liverymen of the said Fraternity, but is open to the children of any man. 13. There are 37 scholarships or fellowships in St. John’s College, Oxford, which are supplied from the said School as vacancies occur therein, by the Master and Wardens and Court of Assistants, with the assent of the President and Senior Fellows of the said College, on the 11th of June in every year, pursuant to the statute of Sir Thomas White, the founder of the said College, who was himself a Liveryman of the said Fraternity, and a Member of the said Court of Assistants, and also successively a Warden and Master; there are also several other scholarships and exhibitions which have been left for the benefit of scholars educated in Merchant Tailors’ School, and others educated in the Universities of Oxford and Cam- bridge. None of all these scholarships are confined or limited to the sons of Freemen and Liverymen of the Fraternity, who, as such, possess no advantage in the School or at the College over the sons of any other individual or citizen. 14. The Master, Wardens, and Court of Assistants possess, and have on numerous occasions exercised the power from the earliest periods, of varying the Fine payable on the admission . of Freemen to the Livery of the Company. 15. It appears by the records of the said Master and Wardens, that in ancient times, the Master and Wardens required such Freemen of the Company as were of ability to take up their Livery, to do so, and imposed upon them such fines, and also assessed upon the Fraternity at largo such sums of money as they thought proper, for the purpose of raising sums of money • required to meet any particular exigency, in preparing costly pageants and entertainments on extraordinary occasions. 16. Besides the fines paid by Freemen on their admission to the S 2 260 Memorials of the Fraternity . [XLI. Livery, the new Livery were charged with providing certain of the entertainments given at the Hall, not only to the Livery, but also the entertainment given to the President and Senior Fellows of St. John’s College, Oxford/on the annual election, and on other occasions ; and each Liveryman in his turn kept what was termed the Steward’s Dinner. 17. From two to six members of the Livery were appointed for each dinner, which they provided at their own costs and charges ; the number of the persons so appointed stewards varying according to the size and nature of the entertainment, and the Master and Wardens, when the expense was heavy, sometimes contributed towards it. 18. The Master and Wardens also possessed, and exercised at various times from a very remote period, the power of making the Lively and Freemen contribute with themselves, such sums as they might think proper to assess upon them, to raise sup- plies for Government to furnish troops and equipments for the purposes of the State, and to advance, by way of loan, to suc- cessive Sovereigns, large sums of money, for which they were often solicited, but seldom or never repaid. 19. The Livery were also from time to time assessed to the payment of corn money, 1 being a fund applied in the purchase of com, as a provision against any scarcity or famine. 20. It appears, that it frequently happened that Liverymen applied to be excused, and were excused from keeping the said Steward’s Dinner, upon payment of a fine, fixed at the discre- tion of the Master, Wardens and Assistants, and that this fine 'varied from time to time, until at length the practice of requir- ing the Livery to keep the Steward’s Dinner was discontinued, and a fine was in all cases taken in lieu thereof. 21. The fines thus taken from the Livery were and are appli- cable to defraying the expense of the several dinners, which the new members in former times were wont to provide, and that three dinners are now annually provided by the Master and Wardens for the entertainment of the Livery, who were per- mitted, within certain limits, and with the permission of the Master and Wardens for the time being, to invite their friends; 1 They were warned for various duties by the Lord Mayor, as in October 1571, to watch the City Oates; in March 1579, to raise and train 200 men; in February 1586, for these soldiers to attend the funeral of Sir P. Sydney ; in 1586, to provide gun- powder (under tin eat of imprisonment) ; and in 1588, to furnish 85 men, well armed, (as a quota) to meet the Spanish Armada. Towards James I.’s journey from Scotland and Coronation, the Company con- tributed 234/. See Appendix I) (3), p. 589. XLI. ] Report of Royal Commissioners (4837). 2G1 and that each of the said dinners costs the Master and Wardens from 400/. to 500/., but that the average receipt of the Master and Wardens daring the last six years, in respect of the Livery fines, does not exceed 600/. per annum. 22. The Freemen of the said Company are not, nor have they been for many years past, required to take up their Livery, but are suitors for it ; and it has been for many years past the in- variable custom, before any Freeman is admitted to the Livery of the said Fraternity, for him to procure himself to be proposed for that purpose by a member of the Court, and he is then apprized, if considered eligible, of some subsequent Court-day, on which he may attend for the purpose of being put up for election ; upon which day, if in attendance, he is called into court before the Master, Wardens and Assistants, when the Master asks him if he be desirous of being admitted on the Livery of the Company, and on his answering in the affirmative, he retires, and a member of the Court proposes him to be elected on the Livery, after which the question being put, it is decided by vote. 23. The* applicant, if elected, is then called in, and informed that he has been admitted upon the Livery, upon payment of 75/. fine and the usual fees, amounting together to 80/. 8s., and after having paid this sum, he is sworn and admitted on the Livery. 24. In addition to the above-mentioned fines, the Master and Wardens receive from every member of the Livery, who is elected into the Court of Assistants, a further sum of 105/. on such his election ; which is immediately transferred to a certain Pension Fund, which they have voluntarily created to increase their m ^ans of relieving members of the same Company, and those relatives of Members who do not come within the scope of the specific Charities of which the Master and Wardens are the Trustees. 25. The sums of money expended by the Master and Wardens in Trusts and Charities exceed the amount they are bound so to apply, which excess of expenditure is borne out of the cor- porate funds, and the Master and Wardens voluntarily expended out of their corporate cash, about five years ago, the sum of 11,000/. and upwards in the erection of almshouses for the . accommodation of 30 poor widows of Freemen and Liverymen of this Company. 26. The Clerk denies that from the earliest period, or at any subsequent period, according to the documents in the posses- 262 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XLI. sion of the said Master and Wardens, which he has examined for this purpose with diligence, the Freemen or the Liverymen of the said Fraternity, as such, ever claimed to exercise, or in fact exercised the right of examining, or taking copies of all or any of the records, books and muniments of the Master and Wardens of the said Fraternity, except as hereinafter men- tioned, and also except so far as relates to the books of regis- tration of apprentices and of Freemen of the said Fraternity, and from which it hath been and still is the custom to grant extracts of any specified names and particulars to any individual, whether free of the Fraternity or not, applying for the same, upon the payment of a certain fee to the Clerk, He states the number of Freemen to amount to more than 1,100 as nearly as can be ascertained, and the Livery to 140, exclusive of the Master, Wardens and Court of Assistants. 27. The Clerk further states, that it appears from the records of the said Master and Wardens, which contain the proceedings of the Master, Wardens and Court of Assistants, that from the 4th Elizabeth, 1562, from which period, with the exception of those for a very few years in the reign of Henry VII., the said Minutes are first preserved, down to the present time, the accounts of the Master and Wardens have been, and are now annually submitted to and audited by a Committee of the Court of Assistants, appointed by the said Court as a Committee of Audit, by which Committee every item of receipt and expendi- ture is examined and checked with the proper voucher, and that this Committee reports annually to the Master, Wardens and members of the Court of Assistants, at a Court held for that purpose, the result of their examination. 28. No mention appears on the records of any objection being taken to this plan of auditing the Master and Wardens’ accounts, nor of the Freemen or Liverymen of the said Company, as such, ever interfering or claiming to interfere in the auditing or allowing of the said accounts, save, that in one instance, in the fifth year of the reign of Henry VII., before the granting of the governing Charter, a new regulation appears to have been made as to certain fees and other payments then customarily paid by, and allowed to the Master for the time being, at a meeting of the then F ratemity at which the Commonalty of the said Mystery is stated to have been present, part of which regulation was afterwards, in the seventh year of the same reign, rescinded and varied by the Master, Wardens and Court of Assistants, at a meeting at which the said Commonalty is not stated to have been present. XLI. ] Report of Royal Commissioners (4837). 263 29. It appears by the said records, that in ancient times the Members of the Fraternity were summoned periodically to the Hall, for the purpose of having their names called over. 1 * 30. In or about the year 1752, an application was made by five Liverymen of the Fraternity to the Master, Wardens and Court of Assistants ot that day, requesting to inspect and take copies of the Bye-laws of the said Fraternity, whereupon the Master and Wardens caused a Case to be laid before the Attorney- General, Sir Dudley Eider, by whom they were advised not to grant the permission sought for. 3 31. About the time of taking such opinion, the said Livery- men had sought to bring the matter under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, to which the Master and Wardens appear to have been unwilling to submit the in- ternal affairs of their Corporation, and the Master, Wardens and Court of Assistants, did, with an express reservation of their right, grant a limited permission to thn said Liverymen, of the nature prayed for, with a distinct declaration, however, that such permission should not be drawn into precedent ; but that no further or other proceedings appear to have been taken by the said Liverymen or any other individual in consequence thereof. 32. It appears from entries in the repertories, to which we were referred by the Town Clerk, that the particulars of this applica- tion were as follows : Five of the Liverymen petitioned the Court of the Mayor and Aldermen to order the production of the Bye-laws, stating their belief that they had not been en- rolled ; that the petitioners had been refiised a general inspec- tion of the Bye-laws, but had been informed that they should have notice of any Bye-law before they were called on to ob- serve it ; that they were also told that the Clerk had permission to show them the index of the Bye-laws, and that if they would specify which they desired to know the contents of, the Court would consider their application. 33. The Court of Mayor and Aldermen appointed a day for hearing the petition, and ordered the attendance of the Master and Wardens as well as the petitioners. On the day appointed, the Master and Wardens attended, and delivered in a paper signed by their Clerk, in which, with a saving of all their 1 At quarterly meetings held with great strictness for the dues payable to the Company in 1563 and 1575, the plague obliged a postponement. The Clerk (Nicholas Fullchamber) dying on the last occasion. 3 See Documents 13 to 16, pp. 249-53. 264 Memorials of the Fraternity . L XLI. charters and other rights, they said that they had acted as they apprehended according to law, and hoped the Court would not interfere between them and their five members. 34. The Court of Mayor and Aldermen then resolved, that the several Companies of the City are under the government of the Court of Mayor and Aldermen, and adjourned the further con- sideration of the petition for a fortnight, recommending to the petitioners to apply to see the index, and to demand copies of such as they should desire. 35. On the 30th J une 1752, being the adjourned day, the Court was informed by letter from the Clerk of the Company to the Town Clerk, that the five members had inspected the index, and specified certain of the Bye-laws of which the Company had ordered that they should have copies, so that it was appre- hended the attendance of the Master and Wardens was no longer necessary. The matter was again adjourned for a fortnight, and no further entry appears of it. 36. These entries are printed, with some others which were produced to us by the Town Clerk, in order to illustrate the nature of the interference which the civic authorities had formerly exercised in the affairs of the Company. 1 * 37. Three dinners are annually given to the Livery of the said Fraternity, and also an entertainment on the 11th of June to the President and Senidr Fellows of St. John’s College, Oxford, who attend in London on that day, to assist in the election of scholars from the Merchant Tailors’ School to the vacant scholarships in their College, on which occasion the noble and honorary Members of the said Fraternity, and other persons of high rank, are incited, pursuant to a practice which has existed ever since the establishment of the School. 38. Besides this dinner, there are also two entertainments given to the Master and Examiners of the Merchant Tailors’ School, on the days of public examination of the scholars ; and an entertainment to the Master and Wardens of the Skinners’ Com- pany, in pursuance of a Decree made by the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen in the year 1484, upon a reference 8 to them of certain differences which existed between the two Companies, which dinner has been given ever since, except when interrupted by the plague or other inevitable accident, and to all of which X 1 See Documents 1 to 16 (except 13), pp. 242-54. ' 3 See Document 2, p. 243. XLI. ] Report of Royal Commissioners (4837). 265 entertaiuments the Master and Wardens, as hath been the custom for centuries past, invite such and so many persons as they think proper. 39. Several Courts and Committees are held throughout the year for the dispatch of the general business of the Company, upon many of which occasions the members are detained from an early hour in the forenoon until four and sometimes five o’clock in the afternoon ; that upon Court-days and occasionally, but not frequently, on Committee-days, when thus detained, a dinner is provided for the Members of the Court 1 or Committee, to which, however, no strangers whatever are invited; the meetings of the Master and Wardens, the Court of Assistants, and the Committees for the dispatching the general business of the Company, amount upon an average of the last three years, to 65 meetings in the year, but the private dinners at the Hall at the Court of Assistants and Committees do not average more than 17 in the year. 40. The only entertainment given on a day not otherwise appropriated to any business of the Company, is an annual dinner at Richmond, the whole expense of which, however, is paid by the new Master and two Renter Wardens. 41. All the foregoing entertainments and dinners, with the exception of the last mentioned, are defrayed out of the fines above-mentioned, and the income left at the disposal of the said Master and Wardens according to their free wills and pleasures, and the rights and privileges of no one connected with, or in any manner interested in the said Fraternity or 1 “ A Dinner at every Court of Assistants of forty shillings and not above that sum, saving the fines of such as shall be absent. “ Forasmuch as divers of the Assistants, by reason of their age and remote dwelling from the Hall, cannot make their appearance until a good parte of the day be spent, and also by reason the Court of Assistants holdeth so long that they cannot returne home to theire dynners in any convenyent time, doe therefore make default of appearance at many Courts that soe on account of the slender appearance of the Assistants, and theire hasty departing, the business cannot be performed with soe greate deliberation and judgement as otherwise might when the assembly is greater and longer tyme spent aboute the same. It is therefore Ordered and thought fitt that at every Court of Assistants there shalbe a convenient dinner in the Hall, the same to be p^vided by one of the Renter Wardens at the costs of the Company, soe as the charge of suche dinner doe not amounte to more than Forty shillings. And if any more be expended, that then the Renter Wardens shall bear the same at their owne charges, saving only that over and above the Forty shillings the ffynes of such Assistants as shall be absent, shall be collected by one of the Renter Wardens, and added to the charges of the said Dinner.” — [3 fay 17, 1606.] 266 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XLL its affairs, are in the slightest manner injured or prejudiced thereby. 42. The account of the Company given by the witness who came before us was as follows : 43. The Ruling Body by Charter is the Master and Wardens ; there is no mention of the Court of Assistants. 44. The Style is “ The Master and Wardens, with the advice of the Court of Assistants.” There is one Master, four Wardens, 35 Assistants; the Wardens are a chartered number; they are kept full. There are seldom less than 30 Assistants, but they are not always kept full. The Court is executive and legislative. 45. The Master is elected by the Master, Wardens and Courtof Assistants, from the Wardens and Assistants. The mode of electing is secret ; there is no rotation. The Master is chosen for one year. The late Master was a Junior Assistant. He had passed the office of Renter and Upper Warden. The usual practice is to bring a new Member on the Court as Renter Warden and then as Upper Warden, and then he becomes a member of the Court of Assistants. The Charter Day of Election is St. John Baptist’s, 24th June. There are two Upper Wardens and two Renter Wardens. After once serving the office of Renter Warden, he is eligible at once to Upper Warden. The Renter Warden has been chosen for many years from the Livery. It was not always so. Our informant be- lieved that Bince the restoration of Charles there has been no instance of a Freeman not Liveryman being chosen Renter Warden, although a Bye-law, that the Members of the Court of Assistants should take up their Livery, seems to imply that formerly some used not to do so. 1 Any one chosen on the Court of Assistants, remains on it for life ; there is no subse- quent election, annual or otherwise. A vacancy is usually filled up within three or four months. Our informant inclines to think that vacancies are not filled up except on the elec- tion day of Wardens. There are oaths administered to the Master and Wardens; they are printed in the Returns made to the House of Commons, 24 and 26 March and April 1834, Sess. paper, 153 ; there are no others. A right has been claimed by several Liverymen, on behalf of the Freemen, to elect the Master. On 8th January 1833, a Rule was applied for and re- 1 In 1700 (December 6) the Court ruled that no Quaker should be admitted unless ho subscribed the Oath. XLI. ] Report of Royal Commissioners (4837). 267 fused. Every candidate must be moved and seconded. The office of Warden and Assistant is much sought after, and there are often 6ix or seven applicants for one vacancy. There was an old rule not to admit Members till they had been 14 years on the Livery, but that is not adhered to now. Part of the oath as to secrecy is read on every election. There is an Order of the Court that is read at every meeting. Our informant is not aware that any security is given by Assistants as such; he believes the Master gives security, but he does not know posi- tively. It was stated to be the practice of the Company, as soon as an Alderman gets his gown, to bring him on the Court if his political principles agree with those of the majority ; and four Aldermen are now on the Company’s Court. Our in- formant stated this as a reason for not carrying his complaints before the Mayor and Aldermen. There is no open delaration of vacancies. No preference is shown to Members of. the Common Council. The Members of the Court are all free of the City. Sir John Silvester, after being chosen Recorder, re- ceived the Freedom and Li very ,_ and was raised to the Court of Assistants, not then being, as our informant believes, free of the City. He added, that there is a very strong family con- nexion in the Court, though the Clerk swears there are only eight who are related by blood or marriage. There are now on the Court many whose grandfathers and great grandfathers were also on it. Our informant cannot trace partnership ; there are four of one family, two brothers, a son and son-in-law. 46. Two Members of the Court were discharged in 1810 ; they were Assistants. Our informant stated, that he found from the Minutes of the Company, that they were discharged for having influenced the election of the Clerk to the Company under the following circumstances : There were 10 applicants for the office of Clerk in 1806 ; only three were deemed eligible. The whole Court voted. After the succesful candidate had held the office five years, it was found that two of the Court had entered into an agreement to receive a moiety of the profits of his office, previous to his election. He was to allow 300/. per annum to one of those Members, and 150/. survivorship to his wife; the other Member was privy to the bargain, and was a Trustee. A Committee of the Court was appointed to consider the conduct of the Clerk and the two Members, and resolved not to expel the Clerk because of his services, but that he should be repri- manded instead. He continued to hold the office 12 years. The report recommended that the two Members should not in future be summoned as Members of the Court. The parties tendered 208 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XLI. their resignation on that resolution. The two places in the Court were filled up at the next election, but they were not deprived of their Livery. Some years after, a Member of the Court moved to consider their case, with a view tp reinstate them. After discussion, the motion was withdrawn. Our in- formant stated, that six or seven years after the discovery, the Clerk was found a defaulter to the Company in the sum of 8,000Z. The Clerk was continued five or six years longer ; one of the Court became bond for him. This discovery was made in 1817. The Clerk got new securities, who gave a bond for 3,000Z. He had law charges against the ^Company, and he was to insure his life to an amount to cover the deficiency, and to place the policy in the hands of the Master and Wardens. Within a month or two after the discovery, the Court passed two Minutes, one giving him a gratuity of 600/., the other increas- ing his salary from 400/. to 800/., and stating that the 600/. is to go in reduction of the debt due from him to the Company. The salary was several times altered, because the Company paid the policy, and subtracted that from his salary. He con- tinued in office till a second defalcation, and then he was turned out of office. There was a dispute about the bond ; and he compromised the 3,000/. by paying 1,000/. The policy had been allowed to drop. The account of this transaction given by the Clerk of the Company, is contained in his affidavit already mentioned, and is as follows : 47. The Deponent admits it to be true, that the Master and Wardens did lose a sum of money through the default of a former Clerk, who had been for many years in that situation, and had acquired the confidence of the said Master and Wardens, and in pursuance of a then old established rule of the Com- pany, had been in the habit of receiving their rents. 48. Shortly after this default was discovered, the necessary means were taken to prevent his receiving any further rents, and the Master and two Renter Wardens have ever since re- ceived all rents due to them, and placed the same to an account opened in the names of five Members of the Court of Assistants, of whom the Master for the time being is always one, at the Bank of England. 49. And the Deponent further says, that the same Clerk was allowed to continue in the service of the Master and Wardens some time after his default, and a large portion of his salary, and also his law bills against the Company, for some necessary and expensive proceedings, were retained and placed to the XLI. ] Report of Royal Commissioners (i837). 269 credit of his account with the Company, by which the amount of his debt was considerably reduced ; and that in the month of February 1822 he ceased to be Clerk and Solicitor to the Master and Wardens, whema statement of his account with the Master and Wardens was made out, and his sureties were there- upon applied to upon their bond, and contributed towards the said loss as far as they were considered legally responsible. 50. The Deponent further says, that neither the Freemen nor Liverymen, nor any of the individuals receiving alms of the Company, were in the slightest degree prejudiced or injured by the loss, the whole of which fell upon the Corporate Fund be- longing exclusively to the Master and Wardens ; and that the Master, Wardens and Court of Assistants, did curtail their current expenditure, and reduce the number of their public entertainments for some time after and in consequence of the said loss, but that none of the Livery entertainments were curtailed. 51. Our informant was of opinion, that there can be no Bye- laws as to non-residence, because nearly one-third of the Court lives away from London, in Dublin, Bath, Canterbury, &c. One of the Court recently became bankrupt ; his name is still on the list. He was a Warden; he did not resign the Wardenship. Our informant believes it is considered that a bankrupt or com- pounder would not be eligible ; but that it would not be matter to turn him out. 52. No fines are paid to the Company for coming on the Court. There is a private fund for making charitable allowances, to which our informant believes they now contribute 100Z. on coming on the Court. No other payment is made for the office of Warden or Master. The fine for Master is 100/., for Warden 50/. It frequently happens that persons fine off, both for Master and Warden. The offices of Master and Warden used to be considered onerous, but now they are paid for each of their attendances on the Court and Committees; they receive one guinea for each attendance. 1 It used to happen often that Freemen petitioned to be excused from taking the Livery or serving office ; and the petition used to be granted, except as to the office of Master. 53. The officers of the Company are the Clerk, Bedell, Porters, two Bargemasters, Housekeeper, Butler, Toastmaster ; they are all elected by the Court of Assistants. The Clerk is the only 1 The circumstances under which the office was made annual are curious, and are stated in Appendix J (4). 270 Memorials of the Fraternity . [ XLI. one who has any important duties to perform. The office is de- sirable and lucrative. Till the last election, a vacancy was always published. Solicitors have generally been candidates, but it has not been a fixed rule to elect one. The last election is an instance of family influence. The late Clerk^s resignation was compulsory. He had been in bad health for several years, and the present Clerk acted as Assistant Clerk. The present Clerk is not related to any Member of the Court. He had been: Assistant Clerk during three years. He was appointed by the Court two years after the late Clerk first came into the office. There is an annual re-election of the Clerk and the other officers. Our informant did not know on what day the officers are chosen. The election takes place by ballot, and has been so during the last 70 years. 54. The Freedom of the Company is obtained by Patrimony Servitude and Redemption or Purchase, and by the Gift of the ' Court. Freemen by Patrimony and Servitude are admitted under the same circumstances as those of the City. The daughters of a Freeman can claim the Freedom under the same circumstances as the sons. There are not many instances in the last 15 years. Our informant remembers no instance of a Free- man claiming to come in as the son of an admitted Freewoman. Anyone wishing to become free of the Company by Redemp- tion, has to apply to two Members of the Court of Assistants, who move and second him, and if considered eligible, he is admitted on payment of 116/. 5 8 . 8 rf. The following Table was produced to us as a copy of the Table of Fees, as it hung in the Hall till April 1831 : — “ Fines, Fees, and Expenses of Admission to the Freedom and Livery of the Company and binding Apprentices, as regulated by Order of Court, 23rd February 1825. Company. Clerk. Beadle. Porter. Stamps. Total. £ «. d. £ f. d. £ a d. £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d . Freedom by Servitude, enrolled 0 10 0 1 10 0 0 8 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 12 0 Not enrolled 1 0 0 1 10 0 0 8 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 By Patrimony 1 5 0 2 2 0 0 10 0 0 6 0 lEK^Efl 6 2 0 By Redemption 106 16 8 6 6 0 0 16 0 0 8 0 4 0 0 116 6 8 By Livery 76 0 0 3 10 0 1 4 0 0 14 0 80 8 0 Apprentices, without Premium 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 6 0 2 6 2 0 0 4 10 0 Apprentices, with Premium! { All adq. to of 60 1. and under, addi- > 0 6 0 0 10 0 tional J advalorem. For every additional 60 U \ Premium j 0 5 0 0 10 0 — — Ditto. “ It is ordained, that no servant of the Company do, on any account, take any fee whatever beyond those designated in the above Table ; XLL ] Report of Royal Commissioners (4837). 271 that no fee beyond on any petition for the Company’s Almshouses, or other charity ; and that printed forms be gratuitously furnished. “J. B. De/Mole, Clerk ” 55. The Court of Assistants have altered the terms of admis- sion from time to time. In 1705 the Redemption fee was 10 guineas, and so continued till 1795, when it was raised to SOL; in October 1800, to 70 L, and in 1811 to 105Z. 16s. 8 d. The Clerk gives notice to the applicant of his admission. The purchaser goes before the Master and Wardens, and is admitted by them. No copy of the Freedom is delivered to him. He takes an oath ; it is administered to him by the Clerk. Quarterage of 4s. a-year is demanded from all the Freemen. A circular letter was shown to us, dated 1807, calling on parties to show cause why quarterage is not paid, and threatening in default to dis- franchise ; and no one is allowed to have an apprentice bound to him until the quarterage due is paid up. No quarterage is demanded from the Livery. Apprentices are bound before the Court ; notice must be previously given, according to the paper handed in. The Clerk binds in the presence of the Master and Wardens. It is required that the Clerk of the Company should prepare the indentures. They may be bound to any trade. The number of apprentices which Freeman may take is unlimited. The master is required to sign a paper, pledging himself that the service has been duly performed. Parties would not be admitted as redemptioners under defec- tive service. In cases of translation, the apprentices are often allowed the time they served while the master was in his old Company. It also. happens that precedency is given to the Freemen as from the time when he became free of the other Company. This is matter of arrangement with the Ruling Body. There is no connexion now whatever between the tailoring trade and the Company There is not one tailor on the Court of Assistants. There are not more than three on the whole Livery of 360. 56. Our informant went with an apprentice in 1830 to take up his Freedom, and 4/. 2s. was demanded from him. He and the apprentice protested against the payment of this sum, but were told it was the practice. The apprentice paid the money. Our informant had some correspondence with the Company on the subject of the fees, brought a qui tarn action against them, under 22 Henry VIII., and recovered the penalties. They let judg- ment go by default, and since then, he believes, they have returned to the old fees. V Memorials of the Fi aternity. [ XL1. 57. \Jt is not very common to grant the Freedom ; 1 those who so receivent are considered honorary Freemen ; there are eight or ten. That adrtt^psion is free of expense to the party. Instances were frequent forli*^rly of disfranchisement for non-payment of quarterage ; none are fctapwn in the last century, but frequent threats. Some have been* disfranchised for disputes and ill language. 58. Our informant believes that all the Freemen of the Com- pany are free of the City of London. The practice is for the Bedell to go the next day with the new made Freeman to the Chamberlain’s office for that purpose. 59. There is no trade of which members are compelled to be- come free of the Company, nor is it connected more with one trade than another. The greatest number of the Company are members of the Stock Exchange, or com factors. 60. Freemen generally apply to come on the Livery. If the party is respectable, he may apply for his Livery directly. The fine for the Livery is 80/. 8 s. The number of applications has decreased much since the fine became so large. In 1705, the fine for the Livery was 30/.; in 1810, it was raised to 56/. 18*., and the fees were about 5/. more. In 1821, it was raised to 80/., and since that time there have not been more than 10 or 12 applications. Before 1821 they were probably six times as numerous. There were about 430 Liverymen in 1821. The Court holds it discretionary in them to grant or refuse the Livery. It was sworn by the Clerk in his affidavit, that the Master and Wardens may vary the fine as they please, and that there is no inchoate right in the Freemen. Our informant could not cite any instance in any Company in which the right to the Livery has been contested, nor did he know any instance of refusal by the Court, or any instance of the Livery being lost when once granted. There have been no compulsory calls during the last half century. 61. The Master and Wardens claim the whole property of the Company, and exercise control over it. The Clerk admits in his affidavit, the date of which is 3d January 1831, that the Master and Wardens, but not the Fraternity, do possess property, real 1 No doubt the free grant of this has long been an honour, an which sum was to be paid by the said master and wardens so long as the sun and moon should endure. The company fulfil all these payments in the following order: — £ s. d. By 13 aged brethren, 61. 13s. 4 d. each, per annum . 86 13 4 Six reversioners, 21. 2s. per annum 1 . . . . . . • • . . . . 12 12 0 £ s. d. Seventy-three yards of cloth, at 7s. 6d. per yard, for gowns and cloaks .. 27 7 6 Eighty-seven yards of baize for linings for ditto, at Is. Sd. . . ' 7 6 0 Making 19 gowns and cloaks, at 6s. each . . . . . . 6 14 0 Nineteen badges, at 4s. each .. .. .. .. .. 3 16 0 44 2* 6 Every third year 14 14 2 'Which is per annum 113 19 6 Discharge of prisoners from the New Prison in the Ludgate, Newgate, Poultry, and GKltspur-street Wards j to each ward 51. , for which the company receive petitions, and appropriate the relief according to the deserts of the objects applying 2 2000 Almswomen on Tower-hill, sundry gifts as directed 13 11 4 1 The Company at their discretion increases the pensions paid to the six rever- sioners to 51. each per annum, out of their own funds. 2 For f * the Prison Fund,” see Mem. cxin. 800 Memorials of the Associated Charities. [ LXXI. £ t. d. Churchwasdena of St. Botolph, Aldgate, due St. Thomaa’a-eye . . . . 20 9 0 The warden of the company paying the same . . . . 0 10 The 82. to be expended upon the master and examiners at the probations in March and October is considered as included in the expenditure of the company in the entertainments giren to the master and examiners on those days, and for which they credit themselres accordingly . . 8 0 0 The company’s clerk, for reading a commendable grace . . . . 0 5 0 The renter wardens, clerk, and beadle, for seeing prisoners discharged, &c. 17 0 The company’s clerk, 12. 12s. ; beadle, 10s. ; under-beadle, 8s. ; potation money .. .. . . .. .. .. 2 10 0 180 2 10 LXX. REYNOLD’S BARKER’S DEED (1608). Reynold Barker , by Deed, dated 21st September 1608, granted to the master and wardens of the Merchant Tailors Company certain lands and houses at Stockbridge, near Bow, in the county of £ssex (about eleven small houses and a piece of ground behind the same, containing one acre two roods, with a chemical factory thereon) for the remainder of a term of 1,000 years from the 11th December 1580, upon the following trust, viz., to bestow all the rents and profits among the poor alms- women and almsmen in the said company’s almshouses. The rent of this estate is carried to the almshouse account, and applied to the support of the almswomen in the company’s almshouses. LXXI. FRANCES CLARKE S CHARITY. In the Court Book of the ‘ company, under date of 8th January 1608, the following entry is found : — “ At this assembly were sealed with the common seal of this company two several writings made between the corporation on the one part, and Frances Clarke, of London, widow, late wife of Roger Clarke, citizen and alderman of London, deceased, on the other part ; by one of which writings the company covenanted, in considera- tion of 200/., to satisfy and pay for ever the sum of 10/. to Mrs. Clarke during her life, and afterwards unto the church- wardens of the parish church of Odiham, in the county of South- ampton, at Midsummer and Christmas, or within ten days after, LXXII. 1 Richard Osmotherlaw’s Charity (4642). 301 by equal portions, to be employed towards the relief of the poor of the said town as the gift of the said Mrs. Clarke.” The above annual sum of 10/. has been regularly paid, and the receipts have been regularly kept and filed. [For the application of this charity, see 14th Report, under the head of the Odiham Charities.] An annuity also of 10/. per annum was derived from the same benefactress, as appears by an Indenture, dated 6th January 1609, made between the master and wardens of the said company of the one part, and Frances Clarke, of London, widow, of the other part; whereby reciting that the said Frances Clarke had, before the sealing and delivery of the said indenture, paid unto the said master and wardens the sum of 200/. to charitable uses, the said master and wardens did, in con- sideration thereof, covenant with the said Frances Clarke after her death, to pay unto the treasurer or governors of St. Bartho- lomew’s Hospital, London, the yearly sum of 10/. at the two feasts therein mentioned, for the relief and maintenance of the poor, lame, and impotent people within the said hospital, the first payment to begin next after the death of the said Frances Clarke. The annuity of 10/. has been regularly paid to the treasurer of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, as appears by his receipts in the possession of the company. LX XII. RICHARD OSMOTHERLAW’S WILL (1612). Richard Osmotherlaw , by Will, dated the 7th May 1612, gave to the master and wardens of the Merchant Tailors, after the death of his wife, all the residue of his rents and profits whatso- ever issuing out of his freehold lands and tenements in the parish of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, to hold to them, their succes- sors and assigns, for ever, subject nevertheless to the payment of the following annuities, amongst others, at the feast of St. Philip and Jacob, viz An annuity of 10/. by his said will, limited to his wife, her heirs and assigns, for ever, to such uses as she should direct. To five poor people inhabiting within the parish of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, 20d. a week for ever, equally amongst them, such poor people to be nominated by the vestry of the said parish, and distributed by the churchwardens of the same. 302 Memorials of the Associated Charities . [ LXXII To a godly preacher, for a sermon to be made in remem- brance of the testator the first Sunday in Lent, yearly, for ever, in the said parish church, 6*. 8 d. To the churchwardens aforesaid for the time being for ever, 4*. equally between them, for their pains in distributing the money to the five poor people. To the clerk and sexton for the time being of the said parish, 16 d. a piece yearly, for ever. To his cousin John Osmotherlaw, clothworker, and his heirs, for ever, an annuity of 5Z. To Robert Osmotherlaw, and his heirs, for ever, an annuity of 40*. To the parson and churchwardens of the parish church of Bromefield for the time being, for ever, 10/. per annum, upon condition that they should for ever find a sufficient and learned schoolmaster to educate fifteen poor mens’ children, inhabiting within the towns of Langrigge and Bromefield, in the county of Cumberland, two of the scholars to be for ever nominated and appointed by the inhabitants of Langrigge Hall, seven scholars more to be taken out of Langrigge, and six scholars out of Bromefield; and the schoolmaster to teach the said scholars within the parish church of Bromefield to be chosen by the mutual consent of the inhabitants of the said towns of Lang- rigge and Bromefield indifferently, and subject to such other stipulations as were therein mentioned. The property derived under the above will consists of five houses, two in Aldersgate-street, and three in Little Britain. Ann, the testator’s wife, devised her annuity of 10/. in manner following/ viz. : to Peter Bowie, 4/. per annum, and to Peter Mills, 6/. per annum. John Osmotherlaw, clothworker, purchasd the latter anmrity^f 6/.; to the former there is no claimant. The sums given ''as. above to the poor, the preacher, the churchwarden, clerk, andNexton of St. Botolph, would amount to 5/. per annum ; and the company pay to the churchwardens of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, the 'sum of 4/. per annum only, to answer those bequests as far as tho same will extend, according to their reduced proportions, 1/. beiijg deducted from the said 5/. rentcharge for the land-tax. John Osmotherlaw, the clothworker# who purchased the annuity of 6/. devised by the testator’s to Peter Mills, also purchased the annuity of 21.' of Robert, Osmotherlaw, and after- wards, by will, dated 1st June, 1642, devised the whole 13/. (including his own annuity of 5/.) as^follows, viz. : to the Cloth- workers’ Company, 21. 10*. per annxjim ; to Christ’s Hospital, LXXIII. ] Randolph Woolley’s Charity (4645). 303 21. 10a. per annum ; to the parish of St. James, Garlick Hythe, 3 1. per annum ; and to one Andrews, 5 /. per annum : the pay- ments to the Clothworkers, Christ’s Hospital, and St. James, Garlick Hythe, are still paid, amounting to 87. yearly. The sum of 10/. is yearly paid to the parish of Bromefield upon the receipt of the parson, churchwardens, and school- master. By an Order of the Board of Charity Commissioners, sealed on 28th October 1873, the then subsisting annuities (amounting to 23/. per annum) were redeemed and extinguished by the transfer from the company to the Official Trustees of Charitable Funds of a sufficient sum. in 3/. per cent. Consols to produce the annual sum payable, and the property devised to the company thus became wholly free and discharged therefrom. LXXIII. RANDOLPH WOOLLEY’S WILL (1615). Randolph Woolley , by Will, dated 23d June 1615, gave to the master and wardens of the Merchant Tailors Company, 240/. upon the following trust, to wit, to choose three poor men at the next full court of the company, of the age of fifty-six years at least, of good name and fame, and most to need ; two to be free of the Company of Merchant Tailors,' and the third of the Company of Clothworkers, and to pay to every of them 4/. a year, by 20*. a quarter, and so for ever. And the said testator also gave them 100/. upon trust, to pay unto the master and usher of Wolverhampton free-school 1 the yearly sum of 5/., viz. 1/. 13*. 4 d. to the master, and 3/. 6*. 8 d. to the usher, yearly, for ever for their better maintenance, besides the allowance paid them by the company. And 50/. more, upon trust, to pay Woodnette, the almswoman of Mr. John Robinson, in the company’s alms- house near Tower-hill, during her life, and such persons as should succeed her, from time to time, the sum of 21. 12*. yearly, to be paid weekly. And the said Randolph Woolley, gave to the company the further sum of 100/ to be lent in free loan to four poor young men free of the Merchant Tailors’ Company, using the handy occupation of tailors within the city of London or suburbs, to each 25/. for four years, and so from four years to four years, for ever. 1 See Mem. i., par. 40. 304 Memorials of the Associated Charities . [ LXXIV. The sum of 12/. yearly is paid as follows, viz. : — To two poor freemen of the company, and to one poor free- man of the Clothworkers Company, to each 4/. per annum by quarterly payments. The sum of 5/. is paid to the governors of Wolverhampton grammar school, under a scheme established by the Endowed School Commissioners on 9th August 1872. The sum of 2/. 12s. is yearly carried to the almshouse account, and applied towards the maintenance of the alms- women in the Company’s almshouses. There is no evidence in the company's books of the receipt of the 100/. to be lent to young men. The company at their discretion increase the pensions to 5/. per annum each out of their own funds. LXXIV. SIR WILLIAM CRAVEN’S* CHARITIES (1615-16). By Indenture, dated 20th December 1615, made between Sir William Craven , knight, and alderman of London, and Dame Elizabeth, his wife, of the one part, and the master and wardens of the Merchant Tailors' Company of the other part ; the said Sir William and his lady, for the considerations therein mentioned, did grant and confirm unto the said master and wardens and their successors all that messuage or tenement, and all shops and rooms thereunto belonging, with the apurten- ances, sometimes called the Pope’s Head, and then called the Bishop’s Head, situate in the parishes of St. Mary Woolnoth, in Lombard-street, and St. Michael, Cornhill, to hold unto and to the use of the said master and wardens, and their successors for ever, to the intent, out of the rent and profits thereof, to pay to himself the said Sir William Craven, for life, 140/. per annum, and after his death such sums of money as he should limit by his will, not exceeding 140/. per annum. And the said Sir William Craven, by his Will, dated 9th August 1616, after reciting the before-abstracted deed, did direct and appoint, first, that the said master and wardens should yearly, for ever, pay to 24 poor aged men, freemen of the city of London, who should obtain their freedom by servitude or patrimony, and not by redemption, and who should be or have 1 This was the father of the Earl of Craven who held the command of the Guards when William III. ordered their removal from Whitehall to post his Dutch Guards there (see Military Forces of the Croton, vol. i., p. 485). The Earl was admitted to the Freedom in 1633, and elected to the Mastership 15 June 1692, but did not serve. He founded the “ Cryf'en 1 11 Scholarships at Oxford in 1647. LXXIY.] Sir William Cravens Charities (4645-16). 305 been householders, and lived in good report, and borne scot and lot, the sum of 96/. parcel of the 140/., viz.: — To seven poor freemen of the company, who had been dressers of woollen cloth, past labour, 28/. yearly, to every of them 41. a piece, and to other seven freemen of the company who had been tailors, decayed in their eyesight, 28/. yearly, viz., to every of them 41. a piece, and to six other freemen of the said company of any other trade, in the city of London, old and decayed, 24/. yearly, viz., to every of them 41. a piece ; and to four others, freemen of the Clothworkers Company, who had been dressers of woollen cloth, and past labour, 16/. yearly, viz., to every of them, 41. a-pieee ; all the above to be paid quarterly, at the hall ; and in case any pensioner should die in the middle of a quarter, that quarter to be paid to his widow, executors or administrators ; and if any pensioner should become disorderly, or of evil report, he was to be dismissed. To the churchwardens of the parish of Bumsall, in the county of York, 20/. yearly, to be paid quarterly to the school- master and his successors, for ever, of the grammar-school of the town of Burnsall, founded by the said testator. And also 10/. more to the said churchwardens ; 40$. to be applied to the repairs of the church, and 8/. for the repair of the said school-house, and the bridges in the said parish (built at the testator’s charge), and .amending the highways between Apple- treewick and Burnsall, all then lately repaired at the like charge. And yearly, for ever, to pay to the churchwardens of the parish of St. Antholin, in London, in the summer season, 41. to be employed for the provision of fuel, for such poor in the same parish as should have most need. To the churchwardens of the parish of St. Andrew Under- shaft, London, and their successors, yearly, for ever, in the summer season, 41. for the provision of fuel for their poor most needing it 6/. to be paid to the company yearly, for ever ; 10$. a-piece to the master and wardens, 30$. to the clerk of the livery, 20$. to the beadle of the livery, 10$. to the clerk of the bachelors, and 10$. to the beadle of the bachelors. These payments are made as follows, viz. : — To six poor freemen of this company, past labour, who have been clothworkers, 41. to each, yearly. To six poor freemen of this company who have been tailors, and now decayed in their eye-sight, 41. to each, yearly. To six freemen of the company of several trades, old and decayed, 4/. to each, yearly. x 306 Memorials of the Associated Charities . [ LXXV. To six 1 others, freemen of the clothworkers company, who have been clothworkers and past labour, 4 L yearly to each. The 20 Z. per annum is yearly paid to the churchwardens of the parish of Burnsall, in the county of York. The sum of 10/. is also paid to them, less by 21. for land-tax. The sum of 4/. is annually paid to St. Antholin’s parish, and the sum of 41. (less 16#. for land-tax) is paid to the parish of St. Andrew Undershaft. The annual sum of 6Z, is paid to the master and wardens* clerk, and beadle of the company, all which payments amount in the whole to the annual sum of 140Z. The books do not explain why 21. is deducted out of the 10/. and 16#. out of the 4/. payable to St. Andrew’s Undershaft, npon the account of land-tax, without making the same deduc- tion from the other charities ; but the practice has in this respect prevailed for a great number of years, and it is presumable that it had its commencement in some reasonable cause. In the receipts given by the churchwardens of Burnsall for the sum of 10/. payable to them, that deduction appears to have been always admitted without objection. The company, at their discretion, increase the pensions to their own poor freemen to 51. each per annum out of their corporate funds. LXXV. JOHN VERNON’S 8 WILL (1615). John Vernon , by his Will, dated 10th October 1615, gave to the master and wardens of the Merchant Tailors Company 60/. to pay yearly, and so for ever, 3/. 6#. 8 d. as follows, viz., to agree with some baker, and pay him yearly 48#., for which money he should deliver in St. Michael’s Church, Comhill, in the chancel of the same, yearly, 52 dozen of sweet aijd good wheaten bread, viz., 12 penny .wheaten loaves every Sunday, by eight of the clock in the morning, to be distributed by the churchwardens to such poor of the parish as stood in most need thereof, after service ; to a learned man to be appointed by the master and wardens, 10#. yearly, to preach a sermon upon the day of the testator’s funeral in St. Michael’s Church, Comhill, at which he entreated the master, and wardens and assistants, and livery, to attend ; to the clerk, 12cZ. yearly ; to the beadle, 1 2d. yearly ; to 1 4 instead of 6 clothworkers are now the recipients, and the residue (20/.) is disposed of to freemen of the Company past labour. 8 The blind Marchant Stapler, who died sine prole. LXXV. ] John Vernon’s Charity (1615). 307 the sexton, to keep the monument made for* Mr. Alderman Houghton, and the testator there, clean, 6s. 8d. yearly, for ever. And the above-named testator also gave 1,500/. to the said master and wardens to purchase land to the value of 83/. by the year, or more, if the master and wardens could with that sum (which was after 18 years purchase, and at the rate of 5/. 10$. in the hundred), which said 83/. he directed to be delivered and paid yearly, for ever, as follows : — To four poor scholars, students in divinity in St. John’s College, Oxford, 16/. yearly, viz., 4/. a man, to be elected by the master, wardens and assistants, to continue no longer than they should study divinity, and remain in the said college, or stand in the liking of the said master, wardens and assistants, and so to be disposed of from one to another for ever. 1 And 16/. by the year to be paid to poor prisoners in Ludgate, Newgate, the Compter in Wood-street, and the Compter in the Poultry, the first year to release four in Ludgate and Newgate, and the next year to release four in the Compter in Wood-street, and in the Poultry, who should be there for 4/. debt, and if but one or two be found, or none at all, then, in the discretion of the five wardens, to distribute the said 16/. yearly amongst the poor in the said four prisons, and the three wardens to have for their pains 5$. each yearly ; to the clerk, to keep a register of the money paid, and of the objects, 3$. 4 d. yearly; the beadle 20 d. yearly. 2 And the testator then directed that 40/. yearly should be paid to 10 aged men, poor and needy, and past labour, of the following six companies, viz., Clothworkers, Woolwinders, Carpenters, Tilers, Plasterers and Armourers, being free of and dwelling in the city, aged 60 and upwards, to be paid in Merchant Tailors Hall by 4/. yearly a man, by 20$. a quarter. And 71. 10$. yearly, to be laid up for three years, which would amount to 22/. 10$. to be then bestowed upon 10 gowns, with the name of the testator embroidered thereon, to be delivered to the said 10 poor men every third year, and so for ever. And the said testator directed the remaining 50$. to be laid up yearly for tliree years, which would amount to 71. 10$. of which 10$. the testator directed that 12 d. a-piece should be given to the said 10 poor men on St. John’s decollation-day, when it was observed and kept at the Hall, and the remaining 71. the said testator was to take allowance of in the next legacy. The said testator then gave and devised to the said master 1 See Mem. cxxiy., p. 481. 8 See Mem. oxm. X 2 308 Memorials of the Associated Charities . [ LXXV. and wardens the fee-simple of his three houses in the parish ot St. Edmund the King, in Lombard-street, London, with all the rents and fines, which the testator valued at 100/. a year, besides the fines to be taken on renewals, to hold to the master and wardens, and their successors, for ever, upon trust, to pay 93Z. by the year in manner following, viz. : — 72/. yearly, for ever, to be paid to 12 poor aged and needy men past labour, to be chosen out of the Merchant Tailors’ Company, and dwelling in London, by 6/. to each man, not to be under 60 years of age. To four poor men, reversioners, aged 60 years, free of the company, and dwelling in the City of London, to each man yearly, for ever 26s. 8 d. To the master and wardens 20*. for their pains, yearly, 4*. each. To the master, wardens and assistants, 20*. yearly, for ever ; to the potation- dinner, and to the wardens substitutes, and 16 men, for their shooting dinner, 13*. 4 d . ; to the clerk of the livery for his pains, yearly, 4*. ; to the beadle of ditto, 3*. ; to the clerk of the Bachelors Company yearly, 3*. ; and to the beadle of ditto, 12 d. For three years to lay up the residue 12/. 10*. which would make 37/. 10*., and taking the allowances or the before-stated sum of 7/., making 44/. 10*., the testator entreated that 27/., part thereof, might be bestowed on 12 gowns every three years, to be distributed to the 12 poor men, and to bestow upon four cloaks for the reversioners, in every third year, 6/. 13*. 4 d. with his name embroidered on the shoulder. To the said 16 men 16*. ; every third year to every of them 12d. on St. John’s decollation-day, 1 when kept, except the wardens substitutes, and 16 men, take the allowances, and let them dine at the hall ; after which last three payments every third year there would remain in every such year to the stock of the house 10/. 0*. 8 d. The said testator gave to the company the sum of 30/., to be lent out at interest, and to apply the principal and interest in the purchase of two rooms lying contiguous to the before-men- tioned premises. And the said ‘ testator further bequeathed to the said com- pany the sum of 200/., as a stock to be employed in the purchase of coal, to be bought when lowest, and sold again to the poor of the company, or to any other poor, and the gains to be applied as therein mentioned ; but in the option of the company if more troublesome than profitable, to lay out the said 200Z* 1 How early a custom this was, see p. 4. LXXV. ] John Vernon’s Charity (1615). 309 in the purchase of lands in better support of the good uses before mentioned. And the testator gave to the said company the residue of his effects after the payment of his debts and legacies, to be laid out in the purchase of lands to be applied to some good use to the poor. The residue does not appear to be laid out in land, but the 1,355/. 6*. 9 the removal of the accumulated earth in the transept and Chapel of the Holy Ghost, thereby opening out the bases of the pillars and tomb of Sir John Crosbie, the repaving the Chancel and parochial have with encaustic tiles, reroofing one-half of the nun’s quire, together with the erection of a reredos and the organ. 29. Works of as great utility as these just enumerated and undertaken by the parishioners were the filling in and hermeti- cally closing the large vaults which existed throughout the building, and the thorough repair of such portions of the roofs as the Restoration Committee had been unable to accom- plish, and also providing the apparatus for warming the Church. 30. The numerous stained glass windows must not be passed by without mention, in that they add materially to the beauty of the Church. The names of the donors are appended to this sketch. Other windows there are which require to be filled in a similar manner ; and here it may not be amiss to reply to the criticisms which have been made by archaeologists and others, as to the texture and deep tones of some of the modem glass, whilst admitting that glass of a lighter texture, and 1 This was done at the expense of the Marquis of Northampton (the lineal descendant of the Earl of Compton, who clandestine! y married the only child of t the deceased), and two splendid arches, highly decorated in rich blue and vermiliop colours — now much faded— were exposed, CXIV. ] The Advowson of St. Helen's. 343 approaching the “ cinquo-cento” period, would be more in accordance with the style of the architecture of the building, and certainly more conducive to the transmission of the light so requisite in a city church, that the fact ought not to be overlooked that, as the pious gifts of individuals, it is frequently impossible to attempt interference with the cherished project of the donor. Could it have been foreseen by the Committee that so many costly gifts would have been subsequently added, a scheme embracing a regular monographic series might have been prepared for that purpose. 31. In addition to contributions to the Restoration Fund several of the City Companies have with their characteristic liberality undertaken the renovation of the monuments of their predecessors ; the worshipful Company of Grocers have rescued from decay the beautiful tomb of Sir John and Lady Crosbie; the Mercer’s Company, that of Sir T. Gresham ; the Haberdashers, that of Captain Bond ; and the Skinners, the quaint little tablet to the memory of the founder of Tonbridge Grammar School, Sir Andrew Judd. 32. Such is the history (in outline) of the church of St. Helen's, until it became, under the Order in Council of 5th May 1873, the church of the united parishes of St. Helen’s and St. Martin’s. Under the scheme for union, the glass of the east window of St. Martin’s was removed to and placed partly in the window of the newly discovered Lady Chapel, and in the eastern dormer windows of the south transept of St. Helen’s. All the monuments 1 were also removed thither; then as far as possible restored and replaced in St. Helen’s, in sites shown on the ground plan of the church. The names connected with these monuments are as under : — John Oteswich and wife, dr. 1400; Hugh Pemberton dr. 1500; dr. Richard Staper, cir. 1608; Langham, dr. 1694; Clutterbuck, dr. 1697 ; Goodman, cir. 1714 ; Teasdale, dr. 1804; Edwards, dr. 1810; Simpson, dr. 1827; Rose, dr. 1821; Grant, dr. 1836 ; Ellis, dr. 1838 ; Atkinson, dr. 1847 ; Simpson, dr. 1849. John Bruex, 1459, andNieholas Wotton, 1483, beingthe brass effigies of two rectors on a gravestone ; Thomas Wight, 1633, a brass plate on a gravestone; Tufhel, 1686, a large gravestone. 33. The annual value of St. Helena will be 800/. and Easter offerings, and the patronage of the united benefioe is vested in the Company by Part III., sec. 3, which enabled the Master and Wardens as patrons to restore, as was much deserved, the Lady Chapel and that of the Holy Ghost. During the restora- Ajb to these, see Appendix K, p. 653. 3S fact p 344 844 Memorials of the Institutions. [ CXIY. tion, the vestry room, which had filled up the entire Lady Chapel, was pulled down, and there were brought to light two early perpendicular windows, temp . Richard I., several elegant niches, piscurias, sedilia, &c., all of which have been carefully restored. The monumental effigies of John Otewich and his wife (AJ). 1400 to 1428), being first cleansed and revived by Mr. Poole, have been placed upon a plain and simple table, between the two east Chapels, i.e., the Lady Chapel and that of the Holy Ghost. 34. The accession of these monumental effigies and tablets from the neighbouring Church of St. Martin Outwich, will further enhance the quaint but solemn dignity of the fabric, rendering it still more worthy of its rightly-accorded title of “ the West- minster Abbey of the East.” BTAX2C1D WINDOWS. Subject #. A. — In the parochial nave, east, consist- ing of 7 lights with traceried head : “ The Ascension " 1 • . • • OifUof Kirkman Daniel and James Stewart Hodgson, Esqs., in memory of their late father, John Hodgson, Esq. Made up of ancient glass preserved from the other windows, at the expense of Churchwardens Eolfe and Richardson. B. — In the chapel of the Holy Ghost, three lights 1 «*■ }“• w °-w. D. and E. — The upper part filled with Emblematical Glass. 1 F. — A window of 3 lights William Jones, Esq. G. — In south aisle adjoining pulpit, 3 lights : “ St. Alban, St. Michael, and St. Edmund"* . . .. .. H. — In the same aisle over the south *| door, 8 half lights : Christ's Charge to St. Peter "* . . . . •• I. — In south aisle, bv Sir John Spencer's monument, 3 lights : “The Finding of the Cross bv St. Helena ” * J. — In parochial nave, west, 5 lights “ The Crucifixion " * K. — In north-west corner of the Nuns’ 1 T p w v i™ Quire, single lancet: “A Bishop in l J-^Wa^iore, Esq., in memory of Bishop Pontificals " ■ L. — In north aisle, 3 lights: “Faith, Hope, and Charity " * . . M. — Abbess* window, of 2 lights, north wall of Nuns* Quire : “ Christ healing the lame man, and Receiving little Children"* N. — In Nuns* Quire, 5 lights and tra- ceried head : “ St. Helena,” flanked by three of the Evangelists and their symbols* •• •• •• .* "} Mr. Alderman Colonel Wilson. Messrs. M&cDougall. William Meade Williams, Esq., in memory of his late father and mother, John ana Susan Williams. Subscription window in memory of Aider- man Copeland, M.P., Ac. Messrs. MacDougalL Dr. Cox, in memory of 8 of his children. I The Gresham Committee, in memory of Sir Thomas Gresham. 1 By Heaton, Buller A Co. * By Gibbs. •By Powell A Co. (See Appendix K.) Plan of the Church of ST Helen and ST Martin . CXYI. J The Advowson of Si. Peter’s, Limehouse. 345 CXV. THE ADVOWSON OP HOLY TRINITY, DALSTON. The Incumbeut of this cure is to receive, under Part II., Bee. 4, of the Order in Council, a rent charge of 600/. per annum, on the avoidance of John B. Deane. The patronage of this cure is vested in the Company by Part III., sec. 3, of the Order. The church is to be built out of the proceeds of the sale of St. Martin’s (upon a site vested in Ecclesiastical Commissioners), under Part V ., sec. 5. CXVI. THE ADVOWSON OF ST. PETER’S, LIMEHOUSE. The Incumbent of this cure is to receive, under Part II., sec. 2, of the Order in Council, a rent charge, first, of 192/. 9*. 10 d., on the avoidance of John B. Deane, and an additional rent charge of 400/. (making together 592/. 9*. 10 d.) } on the avoid- ance of Dr. Cox. The patronage of this cure is also vested in the Company by Part III., sec. 3, of the Order. The church is also to be built out of the proceeds of the sale of St. Martin’s (upon a site vested in the Ecclesiastical Commis- sioners), under Part V., sec. 7. CONTENTS OF OBDEB IN COUNCIL, Part I. fkau 1. Union of Benefices 847 2. The commencement of the Union 847 8. The Incumbent of St Helen's retiring to accelerate the Union to receive, as Vicar in charge of St Helen's, 800/. and 42/. 9*. 10c/. per annum, and the Easter Offerings of St. Halen's 848 4. On the vacancy of 8t. Martin’s, the Vicar in charge to receive a sum of 100/. in in lieu of 42/. 9 1 . 10<2. and Easter Offerings during his life 849 5. These Bums respectively to be payable out of St. Martin’s income . . . . 849 6. St. Helen's to be the Church of the United Benefice 850 7. To be maintained by the United Parishes 850 8. As to Church Ornaments, Ac., of St Martin’s • . 850 9. Table of Fees 851 10. \ r 851 to > As to Parish Clerks and Sextons .. s to 13. J v 853 14. Parsonage of St Martin’s to be that of the United Benefices 358 15. Vesting of Endowments in the Hector of United Benefioes . . .« . . •• 958 846 Memorials of the Institutions. [ CXVI. Part n. VAOI 1. Preamble •• .. 2. Appropriation of the Endowments of 2,292/. 9s. 10c/. (842/. or 442/. 9s. lOef. to 854 Vicar in charge, temporary) •• . . 854 1. 600/. to Holy Trinity 854 2. 800/. to Christ Church . . , . 854 8. 592/. 9s. 10d. to St. Peter’s 854 4. 800/. residue to St Helen’s .854 Part III. 1. Preamble 856 2. Advowson of St Helen’s vested in the Merchant Taylors* Company . . • • 856 Part IV. 1. St. Martin’s to be pulled down and materials sold 857 2. East Window to be removed 857 8. Land to be sold . . . . 858 1 In part to Commissioners of Sewers f f?® Part V. 1. A sum to be fixed by Ecclesiastical Commissioners to be paid to Common Fund under 23 & 24 Vic., c. 142, sec. 22 859 2. Consols to be purchased to pay 252/. per annum to annuitants 359 8. 150/. to the Vestry, for Part L, sec. 13 (ante) .. . . .. 880 4. 3,000/. to Incumbent and Churchwardens of United Benefice, for repair of St. Helen’s . . . • . . 860 5. A sum to building Holy Trinity 861 6. A sum to building Christ’s Church 861 7. A sum to building St Peter’s 861 8. Investment of Fund and Besidue (if any) to be held as sec. 1 (ante) . . . . 861 | Formal 862 10 .) At the Court at Windsor, the 5th day of May 1873. Present, The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England have, in pursuance of the Act of the 13th and 14th years of Her Majesty, chapter 98, and of the Act of the 23rd and 24th years of Her Majesty, chapter 142, duly prepared and laid before Her Majesty in Council, a scheme, bearing date the 1st day ot August, in the year 1872, in the words and figures following, that is to say: " W e, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, in pur- suance of the Act of the 13th and 14th years of your Majesty, chapter 98 ; and of the Act of the 23rd and 24th years of your Majesty, chapter 142, have prepared and now humbly lay before your Majesty in Council, the following scheme for uniting the benefice (being a vicarage), of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, in the city of London, and in the diocese of London, with the benefioe CXVL ] The )Advowson of St. Helen’s. 847 (being a rectory) of Saint Martin, Outwich, in the same city and diocese, and for effecting certain other measures hereinafter specified with respect to the said benefices. “ Whereas the Right Honourable and Right Reverend John, Bishop of the said diocese of London, has caused proposals for a scheme for effecting an union of the said two benefices to be laid before us, such proposals being prepared under the seventh and eight sections of the lastly-mentioned Act, and being finally approved by the said John, Bishop of London, and being assented to by the patrons and by the vestries of the parishes to be effected thereby, that is to say, by the said John, Bishop of London as patron in right of his see of the said vicarage of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, and by the Master and Wardens of the Merchant Taylors of the Fraternity of Saint John the Baptist, in the city of London (who are hereinafter called the Merchant Taylors Company) as patrons of the said rectory of Saint Martin, Outwich, and by the vestries of the two parishes of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, and Saint Martin, Outwich. “ And whereas it appears to us to be expedient that the said proposed union shall be effected. “ Now, therefore, with the consents of the said John, Bishop of London (testified by his having signed and sealed this scheme), and of the said Merchant Taylors Company (testified by their having sealed this scheme with their common or cor- porate seal) and of the vestry of each of the said two parishes of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, and St. Martin, Outwich (testified in the case of each vestry by the signature attached to this scheme, in pursuance of a resolution to that effect of the chair- man of a vestry meeting duly convened for the purpose of giving such consent), we, the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners, humbly recommend and propose all that is in this scheme set forth under the several parts or headings hereinafter mentioned, as follows : — “ Part I. “ As to the said proposed union itself and the immediate inci- dents thereof we recommend and propose : — u l. That the said benefice of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, and the said benefice of Saint Martin, Outwich, shall be united and consolidated into and shall become and be one benefice by the name and style of ‘ The United Rectory of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, with St. Martin, Outwich.’ “ 2. That if, when this scheme shall have been ratified and 348 Memorials of the Institutions . [ CXVT. confirmed by an Order of your Majesty in Council, 1 both of the said present benefices shall be full, then that the union shall take effect upon the next vacancy of the said benefice of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, if the incumbent for the time being of the said bene- fice of Saint Martin, Outwich, shall consent to become the in- cumbent of the united benefice, and that he shall be the first incumbent of the united benefice ; but if he Bhall not so consent, then that the union shall take effect immediately upon the first vacancy of the benefice of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, which shall happen after the avoidance of the said benefice 6i Saint Martin, Outwich, and the then incumbent of the said benefice of Saint Martin, Outwich, shall be the first incumbent of the united benefice ; and that in any case it shall be lawful for the Bishop to admit to the united benefice such first incumbent (if an incumbent for the time being of either of the existing benefices) without any form or fee of presentation, and he shall thereupon become the incumbent of the united benefice ; and that until the time of the union taking effect, the said two present bene- fices shall remain separate, and the rights and liabilities of each of them, and of the incumbent of each of them as such, shall remain unaffected. « 3. That if after this scheme shall have been ratified and confirmed as aforesaid, the present incumbents of the present benefices continuing to be the incumbents thereof respectively, the present incumbent of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, shall retire from the incumbency of that benefice in order that the union may take immediate effect, and the present incumbent of Saint Martin, Outwich, shall be willing to become the first incumbent of the united benefice, the said present incumbent of the bene- fice of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, shall be entitled, during the period hereinafter specified, to receive out of the annual income of the united benefice, and by way of compensation, the yearly sum of 42 L 9$. 10 d. (being a sum equal to the present net annual value of the endowments annexed to his incumbency), and also the Easter Offerings rendered in that portion of the united benefice which shall consist of or represent the present benefice of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, and also the further annual sum of 300Z. ; which annual sums of 42 Z. 9*. 10 d., and 300Z., shall respectively commence as fjom the day on which the union shall take effect, and shall be payable by equal quar- terly payments in every year, the first quarterly payment to become fine at the end of three calendar months next after the 1 Here are omitted contingencies which did not happen. CXVL J The Adtfowson of St . Helen's . 349 day on which the union shall take effect. The said annual sum of 42 1. 9«. 10c/., and the Easter Offerings above-mentioned, shall be respectively payable to the said present incumbent of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, during the joint lives of himself and the present incumbent of Saint Martin, Outwich ; and the said annual sum of 300/. shall be payable to the present incumbent of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, so long as he shall be able and ready and willing to perform in person, or by a substitute to be approved by the Bishop of London, the duties of curate of the united benefice; and whilst he shall so perform the duties of such curate he shall be styled and called the vicar in charge of the united benefice, but the performance of such duties by ~ the vicar in charge shall not affect the obligation of the incum- bent of the united benefice to reside on the benefice, unless such residence shall be duly dispensed with by licence from the Bishop, and such annual sums and Easter Offerings shall continue payable until the quarter-day next after the avoidance of the united benefice by such first incumbent thereof (being the present incumbent of Saint Martin, Outwich). “ 4. That if such first incumbent of Saint Martin, Outwich, shall vacate the united benefice during the life of the present incumbent of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, the annual sums and Easter Offerings aforesaid shall continue payable to the present incumbent of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, until such one of the quarterly days of payment of the said annual sums as shall first happen after the united benefice shall so become vacant, and shall then cease to be payable ; and from and after such quarterly day the present incumbent of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, shall be entitled in lieu thereof to receive the annual sum of 400/. during the remainder of his life, such annual sum of 400/. to be payable by equal half-yearly payments in every year, the first half-yearly payment thereof to begin and be made at the end of six calendar months next after the quarterly day on which the said annual sum of 42/. 9$. 10rf., the said Easter Offerings, and the said annual sum of 300/. shall cease to be payable. “ 5. That the said annual sum of 42/. 9s. 10 c/., and 300/., and 400/., respectively, shall be charged upon the annual income of the united benefice, and shall be payable out of the same by the incumbent for the time being of the united bene- fice; and that, as between the incumbent for the time being of the united benefice and the retiring incumbent and his assigns, the said annual sums and each of them shall be a first charge at law and in equity upon the income of the united 350 Memorials of the Institutions. [ CXVL benefice, the incumbent of which benefice shall be deemed to have accepted the same, subject to a trust to pay to the retiring incumbent or his assigns the said annual sums out of the income of such benefice, and for that purpose shall use all due diligence to receive and collect the income of the said united benefice; and that if such annual sum, or any part thereof, shall at any time be in arrear and unpaid for more than 21 days after any of the said half-yearly days of payment, and the fact of the same being so in arrear shall be verified by the declaration of the incumbent who shall have so retired or his assigns, or in such other manner as shall be re- quired by the Bishop, then that it shall be lawful for the Bishop to make an order upon the incumbent for the time being of the united benefice, requiring him to pay the amount in arrear within a time to be specified in such order, and if the same be not paid within such period, then that it shall be lawful for the Bishop to sequester the profits of the benefice until all such arrears and the costs of the sequestration Bhall have been paid and satisfied ; but that the power to be so conferred upon the Bishop shall not in anywise abridge or interfere with the rights of the incumbent who shall have so retired or his assigns to recover the said annual sums and all arrears thereof by pro- ceedings at law or in equity, or with the legal and equitable rights of the incumbent for the time being of the united benefice to recover from the preceding incumbent of the united benefice, his executors or administrators, any arrears of the said annual sums which ought to have been paid by such preceding in- cumbent. “ 6. That upon the union taking effect, the present church of the parish of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, shall become, and thereafter continue to be, the parish church of the united benefice. “ 7. That after the union shall have taken effect, the expense of maintaining the fabric of the parish church of the united benefice, and providing the things requisite for Divine service therein, shall be defrayed by the two parishes of the united benefice, and shall, as between the same two parishes respec- tively, be provided as if the same were one parish, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of ‘ The Church Rates Abolition Act, 1868/ “8. That upon the union taking effect, the sacramental plate used in the church of the parish of Saint Martin, Outwich, shall be transferred to the parish church of the united benefice, but CXVI. ] The Advowson of St. Helens. 351 . that if the whole of the plate of the two churches be more than sufficient for such parish church, then the vestry of each parish shall be at liberty to select so much as it pleases of the plate originally belonging to its own parish, to be transferred to such other church or chapel within the diocese of London as the Bishop shall select, and that the font and communion table of Saint Mary, Outwich, shall be transferred to such other church or chapel within the diocese as the Bishop shall select.* “ 9. That upon the union taking effect, if the table of fees used in the two churches be alike in all particulars, the table of fees used in the church which will become the church of the united benefice shall (until revised or altered by proper authority) be the table of fees for the two parishes of the united benefice ; but if such tables of fees be not alike in all particulars, then that the same shall be of no authority, and a new table of fees shall be made by the proper authority for the use of the united parishes as if the same were one parish. “ 10. That upon the union taking effect, the persons who at that time shall hold the office of parish clerk of the parish of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, and parish clerk of Saint Martin, Outwich, shall without any further appointment become the joint parish clerks of the united benefice ; and that the persons who at the time of the union taking effect shall hold the office of sexton of the parish of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, and sexton of the parish of Saint Martin, Outwich, shall, without any fur- ther appointment, become the joint sextons of the united benefice ; and that upon the death, retirement, or removal of either of the joint parish clerks, the other of them shall become the parish clerk of the united benefice ; and upon the death, re- tirement, or removal of either of the joint sextons, the other of them shall become the sexton of the united benefice ; and that the parish clerk of the united benefice shall afterwards, upon any vacancy in that office, be appointed by the incumbent of the united benefice, and that any future vacancy in the office of sexton shall be filled up by the joint vestry of the two parishes of the united benefice. “ 11. That upon the union taking effect, the persons who at that time shall respectively hold the offices of clerk and sexton of the parish of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, and who shall re- spectively become one of Buch joint clerks or sextons of the united benefice shall respectively cease to hold the office of olerk or sexton respectively of such last-mentioned parish, and that the clerk so ceasing to hold such office shall by way of 352 Memorials of the Institutions . [ CXVL compensation, so long as he shall be one of the joint clerks of the united benefice, receive trom the vestry of the parish of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, during the pleasure of such vestry, a salary equal in amount to his present salary ; and that in like manner the sexton so ceasing to hold such office, shall, by way of compensation, so long as he shall be one of the joint sextons of the united benefice, receive from the vestry of the parish of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, during the pleasure of such vestry, a salary equal in amount to his present salary, and that in like manner the sexton so ceasing to hold such office, shall, by way of compensation, so long as he shall be one of the joint sextons of the united benefice, receive from the vestry of the parish of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, during the pleasure of such vestry, a salary equal in amount to his present salary, the receipt of such salary, in the case of the said clerk and sexton respectively, to be conditional upon the performance by such clerk and sexton respectively of such duties appertaining to the office of parish clerk or (as the case may be) of sexton in the parish church of the united benefice, or otherwise connected with such parish church, and the performance of the services therein as the rector and churchwardens of the united benefice may from time to time require, but that no parish clerk or sexton of the united benefice shall have any larger estate or interest in his office than he possessed in his original office before the union. “ 12. That so long as a salary shall, under the provisions of this scheme, be payable by the parish of Saint Helen, Bishops- gate, to one of the joint clerks of the united benefice, that parish shall not be required to contribute any proportion of the salary of the other of the joint clerks of the united benefice, and that in like manner, so long as a salary shall, under the pro- visions of this scheme, be payable by the last-mentioned parish to one of the joint sextons of the united benefice, that parish shall not be required to contribute any proportion of the salary of the other of the joint sextons of the united benefice ; but that whilst such salaries, by way of compensation, shall con- tinue payable to such joint clerk and joint sexton respectively, the salaries of the other joint clerk and joint sexton of the united benefice shall be paid exclusively by the parish of Saint Martin, Outwich. “ 13. That upon the union taking effect, the persons who at that time shall respectively hold the offices of clerk and sexton of the parish of Saint Martin, Outwich, and who shall respec- tively become one of such joint clerks and joint sextons of the • CXVI. ] The Advowson of St. Helen's . 353 united benefice, shall respectively cease to hold the office of clerk and sexton respectively of such last-mentioned parish, and that the clerk so ceasing to hold such office shall, by way of compensation, so long as he shall be one of the joint clerks of the united benefice, receive from the vestry of the parish of Saint Martin, Outwich, so much as the same vestry shall see fit to apportion to him of the sum of 150/. which in the third section of the fifth part of this scheme it is recommended and proposed that we should pay to the said vestry, and that in like manner the sexton so ceasing to hold such office shall, by way of compensation, so long as he shall be one of the joint sextons of the united benefice, receive from the said last-mentioned vestry the remainder (after deducting the sum so to be apportioned to the clerk as aforesaid) of the same sum of 150/., the receipt by the said clerk and sexton of the sums so to be apportioned to them respectively to be conditional upon their undertaking to the satisfaction of the said vestry to perform such duties appertaining to the office of parish clerk or (as the case may be) of sexton in the palish church of the united benefice or otherwise connected with such parish church, and the performance of the services therein as the rector and churchwardens of the united benefice may from time to time require. “ 14. That the present parsonage house of the said benefice of Saint Martin, Outwich, shall become and be the parsonage house of and for the united benefice. “ 15. That upon the union taking effect as hereinbefore mentioned, all the properties which shall then constitute the endowments of the said present benefices of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, and Saint Martin, Outwich, shall thereupon, with- out any conveyance or assurance in the law other than any duly gazetted Order of your Majesty in Council ratifying this scheme, become and be the endowments of the united benefice, subject, nevertheless, to the annual payment thereout of the said annual sums of 42/. 9s. 10c/., and 300/., or, as the case may be, of 400/., which are respectively hereinbefore men- tioned, and made payable out of the annual income of the united benefice, and subject also to the three several rent-charges here- inafter mentioned, and proposed to be created as hereinafter is specified, in favour of the three intended new cures hereinafter mentioned, and subject also and nevertheless to this further proviso, that is to say, provided always that if the Reverend John Bathurst Deane, Clerk, now incumbent of the said benefice 2 A 354 Memorials of the Institutions . [CXVI of Saint Martin, Outwich, shall become the first incumbent of the united benefice, he shall be entitled to receive and retain during such his incumbency the whole of the annual income of the united benefice, subject only to the said annual payment there- out of the said annual sums of 42 L 9s. 10tf., 300Z., and 400/, (one or more of these sums), which are hereinbefore men- tioned. “ Part II. “ As to the endowment of certain intended cures : — “ 1. Whereas the aggregate endowments of the said present benefices of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, and Saint Martin, Out- wich, will, when they shall have become the endowments of the united benefice as hereinbefore recommended and proppsed, be in our opinion more than sufficient for the due maintenance and support of the incumbent of the united benefice and of any assistant curate, or curates, who may be by him employed. “ And whereas we intend, so soon as conveniently may be, having regard to the contingencies affecting the provision of en- dowments for such new cures as hereinafter mentioned, and with such consent as by law is required, to recommend and propose to your Majesty in Council the formation of three new cures within the diocese of London, that is to say, of a new cure to be taken wholly or partly out of the existing cure of Saint Philip, at Dalston, and to be called the District of the Holy Trinity, Dalston ; of a new cure to be taken wholly or partly out of the existing cure of Saint Dunstan, at Stepney, and to be called the District of Christ Church, Stepney ; and of a new cure to be taken wholly or partly out of the existing cure of Saint Ann, at Limehouse, and to be called the District of Saint Peter, Limehouse. “And whereas the recommendation and proposal next hereinafter made is in accordance with, and is contemplated by, the proposals upon which this scheme is based, for uniting the said two present benefices of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, and Saint Martin, Outwich. " 2. Now, therefore, with respect to the endowments of the united benefice, we humbly recommend and propose ; — “ That a specified part of such endowments, that is to say, that the sum of 2,250/. 1 per annum (being the amount of the 1 This presents a strange contrast to the value of the living as it was represented to the Company in 1603 by the then Rector (the Rev. John Lewis), — vis., 30/. a-year. Mr. Lewis commenced a tithe suit which was stayed “ by the mediation of divers worshipful and quiet men of the parish,” upon the understanding that by contri- butions (the Company giving 51.) the income was to be made up to 60/. per annum. CXVI. ] The Advowson of St . Helen’s. 8 55 annual fixed tithe payable under the provisions of ‘The London City Tithes Act, 1864,’ subject to revision as in the said Act provided), and now constituting the endowment of the present benefice of Saint Martin, Outwich, shall over and beyond all payments thereout in respect of the three temporary charges (or any of them) of 42 1 . 9*. 10 c/., 300/., and 400/. respectively hereinbefore mentioned, and also after and subject to such incumbency of the said John Bathurst Deane in the said united benefice as aforesaid, be subject to the three annual rent-charges next hereinafter specified, that is to say, to a rent- „ charge of 600/. per annum, commencing as from the day here- inafter in that behalf mentioned (being a day subsequent to that on which the said John Bathurst Deane shall have avoided the said incumbency of the said united benefice) in favour of the minister or incumbent of the said proposed district of the Holy Trinity, Dalston, and his successors ; to a rent-charge of 300/. per annum, commencing as from the day hereinbefore and hereinafter in that behalf mentioned, in favour of the minister or incumbent of the said proposed district of Christ Church, Stepney, and his successors; and to a rent-charge of 192/. 9#. 10c/., commencing as lagt aforesaid, in favour of the minister or incumbent of the said proposed district of Saint Peter, Lime- house, and his successors, such last - mentioned rent-charge, nevertheless, to be increased to 592/. 9*. 10c/., when and so soon after the avoidance of the incumbency of the said united benefice by the said John Bathurst Deane, as the said annual sum of 400/. hereinbefore proposed to be made payable to the present incumbent of the benefice of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, shall cease to be so payable ; but if the said annual sum of 400/. shall before the same avoidance have already ceased to be payable, then such last-mentioned rent-charge to commence and continue at the full amount of 592/. 9s. 10c/., each of the said three rent-charges to be payable half-yearly, and to arise and begin to accrue (subject as hereinbefore mentioned) as from the day of the date of the publication in the ‘London Gazette’ of the Order of your Majesty in Council, whereby the district in favour of the minister or incumbent of which such rentp-charge is to arise and accrue shall be created, and no one of the said three rent-charges to have priority over any other of them; and the minister or incumbent in whose favour any one of the said three rent-charges shall have been created to have, and we hereby recommend and propose that he shall have, all such remedies for the recovery of such rent-charge, the same being in arrear 40 days, or upwards, after any half- 2 A 2 356 Memorials of the Institutions. [ CXVI yearly payment thereof shall have become due, as landlords have for recovery of rent being in arrear and unpaid; but nevertheless, and we hereby also recommend and propose, that if any year the gross revenues of the said united benefice shall by means of variation in the amount of the said annual sum of 2,250 L tithe rent -charge be increased beyond the sum of 2,292 /. 9 s. 10d., or shall be diminished below that sum, then and in every such year the said three rent-charges of 600/., 300/., and 592/. 9#. 10 into a fit and proper condition to become the church of the united benefice as afore- said, and in re-seating the same under the provisions of the 28th section of the said Act of the 23rd and 24th years of your Majesty, chapter 142. “ 5. That, in the next place, out of the monies to be received by us as aforesaid, such a sum as we may consider sufficient shall be set apart by us for, and shall be applied at our discre- tion in, the erection of a church within and for the said intended district of the Holy Trinity, Dalston ; such church to be erected upon a site which shall have been duly conveyed to us in the manner provided by law. “ 6. That, in the next place, out of the monies to be re- ceived by us as aforesaid, such a sum as we may consider sufficient shall be set apart by us for, and shall be applied at our discretion in, the erection of a church within and for the said intended district of Christ Church, Stepney ; such church to be erected upon a site which shall have been duly conveyed to us as last aforesaid. “ 7. That, in the next place, out of the monies to be re- ceived by us as aforesaid, such a sum as we may consider sufficient shall be set apart by us for, and shall be applied at our discretion in, the erection of a church within and for the said intended district of Saint Peter, Limehouse ; such church to be erected upon a site which shall have been duly conveyed to us as aforesaid. “ 8. Provided always, and be it clearly understood, that with respect to the s ums to be set apart and applied as aforesaid for and in the erection of churches for the said intended districts of the Holy Trinity, Dalston, Christ Church, Stepney, and Saint Peter, Limehouse, such sums shall be so set apart by us in the order in which the said proposed churches are hereinbefore mentioned, and shall be so set apart by us only if and when and so far as the monies actually in our hands in respect of the proceeds of the 362 Memorials of the Institutions. [CXVI. aforesaid sale or sales of the materials, site, furniture and fit- ting of the said church of Saint Martin, Outwich, shall be suf- ficient, having regard to the provisions of this scheme and of the said Act of the 23rd and 24th years of your Majesty, chapter 142, to provide the same. And provided also that interest at the rate of £3 per centum per annum shall be allowed by us upon any sums so set apart, and upon all balances from time to time in our hands applicable to the erection of the said churches, and all such interest shall be added to, and constitute part of the principal of the same sums. And provided also, that each of such sums so set apart when it has been increased by accumulation as afore- said, and is therefore in excess of the sum set apart by us as sufficient for the purpose for which it was set apart may be by us reduced, if we shall see fit, to the amount originally set apart, but so that the surplus thus deducted may be by us, if we shall see fit, applied in aid of the sums or sum to be set apart and applied by us for and in the erection of the other two churches or one of them. And provided also, that if and when any of the said three sums shall have been by us set apart as aforesaid, the time for applying and expending the same sums or sum shall be ascertained by a certificate, to be addressed to us by the Bishop of the said diocese of London and by the Merchant Taylors’ Company. And provided, lastly, that all (if any) monies which, after satisfying the several ap- propriations in this fifth part of this present scheme mentioned and recommended and proposed to be made, shall remain out of or in respect of the proceeds of the sale or sales of materials, site, furniture and fittings of the said church of Saint Martin, Outwich, shall be by us added to the sum to be set apart by us under the first clause of this fifth part of this present scheme, and shall be dealt with accordingly. “9. And provided also, that the scheme hereby proposed shall not take effect until the consents and approval which, by the 17th section of the said Act of the 23rd and 24th years of your Majesty, chapter 142, are made requisite to the Bale or letting or appropriation under the powers conferred by that Act, of the site of any church shall be obtained to the sale and appropriation hereby proposed of the site of the said church of Saint Martin, Outwich. “ 10. And provided also, that nothing hereinbefore contained shall prevent us from hereafter recommending and proposing any other measures relating to the matters aforesaid, or any of CXVII. ] 363 Townsend's Lectureship. them, in accordance, with the provisions of the said Acts of Par- liament, or of either of them, or of any other Act of Parliament.” And whereas the said scheme has been laid before both Houses of Parliament for the space of two calendar months. And whereas the said scheme has been approved by Her Majesty in Council: now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her said Council, is pleased hereby to ratify the said scheme, and to order and direct that the same, and every part thereof, shall be effectual in law immediately from and after the time when this Order shall have been duly published in the “ London Gazette,” pursuant to the said Acts ; and Her Majesty, by and with the like advice, is pleased hereby to direct that this Order be forthwith registered by the Registrar of the said diocese of London. Edmund Harrison. CXVII. TOWNSEND'S LECTURESHIP (1789 and 1812). Thomas Tovmsend , by Will, dated 16th May 1789, granted to the master and wakens of the Merchant Tailors Company a leasehold house in Old Broad-street, and all the profits and advantages therefrom, to hold to them and their successors for ever, after the decease of his wife, upon trust, to apply the rent thereof towards the establishment and continuance of religion and morality, by supporting an evening lecturer in the parish- church of St. Michael, Crooked-lane, on the Thursday evening, at six, throughout the year, beginning at six, or between six and seven, except in passion-week, when it might be on Friday evening instead, but optional in the elected ; and the election of a fit and proper person to read the prayers of the Church of England, and preach, to be with the said master and wardens, or a majority of them ; but if equal, the senior member of the court of assistants to give the casting vote, and. the choice to be made in June, every third year ; and no rector or vicar to be elected, nor any one person twice, or twice three years in succession; and that the duty .should not be done by deputy, except in case of illness or great emergency, with certain direc- tions in case of the death of the elected before the expiration of three years, for supplying the vacancy in manner therein parti- cularly mentioned ; the appointment to take place in the June after testator’s death, or so soon after as might be ; and the said testator directed that the rents and profits should be applied as follows : five-tenths, free of deduction, to the clergy- 864 Memorials of the Institutions . [ CXVII. man ; two-tenths to the parish-clerk for finding candles, and his attendance ; one-tenth towards a fund for renewing the lease of the premises and all expenses ; one-tenth to the master and wardens for their trouble ; 405. out of which should be allowed to the clerk of the company to keep an account of all the transac- tions, payments, and receipts, in separate books, intitled, “ Townsend’s Bequests ” ; and the remaining one-tenth to be divided between the parishes of St. Michael, Crooked-lane, if the lecture should be established there, if not to such other parish where it might be established, and St. Benet Fink, towards defraying the poors rates of the said parishes for ever ; and after the continuance of the lecture for 100 years, the premises and profits were left by the said testator for the com- pany of Merchant Tailors for ever, to do therewith what they thought proper, except the one tenth between the parish where the lecture was to be read and St. Benet Fink. Susannah Townsend , by Will, dated the 28th July 1810, gave the company 200/. per annum Long Annuities, to be appro- priated for the use of the lecture directed by the will of her late husband, instead of the house in Old Broad-street, the bequest of such house being void by the statute of Mortmain. The Company accepted this bequest of Mrs. Townsend under the trusts of Mr. Townsend’s will, but it became necessary, for many reasons, to carry into effect the above wills by a suit in Chancery, under which, by a decree, dated 15th December 1813, the 200/. a year Long Annuities were sold, and after repaying the company the legacy-duty, and discharging the costs of the suit, the surplus was in virtue of the same decree invested in the purchase of 4,525/. three per cent. Reduced Annuities, now standing in the company^ name, the interest of which, amounting to 135/. 155. per annum, is applied under the same decree as follows, viz. : — £ 8. d. To the lecturer at St. Magnus, London Bridge . . 75 8 4 To the parish-clerk of ditto . . . . • . . . SO 3 4 To the churchwardens of St. Michael . . . . . . 7 10 10 To the churchwardens of St. Benet Fink . . . . 7 10 10 To the master, wardens, and clerk of the oompanj . . 15 1 8 £135 16 0 By an Act of Parliament (1 Will. 4, c. 3, Local and Per- sonal) passed on 11th March 1831, for making approaches to London Bridge, the lecture theretofore given in the parish church of St. Michael, Crooked-lane (then about to be pulled down), was transferred to the church of St. Magnus, London Bridge, and has accordingly been held there since then. w. g casiic.. newis? i . tie eect. jocJJUit fairly Im-M ir.. - d e-fei ts * .Vfefe to sad ■ - . Becet & isles ter ^ ix) jm r for fie. - :h wkt^ panel si- rlMp i be app I rfitri It kp* ;tD J easa?- i r ■ a SHIT - her 1 $ repajti ttrfi ■rfteJi fee. & oaniir cr #* 4 Per- 8 tO rrei M [OB G O •< ZC o Pi w CXVIII. 1 The Almshouses now at Lee, Kent. 365 CXVIII. THE ALMSHOUSES FORMERLY ON TOWER HILL, AND NOW AT LEE, KENT. 1. These Almshouses originated from the benevolence of Mr. Richard Hills and Alderman Ratcliffe, as the following entries in the Court Records will show “ February 3, 1587. “ The last Will & Testament of Mr. Richard Hills, deceased, a loveinge Brother of this Misterie was openly redd, conteyninge a devise of certen Tenements & Gardens in the Warde of Portsoken given by him to the Companie for the performance of certen publique good uses. Mr. Daniel Hills beinge a sutor that he might see the same devise of his Father’s made to this Company, he waB accordingly called into the Courte, and the Will delivered unto him to be redd, and the Clerk to give him a copie of the same.” “ May 7, 1588. “A survey was made this daye of the Tenements and Gardens above devysed, and a Rental made of the Rentes thereupon. ” “ February 5, 1588. “Alderman Ratcliffe offers one hundred load of timber to rebuild the above bequeathed Tenements for the Widows of deceased Almesmen. “ Upon the consideraron that our almshouses are charged with the widdowes of some of oure almesmen, deceased, and by theire residence & continuance there other of our almesmen are disap- poynted & keapte oute, suche course should be taken to make some other provision for the said widdowes, and suche other poore which shall hereafter be left destitute and wantinge of reliefe. Whereupon it is called to remembrance that Mr. Richard Hills did before his death make a moron to the Courte that those Tenements which he purposed to devyse to this Companie situate upon Tower Hill might be employed to receive the widdowes of such deceased almesmen. For the furtherance of which motion and the performance of soe good a worke the right Worshipful Mr. Alderman Ratcliffe beinge charitablie affected to bringe the same to effecte, did voluntarilie offer to the same ende and for further benefitt of this howse to give to the Companie a Hundred Loade of Tymber to be delyvered 366 Memorials of the Institutions. [ CXVIII. them uppon his owne charge at the waterside at Readinge soe as they woulde new build the said small Tenements and reserve them rent free for suche widdowes and other poore makinge theire buildinge of the same, from the foundaain to the seconde stone of brick, and for the acceptinge of his offer dothe give the Companie respite of time to be advised hereof betwene this and our Ladie daie, whose offer this assemblie taketh verie thankefullie, and the Maister and Wardens doe promise to goe and survey the Grounde, between this & y« tyme appoynted.” “ April 16, 1589. u At the laste Courte Our Maister & Wardens accompanyed by Mr. Recorder and others of this companie were entreated to goe to the right wor 11, Mr. Alderman Ratcliff and to give him to understande howe kindlie & thankfully the Companie doe accepte of his charitable & liberall offer of the Hundred loade of Tymber to be given towardes the buildinge of Howses for the Poore : Our Maister at this tyme maketh reporte that the saide Mr. Alderman Ratcliffe upon the declaration of the thankfulle minde of the Companie and the acceptation of his guifte doth contain his good purpose towards them and perform his promise made unto them to the uttermost. ,, “ June 17, 1589. “ At this Courte Mr. Alderman Ratcliffe assents that the Com- panie shall at theire pleasure dispose or make Sale of the saide Tymber graunted by him and make theire provision otherwyse for theire building aB they shall thinke good. 2. The future progress of the Scheme is thus stated by Ellis.:— “ The building was postponed till the year 1592, when, at a Court holden on the 2nd of August 1592, it was ordered that certain Almshouses should be built on Tower Hill upon the Land lately devized to this Company by Mr. Richard Hills, and at a succeeding Court held on the 12th of the same month it was decreed that the said building should be performed with convenient speed, and that the same be committed to the consideration, order, and appointment of three surveyors ; Mr. Robert Dowe, Mr. George Sotherton, and Mr. Richard Spencer; and that Mr. Robert Dowe be appointed Treasurer for the Building. 3. M In the beginning of the year 1593, 14 almshouses were erected on the Wardens’ side and finished for the dwelling and relief of poor Widows of Merchantaylors or otherwise as the CXVIII. ] The Almshouses now at Lee , Kent . 367 Company upon farther consideration should be induced to receive. 4. “ And on the 23rd of June, Mr. Robert Dowe delivered to the Court a Book of the charges of the Building, by which account it appeared that the particular charges of the same, amounted to the sum of 400/. 16$. Id. 5. “ The Revenue of the Company being unequal to main- tain the Objects of their Charity without further aid, Mr. Richd. Proctor the then Master, pledged at his own cost to maintain in perpetuity one widow’s place, and Mr. Robert Hawes bound himself in like manner to provide for another. 6. “ On the 26th of February 1594 the number of the mem- bers were nine who had promised each to support a widow. The Court still continuing their charitable care of supplying their new erected Almshouses with fourteen poor widows, soon found to their great satisfaction the List of names increased to twelve, and which are as follow : — Mr. Richard Procter, Master. Mr. Alderman Ratcliffe. Mr. Alderman Lee. Mr. Robinson. Mr. Offley. Mr. Robt* Dowe. Mr. Robt. Hawes. Mr. Leonard Halliday. Mr. Roger Abdey. Mr. Richd. Venables. Mr. Robt. Hump8on. Mr. Gregory Smith. 7. u An Order was immediately made for the settling of the widows by their several Founders. “ Mr. Procter, the Master, being the first to choose, selected the nethermoste house below, called the sign of the Rose, and the Residue chose theirs according to their Seniority. 8. “ In every house two of the said widows were to be placed and to hold and use the whole house between them without severance, that either might take equal benefit of the rooms however they should agree otherwise, for the placing of their beds and for the lodgings. 9. “ On the 8th of June 1594 it was reported that Mr. Gerard Gore and Mr. Warden Craven had both signified their intention of maintaining one poor widow. “ The whole number of fourteen being now complete, mea- sures were ordered to be taken to render the same perpetual. ^ 10. M This produced a Resolution on the 9th of December 1595, to purchase certain Tenements in Finch Lane producing a rental of 20 L per annum for the sum of 330/., which by a subscription 368 Memorials of the Institutions . [ CXVIII. collected from Mr. John Robinson, William Offley, Robert Dowe, Robert Hawes, Richard Venables, and Mr. Craven, each of whom gave 56Z. for the purchase, to pay the sum of 3 L 9*. Ad. annually to each of the six poor widows. 11. “ The Tenements were agreed to be assured to Mr. Robert Hawes, who promised immediately to make his will of the same and devise the same to the Company, and to be bound in a bond in a reasonable sum not to revoke his said will. The 6/. over, was to pay the charge of assurance to Mr. Hawes. 12. “ Mr. Dowe, to increase the allowance to his almswoman, afterwards gave the sum of 10Z. 13a. A d. to make up the additional sum of Ten shillings and Eightpence, which with the former allowance of 3 1. 9a. Ad. would make the sum of Ten shillings and Eightpence to his alms widow. And it was promised by the Court that Mr. Dowes’ almswoman should be paid as follows : — “ The first of every month Six shillings and Eightpence, and that the other poor widows should be paid their pensions of la. Ad. per week, amounting in the year to 3 1. 9a. Ad. (viz.) The first day of the Eleventh Month, Five Shillings and Eightpence, and the First day of the Twelfth Month, Seven 8hilling8. ,, 13. The subsequent proceedings of the Company are thus described by the Charity Commissioners of 1827 : — “ It appears by an agreement entered into between the Com- pany and Mr. Robert Dowe, a member of the Court, in the year 1610, that two of the almswomen were always to be chosen from the parish of St. Botolph without Aldgate, in the manner therein particularly stated, and this agreement has been strictly observed from that time to the present day. 14. “ In the year 1637 the Company determined upon building 12 additional Almshouses for the accommodation of 12 more poor widows, which was accordingly done, partly with money sub- scribed for that purpose, and partly at the corporate charge. 15. “The number of almswomen was thus increased to 26, and the allowances made to them have been from time to time augmented as the rents of the estate left for their support have increased. 16. “In the year 1767, the Company rebuilt the Almshouses on Tower Hill at an expense of 2,000Z., the whole of which was borne by the Company, no funds whatever having been bequeathed or subscribed for that purpose.” These are repre- sented in the drawing, and a portrait of a celebrated inmate of the former houses is also given. 4 JANE Tt. coin in(?as<\c/i fittfi Ooni'X VCfic ficne n/ tf fifc- ,ge nvimiinTvnmrr'rsi Fri*:n a !'' . Yi ;:i c;e- Da: ; ;Y’ uc’Jfi-uc i; £C Maclure k Maidon-ild, 1 uk Loadan. ✓ CXVIII. ] The Almshouses now at Lee y Kent. 369 17. The transfer of the houses to Lee — where the Company as the Trustees of Boone’s Charity already had Almshouses — was made in 1825, the first stone being laid by Mr. Alderman Ansley (after the annual visitation to that Charity on the 7th July), and the building completed in 1826. The change was made in consequence of the dilapidated state and confined situation of the old houses. The new ones were increased to 30, and erected at a total cost of 11,293J. 19*. 0 d. The site of the old houses was sold in 1863 and 1869 to the Blackwall Railway Company for a goods station. 18. The estates contributing to the Almshouse funds are 15 in number — viz. Reynold Barker, Candish, Dandy, Dowe, Ducie, Gray, Hawes and others, Hyde, Jenkinson, Parker, Shipham, Sutton, Wooller, Woolley, and Roberts, the Company bearing all excess of expenditure out of their corporate funds. 19. Admission to the Almshouses, which had previously been confined to the widows of the age of 54 years and upwards, was extended to the daughters of liverymen or freemen of the Com pany by an Order of Court of 11th, upon the recommendation of the Charity Committee of 9th May 1871, contained in the following words, viz. : — “ The Clerk reported the result of his examination of the Company’s books in accordance with the instructions of this Committee, as to the eligibility of the daughters of Liverymen or Freemen for admission to the Company’s Almshouses at Lee.” “ Whereupon it was Resolved that it be recommended to the Court to elect the daughters, in default of widows, of Livery- men and Freemen for admission to the Company’s Almshouses at Lee.” 20. The applicants are elected, subject to the pleasure of the Court, for life. Each has these advantages : A house tree of rent and taxes, medical attendance and coals free of charge, and the sum of 35 1. 1*. 0 d. per annum in money, with additional allowances to the sick and infirm, besides both annual and trien- nial gifts of clothing. THE RULES WHICH THE ALMSWOMEN ARE BOUND TO OBSERVE WHILE RESIDENT ARE AS FOLLOWS: “ 1st. That the Almswomen be under the care and manage- ment of a Matron, who shall dwell in one of the Almshouses to be appropriated for that purpose, and that the Almshouses and .Grounds be under the care and control of the Matron or a Superintendent (if appointed) who shall be a married man. 370 Memorials of the Institutions. [ CXVIIL “ 2nd. That neither the Matron or Superintendent shall absent themselves from the Almshouses without the consent of the Master and Wardens of the Company. “ 3rd. That the Matron or Superintendent shall lock the small Gate at 8 o’clock at night from Michaelmas-day to Lady-day, and at 9 o’clock from Lady-day to Michaelmas-day ; and the large Gate at 10 o’clock every night throughout the year, and shall open both Gates not later than 7 o’clock every morning, and that no person except the Matron and Superintendent shall be allowed to have a key of either of the Gates, and every Almswoman, except under special circumstances, shall be at home before the small Gate is locked for the night. “ 4th. That no Almswoman shall sleep away from her house without the consent in writing of the Master and Wardens, or the Clerk of the Company, except for one night only, and then not without the permission of the Matron, and previously depo- siting the key of her house with the Matron. “ 5th. That no Almswoman shall have leave of absence from her house for more than eight weeks altogether in any one year, nor for more than a fortnight at any one time, and that after an absence for one week or upwards, no second leave of absence shall be granted until after the expiration of one month at least, except under special circumstances. “ 6th. That no Almswoman shall permit any person, except it be her Sister, Daughter, Niece, Son, or Grandchild (such Son or male Grandchild being under 14 years of age), or a female friend, under special circumstances, to sleep in her house under any pretence whatever, nor in such excepted cases without first obtaining the consent In writing of the Master and Wardens for that purpose, and that after any person shall have been upon a visit at such Almshouse for one week or upwards, no further permission shall be granted to the same Almswoman until after the expiration of one month at least, except under special circumstances. “ 7th. That no Hawkers or Beggars shall be admitted, nor shall any Almswoman be permitted to have any person on a visit at her house whom the Matron or Superintendent may consider objectionable, without the express sanction of the Master and Wardens. “ 8th. That no Visitor to the Almshouses shall be permitted to walk on the Lawn, or perambulate the grounds without per- mission of the Matron or Superintendent, and that no smoking be allowed on the premises. CXVIII. ] The Almshouses now at Lee , Kent. 371 “ 9th. That do Almswoman shall make any alteration in her house, nor in any way disfigure or injure any of the walls, fences, or trees, belonging to the Almshouses or grounds. “10th. That no carpet, rug, or mat shall be shaken or beaten, nor any ashes, soil, dust, or filth, be cast or laid in or upon the Garden or Grounds belonging to the Almshouses, other than the places appointed for that purpose. “ 11th. That each Almswoman shall keep her house, yard, and premises, clean and wholesome, and carefully preserve the walls, timbers, boards, glass windows, and all fixtures, fittings, and things, belonging to their respective Houses. “ 12th. That no fowls, ducks, or any other species of poultry, rabbits, pigs, or dogs, shall be . kept in any of the Almshouses, or on any part of the grounds belonging thereto. “13th. That the Matron and Superintendent shall, at all proper and seasonable times, visit the several Houses of the Almswomen, to see that the same are kept clean, and in good order and condition. 14th. That the Almswomen shall, once at least, every Sun- day, attend Divine Service at the Parish Church at Lee ; and also, once at least, every week, on any of the days appointed for that purpose, attend prayers in the Chapel of Boone’s Alms- houses, unless prevented by sickness, or other reasonable cause. “ 15th. That the said Almswomen shall live peacably, and in good charity one with another, and behave themselves orderly and kindly one towards another, as becomes good Christians, and aid and assist each other in case of sickness or other affliction. “ 16th. That in case any Almswoman shall marry, she shall become disqualified to hold the Almshouse, and forthwith deliver up possession of her House, and her pension or allow- ance shall thereupon immediately cease, “ 17th. That upon the death of any Almswoman, the Gown given to her by the Company, and the Coals provided for her use, and remaining unconsumed, shall be left for the benefit of such person as shall be elected in her place, upon pain of her surviving relatives or friends losing such portion of her Pension or allowance as shall be t payable at the time of her decease, and the expenses of her burial shall be defrayed by her relatives or friends before the goods belonging to the deceased are re- moved. 2 B 2 372 Memorials of the Institutions • [ CXVIII. “ 18th. That in case any Almswoman shall at any time quarrel, use blasphemous or offensive words, become intoxicated, commit an assault, or otherwise misbehave herself, she shall be reported to the Master and Wardens, and be liable to expulsion. “ 19th. That each of the Almswomen shall take especial care to prevent accidents by fire, in the Almshouses, and shall retire to bed at a reasonable hour at night, except in cases of neces- sity or emergency. “ 20th. That for the better observance of the foregoing Rules and Orders, the same be Printed ; and in order that no person may plead ignorance of the same, a Copy thereof shall be sus- pended in a conspicuous port of the Sitting Room of each House ; and in case any Almswoman shall destroy, deface, or in any manner wilfully injure any of the said Rules and Orders, or suffer the same to be destroyed, defaced, or wilfully injured, she shall be reported to the Master and Wardens, and be liable to expulsion. “ 21st. That the Matron shall keep in a book provided for that purpose, a true and impartial account of all offences committed by the Almswomen, or other persons infringing the Rules and Orders herein contained, and that such book shall be forwarded to the Hall for inspection by the Master and Wardens, on the first Wednesday in every month, and at such other times as they may direct. “ 22nd. That any Almswoman breaking any of the foregoing Rules and Orders, shall be reported to the Master and Wardens, and be liable to be expelled from the Almshouses. “ By Order of the Court, “Samuel Fisher, “ Clerk to the Company” * “ Merchant Taylors' Hall , “ London , 26*A March 1868.” CXIX. ] The Almshouses in Sion College (1647). 373 CXIX. THE ALMSHOUSES AT SION COLLEGE. 1. These were founded by Dr. Thomas White, Vicar of St. Dunetan’s in the West, and one of the Canons Residentiary of St. Paul’s Church. 1 The College is situate at London Wall, near Cripplegate, and occupies the site of Elsyngspitell Hos- pital, 2 * adjoining to St. Alphage Church. The Almshouses consist of 20 distinct rooms for 10 men and 10 women, 8 of which are to be filled upon the nomination of the Company. 2. The Charity was established by a decree of the Court of Chancery in 1647, which is thus referred to in the Court Minutes of the 12th January in that year (p. 275): — “ Whereas Docter Thomas White, late Viccar of S 1, Dunstan’s in the West, by his will, dated 20th Feb 7 1622, gave certain allowances for the erecting of a Colledge for the Clerks of this City now called Syon Colledge, and for the maintenance of Twenty Almsmen and women there, viz 1 * to each of them 61. a peece p. ann. and by his said will ordered That the said Twenty Almsfolk should be chosen, viz 1 * Six out of St. Dunstan*s parish, ffour out of the City of Bristow, Two out of S 1 * * * Gregory’s Parish by Pauls, and Eight out of this Company: 8 W* course and order being accordingly observed for a time was of late endeavour 4 to bee anulled by the late Governor of the said Colledge, who refused to receive any more poore into the places void as were puted from the places aforesaid, but those where and whome they thought good, contrary to the will of the said Doctor White. Whereupon a bill was exhibited into the Chancery for the Settlement of that guift according to the intention of Doctor White, and the cause proceeded to a hearing the last term and thereupon decreed that the said 20 poore should be chosen out of the parishes and places aforesaid to enjoy the said charitable devise according to the intent and 1 Stowe, book i., p. 146. 2 See p. 62, par. 9. * I bare not traced any special claim which the Company had upon this bene- factor, but research brings to light two deeds,— the first, dated 28th June 1621, between the Doctor of the first part, the University of Oxford of the second part, and the Company of the third ; and the other dated 14th August 1621, between the Doctor and the Company, constituting the Company (for a gift of five marks) the auditors of the University accounts every fifth year, in respect of an endowment for a Lectureship in Moral Philosophy in that University. Another entry of 6th December 1622, is to the effect that “our Master is requested to provide for Mr. Doctor White of Paules, to be sent him as a Company's gift so much sack and clarett wyne as by former presidents hath been provided.” 374 Memorials of the Institutions. [ CXIX. meaning of the devisor, and that as places fell void in fhe Colledge the said parishes and places should putt in propor- tionally according to the respective interests of either, and that each particular place and parish should beare their proportion- able share of the charges in this suite according to the respective interests of either. The companies proportion thereof amount- ing to 36 L 6#. 8 d., according to the report of M r * Rich a M r * of the Chancery to whome the same was referred. It is therefore ordered that in regard the same tendeth to the good and benefit of the poore of this Company the said sum of 36/. 6*. 8 d. of the said charges disbursed shall be paid.” 3. In consequence of the Charity Commissioners* Report in 1834 1 the question of the proper application of the property came before the Master of the Rolls, who declared in 1836, that the rents of the property in the City of London, and the rents of the Farm and Manor at Bradwell, ought in the first place to be applied in maintaining and repairing the College and Almshouses, and in paying all rates and assessments in respect thereof, and that, subject thereto, the surplus of such rents belongs to the College, exclusive of the Almspeople ; and that the rents of the Farms at Beaches and Tyler’s Causeway, and the dividends arising from the stock in the funds accruing from the Reading, Sheppard, and Clement bequests, belong to the Almspeople, exclusive of the College. 4. The same Judge, on the 14th June 1837, decreed [inter alia) as follows : — And let the annual sum of 15/. be paid to each Almsperson out of the income of the property declared applicable to their support by equal quarterly payments on the 25th day of March, the 24th of June, the 29th of September, and the 25th of December, except in case of a deficiency as hereinafter men- tioned. And in case it shall happen at any time hereafter*that the monies in hand belonging to the Almspeople shall not be sufficient to pay them the quarterly allowance of 3/. 15*., let the Governors reduce the allowance as much as may be requisite, but the same is to be without delay increased to the proper amount on receipt of sums necessary for the purpose. And let the payment accruing due on the quarter in which any Almsperson may die, be, at the expiration of such quarter, paid to the relatives of the deceased, in case the Governors think proper. And let the Almspeople continue to be chosen in the follow- 1 July 19th ; Part I, 29, p. 45a CXIX. ] The Almshouses in Sion College (1G47). 375 ing manner, that is, 3 men and 3 women out of the parish of St. Dunstan, 1 man and 1 woman out of the parish of St. Gregory, 4 men and 4 women out of the Company of Merchant Taylors, and 2 men and 2 women out of Bristol. And let not future Out-Pensioners be allowed, but let the Almspeople for Bristol be required to reside in the Almshouses belonging to the College. And upon any vacancy occurring by the death or dismissal of any of the Almspeople, the Governors or their Secretary shall give immediate notice to the Minister, Churchwardens, or Overseer of the Poor of the parish from which such person was taken, or to the Corporation of Bristol, or Company of Merchant Taylors, respectively, as the case may require, in order that they may present two or more proper persons to the Governors, whe shall elect one of such persons to supply the vacancy. And let the Candidates for such vacancy be Single Persons, Widowers or Widows ; and the parties elected shall so continue during their occupation of the Almshouses. And let none be chosen under the age of 50. And let* the Governors hold a Court for the supplying any vacancy within the quarter immediately succeeding that in which the vacancy may occur. And let the persons elected receive the full allowance for the quarter in which they shall be chosen. And let the accounts be audited once a year within one month of Easter, and a fair copy be made and entered in a Book, and signed by at least three of the Governors present at the Audit, including the Chairman. And let the Rules and Regulations for the Government of Almspeople now practised, and in existence, remain in force. And let the said Governors hereafter make such other neces- sary laws as occasion shall require for the government of the said Almspeople as is directed by the will of the said testator. 5. Rules for the government of the Almsfolk, made by the Governors, 23rd March 1846: — The Almsfolk shall attend prayers in the College Hall every morning and evening at such hour as the President from time to time shall appoint. They shall attend in the parish church whenever Divine Service shall be performed in it. The Master of the Almsmen shall keep an account of all attendances of the Almsfolk, and deliver it to the President whenever it shall be required. 37G Memorials of the Institutions . [ CXIX. The Almsfolk shall not be out of their rooms, nor allow strangers to be in them, after 10 o’clock at night between Lady- Day and Michaelmas, nor after 9 o’clock between Michaelmas and Lady-Day. They shall not sleep out of their rooms, nor allow a stranger to sleep in them, without leave of the President. If any offend against the above rules, or any of them, he or she so offending shall be admonished by the President, and after three admonitions, if the offence be repeated, shall be removed and expelled. If any be a disturber of the peace, or offend by profane or bad language, by immorality, or by drunkenness, he or she so offending shall be brought before the Court, and at their discre- tion shall be either admonished, or removed and expelled. 6. Property in 1859, the proceeds of which belonged to the Almspeople : — Per Annum . £ 9. d. Beaches Farm, let to John Allen 360 0 0 Beaches Manor, of which the quit rents amount to . . 1 18 6 Beaches Wood and Coxal Wood yield about . . . . 97 0 0 Longfield, or Ten-acre Field, let to Rey. J. C. White . . 14 0 0 Land at Hadleigh, let to W. Benton 20 0 0 Land at Rayleigh, let to F. Belcham 12 0 0 Tyler’s Causeway Farm, let to W. Bynoth 60 0 0 203/. 3s. Id. Three per cent. Consols (being Sheppard’s, 1 « o O Clement’s, and Bonding’s bequests . . . . .. J u The Governors of the College are required to keep this property in a good tenantable state of repair, and pay the expenses thereof out of its proceeds. The rooms for the Almspeople were originally under the Library ; ten of the rooms opened into the lane outside of the College. In 1845, these rooms were thrown together into one large space, which has since been made into two rooms, which have been let to Messrs. Freshfield and Berringer. Two houses of ten rooms each, with suitable accommoda- tion, were, in 1845, built for the Almspeople within the College, south of the Library, at a cost of 2,500 1 . In the Session of 1875 the Governors wisely propose to promote a Bill for the sale of the present site and the removal of the Almshouses, with their inmates, into a healthier district, unless pensions be adopted in lieu of Almshouses. CXX. ] Boones Almshouses at Lee . 377 CXX. BOONE'S ALMSHOUSES AT LEE. 1. These (as the name indicates) were founded by Christopher Boone, and Mary his wife, at the close of the 17th century. From the recitals of the trust deed, dated 22nd June 1683, it appears that on land then recently purchased (of Mary Countess of Feversham) and adjacent to other land owned by him, Boone had erected at his own cost four dwellings (with various rooms) intended by him as Almshouses “for one school mistress to teach poor children to read and work, and six poor antient almspeople” (of either sex). Further, that “ being minded of his charitable disposition to provide as well for the health of the said almspeople’s souls as to make provision for the sustenance of their bodies,” he had erected a chapel for the worship of Almighty God, and had made provision for a Chaplain to read or say prayers therein, and a Clerk to attetfd him in the service. 2. As the Administrators of this Charity after his own and his wife’s death he selected the Merchant Tailors’ Company, and conveyed these tenements and lands, situated at Lee (together with a fee farm rent of 40/. from the City of Hereford), to the Company, upon trust, to apply the rents and profits to the purposes of his charity. 3. The yearly incomes of the various recipients were to be : — To the Chaplain, 10/. ; to the Clerk, 2/. ; to the Schoolmistress, 7/., with 21 . for coals ; and to the Almspeople Is. a week for bread, and 10s. a year for firing, with 20s. every two years for a gown at Christmas. 4. The other purposes to which the rents were to be applied were books for the chapel, and needles and other like neces- saries for the use of the poor children to be taught by the said schoolmistress (computed by the founder to cost 40s. a year): the residue of the rents (which he computed at 11/. Is. 3d.), he directed the Company to accumulate as a stock or bank to defray repairs and the casualties of management. 5. The Company were to take upon them the governance and charge of the Chapel and Almshouses, and of governing, placing, and displacing the Chaplain, Clerk, Schoolmistress, Almspeople, and poor children, and of managing the whole charitable design according to “ the rules, orders, and ordinances ” set out in the deed; for which end they were to go on the 1st Thursday in July to the said Almshouses and inspect the same. 378 Memorials of the Institutions . [ CXX. 6. If the rents fell below the charge, then a rateable deduction was to be made for all the payments ; but if they increased to any considerable sum the Master and Wardens would then augment the allowances to the Almspeople and Schoolmistress, and also to the Chaplain and Clerk, as they in their discretions and charitable dispositions should see fit. 7. The Company, by the deed already mentioned, and for 100Z. received from Boone, agreed to accept the trusts, and once in every year to visit the Almshouses for the redress of all abuses, neglects, grievances, and misdemeanors. The interest of the 100Z. was to be expended in payments of 10*. to the Clerk and 5*. to the Beadle attending them at such visitation, and in such suitable entertainment for themselves and relief of the poor almspeople as they should see fit. 8. THE “ RULES AND ORDINANCES ” MADE BY CHRISTOPHER BOONE, IN 1683:— “ Touching the Chaplain . I. 1 “ The place or office of chaplain to the chappel shall always be conferred upon the Rector of the Parish of Leigh, at Lee, in the County of Kent, for the time being, if he will accept and perform the service thereof; and in case of his refusal to accept thereof or removal for neglecting the service thereof or other ill- behaviour, the same shall be conferred on the Vicar or Minister for the time being of the Parish Church of Lewisham, in the same County ; and in case of his refusal or removal as aforesaid, the same shall be conferred on some other person as the Master and Wardens of the Company of Merchant Taylors shall think fit, so as he be a Priest in Holy Orders duly ordained according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England. The said Chaplain shall read the Church prayers to the poor Alms- people and poor children every Monday and Saturday in the year (viz.), on Monday, about 12 o’clock at noon, and on Satur- days between 4 and 5 o’clock from Michaelmas till Ladyday, and from Lady-day to Michaelmas between 6 and 7 o’clock in the afternoon, upon forfeiture of 2*. for every omission, to be deducted out of the stipend of 10Z. per annum, unless there shall be on the same Days publick prayer in the Parish Church of Lee aforesaid, and unless in case of sickness or other good cause, to be allowed by the said Master and Wardens, which forfeiture shall be paid to the Collector for the poor of the said Parish of Lee or of the 1 1 hare numbered these for convenience of referenoe. CXX J BoonJs Almshouses at Lee. 379 said Parish of Lewisham, as the said Master and Wardens shall think fit for the use of the poor of their respective parishes not placed in the said almshouses. 2. “ And if the said Chaplain shall neglect to read the said prayers in the said Chappel upon the days aforesaid above two times in any one year, unless in case of sickness or other good cause to be allowed as aforesaid, he shall be removed out of his said place or office and another placed therein. “ Touching the Clerk . 3. “ The Clerk of the Parish Church of Lee aforesaid for the time being, if he will accept of it, or otherwise the Clerk of the said Parish of Lewisham for the time being, if he will accept of it, shall always be the Clerk of the said Chappel. 4. “ And if neither of them will accept of it, then such other person shall be appointed by the said Master and Wardens to be Clerk of the said Chappel as they shall think fit. 5. “ The said CJerk of the Chappel shall ring the Bell near a Quarter of an hour before the appointed time for prayer, shall always attend the said Chaplain at prayers, and shall sweep the said Chappel every Saturday, and in default thereof forfeit fourpence, toties quoties, to be deducted out of the stipend or salary of 40$. per annum, which forfeit shall be paid to the said Schoolmistress that she may take care to have the said Chappel swept and kept clean in the negligences of the said Clerk. “ Touching the School Mistress . 6. “ She shall be some grave, sober, motherly, and matronlike widow, or, if a maid, then not under the age of 50 years, to be chosen out of the said Parish of Lee, or out of the neighbour- ing Parish of Greenwich, if any such Person can be found there that will accept of the imployment, and if not, then as the said Master and Wardens shall think fit. She shall have the first House next the Chappel eastward; she shall freely teach 12 poor children of the said parish of Lee, such as shall be pre- sented her by the Rector and Churchwardens of the said Parish to read English. She shall teach them the Church Catechism, with the Lord’s Prayer, the Apostle’s Creed, and Ten Com- mandments, and cause them to get the same by heart. 7. “ And moreover she shall teach the Girls or Females to sow and make plain work in Linnen, to Knit and Mark Linnen, that they may the sooner be fit for service. 8. “ She shall have liberty to teach other Scholars besides 380 Memorials of the Institutions . L cxx. the said Free Scholars, and be paid for her teaching of them as she and their Parents or Friends can agree. She shall also have liberty to take a Maid Servant into her house, or a Daughter that will serve her instead of a Maid, but she shall not take both a Daughter and a Maid, too much less shall any Son of hers live with her in the said House. 9. “ Nevertheless, if any Schoolmistress who hath demeaned herself well in the place, and diligently instructed the children as Tong as she was able, shall happen to be disabled by age or sickness, in such case the said Master and Wardens shall allow her an Assistant, who, besides such Maid or Daughter as afore- said, shall be permitted to live with her in the said house. And the said Master and Wardens shall allow unto such Assistant such stipend or pension out of the Stock of this Charity, as they in their discretion shall think fit, and as the Stock then in their hands shall be more or less. “ Touching the Poor Children . 10. u They shall be only of the said Parish of Lee, not above two out of the same family at the same time, not above 5 boys, who shall not be admitted into the said school till they are 6 years old, nor continue there longer than till they have attained their age of 11 years. Nor above 7 girls, who shall not be admitted till the age of 6, nor continue longer in the said School than their age of 12 years. Nevertheless, if there be any poor labouring people of the said parish who have young children they know not well how to dispose of while they go abroad to work, three or four such young children, so as they be at least four years old, may be permitted to come into the said School and sit amongst the rest to keep them as they say out of harm’s way. “ Touching the Almspeople. 11. “ They shall be 6 in Number, Men or Women, two in an House but not a Man and Woman in the same House, unless they be Man and Wife, which the said Master and Wardens, if they shall think fit, may take into any of the said Almshouses. None shall be admitted into any of the said Almshouses under the age of seven-and-fifty years. 12. “ They shall be of the poorest and needyest people, first of the Parish of Lee, who have lived orderly and have supported themselves by their honest labor in their younger days ; and if there be not enough such found in the Parish of Leigh then of the said Parish of Lewisham, if not there then of the said Parish of Greenwich. CXX. ] Boones Almshouses at Lee . 381 13. “ Upon every Vacancy the said Master and Wardens shall, in the first place, give Notice thereof to the Minister and Church- wardens of the Parish of Lee, to present a proper person to fill np the vacancy, and, in default of their presenting the like notice to the Minister and Church Wardens of Lewisham, and in default of their presenting within two weeks after such Notice, the said Master and Wardens shall give like Notice to the Minister and Churchwardens or Overseers of the said Parish of Greenwich. That parish which shall present any poor Man or Woman to the benefit of the said Almshouses shall by two or more of the substantial parishioners give Bond to the Master and Wardens, in the penalty of 20£, to sustain and relieve the person presented in time of sickness or other healthless condi- tion, when their weekly and annual allowance will be not suffi- cient to support them, and -also to see them decently buried at their charge, toward which charge such parish shall have all goods and chattels which shall belong to the Deceased person at his or her Death ; and that if any person by them presented shall aftewards appear to them the said Master and Wardens to have been an unfit person to be admitted into the said Alms- houses at his or her admission, or shall deserve in the judge- ment of the said Master and Wardens to be removed and ex- pulsed out of the said Almshouses, that then such person upon two Months’ warning to be given by the said Master and Wardens, or any of them, or any person appointed by them, shall avoid out of and from the said Almshouses, and peaceably yield and deliver up the possession thereof unto the said Master and Wardens, or to such as they shall appoint, and that the parish shall provide for them. 14. 41 The said Almspeople shall be such as can say by heart the Lord’s Prayer, the Apostle’s Creed, and the Ten Command- ments, or shall be bound to learn so to do within two months after their admission into the said Almshouses, or else they shall be expelled thence. 15. “ The said Almspeople shall every Lord’s day come to the Parish Church of Lee, to hear Divine Service and the Word of God preached forenoon and afternoon, and also to the prayers in the Chappel, Mondays and Saturdays, at the Hours appointed, and for every default shall forfeit four pence to the said School Mistress, who is to have an eye on them herein unless in case of sickness or other good cause to be allowed of by the said Master and Wardens. 16. 44 The wilful and obstinate neglectors of Divine Service, 382 Memorials of the Institutions . [ CXX. either in the said Parish Church or in the said Chappel, shall be finally expulsed out of the said Almshouses. The said Alms- people shall not entertain in their respective Houses any Child or other Inmate to lodge there, nor shall themselves lie out of their Houses above two or three times in a year without good cause, to be allowed of by the said Master and Wardens, upon pain of expulsion. They shall keep their Houses clean swept and wholesome, carefully preserve the walls, boards, timbers, glass windows, and all that belongs to their respective apart- ments. 17. “ They shall live quietly, peaceably, and in good Charity one with another, and behave themselves Orderly one towards another, as becomes good Christians ; and if any of them shall quarrel, scold, rail, swear, or otherwise misbehave him or herself, he or she so offending shall forfeit four pence to the School Mistress for every such offence, and if the same offence shall be committed above three times then such offender shall be expelled out of the said Almshouses. 18. “ The said Almspeople shall not plant any Trees against any of the walls of the said Almshouses or Chappel. 19. “None shall be admitted into the said Almshouses that hath any noysome or incurable Disease. 20. “ Every of the said Almspeople, as also the said School Mistress, shall take all special care to prevent Fire' in the said Almshouses.” NEW SCHEME OP 1868. 9. The increase of London turned the Lee estate into building land, and the Company granted long leases for this purpose ; the income increased to 657/. per annum in 1862, and the necessity of an enlarged scheme became apparent to the Court. Application was therefore made to the Charity Com- missioners, and, pending the consideration of the question, the surplus rents were accumulated, and when the Scheme (dated the 27th November 1868), was sanctioned by the Commissioners amounted to 4,749/. 11s. 4d. Consols. “ Scheme for the Regulation and Management of the above-mentioned Charity (1868). “1. The Charity and the Funds and Endowments thereof shall be managed and administered by the Master and Wardens of the Merchant Taylors’ Company of the City of London, as the Trustees thereof, in conformity with the provisions of this Scheme. CXX. ] Boone’s Almshouses at Lee . 383 “ 2. The Trustees, with the sanction of the Board of Charity Commissioners for England and Wales, shall be at liberty to rebuild the Almshouses and Chapel belonging to the Charity upon sites and in accordance with plans and estimates to be approved by the said Commissioners, and to apply the sum at their disposal arising from the accumulations of income of the Charity (so far as the same will extend) towards the cost of such new buildings, and to provide the remainder of such cost by means of a Loan or Loans to be raised and borrowed by the Trustees, either upon the security of the Charity Estate or a competent part thereof, or in such other manner as the said Commissioners shall sanction or approve. “ In the reconstruction of the Chapel, accommodation shall be provided primarily for the Almspeople and the Officers and other persons belonging or attached to the Charity, and subject thereto for the Lessees or Tenants of the Charity Estate, and other persons resident in the locality, to whom the privilege of attending the services in the Chapel may be conceded by the Trustees upon such terms and conditions, and subject to such reasonable regulations as they shall from time to time think fitting and expedient. “ The Pew Rents (if any) to be reserved by the Trustees in exercise of the foregoing authority for sittings in the said Chapel shall be applicable towards the maintenance of the Chapel and its services and the payment of the Salaries of the Chaplain and Clerk, and subject thereto to the general pur- poses of the Charity. One-half, at least, however, of the Pews and Sittings in the Chapel shall be free. “ 3. The clear amount of the annual income of the Charity, after the payment thereout of the cost of repairing and insuring the Almshouse buildings and Chapel and all other necessary and proper outgoings and expenses of management and Receiver’s Commission for collecting the rents, shall be applied by the Trustees, first in the payment of the annual interest of the principal sum or sums (if any) that may for the time being be due and owing in respect of any such Loan or Loans as aforesaid and in the establishment of a Sinking Fund for the repayment of such Loan or Loans within the period of Twenty Years from the date of their respective contraction, and subject thereto, to the several purposes hereinafter mentioned. t( The Almshouses. “ 4. There shall in future be Twelve Almspeople belonging to the Charity, who shall respectively be Single Persons of either 884 Memorials of the Institutions . [ cxx. sex, of good character, being of the age of Fifty-seven Years at the least, who shall have resided in one of the Parishes of Lee, Lewisham, or Greenwich for not less than Five Years next preceding the time of election, and who shall not during that period have been in receipt of Parochial Relief, with a pre- ference for those persons qualified as aforesaid who, from mis- fortune or accident, shall have fallen from better circumstances into indigence — provided that Candidates from the Parish of Lee, having the qualifications aforesaid, shall in every case be entitled to be elected in preference to Candidates from either of the Parishes of Lewisham or Greenwich, and Candidates from the said Parish of Lewisham in preference to those from Greenwich. “ A Married Couple, having each of them the qualifications aforesaid, may, in special cases, be appointed in lieu of and with the same stipend and emoluments as a single Almsperson, and the survivor of any such couple may continue to hold his or her appointment in the same manner as a Single Almsperson after the death or removal of the other of them. “ 5. The Trustees may appoint one of the Almspeople to be the Superintendent. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent (subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustees) to assist the Trustees and the Chaplain in maintaining order and discipline amongst the Almspeople, and to report to the Chaplain for the information of the Trustees any breach of rule or other occurrence calling for their notice or intervention. The Superintendent shall be removable from his distinctive office at any time by the Trustees at their discretion. “ 6. There shall be paid out of the income of the Charity to each of the Almspeople a weekly stipend or sum of Ten shillings and to the Superintendent a further weekly sum of Four Shillings, in addition to his stipend as an Almsperson. “ 7. The Almspeople shall he nominated and appointed in manner hereinafter mentioned. There shall be a body of ‘ Nominators’ who Bhall consist of the Rector and Church- wardens of the Parish of Lee, and the respective Incumbents and Churchwardens of the Districts of Chirst Church and Holy Trinity in the same Parish and their respective successors for the time being, and of Seven other Persons resident in one of the said Parishes of Lee, Lewisham, or Greenwich, who shall be elected by the Vestry of the said Parish of Lee as soon as conveniently may be after the establishment of this Scheme, and whose election shall be forthwith notified to the said CXX. ] Boone's Almshouses at Lee . 385 Trustees by the Vestry Clerk of the same Parish. Upon the death, resignation, or removal from residence in one of the aforesaid Parishes of any elective Nominator, a fresh election of a Nominator shall be made by the said Vestry in a similar manner. The power of appointing the elective Nominators shall lapse to and be exercisable by the Trustees if the election by the Vestry shall not have been fully made and notified to the Trustees as aforesaid, as to the first election within the period of Three calendar Months next after the establishment of this Scheme ; and as to any subsequent election, within the like period next after the occurrence of the vacancy. In the event of any further division of the said Parish of Lee, the body of Nominators may be increased by the addition of any Official or other Persons as may be directed by the Order of the Charity Commissioners upon the application of the Trustees. “ 8. A written notification of the occurrence of every vacancy in the Almshouses shall be forthwith given by the Trustees or their Clerk to the Vestry Clerk of the Parish of Lee, who shall thereupon convene a meeting of the Nominators, stating in the notices convening the meeting the particulars of the existing vacancy or vacancies, and such Nominators, or a quorum of them consisting of not less than nine present at such meeting shall, by a resolution adopted by a majority at least of them, proceed to elect and nominate to the Trustees for appointment some duly qualified Person or Persons to fill such vacancy or vacancies respectively, and the Person or Persons so elected and nominated shall be appointed accordingly by the Trustees. In the event of the number of votes of the Nomi- nators upon an election being equal, the Chairman (to be elected by those present at such meeting to preside thereat) shall have a double or casting vote. “ If and so often as the Nominators shall neglect or omit to elect and nominate to the Trustees a duly qualified Candidate for appointment to the Almshouses as aforesaid within the period of Three calendar Months next after the transmission of the notice of the vaoancy to the Vestry Clerk of the said Parish, the Trustees shall be at liberty to appoint some duly qualified Person to fill such vacancy without any further communication with the Nominators. “ 9. The Trustees shall be at liberty to appoint a Medical Officer to attend upon the Almspeople and to supply them with Medicines and such Medical appliances as may be necessary at a yearly salary not exceeding Twenty Pounds, such salary to include the cost of such medicines and appliances. A special 20 386 Memorials of the Institutions. [ CXX. payment may, however, be made by the Trustees to the Medical Officer, in addition to his fixed annual salary, as a remuneration to him for his attendance and services in any case requiring extraordinary care and treatment. “ 10. No Almsperson shall be absent from the Almshouse for a period exceeding twenty-four hours without the consent in writing of the Chaplain ; but in special cases such consent may, for any sufficient reason, be given retrospectively after the absence has occurred. “ 11. If any Almsperson shall be guilty of insobriety, insub- ordination, breach of rules, or immoral or unbecoming conduct, or shall become disqualified from retaining his or her appoint- ment, or if in any case it should appear that any Almsperson has been appointed without having the required qualifications, the Trustees (upon proof thereof to their satisfaction) may remove such Almspeople and take possession of the tenement or room occupied by him or her, and may proceed to appoint another Almsperson in his or her place, or in any such case (except that of disqualification) the Trustees may, if they so think fit, suspend the payment of the stipend to the Almsperson, either wholly or in part, during such time as they shall think fit and expedient. “ 12. No Almsperson shall be permitted to let or part with the possession of the room or rooms allotted to him or her, or to suffer any strangers (except in cases, to be allowed by the Trustees, of sickness or infirmity) to occupy the same or any part thereof. - “ 13. The Almspeople, unless prevented by sickness or other reasonable cause, shall attend Divine Service in the Chapel once, at least, on every Sunday and on every Good Friday and Christmas Day. “ The Chaplain. “14. There shall be a Chaplain for the purposes of the Charity, who shall be appointed by the Trustees, and shall be a Clergyman of the Church of England in Priest’s Orders. “ 15. The Rector for the time being of the Parish of Lee, if resident therein and willing to accept the office of Chaplain, shall be preferred by the Trustees in making any appointment to the office, unless the vacancy shall have been occasioned by the removal of such Rector from the Chaplaincy or his resigna- tion of that office. “ 16. The Trustees shall pay to the Chaplain out of the income of the Charity a yearly salary or stipend of not lesq, CXX. ] Boone’s Almshouses at Lee . 387 than Seventy-five Pounds and not more than One Hundred Pounds as they shall from time to time determine. “17. The Chaplain shall be required to perform, either in person or by his Licensed Curate or Substitute, appointed as hereinafter mentioned, one full service, at the least, in the Chapel attached to the Almshouses on eveiy Sunday throughout the year, at Eleven o’clock in the Forenoon, or such other hour as shall be from time to time prescribed by the Trustees, having regard to the convenience of the Almspeople and other Persons attending such service. The Trustees may, if they so think fit, require that the Chaplain shall provide for the performance oi two full Services in the said Chapel on each Sunday, and they may, in that case, make such an additional payment to him out of the income of the Charity (if sufficient for that purpose) as shall make up his full yearly stipend to any sum not exceeding One Hundred and Fifty Pounds. “ 18. The Chaplain shall visit and administer spiritual con- solation to the Almspeople, and shall have the immediate super- intendence and control over them, subject to the superior authority and direction of the Trustees. The Chaplain shall also once, at least, in each year make a Report to the Trustees upon the state and condition of the Almshouse branch of the Charity, mentioning in such Report any special circumstances which shall, in his judgment, call for attention on the part of the Trustees. “19. The Chaplain may be removed from his office by a resolution of the Trustees, for incapacity, or refusal or omission to perform the duties of such office, or for any other sufficient cause, to be determined by the Trustees. During the temporary legal absence of the Chaplain, the duties of the office may be performed by a duly qualified substitute, to be appointed by him, subject to the approval of the Trustees. “20. The Trustees may pay out of the income of the Charity, a yearly sum, not exceeding Fifteen pounds for the salary of the Clerk of the said Chapel, who shall be ap- pointed by the said Trustees upon the recommendation of the Chaplain, and who, in consideration of such salary, shall attend the services in the Chapel, and perform all the duties of Clerk, Pew Opener, and Sexton thereof, as shall be directed by the Chaplain, and shall also keep in order the Garden and ground attached to the Almshouses and Chapel, and the Tomb or Vault of the Founder of the said Charity in the Churchyard of the Parish of Lee. 2 c 2 388 Memorials of the Institutions . [ cxx. “The Trustees shall also apply a further yearly sum not exceeding Twenty-five pounds, in lighting and warming the said Chapel, and providing and maintaining the requisite furni- ture, books, and utensils, and for the other expenses incidental to the due performance of Divine Service in the same Chapel. “21. The Trustees may from time to time prescribe such reasonable regulations as they may consider expedient for the government of the almshouses, and the Inmates, Officers, and attendants thereof, provided that no such rules shall be incon- sistent with the provisions of this Scheme. “ The Education Fund . “ 22. Out of the clear yearly income of the Charity which shall remain after providing for, and satisfying the several pay- ments and purposes aforesaid, the Trustees shall reserve and set apart a yearly sum of One Hundred and Twenty pounds, or such other less sum as the said residuary income shall be sufficient to provide, and shall invest the same in the purchase of Three pounds per cent. Consolidated Annuities, the divi- dends whereof shall be accumulated and invested in like manner for the formation of a fund to be called 4 The Educa^ tion Fund,’ which shall be applicable to Educational purposes, for the benefit of the Parish of Lee, and the adjoining Parishes or Districts, according to a further Scheme to be hereafter established by the Order of the Charity Commissioners, upon the application of the Trustees. “23. The residue (if any) of the yearly income of the Charity shall be reserved and invested by the Trustees in like manner as a residuary fund, which shall be applicable in furtherance of the objects of the Foundation, according to the provisions of a similar Scheme to be established in like manner by the Order of the Commissioners. “24. If any doubt or question shall arise amongst the Trustees or any of them as to the construction or proper appli- cation of any of the provisions of the Scheme or the manage- ment of the Charity, application shall be made by them to the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales for their opinion and advice which, when given, shall be conclusive on all persons interested and claiming under the Charity. “ Sealed by Order of the Board this Twenty-seventh day of November, One thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty Eight. “ Geo. Hy. Gauntlett, “ Chief Clerk? (In the absence of the Secretary.) CXXI. ] The Convalescent Home at Bognor. 369 10. Under this Scheme a new site at Lee was purchased and conveyed to the Company, at a cost of 2,250/., by deed dated 31st day of July 1872, and with the sanction of the Commis- sioners the Company entered into a contract, dated 14th April 1873, for the erection of 12 separate tenements, at a cost of 3,740/., for the reception of Almspeople to be elected under the Scheme. CXXI. THE CONVALESCENT HOME AT BOGNOR. 1. The Will of Robt. Donken, in 1570, has been already set out ( see page 289), and the reader upon turning to it will per- ceive that the testator directs the residue of his rents to be gathered up into the Company's stock for the repair and rebuilding of the trust premises. 2. Under the recent decisions of the Court of Chancery, a doubt appeared to be raised whether or not there was (as previously had been held to be the case) a resulting trust in favour of the Company, or whether the residue was intended by the testator to be dedicated to charitable purposes. 3. Acting therefore upon the suggestion of the Chancery Commissioners upon the latter view, the Company from October 1863 commenced a separate account, and accumulated all the surplus rents and profits until October 1869, when, as considerable sums stood to the credit of the testator's estate, application was made to the Charity Commissioners for a scheme to appropriate the corpus and future rents and profits so as to benefit the destitute poor (which was the intention of the testator as evidenced by his gifts of clothing) by the establishment of a home for their recovery to health upon their discharge from the metropolitan hospitals. 4. The Scheme and Rules made thereunder are given in extenso : — “ CHARITY COMMISSION. “ In the Matter of the Charity called ‘ Robert Donkyn 9 s Gift 9 in the Parish of St. Botolph, without Bishopsgate , in the City of London. “ The Board of Charity Commissioners for England and Wales having considered an application in writing made to them on the 18th day of February 1870, in the matter of the above-mentioned Charity, under the Common Seal of the 390 Memorials of the Institutions . [ CXXI. Master and Wardens of the Merchant Taylors of the Fraternity of Saint John Baptist, in the City of London, usually called ‘ The Merchant Taylors Company,* being the Trustees of the said Charity. And it appearing to the said Board that the endowment of the said Charity consists of the particulars mentioned in the first Schedule hereto, and that the gross annual income of the said Charity exceeds Fifty Pounds. And that it is desirable that a Scheme should be established for the future regulation of the said Charity. And that the legal estate in the real property belonging thereto should be vested in trust for the said Charity in manner hereinafter mentioned. And upon notice of the intention of the said Board to make an Order to that effect having been given according to the direction of the said Board by advertizement in the Times y newspaper on the 9th, 16th, and 23rd days of September 1871, being more than one calendar month previously to the date hereof, and no notice of any objection to the said proposed Order or suggestion for the variation thereof having been received by the said Board, do hereby order that the land and other hereditaments mentioned in the said first Schedule hereto, and all other real estate and hereditaments (if any) belonging to or held in trust for the said Charity, and all term and estate therein not being copyhold, together with the appurtenances, do vest in the Official Trustee of Charity Lands and his suc- cessors, in trust, for the said Charity. “ And the said Board do farther Order that the Scheme set forth in the second Schedule hereto be approved and established as the Scheme for the future regulation of the said Charity. “ THE FIRST SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO. “ Real Estate . “ 1. A messuage known as Fitzleet House, situate at Bognor, in the County of Sussex, together with the Gardens, lands, and grounds belonging thereto, containing in the whole 7 a. 2 r. 8 p., or thereabouts, and now used for the purposes of a Convalescent Home. “ 2. A piece of ground adjoining the above-described pre- mises, situate in the Parish of South Bursted, adjoining the Town of Bognor, and at the South side of an intended new Road called Crescent Place. “ 3. A pew numbered 21, in St. John’s Church, Bognor, and 4 other sittings numbered 51, 52, 53, and 54, in the back row in the Gallery of the said Church. CXXL ] The Convalescent Home at Bognor. 391 “ 4. Eight messuages or tenements, situate in Sun Street, and numbered from 76 to 83 both inclusive. 1 “ 5. A messuage or tenement known as No. 145, Bishopsgate Street, and now in the occupation of Dr. Robert Fowler. “ Personal Estate . “ The sum of 9,060i. 11$. 4 d. Consolidated 81. per Cent. Annuities, standing in the name of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery, to an Account ‘ The Master and Wardens of the Merchant Taylors of the Fraternity of St. John Baptist, in the City of London.’ “ 23,663 L 8$. 10<2. like Stock standing to a like Account. “ 2,1 69Z. 2 8. Id. like Stock standing to a like Account. “ 7,156Z. 4$. 2d. like Stock standing to a like Account. 1 “ THE SECOND SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO. “ Scheme. “ 1. The Master and Wardens of the Merchant Taylors of the Fraternity of St. John Baptist, in the Merchant Taylors* City of London, usually called ‘ The Merchant Company to have the Taylors Company, and their successors (here- charity as “ The Go- inafter called 6 The Governors ’) shall be the vemors ” thereof. Trustees or Governors of the Charity, and shall have the administration and management thereof, subject to and in con- formity with the provisions of this Scheme. “ 2. The Governors shall be at liberty to employ a Clerk, or other similar Officer, for their assistance in ^ the administration of the Charity, and to pay to him a reasonable annual salary out of the income thereof. “ 3. The clear annual income of the Charity which shall remain after the payment thereout of the clear income of Cha- necessary and proper outgoings and expenses rity after payment of of management, and the several annual sums ment^ppiit^bie^to required for providing the specific gifts of support of the Con- clothing and money directed by the Founder v e8Cent Home ‘ (so far as there shall be duly qualified applicants for the same), shall be applied by the Governors in accordance with the pro- visions of this Scheme in or towards the maintenance and support of the Convalescent Home or Institution hereinafter mentioned. 1 By Orders of the Court of Chancery, dated 20th and 27th February 1874, portions of these funds were reinvested in freehold estates, — viz., 66 and 67, Cheap- side, and 8, Angel Court, in- the City of London. 392 Memorials of the Institutions. [CXXI. “ 4. The said Convalescent Home shall be established and To be established at carried on in the Building known as ‘ Fitzleet Fitcleet House, Bog- House/ situate at Bognor, in the County of mT ' Sussex, which has been recently purchased by the said Company with the sanction of the Charity Commis- sioners, and which building, with the grounds and appurtenances attached thereto, shall be appropriated and used for the pur- poses of the said Home. “ 5. The design of the said Home shall be the temporary Design of the Con- reception, treatment, and maintenance of ▼descent Home. deserving poor persons of either sex who shall have partially recovered from but shall be still incapacitated to some extent by the effects of an injury or surgical operation, or of any illness not of a contagious or infectious character, with the object of promoting their complete restoration to health. “ 6. The Governors may, from time to time, appoint a Committee of Man- Committee of 12 persons, consisting of the agement. Master and Wardens for the time being, and seven other Members of the Court of Assistants of the said Company, to whom shall be committed the immediate super- vision and control of the said Home, and the Inmates, Officers, and Servants thereof, subject to the superior authority and direction of the Governors, and the Members of the said Com- mittee, shall hold office until others shall be appointed in their respective places. “ 7. The inmates to be placed in the said Home shall be Qualification and wl- selected by the said Committee after due ection of Inmates of inquiry from persons who have been recently Home * discharged as Patients from any Hospital in or near London, or from any other duly qualified Applicants whom the said Committee may consider fit and proper objects for admission according to the provisions of this Scheme. “ 8. The inmates shall be lodged and boarded and supplied Inmates to be lodged with all necessary medical attendance in the and boarded, &c., in Home gratuitously, except that in special the Horn©, cases the said Committee, having regard to the circumstances of any Inmate may, if they think fit, require a moderate weekly or other payment to be made by such Inmate towards the cost of his or her maintenance. “ 9. The number of Inmates to be admitted to the Home shall also be fixed, from time to time, by the said Committee, having regard to the extent Number of Inmates. CXXI. ] The Convalescent Home at Bogrior. 393 of the available accommodation and the resources of the Charity. “ 10. The Inmates shall be allowed to continue in the Home during such period not exceeding three Period of Continu- calendar months as shall be fixed, from time to of Inmates in time, by a resolution of the Committee, provided the Home * that, in cases of sickness or other necessity, the Committee shall have power to make any necessary extension of that period, but every such case shall be specially reported by the said Committee to the Governors for their approval. “ 11. Any Inmate having the qualifications required by the Will of Robert Donkyn may, if the Governors inmates may be ad- think fit, be selected as a recipient of a gift of 6048(1 “ recipients of clothing thereunder. Clothing GK . M 12. For the effective conduct of the Home, the Committee may, from time to time, apppoint — Officers of Institu- tion. “ 1st. A duly qualified Medical Officer resident in London or its vicinity, whose duty it shall be to examine the Applicants for admission to the Home, and to report thereon to the Committee. “ 2nd. A duly qualified Medical Officer, resident in Bognor or its immediate vicinity, whose duty it shall be to visit and give all necessary Medical attendance and medicines to the Inmates of the Home. “ 3rd. A matron, being a deserving woman of not less than 30, or more than 50 years of age at the time of appointment, who shall either have been trained as a Nurse in some Public Metropolitan Hospital, or shall have furnished such other proof of her qualifications as the Committee may require, and who shall reside in the said Home and have the general charge of its domestic and internal management, and of the Inmates and Servants thereof, subject to the directions and authority of the Committee. “ 4th. All such Servants and temporary and other Nurses and Attendants as shall in the judgment of the Com- mittee be required, from time to time, for the purposes of the Institution. " 13. Every such Medical Officer, Matron, Servant, Nurse, and attendant, shall be removable at any time Removal and Salaries at the discretion of the Committee who, subject of 0fficer8, 394 Memorials of the Institutions. [CXXI. to the approval of the Governors, may also fix from time to time the amount of the salary or remuneration to be paid to any such person out of the income of the Charity. “ 14. The Governors may from time to time make and establish proper Rules and Regulations (not 11 ' being inconsistent with the provisions of this Scheme) for the conduct of their proceedings and of the pro- ceedings of the Committee in connection with the administration of the Charity, and for the government and management of the said Home and the Inmates thereof, and of the said Medical Officers, Matron, Attendants, and Servants. “ 15. The Governors may cause this Scheme to be printed „ , , ^ . at the expense of the Charity, and copies may be given by them to any person interested in the Charity, and may be sold at such reasonable prices as the Governors may put upon them. u 16. If any doubt or question shall arise amongst the Questions to be re- Governors or any of them, as to the construc- ferred to Commis- tion or proper application of any of the provi- ®mmm* gions of this Scheme or the management of the Charity, application shall be made by them to the Charity Com- sioners for England and Wales for their opinion and advice, which when given shall be conclusive. “ Sealed by Order of the Board this Twenty- sixth day of March, One thousand eight dred and seventy-two. “ Henry M. Vane, “ Secretary u GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE HOME. “ 1. That the establishmentjshall be called the 4 Merchant Taylors’ Company’s Convalescent Home.’ “ 2. That the Home shall be under the management of a committee consisting of six members of the Court, with the Master and Wardens for the time being. “ 3. That the Home shall be for the reception, ^and main- tenance of patients in indigent circumstances, recentlyj[or about to be discharged from any of the Hospitals in or near the metropolis, and for such other^ cases amongst the poor of the metropolis as the Committee may consider fit and proper objects for admission, but principally for those recovering from CXXI. ] The Convalescent Home at Bognor. 395 injuries and surgical operations. No cases of a contagious character will on any account be admitted. “ 4. That the Committee shall meet at the Hall for the transaction of the business of the Home every Tuesday at twelve o’clock, when the patients shall attend for examination, and if approved they will be furnished with an order for admittance to the Home, and a free pass by railway to Bognor and back. “ 5. That a Minute book shall be kept, in which shall be entered the names of the members of the Committee attending each meeting, and a record of their proceedings, and the said min ute book shall be signed by the Chairman presiding at such meeting, and laid before every Court. “ 6. That, at present, the number of patients shall be limited to Forty, who shall be Males, and they shall be allowed to remain at the Home for a period not exceeding one calender month, but they may be removed from the Home before the expiration of the month should the Committee think fit to dis- charge them. In cases of* sickness, or other unavoidable necessity, the Committee will extend the residence of a patient at the Home for a longer time. “ 7. That proper Books of account shall be kept in which shall be entered all receipts and payments made on behalf of the Home, which Books shall from time to time be audited by the Committee. “ 8. That a Medical Officer, resident in London or its vicinity, shall be appointed, who shall hold the appointment during the pleasure of the Committee, and his duty shall be to give his attendance at the Hall on such days and at such hours as the Committee may appoint for the purpose of examining the applicants for admission to the Home, and to report thereon, care being taken that no patient be selected who is not capable of doing every thing for himself. “ 9. That a Medical Officer resident in Bognor shall be appointed, who shall hold the appointment during the pleasure of the Committee, and his duty shall be to attend any of the patients in the Home when summoned. He shall enter the particulars of each visit in the book provided for that, purpose at the Home. . “ 10. That the first selection of patients shall be made from the following Hospitals, and such other cases as the Committee may consider eligible and proper, viz. : — 396 Memorials of the Institutions . [CXX1. St. Bartholomew’s, St. Thomas’s, Guy’s, London, Middlesex, King’s College, Royal Free, University, Charing Cross, Metropolitan Free. “ 11. That the present establishment for the Home shall consist of — “ Matron, Cook, Housemaid, Kitchenmaid, Two Gardeners, they shall hold their situations during the pleasure of the Committee on such terms and subject to the performance of such duties respectively as the Committee shall think proper to assign to them. u 12. That the Hospitals from which patients are to be received shall send the patients to the Hall on Tuesdays at twelve o’clock, and shall furnish each of them with a Certificate, stating the nature of the complaint they have been treated for, — the time they have been in the Hospital, — their character, — and the date of their discharge, without which Certificate no application will be entertained, care being taken by the authorities of the respective Hospitals to select only those patients who are deserving and of good character. “ 13. That some member or members of the Committee shall periodically visit the Home, and inspect the building, stores, food, &c., and ascertain that the contracts for food, &c. have been duly carried out. “ 14. That all bills and charges relative to household and other expenses, including salaries and wages, shall be examined, compared with vouchers, signed by the Matron, and sent up to the Committee monthly for audit and payment, and that all payments be made by cheque. “ 15. That any books or other gifts presented to the Home for the use of the patients shall be received subject to the approval of the Committee. “ 16. That the Committee shall make a Half-yearly report to the Court, showing the number of patients admitted to the Home, with various particulars relating to them, and some account of the general working of the Establishment. “FOR THE MATRON. “ 1. That she shall reside in the Home, and give her whole time and attention to the duties of her office. She shall be a member of the Church of England, and between the age of thirty-five and fifty. She shall hold her appointment during the 397 CXXI. ] The Convalescent Home at Bognor. pleasure of the Committee, and quit her situation upon three months’ notice on either side. “ 2. That no one shall reside at the Home with her, except under special circumstances, with the permission of the Committee. “ 3. That she shall have the entire supervision of the Establishment, and be responsible to the Committee for its good management, economy, order and efficiency in every depart- ment. “ 4. That she shall obey all such rules and regulations, and carry into effect and perform all such duties, as may from time to time be prescribed by the Committee. “ 5. That she shall take care that no kitchen stuff or article of any kind is sold or given away ; and to the best of her ability, prevent perquisites of any description being received by any servant in the establishment. She shall have full power to discharge any servant, within doors, for disobedience, incom- petence, or neglect of duty. “ 6. That she shall be responsible for the order, cleanliness and general condition of every part of the building ; also for the safe keeping and cleanliness of the whole of the clothing, linen and bedding, and shall make an early and late visit to the dormitories and give the necessary directions as to the change of bedding and linen. “ 7. That she shall receive all stores, provisions, &c., examine their quality and weight, and compare the quantity with the in- voice ; she shall be responsible for their safe custody, and daily select and apportion the provisions as ordered for the use of the Inmates. “ 8. That she shall keep an Inventory of all the stores, goods, furniture and implements in the Home, and suggest any addition thereto or alteration therein when necessary or expedient, and also take an inventory of the clothing, &c., belonging to each patient on his admission to the Home. “ 9. That she shall read prayers and a chapter in the Bible to the patients morning and evening, attend the patients at their several meals, and see that they are duly served and that the food is properly cooked. “ 10. That she shall keep the following records and make the following returns : — - - 398 Memorials of the Institutions . [CXXI. (1) A register of the names of the patients, with the par- ticulars relating to them in the form provided. (2) A Diary. (3) A Letter Book. (4) A weekly return of the names, &c., of the patients in the Home in the form provided, to be forwarded to the Hall every Monday, and any other records and returns which the Committee may order, and the records shall be produced for the inspection of the Committee, or any member of it, when required. “ 11. That she shall report to the Committee in the weekly return all cases which may be so far improved as to be fit for discharge. “ 12. That she shall have power in cases of serious illness of any of the patients to call in the medical officer at Bognor appointed by the Committee, and to employ a nurse if necessary, reporting the case to the Committee, and in the event of the death of any of the patients, she shall immediately inform the Committee and write to the relatives or friends of the deceased, requesting the removal of the body. “ 13. That in all reports or references which she may make respecting any of the patients, she shall state the original number which was given to the patient on his ticket of admission to the Home. “ 14. That she shall submit to the Committee from time to time any rules or regulations or alterations in the same which she may consider desirable for the proper management of the Home. “FOR THE PATIENTS. “ 1. Patients shall be admitted to the Home for such periods as the Committee may decide upon, and shall remain in the Home during the pleasure of the Committee. They shall be liable to be discharged for intoxication, swearing, immoral or offensive behaviour, and for neglect of any rule. They will be required to leave the Home, at the discretion of the Surgeon or Matron, if the air of Bognor is found to be unsuitable for them. u 2. Patients Bhall come provided with a change of linen and a pair of stout shoes for exercise, and on entering the Home they shall deliver up their clothes and railway ticket to the care of the Matron. “ 3. A bell will be rung daily at 7 A.M. throughout the ^ununet, (from the First of April to the Thirtieth of September), CXXI. ] The Convalescent Home at Bognor . 899 and at 7*30 A.M. in the Winter (from the First of October to the Thirty-first of March). Patients shall not rise or dress or talk in their Bed-rooms before it is rung. “ 4. Patients shall be at liberty to walk within the grounds of the Home previously to Morning Prayers. “ 5. Patients, unless prevented by illness, shall attend daily Morning and Evening Prayers in the Home, assembling at such times as may be appointed, and immediately after Evening Prayers they shall retire to their bed-rooms, and half-an-hour afterwards all lights shall be extinguished and all conversation shall cease. “ 6. Patients shall make their beds, remove their slops, and scour, the floors of their rooms ; a Captain shall be appointed to each room, who shall be responsible for the Patients leaving their beds and clothes in proper order. “ 7. Patients shall assemble in the Library Ten minutes before the hours fixed for prayers and meals. “ 8. Patients who may be able in the judgment of the Matron to do so shall attend Divine Service twice on Sundays at the Church, or some other place of Publio Worship. They shall take care to be in their places before the Service com- mences, and they shall walk in an orderly manner to and from the place of Worship, without loitering by the way. “ 9. Patients shall not leave the grounds of the Home on Sundays, save for the purpose of attending a Place of Worship ; but on week-days they shall be allowed to take exercise beyond the walls of the Home, accompanied by a Captain, at such times and in such numbers as the Matron may deem consistent with the general good, but in no case shall they be out later than Five o’clock. “ 10. Patients on quitting the Home for recreation or exer- cise shall leave the sitting room in order, and their books, &c., in their proper places. They shall not occupy any seats on the Parade except those marked ‘for the use of the Merchant Taylors’ Convalescent Home.’ “11. Patients shall not on any pretence whatever enter a public-house, beer-shop, or refreshment-houge of any descrip- tion, or purchase or receive any liquors outside the Home, upon pain of immediate dismissal. 400 Memorials of the Institutions . [CXXI. “ 12. Patients shall not smoke in the house, except in the room appropriated for that purpose during the Winter months, neither shall they play at cards, nor engage in any diversion which may disturb the peace and quietness of the Home. " 13. Patients shall only introduce into the Home such books, papers, or publications as have been pre\iously approved by the Matron. 44 14. Patients shall keep to their own apartments and shall not enter any other room, except by order or permission of the Matron. 44 15. Patients under 16 years of age shall not enter the Bagatelle or Smoking-room. 44 16. Patients shall not go into their bed-rooms during the day without permission. “ 17. Patients shall keep their hats, coats, walking shoes, in the places appointed for them. 44 18. Patients shall keep their clothes in the places provided for them, and shall on no account leave them about their rooms or on their beds. They Bhall not wash any article of clothing in the bed-rooms. 44 19. Patients whose health will admit of it shall give such assistance to their fellow Patients as the Matron may think necessary. They shall also render such help in the house and grounds as she may require, but unless required, they shall not enter the Kitchen-garden. They shall gather neither fruit nor flowers, neither shall they bring any friend or acquaintance into the Home. 44 20. Patients shall not go the Railway Station to meet their comrades on their arrival, or to see them off* on their departure. 44 21. Patients shall obey such RuleB as the Committee or Matron may from time to time make; and every Patient infringing any Rule shall be subject to instant dismissal.” 5. After the Home had been in successful operation, the Prison Funds, which have been referred to in a previous Memorial (cxm.), were, with the sanction of the Charity Commissioners, made applicable to the enlargement of the Home by the addition of 15 beds (making 50 altogether), and to its future maintenance. Nor is the Institution indebted only 'oni •- .0056, eicep:;- tie Ifcr:; ? in m hi ( tie flees ) tie Hs *: ruodjifr ■fmentest tnnisfi^ j ' I not eEE- )ms (fair- cespr:~- : theirs of dot ] gfa- c maj t hoc* £ r et '‘ r ■fruit* 7 an# 3 - to )D t rtee 1 -- d* a# rfc it* n[ r The Old School in Suffolk lane. T- XL *m CXXII. ] Merchant Taylors * School (1561 and 1874). 401 to the deceased members of the Fraternity, for the gratuitous management of it rests mainly with one member 1 of the Court, while another has contributed 8 a sum of 2,00(M. for the erection of a building in which the inmates may be assembled for their improvement and enjoyment. 3 CXXII. (A.) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MERCHANT TAYLORS’ SCHOOL (1561 and 1874). 1. It is strange that of an institution so important as the School, little or no record exists of the incidents of its founda- tion. Unfortunately the Court Minutes have not been preserved anterior to the year in which the school was founded, and hence we are left (with such aid as the study of the School Statutes may afford), only to conjecture what were the motives which induced, and what the principles which guided, the Fraternity in initiating this great work. 2. It may be pertinent to remark that the famed school of St. Anthony, in which the great Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, was trained, stood in close proximity to the Taylors’ Hall, 4 so that the Hall was never visited by the wayfarer from the West without passing the school precincts. From the pecuniary struggles of their poor tenant, the “ schoolmaster,” 5 sometimes occupying one, but never more than two rooms, the Court of the Company must have witnessed the difficulty with which such an occupation could be successfully followed, and how hopeless it would have been to look to “ private venture ” schools for the supply of the intellectual needs of the Citizens of London after the Reformation. 3. Moreover let it be noticed that already one of their most respected members, Sir Stephen Jenyns, had at the commence- ment of the century established a grammar school in his native town of Wolverhampton, for the advantage of its sons, while other members of the Company, and notably Sir William 1 Mr. John Costeker. * Sir James Tyler, Knight. His original intention was to erect a “ Chapel/’ but it was afterwards thought better by him to erect a Hall for the use of the patients in' lectures, readings, &c. *A great measure of the success of the institution is attributable to the indefatigable Lady Superintendent, Mrs. Guy, at the Home. 4 Stowe , book ii., p. 20 j and Wordsworth's Ecclesiastical Biography , yoL i L, p. 60. The site is now occupied by the “ Hall of Commerce.” — See plan of Hall premises {ante). • See p. 672, Note. 2 D 402 Memorials of the Institutions . f CXXIL Harper, who founded the Bedford School, and Sir Thomas White, who founded St. John’s, Oxford, had evinced no common interest in the great cause of education. What, therefore, more fitting than that a Company partly religious dnd partly eleemo- synary in its foundation, should employ the means which the Reformation had indirectly thrown into their hands, in estab- lishing a school “ in the honor of Jesu,” and in loyal allegiance to the National Church ? 4. 44 The building selected for the School premises was a portion of a palace, named * The Manor of the Rose ’ (some- times called ‘Pulteney’s Inn’), the locality of which is described by Shakspere (Henry VIH., Act 1, Scene 2) : — * Not long before jour Highness sped to France, * The Duke being at the Rose, within the parish ‘ St. Laurence Poultnej, did of me demand * What was the speech among the Londoners 1 Concerning the French journey.’ 5. 44 The fortunes of this mansion had been various. It was originally built by Sir John Pulteney, 1 Knight, five times Lord Mayor of London, in the reign of Edward III. It passed suc- cessively through the hands of his widow ; of John Holland, Duke of Exeter ; and of various members of the De la Pole or Suffolk family. It was forfeited for treason on the part of the last bearer of that name, and granted by the Crown, in 1506, to Edward, 2 * Duke of Buckingham, by whom it was retained until he was attainted in the 13th of Henry VIII. The names of the street, Suffolk Lane, from which it is entered, and of the parish, St. Laurence Poultney, or Pountney, in which it is situate, still bear witness to its former proprietors. 4 Ducks- foot Lane/ in the neighbourhood, was the 4 Duke’s Foot Lane/ or private passage from his garden, which lay to the east of the mansion, to the river ; and the upper part of St. Laurence Pountney Hill was, until within these few years, called 4 Green Lettuce Lane/ a corruption of 4 Green Lattice Lane* ; this was the means of approach to the palace from Cannon Street. 6. 44 The unfortunate Henry Courtenay was the next pos- sessor. On his execution it was granted to the Radoliffe, or Sussex* family, who obtained licence from the Crown to dispose of it. Eventually it was divided into two parts, and 1 See Page 30. A. chantry in his honor was founded, and he was buried in St. Paul’s. — Riley, p. 269. * " The Duke” mentioned in the passage of Shakespeare quoted above. * J ohn Heath, who conveyed to Richard Bottell (for the Company) in April 1661, held by Bargin and Sale from the "Earle of Sussex.” — Evidence Book , p. 137. CXXIL] Merchant Taylors School (1561 and 1874). 403 the Merchant Taylors’ Company then became the purchasers of one of them. Their purchase comprised € the west gate-house, a long court or yard, the winding stairs at the south end of the said court on the east side thereof (leading as well from the court unto the leads over the chapel, as also to two galleries over the south end of the court), the said two galleries, and part of the chapel *; and the part sold to the other purchaser in- cluded 4 the remainder of the mansion, and the whole of the garden which lay to the east of it,* which reaches backwards to St. Laurence Pountney Hill and Ducksfoot Lane.” 1 7. For the regulation of the school about to be established, Statutes (framed on the model of Dean Colet’s for St. Paul’s) were enacted by the Court upon “ a quarter-day, holden upon Wednesday, the xxiiiith day of September, anno d~mi, one thowsand five hundreth sixty-one, et anno regni reginae Eliza- beth tertio, in the presence of the worshipful Richard Hills, m~r of this mystery, and his wardens, and others, the right worshipful persons, assistents, and councellors, of this mystery, whose names follow, written in the margine, viz. Robert Rose, William Merick, John' God, John Ollyff, Thomas Browne, William Sulyerd, Thomas Tomlinson, Jerrard Gore,” being present; and at the same Court Richard Mulcaster,* of Christ Church, Oxford, M.A., was appointed to be “ high Master,” so that the foundation of the school may be said to date from the 24th September 1561. 8. These Statutes prove that the object of the Company was to form a school as the handmaid to Religion, by placing confidence in the M high Master ” appointed to teach the children u not only good behaviour but also good manners.” To him was given the appointment of the Usher, subject to the Company’s approval (10), and of the two Under Ushers (19), who were to teach the children the Catechism, the Articles of Faith, and the Ten Commandments. 9. The children to be taught were to be selected in the first instance by the Master and Wardens (42), who, in making their 1 Note by the Rev. J. A. Hessey, D.C.L., the late Head Master. Sir Patience Ward resided in this portion in 1663 (see entry of 3rd June, p. 558). * For some account of the Head Masters ofthe School, see Appendix L (2), p. 661. 2 D 2 Sir Thomas White, Knt. Aid., Sir William Harper, Mr. Emanuel Luoar, Mr. Richard Wadington, Mr. Edward Let, 404 Memorials of the Institutions . [CXXII. choice, might admit “children of all nations and countries indifferently,” after previously satisfying themselves that they were neither dunces nor neglected of their parents, “ but first see that they can say the Catechism in English or Latin, and read perfectly and write competently (25).” 10. The work of the school was to be continuous, the Master not being absent above 20 working days in the year (2), and the children working daily from 7 till 11 o’clock A.M., and from 1 till 5 P.M., “ thrice in the day kneeling on their knees and saying the prayers appointed ” ; accordant with the old school motto, “Homo plantat. Homo irrigat sed Deus dat Incrementum.” 11. It was essentially a day school, no meat, drink, or bottles being allowed in the school (29), and the half holidays were one in each week beside any holy days (31) ; and should any boy be absent from the school for three weeks without sickness, then that boy (“ for no man’s suit ”) was not to be again ad- mitted (34) to the school. 12. The surveyors or visitors of the school were to be the most experienced members of the Court, those who had passed the chair or held office as an' Alderman or Sheriff. They were to have the charge or oversight, and to Bee that the school was properly conducted according to its original foundation, making in each year four visitations. 13. The annual stipends of 10 1 . each, though nominally small, were in fact far more valuable sums than they would now appear to be. At that time (as a previous Memorial 1 shows) the total sum of 40Z. per annum absorbed nearly one-half of the surplus income of the Company, while at no time (not even after the “Dreadful Fire”) has the Company failed to contribute a substantial endowment for their school, in which, through many generations, they have taken a warm interest. 2 14. The first School examination was held on the 16th August 1562, by the Bishop of London (Grindall) and others acting for the Court. The second was held in 1564, November 13th, by the same prelate, commencing at 8 o'clock A.M., and ending at 5 o'clock P.M., a dinner in the Hall, at 12 o’clock, intervening. 15. In the latter 8 year, at the instance of the Lord Mayor, the Company agreed — first, to provide, 1 at the charge of the 1 See Mem. xviil., p. 110. * See Appendix L (1) for expenditure from 1661 till 1873. * Prior entries of 1650-1 show that an Exhibition to Cambridge was granted to one Mayewe, by Decree of 27th March, 5 Edward YI. See pp. 627-8. CXXII. ] Merchant Taylors* School (4564 and 4874). 405 members of this Mysterie, for one Scholar to be resident with- in one of the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge, to study and be a student in Divinity ” (carried out by Court orders of the 19th and 24th April) ; and then to provide, at a cost of 10Z. per annum, for a student at each University (carried out by like order of the 21st July 1564). 16. No Scholarships having been given to the School by St. John’s College, under Sir Thomas White’s foundation, the Company, on the tenth anniversary of the School, resolved, at their Court of 24th September 1571, as follows : — “ Ffirste at this day, whereas, Sir Thomas White, knighte and alderman of London while he ly ved, of his mere good will and love that he bare toward^ this worshippfull companie, whereof he was a lovinge member, hathe apoynted and ordeigned by statute a yointe election owte of there late erected grammer scholle in the parrishe ol Sainte Lawrance Pountney, in London, to be hadd yearlie upon Sainte Bamabies daie for schollers to be had and chosen unto the college of Sainte John Baptiste, in Oxforde, whereof the sayde Sir Thomas White ys Ffounder; which election so ordeyned by the saide Sir Thomas White hathe not as yet bene putt in ure and exsecution accordinge to his true meaninge ; Therefore yt is by the saide m~r, wardens, and assistents, agreed and decreed that the coppie of this Tre hereunder written, whereunto the saide m~r, wardens, and assistents, hathe subscribed their names, and hathe caused the same to be sealed with their common seale, to be forthwithe sente unto the presidente and ffellowes of the saide colledge of St. John Baptiste, to the in- tente that the saide election, so by ther said good ffounder ordeigned, may be putt in ure and execution from hensforthe accordinglie. The coppie of which letter forthwithe written in hac verba , viz. ‘Right worshipfiill, after our hartie commenda- tions ; whereas, that worthye man, Sir Thomas White, a brother of our companie and your ffounder, upon great consideracons, partely couched in statute, partlie in contracte betwene us and hym, hathe ordeigned a joynte election by us and you in cer- tain order lymitted by statute to be made on St. Barnibies daie in the chappell of our schole, in Sainte Lawrence Pountney’s p~ rishe, in London, ffor supplying suche schollershippes as shall then be vacante in your colledge ; and the same hathe not bene as yet executed, wee do therefore frindlie require you, and in behaulf of your saide worthye Ffounder’s owne meaininge, eamestlie desire you that it woulde please you friendlie and charitably to putte yeur saide order in execution the next St. 406 Memorials of the Institutions . [CXXII. Barnabie’s daie, in suche form© as your said© worthie F founder hatlie appoynted; which, yf you will do, aa we© truate you will, upon thia our gentell motion, we are yours to gratifie in parte and in hole wherein wee maye. Yf not, you inforce not onely us but also all suche estates, corporacons, societies, and private persons, as have interest by the saide graunte of your worthie flounder, to seek© suche waies and meanes for the ob- teignmente thereof as the lawes of the realm© and ordennances of unyversities and colleges do permitte and use in suche cases ; how be yt we hope, seeinge your worthie flounder be- stowed so muche labor in penninge the order so presycely and declared so pithie reasons why he did it, you will both© wyselie consider his so carefull devise, and in the execute so godlike a meaning© consideringe alwaie there ys no Derogacon unto you, seeinge the election is joynte, and you maie use the benefyte of our schole for ennye of yours at all tymes thereunto be orderlie elected into your colledge. Thus lokinge for answere from you, we do hartehe byd you fare well, from our common haule in a courte of assistehts the xxv ti of Septembre, A° 1571.” 17. No notice having been taken of this letter by the College authorities, the Court, on the 19th March 1572, resolved as follows : — “Ffirste at this daie was redd ann abbredgment of the statute made by the right worshipfiill Sir Thomas White, knight, whiles t he lyved, a lovinge brother of this mistery, And founder of the colledge of St. John Baptist, in Oxford, for the contynuall fumishinge of the saide colledge with scholers, by the which it apereth that the master, wardens, and assistents, of this mistery, tqgether with the president or vice-president and two senior fellowes of the sayd colledge, ought to have the nominacon and elecon of fforty and three scholers owt of the gram, schole belonging© to this company, in the prishe of Sainte Lawrence Pountney, in London; or in defaliTe of able and meete scholers there, owt of other scholes of the said citie, when the place of any of the sayd xliii scholers then placed in the said colledge, or any of them, should happen to be vacante, ■ whereuppon it is thought good that sute be made unto the righte worshipfull Sir William Cordall, 1 knight, m~r of the rolls, 1 The Court held this gentleman in high estimation, and at his funeral in June X581 it was ordered, on the 14th June, “ that the whole Assistants should meet at St. Bride’s Church, to go unto the Master of the Bolls’ house in Chancery Lane, and to attend upon the body unto Christ’s Church, in London, in good and cleanly apparell without their livery Hoods.” See p. 525, CXXII.] Merchant Taylors’ School (1564 and 1874). 407 and one of the visitors of the said colledge, by these worship- full men, whose names be hereafter written, that the sayd nominacon and eleccon of xliii scholars may be obtayned and observed, accordinge to the sayd statute:— Mr. Willm. Flet- wood, recr. Mr. Richd. Hills, Mr. Wm. Albany, Mr. Robt. Hulson, Mr. Wm. Kympton, Mr. Thos. Wilford, and Nicholas Spencer.” — See Minutes of Court , 19 March 1572. 18. An explanation resulted, from which it appeared that the President and Fellows had been deterred by expense from coming to London, where upon Sir William Cordall requested the Company to bear these charges till the College could afford to do so, which the Company cheerfully assented to “ for the benefitt & prefarrement of their scole, without making any pre- sident thereof whereby the might be charged hereafter of dutie to contynew the same.” 1 19. The method of the first election, in June 1572, is thus described by Wilson* : — “ And lest one day should not afford them time enough to proceed with becoming gravity and de- liberation, 1 hey ordered the examination to take place on the day preceding that of the election. Accordingly, about eight o’clock in the morning of the 10th of June, Home, Bishop of Winchester ; Nowell,* Dean of St. Paul’s ; Goodman, Dean of Westminster ; Watts, Archdeacon of Middlesex ; Young, Rector of St. Magnus’s ; Robinson, President of St. John’s College, Oxford ; Russell and Case, senior fellows of the said College, the master, wardens, and assistants of the company, and many others, assembled at the school. A brief speech was directed to the company, and copies of verses delivered to them, con- taining the thanks of the scholars for the benefits bestowed on them by the liberal goodness of their patrons. After this an eloquent oration was pronounced by Williams Buggins, more 1 This was increased in June 1607, by the foUowing Minute of Court : — “ And moreover, at this assembly there was openly redd a l~re lately sent from the president and tenn seignior fellowes of St. John Baptists Colledg in Oxon, and upon full consideracon thereunto had it was concluded and agreed that the some of vi 11 * which the company yerely gave to the president and two seignior fellowes for their charges in coming to our schoole against St. Barnabas day shalbe increasec iiii 11 * and made up the some of x u> upon this condition that they use the company lovingly and kindly, and the same to have contynuance no longer then may stand with the good pleasure and liking of the company, and not to be aocompted any matter of duty but the free guift and bounty of the company. “ Thelection of schollers are entred in a bill indented, made for that purpose whereof one parte remayneth with the company, and another with the colledg.” •YoLL, p. 37. * His connexion with “ Edm. Spenser the Poet ” is noticed 4th Report, H. M. 0., pp. 406-7. See also p. 680. 408 Memorials of the Institutions. [CXXII. particularly addressed to his lordship and the other examiners, to which Nowell made an appropriate reply. The boys re- peated their thanks 4 to the founders for their charges, and to the learned men for their paynes,’ to whom they gave 4 aboutte a quere of paper in written verses.* And then they all went into the chapel, where they were seated in the following manner : — the master of the company at the head of the table, ‘and northwarde the bishoppe at the uppermoste place one the wall sydo towardes the nTr, after whom M~r Deane of Powles, M~r Deane of Westminster, M~r Archdeaken Wattes, M~r Doctor Yonge, M"r Robinson, M"r Bowsfield, M~r Porder Wr Withers, M~r Russell, M~r Case, &c., and next unto the m~r on the bench aboute the scole (chapel) satt the assistants accordinge to their auncyenty.* Before this venerable assembly the head scholars of the school presented themselves for exa- mination ; and after one of them had briefly enumerated the several books they were learning in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, Nowell began the examination by directing the lowest of that form to declare the sense and construction of a particular ode of Horace ; ‘ which, from one to another, he prosecuted throughe the whole nomber, untill the captayn, requiringe diversytie of phrases and varietie of wordeB and finally obmyttinge nothinge which might seme neadfull for the tryall of their lerninge in the Latyn tongue.* After him Watts examined the same boys in Homer, as to their skill in Greek, which was his favourite lan- guage. And then Home tried them in the Hebrew psalter. In all which exercises they were well allowed. By this time it was eleven o’clock ; but, as the dinner at the hall was not to be on table till twelve, the interval was employed by Goodman, in examining the scholars of the next form, in Cicero’s Tusculan Questions. At dinner the company were joined by Sir William Cordall, who, as soon as the repast was finished, very cour- teously repaired with the bishop and his associates to the chapel, where, m compliment to Sir William, there was ‘a short naracon and delivery of verses. It was then deter- mined that two scholars should be elected the next day, and that the examination should be confined to such four of the boys as should seem 4 meteste as well for leaminge, personage, poverty, and years, to be presenly preferred to Colledge/ Nowell, Watts, Robinson, and Russel named John Thomas, John Rickesmonde, William Lee, and Thomas Harrison, as having the requisite qualifications. To this nomination all pre- sent assented: 4 and fyve of the clocke being stricken, the saide assemble was dissolved, and every man departed/ Next day CXXII. ] Merchant Taylors' School (4561 and 4874). 409 the master, wardens, and assistants of the company, with the president and two senior fellows of St. John’s, met in the chapel, according to the statutes of Sir Thomas White, for the purpose of electing the two scholars; when, after due con- sideration, they chose Rickesmond and Lee to supply two of the places vacant in the college.” 20. From this date Scholars, with more or less of regularity, have been elected to St. John’s 1 and to confine the benefit to the Boys educated “ in the School,” orders of the Court have at different times restricted the competition, as for instance, to those who have 44 been three years at the least in the School before the Election,” 8 or to such as “were not admitted to a higher form than the 4th ” on their entering the School.* 21. The School thus established progressed and became so successful that the Court (probably with truth) described it, in their Minutes of 14th January 160f, “ as famous throughout all England, and also in some remote places beyond the seas well spoken o£ and that for these three consideracons, viz. 44 Ffirst, for number of schollers, it is the greatest schoole in- cluded under one roofe. 44 Secondly, the schollers are taught iointly by one m~r and three ushers. “Thirdly, it is a schoole for liberty most free, being open especially for poore mens Children, aswell of all nations as for the marchauntailors themselves.” To ensure the continuance of this success, they established “a probacon of the whole schoole three tymes a yeare ” by the Masters. 22. In March 1608, 4 a past Master — one Robert Dowe — > From 1565 to 1826, Ellis states 580 boys were sent from the School to St. John's, but whether on this or other foundations is not clear. He also gives the number of boys in the School at the end of each half year from 1607 to 1827. The smallest number (103) was in March 1637, and the highest number (381) in March 1710. For some account of the most eminent scholars, see Appendix L (3). * March 1674. 8 December 1750 j but see now par. 8, p. 459. 4 In 1607 there was no probation, as these Minutes of Court show: — “This was the first quarter-day that this nTr kept, in regard MiclTs quarter-day was put of by reason of the visitation of sicknes within the citty at that tyme. “This day before dynner (according to auncient custome) the names of the lyvery were called, and notice taken of such as were absent. Then in reverent manner prayer was made, every man kneeling. After which the names of the benefactors and their charitable and godly devisee were openly read and remembred. And also the materiall ordynaunces for the government of the company, and the orders for the companies grammer schoole at St. Lawrence Pountneys were openly redd, and then preparation was made for dynner, whereunto were invited the whole assistaunts, and the ladies, and ould maisters wiefs, and the wardens wyefr of the present y ere, and the preacher, the schoolemaister, warden substitute, and almcsmcn of the lyvery, as in auncient tyme hath been aceustomed." 410 Memorials of the Institutions . [CXXIL proposed that the probation itself should be examined twice a year by two learned men, between the hours of 6 and 11 AJl. This commenced on the 22nd March, and was formulated by order of the Court which ( inter alia) provided u money to be given and distributed 99 for these purposes : — #. d. “ To each of the two learned men 10* xx To the maieter of the achoole and hie three ashen, iiit. iiihf. a piece, thought good by the donour sc to bee divided equally, for the more care to bee had by the *ayd ushers for their applying the scholen under them “ To the companie’s clarke iiiiiii “ To their beadle for warning the assembly, and attending at the achoole, that none come to trouble the examination. . • • “ There shalbee payd unto the maister of the achoole for been, ale, and new manchet bread with a dish of sweet e butter, which hee shall hare ready in the morning, with two fine glasses set upon the table, and covered with two hire napkins, and two fain trenchers, with a knife laid upon each trencher, to th’end that such as please may take part to stay their stomacks, untill the end of the examination* That these and other payments might be secured, Robert Dowe arranged, in 1610, that, in consideration of 800/. paid to the Company, they should expend upon the Masters and Examiners at the probation of the Merchant Tailors 1 2 School, ‘‘for bread and beer, 8 1 ” 1 — the only thing in the nature of an endowment existing for school purposes. 23. The old School, to which reference hitherto has been made, was destroyed in the great fire of London on Sunday the 2nd September 1666, only part of the library of books being saved by the energy of the Reverend John Goad, B.D., the Head Master. 8 On the 8th February 1667, an estimate for re-building was ordered to be prepared, and on the 1st June the Court viewed the site on which the new School was to be erected ; but not until the 23rd September 1670 was any order for rebuilding given, and then only the Chapel (over Patience Wards, first floor) was ordered to be built. However, on the 11th January 1671, a Building Committee was appointed, and in the same month contracts with the carpenter, bricklayer, and smith, for the separate work of each, were entered into by the Company, and a Fund was raised by voluntary subscrip- tion, of which Alderman Sir W. Turner was the Treasurer. In this manner the School was so far rebuilt that the election 1 See ante, Dowe’e Charity ; and Mem. LXIX. 2 A* to this gentleman, see p. 662. cloisters of merchant tailors’ school 1873 CXXIL] Merchant Taylors 9 School (4561 and 4874). 411 to St. John’s upon St. Barnabas, 1 * 3 1674, was held there, and the Treasurer, on closing his account on the 26th November 1675, was able to pay 10Z. Os. 4 d, (unapplied balance of the subscribed fund), to the credit of the Company's corporate account. 24. The School, in 1814, found in one of its Under Masters, 1 an exact Historian of the Masters and distinguished Scholars of the School, as well as of the acts of the Company as Patrons. Nothing could be added to his pageB, and hence little remains to be written except that which relates to the iemoval of the “ old School" to the new site at the Charter House. 25. It has been already noticed (par. 6) that the Manor of the Rose was divided into two parts, one only of which was purchased by the Company in 1561. In the year 1859 the other half was offered to, and was purchased by, the Company, for 20,000/., with a view of increasing the accommodation of the School, and of providing a play-ground, so for as such limits would allow, whenever the existing leases and tenancies ex- pired and the property came into the possession of the Company. 26. Before this happened, but still when these improve- ments were in contemplation by the Company, a Royal Com- mission was issued, dated the 18th July 1862, to inquire into the nature and application of the Endowment, Funds, and Revenues belonging to or received, by ( inter alia) the Mer- chant Tailors' School, and into the administration and manage- ment thereof and into the system and course of study pursued therein, as well as into the methods, subjects, and extent of the instruction given to the students of the School. 27. The statement placed before the Commissioners by the Company was to this effect : — “ We have recently laid out about 20,000/. in the purchase of adjacent buildings, with the view when the leases fall in of enlarging the school accommo- dation ; to this object primary attention must be given, as no separate or extended course of instruction can be given without larger buildings and additional masters.” 28. The Crown presented the Commissioners’ Report to Parli am ent in 18 64, 8 and it will be seen, on reference to it, that 1 It may be curious to note that the last Election at the School was held on St. Barnabas, 1874, in the presence of Rev. JameB Russell Woodford, D.D., who followed Dr. Lancelot Andrews, after an interval of three centuries, from the school to Pern* broke College, Cambridge, and from thence to the See of Ely— now held by him. * The Rev. H. B. Wilson, who published two quarto volumes (in 1814). 3 Four volumes (3001). 412 Memorials of the Institutions. [CXXII. in dealing with London schools (viz., Westminster, Charterhouse, St. Paul’s, and Merchant Taylors’), the Commissioners came to the conclusion that, as day schools are what London principally wants, it would be most for the interest of London to improve and enlarge the schools which are to be treated as day schools, and to remove the boarding schools to a distance. They there- fore thought (should such a scheme be feasible) that the two schools of St. Paul’s and Merchant Taylors’, 1 whether on their present or on some more convenient metropolitan sites ought to be made to accommodate many more day boys than were then educated at the four schools together, and that Westminster and the Charterhouse should be transferred to the country. 29. The Governors of the Charterhouse were prepared to act on the recommendation of this report, and accordingly, in April 1866, they offered their school buildings, containing five and a half acres of land, with certain restrictions against building, to the Merchant Taylors’ Company for the sum of 120,000/. Under the authority of the Court, the then and the present Master went as a deputation from the Company to meet a committee of the Charterhouse Governors at the House of Lords, and after a long conference offered 80,000/. for the property without any restrictions. 30. The policy of the Company was explained, and the definite offer of 90,000/. was made in a letter of the 25th June 1866, which is printed at the end of this u Memorial.” This offer being accepted by the Governors of Charterhouse, subject to the approval of Parliament, such approval was first sought for by the introduction of clauses into the Bill then before Parliament for regulating those Schools (other than the Mer- chant Taylors’ School) embraced in the Commissioners’ Report. But late in the Session of 1867 the Governors promoted a private Bill — which ultimately became an Act, and received the Royal Assent on the 20th August, — for carrying out the sale and general transfer of the Schools — Charterhouse to the country, and the Merchant Taylors’ to Charterhouse. 31. Under the authority of this Act all the property included in the contract, and as shown upon the plan, was conveyed by two separate Indentures of the 30th March 1868 and the 24th Juue 1872, to the Merchant Taylors’ Company, under these two conditions : — 1 Vol. i., p. 52. Buildings belonging to charterhouse m CXX1I.] Merchant Taylors ’ School (4564 and 4874). 413 1st. That they should not use or permit to be used, any of the premises for the purpose of any noxious or offensive trade or manufacture whatsoever. 2nd. That if the Governors as owners of other parts of Charterhouse should become liable to rates for any poor on the premises thereby conveyed by reason of the same premises becoming liable as extra parochial, or annexed to any adjoining parish or otherwise, the Merchant Taylors’ Company should pay such rates and indemnify the Governors and their assigns therefrom. 1 II 32. By agreements bearing date the 11th March 1869 and the 26th January 1870, the Merchant Taylors’ Company agreed to grant to Messrs. Tubbs and Lewis, a lease or leases of that part of the land comprised in the two last-mentioned inden- tures which is shown upon the plan by the colours green, pink, blue, and yellow, and under these two agreements the lessees had the option, within a limited time, to purchase the fee of the same land upon certain stated terms. Before taking any lease Messrs. Tubbs and Lewis gave due notice of their desire to purchase the fee, and a considerable portion of the land has already been conveyed to them or their nominees. A third I The object of this oondition is explained (with other matters) in the following letter: — “ Charterhouse) “ Dear Sir, “ 21st June 1866. * “ As Mr. Hardwick, in his letter of 15th May, says : — * Any responsibility arising out of some legal questions with regard to the rating must be accepted, and also certain rights of the owners of the adjoining property to windows overlooking the ground must be allowed,’ it is convenient that I should shortly explain the matters alluded to. II The windows are those in the eastern wall (the furthest side from the terrace); as to some of which, on 9th June 1859, the Governors entered into an agreement with Mr. Williams, the owner of a large manufactory at the back of that wall, whereby Mr. W. agreed to rebuild part of the ancient wall of Charterhouse (acknow- ledging it to be the Governors’ wall) on condition of being allowed to place windows therein, which the Governors are at liberty to stop up on twelve months’ notice, on paying to Mr. W., if such notice be given within forty years from the date of the agreement, the expense of building the wall — ascertained at 1871. “ And on 30th May 1859, the Governors entered into a similar agreement with J. Henley, and others, as to the remainder of the windowed wall, Mr. Williams being their lessee. The sum payable to them on a like condition is 112/. “ As Charterhouse (like other extra-parochial places) is made a parish of itself by 20 Yio., cap. 19, it will be necessary that a purchaser should indemnify the Governors against poor rates, in respect of the parts sold. “ Yours truly, “A. Keightley.” Charles M. Cl ode' Esq.” 414 Memorials of the Institutions . [cxxn. agreement, dated the 12th March 1874, has been entered into, the principal object of which is to secure more effectually than was done by the previous agreements the privacy of the Com- pany’s school-ground. With this view, before the date of the last-mentioned agreement, Messrs. Tubbs and Lewis had, by arrangement with the Company, built along the line A to D on the plan, half on the Company’s land and half on that of Messrs. Tubb and Lewis, a brick wall 20 feet high, measured from the then level of the school ground adjoining it. The conveyances already executed, and to be hereafter executed to Messrs. Tubbs and Lewis or their nominees, contain, or will contain, covenants by the grantees similar in effect to the stipu- lations on the part of Messrs. Tubbs and Lewis contained in the before-mentioned agreements, so far as they are applicable to the property conveyed. The effect of these agreements and the conveyances already executed is that Messrs. Tubbs and Lewis or their nominees (hereinafter referred to as “the pur- chasers’), now held, either legally or equitably, all the land comprised in the agreement of 11th March 1869, on and subject to the following conditions and obligations : — 1st. Conditions similar to those mentioned in paragraph 24, so far as they are applicable to the land conveyed or agreed to be conveyed to the purchasers. 2nd. The purchasers shall (except on parts B to C and E to F) at their own expense remove the existing brick wall, and erect on their own land adjacent thereto another wall (as part of a building) to a height of at least 11 feet above the present height, and maintain such wall at that height. 3rd. That from E to F the purchasers are by the 31st December 1875 to build along or adjoining that wall one or more messuages of such a height that no window or aperture then made in any building then standing on the purchaser’s land (coloured pink) shall overlook the vendors’ ground. 4th. That no window or aperture be made in any wall erected by the purchasers, or in any messuage to be built by them as aforesaid, or on the roof thereof or in any building erected on or over the purchaser’s land (blue and yellow), or on the roof thereof, which shall overlook the vendors’ land, and which could not be prevented from so overlooking by any wall on the site of or above CXXII. ] Merchant Taylors ' School (4564 and 4874). 415 the existing wall at B to C ; nor shall any such window or aperture be so constructed as that it should be in the power of any person using such messuage or building to establish any communication by signs, signals, or other- wise with the vendors* land. And also that the roof of such mansion or building, so far as the same should over- look any part of the vendors’ land, should not be used for any other purpose whatever than for covering these buildings and for necessary repairs. 5th. That part of the purchaser’s land which is marked on the plan “ private road,” is to be always kept open, as a roadway or means of access from and to the land of the Company to and from Goswell Street or Wilderness Row of the width of 25 feet in the least, and the Company or their assigns, their servants, agents, and workmen, and all other persons connected with the School, shall be at liberty to use the said roadway at all times, and to pass and repass over the same with horses, carriages, or otherwise. 6th. That the vendors should be at liberty to erect a fence or screen of any kind or any height from B to C to pre- vent overlooking the vendors’ premises and to make any opening therein to the said roadway as an access to the vendors’ land. 33. Other small portions of the estate purchased by the Company were sold to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and Commissioners of Sewers; and the financial result of these several transactions will be that the residue left for school purposes will cost the Company about 40,000/. 34. Upon a site selected after much deliberation, the Com- pany agreed with Messrs. Brown and Robinson for the erection of new school buildings from the designs and under the direction of their architect, Edward I’ Anson, Esq., at a total contract cost of 35,546/. The first stone of these buildings was laid on the 16th clay of June 1873, by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, — Thomas Weston Baggallay, Esq., being at that time Master of the Company. The subsequent expenses for laying out the play grounds for the essential requisites of a school will amount to (say), 12,000/. 35. The New School stands upon the site of the Old Gown Boys’ quarters, having (1) the Head Master’s House on the right, and (2) the Buttery and Lavatory on the left, such buildings 416 Memorials of the Institutions . [CXXII. (1 and 2) being converted into class rooms. The entire accom* modation obtained is given in the Appendix. 1 * 3 36. A few words may be written upon the status of the School. Is it a Public School within the control of Parliament, or one exclusively belonging to, or to be governed by, the Merchant Taylors’ Company ? The decision of Parliament has been to leave the School exclusively to the management of the Company. When the Charterhouse Bill was introduced in 1867, this issue was raised by amendments moved by a private member (Mr. Ayrton) with a view of guarding against the claim of the Merchant Taylors’ Company (to an uncontrolled property in their School) being sanctioned by the words of the Bill. The Bill was supported by Mr. Gladstone, when the amendments received no sanction from and little support in the House of Commons.* Upon the introduction of the Public School Bill into the Parlia- ment at the commencement of the Session for 1868, the Home Secretary (Mr. Walpole) stated that the Company’s School had been advisedly omitted from the Bill by the late* and present Government, as being under the management and control of a great City Company who had the power of applying the pro- perty devoted to the School, or a great proportion of it, in such a manner as they might see fit, instead of applying it to educational purposes. No public trust, therefore, is attached to the School, making it subject to the same obligations or to the same Parliamentary control as that to which the other public schools were liable. 4 37. No error could, however, be greater than to infer from these proceedings that the School, though not public in the same sense in which the other seven Schools were public, is therefore private , or that the individual members of the Guild or Fraternity may sustain or govern the School except as a Public School. As founded “ in ye honor of Christ Jesu” for “ the bringing up of children in good manners and literature,” it is clear that the original founders committed the charge and oversight of the School to the Master, Wardens, and Past Masters of the Company (paragraph 37), as a business to be dis- charged in a spirit of self-denial, and so long as this spirit influences the “ loving brethren of the mysterie ” the School will be left (as heretofore) to their management and control. 1 See Appendix L (4). * Report of the Debate of the 8th and 16th August 1867, in the “ Times.” 3 Mr. Gladstone’s confirmation of this fact, 190 H. D. (3), 762. *Ibid. t 748. CXXIL] Merchant Taylors’ School (4561 and 4874). 417 (B.) STATUTES OF MERCHANT TAYLORS’ SCHOOL, 1561. “Whereas, the Maister, Wardens, and Assistants, in the names of all the whole body of this Company of The Mar- CHAUNT-Taylors, in London, have, for the better educacon bringing up of children in good manners and literature, erected a schoole within the parish of St. Laurenee-Pountney, in London; And, also, meete and convenient lodgings for a Schoolmaster and three Ushers, to inhabite and dwell in ; And, for, because, nothing can contynue long and endure in good order without Lawes and Statuts, in that behalf provided, therefore, they, the said Maister, Wardens, and Assistants, have fully concluded, agreed, and decreed, and, by these presents, doe, conclude, agree, and decree, that the said schoole shall be directed and contynued, and to have contynuance, by God’s grace, for ever, in such manner and forme, and according as hereafter is expressed, mencioned, and declared, viz. : — Capitulum Primum de Magistro Primario. M 1. In the Grammar School, founded in the parish of St. Laurenee-Pountney, in London, in the yere of our Lord God one thowsand, fy ve hundred, sixty-one, by this Worshipfull Company of the Marchaunt-Taylors, of the Citty of London, in the honor of Christ Jesu, shalbe first, an High Maister. This High Maister in doctrine, learning, and teaching, shall direct all the schoole. This maister shalbe chosen by the Right Wor- shipful the Maister, Wardens, and Assistants, of the said Com- pany of Marchaunt-Taylors, with such advise and counsell of welle learned men as they can gett; a man in body whole, sober, discreete, honest, verteous, and learned, in good and cleane Latine literature, and, also, in Greeke, yf such may be gotten. A wedded man, a single man, or a priest, that hath noe benefice, with cure, office, nor service, that may lett his dew business in the schoole. “2. This high master so being chosen, as aforesaid, shall have his charge given to him by the maister and wardeins of the said Company, for the tyme being, then being present in the said schoole, saying to him on this wise, or such like in effect : “ Sir , we have chosen you to be chief maister and teacher of this schoole, to teach the children of the same, not only good literature but also good manners, certyfying you that this is noe roome . of contynuence and perpetuity, but upon the doing of 2 E 418 Memorials of the Institutions * [ CXXII. your duty in the sclioole. And every yere 1 when as the maister, wardens, and assistaunts, shalbe assembled in the school© howse, concerning the visitation thereof, you shall submytt you to their examinacon, and found doing your duty accordingly, you shall contynewe, otherwise, reasonably warned, you shall content you to departe ; and, ye, of your party, not warned of us, but of your owne mind in any season willing to departe, ye shall give us warning twelve monthes before, without we can ehortlyer be well provided of an other to supply your roome. “ Also being maister ye shall not be absent from the said school above twenty working days in the year, which also shalbe conjunctim or divisim ), without some urgent cause, and good consideracons shall move the surveyors of the said schoole for the tyme being to graunt a further tyme of absence, and that the chief usher nor under ushers be not then absent from the schoole. “3. And yf the chosen maister will promise this, then admytt him and name hym to that office, and stall him in his seate in the schoole, and shew him his howse or lodging on the south side of the schoole. And they shall deliver him all the implements of that howse by indenture. “ 4. And that howse and lodgings he shall have free without payment of any rent, and in this lodging he shall dwell and keepe howshold to his power. Hee shall nor have, nor teach, at one tyme within the foresaid schoole, nor ells where, above the number of two hundred and ffyfty schollers. And he shall not refuse to take, receave, and teach in the said schoole freely one hundreth schollers, parcell of the said number of two hundreth and ffyfty schollers, being poore men’s sonnes and coming thether to be taught (yf such be meete and apt to learne), without any thing to be paid by the parints of the said one hundreth poore children for their instruction and learnyng. “ 5. And hee shall also receave and teach in the said schoole ffyfty schollers more, being an other parcell of the said number of two hundreth and ffyfty schollers comyng thether to be taught, and being found apte and meet to learne, as aforesaid, and being poore men’s children, so that their poore parents, or other their friends, will pay and give to the high maister for their instruction and learning, after two shillings and two-pence by the quarter for a piece of them. 1 The form of an annual election waft gone through for several years, and the Head Master on appointment now executes a bond to relinquish the School House premises on vacating office. CXXIL] Merchant Taylors School (4564 and 4874). 419 “ 6. And hee shall also receave and teach in the said schoole, one other hnndreth rnore^of schollers being the residue of the said number of two hundred and flyfty schollers coming thether to be taught, and being also found apt and meete to learne, as aforesaid, being rich or meane men’s children, so that their parents or other friends will give for every of these hundreth schollers fyve shillings by the quarter for their instruction and learning. “ 7. Yf the maister be sick of a sicknes curable, yet never- thelesse it is meete that the chief usher, for the tyme that the maister is so sick, shall doe his best endeavor to direct all the schoole, as the duty of the maister was to have done. The said usher to his power to doe his owne duty as he did before nevertheless. “ 8. There shalbe also one chief usher, some sober, discreete man, verteous in lyving, and well learned, that shall teach under the schoole-maister as the schoole-maister shall appoint him, some single or wedded inan, or a priest that hath noe benefice with cure, office, nor service, that may lett his due diligence in the schoole. “ 9. And yf the said chief usher be in literature, discretion, and honest lief, according, then the high maister his roome being vacant, lett him be chosen before another. “ 10. This ussher shall the high maister choose as often as the roome shal be void, a man whole in body. And when the high maister hath appointed him upon one, the high maister shall call to the schoole the surveyors of the schoole, and before them he shall say to the ussher on this wise : — “ ‘ Sir, before these my maisters here, the surveyors of the schoole, I shew unto you that I have chosen you to be the chief ussher or under maister of this schoole, and to teach allwaies, from tyme to tyme, as I shall appoint you, and supply my roome in my absence when it shalbe graunted me by my maisters, the said maisters and wardens, and also at such tymes as I shal be sick of any curable disease.’ u 11. Then the said maister and wardens shall exhort the ussher dilligently to doe his duty, and shall say unto him on this wise : “ ‘ Your roome is noe perpetuity, but, according to your labor and dilligence, you shall contynue : otherwise, fownd not doing your duty accordingly, and reasonably warned of us, ye shall departe* 2 E 2 420 Memorials of the Institutions . [cxxil 44 * Yf it shalbe so that at any tyme you will departe of your owne mynd, yee shall give us one yere’s warning before your departure. “ 4 Yff any controversy be between you and the high maister, yee shall stand at our direction in every thing/ 44 12. And yf he will promise this, then let the Baid maister and wardens approve the election of the said ussher, and assigne him his lodging on the north side of the schoole next unto the gate there alowe. 44 13. Hee shal be absent in all the yere not above twenty working dayes, which shalbe conjunctim or divisim , without that some urgent cause, or good consideracon, shall move the surveyors of the said schoole for the tyme being to graunt him a further tyme of absence, and that the high maister nor under usshers be not then also absent from the said schoole. 44 14. In sickness curable, or axes ( agues\ or such sickness for a tyme he shal be tollerated and have his full wages, although that, during tyme of such curable sickness, the high maister, with that help of the under usshers, shall to the uttermost of their powers, instruct and teach all the schollers within the said schoole withall dilligence, as the duty of the ussher was to have done, the high maister and the under-usshers to their power to doe their owne duty as they did before neverthelesse. 44 15. Yff both the maister and the usshers be sick at once, (as God defend), then let the schoole cease for that while. 44 16. Yff there be such sickness contagious in the Cytty, that the schoole cannot contynue, then both the maister and the usshers must have patience in such a case. 44 17. Neither the maister nor usshers shall take office of proctorshipp , or any such mynistery, service, or other business, which shall lett their dilligence and their necessary labor in the schoole. Yf they doe and be warned lawfully, yf they will not cease from such service, office, or business, then let them be warned to departe. 44 18. Let the schoolmaster that the schoole, with the court and streete, by all the length of the same, be kept cleane and sweete every Satterday, and also the leads, and, from tyme to tyme, to call upon the worshipful Merchaunt-Taylors for neces- sary reparacons, and lett none of the children, at any time, come up to the leads to the upper dore, of the which at the topp of the winding stayers of stone on high, there shalbe allwaies too keyes, to be kept by the high maister, and the other key by the chief ussher. CXXIL ] Merchant Taylors’ School (1561 and 1874), 421 u 19. Ther shalbe also in the said schoole two under-usshers, some good, honest, and verteous learned young men. And they shal be chosen, from tyme to time, by the high master, and they shall also help to teach in the schoole, as to the maister shall seeme convenient, and none otherwise. “ 20. They shall have noe benefice with cure, occupation, office, or service, nor any other faculty which may lett their diiligent teaching at the schoole, but they shall attend only upon the schoole, and they shall teach the children, yf neede be, the Catechisme, and instrucoons of the Articles of the Faith, and the Tenn Commaundements in Latin ; that is to say, such a Catechisme as shalbe approved by the Queenes Majesty that now is, and by the Honorable Court of Parliament of this Realme from tyme to tyme. “21. Their lodgings and chambers shalbe in the middle roomes where as the dore is made out under the schoole neere to the middest of the foresaid long court or greate yard. “ 22. They shall not have their roomes by writing or by seale in noe wise, but at liberty according to their deserving, and only so long as the high maister shall like their demeaner and teaching. “ 23. Their absence shalbe but once in the yere only, yf it be needefiill and only as it shall seeme best to the maister and wardens, with the consent of the high maister, and high ussher being present, and not absent from the schoole. “ 24. Yf they fall to unthriftiness and behaviour after lawfull warning let them be avoided, and other chosen within eight dayes after, or as soone after as can be by the said surveyors, but not without the consent of the high maister and ussher. “ 25. There shalbe taught in the said schoole children of all nations and countrey es indifferently, comying thether to be taught, to the number of two hundreth and fyfty, in manner and forme as is afore devised and appointed. But first see, that they can the Catechisme in English or Latyn, and that every of the said two hundreth and fifty schollers can read perfectly, and write competently, or els lett them not be admytted in no wise. “ 26. And that every scholler at his first admyssion, once for ever, shall pay twelve pence for writing in of his neme, and the same shalbe given to such one, as shalbe appointed by the said high maister and the surveyors to sweepe the schoole, and keepe the court of the schoole cleane, and see the streete nigh to the schoole gate cleasned of all manner of ordure, caryon, or 422 Memorials of the Institutions . [ CXXIL other fylthy or uncleane things, out of good order, or extraordy- narily there thrown. “ 27. The children shall come to the Bchoole in the momying at seaven of the clock both winter and somer, and tarry there until eleaven , and retume againe at one of the clock,and departe at Jive. And thrice in the day, kneeling on their knees, they shall say the prayers appointed with due tract and pawsing, as they be, or shalbe hereafter conteyned in a table sett up in the school e, that is to say, in the morning, at noone, and at evening. u 28. In the schoole at noe tyme of the yere, they shall use tallow candle in noe wise, but wax candles only. “ 29. Also lett them bring no meate, nor drink, nor bottles, nor use in the schoole no breakfasts, nor drincking in the tyme of learning in no wise. If they neede drinck, then lett it be provided in some other place. “ 30. Nor lett them use no cock-fighting, tennys-play, nor riding about of victoring, nor disputing abroad, which is but foolish babling, and losse of tyme. “ 31. Lett not the schoole-maister, head ussher, nor the under usshers, nor any of them, permytt nor lycence their schollers,to have remedy or leave to play , except only once in the weeke, when there fallith noe holiday. And those remedies to be had upon no other dayes only, but only upon the Twes- dayes in the afternoone, or Thursdayes at afternoone. “ 32. And yf there shall happen to be kept one or more hollydayes in the weeke, that then in every such weeke there be no remedyes nor leave to play graunted. “ 33. Unto their uryne the schollers shall goe to the places appointed them in the lane or streete without the court ; and, for other causes, yf need be, they shall goe to the water-side. “ 34. Yf any child, after he is reeeaved and admytted into the said schoole, goe to any other schoole to learne theire, (after the manner of the said schoole), or shalbe absent from the schoole, by the space of three weekes together, at any one tyme, without sickness or any other reasonable lett, shalbe the cause of the said lett, that then in such case it were the best that such a childe, for no man’s suit, shalbe thereafter reeeaved into our schoole, but goe where him list, and where his friends shall thincke there shalbe better learnying. And this is good to be shewed to his friends, or other that offer him at his first presenting into the schoole. “ 35. The maister, wardens, and assistants of this Company, CXXII. ] Merchant Taylors' School (4561 and 1874). 423 for the tyme being, shall yerely for ever make their assembly or apparaunce in the councell-howse, or late chapell, scituate on the south side of the long court or yard of the schoole, they being then and their accompanied with such well-learned men as they can gett conveniently. Which said maister, wardens, and assistints, with th* advice of the same learned men shall examyne and try whether the maister and usshers shall have taught and done their duties in the said schoole, according as is before devised and appointed, and alsoe to try and examyne howe the children have profited under them, and fynding them to have done their duties to be comended, and finding otherwise to be speedily reformed and amended according as to their wise discretions shalbe thought con- venient. “ 36. And to that intent and effect that the same assembly of the said maister, warden, and assistents, may be made yerely for ever at the schoole, for the good considerations afore mentioned, the comon clarck of the mistery now being, and his successors which for the tyme shalbe, shall once in the yere yerely for evermore, at a quarter-day, to be howlden within this our comon-hall, reade openly all and every such acts, decrees, and ordynaunces, or the more parte of them as is before made and devised, or shalbe hereafter made and devised by the said maister, wardens, and assistants, or their successors, for and concerning only the ordering and contynuance of the said schoole in good order, so that thereby they may have the same the better in rememberance for ever in tyme to come. " 37. And that the maister and wardens of this Company for the tyme being, and also all such as shall have borne the roome of a maister of thiB mistery, (except such as shall have borne the room and place of an alderman and sherif of this mistery) shalbe for ever in tyme to come called, and be the surveyors of the said schoole, and they from tyme to tyme shall take upon them the charge and oversight of the said schoole, to see that in the said schoole be noe more taught then the number afore appointed, and after and according as is before devised and made, and alsoe see that the same be well and sufficiently repayred from tyme to tyme by the warden rentor of our lands lying in the east parte, which for the tyme shalbe. And for their labours in the schoole busynesses it is not to be doubted, but Our Saviour Jesus Christ shall reward them, as well here in this world as in the world to come : F or godlynes sayeth St. Paule, is profitable to all things, as a thing that hath both pro- mises in this lief, and in that that is to come. — 1 Timotheu8 9 4. 424 Memorials of the Institutions. [CXXII. 44 38. The surveyors of the schoole shall come into the schoole tenn or twelve daies before or after Christmas, tenn or twelve daies before or after Easter, tenn or twelve daies before or after the nativity of St. John Baptist, and tenn or twelve dayes before or after Michaelmas; besides such other tymes as is meete and necessary for them to be at the schoole, for to see that all things doe stand in such order as they ought to be in. 44 39. And that the yerely rent yssuing, coming, and growing, yerely, for the greate cellor under the schoole-howse shalbe, by the said surveyors, wholly ymployed and bestowed, yerely, betweene the feast of th’ Annunciation of Our Lady and the feast of St. Michael th’ Archangel!, upon woode, coales, billetts, and faggots, or other good fewell for such of the schollers as, in the extreme could tyme of winter, may have neede to warme them by at tymes very convenient and needfull in the monethes of November, December, January, February, and March, saving that thirteene shillings and foure pence of that rent, (yf the surveyors shall so thinck it good), shall be bestowed every winter upon wax-candles, or other lights of wax, for the poore children to read on their bookes by in the winter mornings and evenings. 44 40. Also lett it be declared unto him that shall hier the said long cellor that this Company will not suffer to be laid into yt any pitch, tan*, rape, oyle, trayne-oyle, flax, hempe, nor suche kynde of wares as be inclyned quickly to be kindled or fyred, nor any other thing or things of any fullsome or noysome savour. 1 44 41, Every of the said two hundreth and fyfty schollers that shall be admytted or suffered to leame in the said schoole, from tyme to tyme, shall observe and be bound to keep all such manner of orders or ordynaunces as, by the wisdom© and good discretion of the said worshipfull maister and wardens, with the consent of the worshipfull the assistents of the said Company, or their successors for the tyme being, shall be devised, made, and ordayned, for the contynuance of the saide schoole and goodgouvernaunce of the said schollers, with the con- sent of the high maister of the same schoole for the tyme being. 44 42. Also the maister and wardens of the said Company, for the tyme being, shall have full power and authority to 1 “ Th* extent and cleere yerely value of the premisses , A 0 1605.** “ For the greate howse, with the Tenements therein appointed for l the Schoole Maister and Ushers . . . . . . . . j “ Item of Robert Gynes, assignee of Raph Quemby, for a ceUer l v u. v j«. viij d - under the Gramer schoole, p 1 annum ”* .. .. ., j (52. 6s. 8 d.) 1 This cellar is still preserved. It has a beautifully groined roof, and is a part of London before the Are. CXXII.] Merchant Taylors ’ School (1561 and 1874). 425 admytt all those children that shall be from tyme to tyme taught in the said schoole ; and, by writing made by the clarck of this Company, for the tyme being, they shall signify the admytting or allowing of them unto the schoolmaister, in his absence to the head ussher breifly in this wdse : “ Sir , this shall be to signify unto you that wee have ad- mytted N. the sonne of M. the bearer hereof, to be of the number of those hundredth of the poore men’s children, which should be taught freely in the said schoole, upon condition that the said N., within one moneth next ensuing, shallbe by you thought apt, and meete to leame, and being found not apt and meete to learne, as aforesaid, that then this our admyssion of him to stand as void, and then every such scholler, that so shall be found not apt and meete to learne, to have repayed unto him that twelve pence that he paid on his first admytting into the schoole, or otherwise to be one of the other two numbers of schollers before appointed, which said bill to be made by the said clarck to be subscribed by our master and wardens for the time being. “ 43. And none to be taught in the said schoole unless they be first admytted by the maister and wardens, and so certified as is aforesaid. “ 44. Also there shalbe yerely paid out of the common box of this mystery, for the stipend and sailary of the foresaid schoolmaister, and three usshers, fforty pownds quarterly by even porcons to be paid wholly to the hands of the said schoole- maister to the intent that he, the said schoolemaister, shall have to his own use tenn pounds parcell thereof, and the thirty pounds residue to be paid by him after tenn pounds a piece to every of the said three usshers, that shalbe admytted by him to teach in the said schoole as aforesaid. “ 45. And this payment by fforty pounds, by yere appointed to the said maister and three usshers, as aforesaid to be con- tynued until such tyme as the same shalbe otherwise dis- chardged by the guifts and legacies of good and well-disposed men, to the freeing either of the said whole number appointed to be taught in the said schoole, or els of the freeing and teaching free of one liundreth fyfty poore men’s children, parcell of the said number that is appointed to be taught in the said schoole as is aforesaid.” 426 Memorial* of the Institutions. [CXXII. (0.) MERCHANT TAYLORS* COMPANY TO CHARTERHOUSE GOVERNORS. “ Merchant Taylors* Hall, « Sir, 44 25th June 1866. “ On the 15th instant I had the honour to meet the Com- mittee of Governors of the Charterhouse, upon the subject of the sale of their estate (as described in previous correspondence) to the Merchant Taylors’ Company, which meeting resulted in an understanding that a further communication should be made by me on behalf of the Company, to the Governors, with the view of coming to some agreement for the purchase of their estate, and with that object I make the present communication. M At the meeting to which I have referred, I mentioned the sum of eighty thousand pounds (80,000/.) as being the full value, in the opinion of the Company, of this estate, if the same should be sold subject to the stipulations mentioned by Mr. Hard- wick in his two letters of the 15th and 25th May; and, before entering upon further negotiations, it appears to me expedient that I should explain at some length the reasons which induce the Company to entertain that opinion. “In the first place, if the Governors of the Charterhouse were in a position, and had determined to offer their estate for sale for building purposes, opinions would not be found mate- rially to differ as to the full value thereof ; but this is not the condition under which an estimate of its value has to be formed. It therefore becomes necessary to examine with greater accuracy what is the exact value of the estate, having regard to the uses to which it has hitherto been, and is hereafter to be applied ; and for the purpose of this calculation — as the most advan- tageous one that can be made, — it must be divided into three separate portions, each of which must be estimated by a dis- tinct measure of value. “ The first portion of the estate to which I will refer is that lying to the north and north-east which I have caused to be marked in stripes on the plan returned herewith. The Governors propose to allow buildings other than for manufac- turing purposes, to be erected on this portion of the estate, and hence it at once assumes the value of building land, though probably not its full value as such, because of the implied pro- hibition against the erection of buildings for manufacturing purposes still attached thereto. “ The second portion of the estate to which a different measure of value attaches to that of the first, is that lying between the striped part and the line marked A, but including CXXII.] Merchant Taylors’ School (1561 and 1874). 427 the school buildings lying to the west, and running beyond the line A, and also lying to the south end next to Rutland Place. In this portion are included all the absolute requirements of the Merchant Taylors’ Company for school purposes, and indeed,— contrasted with the school accommodation which, for the last 300 years they have enjoyed, — considerably more than these. The buildings would be of little value if sold for general pur- poses, and to the Merchant Taylors’ Company, who have only a day school, their use, which is adapted for boarders, is not precisely such as the Company would require. The Company, however, are prepared to purchase this portion of the estate at its fair value as a school . “ What now remains of the estate is the third portion thereof viz., the land lying south of the line A to the chapel of the Governors. “ This portion of the estate, the necessities of the Governors (with regard to the chapel and other their adjacent buildings) require should be kept open and uncovered with buildings; therefore, the only purpose for which the land is available is that for which it has always been used — viz., as a playground — this, for the day scholars of the Company’s school, has not hitherto been looked upon as a necessity, and therefore, such an adjunct has never yet been an appurtenant to the school of the Company ; however, though they would have preferred to rent it from the Governors, rather than purchase it — an arrange- ment which would have given to the latter body the most effectual control over the land, — still the Company do not refuse to purchase it as as a playground. “ The value, therefore, of this portion of the estate is only that of accommodation land, and land as such (either in London or in other large cities, where enormous value is realized foy building land) can bear no appreciable proportion in value to the value of building land ; indeed, it is difficult to say what value remains in land with such a perpetual prohibition attached to it. 44 The Company therefore thought, and still think, that if the estate is to be sold in one lot, with the stipulations already referred to attaching to it, eighty thousand pounds is its full value. 44 The Governors however, at the late meeting, expressed a wish to me that the Company should again take the subject into their consideration, and I have therefore endeavoured, with the assistance of thq Wardens and the other members of the Court of the Company, to frame such a proposition as I hope will meet with the ready acceptance of the Governors. 428 Memorials of the Institutions. LCXXII. “ It is scarcely within the province of the Company to sug- gest for the consideration of the Governors whether, for the advantageous realization of the full value of the Charterhouse estate, it should not be divided by the Governors into two separate and distinct lots, — viz., 1st. The building land, the full value of which is easily realized by competition from a large class of purchasers ; and 2ndly. The educational establishment, which (if sold alone) would realize its full value from the Mer- chant Taylors’ Company, or any other body willing to give a higher value than the Company, for educational purposes. I should not, however, conceal from the Governors that the Com- pany, as the purchasers of the whole estate at one sum, would, tor their own purposes, need an apportionment thereof; that the building portion of the estate should be made the subject of a separate contract and be conveyed to a trustee on their behalf, so that their arrangements for the ultimate realization of this portion of the estate should not become involved in any manner with their purchase of the other portion, for the totally distinct purpose of an educational establishment. “ Another observation that presents itself to the Company is this : That the perpetual restriction proposed to be attached to the remaining portion of the estate inflicts a needless injury upon it. It appears to the Company, that if they become the owners of that portion of the estate which is now under dis- cussion its value might be seriously affected on the future sale by the Governors of the residue of the estate and the conver- sion thereof to trade or manufacturing purposes. If, therefore, stipulations are to be resorted to at all, they should be inserted for the mutual protection of both contracting parties. For the Company — by a covenant from the Governors not to use their adjacent property, save as an institution of the same character as the Charterhouse, and not as a hospital for the sick or invalids; and for the Governors — by a covenant from the Company not to use their newly-acquired property save for educational purposes. These stipulations, however, usually result to the benefit of a third party taking the land at some distant period under compulsory powers, and therefore create a serious waste to the estate upon which they have been imposed. The Company, if they become the purchasers, have no intention whatever of using the premises for any other than school purposes ; and in twenty years, by the operation of the Pre- scription Act, servitudes will arise upon the lands (or rather against the owners thereof), which alone would afford a sufficient protection to the owners of the adjacent buildings for the free CXXII. ] Merchant Taylors ’ School (156i and J874). 429 enjoyment of light and air. So long, however, as perpetual restriction is imposed upon this portion of the estate, the Com- pany are unable to advance upon their present offer. “ Before, however, making a definite proposal, the Company are anxious to make one other observation — that they desire to secure by agreement what, no doubt, the Governors would most willingly concede to them, — viz., the free daily use of the Governors’ Chapel (as heretofore it has been used) for all school purposes. If the masters and scholars of the Merchant Taylors’ School succeed to the use hitherto enjoyed by the master and scholars of the Charterhouse School, no extra expense in repair and maintenance will be entailed upon the Governors, and it will tend to cement an union (in itself most desirable) between the future residents of the separate establishments located within the small boundaries of an estate now for the first time, after some centuries,* to be held in a divided ownership ; but further, it will enable the Company to associate their scholars more closely than hitherto it has been in their power to do with the rites and services of the Established Church. If, therefore, the perpetual restrictions were withdrawn and the free use of the Chapel was conceded to the Merchant Taylors’ Company, they would have pleasure in advancing upon their former offer of 80,000/. a sum of ten thousand pounds (10,000/.), and giving ninety thousand pounds (90,000/.) for the whole estate as sold in one lot; such offer being received as made,— viz., as subject to the sanction of Parliament being obtained, by clauses intro- duced into the Public School Bill, clauses in substance the same as those now enclosed, and which have already been submitted to the notice of the Governors. 1 “ In conclusion, I have only to add, that the Company desire — whatever may be the result of this communication — that I should express to the Governors their thanks for the opportunity offered to them of becoming the purchasers of their estate. “ All that the Merchant Taylors’ Company have it in desire to do, is to supply the want which obviously must arise — unless the Governors of the Charterhouse are prepared to make some i “ 23 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, “ Bear Sir, “ June 19th. 1866. “1 8howed the proposed clauses last night both to Lord Derby and Lord Clarendon. They concurred in thinking that their possible operation was too extensive to admit of their being properly introduced without notice, and at the third reading, and I accordingly did not propose them. “ Should the arrangement between the Charterhouse and the Merchant Taylors’ Company go on, it will be well to consider how to introduce them in the Commons. “ Yours faithfully, “ Devon .” “ Charles M. Clode, Esq.” 430 Memorials of the Institutions . rcxxn. provision for it, after their relinquishment of that sphere of usefulness which, for upwards of 250 years, within the City of London, and partially towards its citizens, the Governors of the Charterhouse have occupied — a want arising from no fault in the citizens of London, but necessarily resulting from the removal of an ancient educational establishment far beyond the walls. To aid in the supply of this want *(so far as their Corporate means will allow) is the only motive that has induced the Merchant Taylors' Company to give such anxious con- sideration to the proposals of the Governors. How far the Company may be enabled to accomplish this object is dependent in some degree upon the result of this negotiation, but what- ever the result may be I shall ever feel conscious that my colleagues and myself have manifested every desire to meet the proposals of the Governors of the Charterhouse in a candid and unselfish spirit. “Whether, therefore, in the relative position which the Governors and the Company are now occupying towards each other, in respect of the educational wants and claims of the citizens of London, any consideration and what be due from the Governors to the Company in the matter of this estate, and before the transfer thereof into other hands (and then probably for other purposes), it is not for me to determine ; but if, as I venture to think, the Governors would desire to see upon the site they are relinquishing such an educational establishment as the Merchant Taylors’ School perpetuated, and if (for the accomplishment of such an object) they are prepared to make some concession to the Merchant Tajlors’ Company, then, on behalf of the Company, I am ready to receive, as the full measure of both, the Governors’ acceptance of the offer which I have in this letter now made, on behalf of the Merchant Taylors’ Company, for the purchase of the Charterhouse estate. “ Should, however, the Governors of the Charterhouse think that the Estate may be more advantageously disposed of in two separate and distinct Lots, then I would ask that the Company might have the first offer given to them of that Lot which will embrace the Educational Establishment of the Governors. “ I have the honor to remain, “ Sir, “ Your very obedient Servant, “ William Foster White, “ Master of the Merchant Taylors' Company ” “ A. Keightley, Esq.* 1 CXXIL] Merchant Taylors 9 School (/56J and / 874 ). 431 " Any person or body of persons, corporate or unincorporate, having an existing School , or having tire control of funds applicable to Educational purposes, shall have power to purchase the School site of Westminster or Charterhouse, and the adjacent property, and to transfer to the site so purchased as aforesaid the existing School of the pur- chaser or purchasers ; and such existing School, when so transferred to such new site, shall, to all intents and purposes, represent the original existing School, and so that all or any endowments or exhibitions attached thereto or connected therewith shall attach to and be connected with the said School after such transfer, as if the said School was still existing on the original site before the transfer thereof “ Any such persons as last aforesaid may, for the purposes aforesaid, sell the site of their existing School and other real estate connected therewith, and the proceeds of such sale or any part thereof, or any other funds held by them applicable to educational purposes, may be paid and applied in and towards the payment of the purchase- money of the new site so purchased as aforesaid, and in and towards the payment of the costs and expenses con- nected with the purchase of the new and the sale of the old site as aforesaid ; but no purchaser shall be bound to satisfy himself of the necessity or expediency of such sale or to see to the due application of the purchase-money (D.) STATEMENT OF THE MERCHANT TAYLORS’ COMPANY TO CERTAIN QUESTIONS PUT BY THE COMMISSIONERS. 1 I. and II. As all the questions in the first Part and many of those in the second and third, have no reference to, or bearing upon, Merchant Taylors’ School, it has T&y ’ occurred to the Master, Wardens, and Assis- tants of the Merchant Taylors’ Company (who are commonly spoken of as the Court of Assistants), that a general statement as to the foundation and present position of the School will best afford to the Commissioners the required material informa- tion, and they have consequently abstained from giving a separate answer to each of the questions submitted to them. 1 Extracts from documents printed in the Appendix to thq Report. 432 Memorials of the Institutions . [CXXII. This course has been adopted, not from any desire to withhold information, but under the impression that it will prove more practically convenient, and the Court will be happy to afford such further information as may be in their power upon any matters connected with the School, which the Commissioners may desire to inquire into. The School was established by the Merchant Taylors’ Com- pany in the year 1561. At that time, Sir Thomas White, the Founder of St. John’s College, Oxford, was an active member of the Court, and he and others influenced the Court to found the School, and it has been generally considered that he held out promises to the Company to secure to the Scholars im- portant privileges at his College. The Company accordingly purchased the site and built the School, and from that time to the present, the School has been maintained freely and voluntarily, and eveiy expense connected with it has been borne by the Company, save only that entrance and quarterage fees have been paid by the Scholars, and that in the year 1610, Mr. Dow, a former Member of the Court, charged certain freehold property with the yearly sum of 8/. to provide food for the Masters and Examiners at the Probations or half-yearly examinations of the Scholars. The School remains the absolute property of the Company, and there is not, nor was there ever, any estate or property belonging to or held in trust for the School, with the exception of Mr. Dow’s above-mentioned grant of 8/. a year. The School is not subject to any trust whatever. The Court of Assistants are the Patrons and Governors of the School, which is in every respect subject to their orders and authority. There is no Visitor. There are not, nor were there ever, any Statutes in the common acceptation of the term. On the establishment of the School, a code of rules and regulations, to which the title of “Statutes” was given, was drawn up and adopted by the Court, but of such rules and regulations the greater part have either become obsolete or have been from time to time altered by the Court ; the School exists in fact on the resolutions of the Court, who have full power to make, and have from time to time made, such orders and rules, either of a permanent or of a temporary character, as they have considered expedient. All the Masters are appointed and their duties are regulated by the Court, who in selecting the Masters, are not bound by any rules beyond such as they may from time to time impose upon themselves for the purpose of securing as efficient a person as possible to supply the existing vacancy. CXXII. ] Merchant Taylors * School (4564 and 4874). 433 The School is established for 250 boys, and nominations are only made as vacancies occur. It is difficult to maintain the number of boys precisely at 250, and there are generally a few in excess of that number. The advantages of the School are open to every Scholar. The Court are 40 in number, and each Member has a nomination in turn. Each boy pays to the Company an entrance fee of 3 Z. and a quarterage equal to 10/. a year: beyond this there is no charge to the Scholar, save for books, which he buys where he pleases. Everything taught in the School is comprised in the above charges. The School is not a School for boarders; the boys board and lodge either with their parents or guardians, or where their parents or guardians place them. The Masters in some cases take boarders ; the Court do not object to this, but they do not in any way interfere with the arrangements be- tween the Masters and the parents or guardians. All the Masters are appointed by the Court, and hold their offices during the pleasure of the Court. The duties of the Head Master are set forth in a paper given to him by the Court at the time of his appointment, and he will be best able to state what are the duties and powers of all that are engaged in the tuition of the School. The Head Master makes detailed quarterly reports to the Court, and he communicates with the Court on casual questions, as they from time to time arise ; but the general management of the School is left to his judgment and discretion, and the Court, without shrinking from expressing their opinions to him, deem it of the highest importance to support his authority, as well with the Assistant Masters as with the Scholars and their parents. In appointing the Masters, the Court avail themselves of the best means of inviting eligible candidates, and the con- sideration of choosing the most efficient is paramount to every external influence; when a vacancy occurs, canvassing is in every way discouraged, it is but rarely resorted to, and never with any advantage to the party adopting it. The Court require that all the Masters with the exception of the Writing, French, and Drawing Masters, should be Clergy- men of the Church of England, educated at Oxford or Cambridge, and that the Writing, French, and Drawing Masters should be Protestants. There is no rule or usage respecting the superannuation of Masters, or any provision for it. 434 Memorials of the Institutions . [CXXII. m. L The earliest age at which a boy can be admitted, is 9 years ; no rule exists as to the latest age. 2 and 3. Each boy must have at least some knowledge of the elementary parts of the Latin Grammar, at the time of his admission, and if he exceeds eleven years he must have made such further progress as will justify his being placed in a Form where the boys are somewhat of his own age ; no rule exists as to the time a boy may remain in a lower Form. 4 and 5. There are no rules on these points; but, in fact, no boy on admission is ever placed in the Sixth or Head Form, and 19 is considered the extreme age to which a boy remains. 7. The Head Master has no power to make any material change in (and in that sense modify) the system or course of instruction. That power rests only with the Court. The Head Master selects the books to be used, and a list of them is pub- lished by the Court. 8. The Assistant Masters have no consultative voice, but the Court confer with them as occasion requires, not only as regards the studies of the School, but on matters connected with the School. In fact, the Court seek for all the informa- tion that can be obtained from existing assistants or former experienced Masters to guide their judgment. 11. There is no extra charge for instruction in Modem Languages, Mathematics, or any subject taught in the School. The quarterage (equal to 10/. a year) comprises everything. 12. There are half-yearly Examinations in all the subjects taught in the School, and extending to every Form and Class. There are two Classical Examiners, Professors Brown and H. S. Maine ; one Mathematical, Professor Hall ; one for French, and one for Writing and Arithmetic ; all are chosen and paid by the Court. The result of such Examinations as regards each boy is printed, and two of such printed copies accompanies these answers. 13. A list of the Scholarships, Exhibitions, and Prizes accompanies these answers. It may be stated generally that no Scholarship, Exhibition, or Prize is obtained except by the scholars’ industry and distinction. As a rule it may be taken that they go to the most proficient, as evidenced by the regular work done in the School, but, as regards Fish’s, Wooller’s, and Vernon’s exhibitions, which are given to former scholars resi- CXXII. ] Merchant Taylors f School (i56i and J874). 435 dent at the University, the pecuniary circumstances of the youths, as well as their industry aud character, are taken into account by the Court, The printed results of the School Examinations referred to in the last answer, show who obtain the School Prizes, and the principles on which they are awarded. 14, 15, 16, and 17. There are no Tutors in the School in the sense here indicated. 21. The School has a valuable Library, to which additions are yearly made, and the boys have the use of it under the sanction of the Head Master. 43 and 44. Looking to Merchant Taylors’ School as a great public place of education, established in the heart of the City of London, surrounded by buildings, and with no contiguous open grounds, the Court have every reason to be satisfied with the results of the education there afforded, and in their opinion, the system does not fall short of what a great Public School so circumstanced may be reasonably expected to accomplish ; still it is open to consideration, whether by an increased expendi- ture the system or course of instruction may not in some particulars be altered or extended, so as to afford additional advantages to the large number of scholars who are not seeking for a University career. The Court already expend from their own funds and property, between 2,000/. and 3,000/. a year on the School, and they have recently laid out about 20,000/. in the purchase of adjacent buildings, with the view, when the leases (which have but about 5 years to run) fall in, of enlarging the School accommodation. To this object primary attention must be given, as no separate or extended course of instruction could be entered upon without larger buildings and additional Masters. By Order of the Court of the 30th January 1862. John Ewart, Master. UNIVER SITY SCHOLARSHIPS, EXHIBITIONS, Sto. Referred to In Answer to Question 18. Twenty-one Scholarships at St. John’s College, Oxford, of the value of 100/. a year each, tenable for 7 years. Six Andrews civil law Scholarships or Exhibitions at the same College, of the value of 60/. a year each, tenable for 12 years on certain conditions. 2 F 2 436 Memorials of the Institutions. [ CXXEL One Stuart’s Scholarships at the same College, of the annual value of 50/., tenable for 8 years. Five Fish’s Exhibitions at the same College, each of the annual value of 25 1. (augmented recently to this amount by the Court), tenable until of standing for M.A. Four Vernon’s Exhibitions at the same College, of the annual value of 4/. each, but augmented by the Court to 10/. each. One Wooller’s Exhibition at the same College, of the annual value of 4 /., but augmented by the Court to 10/. One school Exhibition at the same College, of the annual value of 63/., at the disposal of the Head Master of the School, the President, and a Barrister educated at the School. One Stuart’s Exhibition at any College at Cambridge, annual value 61/. 11$. 4 published under the authority of the Company. (F.) REORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL AS PROPOSED (BY THE HEAD MASTER) IN 1873-4. Hitherto the School has been of a classical type only, and limited to 250 boys; by removal to the Charterhouse the object of the Company has been to extend the curriculum of studies and the number of boys (to 350, and ultimately to 500 boys), divided into three schools, as the Lower, the Classical, and the Modem, but under one, and not three Head Masters. 2 a 450 Memorials of the Institutions . [ CXXIL I. THE LOWER SCHOOL. 1. As a general rule every boy will enter this School, and not be permitted to ascend to either of the higher Schools until qualified by his attainments to do so. There is no intention of making up a modem school of a residuum of idle boys entering it without knowledge or excellence of any kind. On the con- trary, he must have worked his way through the Lower School, probably up to the present “Lower Fifth,” having attained a complete knowledge of the Latin Grammar, construing (with the aid of a dictionary) the easier parts of Caesar, Ovid, or Virgil; learnt the rudiments of Greek and Mathematics, with some knowledge of French, and had a sound elementary English education. 2. It is proposed to classify the Lower School as follows : Fourth Form. . Sec. A. 25 + Sec. B. 25 50 Upper Division .. 25 + 25 SS 50 Lower Division .. 25 + 25 = 50 Third Form .. .. 25 + 25 = 50 Second Form .. 25 + 25 50 First Form . . .. 25 + 25 = 50 150 150 300 Keeping to the same standards and number of forms as at present, there would be in the Lower School six forms with an average of fifty boys a-piece ; a number manifestly much too large for a single class. If on the other hand the number of boys in each form were reduced, the number of forms would be inconveniently multiplied and constant “removes” would be necessary. It remains, therefore, that each form should be subdivided into two parallel sections , which might be called section A and section B. 3. But it is important that the two sections of each form should be taught by the same master, in order to ensure equality of excellence in the teaching of the parallel sections, and so a corresponding equality of advantage on the part of the boys ; also to avoid invidious comparisons which would be sure to be made by boys or their parents. 4. The subjects taught will be nearly the same as at present — i.e., Divinity and Scripture History, Latin, English History, Geography, Grammar, Arithmetic, Writing, Dictation, and for the two highest forms the rudiments of Greek and of Mathe- matics. CXXII. ] Merchant Taylors 5 School (4564 and 4874). 451 5. As regards French. It is thought that French may be begun at least a form earlier than at present ; it is proposed to begin it in the Third Form instead of in the Lower Division, and to give an additional half hour for preparation in School before each lesson — three hours instead of two per week being thus devoted to French. 6. As regards English. At present the Writing Masters have to teach Arithmetic, Writing, Writing from Dictation, with English History and Geography, devoting eight hours a week. This time appears insufficient, especially for the younger boys, who may turn some of the hours spent over the Latin Grammar to better account in a lesson in writing or spelling. 7. As regards Mathematics, French, and English. It is very fairly objected that these subjects are treated as bysubjects , and boys knowing that their general position in the School is not affected by their proficiency, or want of proficiency, in these several departments, often do not regard them as serious studies. With Borne boys this feeling extends to examinations, and boys who would not be likely to resort to unfair means in Classical examinations, have no compunction about copying in other examinations 8. This objection it is proposed to meet by making every subject taken up by a boy in the Lower School an integral part of the work of the form ; and by giving weight to each subject, according to a fixed proportion, in determining a boy’s general position and standing in the School. It is proposed also to contrive that no subject shall be confined to the after- noon hours. 9. The following summary of work, according to the existing arrangement and the projected scheme, will show the extent of the changes proposed to be introduced : — Summary of Work . According to Existing Organization. According to Projected Scheme. Classics and Divinity . . 20 hours Mathematics or Arithmetic 1 g with English . . J ” French 2 „ 1 Classics and Divinity . . 18 hours Mathematics or Arithmetic 1 q with English .. J ” French 8 „ 80 it 80 n 1 Including Arithmetic, Ancient History, and preparation of work in school under non-classical masters. 2Q2 452 Memorials of the Institutions. [ cxxn. Or for Boys not learning French (Forms I. and II.) According to Existing Organization. Classics and Divinity . . 22 hours Arithmetic and English . . 8 ,, 30 According to Projected Scheme. Classics and Divinity Arithmetic and English 18 hours 12 „ 30 „ With 500, probably 300 boys will be in this School. II. THE CLASSICAL SCHOOL. 1. Will comprise four forms, called (to keep as near as possible to the old nomenclature) the Head, Upper Sixth, the Sixth and Fifth Forms. 2. Any changes introduced will be rather of detail than of principle,— of arrangements than of subjects. Keeping always in mind that the object in view is to give the best education for its own sake, Classics with Mathematics will form still, as heretofore, the staple subjects. In this school the former study will have the greater prominence, the latter being always maintained for the development of the reasoning powers, and generally for giving a broader basis and greater solidity to the education received. Modem languages will hold a subordinate position, the object being to give merely an elementary acquaintance with these subjects, to be supplemented by private study according to occasion or opportunity. 3. Whilst, however, Mathematics will be required of all boys, it will not be required of all to the same extent as at present. Additional time will be gained thus for Classics. At the same time it is desirable that encouragement should be given to a boy to excel in both subjects. It is therefore proposed in the two Upper Forms to set apart three hours a week to be devoted to either subject according to option, the work thus done to be considered as extra to the general work of the Form or Class. These hours might also in special cases, by consent of the Head Master, be devoted to Drawing, Hebrew, or any other subject according to aptitude, as could be arranged. It seems desirable that in the Upper part of the School at least the elements of German should be taught alternately with French. 4. The following comparison of work under the existing organization and projected scheme will sufficiently indicate the proposed alterations : — CXXII. J Merchant Taylor ss School (4564 and 4874). 453 Summary of Work. According to Existing Organization. Classics and Divinity. . . . 20 hours Mathematics 8 „ French 2 Total 30 According to Projected Scheme. Classics and Divinity Mathematics Modern Languages In all cases • . Hours, Hours. . 22* or 19* . 4* or 7* . 3 » 30 hours 5. According to the projected scheme all boys will devote 22^ hours to Classics, with the exception of those in the Head and Sixth Forms, who shall be allowed to give up a certain portion of their Classical work (as Verse Composition or extra Translations) for extra Mathematics or other subjects. 6. The Mathematical Department of the Classical School will be organized as follows. There will be of course a separate classification, the four Classical Forms being broken up and redistributed into a certain number of Mathematical Classes subdivided as required. 7. The Time Table of the Classical and Modern Schools would be so arranged that boys who required extra teaching in Mathe- matics would be now introduced from the Modem into the Classical School, so that at one time there would be learning Mathematics all the boys of the Classical School + the boys requiring extra Mathematics in the Modem School. With 500, probably 100 boys will be in this School. m. THE MODERN SCHOOL. * 1. Will comprise three forms (Modem), Upper Sixth, the Sixth and the Fifth, a limited number of monitors being created for their attainments in the modem school and posted in the Upper Sixth. 2. It is presumed that the Modem School will consist of three distinct sets of boys. 1 There is no doubt that the institution of a “ Modern ” within the precincts of an old “ Classical ” School is attended with some risk of spoiling both. (See Report of Public Schools Commissioners, vol. i., p. 39.) The Commissioners on Scientific Education (the Duke of Devonshire being the Chairman) insist on simple scientific subjects being introduced into the Lower Schools, so that each boy may be taught from the earliest stage of intellectual culture to observe and reason, as well as to exercise his memory. In fact, that Scientific should always go hand in hand with Classical knowledge ; a desideratum no doubt, and one with which most of us would be disposed to agree, if the. faculties as well as the disposition of boys for learning were not limited. It will, therefore, be no shame to the Company and their Masters of the Modern School be not an immediate success. 454 Memorials of the Irutitutions. [ CXXII. (a.) Boys intended for the Universities who are not likely to compete for classical honours. (i b .) Boys intended to compete for various appointments in the civil or military services, unless of distinct excellence in Classics, when they would be recommended to remain in the Classical School. (c.) Boys intended for business or professional life imme- diately upon quitting School. 3. These three sets of boys will have (1) Some common general training that shall serve as a basis of Education. (2) A special course of instruction, varying according to the particular requirements of each set. 4. The General Course for all the boys of the Modem School would be : — Divinity . . . . . . . . 3 hours. Mathematics . . . . . . 9 „ Latin • • . . . . . . 44 „ French .. • . .. 3 ,, 194 » 5. As to the special classes for the different sets of boys, it will be obvious that the option allowed with regard to subjects must be kept within certain limits, otherwise there would result an inconvenient multiplication of small classes and a corres- ponding waste of teaching power. It is, therefore, proposed to arrange the various special subjects into groups, each group consisting of three subjects; and so dividing the Modem School again into three special divisions. Again, each division would have to be redivided into two, one of Seniors and one of Juniors, so that each group would really divide the Modem School into six classes, three of Seniors, and three of Juniors. 6. The special classes must, of course, be framed so as to supply the special requirements of the three sets of boys. For instance, Set i. (the University set) will all require sufficient Greek to qualify them for the pass standard of the Universities ; but then would come a division of subjects, for some would be candidates for distinction in Mathematics, and Science, others for distinctions in Modem History or other enbjects. The former would, therefore, require to devote a considerable time to extra Mathematics, the latter to Modem Histoiy, Literature, and Composition. 7. Setii. (the Civil and Military Set) would not require Greek at all, but would devote the extra time at their disposal to OXXII. J Merchant Taylors 9 School (4564 and 4874). i&5 English, Modem Languages, Drawing, or extra Mathematics, according to aptitude. 8. Set iii. (Professional and Commercial) would do no Greek, but would probably take to Modem Languages, Drawing, English Analysis and Composition, or Commercial subjects. 9. The subjects may now be arranged (provisionally) into three groups, extended along three distinct lines corresponding roughly to the three sets above mentioned, but admitting of free interchange within the limits of the various groups. Group A will consist, we will suppose, of Greek (for Set i.) ; German (for Set ii. or iii., accord- ing to option), and Drawing (for Set iii. or ii., according to option) . . . . . . . . 3 hours. Group B will include Natural Science (for i., ii., or iii.), Drawing (for ii. or iii.), and English Analysis and Composition (for iii. or ii.) . , 3 hours. Group C (the most distinct and special group) will include Extra Mathematics (for i. or ii), Modem History and Literature (for ii. or iii.) ; Commercial Subjects (for iii.) . . . . . . 4£ hours. The illustration facing this may help to make clear the fore- going arrangements. 10. An examination of the above will show the apportion- ment of time, as follows : — Subject. Hours. Divinity .. 3 Latin . . .. 4$ French. . .. 3 ' Mathematics (with Arithmetic) . . . . 9 or 13$ English . . 3 or 4$ or 7$ (optional). German .. 3 (optional), Drawing . , 3 or 6 (optional). Natural Science .. 3 (optional). Mercantile subjects .. 4i (optional). But in any case . 30 hours. It should further be borne in mind that the evening’s exercise may be devoted to any of the above subjects, so that a boy may have further opportunity of bestowing additional time to any special study. With 500, probably 100 boys will be in this School. 456 Memorials of the Institutions . [crsin. CXXIIL PREFERMENTS AWARDED TO BOYS IN, BUT PRO- CEEDING FROM THE SCHOOL. a. THE SCHOLARSHIPS OF SIR THOMAS WHITE, AT ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE, OXFORD. 1. Sir Thomas White, 1 the son of William White,* a clothier, of Rickmansworth, Herts, was born at Reading in 1492, and was at school there until apprenticed (at 12 years of age) to a merchant in London. After a 10 years’ apprenticeship, and the death of his father in . 1523, he commenced and prosecuted business with great success. He was Sheriff in 1546, and Lord Mayor in 1553, being then knighted by Queen Mary lor his services in Sir Thomas Wyatt’s rebellion. 8 He retired to Oxford and there lived. During his mortal illness he wrote a valedictory letter 4 to the President and Fellows of St. John’s Foundation, and on the 11th February 1566 died, in the 72nd year of his age, being buried in the Chapel of St. John’s. 2. His foundation of St. John’s originated 4 on the 1st of May 1555, by license, from Philip and Mary, to found a College “to the praise and honor of God, the Virgin Mary, and St. John the Baptist, for divinity, philosophy, and the arts,” to be called St. 1 On the rebuilding of the school in 1674, the Court voted a Picture, and for the new school of 1874 the Court, on the 14th J uly, voted a full-sized Statue of Sir Thomas White. Long may it be before the memory of such a Merchant Taylor ia forgotten. * By Mr. Warden Newsome = William White. = Mast Kiblewhtte, I of South Fawley, Berks. Sir Thomas Waxes*, = Sir Thomas White, bom at Beading, 1492. Sheriff cf London, 1646, and Lord Mayor, 1563, when he was Knighted. Died at Oxford, 11th Feb. 1566, in his 72nd jew. John Lake, of London, Gentleman. = =2nd. Joan Lake. = Sir Ralph Waxeen. = Christian, I Died 1673. Knt., Sheriff or daughter of | London, 1528 ; No Issue Lord Mayor, 1636 and 1543. Obt. July, 1668. Joan, as Sir Henry Williams, | alt. Cromwell. Oliver Cromwell. (?) * See page 528. 4 See Appendix M (1). 8 As to his choice of the site, see Webster’s “ Monuments of Honor ” Note ¥ (3) p. 600 . Madnre It Macdonald JLith Sir Thomas White. ."a fact Tkfc 456. CXXIII. ] Preferments to Boys in the School . 457 John Baptist College. In 1557 he obtained another charter (dated the 5th March), when he added a larger endowment, and specified theology, philosophy, canon and civil law, and the arts, as the studies to be pursued. The College so consti- tuted was to consist of a President 1 and 50 Fellows and Scholars (12 of whom were to study law), 3 Chaplains, 3 Clerks, and 6 Choristers. The 50 Fellows were to be thus chosen: 2 from Coventry, 2 from Bristol, 3 from Reading, 1 from Tun- bridge, 2 and the remaining 43 from Merchant Taylors’ School, 3 but out of the latter number 6 were to be reserved for Founder’s kin. The electors to these 43 Scholarships were to be the Master, Wardens, and Court of Assistants of ihe Merchant Taylors’ Company, with the assent of the President (or Vice-President) and two Senior Fellows of St. John’s. If no fit scholars were to be found in the School of the Merchant Taylors, then the same electors were to look for scholars from Christ's Hospital in London ; and if no fit scholars were to be found there, then the same electors were to look to any School whatever in London or its suburbs ; and lastly, if no fit scholars were to be found in any School in London and its suburbs, then such Scholars were to be chosen from any part of England. 4 3. The motives assigned for these specific directions as given by the Founder were his own connection with London, where he had been educated and had acquired his property, and his especial affection for the Merchant Taylors, of whom he was one. 5 They were eminently beneficial to the promotion of learning in Merchant Taylors’ School, and have given to it a classical character which the School would not otherwise have possessed, while many of the former scholars have become Presidents of the College. 4. To connect the past with the present Scholarships attached to the School, it is necessary to know that on the 31st of August 1850, Her Majesty issued a Commission of Enquiry into “the state, discipline, studies, and revenues of (i inter alia) St. John’s College, and that the Report of these Commissioners was laid before Parliament, by command (1482), in the Session of 1852. 1 For a list of the President s, see Appendix M (2). 8 Founded by his friend Sir Andrew Judd, of the Skinners’ Company, buried in St. Helen’s. See p. 659. 3 For a list of the Fellows from 1796, see Appendix M (3). 4 Evidence to the University Commissioners, vol. xxii., Parliamentary Papers (1852), p. 349 [735]. . * Page 853 [789]. 458 Memorials of the Institutions • [cxxm. 5. In 1854, Parliament passed an Act (17 and 18 Vic., c. 81), appointing Commissioners and enabling the Colleges to alter and amend their Statutes with the approval of these Commis- sioners, or in default of their exercising this power before the 2nd November 1855, then giving authority to the Commissioners to frame Ordinances for promoting the main design of the Founders and Donors. Under the latter power the Ordinance under which these Scholarships are now regulated was made, and after controversy before Her Majesty in Council, approved and laid before Parliament, under the 35 & 36 sec. of the Act, as “An Ordinance in relation to the College of St. John the Baptist, in the University of Oxford.” 6. It is dated 18th April 1861, and so far as relates to the Scholarships of Sir Thomas White, it provides as follows : — As to the said appropriation Scholarships at the said College . “1. In lieu of the 50 places of the Foundation of Sir Thomas White within the College, heretofore held by per- petual Fellows or by scholars on 3 years* probation, the said Foundation shall hereafter consist of 18 open Fellowships, tenable for life, 5 open Scholarships, and 28 appropriated Scholarships, the conversion being gradually effected in manner hereinafter mentioned. * * * * “4. Of the said 28 appropriated Scholarships, 21 shall be appropriated to Merchant Taylors’ School, 2 to the School of Coventry, 2 to the School of Bristol, 2 to the School of Beading, and 1 to the School of Tunbridge, which Scholarships are herein called the Merchant Taylors’, Coventry, Bristol, Reading, and Tunbridge Scholarships respectively. In elections to the 5 open Scholarships no person shall be either entitled to preference or ineligible by reason of his having been educated at any par- ticular School, but no person shall be eligible who shall have attained the age of 20 years. “ 5. The Merchant Taylor’s Scholarships shall be tenable for 7 years, and the Coventry, Bristol, Reading and Tunbridge Scholarships for 5 years, subject in every case to the Scholars obtaining such certificates as hereinafter mentioned. The open Scholarships shall be likewise tenable for 5 years, subject to the same condition. Every Scholar who shall marry, or shall be elected to a Fellowship in the College, or to a Fellowship or Scholarship in any other College, shall thereupon vacate his Scholarship. After the establishment of the 5 open Scholar- GXXIIL ] Preferments to Boys in the School. 459 ships, any open Scholarship which shall from any cause what- ever be vacated before the expiration of the term for which it was tenable, shall be filled up in the same manner in which an appropriated Scholarship thrown open to general competition is hereinafter directed to be filled up, and shall be held by the person elected for the remainder of the said term and no longer. In such an election no candidate shall be ineligible or entitled to preference by reason of his age. “ 6. Every Scholar, whether holding an open or an appro- priated Scholarship, shall, in the 8th and also in the 12th term from his admission, be required to obtain from . the President, and from not fewer than one-half in number of the Deans of Arts, Tutors, and Lecturers of the College, or from such other officers of the College as the President and Fellows may from time to time determine, a certificate of satisfactory industry, proficiency, and good conduct ; and, if he shall in either of those terms fail to obtain such certificate, shall vacate his Scholarship on the 1st day of June then next ensuing. The President and Fellows may from time to time change the terms in which such certificates are to be obtained, regard being had to the times of examinations instituted by the University. “7. The term of 7 or 5 years (as the case may be) for which each appropriated Scholarship is to be tenable, shall always be deemed to expire on that stated day of election to Scholarships appropriated to the same School which shall fall nearest to the expiration of 7 or 5 years from the day of the election of the Scholar ; and in the case of any Scholarship, whether appropriated or open, the election to which may have been postponed as herein provided, such election shall be deemed for all purposes to have taken place as if there had been no postponement, and the 5 years shall be reckoned accordingly. “ 8. The Merchant Taylors’ Scholarships, when vacant, shall be filled up at Merchant Taylors’ School, or such other con- venient place as the President of the College and the Master of the Company of Merchant Taylors shall appoint, on the 11th day of June in each year, or, in case that day shall be Sunday, on the day following, by the election of boys educated in the said School for the 2 years at least last preceding, 1 and under the age of 19 years, or in default of such can- didates of sufficient merit, then by the election of boys under 1 The old role is given at p. 409. 4G0 Memorials of the Institutions . [CXXHL 19 years of age educated for the same period at Christ’s Hospital. The electors shall be the Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors, the President, or Vice-President of the College, and two Fellows of the College, to be annually appointed by the President and Fellows for that purpose. The candidates shall be examined in such subjects and in such manner as the electors shall appoint, and those candidates shall be elected who, after such examination, shall appear to the electors to be of the greatest merit and most fit to be Scholars of the College : Provided, that the concurrence of the said President or Vice- President and the said two Fellows, or of the major part of them, shall be requisite to every election. In default of can- didates of sufficient merit from Christ’s Hospital, the vacant Scholarship shall be thrown open for that term to general com- petition, and the election shall be held by the President and Fellows, in the manner provided by Sect. 10, with reference to Coventry, Bristol Reading, and Tunbridge Scholarships. * * * * “ 10. If there shall be no candidate for any vacant Coventry, Bristol, Reading, or Tunbridge Scholarship of sufficient merit for election, in the judgment of the President and Fellows, such Scholarship shall be thrown open for that turn to general com- petition, and the election thereto shall be held by the President and Fellows at the College, as soon as conveniently may be, and after public notice for a period of not less than 30 days. The candidates for the Scholarship so thrown open shall be examined in such subjects and in such manner as the President and Fellows shall appoint, and that candidate shall be elected who, after such examination, shall appear to the electors to be of the greatest merit and most fit to be a Scholar of the College. No person shall be eligible who shall have attained the age of 20 years. * * * * “ 12. The 33 Scholarships and 18 Fellowships shall be established as quickly as the disposable funds arising from vacancies in the existing 50 places will permit, find at the relative rate of 2 Scholarships to 1 Fellowship, until the whole number of Scholarships shall be complete. Subject to the foregoing provision, the several appropriated Scholar- ships shall be established, as among the several Schools, in the order of priority in which the places heretofore assigned to the said Schools respectively shall become vacant ; and the 5 open Scholarships shall be established as vacancies shall CXXIII. ] Preferments of Boys in the School. 401 occur in the places heretofore held by the kin of the Founder, but so that the first election to an open Scholarship may be postponed (if the President and Fellows shall think fit) until it can be made sure that 1 open Scholarship shall always be vacant in every year. 44 13. If in any 1 year, either before or after the completion of the whole number of Merchant Taylors’ Scholarships, there shall be more than 3 vacant Scholarships which under the provisions herein contained would in that year be filled up at Merchant Taylors’ School, all or any of the vacancies above 3 may, if the President and Fellows, and the Master, Wardens, and Assistants shall so jointly determine, be kept open until a future year, so as to preserve as far as possible a regular supply of vacancies in each year. 44 14. Of the 8 present Monitors, or boys holding the highest 8 places in Merchant Taylors’ School, such and so many as, if this ordinance had not been made, would have been eligible in the present year or in the year 1862 to places in the College, may be elected and admitted thereto notwith- standing this ordinance, and as if it had not been made ; and the place in the College belonging to Reading School, and now vacant, may likewise be filled up in the present year, as if this ordinance had not been made ; and the person who may be so elected to such several places respectively shall be on the same footing in all respects, and have the same claim to be after- wards admitted to Fellowships, as the present Scholars on 3 years’ probation, and the Scholarships and Fellowships to which they shall be so elected and admitted shall not be counted among the 33 Scholarships and 18 Fellowships to be established by virtue of this ordinance. 44 15. * # The emoluments of every Scholar shall be equal, and shall be made up, as soon as the funds will admit, to 100Z. per annum, inclusive of all allowances ; and such emoluments, whether amounting to more or less thafi the sums aforesaid, shall always be in the aforesaid proportion to each other. * * * * 44 35. No Fellow or Scholar shall, by reason of anything con- tained in the existing statutes, be liable on ceasing to be a member of the College to refund any emoluments previously received by him ; but every Fellow who shall be elected to and accept a Headship or Fellowship in any other College 462 Memorials of the Institutions . [ CXXIII. within the University, or shall marry, shall thereupon vacate his Fellowship. “ 36. The provisions respecting the residence of Fellows and Scholars, and the mode of granting leave of absence from the University, contained in the existing statutes, shall be hence- forth void. The President and Fellows shall, at the first stated general meeting, or as soon afterwards as conveniently may be, make such regulations respecting the residence of Fellows and Scholars within the University, and respecting the mode in which, and the conditions under which, leave of absence may be granted to any Fellow or Scholar, as they may deem expe- dient for the interests of the College as a place of learning and education, and may vary such regulations from time to time, and may enforce such regulations, if they shall think fit, by pecuniary penalties, and in case of contumacious non-com- pliance, by deprivation. Such regulations shall be made and varied at stated general meetings only. In the meantime, and until such regulations can be made, the President and Fellows may at any ordinary meeting or meetings make provisional regulations for the same purposes, which shall be binding on the members of the College. * * * * “ 43. Whenever there shall be no candidate for a vacant open Scholarship, or for an appropriated Scholarship which shall have been thrown open under the foregoing provisions, whom the electors shall judge of sufficient merit for election, and whenever an open Scholarship shall fall vacant, and there shall not be time to give the notice hereinbefore directed before the day of election, the election shall be postponed to some other day to be fixed by the President and Fellows for the purpose, not later than the next ensuing stated day of election to open Scholarships ; and every such postponed election shall be held and conducted in the same manner, and after the same previous notice, as if there had been no postponement. * * * * “ 48. The President and all actual Fellows of the College, being Graduates of the full age of 21 years, .shall hence- forth be the Governing Body of the College; and all the powers which by the existing statutes are vested in the Presi- dent and 10 senior Fellows alone, or jointly with any of the officers of the College, shall (subject to, and so far as the same are consistent with, the provisions of this ordinance) be vested in the President and all such graduate Fellows present at any CXXHI. ] Preferments to Boys in the School. 403 College meeting. There shall be 2 stated general meetings at least of the President and the whole body of the Fellows in every year, on such days as the President and Fellows shall from time to time appoint. Any stated general meeting may be adjourned, by resolution of the meeting, to a day to be specified in the resolution. The vote of the President shall be counted as 2 votes at all College meetings, and in all elec- tions except the election to Scholarships at Merchant Taylors* School ; and whenever the votes shall be equal he shall have an additional casting vote. Subject to the foregoing provision, and except in cases in which the concurrence of any specified proportion of the President and Fellows, or the consent of the President, is hereby made requisite, every question arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of the votes of those present. The seal of the College shall not be affixed to any act or document except in the presence of the President (or in his absence the Vice-President), one of the Bursars, and at least one other Fellow, being a member of the Governing Body. All the Fellows, being Graduates and of full age, without distinction of Faculty or standing in the College, shall be entitled to be present and vote at every College meeting. Any statute, rule, or usage of the College which prohibits or restrains, expressly or by implication, any person present at any College meeting from bringing forward thereat any ques- tion which he may think proper, or from having such question put to the vote, shall, so far as regards such prohibition or restraint, be henceforth void : Provided, that the President and Fellows may make from time to time such rules for regulating the proceedings at College meetings, and for determining what business shall be transacted thereat, and for fixin g (if they shall think fit) the notice to be given before bringing forward any question, as they shall deem expedient. * * * * “ 54. If in any case it shall appear to the Visitor that, by reason of any change in the value of money, any specific sum fixed by this ordinance, or which may be hereafter fixed in exercise of any power given by this ordinance, has become insufficient or excessive, and that such insufficiency or excess is productive of injustice or hardship, or is injurious to the general interests of the College, it shall be lawful for the Visitor from time to time, for the purpose of correcting or obviating such injustice, hardship, or injury, to direct that such annual sum shall be increased or diminished as he shall think fit, and the increased or diminished sum shall thenceforth 464 Memorials of the Institutions . [ CXXIII. be substituted for and stand in the place of the sum originally fixed as aforesaid. * * * * “56. As often as any question shall arise on which the President and Fellows shall be unable to agree, depending wholly or in part on the construction of any of the statutes of the College, it shall be lawful for the President and Fellows, or for the President or any 3 of the Fellows, to submit the same to the Visitor; and it shall be lawful for the Visitor to declare what is the true construction of such statute or statutes with reference to the case submitted to him. u 57. It shall be ’lawful for the President, or for any Fellow, if he shall conceive himself aggrieved by any act or decision of the President and Fellows, and for any Scholar who may have been deprived of his Scholarship, to appeal against such act or decision or sentence to the Visitor; and it shall be lawful for the Visitor to adjudicate on such appeal, and to disallow and annul such act or decision, and to reverse or vaiy such sentence, as he shall deem just. * * * * “ 59. The President and Fellows, by a majority consisting ot not less than two-thirds of the votes of those present, the vote of the President being counted as 2 votes, may from time to time, at any stated general meeting, amend the statutes of the College, with the consent of the Visitor, and with the approval of Her Majesty in Council : Provided that, if any of the afore- said Schools shall be affected by any proposed amendment, the President and Fellows shall give to the Governing Body of every School so affected such notice of their intention to apply for the approval of Her Majesty in Council as shall be sufficient to enable such Governing Body to petition Her Majesty in Council for the approval or rejection of such proposed amend- ment, or otherwise in relation thereto.” 7. The method of election is set out in the Appendix 1 (with the forms used), and it varies little from the formula which appears to have been observed when the scholarships were originally conferred. b. THE STUART SCHOLARSHIP AT ST. JOHN’S OXFORD* (1733). William Stuart, D.D., and Chancellor of the Diocese of Exeter, by will, dated the 10th of November 1733, gave 1,2507. to the Head Master of Merchant Taylors’ School, and the Pre- 1 See Appendix M (4). 3 Printed in Wilson, toL i, p. 440. CXXIII. ] Preferments to Boys in the School. 405 Bident and Fellows of St. John’s, upon trust that a boy who has continued in Merchant Taylors’ School for five years at least, in hopes of being elected out of it, and has come the nearest to it, and yet lost the election, for no fault in morals or defect in learning, but by superannuation only, that the said scholar may have no reason to think his time lost or himself unhappy on that account, the interest and profit annually arising out of 1,250Z. I have given for the use and encourage- ment of that one superannuated scholar that shall enter himself in the said College of St. John, to be enjoyed by him for the space of eight years and no longer, or for so long only as he shall reside there and duly perform all the exercises that the Statutes of that University and of the said college require of scholars B. and M.A.’s. And as soon as the term of eight years shall be fully completed by the said superannuated scholar in St. John’s, the payment of the interest of the said sum of 1,250/. shall be discontinued to him. And as often as it shall happen that there shall be no scholar in Merchant Taylors’ School actually superannuated in the manner above required from the expiration of the term allowed to each of the scholars for their enjoyment of the interest to the time that a scholar shall be superannuated, the interest becoming due shall be accumu- lated for augmentation of the sum of 1,250/. and for the better support of superannuated scholars for the future ; but if there shall be a scholar that shall actually have lost the election by superannuation only within a year after the expiration of either of the terms allowed, then the interest that shall become due for that year shall not be reserved, but be given to the boy that shall be superannuated within that year. These Exhibitions are held by scholars as “payable half- yearly upon the production of two certificates, the one of residence signed by the President or Vice-President of the College, and the other of conduct from the College Tutor.” C. THE ANDREW SCHOLARSHIPS AT ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE, OXFORD. 1 1. These were created from an endowment of Dr. John Andrews, who, by his will of the 15th May 1747, for the future encouragement of learning, directed out of monies given to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, that four new scholarships should be founded, to be chosen from such as had been educated in Merchant Taylors’ School, who should have been on the bench or table of the said school, and further (out of another fund mentioned in his will) that four new Civil Law Fellowships should be created and added to their number, with a provision 1 For a list of those who hare held these Scholarships, see Appendix M (5) . 2 H 466 Memorials of the Institutions . [ cxxnr. that no person should be appointed to the same Fellowships unless he should have been educated at the same school* 2. These directions not having been carried out by Trinity Hall, the Merchant Taylors’ Company, on the 5th March 1798, filed an information against the Hall, under which the residue of the Andrew estate held by these defendants was paid into the Court of Chancery, and the Hall was dismissed from the suit. 3. A compromise was then entered into between the Merchant Taylors’ Company and Andrew’s representatives, for their acquittance from all further claim by the acceptance of a certain sum of money by the Company, for the purpose of establishing six Civil Law Scholarships or Exhibitions, each of 50/. per annum, as near as might be to the intent of the will, and in furtherance of this proposal the authorities of St. John’s College, Oxford, agreed to establish such scholarships at their College upon these conditions (which I have numbered for convenience of reference) : — a 1. Such scholars or exhibitioners to be elected on the Feast of St. Barnabas by the Master and Wardens, by the consent of the Assistants then present, with the assent and consent of the President, or in his absence the Yice-President and two Senior Fellows of the said College, in the chapel of the Grammar School belonging to the said Master and Wardens, in the parish of St. Lawrence Poultney, London, immediately after the election is had and made of the scholars directed by Sir Thomas White to be elected from the said Merchant Taylors’ School, and admitted into the said College of St. John Baptist, in Oxford ; and such scholars or exhibitioners to be taken out of the bench or table of the said Merchant Taylors’ School who have been scholars of the said Merchant Taylors’ School four years at least, or from such other persons who have been at the bench or table, and in the school for four years, but have left the said school, not under sixteen or above twenty years of age at the time of election, and to continue twelve 1 years and not longer, and to be accounted Civil Law Scholars or Civil Law Exhibitioners. “ 2. To remain unmarried, and to reside in the College for the same time in every year as the Commoners of the said College are required to reside, and to proceed regularly to their law degrees ; and that, after the first four years, during the remainder of the term for which they hold their Scholarships, they shall reside at least thirty days in every year. 1 It is proposed to reduce these to six years with the sanction ot the Charity Commissioners under the Act of 1869. CXXIII. ] Preferments to Boys in the School. 467 “ 3. The scholars to be provided with residence within the College for the first four years, they paying for their rooms the same rent which other Commoners do, and to observe all the rules of the College ; and the scholarships to become vacant in case of any scholar entering into Holy Orders, marrying, or entering into any employment incompatible with the practice of the Civil Law, or by resignation of such scholars, or expul- sion by the College, or by quitting the said College on any other account ; on a vacancy to a scholarship, the College to certify the vacancy to the said Masters and Wardens. “ 4. In case of the vacancy of a scholar not exceeding six months, the pension to go to the immediate succeeding scholar, and if longer than six months to constitute a part of the accumulating fund. “ 5. The President, Vice-President, and Bursar of the College to draw upon the said Master and Wardens for the respective pensions when due, such draft being accompanied with a certificate of the good behaviour of the Scholar or Exhibitioner, and of his having paid all College dues. “ 6. Until all the scholars or exhibitioners are elected, the interest of the funds, or such part thereof as shall not be applied for paying the pensions, to be an accumulating fund, to he disposed of by the Company as they shall think proper, for the benefit of the said scholars. “7. And in case any ambiguity or contention shall arise about the nomination or election of the aforesaid six scholars or exhibitioners the same shall be referred to the Judge or Judges appointed in the Statute of Visitations of the said College for determination, and his or their judgments to stand and be final.” 4. The method of procedure in filling in these scholarships, and the terms on which they are held, are set out in the Appendix. 1 5. This arrangement was sanctioned by the Decree of the Court of Chancery, dated 21st November 1802, and the fund handed over to the College in February 1803, amounted in the aggregate to 6,712/. 2s. 8 d., which accumulated in the year 1818 to the total sum of 10,000/., when the six scholarships were established. 6. These six scholarships or exhibitions have from time to time been increased in amount as the funds accumulated, and are now of the value of 60/. per annum each. 1 See Appendix M (6) . 2 H 2 4fi8 Memorials of the Institutions . [ CXXIIT. d. THE EXHIBITION FOR A BOY OR BOYS SUPERANNUATED FROM THE MERCHANT TAYLORS’ SCHOOL (1809). By an Indenture dated the 6th of March 1809, a trust was declared of 500/. 3/. per Cent. (1726) Stock, “for the laudible purpose of assisting and benefiting superannuated boys educated at the Merchant Taylors’ School from time to time, and in such manner as the Trustees shall think expedient.” The original Trustees were Silvester (the Recorder of London), Marlow (the President of St. John’s), and Cherry (the Head Master of Merchant Taylors* School), and the deed declared that the Trustees from time to time to be thereafter appointed should be “the President of St/ John’s, the Head Master, and a gentleman of the Bar educated at the said school,” and that the trust should embrace any sums subscribed or collected for the original purpose. The deed is held by the Head Master. e . THE STUART SCHOLARSHIP AT CAMBRIDGE (1733). 1. This testator, by his will, already referred to, gave a like sum of 1,250/. to the Head Master of Merchant Taylors’ School and the Master and F ellows of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, 1 for the use and encouragement of another scholar of Merchant Taylors’ School, that shall be superannuated as aforesaid, and shall enter himself at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, and he shall receive and enjoy all the interest and profits annually arising from the said 1,250/., for the space of seven years from his first entry into that University or College, for so long only as he shall reside there and duly perform all exercises which the Statutes of that College and University require of scholars, B., and M.A.’s. As soon as the term of seven years shall be com- pleted, the payment of the interest of the said sum of 1,250/. shall be discontinued. 2. And the testator gave the same directions for the accumu- lation of interest in regard to the Cambridge scholarship, as have been before set forth in respect of the Oxford scholarship. 3. In 1855 it appeared to the Merchant Taylors’ Company advantageous to make the scholarship tenable at any College in Cambridge, and accordingly with the sanction of the Court of Chancery, given by an Order of the Master of the Rolls, dated the 28th July 1855, five-seventh parts of the fund, — viz., 2,052/. 7s. 5 d., was carried to the credit of the College in the 1 See also Scheme in Chancery in 1777, set out in Wilson, yoI. i., p. 604. CXXII1. ] Preferments to Boys in the School . 469 books of the Court of Chancery, upon trust to apply the dividends in providing one or more exhibition or exhibitions at the University of Cambridge, to be called the Stuart Exhibition or Exhibitions for scholars brought up in Merchant Taylors’ School, who shall have been four years in the said School, and who shall be proceeding or shall have proceeded to any College in the said University, such exhibitions to be enjoyed for such term not exceeding four years respectively, and to be subject to such rules and regulations in regard to the residence or otherwise as the said Master, Wardens, and Court of Assistants shall from time to time establish, but no such exhibition shall be enjoyed by any scholar who shall previously have been elected to a Parkyn exhibition, and the elections to such exhibitions shall be by the Master, Wardens, and Court, at such times and in such manner as they shall from time to time appoint. And every increase of such exhibitions be from time to time invested by the Master and Wardens in 3 L per cent. Consols, by way of addition to the existing capital fund. /. THE REV. CHARLES PARKIN’S SCHOLARSHIP AT CAMBRIDGE 1 (1759). 1. The testator, who was Rector of Oxburgh, Norfolk, and who had been educated at the School, gave by will, 2 dated the 17tt June 1759, certain personal property to the Master, Fellows and Scholars of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, on this trust and condition, viz., for the founding of five or six scholar- ships or exhibitions in the said hall, to be appropriated to and conferred on five or six scholars educated in Merchant Taylors’ School, regard being always had to their seniority and station therein, and particularly to those who are at the head of the school, and become superannuated, whom I by all means prefer as emeriti milites ; and one other scholar I will to be of the Free School of Bowes, in the county of York, and my intention is that those five or six scholarships shall have an equal portion or dividend, and be chosen within the space of two months after any voidance or vacancy by the Master of Pembroke College for the time being, and they shall perform the same exercises, and be subject to the same rules and ordinances as the Greek scholars in the said Hall are, and they be residents at least nine months in every year, and may enjoy the same till they are seven years’ standing in the University and no longer. 1 For a list of these Scholars, see Appendix M (7). * Printed, Wilson, vol. i., p. 472 ; and see Decrees in Chancery, printed, pp. 479, 489, 601. 470 Memorials of the Institutions. [ CXXIII. 2. In 1854 it appeared to the Merchant Taylor’s Company advantageous to make these Scholarships tenable at any College in Cambridge, and accordingly, with the sanction of the Court of Chancery, given by an Order of the Master of the Rolls, dated the 9th December 1854, twenty forty-second parts of the fund, viz., 5,887 1. 14 s. 9 d., was carried to the credit of the Company in the books of the Court of Chancery, upon trust to apply the same in providing not less than four exhibitions, to be called the Parkyn Exhibitions, for scholars brought up in the Merchant Taylors’ School who shall have been four years at least in the said School, and who shall be proceeding or shall have pro- ceeded to any College in the University of Cambridge, each of such exhibitions to be enjoyed for a term not exceeding four years, and to be subject to such rules, orders, and regulations in regard to residence or otherwise, as the Master, Wardens, and Court shall from time to time establish, and the election to such exhibitions shall be by the same Master, Wardens, and Court, at such times and in such manner as they may appoint ; and that any unclaimed or unpaid income of such exhibitions shall be invested by the Master and Wardens in Bank Three per Cent. Annuities by way of addition to the existing fund. 3. These Exhibitions are held on these terms, viz., as “ pay- able at the Hall half-yearly upon the production of two certi- ficates, the one signed by the President or Vice-President of your College, of your having resided at the University of Cambridge during the customary term, and the other from your College Tutor of your conduct during such period of residence. g. THE PITT CLUB SCHOLARSHIPS AT OXFORD OR CAMBRIDGE (1825) v 1. These two Scholarships were established by a society of noblemen and gentlemen formed in 1808 as a Club to com- memorate the “ Principles of the late Right Honorable W. Pitt,” who resolved on the 9th of May 1845 to appropriate Three per Cent. Consols for the purpose of establishing four Exhibitions to either University, to be called “ The Pitt Club Exhibitions.** As a testimony of gratitude to the Masters, Wardens, and Court of Assistants of the Merchant Taylors’ Company for the kind and liberal manner in which they had uniformly granted the use of their hall for the celebration of the Triennial Anniversaiy of the said Club, they also resolved that two of such Exhi- bitions should be bestowed on the Merchant Taylors’ School, London. CXXIII. ] Preferments to Boys in the School. 471 2. Accordingly, trustees of the Exhibition, and of the fund, were severally appointed, and a sum of 2,000Z. Consols was invested in the names of trustees of the fund, and a deed poll, dated the 29th July 1845 executed, by which deed poll it was declared that the half-yearly dividends were to be paid to two scholars, who should go from Merchant Taylors’ School to one of the Colleges of Oxford or Cambridge. That the scholars should be called “ The Pitt Club Exhibitioners from Merchant Taylors* School, London,” and enjoy the Exhibitions until they have taken their Bachelor’s Degrees or left the University, pro- vided this period did not exceed four years from the date of matriculation. 3. The deed poll appears to reserve to the trustees of the Exhibition the power of making resolutions, laws, and bye- laws binding upon the trustees of the fund, for the purpose of regulating their proceedings, the application of the fund, and the income thereof, the election of Exhibitioners and their quali- fications, and for all other matters in relation to the fund. h. THE TERCENTENARY SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MATHEMATICS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMPANY IN 1861. On the 31st January 1861 the attention of the Court having been called to the fact that the then present year was the tercentenary of the Merchant Taylors’ School, it was resolved to refer the subject to the Charity Committee (together with Messrs. Thrupp and Baggallay), to consider and report thereon. This Committee having assembled on the 18th March 1861, proceeded to consider the subject of celebrating the tercentenary of the Merchant Taylors’ School referred by the Court of the 31st January last, also a letter from the Rev. J. A. L. Airey, the First Mathematical Master at the Company’s School, in reference to prizes for the scholars in mathematics, referred by the Special Court of 28th February last, but adjourned the further consideration thereof to the 3rd April next. On the 3rd April 1861 this Committee resolved, that in commemoration of the tercentenary of the foundation of Merchant Taylors* School, three Exhibitions of 50/. each tenable for three years, be founded by the Company for the promotion of mathe- matical study, which resolutions were confirmed at the Court of the 25th April 1861, but by order of a subsequent Court these Scholarships were changed to four of 40/. per annum. 472 Memorials of the Institutions . [ CXXIIL t. THE TERCENTENARY SCHOLARSHIPS (AT EITHER UNIVERSITY) FOUNDED BY THE 44 ALUMNI ” OF THE MERCHANT TAYLORS’ SCHOOL (1861). To commemorate the success of the school for three centuries a public subscription was raised among the Alumni of the school, to be applied under a resolution of the subscribers, passed on the 23rd May 1861, to the establishment of an annual Scholar- ship of 30/. to any boy leaving the school about the 11th June for the University, who should desire to compete for it, which Scholarships should be tenable for two years (or for such longer term as the funds might thereafter allow), and the examinar- tion for the same should be conducted by some one or more distinguished scholars of the school, who should be requested to undertake the office each year; the subjects for such examination being classical. The fund so raised was invested in the purchase of 1,500/. Buckinghamshire 4/. per Cent. Stock, and a deed poll, dated 7th April 1862, was signed* by eight Trustees (appointed by the subscribers) to hold the fund and apply the dividends according to these resolutions. j. THE MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIPS. Court , 25th January 1855. The Master reported that he had received a communication from the Treasurer of St. Thomas’s Hospital announcing that the Authorities of the Hospital had agreed to place at the disposal of the Company and the City of London School, each alternate year, a free Presentation to the Lectures and Medical and Surgical practice of the Hospital, whereupon the Clerk was instructed to acknowledge the gift conferred by the Hospital on the Company’s School in suitable terms. Notice of Motion was given by Mr. John Costeker for the next Court : — 44 That this Company do out of their own funds establish a free Presentation of a Scholar, at the Company’s School, to the Lectures and Medical and Surgical Practice at St. Thomas’s Hospital each alternate year.” Court, 26 th April 1855, Pursuant to Motion given at the Court on the 25th January last— 44 It was Resolved — That it is desirable that this Company do out of their own funds establish a free Presentation of a CXXIII. ] Preferments to Boys in the School . 473 Scholar at the Company’s School to the Lectures and Medical and Surgical Practice at St. Thomas’s Hospital each alternate year, and that it be referred to the Charity Committee to carry the same into effect. Charity Committee , 12th June 1855. This Committee then proceeded to consider the resolution of Court of the 26th April last : — That this Company do out of its own funds establish a Free Presentation of a Scholar at the Company’s School to the Lectures and Medical and Surgical Practice at St. Thomas’s Hospital each alternate year during the pleasure of the Court, when it was Resolved that the same be carried into effect, and that the Election to such Presenta- tion do take place on the 24th day of June in each alternate year under the same Rules and Regulations as the Presenta- tion recently conferred by St. Thomas’s Hospital on the Com- pany’s School. k. REORGANIZATION OF THE FOREGOING. 1. The object which the Company have had in view is to remove all doubt or uncertainty as to the time at which any Scholarship will fall due, and to secure as far as possible at stated times a constant recurrence of vacancies, so that indus- trious and hardworking students may be sure of their reward, so far as prudent arrangements can give such security. 2. With regard to the Scholarships and Exhibitions awarded to boys on leaving School, it is desirable — a. To secure as far as possible a regular rotation of scholarships and exhibitions. b. To apportion such scholarships and exhibitions to the various branches of study at present recognized, or hereafter to be recognized in the Company’s School, so as to give, as far as may be, a due and proportionate encouragement to every branch of study. 3. These scholarships and exhibitions may be divided into - two classes, recurring (1) annually ; (2) occasionally . 4. Under (1) would come the twenty-one scholarships to St. John’s College, Oxford, which will furnish three scholarships of seven years’ duration annually , so soon as the full number of scholarships, shall have been attained, the Parkin Exhibition, the Company^ Tercentenary Exhibition, the School Ter- centenary Exhibition, and the Medical Studentship to St. Thomas’ Hospital. 474 Memorials of the Institutions . [ CXXIIL 5. Under (2) would come the six Andrew Exhibitions, the Stuart Exhibition to Oxford, the Stuart to Cambridge, the School Exhibition (1809) to Oxford, and the “Pitt Club” Exhibition. 6. Those annually recurring present no difficulty, provided that in the event of any scholarship or exhibition becoming due before the natural period of its expiration, the remainder of such scholarship or exhibition be suspended, and the vacancy not filled up till the proper period of recurrence. It is therefore only to deal with the “ occasional ” scholarships and exhibitions to secure as far as possible an equal number of vacancies every year. 7. The principal difficulty is with regard to the Andrew Exhibitions (tenable for twelve years, till reduced to six years by a new scheme), as it often happens that an exhibition becomes vacant before the holder has enjoyed it for its full term of years ; consequently, it can never be known when a vacancy is likely to fall ; and sometimes two or more fall together, or an interval of several years elapses between two vacancies. To secure regularity of succession it is necessary (as in the case of the scholarships to St. John’s) to suspend any premature vacancy, and let the fund accumulate. The difficulty is to start the rotation, which can be met in the following manner. 8. The six exhibitions would fall in, in the regular course, as follows:— 1877, 1877, 1878, 1883, 1884, 1885. The first would be filled again in 1877. The second falling vacant 1877 would be suspended till 1879. The third The fourth The fifth The sixth 1878 „ „ 1881. 1883 „ filled in 1883. 1884 „ suspended till 1885. *> 1885 n <» 1887. Thus a complete rota will be established. 9. The odd years would be now regularly provided with one Andrew Exhibition. It remains, therefore, now to provide for the even years out of the remaining Exhibitions. For this purpose the Stuart Exhibition to Cambridge and the School Exhibition (1809) would be available. Each of these two Exhibitions recurring every four years, it is clear that by awarding them alternately in the even years a regular rota would be established, 10. The next “ School Exhibition ” will fall in, in course, in 1876. The Stuart to Cambridge in 1877. If the latter were CXXIII. ] Preferments to Boys in the School . 475 suspended for one year — viz., till 1878, these two Exhibitions together would give a regular rotation for the even years — viz., School Exhibition, 1876; Stuart to Cambridge, 1878; School Exhibition, 1880 ; Stuart to Cambridge, 1883. 11. There only now remain over for consideration the Stuart Exhibition to Oxford and the Pitt Club Exhibitions. The former of these only occurs once every eight years in the ordinary course, and must be left to be filled up as vacancies arise. The Pitt Club Exhibitions are of smaller value than the others (viz., 30/. a year), and are to be looked upon as extra prizes to be held with other scholarships or exhibitions. It would seem desirable, if practicable, that the Pitt Club Exhibitions, instead of recurring two together every fourth year, should recur singly every alternate year. 12. The following table will show the proposed arrange- ment from the year 1876 to the year 1890 inclusive : 1876 “ School Exhibition” to Oxford. 1877 Andrew Exhibition, St. John’s College, Oxford. 1878 Stuart to Cambridge ; Pitt Club. 1879 Andrew to St. John’s College, Oxford. 1880 School Exhibition ; Pitt Club. 1881 Andrew to St. John’s College, Oxford. 1882 Stuart to Cambridge ; Stuart to Oxford ; Pitt Club. 1883 Andrew to St. John’s College, Oxford. 1884 School Exhibition ; Pitt Club. 1885 Andrew to St. John’s College, Oxford. 1886 Stuart to Cambridge ; Pitt Club. 1887 Andrew to St. John’s College, Oxford. 1888 School Exhibition ; Pitt Club. 1889 Andrew to St. John’s College, Oxford. 1890 Stuart to Cambridge ; Stuart to Oxford ; Pitt Club. Besides three Scholarships to St. John’s College ; one Parkin Exhibition to Cambridge ; one Company’s Tercentenary Exhi- bition ; one School Tercentenary Exhibition ; and one Medical Exhibition to St. Thomas’s Hospital, recurring annually. 13. Now that a Modern School has been instituted, a fair apportionment of Scholarships must (it is submitted) be open for those boys; it is needful therefore to consider the second point — viz., to what subjects these Scholarships and Exhibi- tions are to be severally apportioned. 14 . Hitherto the Scholarships to St. John’s, the Andrew and Stuart Exhibitions both to Oxford and Cambridge, the School 476 Memorials of the Institutions . [ CXXIII. Exhibition, the Pitt Club Exhibitions, and the School Tercent- enary Exhibitions have been awarded for Classics, the Parkin, and Company’s Tercentenary Exhibitions for Mathematical studies. Obviously under this arrangement Classical studies have enjoyed an undue preponderance of preferment. Only two Exhibitions have been awarded for Mathematics, whilst other subjects have obtained no- recognition at all in the distribution of preferment. The result has been that there has been as a rule a lack of good candidates to fill the minor Classical Exhibitions, whilst other studies have suffered from want of simultaneous encouragement. 15. Great changes have come over the studies of the Universities of late years. Various Schools and Triposes have been established for subjects which previously obtained no recognition. It is, therefore, only natural that those Scholar- ships and Exhibitions which were attached to the University for the only subjects recognized at the time they were founded, should be opened to other subjects now recognized side by side with them as co-ordinate branches of a liberal education. 16. The great prizes of the School are of course the twenty- one Scholarships to St. John’s College, Oxford. Under the ordinance it is provided that, “ The candidates shall be examined in such subjects and in such manner as the electors shall appoint, and those candidates shall be elected who, after such examination, shall appear to the electors to be of the greatest merit and most fit to be Scholars of the College,” the electors being the Court of the Merchant Taylors’ Company, and the President (or Vice-President) and two Fellows of St. John’s appointed annually. It is, therefore, perfectly open to the Court, in conjunction with the President and Fellows of St. John’s College, to award these Scholarships for any subjects recognized in the University course of studies as they by mutual consent may determine. 17. In that view it is suggested that when three scholar- * ships fall in one year (which will be the case every year when the full number of scholarships is attained) two be apportioned for Classical studies absolutely, and one for other subjects, — viz. : for Natural Science alternately with (1) Mathematics, (2) Histf/ry and Modern Languages : two Scholarships out of four being awarded for National Science — one for Mathematics, and one for History and Modern Languages taken together. 18. The six Andrew “ Civil Law ” Exhibitioners are to be elected “on the Feast of St. Barnabas by the Master and CXXII1. ] Preferments to Boys in the School. 477 Wardens, by the consent of the assistants there present,” with the “ assent and consent ” of the President and two Fellows of St. John’s College, immediately after the election of Scholars to St. John's. The exhibitioners are to be taken out of the “ Bench or Table,” and must have been at least four years in the School. These exhibitions being for the encouragement of Students in “ Civil Law,” and the study of Law being prosecuted to a certain extent at Oxford in connection with the study of History, it is suggested that these exhibitions be awarded partly for the study of Modem History and Modem Languages. 19. The Stuart Exhibition to St. John’s College, Oxford — once in eight years— might be given as heretofore for Classical knowledge — or for Classical and Mathematical studies com- bined. 20. The School Exhibition (1809) recurs every four years. The disposal of this exhibition is entirely in the hands of the Trustees for the time being, the Trustees being, the President of St. John’s, the Head Master, and a gentleman of the Bar educated at Merchant Taylors’ School. It is proposed that the trustees award this for Modern History and Modem Languages. 21. The Parkin Exhibition to Cambridge would be awarded for Mathematics as heretofore. Augment it if the Court see fit to 80/. or 90/. per annum, in order that the best Mathe- matician leaving for Cambridge, may have something more nearly equivalent to the veiy valuable scholarship which the best Classical Scholars hold at Oxford; and that a possible Senior Wrangler may not be induced to go to Oxford, attracted by the higher pecuniary prize. 22. The Stuart Exhibition (60/. for four years) to Cambridge has been usually awarded for Classics, but there is nothing in the trust to indicate the nature of the examination by which this Exhibition is awarded. It is suggested to devote this to “ Natural Science .” • 23. The Company’s Tercentenary Exhibitions (40/. for four years), might be awarded for Mathematics as heretofore, except in such years as a Scholarship to St. John’s, Oxford, is awarded for Mathematics, in which case it is suggested that this Exhibition be giveh for Natural Science. 24. The School Tercentenary and the Pitt Club may fairly be left for Classical studies. 25. The Medical Exhibition to St. Thomas’s Hospital may be assigned entirely to the Modern School, after examination 478 Memorials of the Institutions. [ CXXIII. in Modem Subjects, including certain branches of Natural Science. 26. It will thus be seen what encouragement by Scholar- ships and Exhibitions, is given to the various branches of study recognized in the Company’s School, and a synopsis of these from 1876 to 1890 is given in the Appendix. 1 I. FOB CLASSICS. Two Scholarships to St. John’s College, Oxford, of the value of 100/. for seven years, annually . The Tercentenary Exhibition (20/. for two years) annually . One Pitt Club Exhibition (30/. for for four years) every alter- nate year . One Stuart Exhibition to St. John’s, Oxford (60/. for eight years) every eighth year, or oftener as vacancies may arise. 27- ». FOB MATHEMATICS. One Parkin Exhibition (value [ ] for four years) but capable of being held with any other preferment gained by open competition, annually . One Scholarship to St. John’s, Oxford, every fourth year. One Company’s Tercentenary Exhibition (value 40/. for four years, and capable of being held with other preferment gained by open competition) except in such years as a Scholar- ship at St. John’s, Oxford, may be awarded for Mathematics. Thus two Scholarships or Exhibitions would be ensured to Mathematics annually. 28. 8 . FOB NATURAL SCIENCE. One Scholarship to St. John’s College, Oxford, every alter- nate year. One Company’s Tercentenary Exhibition every 4th year. One Stuart Exhibition to Cambridge, every 4th year. • Thus One Scholarship or Exhibition would be ensured to Natural Science annually. Science would also enter into the examination for the Medical Exhibition to St. Thomas’s Hospital. 29. 4. FOB HISTOBY AND MODERN LANGUAGES. One Scholarship to St. John’s College, Oxford, every 4th year. One Andrew Exhibition to St. John’s, every alternate year. One School Exhibition (1809), every 4th year 1 See Appendix M (8). CXXIV. ] Preferments to former Scholars . 479 Thus One Scholarship or Exhibition would be secured to these subjects every year. These subjects would also enter into the examination for the Medical Exhibition. 1 30. By the redistribution of Scholarships and Exhibitions, the Classical School will be deprived of preferment before enjoyed. And therefore it may be expedient for the Court to offer additional encouragement to boys to obtain open Scholarships and Exhibitions by competition, whereby the reputation of the School would be increased. 31. The Court have hitherto generously assisted boys who have gained Scholarships by their own exertions, and it may be expedient to lay down a fixed rule that any boy obtaining a Scholarship for himself by open competition, either from the School or within one year of leaving the School, should have his Scholarship augmented according to some fixed proportion, say by one-third of the whole value of his Scholarship. 32. It should also be understood that it be perfectly open to a boy in the Classical School to compete for the Scholar- ships or Exhibitions in Mathematics, History and Modern languages, or other subjects recognized more especially in the Modern School, and conversely. CXXIY. PREFERMENT AWARDED TO FORMER SCHOLARS BUT IN ACTUAL RESIDENCE AT OXFORD OR CAMBRIDGE. a. WALTER FISH'S BATTELINGS AT ST. JOHN'S, OXFORD (1580). 1. Following upon Sir Thomas White's foundation came the devise of Walter Fish, by Will dated 17th September 1580, 22nd Elizabeth, of a house and tenement in Cannon Street, London (now No. 60 Cannon Street and No. 16 Nicholas Lane), to the Merchant Taylors’ Company for ever upon trust, “to employ the rent of the said premises between five poor studious scholars of St. John's, Oxford, which should be most , like to bend their studies to divinity, to be yearly divided between them towards the amount of their victuals and battelings 2 1 See Appendix M (8) . 8 See Mem. lx. 480 Memorials of the Institutions [ CXXIY. 2. To carry out this gift to the advantage of the student, the Court arranged in 1581, “that Mr. Will. H. Abram, of London, vyntner, shalbe spoken unto by Mr. Anthony Ratcliffe, a lovinge brother of this mystery, To take order that the schollers in St. John’s Colledge, in Oxforde, which are to receive the exhibicon of Mr. Walter Ffysshe, called by the name of his battellings, . shalbe paide quarterly there, and their quittance there to be taken and sente upp hither, where the sayd M. Abraham shalbe repayde agayne for the same.” 1 But these scholarships (now 48/. each) have for many years been paid at the Hall of the Company. 3. 44 A Committee of the Court of Assistants of the Merchant Taylors’ Company having assembled on the 7th April 1868, and the opinion of Mr. Cookson,* of the Chancery Bar, touching the administration of Walter Fish’s gift, having been read and con- sidered, and the resolution of Court holden on the 26th March last having been also read. Resolved : — 44 1st. That it be recommended to the Court to require from each exhibitioner who has proceeded to his degree of B.A., in addition to the certificate* of good conduct and . residence, a certificate from the College authorities of the exhibitioner’s studious application to Divinity, and of his attending each term the lectures of the Regius Professor of Hebrew, or his deputy, and one of the following lectures : — 44 The Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History. “ The Regius Professor of Divinity. 44 The Regius Professor of Pastoral Theology. 44 The Ireland Professor Exegetical Theology. “ The Margaret Professor of Divinity. 4. 44 And that in reckoning the period of residence each year shall be considered as consisting of three terms (Trinity and Act being one), and that the certificate show residence of six weeks at least in each term. 44 2nd. That in awarding Fish’s exhibitions to scholars who have been at Merchant Taylors’ School, it be recom- mended to the Court to give a preference to those scholars who have attained honours in Moderations. 44 3rd. That from the dividends of 1,389/. 18s. Id., 3/. per cent. Reduced Annuities now belonging to the fund, a new exhibition be maintained of 40/. a year, to be increased 1 Court Minutes, 7th March 1581. 8 See Appendix M (8) 1856. 8 See Appendix N (1). CXXIV. ] Preferments to former Scholars. 481 from time to time as the Court may direct. That it be called Fish’s New Exhibition, and be tenable for the same term and under the same regulations as the original exhibitions. “ 4th. That, with the view to augment the said new exhibi- tion, all unclaimed rents and income, and share of rent and income, that may have arisen during any vacancies, and all other unappropriated sums, be invested and added to the said capital sum of 1.389Z. 18$. Id. Reduced Annuities.” And these Minutes were confirmed by the Court of the 30th April 1868. b. JOHN VERNON’S SCHOLARSHIPS AT ST. JOHN’S, OXFORD (1615). This testator by will, 1 dated 10th October 1815, gave (inter alia) 1,500Z. for the purchase of land, the rent whereof as to part thereof he directed to be paid yearly for ever, as follows : — To four poor scholars and students in Divinity in St. John’s, Oxford, 16Z. yearly, — viz., 4 1. a man, to be elected by the Master, Wardens, and Assistants, to continue no longer than they should study Divinity, and remain in the said College, or stand in the liking of the said Master, Wardens, and Assistants, and so to be disposed of from one to another for ever. By order of Court of 5th February 1857, these exhibitions were increased to 10Z. per annum each, and the excess was directed to be paid out of the Corporate Funds. These exhibi- tions are paid half yearly upon the production of a certificate of residence and good conduct, signed by the President or Vice- President of St. John’s. C. JOHN WOOLLER’3 SCHOLARSHIP AT ST. JOHN’S, OXFORD (1617). 1. This testator by will, 2 dated 26th November 1617, devised property in Thames Street to the Master and Wardens of the Merchant Taylors’ Company. To bestow (inter alia) yearly for ever 40$. to a poor scholar of the College of St. John in Oxford, as should have most need and intending to study divinity. 2. These are made up to 10Z. each by the Company, by Order of Court of 5th February 1857, and are granted in these terms: 1 Printed in extenso in Wilson, vol. i., p. 193 5 and in Mem. lxxv., p. 306. * 2 Printed in Wilson, vol. i., p. 194. 2 I 482 Memorials of the Institutions. [ CXXIY. “You are elected to a Wooller’s exhibition of 10/. per annum, to be enjoyed by you till you shall be of the standing for the Degree of Master of Arts, and during actual residence only.” “ The exhibition is payable at the Hall half yearly, upon the production of a certificate of residence, signed by the President or Vice-President of the College.” d. JOHN JUXON’S SCHOLARHIP AT OXFORD OR CAMBRIDGE (1626). This testator by will, 1 dated 17th August 1626, granted to the Master and Wardens of the Merchant Taylors’ Company for ever an annuity of 12/., which is subject to a land-tax of 21. 8 8., issuing out of lands at Mortlake, Surrey, to be by them paid according as they should think fit, at or before the Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle, to some poor scholars ; the one year in Oxford, and the other year in Cambridge for ever. The Company bear the land-tax out of their corporate funds, and pay the gift without deduction to a meritorious scholar at Oxford and Cambridge alternately to enable him to purchase books with which to prosecute his studies. e. REORGANIZATION OF THE FOREGOING, 1873-4. 1. With regard to the preferments awarded to past Scholars of the Company's School in actual residence at the Universities, it will be observed that there are five Fish Exhibitions of 48/. one “ New Fish " of 40/. Four Vernon Exhibitions and one Wooller Exhibition, each of 10/. per annum, all attached to St. John's College, Oxford, and all for the benefit of “ poor students in Divinity.” 2. These exhibitions are tenable for five years during residence, under certain restrictions and regulations. It seldom, however, happens that they are held their full time. Consequently vacancies occur most irregularly. And it frequently happens that one Scholar holds two exhibitions ; that is, either a “ Fish ” or a “ New Fish," in conjunction with a “ Vernon ” or a “ Wooller.” It is suggested that it would be advantageous if these exhibitions, all established with the same intention, could be consolidated , and two exhibitions (called perhaps the “ Fish ” and the “ Vernon and Wooller " Exhibi- tions) were established annually in their place, one of greater value, one of less. 1 Wilson, toL i., p. 227 ; and Court Minutes, 11th November 1688. CXXV. ] Prizes awarded to Boys in the School . 483 3. Some more direct test of the relative merits of the Candidates would be obtained by an Examination for these Exhibitions once a year, and a set portion of Divinity could be offered, the rest of the examination being in Classical subjects, and bearing directly upon the College Lectures and work of the Candidates during the year previous. The authorities of St. John’s College are willing to co-operate with the Court and to conduct the Examination, utilising for this purpose the College Terminal Examination. 1 CXXV. SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES CONNECTED WITH MERCHANT TAYLORS* SCHOOL. a. SCHEME FOB FIFTEEN FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE HELD IN THE SCHOOL, PROPOSED BY A SPECIAL COM- MITTEE OF 20TH FEBRUARY, AND APPROVED BY THE COURT OF APRIL 1866. Three Foundation Scholarships every year, value 25/., 25/., and 20/., respectively, tenable for five years, unless vacated by the boy leaving school, and subject to the Certificate of the Head Master, at the conclusion of each half-year, as to his con- tinued industry and good conduct. The examination to commence on June 19th in each year ; but should this happen to be a Sunday, then on the follow- ing day. Candidates for these Scholarships to be under 14 at the previous 25th December, and to have been already in the school twelve months at least. 1 Grant of Booh* for University Honor *. — Not unfrequently the Court notices the success of former scholars by voting to them books on their appearing in the Class Lists — At Moderations. First Class .. • • . . .. ..5 guineas. A double First 10 „ At Oxford — In Final Schools. First Class in Classics 16 guineas. Or in Law, or History, or Natural Science, or Theology 10 „ Or if 2 or more Classes, then the reward of each. At Cambridge — 1st Class in Classical Tripos 15 guineas. For a wrangler in the first 16 . . . . • . . . 15 „ „ „ next 16 . . 10 „ „ below this . • • . . . • . 6 „ 2 I 2 484 Memorials of the Institutions . [ CXXV. The payments to the scholars to be made at the conclusion of each half-year. Candidates will be expected — To answer Latin or Greek Grammar questions. To translate into Latin a piece of English prose. To translate some English Poetry into Latin Elegiacs or Hexameters, or both. To translate into English passages from — * On Paper. Euripides* Hecuba, Homer’s Iliad, 2 books, Virgil’s iEneid, 2 books, Sallust or Cicero, (Two Cat. Or.) (N.B. — The parts of Homer, Virgil, Sallust, and Cicero, to be varied each year). To answer easy questions on the Early Scripture History, on the History of Rome to the commencement of the 1st Punic War, and on the leading facts and dates of English History. And in the rudiments of Arithmetic. The examination to be conducted by the Head Master, with the assistance of such of the Under Masters or Assistant Masters as he may summon for the purpose, and no candidate to be elected except upon the certificate of the Head Master as to his fitness, in point of actual merit, for the Scholarship. Notice to be given by a paper fixed up in the school, twelve months at least before the examination is held. b. THE HEBREW PRIZE MEDAL (1838). Sir Moses Montefiore, Knight, one of the Sheriffs of the City of London and joint Sheriff of the County of Middlesex, citizen, and liveryman of the Merchant Taylors’ Company, having given a donation of 100/. for founding a prize to be annually bestowed upon a scholar of the Company’s school, it was referred to the General Purpose Committee to consider and report to the Court the best mode of appropriating the said donation to the purpose intended. On the 25th April 1838 it was resolved after paying out of the said sum of 100/. the cost of providing a die : — 1. That the residue should be invested in the names of the trustees of the Company, for the purpose of providing a silver gilt medal of the value of about 21 . 10*., to be called the “Montefiore Medal,” to be bestowed annually during the pleasure of the Court upon one of the boys of the Company’s school as a prize for proficiency in the Hebrew language. 485 CXXV.] Prizes awarded to Boys in the School. 2. That the die for the said medal be prepared by Mr. Wyon at an expense not exceeding 20 guineas, after a plan submitted to this Committee, representing on one side the Company’s arms with the words, “ Merchant Taylors’ School,” and on the reverse a wreath of laurels surrounding the words, “The Montefiore Hebrew Prize Medal, instituted a.d. 1838, John Alliston, Esq., Master.” 3. That on each medal to be presented there be engraven on the outer rim the name of the boy and the year in which it was presented. C. THE GOOD-CONDUCT PRIZE (1857). At the Court of the 11th December 1857, the Clerk reported that he had been directed by Mr. Warden Gilpin to inform the Court that he had invested the sum of 100/. in New 8 L per Cent. Annuities in the names of the Trustees, the dividends whereof to be applied in the purchase of books, to be called “ Gilpin’s Prize,” and presented on the 11th June in each year by the Master of the Company for the time being for the best boy for good conduct during the year to be selected by the Head Master of the school. d . THE ENGLISH HISTORY PRIZE (1861). Sir James Tyler informed the Court of 12th February 1861 that instead of presenting books to the School Library in accor- dance with the custom of new Wardens he was desirous to benefit the school in a more permanent manner, and with that view he proposed to place at the disposal of the Company 200Z. stock 3 Z. per Cent, to establish a yearly book prize for encouraging the study of English History, and indicated the following as the principle on which the prize should be regulated subject to such alterations as the Company might thereafter deem it necessary to make in any details. The prize to be competed for by the upper and lower fifth forms in or shortly after August in each year — the subject to be some portion of English History between the accession of Henry VIII. and that of the House of Hanover — the exact portion to be declared about twelve months before the exami- nation. The examination to include history, geography, chron- ology, biographies of eminent Englishmen connected with the period, and the competitors to show a general knowledge of leading dates and epochs of English History. 486 Memorials of the Institutions . [ cxxv. Resolved that the thanks of this Court be presented to Sir James Tyler, and that the prize be called “ Sir James Tyler’s English History Prize.” e. THE COMMERCIAL PRIZE (1861). It having been announced to the Court of 24th June 1861 that Mr. Alfred Staines Pigeon and Mr. Thomas Bless Pugh, the Renter Wardens, had expressed their desire to establish at the Company's school a yearly prize in books of the value of 6Z., to be called “ The Pigeon and Pugh Mercantile Prize,'’ to be competed for by boys in the fourth, lower, and upper fifth forms in or shortly after August in each year, and that the examination be in such subjects as the Court may think proper for boys intended for merchants’ houses, offices, or professions. It was resolved, That for the year 1862 the subjects for examination be : — 1. Writing, comprising penmanship and composition. 2. Arithmetic, practical and theoretical, including a fair knowledge of foreign coinage, and rates of exchange. 3. Book-keeping, so far as the same can be acquired with- out actual practice. 4. Commercial geography, comprising position of counties, cities, &c., and their products and commercial im- portance in our country. 5. General history of the commerce of our own country and of our funded and unfunded debt. And that the thanks of the Court be presented to Messrs. Pigeon and Pugh. /. THE 2nd ENGLISH HISTORY PRIZE (1863). Mr. Warden Rickards informed the Court of the 14th July 1863 that he had invested 100 Z., 3 L per Cent. Consols, in the names of the Master and Wardens of the Company to yield 3/. per annum, which it was his wish should be applied as a second history prize for the scholars who are entitled to compete for “ Sir James Tyler’s English History Prize.” Resolved that the thanks of this Court be presented to Mr. Warden Rickards for his gift to the Company’s school, and that it be called “ Rickard’s English History Prize.” CXXY. ] Prizes awarded to Boys in the School . 487 g. ELOCUTION PRIZE (1868). The Master, Sir James Tyler, at the Court of the 10th December 1868, having expressed his wish to transfer to the Company an amount requisite to award a yearly prize in books at the Company’s school of the value ot 3 Z. to one of the Monitors or Prompters who shall be decided by the Head Master to have been in his ordinary or public speaking and reading the most distinct and accurate in his examination, clear in his Articulation, and apt in conveying his own meaning or that of his author to the mind of his audiences, it was resolved that the Court accepts with thanks the proposal made by the Master, and desires to record its sense of the continued interest he has thus shown for the school. h. THE 2nd mercantile prize 1 (1868). Mr. Warden Mason and Mr. Warden Davis having at the same Court stated their desire to transfer to the Company an amount requisite to award a yearly prize in books at the Com- pany’s school of the value of 3/., as a second prize to the Mer- cantile and Office Prize founded by Mr. A. S. Pigeon and Mr. Pugh, it was resolved that the Court accepts with thanks the offer of Mr. Mason and Mr. Davis, recollecting the advantage which the school has derived from the prize so founded by Mr. Pigeon and Mr. Pugh. i. THE HESSEY DIVINITY SCHOOL PRIZES (1872). After the termination of the Head Mastership of Merchant Taylors’ School, held by the Reverend James Augustus Hessey for a quarter of a century, “ divers persojis interested in the welfare of the school ” being desirous of offering for his accept- ance some testimonial of their esteem and affection, “subscribed a sum of money called ‘ The Hessey Testimonial Fund.’ ” At the express wish and desire of Dr. Hessey this fund was appro- priated “ to Divinity Prizes,” to be distributed to the scholars according to the scheme hereafter set out. This fund was invested in the purchase of 350/. 4/. per Cent. % Perpetual Debenture Stock of the London and North-Western Railway Company, and by deed of the 7th February 1872, 1 This and tho previous prize were the assumed cost of an entertainment to the Court of Assistants, which previous Masters and Renter Wardens had always paid for upon their elections (Mem. vni., par. 3). In 1868-9 no such entertainment was given. 488 Memorials of the Institutions. [ CXXY. certain persons (the Head of the School and the Master of Mer- chant Taylors being two of them) declared a trust “to apply the dividends and annual produce according to the scheme (there and here) under written, or such other scheme (as the Trustees, with the consent of the Head Master) should think fit and expedient.” The scheme provides that 14/., the income of the fund, shall be applied every year in the purchase of books to be given as prizes for proficiency in the study of Divinity to the scholars of Merchant Taylors* School, such books to be distributed amongst the several forms or classes as follows : — £ «. d. 1. To the head form hooka to the value of about 5 6 0 2. Sixth « . • . ■ . . . •» • • ..330 8. Upper and lower fifth. . .. .. .. ..220 4. Fourth form and upper division 1 11 6 6. To the lower division and third form . . . . 110 6. Second and first forms 0 10 6 j. COMPANY’S PRIZES. Annually, since 1823, the Company have given a sum to the Head Master to distribute in books as Prizes to the boys at St. Barnabas and Doctors’ Days. First, 30/. was given fo Classical, and then 10/. for Mathematical Prizes, until other subjects were introduced in the School Course, when 50/. per annum was voted for their purpose, and the distribution of it left to the Head Master. k . REORGANIZATION OF THE FOREGOING. The changes to be introduced into the Company’s Scholar- ships must depend on the development of the School. Their tenure by a boy for so long a period as five years may be an endowment to idleness, by removing the incentive to work both from the holder and others, who probably can never be again his school competitors for the same prize. If instead of this tenure they were (as the other prizes are) awarded in each or in every other year, competition would be increased and the industry of the boys stimulated. CXXVI. ] Act. Charterhouse Estate (4867). 489 CXXVI. THE ACT FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE MERCHANT TAYLORS’ SCHOOL TO THE CHARTERHOUSE, 1867. Extracts from an Act for enabling the Governors of the lands, possessions, revenues, and goods of the Hospital of King James, founded in Charterhouse, within the County of Middlesex, at the humble petition and only costs and charges of Thomas Sutton, Esquire, to sell the site of the School of the said Hospital and other lands ; to acquire a new site for the School, and to erect a new School thereon ; aud for other purposes. (R.A. 20th August 1867.) Reciting a Charter of the 9th year of the reign of King James the First, granted to Thomas Sutton, with other Chapt6r ^ James j facts and instruments relating to the status of the Governors of the Charterhouse. “And whereas it is expedient that the said School should be removed to a more suitable site, to be approved by the Court of Chancery or the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales, and the Governors have entered into an agreement (conditional upon the requisite sanction of Parliament to such removal being obtained) for the purchase of certain lands for that purpose. “ And whereas it is expedient that upon such removal being effected the School of the Master and Wardens of the Merchant Taylors of the Fraternity of Saint John Baptist, in the City of London, should be removed to the Charterhouse, and that for that purpose such powers of sale and purchase should be given as hereinafter appearing. “ And whereas it is expedient that the Governors and the Master and Wardens be respectively empowered to sell or lease portions of their existing properties, and of property to be hereafter respectively acquired by them* “And whereas the objects aforesaid cannot be effected without the aid and authority of Parliament. “May it therefore please your Majesty, That it may be enacted and be it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in this present Parlia- ment assembled and by the authority of the same as follows : — “1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as “The Charter- house School Act, 1867.” Short Title. 490 Memorials of the Institutions. [ CXXVI. “ 2. In this Act the expression 1 the Governors ’ shall mean , ^ the Governors of the lands, possessions, Interpretation. _ f revenues, and goods of the Hospital of King James founded in Charterhouse, within the County of Middlesex, at the humble petition and only costs and charges of Thomas Sutton, Esquire, and the expression, 4 The Master and Wardens’ shall mean the Master and Wardens of the Mer- chant Taylors of the Fraternity of Saint John Baptist in the City of London. “ 3. The Governors may sell and convey to the Master and Power, to Governor. Wardens or sell and convey or demise to any of Charterhouse to other body or persons, and the Master and ieU * Wardens or other body or persons may pur- chase or take the whole or any part of the present school house of the Charterhouse, and the several residences and buildings connected therewith, in the parish of Charterhouse, in the county of Middlesex, and the lands upon which the same are erected or which are used in connection with the school ; and the receipts of the Governors, under their Common Seal, for the purchase-money of the property sold, shall effectually discharge the purchaser therefrom, and from being concerned to see to the application or being responsible for loss or misapplication thereof : Provided always, that the Governors shall not give up possession of the school-house and buildings now used for the purposes of the said school, until the new school which they are by this Act authorized to erect is completed and ready for occupation. * * * * “ 12. The Master and Wardens may, at any time or times after the passing of this Act, sell, either by Power of sale and p U ^ c auc tion or by private contract, or partly in one and partly in the other of those modes, or grant a lease or leases of the lands, school-house, buildings, and hereditaments belonging to them in the parishes of All Hallows the Less, and St. Lawrence Pountney, or any part or parts thereof, and also any part or parts of the lands, buildings, and hereditaments which they may acquire under this Act, and which, in the opinion of the Master and Wardens may not be required for the purposes of their school, upon such terms as they shall think fit, and the receipts of the Master and Wardens under their Common Seal shall effectually discharge the pur- chaser or lessee therefrom, and from being concerned to see to the application or being responsible for loss or misapplication CXXVI. ] Act . Charterhouse Estate (4867). 491 thereof, and from being concerned to enquire into the propriety or regularity of any such sale or lease: Provided that the Master and Wardens shall not give up possession of the land, buildings and premises now used for the purposes of their said school until other and sufficient accommodation be provided for carrying on the said school. “ 13. The Master and Wardens may, at any time or times after such purchase, remove their said school to the buildings and premises which they are new^ite 6 ^ 8011001 by this Act authorized to purchase, or to any part or parts thereof respectively, and there conduct and carry on the said school in the same manner as they may now con- duct and carry on the same in their present buildings. “ 14. Any of the moneys for the time being belonging to the Master and Wardens may be from time to time invested on mortgage of any messuages, lands, or tenements in England or Wales, being freehold or copyhold of inheritance, or in the purchase of stock in the public funds of Great Britain, or in exchequer bills or bank stock, and such stocks, funds, moneys, or securities may be from time to time sold, called in, and converted into money, and reinvestments made when and as it may by the Master and Wardens be deemed expedient. “15. Any lands and buildings so purchased by the said Master and Wardens shall, but without prejudice to Ljmdg acquired by the powers with reference thereto given by the Master and War- this Act, be liable to such and the same trusts, be sutgect to powers, and restrictions as now affect their their present pro- school and buildings in Suffolk Lane, in the pert *' city of London, and to no other trusts, powers, or restriction of any kind whatsoever. “ 16. All scholarships, exhibitions, and endowments, and all other rights, powers, and privileges belonging ^ eihibitioM( ^ or attaching to the existing school of the attached to existing Master and Wardens shall continue to belong ^^ lof ] ^ ft8t ? rano and attach to the said school when the same tached to school when shall have been transferred under the authority trftll8fern * i - of this Act. “ 17. Except as is in this Act expressly provided, nothing therein contained shall be deemed to prejudice or affect the several rights, powers, privileges, and advantages of the Master and Wardens. 492 Memorials of the Institutions . [ CXXVIL “ 18. Saving always to the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, General say* her heirs and successors, and to every person, body, politic and corporate, and their respec- tive heirs, successors, executors and administrators, all such estate, right, title, interest, claim, and demand whatsoever o£ in, to, or out of the several lands, moneys, and premises to which the provisions of this Act are intended to apply, or any of them, or any part thereof respectively, as they or any of them had before the passing of this Act, or would, could, or might have or enjoy if this Act were not passed. “19. Provided that the following bodies and persons are expressly excepted out of the general saving by this Act contained, and they accordingly are the only persons bound by this Act, that is to say: — “The Governors and the Master and Wardens, and all persons entitled to the benefits of either of the said Schools.” CXXVIL THE SCHOOL AT GREAT CROSBY. 1. The foundation of this School, and the little that is known of the founder and his family, have been already referred to. It may be noticed that Harrison had purchased a plot of land and solicited the cooperation of the worthy Knight and Baronet Sir Richard Molineux, of Sefton Hall, in furtherance of his good work, when his scheme was stopped for a time by his death. 2. However, by his Will, dated the 15th day of May 1618, he gave and bequeathed as follows : — “ I give and bequeath unto the Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the Company or Fraternity of Saint John Baptist, of the Mystery of Merchant Tailors in London, whereof I am a Brother, 30/. to make the said Company a Dinner on the day of my Funeral. Item, I give and bequeath unto the Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the said Company or Fraternity, 500/. in money, to the end and intent that they or their successors, Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the said Company or Fraternity, for the time being, should erect and build up in Great Crosby, in the Parish of Sheffcon, in the County of Lan- caster, where my father was born, within convenient time after my decease, One free Grammar School for the teaching, edu- VIEW OF SCHOOL AT GREAT CROSBY NEAR LIVERPOOL. CXXVII. ] The School at Great Crosby , 493 eating, and instructing of children and youth in the grammar and rules of learning, for ever, which shall be called by the name of ‘ The Merchant Tailors’ School founded at the charge of John Harrison.’ And I will that the said School shall have continuance for ever of one Master and one Usher, and my will and meaning is that the said Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the said Fraternity, for the time being and their Successors, shall be Governors of the said Free School for ever, and shall from time to time for ever nominate and appoint one sufficient, discreet, learned man to be Master of the said School, and one other sufficient, discreet, learned man to be Usher of the said School. Item, for the maintenance and continuance of the said School and of the said Master and Usher, and for prefer- ment of other charitable payments hereafter mentioned, I do give, will and demise unto the said Master, Wardens, and Assistants, and their Successors, for ever, all my messuages, houses, grounds, and tenements situate in Crane Court, in the Parish of Saint Augustine. And all my four houses on the street side which lieth in the Parish of Saint Augustine afore- said in the street called the Old Change, in the Ward of Farringdon, within the City of London, and all those my two houses lying in Saint Swithin’s Lane, near London Stone, with their and every of their appurtenances, and the reversion and reversions thereof. To the end and intent that the said Master, Wardens, and Assistants for the time being, and their Suc- cessors for ever, shall with the rents, issues, and profits of the said messuages, houses, and tenements yearly for ever pay unto the Master of the said School for his stipend and wages 30Z., and to the Usher of the said Sohool for his stipend and wages 20 1. per annum, and that the said Master, Wardens, and Assistants, and their Successors, shall yearly for ever out of the said rents and profits pay to and amongst Hie poor for the time being dwelling in Lamb Alley aforesaid, by and with the consent of the chiefest of the Parish of St. Augustine aforesaid, 20 L per annum, and that the remainder of the said rents and profits of the said tenements (reserving 51. per annum for repairing of the said School) shall be bestowed to and amongst the poor Brethren of the said Company, so far as it will extend by 20*. a quarter arpiece.” 3. After the testator’s death in 1619, the Court — having had the Will read, and ascertained that he had left “ sufficiently in money and lands for the performance thereof,” — “ lovingly and willingly accepted of the said gift, and purpose, God willing, to perform the contents of the said will according to the true 494 Memorials of the Institutions . [ CXXYII. meaning thereof.” Accordingly, they placed themselves in communication with Sir Richard Molineux, and arranged for the erection of the school under the supervision of John Harrison, the founder’s kinsman at Crosby, completing the building and establishing the school at such time and under the circum- stances set forth in the Court Minutes which are collected and printed in the Appendix. 1 4. The houses devised to the Company then consisted of two tenements in St. Swithin’s Lane, and nine tenements in Crane Court, producing a total annual income of 121/. 13*. 4 d. The houses in Change Alley having been destroyed by fire and not rebuilt (as I understand) until 1634. 5. In 1666 the Fire of London 1 destroyed all the houses, and all payments for a time absolutely ceased. Whereupon John Ashworth and Thomas Barker, the Schoolmasters, humbly memorialized the Company in April 1667 for their salaries, buv the only reply was “ desiring ” their patience until the houses be rebuilt.’* Consequently the Usher left his employment. This state of things continued until by a Decree of the Court of Judicature duly established for the determination of differ- ences touching houses burnt or demolished by such Fire, dated on or about the 19th day of July 1692, it was ordered that the payments to be made by the said Company to the Master and Usher of the said School, and for repairing the said School, should be reduced from the sum of 551. to the sum of 34/. 9*. id. per annum for the term of 60 years, and that the payment to be made for the poor of the said Parish of St. Augustine afore- said should be reduced from, the said sum of 20/. to the sum of 12/. 10*. 8 d. for the like term of years. 6. After the expiration of the term of 60 years the full salaries were paid to the Master and Usher, and 20/. (less land tax) to the Poor of St. Augustine’s though, in consequence of City improvements, Lamb Alley had been swept away. No payments were however made to the Poor of the Company until 1821, because the surplus rents were needed for and applied to the extinction of a debt incurred in restoring the trust premises. 7. In the year 1825 the annual rental of the houses had con- siderably increased, and after setting apart the annual sums of 30/. for the said Master, 20/. for the said Usher, 20/. (less 1 See Appendix O. * These statements are taken from Sir George Rose’s Report, 28th Julj 1840, in the Chancery proceedings. CXXVIJ. ] The School at Great Crosby . 495 land tax) for the Poor of the said Parish of St. Augustine, 5/. for the repairs of the School, and 135. 4 d. for the Clerk of the Company (amounting altogether to the annual sum of 71Z. 13 8. 4 d.), there remained an unapplied residue of 388Z. 6$. 8 d., and in the belief that by the terms of the Will they were bound to apply the whole of such residue amongst poor members of the said Company, the Master and Wardens created 97 pen- sions of 41. per annum each, and paid the same as far as they were able to poor Brethren, but being unable to find a suffi- cient number of recipients amongst the poor Brethren, they bestowed the remaining pensions upon poor Widows of Free- men of the Company. 8 . At Christmas, 1847, the rental of the houses increased to 775/. per annum, which, after deducting the sum of 71 /. 13*. 4 d., left a residue of 703/. 65 . 8 d. ; and as there were not a sufficient number of poor Brethren to whom to pay in pensions or sums of 20$. a quarter a piece this residue' or even the said sum of 420/., the Company applied to the Court of Chancery for a new scheme for the School. At that time (1849) the Com- pany being dissatisfied with had dismissed the Master of the School, and there was not then any Master, Usher, or even Scholar of the School. It was therefore submitted to the Court of Chancery, that it would be greatly for the benefit of the Chapelry and neighbourhood, and assist in ful- filling the substantial intentions of the said John Harrison the Founder of the said Sehool, if the system of education were enlarged and improved, and the School extended, so as to meet the wants of the population of the said Chapelry and neigh- bourhood, for which purpose the Company proposed a scheme for the future management of the said School, and for the application of the said trust property, which was sanctioned by the Court of Chancery. 9. This scheme contemplated the admission of forty boys on, and sixty boys beyond, the Foundation; the forty being taught free, and the other boys paying 2$. 6 d. a quarter to the Masters. The Master’s emoluments were raised to 12CZ., and the Usher’s to 80/., with quarterages divided into two-thirds and one-third, and both were to be members of the Established Church. 10. The boys admitted were to be above six and under six- teen years of age, and to be selected for admission and dismissed by the local visitors appointed by the Company. They were to be examined in June and December in each year by Examiners also appointed by the Company.. 496 Memorials of the Institutions . [cnvii. 11. The School worked under this scheme until 1861, when the Company thought fit to limit the boys to seventy, of whom twenty-eight only should be taught free as “ Harrison’s Scholars,” and the others should pay a quarterly sum of 25*. in advance. 12. In the year 1866 the gross yearly income of the trust estate rose to 952Z. 10*., and by the renewal of leases gradually in- creased to the sum of 1,820Z. The balance of receipts over expenditure was carefully husbanded by the Company until, in December 1872, the sum of 3,461 Z. stood to the credit of Harrison’s Trust Estate, and application having been made to the Charity Commissioners for liberty to purchase a site of 10 acres of land for new school premises, these premises were con- veyed to Trustees for the Company for the total sum of 3,500/. 13. Pending these proceedings, the Endowed Schools Act, (32 and 33 Viet., c. 56) received the sanction of Parliament, and the Company made application to the Commissioners appointed by the Crown to carry out its provisions for a new scheme for the reorganization of the Great Crosby School. Dealing with the income as 1,820/. (with a fixed charge of 20/. 13*. 4 d. upon it) the Court of the 26th (upon the Charity Commissioners recommendation of the 18th) January 1871 resolved to devote three-fourths 1 of the residue to the School and one-fourth to pensions, and to carry out these resolutions and for the conduct of Great Crosby School for the future, the following scheme was finally adopted : — “ SCHEME FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FOUNDATION ESTAB- LISHED UNDER THE WILL OF JOHN HARRISON FOR A SCHOOL AT GREAT CROSBY, IN THE PARISH OF SHEFTON, OTHERWISE SEFTON, IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER, AND FOR OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS, 6TH AUGUST 1874. “ Part I.— General Soope of Truit. “ 1. The object of this Foundation or Trust General object. sha ll be— “ (a.) To supply a liberal and practical education fpr boys and girls by means of Schools at Great Crosby ; “ (5.) To relieve certain poor persons. And from the date of this Scheme all the particulars which by the Endowed Schools Acts, 1869 and 1873, are capable of 1 The proportion in 1620 was— out of 121/. 18#. 4 d. the sum of 65/. was paid to the School, and 46/. 13#. 4 d. to pensions. CXXVII. ] 497 The School at Great Crosby. being hereby repealed and abrogated, stall, eo far as relates to the management of this endowment, be repealed and abro- gated. 1“ fart XI.— The School Branch and the Alma Branch. 2. The Governing Body of this Foundation shall be the same as hitherto, namely, the Master, Wardens, „ . „ . and Court of Assistants of the Merchant Go7emm « B<>d J- Taylors’ Company, hereinafter called 1 the Governors.’ ' 3. From the date o( this Scheme this Foundation shall consist of two distinct branches, the School Division Into School branch and the Alms branch. branch branch. and Almj “ 4. From the date of this Scheme the School branch of this Foundation shall be deemed entitled to Provision for the the land and buildings hitherto occupied School branch, under this Trust exclusively for the purposes of the School, and to the piece of land at Great Crosby, lately contracted to be purchased by the Merchant Taylors’ Company from Mr. Myers as a site for a School, and to three-fourth parts of the income of the other property belonging to the whole Foundation. “ 5. Subject to the appropriation of any property of the Trust for the purposes of School sites and the payment of all costs and expenses of or incident to the provision or adaptation of buildings as hereinafter provided, the part of the endow- ment hereby apportioned to the School branch shall be applied as nearly as may be, three-fifths to the education of boys, and two-fifths to the education of girls, and there shall be under this Trust a School for boys and a Sohool fox girls, as herein- after provided, to be called ‘ The Merchant Taylors’ Schools of the Foundation of John Harrison.’ “ 6. From the 'date of this Scheme the Alms branch of this Foundation shall, subject as aforesaid, be Provision for Aim. deemed entitled to one-fourth part of the branch, income of the property belonging to the whole Foundation. “ 7. The part of the endowment hereby apportioned to the Alms branch shall be administered on the same Trusts for the benefit of the poor branch. ° brethren of the Company and other poor persons as hitherto in force for such purposes respectively under a Scheme of the Court of Chancery and the Will of the Founder, or as near thereto as the changes effected by this Scheme will admit. 2 K 498 Memorials of the Institutions. [ CXXVIL inal i transferred Crown. “ 8. The capital funds required for the purposes of this Money to be raised Scheme shall be raised out of the property or Schem PUrP<>9efl of income hereby appropriated to the School branch by mortgage or otherwise, as the Charity Commissioners may approve. “9. From the date of this Scheme all rights and powers Visitorial jurisdiction reserved to, belonging to, or claimed by, or to the capable of being exercised by, any person or persons other than Her Majesty, as Visitor or Visitors of this Trust shall be transferred to Her Majesty, and all such rights and powers, and also any like rights and powers vested in Her Majesty on the 2nd day of August 1869, shall be exercised only through and by the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales. “ 10. From the date of this Scheme all jurisdiction of the Jurisdiction of O rdin- Ordinary relating to or arising from the my abolished. licensing of any Teacher under this Trust shall be abolished. “11. Religious opinions, or attendance or non-attendance at Religious opinions of an y particular form of religious worship shall Governors. not in any way affect the qualification of any person for being a member of the Governing Body or of the Local Committee under this Scheme. Minutes. Accounts. “ 12. A minute book and proper books of account shall be provided by the Governors and kept in some convenient and secure place of deposit to be provided or appointed by them for that purpose, and minutes of all proceedings of the Governors relating to the School branch shall be entered in such minute book, and duly signed. “ 13. Full accounts of the receipts and expenditure of the Trust shall be kept by the Governors, and such accounts shall be stated for each year, and examined and passed annually at the first meeting in the ensuing year, and signed by the Governors then present. “ 14. The Governors shall cause sufficient abstracts of the Publication of ac- accounts to be published annually in two counts. local newspapers. Such abstracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Schedule hereto, unless any form is prescribed by the Charity Commissioners, in which case the form so prescribed shall be followed. CXXVIL] The School at Great Crosby. 499 Day School. “ Part IH.— The Boys’ School ‘and its Management. “15. The Governors shall appoint a Local Committee to aid them in the supervision of the School. The Local Committee shall consist of not ommittee * less than three nor more than five persons living in the parish of Sefton, who shall, be appointed to office for three years, and may be reappointed. Their functions, duties, and powers shall be such as may be delegated to them from time to time by the Governors. “ 16. The School shall be a Day School only. “ 17. As soon as practicable after the date of this Scheme, the Governors shall provide on the said piece of land lately contracted to be purchased by c °° dilg8, the Merchant Taylors’ Company, School buildings suitable for not less than 200 scholars, with a residence for the Head Master, and arranged so as to admit of convenient extension. Such buildings shall be according to plans and estimates approved by the Endowed Schools Commissioners, or after their powers have ceased, by the Charity Commissioners. Until such new buildings are completed the Boys’ School shall be carried on in the present School buildings. The Governors may make such improvements and alterations as they think desirable in the present School buildings, but having regard to the intended use of these buildings hereafter for a Girls’ School. For these purposes they may spend a sufficient sum of money to be raised as herein-before provided, but not exceeding 5,000/., unless with the consent of the Charity Commissioners. “ 18. No person shall be disqualified for being a Master in the School by reason only V® of his not being, or not intending to be, in Holy Orders. Holy Orders. “19. The Head Master shall be a Graduate of some Uni- versity within the British Empire. The circumstance that he has taken or made, or omitted to take or make, any oath or declaration on obtaining a degree, shall not affect his quali- fication. “20. The Governors shall appoint the Head Master at some meeting to be called for that purpose, as soon as conveniently may be after the occur- Head Maflter * rence of a vacancy, or after notice of an in- tended vacancy. In order to obtain the best candidates, the Governors shall for a sufficient time before jnaking any ap- 2x2 500 Memorials of the Institutions . [ CXXVIL pointment, give pnblic notice of the vacancy, and invite compe- tition by advertisements in newspapers or other methods as they may judge best calculated to secure the object. “21. The Governors may dismiss the Head Master without assigning cause, after six calendar months* ifMiawi written notice given to him in pursuance of a resolution passed at two consecutive meetings held at an interval of at least fourteen days and duly convened for that express purpose, such resolution being affirmed at each meet- ing by not less than two-thirds of the Governors present. “ 22. For urgent cause the Governors may by resolution passed at a special meeting duly convened for that express purpose, and affirmed by not less than two-thirds of the whole existing number of Governors, declare that the Head Master ought to be dismissed from his office, and in that case they may appoint another special meeting to be held not less than a week after the former one, and may then, by a similar resolu- tion affirmed by as large a proportion of Governors, wholly and finally dismiss him. And if the Governors assembled at the first of such meetings think fit at once to suspend the Head Master from his office until the next meeting, they may do so by resolution affirmed by as large a proportion of Governors. Full notice and opportunity of defence at both meetings shall be given to the Head Master. “23. Every Head Master previously to entering into office Declaration by Head shall required to sign a declaration, to be Master. entered in the minute book of the Governors in the following form. “ * I, declare that I will always, to the best of my ability, discharge the duties of Head Master of the Merchant Taylors Boys’ School of the Foundation of John Harrison during my tenure of the office, and that if I am removed by the Governors, according to the constitution of the said School, I will acquiesce in such removal, and will there- upon relinquish all claim to the mastership and its future emoluments, and will deliver up to the Governors, or as they direct, possession of all their property then in my possession or occupation. “ 24. The Head Master shall dwell in the residence assigned Head .Master’s offi- ^ or him. He shall have the occupation and cial residence. use of such residence and of any other pro- perty of the Trust of which he becomes occupant, in respect of his official character and duties, and not as tenant, and shall, if CXXVII. ] 501 The School at Great Crosby . removed from his office, deliver up possession of such residence and other property to the Governors or as they direct. He shall not, except with the permission of the Governors, permit any person to occupy such residence or any part thereof. “ 25. The Head Master shall give his personal attention to the duties of the School, and during his tenure Master not to of office he shall not accept or hold any bene- have other employ- fice having the cure of souls, or any office or menfc * appointment which, in the opinion of the Governors, may interfere with the proper performance of his duties as Head Master. “ 26. Neither the Head Master nor any Assistant Master shall receive or demand from any boy in the Masters not to receive School, or from any person whomsoever on other than authorised behalf of any such boy, any gratuity, fee, or fee8, payment, except such payments as are prescribed or authorised by this Scheme. “ 27. Within the limits fixed by this Scheme the Governors shall prescribe the general subjects of instruc- jurisdiction of Go- tion, the relative prominence and value to be vemors over School assigned to each group of subjects, the divi- arran S eraents - sion of the year into term and vacation, the payments of scholars, and the number of holidays to be given in the term. They shall take general supervision of the sanitary condition of the School buildings and arrangements. They shall determine what number of Assistant Masters shall be employed. They shall every year assign the amount which they think proper to be paid out of the income of the Trust for the purpose of main- taining Assistant Masters and a proper plant or apparatus for carrying on the instruction given in the School. “28. Before making any regulations under the last fore- going clause, the Governors shall consult the Governors to consult Head Master in such a manner as to give him the Head Master, full opportunity for the expression of his views. “ 29. Subject to the rules prescribed by or under the autho- rity of the Scheme the Head Master shall have jurisdiction of Head Under his control the choice of books, the Master over School methods of teaching, the arrangement of classes arran 6 emente * and school hours, and generally the whole internal organisation, management, and discipline of the School : Provided that no boy shall be expelled from the School without the opportunity of an appeal to the Governors. 502 Memorials of the Institution *. [ CXXVII. “ 30. The Head Master shall have the sole power of appoint- Appointment and in & and > subject to appeal to the Governors, dismissal of Assistant of dismissing all Assistant Masters, and shall determine, subject to the approval of the assigned to Assistant Governors, in what proportions the sum as- Masters or plant. gigned by the Governors for the maintenance of Assistant Masters and of plant or apparatus shall be divided among the various persons and objects for which it is assigned in the aggregate. And the Governors shall pay the same accordingly, either through the hands of the Head Master or directly, as they think best. “ 31. The Head Master may from time to time submit pro- Propos&ls by Head posals to the Governors for making or altering Ma * tor - regulations concerning any matter within their province, and the Governors shall consider such proposals and decide upon them. “ 32. The Head Master shall receive a fixed stipend of 200/. Income of Head a^year. He shall also receive head money, cal- Maater. culated on such a scale, uniform or graduated, as may be agreed upon between him and the Governors, being at the rate of not less than 21. nor more than 4 1. yearly for each boy. These payments shall be made terminally or quarterly, as the Governors think fit. “ 33. All boys, except as hereinafter provided, shall pay Payments for en- such entrance and tuition fees as the Governors trance and tuition, shall fix from time to time, provided that no such entrance fee shall .exceed 1/., and that no such tuition fee shall be less than 6/. or more than 16Z. a-year. No difference in respect of these fees shall be made between any scholars on account of place of birth or residence. No extras of any kind shall be allowed without the sanction of the Governors, and written consent on behalf of the scholar concerned. “ 34. All payments for entrance or tuition shall be made in advance to the Head Master, or to such other person as the Governors shall from time to time determine, and shall be accounted for by the person receiving them to the Governors, and treated by them as part of the general income of their Trust. “ 35. No boy shall be admitted into the School unlefis he Ages for the has attained the age of 8 years. No boy shall School. remain in the School after the end of the term in which he attains the age of 17 years. OXXVII. ] 503 The School at Great Crosby . “ 36. Subject to the provisions established by or under the authority of this Scheme, the School and all To whom School . B advantages of the School shall be open to all °pea. boys who are of good character and sufficient health, and who are residing with their parents, guardians, or next friends, or "with some person chosen by them and approved by the Governors and the Head Master. “37. Applications for admission to the School shall be made to the Head Master, oi to some other person nanled by the Governors, according to Mode adm “ 8ion * a printed form to be approved of by the Governors, and delivered to all applicants. “ 38. The Head Master, or other person named by the Governors, shall keep a register of applications Roister 0 f appli- showing the date at which every application is cations, made for the admission of a boy, the date of his admission, withdrawal, or rejection, the cause of rejection, and the age of the boy at the date of the application. Provided that every person requiring an application to be entered shall pay such fee as the Governors may fix, not exceeding five shillings. “ 39. Every applicant for admission shall be examined by or under the direction of the Head Master, or by Entrance examina- such other person as the Governors shall tion. from to time appoint, who shall appoint convenient times for that purpose, and give reasonable notice to the parents of those whose turn is arriving. No boy shall be admitted to the School except after undergoing such examination and being found fit for admission. Those who are so found fit shall, if there is room for them, be admitted in order according to the dates of their application. If there is not room for all applicants, boys living with their parents, guardians, or next friends in the parish of Sefton shall be preferred. Subject as aforesaid the Governors may direct that the priority of appli- cants shall be determined by competitive examination. “ 40. The examination for admission shall be graduated according to the age of the boy, but it shall never fall below the following standard, that is to say : — Reading monosyllabic narrative, writing text hand, easy sums in the first two rules of arithmetic, with the multiplication table. “ 41. The parent or guardian of or person liable to maintain or having the actual custody of any day scholar may claim, by notice in writing addressed to the Head Religion* Master, the exemption of such scholar from t* 011 *- exemp- 504 Memorials of the Institutions . [ CXXVII. attending prayer or religious worship, or from any lesson or series of lessons on a religious subject, and such scholar shall be exempted accordingly, and a scholar shall not by reason of any exemption from attending prayer or religious worship, or from any lesson or series of lessons on a religious subject, be deprived of any advantage or emolument in this School or out of this Trust to which he would otherwise have been entitled. If any teacher in the course of other lessons at which any such scholar is in accordance with the ordinary rules of the School present, teaches systematically and persistently any particular religious doctrine, from the teaching of which any exemption has been claimed, as in this clause before provided, the Governors shall, on complaint made in writing' to them by the parent, guardian, or person liable to maintain or having the actual custody of such scholar, hear the complainant, and inquire into the circumstances, and if the complaint is judged to be reasonable, make all proper provisions for remedying the matter complained of. 44 42. The Governors and Head Master shall, within their Instruction : Beli- respective Departments, as herein-before de- gious. fined, and subject to the provisions of this Scheme, make proper regulations for the religious instruction to be given in the School. 44 43. No alteration in any regulations made by the Governors respecting the religious instruction to be given in the School shall take effect until the expiration of not less than one year after notice of the making of the alteration is given. 44 44. The subjects of secular instruction shall be as follows: — Secular Reading, writing, arithmetic, mathematics, geography, history, English grammar, com- position and literature, Latin, at least one modem European language other than English, natural science, drawing, and music. The boys shall be instructed in the foregoing subjects according to the classification and arrangements made by the Head Master. Greek may be taught as an extra at an addi- tional fee of not less than 81 a-year for each boy. But such additional fee shall not be required from any boy whose name was on the roll of the School on the 2nd day of August 1870, unless the Governors shall otherwise direct. 44 45. There shall be at least once in every year an exami- . . . .. nation of the scholars by an Examiner or Examiners appomted for that purpose by the Governors, and paid by them, but otherwise unconnected with o xxra ] The School at Great Crosby . 505 the School. The Examiners shall report to the Governors on the proficiency of the scholars, and on the position of the School as regards instruction and discipline, as shown by the results of the examination. The Governors shall communicate the report to the Head Master. “ 46. The Head Master shall make a Report in writing to the Governors, yearly or oftener as the Governors Head Master's An- may direct, on the general condition of the nual Report. School, and on any special occurrences affecting the same. He also may mention the names of any boys who in his judgment are worthy of praise or substantial reward, having regard both to proficiency and conduct. “ 47. By way of Exhibitions tenable at the School, the Governors shall grant exemptions from the Free plltoeg at the payment of tuition fees for such periods and Sohool m Exhibi- on such conditions as they think fit, at the taon8, rate of one such Exhibitioner for every 10 boys in average attendance at the School. These Exhibitions shall be called Harrison Scholarships, and shall be given as the reward of merit only. They shall be assigned, in the case of candidates for admission, on the result of the examination for admission, and in the case of boys already attending the School, on the Reports of the Examiners and Head Master, and no such Exhi- bition shall be granted to any such boy if the Head Master reports that he is rendered undeserving of it by ill-conduct. “ 48. The Governors may also in cases in which they think it expedient, if the state of the Funds admits, „ i A IT. n I'L*.. 1 . , Further Exhibitions. grant turther Exhibitions tenable at the School, by awarding to Exhibitioners or other deserving scholars on the recommendation of the Head Master gratuities not exceed- ing in the case of any scholar the amount of 31. in a-year, towards the cost of books and stationery and other expenses incident to their attendance at the School. 44 49. The Governors shall, as soon as circumstances permit, establish Scholarships to be awarded one or soholarships tenable more in each year, and called the Great Crosby elsewhere. Scholarships, tenable at other places of education, or for the purpose of fitting the holder for some profession or calling. Each such Scholarship shall be of the yearly value of not lees than 40Z. or more than 50/., and tenable for three years, and shall be awarded by open competition among the boys who have been educated at the School for such time not less than 506 Memorials of the Institutions. [ cxxvn. three years immediately previous to the grant thereof, as the Governors may determine. “ 50. The Scholarships and Exhibitions established under Exhibition* not to be thi ® Scheme shall be tenable only for the pur- perrerted from their poses of education. If the holder dies, his proper purpose. representatives shall be entitled only to the next instalment whenever payable. If the holder is guilty of gross misconduct or idleness, or wilfully ceases to pursue his education, profession, or calling, the Governors may determine the Scholarship or Exhibition. Local Managers. School Buildings. “Part IV.— The G-irla* School and Its Management. “51. To aid them in the supervision of the Girls’ School the Governors shall appoint a Local Committee, either being or not being the same persons as the Local Committee of the Boys* School, subject to the like provisions as herein-before contained with regard to the Local Committee for the Boys 1 School. “ 52. When and so soon as the new buildings herein-before provided for the Boys’ School are completed, the Governors shall adapt and use the old School buildings as a School for girls. Until such time they may, if they think fit, make arrangements for procuring tem- porary accommodation for a School for girls by renting any buildings, or otherwise as they may find practicable. “ 53. The School shall be a Day School only under a Head Mistress, independent of the Head Master of the Boys’ School. “54. The Head Mistress shall receive a fixed stipend of Income of Head Mis- 1201 ary ear. She shall also receive head treM - * money, after the manner and according to the conditions herein-before prescribed for the Head Master of the Boys’ School, provided that such payment shall be at the rate of not less than 21. and not more than 4/. yearly for each girl. “ 55. Payments for entrance and tuition shall be made by Payments for en- the girls after the manner and according to trance and tuition, the conditions herein-before prescribed for the Boys’ School, provided that no such entrance fee shall be more than 1/., and that no such tuition fee shall be less than 5 1. or more than 10/. a-year. “ 56. If the Governors think fit they may in special cases allow girls to remain in the School after the limit of age prescribed in the case of boys. Day School. Limit of age. CXXVII. ] The School at Great Crosby . 507 “ 57. The subjects of secular instruction shall be the same , tio • s lar as ^ or domestic economy 110 * and needlework in addition. The Governors shall also arrange for a course of physical training for the girls. The girls shall be instructed in the foregoing subjects accord- ing to the classification and arrangements made by the Head Mistress. “ 58. The Governors shall grant Exhibitions and Scholar- ships for girls after the manner and under the conditions herein-before prescribed for the Scliola«hip 9 . ftnd Boys’ School. “ 59. In the conduct of all examinations of the girls the Governors shall be careful to provide that too . great publicity or mental strain shall be xamma lon8 ‘ avoided. “ 60. As to every matter relating to the Girls’ School of the kind mentioned in this Part of this Scheme, or 0ther provision* as of the kind mentioned in Part III. of this prescribed for the Scheme as relating to the Boys’ School, the * 0JB SohooL Governors and the Head Mistress respectively shall have the same authorities, rights, and duties as are conferred on the Governors and the Head Master by Part III. of this Scheme. “ 61. Subject to the special provisions of this Part of this Scheme, the Girls’ School shall be governed by the same regulations and provisions as in Part III. of this Scheme are prescribed for the Boys’ School, except as regards the pro- visions of clause 19. “ Part V.— . Application of Income. “ 62. The Governors shall, as soon as funds are available for the purpose, place the sum of 2,000Z. Consols RepaiwandlmproYe- to a separate account, entitled 4 Repairs and ment* Fund. Improvements.’ The income shall be applied by the Gover- nors in ordinary repairs or improvements of property used for the purposes of the Schools, if wanted,* and if not wanted for that purpose shall be accumulated by them to the same account. The Governors shall draw upon the accumula- tions at their discretion for the purpose of any such repairs or improvements, but shall not encroach upon the capital, except for the purpose of substantial improvements or extraordinary repairs or renewal, and then not without the consent of the Charity Commissioners, and under such conditions of replacing the capital as that Board may think right. 508 Memorials of the Institutions. [ CXXVII. " 63. Until the Repairs and Improvements Fund is provided the Governors shall treat the sum of 60/. yearly as applicable to the same purposes as the Repairs and Improvements Fund. “ 64. After defraying the expenses of management and of any Other E s ordinary Repairs or improvements which the income of the Repairs and Improvements Fund may be insufficient to answer, and any legal claims on the Governors which may be due, the Governors shall employ Payments for Boys’ three-fifths of the income of the School branch School. for the benefit of the Boys' School in paying the Head Master as herein-before prescribed, in paying the amount assigned for the Assistant Masters and School plant or apparatus, and paying the Examiner or Examiners, and in providing for such Scholarships, Exhibitions, and Prizes as they may have adjudged. “ 65. The Governors may also, if they think fit and the funds Pensions suffice for the purpose, agree with the Head Master for the formation of a fund in the nature of a Pension or Superannuation fund, the main principle of such agreement being that the Head Master and the Trust fund shall each contribute annually for a period of 20 years such sums as may be fixed on ; that these contributions shall accumulate at compound interest ; that in case the Head Master serves his office 20 years he shall on his retirement be entitled to the whole fund ; that in case he retires earlier on account of permanent disability from illness he shall also be entitled to the whole fund ; that in all other cases he shall, on his ceasing to be Master, be entitled to the amount produced by his own contributions. “ 66. If there is any residue of the iticome herein-before l#4due directed to be employed by the Governors for the benefit of the Boys* School, they may so employ it in increasing the stipend of the Head Master, or the funds applicable to the payment of Assistant Masters and School plant or apparatus, in improving the accommodation of the School buildings, in aiding the games of the scholars, or gener- ally in promoting the spirit and efficiency of the School. What- Unapplied aurplua. ever the y do not think . fit to e P end “ these ways they shall on passing the yearly accounts state tlfc Unapplied surplus, and shall deposit it in a bank ; and if the sums so deposited rise to 300/. they shall invest ithe same in Government Stock to the general credit of the Trust. CXXVIL ] The School at Great Crosby . 509 “ 67. The other two-fifths of the income of the School branch shall be employed by the Governors for the _ . , , benefit oi the Girls School m the like manner School, and with the like powers and discretion as by the three last foregoing clauses is provided with respect to the income em- ployed for the benefit of the Boys’ School. ‘ Part VT.— General. “68. If the Governors dismiss Mr. Wilkinson Ritson,‘ the present Second Master of the School, except 0 f i ntereBt8 * for such cause as before the passing of this Scheme would have justified his dismissal, the Governors shall thenceforth pay to him the sum of 85/. yearly for his life. “ 69. Nothing in this Scheme shall affect any interest which was on or before the 2nd day of August 1870 legally vested in any scholar on this foundation. “ 70. The Governors may receive any additional donations or endowments for the general purposes of the FurtherendowmenU . Schools, or either of them. They may also receive donations or endowments for any special objects directed by the donors, provided that such objects are certified by the Charity Commissioners to be for the general benefit of the Schools or either of them, and not calculated to give privileges to any scholar on any other ground than that of merit, and not otherwise inconsistent with or calculated to impede the due working of the provisions of this Scheme. “ 71. If any doubt or question arises among the Governors as to the proper construction or application of any Commia- of the provisions of this Scheme, of the Goven- sioners to decide in nors may apply to the Charity Commissioners doubtful question*, for their opinion and advice thereon, which opinion and advice when given shall be binding on the Governors. “ 72. The Charity Commissioners may from time to time in the exercise of their ordinary jurisdiction charity Commia- frame Schemes for the alteration of any sioners to make new provisions of this Scheme or otherwise for the Schome8 * government or regulation of the Trust, provided that such Schemes be not inconsistent with clause 1 (a) of this Scheme or with anything contained in the Endowed Schools Acts, 1869 and 1873. 510 Memorials of the Institutions. [ CXXVII. 44 73. This Scheme shall be printed and a copy given to Scheme to be printed every person who shall become a member &nd sold. of the Governing Body or the Local Committee, and to every Master or Assistant Master, Mistress, or Teacher, appointed to either School, and copies shall be sold at a reasonable price to all persons who may wish to buy. 44 74. The date of this Scheme shall be the day on which D*te of Scheme Her Majesty by Order in Council declares Her approbation of it. “ SCHEDULE. 44 1. The abstract of accounts directed by the Scheme to be published every year shall set out separately the income receivable, the income received, and the expenditure. 44 2. The account of income receivable shall show separately the amounts receivable from — 44 Houses at rack-rent ; Ground rents ; Dividends on stocks or other personalty, distinguishing the same ; Interest on cash at bankers ; Other payments from endowment, fixed or esti- mated; Arrears due. 44 & The account of income received shall show separately the amounts received from the above-named and other sources, incidental or otherwise, and also the amounts received from entrance fees and from tuition fees for each School for each quarter or term, and the balance in hand at the commence- ment of the account. 44 4. The account of expenditure shall show separately the amounts expended on the management, repairs, rates, taxes, and other matters connected with the property of the Trust as distinguished from the objects thereof, and shall show sepa- rately the expenditure on the educational and on the other charitable objects. 44 It shall show the educational expenditure for each separate School on — 44 Management ; Rates and taxes ; Repairs of School buildings ; Cleaning, &c. ; Pensions ; Salary and capitation fees of Head Master and Mistress ; Payment of Assistant Masters and Teachers ; School apparatus, library ; Examiners ; Exhibi- tions tenable at School; Exhibitions tenable elsewhere; Prizes. MEMORIAL I. APPENDIX A (1). EXTRACT FROM “CHRONICLES OF THE MAYORS AND SHERIFFS OF LONDON ” (TRANSLATED BY H. T. RILEY, ESQ., M~A., BARRISTER-AT-LAW.) “ Against this it happened, about the Feast of Saint Katherine [25th November] in this year [12671 that a dispute arose between certain of the craft of the Gold- smiths and certain of the craft of the Tailors ; to whom adhered on the one side and the other, some of the trade of the parmenters 1 and some of the tawyers ;* whioh persons held great assemblages, and for three nights together went armed throughout the streets of the City, creating most severe conflicts among themselves. Hence without doubt, as wafe said, more than five hundred of these mischievous persons were collected together at night, and in the affray many of them were wounded ; but still no one would 2 * act a part that belongs only to the Bailiffs. For every one was waiting by force of arms to take vengeance on his adversary, against the peace and his own fealty to his Lordship the King : the Bailiffs and discreet men of the City understanding which, had more than thirty of them seised and im- prisoned in Newgate; and these, on the Friday next after the Feast of Saint Katherine [25th November] appeared before Laurence de Broc, the Justiciar assigned for gaol delivery, who took proceedings against them *in the King’s behalf saying that they, against the peace and their fealty to his Lordship the King, had gone armed in the City, and had at night wickedly and feloniously wounded some persons, and had slain others, whose bodies, it was said, had been thrown into the Thames. “ They however denied violence and injury, &c., and as to the same put them- selves upon the verdict of the venue. 4 But on the morrow, those who by the said venue were found to have been in the oonflict aforesaid, were by judgment of the said J usticiar, immediately hanged, although not one among them had been con- victed of homicide, mayhem, 4 or robbery. Hence, one Geoffrey, sumamed M de Beverley,” a parmenter by trade, because certain of those misdoers had armed them- selves in his house, and he himself had been present with them in arms in the said affray, were hanged together with twelve others who had been indicted as well gold- smiths as parmenters and tawyers. All this however was done, that others, put in awe thereby, might take warning that so the peace of his Lordship the King by all within the City might be the more rigidly maintained.” 1 Dealers in ' : pannentery ” or broad doth. * Who prepared fine leather with alum, the shoemakers also were sometimes called “ alutarii." • This Is probably near the meaning of the passage ; but it evidently is incorrectly transcribed and hopelessly corrupt 4 Or “visnue *’ or “ visnet"; persons of the vicinity. ' The maiming or mutilation of a limb necessary for defence in fight. A (2). ] Ordinance — “Articles of the Tailors .” APPENDIX A (2). 513 ARTICLES OF THE ARMOURERS (RENDERED BT MR. MARTIN). u Memorandum, that in the hustings of the Common Pleas, held on Monday, in the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, the 15th year of the reign of our lord the King Edward, son of King Edward [1322], in the presence of Sir Hamoun de Chigewell, then Mayor, Nichol de Famdon, Robert de Swatclyve, Reynaud de Conduyt, Hugh de Garton, Henry de Seccheford, Roger de Palmere, John Poyntel, Robert le Calleue, John de Preston, Roger de Fowyk, Elys de Suffolk, and Simon de Abyndon, Aider- men, Richard Corbantyn and Richard de Hakeneye, Sheriffs, by assent of Hugh de Aungeye, William de Segrave, Roger Savage, Thomas de Copham, William de Langhull, Richard de Kent, G-ilot le Heauberger, Hugh le Heaumer, Master Robert le Heaumer, Simon le Heaumer, Robert de Skelton, John Tany, Henry Horpol, Elys de Wodebergh, William le Heaumer, Oliver le Heaumer, William de Staun- ford, John de Wyght, Richard de Seyntis, William de Lyndeseie, John de Keste- vene, Robert le Proude, Robert Seymer, Reynaud le Heauberger, Roger le Saltere, Richard de Blakenhale, and Geffrey 1 armourers ; it was ordained and agreed to for the common profit that henceforth armour made for sale in the City should be good and fit, according to the form which follows : — “ To wit, that hacquetonB and gambesons covered with sendall or cloth of silk, should be stuffed with new cotton cloth and silk tow, and with old sendall, and in no other manner. And that white hacquetons should be stuffed with old cotton cloth, and with new cloth within and without. Also because men have found old basnets, bruised and worthless, newly covered by persons who know nothing of the trade, and they are put in hiding places and carried into the country, out of the said City, for sale, and even in the said City itself ; of which men cannot discover whether they are good or bad, of which thing great danger might ariso to the King and to his people, and villainous slander to the foresaid armourers and the whole City ; it is ordained and agreed that no smith or other man who make the irons of basnets, shall henceforth cover any basnet himself for sale, but shall sell them out of his hand quite new and uncovered, as was customary before this time. And they shall remain uncovered until they have been seen by the four who have been sworn, or by two * of them, whether they are fit for covering or not. And if there is found in the house of any armourer, or elsewhere in any house, armour for sale, whatever it be, which is not serviceable, or otherwise than is ordained, that it shall be immediately taken and carried before the Mayor and Aldermen, and by them judged good or bad according to their discretion. And to keep and oversee this matter well and loyally, Roger Savage, William le Toneler, Master Richard le Heaumer, John Tany, are sworn, and if the four cannot attend, the two shall do what is necessary.” (See “Riley's London ,” p. 145.) APPENDIX A (3). ARTICLES OF THE TAILOR8.* “ John Bernes , Mayor, anno 45. — On Wednesday next after the Feast of St. Valentine, in the 45th year of the reign of King Edward the Third after the Con- quest [19th February 1371], there came good men of the trade of the tailors of London, and delivered to the Mayor and Aldermen a certain bill in these words “ To the honourable and wise Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, the good men of the trade of tailors of the said city, show that a grant has been made to 1 Blank in MS. 8 Guildhall Records, Book G, foUo 266. French. 2 L 514 Ordinance that the Yeomen Tailors shall not [ A (4). them by our lord the king, by hie letters patent, enrolled in the book F, at folio 88 of the same book ; for the purpose of ordering and regulating their trade, and the faults of their servants by the view of the Mayor of the said city, or of another whom the Mayor shall depute for this purpose, and to correct and amend them by the most sufficient of the said trade, os seems best to them to do for the common profit of the people j and also that no one within the freedom of the Baid city, shall hold a table or shop of thiB trade, if he is not of the freedom of the said city ; and that no one be received into the freedom for tliis trade, unless he is vouched for by good and loyal men of this trade, as being good, loyal, and suitable for the same trade. Many divers people using this trade in the said city, and in the suburb thereof, who are not free of the said city, have tables and shops of this trade con- trary to the aforesaid grant and the freedom of the said city, of which they pray a remedy. And because the fore said good men have ordained amongst themselves for the good government of the said trade, and for the common profit of the people, that any man of the said trade who spoils the cloths cut by him, or which he has occasion to employ, and will not make amends for his misdeeds to the complainants, nor will be ruled by the masters of this trade ; that the first time he offends he shall pay to the Chamber of the Guildhall, 6s. Sd. j and to the alms of St. John the Baptist, that is to say, to the priests and poor men, 3s. 4d . ; and the second time he offends, he shall pay to the said Chamber, 13s. 4 d . ; and to the said alms, 6#. Sd. ; and the third time that he offends he shall pay to the said Chamber, 20s. j and to the said alms, 13s. 4 d . ; and that he shall have, at the third time, imprisonment according to your discretion ; and if any of the said trade prays for any one after he is attainted for his ill-deeds, or favours the said offender in his misdeed, he shall pay to the Chamber half a mark ; and that each master be bound to answer for his servant if he does not show his fruits to the masters of the said trade for the time being, after that he is attainted of this. Which Ordinances the foresaid good men pray you to accept and approve, and that they may be enrolled before you, for the good government of the said trade and common profit of the people. “ And they desired that the said Articles might be here accepted and enrolled, etc., and executed according to the form of the same bill. Afterwards, via., Thurs- day next after the Feast of St. Matthias the Apostle, the 46th year of the reign of King Edward the Third after the Conquest, the foresaid letters having been Been, and the premises being considered by the Mayor and Aldermen, it was agreed and granted by the said Mayor and Aldermen that the foresaid articles should be enrolled in the foresaid form, and observed for the common profit of the whole people; and that delinquents should be punished according to the form of the same articles, etc.” APPENDIX A (4). ORDINANCE * THAT THE YEOMEN TAILORS SHALL NOT USE LIVERIES* OR BROTHERHOOD AMONGST THEMSELVES. “ Memorandum, that 19th April the third year of the reign of Xing Henry Y. after the Conquest (1415), it was intimated to Thomas Fauooner, Mayor, and the Aldermen of the City of London, by incessant reports, that certain servants and apprentices of the tailors of the said city, called ‘ yeomen taillours,’ live by them- selves alone in companies, and take and inhabit divers dwelling-places in the said city against the licence or will of their superiors of the said city or the masters of the same art. The inhabitants of which houses in former times, like irregular and law- 1 a Henry V., Guildhall Records, Book I., folio 151 . • In MS. M libertota.’ A (4).] use Liveries or Brotherhood amongst themselves. 515 less men without a head or government, have often assembled together in great numbers, and made divers assemblies and conventicles in divers places within the said city and without, and have beaten, wounded, and ill-treated many lieges of our lord the king, and especially now lately one Thomas Tropewell, one of the masters of the foresaid trade, severely, from malice and design aforethought ; and have made many rescues against the servants and officers of the said city while arresting malefactors and disturbers of the peace of our lord the king ; and have committed, and daily endeavour to commit, very many other evils and enormities to the injury of tho peace of our lord the king and the manifest disturbance of his people. Whence divers evils and dangers to our lord the king and his people, as well as scandals and injuries to the masters of the foresaid art, who know nothing of the said evil deeds ? have often happened, and will probably continue to happen for the future, unless a remedy is soon and speedily applied by the governors of the said city. Concerning which the said Mayor and Aldermen, after careful deliberation on the premises being inclined to repress this malice and these enormities, and wishing to oppose to their power, as they are bound to do, the evils, scandals, and injuries of this kind, which are likely easily to happen (which God forbid) unless they are speedily resisted, caused to appear before them in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the said city on the 25th of April then next following, Thomas Whityngliam, now master, and tho wardens of the trade aforesaid, to discuss the premisses why, although they have the special government of the foresaid trade, under the Mayor and Aldermen and other governors of the foresaid city, they allow their servants and apprentices to inhabit houses of this kind alone by themselves, in companies, without a superior to rula them, and to commit and perpetrate these evils and crimes so lawlessly. The said master and wardens, having first obtained leave to address the Mayor and Aider- men, by their grievous complaint signified that they wero deeply grieved at these misdeeds and crimes, because scandals and many injuries daily happen to the master and good men of the foresaid art by the lawlessness ot these men, and are likely to happen in tho future, which God forbid, unless they are repressed. They are much concerned at the companies of these men living alone by themselves in houses, because, although they have been often warned by the same masters of the said trade to evacuate their houses, on account of their crimes committed by reason of their fellowship together in tho foresaid houses, they disregard the warnings of the said masters and will not leave tho foresaid houses, but have expressly refused so to do and still refuse ; requiring the said Mayor and Aldermen with due instance, to deign to send for the said causes for David Brekenliok and John Stanbury, and others living in a certain house at Garlykhyth, 1 alone by themselves, in company together. “The Mayor and Aldermen, inclining to their supplications as just and con- formable to reason, ordered Otho Bids, one of the serjeants of the said Mayor, to summon for tho 29th day of April then next following tho said David and John Stanbury, and two or three others of the said company, to attend and answer there before the said Mayor and Aldermen for themselves and others their fellows of the foresaid company dwelling together, concerning the premises and other matters to be objected to them by the said Mayor and Aldermen. At which 29th day of April there came by virtue of the summons made to them before the said Mayor and Aldermen in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the said city, as well the said David Brekenhok and John Stanbury, as 2 , etc., to answer for them selves and their fellows; who when charged with the premises did not and could not deny that they were guilty of the many enormities and crimes then and there laid upon the said company living together in the foresaid house, as was notorious and manifest to the Court ; for which they submitted themselves to 1 In Vintrie Ward, running from Bow Lane to Thames Street. ‘‘Three Shear Court” (small and ordinary) “was over against the Church.”— Stowe, Book III-, p. 14. • Blank in MS. 2 L 2 616 Confirmation of Ordinance ( Yeomen Tailors). [ A (5). the grace of the Court. Therefore, the said Mayor and Aldermen ordered the same David and John Stanbury, that they and their fellows, inhabiting the foresaid house, or the same David and John, for themselves and their fellows, should appear there before the said Mayor and Aldermen on Thursday 2nd May next, to do and fulfil whatever the said Court shall consider right in their behalf, etc. “ At which day there came thither the said David Brekenhok and John Stanbury and others for themselves and the rest of the foresaid company living together. And the foresaid Mayor and Aldermen, alter careful consultation together upon the premises, being of opinion that the livery or dress in which the said servants and apprentices, like young and unstable people, congregate and assemble together yearly by themselves without the government or supervision of their superiors of the said trade, or of any others, within the said city, and further that the houses in which they live together continuously by themselves alone with- out any fixed government, expressly tend and redound to the breach of the peace of our lord the king, the disturbance and probably the commotion of his people, which God forbid ; consider and adjudge that the servants of the foresaid trade shall be hereafter under government and rule of the Masters and Wardens of the foresaid trade, as other servants of other trades in the said city are, and are bound by law to be, and that they shall not use henceforth livery or dress, meetings or conventicles, or other unlawful things of this kind. u And further the said Mayor and Aldermen then and there enjoined the said David Brekenhok, John Stanbury and others then and there present, that they and all their fellows inhabiting the said house at Garlykhyth, and other houses of the same kind in the said city, should depart from and leave them before Sunday, the 6th day of May next, and should not take them again or others, to live in them together by themselves alone together, in any wise for the future, on pain of imprisonment and fine to be levied at the discretion of the Mayor and Aldermen for the time being.” APPENDIX A (6). CONFIRMATION OF THE ORDINANCE MADE IN THE TIME OF THOMAS FAUCONER, AGAINST THE BROTHERHOOD OF YEOMEN TAILORS, 1 2 ETC. “ On the 6th day of August in the 6tli year of the reign of King Henry the Fifth after the Conquest [1417], there came hither William Devenissb, John Elis, John Spencer and John Cobbe, and others of the said trade, commonly called * Yomantaillours,’ and by their petition presented to Henry Barton then Mayor and the Aldermen, prayed that they would deign to grant to them and othen their fellows being of the brotherhood of * Yomantaillours ’ that they might assemble on the feaat of the Decollation of St. J ohn the Baptist next following and so henceforth yearly, in the Church of St. John of Jerusalem near Smythfeld, there to offer for the deceased brothers and Bisters of the said brotherhood, and to do other things which they have been accustomed to do there, etc. “ The Mayor and Aldermen, after the inspection of a certain record concerning the government of the said trade, and of the servants and yeomen of the same, in the time of Thomas Fauconer, then Mayor, entered in Folio 151 of this book, and after consultation concerning the premises, considering that an assembly of this kind, although it is sought and prayed for under a pious pretext of goodness, if it 1 Rendered by Charles T. Martin, Esq., F.S.A., of the Public Record Office vh from the French ; 2 and 3, from the Latin). A(6). ] Extracts from, the Manuscript Account Books. 517 were permitted, would nevertheless manifestly tend to the infringement of the fore- said ordinance and the disturbance of the peace, as other similar assemblies in the said trade have done, order and consider that in future times no servant or apprentice of the said trade shall presume by themselves to make or enter assem- blies or conventicles, at the foresaid Church of St. John or elsewhere, unless with and in presence of the Masters of the said trade, etc., on pain of imprisonment and fine to be levied according to the discretion of the Mayor and Aldermen for the time being, etc. But that the foresaid ordinance and all the other ordinances ordained for preserving the good of peace and quietness in the said trade shall remain unbroken and entire.” APPENDIX A (6). EXTRACTS FROM THE MANU8CRIPT ACCOUNT BOOKS RELATING TO THE AFFAIRS OF THE FRATERNITY. (Selected by Charles Trice Martin, Esq., of the Public Record Office.) Account Book No. 2. 31 Henry VI., 9 Edward IV., 1453-1470. Easter 31 — Easter 32 Henry VI., 1453-4. Wm. Knotte, Master. Receipts from lands, 1062. 12#. 8 d. Fines for employing “ foreins,” 4 2. 9#. 3d. f. 1. Fines from “ galymen ” for using shops in the city without licence. Fines for various causes, 14#. 4 d. Legacies (W m - Ecton), 13#. 4d. Admission to freedom, 66#. 8 d. for one admission only. Received from W m - Smale, for the support of Calais, 20d. Alms received by the Collector, 182. 8#. 6d. For Apprentices, 3#. 4 d. each, 192. 5#. Entries, 20#. each (Robt. Yngleton of the Temple, 6#. 8 d.), 162. 6#. 8 d. Vacant Tenements. Expenses. £ #. d. Repairs 16 17 8# Quit Rents . . . . . • • . . . . • .. 7 0 11 Annuities •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 20 13 4 Anniversaries of Thomas Carleton, at St. Paul’s j John Creeke, at Abchurch j John and Idonia Halleyate ; J ohn Churcheman, Sir Ralph Basset, Gerard Braybroke and others, Hugh Talbot and William Pitfold, at St. Martin’s Oteswych ; and Ralph Holand at Aldermary Church, 59#. 6 d. £ #. d. Salaries of priests, 6 chaplains . . . . . . 36 6 8 Wages . . •• .. •• •* •• 12 15 10 Alma .. . , .. . . . . •• 29 18 1 Cloth given. . 707 Casual Expenses. Search at Bartholomew Fair, 12d. A barge to London, for the anniversary of Henry V., 6#. lOd. Expenses of the Mayor and Wardens appearing before the Council at West- minster by the Xing’s order, 13d. A barge for a number of the Company to meet the Queen coming from f. 18 b, Greenwich to Westminster, 4#. 618 Extracts from the Manuscript Account Books [ A (6), f 206. f. 276. f. 32. f . 86. f. 39. f. 41. f. 416. f. 00. f , 64. f 706. f. 76. Bimilar expenses to accompany the Mayor and Sheriffs to Westminster when they took their oaths. 1 yard and i quarter of red velvet for the chaplet with which the Master should be elected, and making, 9#. 2d. Preparing the hall and chambers for the feast of St. John, including hire of altar cloths, 40s. Torch offered at the Hospital of St. John, 19s. 3 d. Flourishing with green “ bolles ” 8 torches before the image of St. John in the Hall, 16(2. 2 tapers in the Chapel of St. John at St. Paul’s, and two in the Chapel of the Hall, 4 lb. at 7 d. a lb. Wafers on St. John’s day, 13s. 4 d. Hose garlauda for the Masters and their wires, 2s. 4 d. To Minstrels on the same day, 11s. 8 d. Bread and wine to the bp. of London after performing Mass in the Chapel at St. Paul’s on St. John’s day, 9 d. [Repairs of the Jewel House in the Hall — Mending the middle pillar, stone, etc., total 42. 6*. 5f d. 82-83 Henry VI., 1464-6. John Belham, Master. From Thos. Bradenham, Chaplain, for 2 chambers over the gate, 16*. From Alice Benet, widow, for a tenement over the storehouse, 13*. 4*2. Fines, for not appearing on quarter-day, from divers brethren, 4*. 4 d. For impleading a tailor at Ghiildhall, 6 d.\ for trading without freedom, and for disobedience. Quit rents paid to the Convents of Holy Trinity and St. Mary Overey, London Bridge, Prioress of St. Helen’s, Prioress of Kilburo, Hospital of St. Giles for a tenement in Garlykhythe, St. Peters, Westminster, Prioress of Clerkenwell, and Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s. Six flasks of oil for Chircheman’s lamp in St. Martin Oteswyche. To the Sector of All Saints, Lombard St., to keep a Chaplain to pray for the soul of John Buke and to provide a wax taper, 62. 16*. 8 d. A cask of wine to the Accountant (yearly), 42. For the Feast of St. John To the waytos of London attending upon the Company at the Feast of St. John, and going before them to the Hospital of St. John, 10*. To Henry Luter, 3*. 4(2. To Thos. Reymer, with the trumpe, 1 2d. Hiring pewter vessel, 6*. 8 d. Boat hire to Lambeth to invite the Chancellor to the Feast. Memorandum pasted in of 8 dishes, 2 dozen saucers, and 1 saucer, weighing 274 lb. at 3d. a lb., lost at the feast. 38-34 Henry VI., 1455-6. Geo. Ashton, Master. Fines for speaking unlawful and dishonourable words about another member, 10d. and 3*. 4 d . ; for disobedience and unlaw ful words against the Master, 8*. 4 d. Receipt for sale of cloths, etc., taken as distress. To each Chaplain, bread and wine for celebrating Mass, 20(2. 8 Chaplains of the Company, 10 marks each. Others at St. Martin’s, St. Peter’s, Comhill, and St. Paul’s, and payment to the rector of All Saints, from 32. 6*. 8(2. to 82. Boat hire to Lambeth to invite the Archbp. of Canterbury to the feast. To the Master of St. Giles Hospital, to receive John Vicoiy, tailor, into the Hospital, 24*. To John Forde, poor brother, 6*. 8 d. A (6). ] relating to the affairs of the Fraternity. 519 84- 85 Henry VI., 1456-7. John Pounce, Master. At the bottom of the page of receipts for entries, are eight names. Wm. Bouse, Clerk of the Crown, Walter Taillors, gentleman, and 6 others of various trades, with no sum entered. Fine for pursuing the trade in the house of a certain barber, 3*. 4 d. t and from John Conner, because his yard did not comply with the Standard (non ienuit assiiam), 4 d. Mass on St. John’s day in St. Paul’s, celebrated this year by the bp. of Lincoln , not of London as before. 85- 36 Henry VI., 1457-8. John Jordan, Master. Fine for selling an apprentice without licence (De Nicholao James pro fine quia vendidit app renticium Johann* Hanky ns sine licenlia et non present alum coram Magistro ), 20 d. ; for selling cloth called “ Whitlynyng,” cleaned contrary to the custom of the city, 2 s. ; for selling “ Whitlynyng unwette,” 8d. j from Thos. Fox, for unlawfully beating his apprentice, 5s. ; from Bic. Saunderaon and Michael Bogger for not being present on quarter-day, 17 Oct., 8 d. Expenses of a plea of the Prior of Holy Trinity against the Company in the hustings, 20«t To the Sergeant of the Mayor, sent to the Chamberlain of the Company to bid him not to allow any one of the Mistery to change the copy of his freedom to another Mistery, as Bic. Gyles did, 12 d. Coal used at the assembly of armed men in Tailor’s Hall, at the Watch made by the city at the Mayor’s commandment, 5 d. 12 dozen arming points 1 for their armour, 2s. 9 d. Beer for them, 6 d. Beating with gold and silver, and painting the “ gyton ” and 2 standards for the barge, and 8 trumpet banners with scutcheons of arms, 71. 6s. 8 d. A lance to cany the “ gyton,” 14d. Silk fringe for the banners, 4 s. 8 d. A silver gilt knob for the salt cellar, and making and enamelling of plates “ de la sonnes cum holy lambes,” on the great cups, 34s. 10 Alexander Famell. 6 1 „ „ Robert Eland. 4 a it Richard Reynold. 6 „ „ Richard Lynne. 5 a it John Caston. 6 „ „ Simond Lief. 6 „ tt John Knotte. 7 „ „ Robert Queldrik. 7 » tt William Chapman. 8 „ „ John Colbroke. 8 a tt Philip Possell. 9 „ „ Piers Mason. 9 it tt Yon Thorne. 10 „ „ Thomas Sutton. 10 tt tt Jeffrey Gy bon. 11 „ „ John Fulthorp. 11 tt it Roger Holbech. 12 „ „ John Marchall. 12 tt it John Kyng. 13 „ „ William TropenelL 13 a tt John Legge. 1 Hen. V., William Waryn. 1 15 tt tt Thomas Davy. 2 „ „ John Caundissh. 16 it tt John Ax tall. 3 „ „ Thomas Whityngbam. 17 tt tt John Bale. 4 „ „ William Jowdrell. 19 1 if it John Locokk. 5 „ „ John Weston. 19 tt tt Pirs Saverey. 6 „ „ William Holgrave. 20 tt it Richard Skemyng. 7 „ „ Rauf Bate. 22 a tt William Auntrus. 8 „ „ Rauf Holand. — tt it William Fyge. * 9 „ „ Robert Feneskales. 14 tt it John Peeke. 10 „ „ Rauf Schoklache. 29 tt tt John Langewith. The following are the names of the Masters mentioned in Book III., as far as can be' ascertained : — 1469. Willm. Parker. 1470. John Swanne. 1471. John Gale. 1472. Roger Waryng 1473. Gilbert Keys. 1474. Ric. Bristall. For the periods included in Books II. and IV., the names of the Masters will be found in the preceding extracts. APPENDIX A (7). EXTRACTS FROM THE COURT MINUTES RELATING TO THE AFFAIRS OF THE FRATERNITY (BY MR. N. STEPHENS). [The reader will bear in mind that until 1752 the ypar oommenoed with the 25th March.] “John Carusse admitted into this Company by waye of Redemption, and hathe pmesed to pay for his fyne 16s. 8d. and a Buck at Mydsomer.” — [1«£ July 1562.] “ Precept from the Maior for the CompJ to provide 85 Soldiers well armed every of them to receive 12 d. for their preet money and no more — with a list of their names, and description of their armes. 1475. Ric. Nayler. 1476. John Phelip A Ric. Warner. 1477. Robt. Middleton. 1479. Roger Barlowe. 1480. John Waterdale. 1 Sic. in orfg. A (7). ] relating to the affairs of the Fraternity. 531 “ The names of such psons being free of the company as sent their servants 'to the Hall to make up the 35 clokes for the Soldiers — Richards Tysdale and 2 Svante cut out the clokes, and 12 other persons sent 38 Svante to make them.” — [ July 1562.] “ Order from the Maior to discharge out of wage these Soldiers, and put in safe custody their armour, weapons and Clokes, and have the men in readiness to serve the Queen upon 3 dayes notice.” — [19f A August 1562.] “William Kympton fyned 40 s. for calling Stephen Myliney a craftie boye, where- upon the said William lefte in pawne with the M r a ringe of gold for the payment of the said 40s. Nevertheles the M r and Wardens upon the gentle submysion of the said Kimpton have remytted the moytee of the said fyne.” — [29 th August 1562.] “ The Master and Wardens arbitrate in a matter of Credit and Debt by consent of the Parties, of which Arbitration on various subjects there are many instances.’* 1 —[5 th March 1562.] “ The Wardens have comytted Thomas Palmer to pryson for that he hath broken Henry Bourefelde his apprentice hede without any juste cause. “ Henry Bourefelde by composition had comytted his two appentices to sve w 1 * 1 Thomas Palmer during and for so longe time and for such consideracon as they were agreed. And for that the said Thomas Palmer hath not onely evell used hymself towards the said two apntices, but also for that they have not had of hym sufficient meate and drynke as they ouygt to have had. Therefore it is decreed by tassente of bothe the said pties that the said Henry Bourefelde shall immediately take his said apntices from the Baid Palmer, and to use them as becometh apntices to be used.” — [2nd April 1563.] “ By arbitration of the Master and Wardens, by consent of Palmer and Bourfelde, it is ordered that Thomas Palmer shall pay Hemy Bouerefeld 31. 6s. 8 d. heretofore owing by the said Thomas to the said Henry. And also there is money owing to a surgion for healing the apntice’s heede of the said Henry, broken by the said Palmer. That the said Henry shall paye for the heaylinge thereof at his owne cosie and charge.” — [lOtfA Mag 1563.] This daye Richard Wells and William Roberts comytted to warde for that they sett clothes upon ye tenters, as yesterdaye beynge Sonday, contrary to the ordenance of this house.” — [lOtfA May 1563.] “ This daye the Maister and Wardens certifie unto the Lord Mayor according to hys Lordeshipp’s comandement, That a good and experte Journeyman or Srvant in the arte or ocupacon of Tayllory is to have flower m r ks wage by yere.” — [June 1563.] “William Heton delyvred into the hands of the Maister a rynge of golde in pawne of 40s. whiche the sayde W m Heton is appoynted to paye to th'use of this house for that he hathe offended contrary to the ordinance in callynge of Thomas Wylford a pratynge boye.” — [6tfA March 1563.] u Precept from the Maior for the Company to provide 12 fayre Cressetts, with good and sufficient lights for the same, for the Muster and show of the Standing Watche, w* h we have determyned to kepe upon the Vigil of the feaste of the nativity of St. John Baptiste, and also 12 able men to beare the said Cressetts and p’pare for evry 2 Cressetts bearers, one bagge bearer to beare Cressett lights, w** strawen hat to upon there hede, having yo* armes thereon, to assemble at Leadenhall befor 7 o’clock in the afternoon of the sayd vigill.” — [lOfA June 1565.] “ Upon a Precept from the Maior 76 members of the Merchaunttailors Company contribute l$5f. 16s. 8d. towards the building of the newe Burse.” — [18*A December 1565.] “ Seiche made in the Vigill of St. Bartholomewe, in the ffayre kept© w^in the 1 The binding day or ordinary Courts are mingled with the Courts of A wrist ants in volumes i. and U. of the Records. The ordinary Courts were much occupied with arbitrations between debtor and creditor, and many unimportant matters of dispute, a few of which are extracted, for, although trivial in themselves, they serve to show the condition of the Company, and manners of the time. — N . 8. 2 M 2 532 Extracts from the Court Minutes [A (7) pryncte of Great St. Bartholomews and Smithfield, by the Bight WorshipfuU Wardens of this Company and 4 Assistants, in the presens of the Sargeant at Mace to the Lords Mayor and of the Clerk and Bedyll of the said Company, among all the Freemen of there sayde Company beinge occupiers in the sayde ffayre and keping ' Bothea and using any measures as yeards or ells w^in the sayde ffayre. To see that ihey occupy none but such as were good and lawfull.” (Here follows the names of 21 Freemen of this Mysterie then kepinge Bouthes at the sayde ffayre.) — [1567.] See Mem. xix., p. 111. “Whereas at this pnte this house is and stands indebted to divers pson s in sondry somes of money amountinge in the hole to the some of 300i., the most parte is pntely due and payable, and for there is not any money remayning in the oomen Boxe at this pnte to paye the some, Therefore the aforsayde M r Wardens and Assistants agree that there shalbe levied of the Members of this Mysterie, being of the clothing by waye of Prete or lone towards the supplie and payment of the afore- sayde debt, viz 1 - : — every Alderman, or of every one who hath been M r of this Mystere 40s. ; of every one which hath not yet obtained to be M r 80s. ; and of cvry one of the reste of the Clothing© that hath not bourne the room of one of the Wardens 20s To be repayed unto them as soon as the coen Boxe of this house shalbe of habilitie to paye it.** — {December 1567.] “ Agreed by the Master and Wardens that the Livery shalbe called unto this place to knowe of evry of them what some or somes of money they will be contented to putt into the Lotery, all under one posye, in the name of this comon hall, and what gain soen shall growe, aryse, or come by the same money so to be putt into the sayde Lotery shalbe equally devided to and amonge all the sayde members of this Mystery that shall so putt in money under the sayde one posye in the Lotery afore* saide, and the sayde poyse to be devised by the sayed M r and Wardens. 54 Members subscribed under this poyse hereunderwritten : — One Byrde iu hande is worthe two in the Woodde, Yff wee have the great© Lott it will do us good.” — {August 1568.] “ Whereas Rob 1 Donkyn, a loving mebre of this mystery, for the great© good will and hartye zeale he beareth to the same, hath declared unto the aforesaid M^ and Wardens that he is mynded to give and assure by his last Will and Testa- ment unto this Mystery fo’ever, All these his lands, tenem u , and gardens in the pisshe of St, Botoulphe w lh oute Bishopsgate, being at this pnte of the yerely value of 2 61. p r ann m or theire about.” — [13 th March 1569.] See Mem. cxxi., p. 389. “This day the Master and Wardens have appointed that the whole Lyvery s hall assemble here upon Monday nexte at 6 of the clock in the mominge, and so to give there attendance upon the M r unto Shakelwell, ffrome whence they shall accompany the Corps of Sir Thomas Rowe to his buryall to Hackney Church, and that being done, to returoe unto Shakelwell to take suche repast© as shalbe provided for them.” — [lf.*A September 1570.] See Mem. xxi., p. 115. « M rm that the right worssip 11 Rob te Donkyn, being second Warden of this Worshipfull Company, deceased 14 th daie of this pnte month of February 1670.” — {February 1570.] “ A lenthened complaint of 14 of the Handicrafts of the City to the Maior, Aldermen and Common Counsel, requiring that all apprentices and Freemen should only be admitted to the Companies whose arts they practised ; with a long answer in opposition by the Merchant Taylors’ Company.” — [15tfA May 1671.] " Several Letters from The Earl of Leicester and the Earl of Sussex in favor oi Henry Evans, and from the Earl of Bedford and Sir H. Sydney in behalf of James Chillestcr, and Mr. Sergeant Manwood for favor towards — Wood, a brother of this Mysterie.. for the vacant Clerkshippe of the Compy.” — {30th July 1571.] “Nicholas Fulchamber, a brother of this Mysterie, elected in the room of John Hurgenson, late Coen Clerke of this Mysterie.”— {6th December 1571.] A (7). ] relating to the affairs of the Fraternity. 583 “ In the cause of variance betweene Margery Story, p*, and Thomas Taylor, d ft , concerning a Cassock made to litle, it is ordered by the M r and Wardens, with the consent of sayde pties, that the said Def* shall paye to thands of the Clerke of this Mystery, for the use of the said Pn* before the next Courte the some of ffortie shillings, and shall take to hym self the Baid garment to make his best pffitt thereof accordingly.” — [12 th January 1571.] “ A Precept from my Lorde Mayor to the M r and Wardens of this Mysterie for fumyshing 188 men, viz* : — 94 furnished w** 1 corseletts and pikes, 36 w th coral etts and halberds, and 58 with Kalevers and Moryans, for a shew to be * made before the Queen’s Highness on May Daye.” — (Here follow several instruction from the M r and Wardens for the occasion, with the names of the 188 men to serve as soldien, and the names of subscribers for armo r and powdre for the muster, also 7 seperate precepts from the Maior for previous musters, and other arrangements.) — [25 th March 1572.] “ Pierce Evans, at the requests of Mr. Chamberlayn, is admytted into the Fredom of this Company via redempcon gratis, who hathe pmysed to furnish agaynst the Eleccon Dynn r a fat buck and a furken of sturgeon at his pper charge.” — [10th May 1572.] “ Mr. George Heton, now Chamberlain of this honorable Cytie of London, giving his most hearty thafiks unto this Worshipfull Company e for their greate benevolence in relyving him by annuli pension of 13Z. 6s. 8 d., w cb was to him lovingly and largely granted, of his free and good will hathe declared this psent daye in open courte that he is well pleased (God having otherwise well pvided for him) that the said annuity or annual pension should henceforth cease and be no longer paid j never- theless it is agreed, notwithstanding his free release, that the some of 3/. 6*. 8 d. shall be paide to him for the quarter ending at the feaste of the Annunciation.” — [9 th June 1572.] “The election of M T and Wardens particularly described, with all the ancient ceremony and observances used upon that occasion.” — [13/A July 1573.] See Mem. CXXII. “ Richard Page, apprentis, and Andrew Greene, his M r , concerning a controversy between them about selling his apprentizes terme, it is ordered that the said apprentis, or his mother here pnte, shall pay unto the said Greene, over and above 40». w° h he hath already paid, the some of 10s. in money and a lode of coles betweene this and Michaelmas next ; and it is ordered that the said Greene should set on his said apprentis to such a M r of this Mysterie as the said apprentis and his friends shall lyke of.”— [28 th August 1573.] “This daye a supplication was offered by dyvrs honeste men dwelling uppon London Bridge, in the behalf of William Ferman, their neighbo* and a poor brother of this mystery, whom God hath lately stricken, together with his wiffe and mayde servant w* h blyndness, that it would please this Company to extend their Charities for their relief. Whereupon y* was accorded and dcreed that all such penalties w ch hereafter shall be due by any Brother of this Company for non- appearance uppon lawfull summons shall be from tyme to tyme gathered by the Coen Clarke and disposed for the saide blind people until they may be otherwise pvided. And it is further decreed that 20s. w ch Mr. Geo. Heton, Chamberlin of this honorable Cytie, hath received to the use of this Mystery for the half of 40s. fyne, receved of a Stranger dwelling in Comhill, for the makynge of certen newe clothes and garments, which was seassed uppon by the Wan lens of this Mystery, and nowe by the saide Mr. Chamberlin paide in courte, shalbe also given to the relief of the sayde blind people, Ac. Ac.” — [24 th September 1573.] “ Roger Robinson hathe lycens to take the lawe of Will* Spooner, because the said Spooner hath sued him in the King’s Benche, w th out Lycens, and will not come hither, beinge warned by the Beadill according to his dutye.” — [16/A October 1573.] “ John Thomas hathe this daye taken uppon him for John Holbrooke, who was 634 Extracts from the Court Minutes [ A (7). made free this daye p redempeon, that he shall give unto the Master noire being 2 sugar loves of the waighte of 20 pounds, or 20s. before Candilmas next w^ut further delaye.” — [SOM October 1573.] “ By Precept from the Maior, the Company are required to call the members to the Coen Hall, and to exorte and strongly charge them that neither they nor any servants or apprentices do hereafter in anywise insult, molest, or evyll entreate any strangers goynge or beinge aboute their busynes, but shall quietly, Ac.” — [9M March 1573.] " Whereas at our ooen playes and suche lyke exercises, w ch be coenly exposed to be senne for money, evry lewed person thinketh himself (for his penny) worthy of the chief and most© oomodious place, w th out respects of any other for age or esti- mation in the coen weale, w* h bringeth the youthe to such an impudent famyliaritie w th their betters, that often tymes greate contempte of M n , parents and Magistrates follow* 1 * thereof, as experience of late in this our coen Hall hathe sufficiently de- clared Therefore it is ordeyned and decreed that henceforth there shalbe no more any playes sfftiered to be played in this our ooen Hall.” — [March 1573.] “ A Devise for an act for the redresse of certen abuses hinderinge the coen weale of this Mystery was redd by the Coen Clarke, which provides that preference shall be given to the brethren of the Company for leases when requiring the premises for their own dwelling, but not to lett to others, nor to hold them after the expiration of their lease unless they have previouly secured a new lease, * For as there ought to be shewed favorable affection to all such as have brotherly love to this our Company, seeking as well the generall profitt of the saide Company as their owne private gayne. So ought their be better direction for such as, casting aside the due regard of the body of this Mystery, for their own private comoditie do think it right to kepe any tenem t belonging to this Company after the determynation of their leases w^oufc any renewed grante or lease to be by them obtained. Be it therefore decreed that all persons as be or shalbe hereafter tenants to this Company, Bhall before the expiration of their leases compound with the Company for their longer abode* to be had in their tenm u , or ells the same shall be lett unto such other brethren of this Mystery as will sue for the same, so as he will paye therefore as much as any other. Notice of this order and devise to be given by the Coen Clarke w^in the finte quarter of the last yeare of their said leases.” — [12M June 1574.] “ The Coen Prayer usually to be saide on the Quarter days, as well after calling of the Livery as also of the Batchelors’ Company.” — [January 1574.] See Mem. XXVI. “ Letter from Lord Treasurer Burgley in behalf of dame Harper to remain in the House formerly on lease to Sir WUl m Harper, dec* 1 ” — [21 st March 1574.] “ Tho* Haselfote elected Coen Clarke in room of Nich* Fulchamber, dec* 1 - As it hathe pleased God to vysite this House by taking awaye of our late Coen Clarke Nich* Fulchamber w* 1 * the plage, and his wiffe also vyBited with the same syckneea, wee have thought good that the Quarter daye shall be put o£” — [10M and 23 rd September 1576.] . “ 2,100 quarters Corne having become musty by contrary winds and long voyage, a Precept from the Maior to meet the said loss.” — [28 th November 1575.] “ M r Heton made his humble sewt that the annuytie of 20 marks a year, granted to him by Court of Assistants, and surrendered by him ag&yne, might be restored to him with arrearages since the tyme of the said surrender. Ordered, that the said annuytie be paid to M r Heton oute of Coen Boxe, from the feast of the Annunciation of our blessed Lady the Virgin last past, without any arrearagea to be allowed and payde unto him.” — [ 2nd April 1676.] ‘'Whereas Mr. Geo. Heton, Chamberlin of London, a loving Brother of this Mystery, bathe granted unto him by this house of 20 marks yearly, which grante standeth only uppon curtesy e and pleasure. The said M r and Wardens so con- sidering that the said Mr. Heton standeth not in so greate nede thereof as others. A (7). ] relating to the affairs of the Fraternity. 535 Ac., have decreed that the sayde Pention nor any part thereof be payde unto the sayde Mr. Heton after the feaste of St. Baptiste now next oomynge, Ac. Ac.” — [8/A June 1677.] “ 100/. lent for the repair of the Haven of Yarmouth, with this ptestacion, that they, the Company, be not hereafter bound by this psidente.” — [11/A July 1677.] “ Precept from the Maior for 200 men armed, dwelling within the Citty, to be provided by the more welthy and hable peons of the Companie.” — [17 th March 1577.] “ Ordered, that the lands appertayninge unto this Mystery shalbe viewed twyse evry yeare, Provided each day of their meeting a Dynner shalbe at the charges of the house, but 80s. only for a Dynner,” — [4/A June 1578.] “ Ordered that a Bible of the newe forme, lately prynted by Xpofer Barker the Queen’s Ma tic# pryntr, shalbe bought and sett up in their Coen Hall, in some convenient place, for suche as resorte unto the saide Hall, may occupie themselves at Courts dayes while they gyve attendance for the heringe of their causes.” — [30/A October 1578.] See Mem. xx v. “ 32 persons appointed to attend uppon my Lord Maior on Saturday morning, at 8 of the dock in the morning, in Cotes of Velvet V th Chaynes of Golde, on horse- back, with attendants.” — [21 *t January 1578.] “The Master, Wardens, and Assistants doe order that John Stow® a loving Brother of this mistery, for divers good considerations them specially moving, shall have paide to him, during his natural life, owte of the Coen Boxe of this Mistery, one annuytie of 4 /. per annum.” — [31r/ March 1679.] See Mem. xxxrv. “ Ordered, that Sir Thomas Bromley, Knight, now Lord Chancellor, and late a Counceylo r unto this Mysterie, shall be gratified with a Tonne of good Gascoyne Wyne, in token of their good willes towards him.” — [80/A April 1579.] “ A letter from the Queen in behalf of Will m Spark, for a lease of his dwelling- house.” — [20/A May 1579.] “Precept for 40 men in Blew Jerkyns to serve in her Ma tte * Shipps.” — [6/A July 1579.] “ Precept for the Company to provide 246 Soldiers, their proportion of 3,000.” — [16/A February 1579.] “ Ordered, that the Election Dynner for the examination of their scholars on Saint Bamabus daye shall from henceforth be kept at their school with but sixe mess of meate at the moste.” — [28/A May 1580.] See Mem. xxiu. “Precept from the Maior for the well treating of strangers.” — [14/A March 1580.] “ The whole of the Assistants and tenn of the Companie to meet at St. Bride’s Church on Friday at one o’clock, to goe from thence to Chancery Lane and attend uppon the boddy of Sir Will“ Cordell, Kn l , late Master of the Bolls, unto Christ’s Church, in good and denly apparall, w^ut their lyv'r hoods.” — [14/A June 1581.] “ Committee of Surveyors (members of the Court) appointed for taking down the roof of the Hall and setting it upp again©, according to a pattome drawne for the same.” — [2 2nd September 1584.] “ Precept from «the Maior for the Companie to provide 395 soldiers, their pro- portion of 4,000 for the safety of Her Highness most Royal Person and the defence of this her chief Citie.” — [17/A April 1585.] “ Order for the Standing Watch, with 16 cressets with lights, Ac., to attend at Greenwich by 7 o’clock at night, on the eve of St. J ohn Baptiste.” — [12/A May 1585.] « Precept by the Maior recommending the Company to adventure in the Lottery.” — [26/A July 1585.] See Mem. xxx. “ The names of 37 soldiers to be sent into Flanders, being this Companies pro- portion of 600 levied for that purpose.” — [26/A July 1686.] 536 Extracts from the Court Minutes [ a (7). “ 20/. presented to Mr. Sheriff Badcliff, and the Plate lent to him.” — [18th August 1685.] “ On application for the loan of the Nappe out of thia House to the Guildhall, it is agreed that this house hath never been charged with the loan of Napie thither, and therefore thinketh it not meet to pride anie.” — [19/A October 1585.] “ John Swynerton, a brother of thia Mysterie, being a Sewto 1 to .the said M r , Warden, and Assistants, in which sewte they dealt with him very favorably, and their favorable dealing being opened to him he said it was not worthe thankes, saying further y* they had neither wysdom, reson, nor oonaience in their doinge, other hawghtie and unseemly speeches, and being willed to attende and not to departs or goe away, he very contemptuously went his waye. It ia therefore ordered and agreed that he shalbe comitted to pry son, according to the discretion of the said M r and Wardens.” — [11/A November 1585.] “ Ordered, that the said John Swynerton shalbe released of his imprysonm* uppon his submission w* h he hathe made before the M r and Wardens, craving pardon for his rashe mysdemeanor and speeches then uttered.” — [16/A November 1585.] “The Company undertake to pay 200Z. for a final ende and agreement in reference to the lands in question supposed to be concealed, at such tyme as the same agreement shalbe well and pfectlie assured from her Ma ti « according to the advise of lierned Counsell, and not before.” — [3rd Jan. 1585.] See Mem. clxxvii. “ A Precept for provision of gunpowder and armes. Ordered, that 1,000 lb. of Gunpowder, 50 Arminge Swords, 50 Corslets, and 20 Halberts be provided.” — [ 14/A October 1586.] “ Ordered, that a newe patent of their armes be made by M r Clarenoeux, Hinge of the Herralds, and he to have the some of 5/.” — [19/A December 1586.] “ Agreed, that the Herrald shall have 15s. in consideration of his paynes taken aboute the Windows, and for his disposition of the settinge in the Armes in the West Window of the Hall.” — [1st March 1586.] “ The Arras Hangings ordered to be cleaned, which the workmen undertook to doe at 7s. for every Flemish Olne Square, the measure being taken by the Carpenter of the house, the contenth thereof appeare to Ryse to 408 Flemish Olnes.” — [27/A March 1587.] “ Granted to George Sotherton, a loving brother of this MyBterie, to have a doore to be made oute of his house into the batchelor’s chamber for hym and his wief to walk there during the pleasure of the Court, also the use of a garrett or gallery over the said Chamber, at a yearely rent of 6s. 8 d .” — [22nd September 1587.] See Mem. I. “ Two windows of the Hall ordered to be glased, and the armes of the olde benefactors to be sett upp.” — [22 nd September 1587.] “ This Court was informed that divers of the younge men, brethren of this Companie, that were chosen for waighters and the carrying most of the meate served into the hall at dynner, did murmer and mislike that they were kept soe longe w^out their dynners and not appointed to sitt downe before the Dynner was fullie served in, and the tables taken upp in the Hall, and thereupon contemp- tuously departed away without their dynners, using some harde speech and apparent shewes of ther discontentment. Agreed, that such as departed awaie should be sent for at the next Court to answer their contempt, and to receive such orders therein as the Court shall awarde.” — [1*/ July 1588.] “6,000/. in loane to the Queen being required from this Company for the maintenance of armes and forces prepared against the invasion of this realm, purposed by the King of Spayne and the Duke of Parma. A Committee appointed for raising the same.” — [17/A August 1588.] “ Whereas, M r Alderman Radcliff hath granted to this Company 100 loads of timber, to be delivered to them at Readinge, towards the building of houses for the harbouring of the poore of this Company, he doth assent at this Court that the A (7). ] relating to the affairs of the Fraternity, 537 Company «hall at their pleasure dispose or make sale of the same, and make their provision otherwise for their building as they shall think good .” — [11 th June 1589.] “ A precept from the Maior for Company to make choice of a fitt man, who in behalfe of this Companie to observe what freemen of this Citty do harboure clothes or commodities brought to this City in their houses, to the defrauding the hospitallers of the duties and customes which should be collected at Blackwell Hall towards the relief of the poore, &c., Ac.” — [23rd September 1589.] “ On an order for the sale of Chantery lands, 6* M r considering that certen tents in an alley situate betweene their Hall and the Church of St. Martin Outwich, bounded on each side by the living and revenue of this Companie, thought it good to take the benefit of this opportunity to purchase to thuse of this Society the said tents and alley at 30 years’ purchase, the said tents being at the value of 4 1, per annum.” — [25tA November 1589.J See Mem. I. “ John Scott, a poor brother of this Company, exhibited a Petition to this House to the effect that John Haslewood, one of S r Tho* Howe’s almsmen, now deceased, owed him 8s. 8 d. for norating or giving out the Psalms weekly at Pawle’s Cross. Ordered that the same be paid out of the Pension now due, and the rest paid to the widow.” — [20 th December 1589.] “ The surrender of a lease purchased by the Company of a Messuage in St. Helen’s, granted by the Prioress of St. Helen’s, the fee simple of which was be- queathed to the Company by Sir Tho* Rowe.” — [24 th March 1689.] “ A letter from St. John’s, Oxford, proposing the sale of two houses to the Com- pany, one being the White Horse, in Watling Street, the rent being 71. per annum, thother being the Blewe Boar, in Bow Lane, at the yearly rent of 4 1. 13s. 4 d. t either of them being in lease about 60 years, for the w« h we desire twenty year’s purchase, &o.”— [28*A Auguet 1590.] “At this Court, John Stowe, a Brother of this Companie, was chosen and ad- mitted into the rowm and place of one of Mr. Dowe’s almsmen.” — [23rd March 1690.] See Mem. xxxiy. “ A letter from the President and Fellows of St. John’s College, Oxford, requesting the assistance of the Company for the purchase of the advousen of the Vicarage of Charelburg, and the presentation to the living of St. Martin Outwich, in favor of one of their fellowship. The Company excuse themselves from the required assistance upon the ground of their heavy contribution to the Queen’s service against Spain, and other burthens ; in reference to the rectory of St. Martin, they state that, * touch- ing our small benefice of St. Martin’s Outwich, we were not unmindfull of your Colledge, but fallinge into the valuacon thereof being under 20 l. f not onlie as y 4 is in the Queen’s books but extended to its utmost value and pfitt, we deemed it not a preferment for a double graduate in your colledge,* and therefore have granted the same to Dr. Bright, being beneficed hard by and resident upon the same benefice, at the veriee earnest sewte of the parishioners of St. Martin Outwich, who state that the livinge is not to beare any man’s charge of itself, but is fitt to be bestowed uppon some that hath another staye, whose earnest request we could not well deny.” — [20th June 1591.] “ A Precept from the Maior to this Companie, shewing the great enormytie that this Citie susteyneth by the practice and prophane exercise of players and playinge houses, and the corruption of youth that groweth thereupon, inviting the Companie by the consideration of this mischeyfe, to yeild to the payment of one annuytee to one Mr. Tilney, the Master of the Revelles of the Queen’s house, in whose hands the re- dress doth rest. Albeit the Companie think it a very good service, yet way in g the damage and enovacion of raysing annuyties on the Companies of London, they think this no fitt course to remedie this mischief, Ac., Ac.” — [22nd March 1691.] “ John Stowe presented his Annalles, w ch he prayeth maie be accepted as a small token of his thankfulness to this Companie.” — [l*f July 1592.] See Mem. xxxiy. 538 Extracts from the Court Minutes [A (7). “ At this Court, consideration being bad of the building of the Companies Aim* , houses at Tower Hill, it is absolutely referred to the consideration, order and ap- points^ of these three surveyors, viz*- : — Mr. Rob* Dowe, Mr. G^eorge Sotherton, and Mr. Nich* Spencer. Mr. Rob* Dowe ys also appointed Treasurer of the same.” — [1 2/A August 1592.] u At this Court, Evan Morrice, Clothworke, who married the Wyddow Bright, the tenant of a tent© at Dowgate, called the Fruterors’ Hall, agreed with the Company for a lease of the same, with a cellar (in dispute), for 21 yean, at 10/. per annum.’ ’ — [5/4 Mag 1598.] M 30/. presented to Mr. Sheriff Lee, and plate lent as usuaL” — [17/A September 1594.] “Ghiy Robinson, for a great© abuse against Mr. John Churchman, late M r , sus- pended from all assemblings at the Hall on Quarter days and other feasts, not bring rushes, nor make any other provision at the Hall, until, by his humility and better behaviour, further order shall be taken, Ac.” — [30/A July 1595.] “ 30/. presented to Mr. Sheriff Halliday, sixteen of the principall Assistants to attend him Michaelmas Eve, also on the morrow after Michaelmas Day. The Plate agreed to be lent to him, which was retur* 1 by Mr. Alderman Lee, the late Sheriff.” — [17/A September 1595.] “ Phillip Cotton, fined 20/. for refusing to take upon him the office of a Wardens substitute, and was committed to the Counter.” — [14/A March 1596.] “ Inhabitants in Cornhill complain that Thomas Pearman, the Company’s tenant, is about to receive an inmate into his house contrary to lawe, one that useth the trade of a brazier, being like to prove a greate annoyance, and almost the undoying of Nich* Yong, our tenant, who by the art of musique getteth his whole living, and is already annoyed by another brazier who is lately placed in one of our tents there, being a greate disquietness to the whole neighbourhood, and not fitt to be placed in a house so neer the exchange. The said Pearman is appointed to look out for another tenant, or the Company will consider if, .by bis lease, he can place any tenant without their consent.” — [10/A August 1597.] “ The Haberdashers take offence at being invited to joint search of felt in the hands of a Merchant Taylor, and summon the owner of the felt and the M r of the Merchanttailors before the I ord Mayor, who being now M r of the Haberdashers’ Company, * was very rownd * w* 11 our M r , and did much reprehend the manner of our proceeding, and did commit Martin Foxwell (the owner of the Felt) to prison, but the next day he was discharged. Ordered that the said Foxwell shall advertise this Company if the Haberdashers ympose any fine upon him, and then the Company will take good advice how far their libertie extendeth.” — [16/A August 1597.] " Att the motion and request of the parishioners of the pish of St. Martyn Outwich, who are now in hand to beautifie their church in respect Mr. Henry Rowe, Alderman, a Woor 11 pishioner of the said church, is at this present one of the Sheriffs of this honorable citty. This Company are content freely to give and bestowe upon the said parish of their owne free will (for they will not subiect them- selves to any assessment) the some of 40s.” — [17/A October 1597.] “ A precept to attend the Queen from Chelsey to Whitehall. Another precept for the reformation of apparell, requiring of all freemen of the Company that their wief and children doe dutifully conform themselves in all poynts in their apparelL” —[17/A October 1597.] “ At the funeral of the Wor 11 Mr. Charles Hoskins a dinner of nine mess of meate was provided with the some of 20/., paid by the widow.” — [10/A January 1597.] “ Whereas at a Court of Assistants of 17th October last, fifteen pounds which had been given by three of the Livery by 6/. each, * in regard the Company attended the funerall of their wyves,’ was ordered to be spent upon some dynner, at this Court the said 15/. was directed to be laid out on pewter to srve the necessary occasions A (7). ] relating to the affairs of the Fraternity. 5 39 of the Company, and if the M r and Wardens shall find that this Borne is not sufficient it is agreed that they may bestow 5 1. more out of the stock of this house.” — [31sf January 1597.] “ Mr. Bob* Hampson, a wot * 11 member of this Societie, doth presently supply the roome of one of the Sheriff's of this Cytty for the present year by a note lately received from the Yeldhall, under the hand of one of my Lord Mayor's Clerks. The Merchan tailors Company are to pvide for the Lord Mayor’s feaste as followeth, viz.: — Sizteene psons to sitt at Mr. Sheriff's table, viz., the third table. Size psons to welcome guests. Two to attend the kitchin. Tenn of the oomliest young men of the yeomanry to attend the lo: dresser for carrying of meate and lynnen and plate to the Judges. Remember to gyve knowledge to the tenn wayters that there is noe breakfast pvided for them at the feaste (the names of pties attending are given)."— [2>\st October 1598.] “ At this Court there was sealed a Ire of attorney made to Nicholas Hurdys and Augustine Bullock, Merchantailors, to distrayne such of the Brethren of this Company as putt not the moyety of their cloth to such of this Company as use clothdressing according to the ordynance in that behalf made.” — [3rd March 1598.] (t A Precept from the Maior for the Company to pay 62Z. Be. towards a composi- tion with persons interested in the deputation for terme of years from the Company of Tallowchandlers for search of oyle, salte, soape, butter, hopps, and such like.” — [6th April 1600.] “ Curtains to be provided for the Queen's Armes in the Hall and for the mappes latelie given to this Companye by Mr. Speede, a loving brother of this house.” — 21 st October 1600.] See Mem. xxxv. “ Precept by the Maior to provide thirty psons of the most grave, tall, and comelie peonages of the Companie with the M r and Wardens to attend the Queen from the Towne of Chelsey to her hignes princlie pallace at West r , well horsed, and apparelled in velvet ooates and gould chaynes. Ordered that the chief and principall members of the Company whose bodyes are hable to endure the eztremitie of the wether are entreated to supply the same, and in theyr default to proceeds lower in the Lyverye to such comlye and psonable men, as are iust fitt for such suite, and the names of such as attended are marked in* the Lyverye booke w th the Ire (f).” — [Ilf A November 1600.] “ Wm. Greene, a maker of garments, an earnest suitor for the use 25 1. of Sir Thos. White's loan money, deemed, not capable of the same according to the true meaning of the devise, agreed that he shall have the use of 12 1. 10s. of Sir Thos. Rowe’s monys for twoe years.” — [15 th December 1600.] See Mem. I., par. 49. “After much time spent touching the suit w ch hath long depended in the King's bench betweene Edward Davenant and Nicholas Hurdys (the Beadle), upon the validitie of thordinance for putting of the moyties of doth to dressing to such brothers of the Company as use the trade of Clothworking, foreasmuch as the said Edwd Davenant is desirous to have an end of the controversie, and to be at peace with the Company and to scease upon even termes, it is agreed that his submission shalbe accepted and a discontinuance entred of the according aooon.” — [\6th December 1600.] “This day the funeral of Mr. William Offley (a late wor u member of this Company) was solempnesed, and the whole Livery were invited to dyne at the Hall, which was pvyded the some of 20Z. given by Mr. Offley to the same purpose. After dynner the Assistants assembled in the parlor to ezamine an ezample of Kentish wheate, Ac.” — [7 th January 1600.] “ Jno. Stow’s pension increased from 61. to 10Z. upon recommendation of Mr. Robert Dow.” — [12 th March 1600.] See Mem. xxxiv. “ Precept from the Rt. Hon. the Lo: Maior for the payment 4 61. 16s., their proportion of 500J. to sett idle people to worke in Brydewell.” — [12 th March 1600.] 540 Extracts from the Court Minutes [ A (7). “ A gratuity of 30*. presented to Mr. Sheriff Craven, and the plate lent during his term of office.” — [12 ** March 1600.] See Memo, lxxtv. “ Upon the humble petition of the Waits or Musicians of the City of London, shewing that their service to this Company is extraordinary and more then to any Company in London, and cannot be pformed w^out sixe in nomber on the Election day, It hath pleased the Company to encrease their fee from 33#. 4 d. to forty shillings.” —[30** June 1602.] “ Ordered that every brother of this Company w<* at any tyme hereafter shall not be present in pson in the Comon Hall of this Society on the Election day, when they are chosen either M r or Wardens of this Company, and cannot upon their oathe shew a lawfull and compulsary excuse without express licence of the M r and Wardens, shall at th’end of his yere’s srvice be absolutely removed from his place of an Assistant of this Company, and such as have not byn Assistants and shall so offend, shall not at any tyme be admitted to the said place, nor receive so much grace and reputation from the Company whoe so little regard the honor and creditt of the same." — [12** July 1602.] “ A letter from Queen Elizabeth in favour of Thos. Lovell for a lease.” — [17** January 1602.] “ Precept from the Maior to assess the Company for 234*. towards 2,500*. to be disbursed for receiving the King’s Ma tie at his first repayring from his realm© of Scotland, and towards his honourable coronation, Ac." — [9** April 1603.] See Appendix D (3). '‘Mr. Robert Dowe gave 3*. 12#. to provide the sum of 4#. a year for the Lanthorne-light at the Company’s Almshouses near Tower Hill, to be bestowed in cotton candles 5 in the pound yearly for ever, which the Company very lovingly and thankfully accepted. The charitable devises of the said Mr. Dowe extend to the yearly sum of 100*. 2#. 8 d. t which shall be truly and faithfully pformed unto the world’s end.”— [20** April 1603.] See Mem. OXTiil. “ Our Master and Wardens, Mr. Noel Sotherton and Mr. Walter Plum' are in- treated once more to confer with the Wardens of the Salters for the dissolving of the composition cono'nyng porters, for albeit the Company are resolved no long' to con- tynue the same composition, as holding yt both an indignytie and disgrace to be tied to an inferior Company, and alsoe a great hindrance to dyvse poor© brothers of this Company. Yet because both Companyes are members of this honorable City it is desired that the handling thereof may be done in all loving and friendly mann r as much as may be possible.” — [20** April 1608.] 1 “ The Quarter day Dinner that of late have been kept in Lent deferred until after Easter, to the intent that my Lord Maior may then, according to ancient custom and the prerogatyve of the Lord Maior, drink to hym that shalbe one of the Sheriffs for the yere ensuing, and forasmuch as it will draw a far greater charge upon him than if it had been kept at the accustomed time, by reason of the late enlarging of the Livery, and entertaining the Lord Maior and Lady Mayress, and other Woor 11 persons. It was agreed that our Master should be allowed 20*. more than ordinary, in the whole 100*. “ Note. — But at the next Courte he contented himself with the former allowance of 80*.”— [20*A April 1603.] “ Whereas some discontentment hath been lately taken by dyv^e of the Brothers of this Oompanie w« h were the last yere taken into the Liverie of this Societie, by reason that the foure Warden Substitutes of the last yere, w« h at the last Courte of Assistants were lykewyse taken into the Liverie, had prcedency and first place granted unto them before dyv r se of the Liverie who had not supplied the place of 1 1 do not know what our good friends the “ Salters ” would say to this entry. The labor of the City was somewhat under the control of ihe Guilds, each of them having (I think) the power of appointing “ tackle Porters,*' much as the “ Vintners ” continue to do. See entry 20th August 1632, post. The composition originated in 1548-9. (See receipts for that year, ante.) 541 A (7). ] relating to the affairs of the Fraternity. Warden Substitutes. Whereupon it was agreed that some of them should be warned to offer such reasons and exceptions as they could give against the Company's proceedings, and upon full and deliberate examynacon of all their exceptions, the V Company fynd they have farre better reasons to mayntayne their proceedings, than l there can be any way alleadged against the same. And albeit they holde it not \ fltt to render accompt of their proceedings to them who in duty ought to submit . themselves to the judgem t of the Assistants and Goumors of this Companie, and not V to call in question the discretion and judge® 1 * of this Courte, yet to avoid hart- jbumyng and discontentt they were in very loveing and brotherlie mann r treated and melt wU) all by the auntient M n of this house, and the Companie held it not fitt to make any alteracon or change of that order, which upon good reason they had soe concluded and agreed upon.” — [1 it June 1603.] | “ Precepts from the Maior for the payment of 234/. towards the chardges to be disroended for the King's Ma tic8 most honorable Coronation, and such solempnities as are! to be pformed by this Cifctie touching the same. Also for 78/. for the same purpose.” — [18/A June 1603.] See Appendix D (8). r Precept from the Maior requiring the Company to provide 40 persons, their proportion of 500 principal citizens, to attend upon the King on his passage through the lCity, every one of them to be well horsed, and apparelled in velvet coats with sleevles of the same and “ chaynes of gould,” and “ not only yourselves but every of the sAid persons to have one comely pson, well appareled in his hose and doublet, to attend on hym on foote,” and to be ready to attend the Maior at one day's warning.” — [5/M July 1603.] “ Irorasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to visitte the Cytty at this time with thL Plague, the which without the great mercy of God is lykely to encrease, the election is agreed to be made at a private banquet of the Assistants and lerned Lyvery afu 3 r they come from the sermon, agreeable to the following precept from the Lord Mayc l >r, which, in consequence of the infection which pervaded the whole city, and the iAultitude of poor people whose houses were closed and prevented from attending W their daily labours for the support of their wives and families, it was thought fit %hat all public feasting and common dinners in the several Halls of the Corporation^ within the City should, during the time of this visitation of the Almighty be i wholly given up, and that one-third part of the charge and expence intended to pe spent on the said entertainments shall be bestowed upon the poor miserable an® needy persons whose houses it shall please Almighty God so to visit.” — [11/A ^July 1603.] " TJu* publishing the accompts of the late M r and Wardens, deferred by reason that ) the funrall of M r Richard Shepham, a late loving brother, and one of the Assistants of this howse, were this day solempnized, and the whole Lyvery mett herei at a Dynner w ch was pformed w 1 * 1 20/. devysed by M r Shepham for that purpose.”— [7/A August 1604.] “ The Election dinner published, the Master's allowance encreased from eighty to one hundred pounds upon the condition of his keeping his three quarter dayes, and also his election day, and at quarter days invite the wives of Aldermen of the Company, the old Masters, and the present Master and Warden’s wives." — [19/A June 1605.] “ Quarter day. — According to auncient and usuall order, fyrst the names of the Livery were called, and then Prayer made and the Ordynaunces and Benefactors redd and remembered. After which, preparacon was made to entertain the Right Hon ble Sir Leonard Halliday, the Lord Mayor (being a member of this Company), and the Sheriffs, at the dinner : also the Lady Mayoress, the Aldermen's wives, the Masters' and the Wardens’ wives for the present yeare. For the dinner the Master p9vided fourteen messe of meate, whereof fyve were served to the High Table, eight to the Livery Table, and one in the Parlor for the Sword Bearer and the Waitinge Women.” — [16/A December 1605.] 542 Extracts from the Court Minutes [A (7). “ Whereas the Company hare lately bought a greate quantity of plate, to be employed for the repayring and amending the roof of the Companies Comon Hall, our M r and Wardens are in treated to cause the same to be well and substantially repayred w^ 1 all convenient speed.’* — [31*/ March 1606.] “ At this Court the names of the Assistants and Lyvery were called and the defaulte marked, then prayer made in reverent manner and the materiall ordynances for the government of the Company, and the benefactor and their severall devisee were redd J and remembered ; and so the Company hastened to entertayne the Bight Honorable J Sir Leonard Halliday, Knight, y® Lord Mayor (being one of this Company), and| also the Sheriff^, being invited to this dynner. There was also invited the Ladw Maiores, and other ladies, Aldermen’s wives, Maisters’ wyves, and Wardens' wyvee mi the Company ; at which tyme the Maister provided a bountifull dynner of sixteen* messe of meate, whereof fyve were served to the High Table, nyne to the Lyvejry Table, and two to a side table in the hall where the Swordbearer and others sane; and at this dynner my Lord Maior did drinck to the newe elected Sheriffs (viz., ftfr. Alderman Walthall), and the Maister allowed Ipocras and Wafers w** the wfltter barly caried unto him.” I 14 Forasmuch as divers of ye Assistants, by reason of their age and remote dweHling from the Hall, cannot make their appearaunce untill a good part of the day be sment, and also by reason yt Courts of Assistants holdeth so long that they cannot rJkum home to their dynners in any convenient time, doe therefore make default of a Jpear- ance at many Courts : it is therefore ordered that at every Court there shalbe m con- venient dynner provided by one of the Renter Wardens for the said Assistants at the coste of the Company, not exceeding 40s. ; if any more be expended the f Renter Wardens shall bear© the same, saving only that over and above the forty slnillingB, ye fynes of such Assistants as shalbe absent, shall be collected by one of tipe Renter Wardens and added to the charges of the said dynner.” — [17 th May 160W.] “ Be it remembered that this day ye Assistants dyned here at the chaf rges of the Company, and, after dynner, sate and dispatched much business, so am there was more matters ended at this Court then hath ben accustomed at 2 or 3 otimer Courts." — [2nd July 1606.] J “ A Precept from the Maior for the better beautifying of the streets# and lanes of this Citty against the passage of the King’s moast excellent Ma*? ansi the King of Denmark, Ac , whereby the Company are required to ‘ provide yor r&ileJi in readiness for y r Lyvery to stand in against the 30* of this present month of JFuly, the said railes to bo hanged with blew azure doth and garnished with banneraf and streamers in the mooste beautiful manner that may be, also to provide six wJiifilel^Ml^every score of y r Lyvery well apparelled, with white staves in theire hands, to stand with their backs to the comon rayles over against ye Companie’s railes, for the better and quieter ordering the strectes through w ch his Ma*y shalle passe.' Whereupon, according to the said precept, the railes were sett up, hanged with blow azure cloth garnished with banners, and whifflers appointed, being proper yonge men of the Company, well apparelled, and many of them waring chaynes of gould. The Comon Clarck did certify that the Companie’s railes did contayne in length 285 feete. “ A Precept from the Maior requiring the Company to pay 93/. 12s. towards the expence of railing the streets from the Tower to Temple Bar, and making a pageant at the royal passage of the King's Most Excellent MatJ and the King of Denmark.” —[2 nd August 1606.] “ Whereas it pleased Almighty God moast mercifully to preserve the King's Ma* and the whole state from the late pernitious gunpowder treason. In re- membrance whereof by Act of Parliament it is agreed that the fifth day of November shall forever be kept holliday, and so by order the whole lyvery are required to re- sort to Powles to a sermon. It is therefore thought fitt that, according to the example of other companies, that all the lyvery should dyne at our ball upon the same day, the same to be provided by two of the livery who by rank and course shalbe A (7). ] relating to the affairs of the Fraternity. 543 stewards, and that there shall be allowed out of the stock of the Company towards the same Dynner the some of 31. 6s. 8 d” — [2 6th September 1607.} “ It is agreed that there shall be provided a handsome little bell to stand upon the table for the Maister to ringe when he hath occasion to call for the beadle who attendeth without the dore, soe as he and others may take notice that the knock with the hammer is onely for silence, and that the beadle is not to come in but when the bell is rung.” — [9 th January 1607.] u Rob 1 Johnson fined 40s. for using uncivil words against Robert Barnes, one of the Warden Substitutes, and alsoe indecent speech not fitt to be recorded in any booke, against the Master and Wardens. He presently paid the fine, and hath pro- mised to aske the Warden Substitutes and Sixteen men forgiveness at their full assembly, which if he shall unfaynedly performe then the Company will consider whether it be fytt to inflict any further fyne or punishment upon him.” — [9 th March 1607.] “ Richard Langley, the Comon Clarck, made relation of extraordinary services rendered to the Company, for which he prayed allowance, viz t - : — “ Writing a book or abstract of thevidences concerning the Revenue of the Company. “ Enlarging the booke of Wills of benefactors to the Company. “ Making a booke of Sir Tho B * White’s material Statutes concerning the Com- pany’s Schoole, with a translation of the same into English, and entering the Comp, orders for government of their schoole into the same booke. “ A booke of the Company e’s chre., with a translation thereof into English. “ A booke of contributions and loanes for provision of come, and other loans made by the Company. “ A large booke, being an alphabetical collection of all the Freemen of the Company. “ An abstract of all the Leases of the Company, wherein may presently be knowne the beginning and the end of every lease. u The whole proceedings and order when the King’s Ma*y the noble Prynce and gisate Lords dyned here. (See Mem. ixxn.) When the Clarck was informed that it had pleased the Company to graunt him one hundreth pound es for his said extraordinary, services, and in consideration thereof he was to leave all the books to the Company, and to make a booke w° h should contayne an Inventory of all the Companye’s books and moveables, 1 and of such fees and duties as belong to the officers of the Company.” — [8fk August 1608.] “ Foreasmuch as it hath pleased God to afflict and visit the Citty with the Plague, and that the number doth weekly increase, It is therefore thought fitte to forbeare feasting and great assemblies until it shall please God to remove the sickness from us, and it is thought expediente to put of the great Dynner for the whole generallitie which was agreed to be kept this year, but nowe altered by reason that the sickness is soe generally dispersed, and y® greate danger w ch may ensue upon soe generall an assembly out of all y* parts and comers of y* Cittie, which the Warden Substitutes doe most willingly assent and agree unto.”— [7th September 1608.] “ At this Court was openly redd a writing w° h Richard Langley the Comon Clarck of this Company brought from Mr. Reginald Barker, 2 late M T of this Company, and nowe inhabiting at Chatham in Kent, purporting an assignment by hym made to the Company of a lease of one thousand yeares of two ozier hopes, lying in the parish of Westham, in the county of Essex, of the yerely value of 40s., w* h he freely bestowith towards the better relief of the poor© Almsmen and Almswomen which now or here- after filial be in the Companye’s Almshouses. The which the Company doe accept hoping that hereafter God will move his hart to be more bountifull and liberall for the relief of the poore of this Company.” — [7th October 1608.] 1 This was probably Mem. xiv. * See Mem. ixx. 5 44 Extracts from the Court Minutes [ A (7). “ The consideration of certain orders for the government of Dutch and French Taylors that work© within the Cittie contrary to the lawes of this land, and the liberties of the Cittie, deferred.” — [6 2k January 1608.] “ To this assembly resorted Sir Noel de Caron, Ambassador to the State of the Lowe Countries, and fower Elders, viz** two of the Dutch church, and two of the French church, and in the presence of two of the Warden Substitutes and fower of the Sixteen men. After a long discourse and many objections, pro et contra , it was in thend concluded and agreed as in and by certen articles of agreement Indented under the hands of the said parties, whereof one parte remayneth with the said Ambassador and thother w th this Company, and the copy thereof being entered in a faier vellum booke remayning with the Warden Substitutes.” — [132k January 1608.] “ This day the M r , Wardens and Assistaunte, in the presence of the Warden Substitute and 16 men, did view the Company’s Throry now in the custody of the Warden Substitute and 16 men, and did cause a perfect note to be taken of all the money and plate then remaining in the same, viz. : — “ Money in several baggs — “ 3302. silver, 1032. gould. M Plate— “ Imprimis, fouer elecion cupps with covers, whereof one all guilt and the other three paroell guilt. “ Item, 6 Bassells or lowe bowles with one cover, all guilt, being used for the sixteen men’s table at the generall feast. " Two old Masers with narrowe typps of silver guilt. “ Two Livery Potts of Silver parcel! guilt. “ One old Standing Cupp and Cover all guilt, one neste of bowles, with a cover, all guilt, and one litle Pott with a Cover all guilt, pawned and forfeyted many years past by one John Crane, Marchauntailo r - “ Three salts parcel guilt, whereof two have oovers and the third none. u Three dozen and fower spooncs, whereof 22 are white, with lyons heads guilt, and two of them guilt spoones of severall fashions, one of them engraven with a writing, and one a faier spoone parcell guilt, with a tbiting engraven on it, and twelve of them silver spoones with Hercules on thend guilt, and three of them white with Apostles heads. “ Fower garlands of blewe Damaske, with fower St. John’s heads of silver a peeoe upon every of them." [102k February 1608.] " The Precept for the plantation in Ireland, with motives and reasons to induce the Citty of London to undertake the same.” — [62k July 1609.] “ A letter from The Lord Treasurer (Salisbury) in favour of Jn° Whailey. A Letter from 7 Judges in favour of John Whailey (for Reversion of Clark).” — [14 55 8 taken of such as were absent ; then in a reverent manner peaks was made by one Mr. Abbott, and afterwards the Ordinances of the house were openly read and a great part of the booke of Benefactors ; then preparation was made for dinner, whereunto were invited the Aldren of this Comp**- and their wives, the whole Assistants and Livery, the old Masters* wives, the pres 1 Wardens* wives, the preacher Schoolin' and Warden Substitutes, and Almsmen of the Livery, as in ancient time hath been accustomed.** — [1st June 1652.] “ A Committee appointed for the Tailoiy of this Company to meete in the Long Gallery as often as occasion shall be, and to act in as large and ample manner touching the regulation of the said trade of Tailory as the former committee were by an order or orders of this Court authorised to doo untill Midsomer next and no longer.’*— [20 th August 1653.] “ Precept to the 12 Companies to prepare their several standings in Cheapside when the Lord Protector and his Council were invited by the Corporation to dine at Grocers* Hall, c and such provision made for their entertainment as may be honour- able and best expresse the good affeccion of this Citty to his Highnesse.’ “The place of Carver to this Company, to waite as Carver on the Master on quarter daies and other publique meetings of this Society, being void by the death of William Phillips, John Wilton, Merchanttailo' was appointed in his place. 1 * — [162k November 1653.] “ Granary-keeper dismissed and the Assistant appointed in his place, Ordered that in future there be only one granary-keeper. ** Claims for repayment of 9,0002. and 2,8432. 4s. lOd. lent to the Commonwealth, in the year 1642.**— [152k March 1653 ] “ Upon the humble petition of John Ogelby, a poet, free of this Company, who having with much study and expence translated Yirgill into English meeter, together with annotations uppon the same, and likewise Eysop’s Fables, both which hee preted to this Company this day very fairly bound. This Court, in requital of hia guift, and for his encouragem 1 , being a Member of this Company, doth give and bestow uppon him the sume of xiij 1 - yj* viijd- (132. 6s. 8d.).” — [2Gfk July 1654.] “ Whereas Patience Ward, a M'ch&nt in 8 l Laurence, Pountney Lane, hath often tymes byne sumoned to this Court to be admitted into the Livery and Clothing of this Society, and hath some tymes appeared accordingly, and desired tyme to consider thereof, but on his last appearance refused either to accept of the Livery or fyne for the same, Whereupon it was ordered that the said Patience Ward should be sumoned to appear before the next Court of Aldren or to sue him upon the Ordinance of this House, to compell him thereunto at such tyme as our M r should think fitt. But our Master, out of especial favour unto him, and upon information that he had better consideed, did cause him to be sumoned to this Court, who appeared accordingly, and humbly desired that this Court would be pleased to spare him until the next call, and then he would serve them either in purse or p'son or both. Whereupon, and after serious debate thereof, and because he should see that the Comp 1 * desired as well his comp 1 * as his money, It was ordered that he should pntly pay 502. to the use of this Society, and if he shall please to accept of the Livery at any time within a yeare now next ensuing, Then he shall have what shall be over and above the usual fyne now paid by every member admitted into the Livery repaid him. and he ranked in the Livery as if he now accepted of the same, or else he shall be for the s&id 502. discharged from being admitted into the Clothing and Livery of this Society.” 1 — [3rd June 1663.] “Upon complaint that cloth had been removed from the Tainters inMoorfteldsby the Clothworkers upon their search day, contrary to an order of the Court of Alder- 1 This entry illujlrates the practice of calling to the Livery, in the person of Sir Patience Ward, who lived in Suffolk Lane (see p. 403;, and was afterwards elected Lord Mayor in September 1680, whose speech is preserved in the Guildhall Library, and his show is described in Bone's Beers Book t vol. i., p. 1446. Obviously in 1663, he was unwilling, if not unable, to pay his fine. A (7). ] relating to the affairs of the Fraternity, 669 men lately made betweene o' Comp 1 © and the Comp 1 © of Clothworkers, Ordered that those psons whoe tooke the said Cloth away from the Tainters bee sumond before the Court of Aldmen, and o r Master and Wardens, &c., are desired to attend the Court of Aldmen and to defend the Comp 1 ©® priveledge in the Clothworke’s search as often as occasion shall require. “ [Mem. — That the book containing the Minutes of Court for 9 years has been lost for many years/’ — [23rd September 1664.] “Ordered, that John Milner the Clerk doe await on the M r of the ComP 1 © of Cloth- workers and demand the cloth that some of their officers haven taken away from of the Tainters, contrary to an order of the Court of Aldermen.” — [19/A October 1664.] “ Two thousand pounds ordered to be raised upon the credit of the common scale of this Society in aid of a loan to the king.” — [5/A November 1664.] “Precept from the Lord Mayor for subscriptions towards building a Frigate in lieu of one which bore the name of London, to which an ‘ unhappy accident had befallen/ All the Assistants and Livery ordered to be summoned to a ready and liberall sub- scription for and towards the building of the said ship. “17 1. 10*. 9 d. paid for erecting the stage and seats in the Hall when the scholars of the Comp® School acted the play called Love’s Pilgrimage.” ~[6/A April 1665.] “ Precept from the Lord Mayor requiring the Company to provide 750 chaldron of coals for the benefit of the poor in dear seasons.” — [20/A July 1665.] “The several Company es required to raise 10,0002. towards building the ship ( Loyal London ’ for the use of His Ma Ue , of which the M. T. CoJ were required to furnish 1,0002.”— [20/A June 1666.] “Whereas by an order of Court the 28th June 1659, it was (for the reasons therein expressed) Ordered that our Master’s place at the Flection dinner should be in the midle of the high table ; now upon consideration thereof, and that it is the custom of the Comp 1 © of Skinners, w ch our Comp ie is not in any waiee obliged to observe. This Court doth therefore order, That our Master’s place for the future shall bo at the upper end of the high table by the cupboard of plate, as hath been heretofore used and accustomed, and that the M. and Wardens of the Skinners be placed next to the Alder® of o* Comp 1 © ” — [13/A July 1666.] “The Committee recommend that the Chapel belonging to the School be forthwith wainscotted with deale, and painted as high as the Library doore, and that Sir Thomas White’s picture be forthwith drawne from head to foote by our Master 1 owne hand, to be set up and remain e in the said Chappel as before the late dreadfull fire, and that three seates be forthwith made in the said School on each side about six foote deepe on each side, and that the workmen doe attend the next Court of Assistants whereby the Court may agree with them for the finishing the said School before the Eleventh day of June next 2 for the reception of the Companie and President and Senior flellowes of St'. John Baptist Colleadge then. . “ Whereupon it is thought fit and so Ordered, that the same report be confirmed and observed.” — [7/A May 1674.] * “ This CouK, taking into consideration the badneese of trading and dearness of provision, and the great number of the Livery and Clothing of this Society, doth think fitt and so order, That for the future there be ffower Stewards for keeping dinners at the Hall on the king’s birth day and restouration day, the Lord Maior’s day, this 5th of November, and what other days shall be appointed by publique authority, and that for the future there shall be three Stewards on the 11th of June yearly at the School, any order heretofore made to the contrary notwithstanding.” — [May 1677.] 1 Ur. Bobert Mallory, Master. Sir Thomas White's statue is to be placed in the New School. * As I have noticed elsewhere (p. 411), the last meeting was held on the Uth June 1874. 560 Names of " Marchaunt Taylours ” in 4587. [ A (8). APPENDIX A (8). NAMES' OF THE COMPANY OF “ MABCHACNT TATLOUBS” IN 1587. 1. John Skutt. 60. William Barlowe. 2. Thomas White. 61. Thomas Offley. 8. Robert Dawbeney. 62. John Smythe. 4. J ohn Nynes. 68. John Bothe. 6. Robert Mellishe. 54. William Churcheman. 6. William Wilford. 66. Richard Pawlyn. 7. Geffrey Vaughan. 66. Emanuell Lucar. 8. Paulo Withipoll. 67. John Canon. 9. John Benet. 68. Henry Spede (see Mem. xxxv.) 10. James MighelL 69. Robert Herd. 11. Richard Holt. 60. Christofer Nicholson. 12. Henry Beauford. 61. Stephyn Vaughan. 13. Richard Bukland. 62. William Harper (see p. 402). 14. John Jenkyns. 63. John Jakes. 16. John Wilford (see Mem. lit.) 64. George Bruges. 16. William Kirby. 65. Walter Yong. 17. John Malt. 66. William Wilde. 18. Robert D acres. 67. Rauff Daueunt. 19. Henry Suckley. 68. Robert Waren. 20. John Jerard. 69. John Miller. 21. John God. 70. Henry Douncest. 22. Wm. Wilford, the yonger. 71. William Grene. 23. William Barnes. 72. Thomas Ridley. 24. Richard Travers. 73. Hemy Cooke. 26. Henry Polsted. 74. John Bland. 26. Robert Wilford. 76. Roger Nues. 27. William Huetson. 76. Rauff Coo. 28. Nicholas Cousyn. 77. James Danyell. 29. Richard Wadynton. 78. Richard Hopper. 80. Stephyn Kirton. 79. William Wolberd. 81. Henry Brayne. 80. Richard Tong. 82. Thomas Broke. 81. Richard Maye. 83. Richard Southewerke. 82. Thomas White, jun. (see 34. Thomas Hairdford. Mem. cxxn.) 85. John Ffarthyng. 88. Nicholas Wolberd. 36. Richard Buttill. 84. Thomas Howe. 37. John Remes. 85. William Rigeley. 38. John Marchaunt. 86. Eustas Ripley. 89. John Ffissher. 87. Richard Turnour. 40. John Sampier. 88. William Bodie. 41. Patrike Powse. 89. John Withers. 42. John Cachemayd. 90. John Ffulwode. 48. Nycholas Marten. 91. William James. 44. Thomas Campion. 92. Rogier Basyng. 46. Cristofer Lordyng. 93. Robert Goodwyn. 46. Nicholas Wilford. 94. Henry Wyncot. 47. Rauff Ffoxley. 95. John Chamber. 48. Thomas Emerye. 96. Robert Kirk. 49. J ohn Shaa. 97. Bobert Pymond. 1 From the Record in Chapter House, Westminster, as communicated by T. Caley, Esq., P R fi FJ9.A., Ac., and printed in “ Allen's History of London," 1838. It is of the Livery only, I presume. B (1). ] Court Minutes as to Yeomen Taylors. 661 MEMORIAL II. APPENDIX B (1). EXTRACTS FROM COURT MINUTES AS TO TEOMEN TAYLORS. “ Ordered by the M r , Wardens and Assistants, at the humble sew 4 of the Warden Substitutes and Sixteen men, that every servante or journeyman free of this Cittie, and a brother of this Mistery, shall from henceforth paye unto the saide Wardens Substitute and their successors quarteridge after 8 d. the yeare by 2d. the quarter.”-* [28/A August 1578.] “ Report of Committee against foreigners and strangers. — Application made to Parliament rejected. — The Charters searched for authority, considered to be ample — no direct punishment appointed — considered to be at the discretion of the M r and Wardens and the Lord Mayor — application to the Lord Mayor recommended for authority to commit offenders. — Master and Wardens to meet weekly, or to revive an ancient custom, some of the Batchelors’ Company to meet every Monday fort- night. — This Committee to consist of 4 Wardens Substitutes and 2 of the Sixteen men. — To make search throughout the City (according to authority of their ancient Charter) for foreigners and strangers making garments, to seize and carry such gar- ments to the Chamberlain. — To summon all offenders before them, and freemen in default of appearance at the hall on quarter-days and at burials, and that pay not their quarterage in due time, and all other lawfull demands. — To report all offenders to the Master and Wardens, to be dealt with at their discretion according to their offence. — Those that are ancient dwellers and married, and have children born within this City, or otherwise thought fit, shall, upon consideration had, be admitted into this Company (but not made free of the City), and so suffered to work. Foreign Bachelors now come into the City, or otherwise thought fit to be removed, after warning given, by four at a time be committed to the counter, upon the Lord Mayor’s command- ment, no further fine to be taken of them than the Chamberlain takes for garments found in their hands on Serch days. The care and zeal of this Committee commended, and their suggestions approved, with request that they may be done with gravity, judgment, and consideration, and the Master and Wardens to be informed from time to time of their proceedings.” — [7 th December 1601.] “ The Four late Warden Substitutes taken into the Livery. — Whereas the Company had determyned at. the time of the calling of the last Lyvery to have nomynated and Elected Tho 8 Mills, John Collett, G-eo. Gibson and Rich d Osmotherly, the then Warden Substitutes of the Bachelors’ Company into the Clothing and Livery of this Societie, but by reason of the Lord Maior of this hon ble Cittie was a member of this Societie, the Warden Substitutes were by Order and auncient custome in person to p^forme diverse service during the same yere, And forasmuch as they have very lovingly and carefully performed all the said service to the good liking and contentment of the Company, yt is therefore with a generall consent ordered and agreed that they shalbe received and taken into the Lyverie, and be placed in the same place and rank as they should have been yf they had then been received into the Lyvery (viz.) before all such of the last call, as have not supplied the place of Wardens Substitutes, except only my Lord Maior's son and Mr. Merrick, to whom the Company for good consideracons gave precedency at the said Call.” — [20/A April 1603.] “ A lengthend record of a dispute between the Warden Substitutes and Sixteen- men, in which the latter are charged by the former with the wasteful expenditure of the howse money, of needless meetings, of assumed superiority of some over 2 o Extracts from Court Minutes 6G2 [ B (1). others, of negligence in keeping their accounts, and passing them without the con- troul of the Warden Substitutes, Ac. &e.” — [13fA January 1608.] “ Orders reviewed, examined, corrected, and fully concluded and agreed upon by the Master, Wardens and Assistants, houlden the nyne and twentieth day of May 1609, for the better direction and orderly government of the Wardens Substitute and Sixteen men in peace and tranquility. u 1. The Treasory examined, and note taken of money, plate, and other things in their possession as substitute to the Master and Wardens. u 2. Ordered that there shalbe four locks to the chest remayning in the Throry, and four locks to the two doors of the said Throry, and that the eight keys shalbe for ever kept by the eight persons hereafter following, viz* : — The fewer keys of the doors by the two Warden Substitute and two ayncientest Sixteene men of the Watling Street and Candlcwecke Street quarters ; and the fewer keys of the chest by the two Warden Substitute and two auncient.est Sixteene men of Fleete St and Merchantailois Hall quarters, and that the Throry dores shall never be opened except in the presence of six at the least of the said eight persons, and alsoe fewer others of the Sixteene men, and a record to be made in a faire booke of what- soever money, plate, or other thing they put in or take out of the said Treasory. w 8. The Wardens Substitute shall at thend of their yere’s service, and within 14 day es after Trinity Tuesday, deliver an accompt unto the M r , Wardens and Assist- ants, of all their receipts and payments not in grosse but in pticulers with the ballance, and foote of that accompt. “ 4. The accompt to be audited by the two Upper Wardens of the Livery and such two of the Sixteene men as shalbe from tyme to tyme nominated by the War- dens Substitute and Sixteene men, within 14 daies after Trinity Tuesday yerely, and to thintent that noe damage gr owe to the house, or losse to the Warden Substitute, through the sudden accompt. It is ordered that fyve monthes before the said auditt day there shalbe a certcn day of meeting, which shalbe called a Charge Day, to be held and contynued without any allowance for dynner or other charge out of the Stock of the House, on w ch cliarge day the Sixteene men shall examine the books of the fower several quarters comytted to the charge and collection of the Wardens Substitute, and charge the said Wardens Substitute with the names of all such brothers as they shall thinke in their consciences able to pay quartridg, &c. Ac. u 6. The newe Wardens Substitute, immediately after they be sworne, shall have full power to rule and governe (under the Master and Wardens) jointly with the last Wardens Substitute, and shall be placed next after the ould Wardens Substitute until Mathias Day, and then the newe Wardens Substitute to be preferred to have the chiefe place, and that the Sixteene men shall not conceale any matter of govern- ment from them, nor heare or determyne any cause without theire allowance, Ac. “ 6. Whereas some question hath been moved who were to be accompted to be the fower ancientest of the Sixteene men It is nowe upon mature and de- liberate consideration ordered- that such fewer of the Sixteene men as have byn of longest contynuance in the same place of Sixteene men, in what quarter soever they dwell, shalbe accompted to be the fewer auncientes. And yet for special considera- tions it is thought fitted that one in every quarter who hath byn of longest con- tynuance a Sixteen man in that quarter, Bhall be alwaies trusted to keepe the fewer keyB belonging to the said Throry, — and it is intended and meant that such antients of the Sixteene men as shall keep the keyes of the Throry shall be men of wisdom and discretion, able to advise the Wardens Substitute from tyme to tyme of the good orders of the Company. It is therefore provided that upon any special occa- sion, as absence, sickness, decay of estate, &c., it shall be lawfull for the M r and Wardens and Assistants to remove any one or more of the said auncientes of either kynde. B(l). ] as to the Yeomen Taylors. 563 44 7. Whereas it was heretofore agreed that fower Wardens Substitute, whereof two of them to be ould Wardens and two of the new Wardens, and the ould to contynue until the newe be swome. Also two of the Sixteene men, with theire own Clark and Beadle, and two persons employed against fforeyners 1 should meet every Munday . fortnight for performance of special services for the good of the Company, at which meetings they have spent for theire dynners 6*. 8 d. of the Stock of the House, and yet the present Wardens Substitute have of late forborne the same. But foras- much as the Company are perswaded that the said meetings doe greatly tend to the peace and orderly government of the Company, It is therefore ordered that the same shall be contynued, and it is agreede that the house shall allow tenn s hillin gs for theire dynner at every such fortnight meeting. 44 8. Forasmuch as complainte hath byn long made that the fower quarters out of which the Warden Substitutes are yerely elected have not been divided in. just pro- portion, but that Watling Street quarter, in multitude of able and rich men, doth far excell the residue. It is therefore ordered that Fleet Street quarter shalbe reconed to extend unto Paul's Gate, also St. Austyne’s Gate, and that all Pauls* Churchyard and the Pulpit Yard, Creed Lane, Pater Noster Rowe, Ave Mary Lane,and Warwick Lane shall be taken out of Watling Street q r and added to Fleet Street quarter, and also that the south side of Newgate Market, extending from the Little Conduit in Cheape unto Newgate, shalbe taken out of Watling Street quarter and united to Merchauntailors' quarter, the said vuy ting to begynn at the feast of Faster last past. 44 9. Ordered that noe bills of charges shall passe or be allowed at the Audit, unlesse signed by two of the Wardens Substitute and two of the fower Auncients at the least, and if any of the fower Auncients happen to be absent, then his next Auncient to supply his place in that business, and they are to be admonished and entreated to be frugall and sparing in theire expcnces, considering the greate want and necessity of the poore, and to keepe as few Dynners at the charges of the House as conveniently they may. 44 10. Forasmuch as the Dynner yerely kept for the entertaining of strangers groweth to a great charge, and no reason that the strangers should be better enter- tained then the King's naturall subiect. It is therefore ordered that the same Dynner shalbe no longer kept. Nevertheless it is agreed that the House shall allow 8/. 6s. 8 d. for a Dynner for the Wardens Substitute and Sixteene men upon the day that the strangers be yerely somond to appear before them to hear the Decree in the Star Chamber, and the orders lately agreed upon to be read before them. 44 11. Foreasmuch as the Shooting Dynner hath been of ancient contynuance, and the only Dynner for recreation that is allowed to the Wardens Substitute and Six- teene men, It is therefore agreed that there shall be yerely allowed out of the Stock of the Howse towards the said Dynner 81. over and beside Mr. Dow his yerely guiffc of 13*. 4 d. p. ann., called Mr. Dow his mite, and the usuall collection made of all such as shalbe invited or shall come to that Dynner ; and it is expressly ordered that if any more shall be expended at the same Dynner, then the allowance before mentioned, it shall be disbursed and bourne by the Stewards out of their own purses, at which Dynner tho Wardens Substitute and the old Wardens continuing in charge and tho Sixteene men and theire wyves onley and none other are to be freed from charge. 44 12. It is agreed that the 4 Wardens Substitute of the year past shalbe elected yerely forever to be the fower overseers of the present Wardens in place. 44 13. Forasmuch as all victualls are growne to a very high rate, it is ordered that the Warden Substitutes should keepe onley Four Quarter dynners (and not five as hath been accustomed), viz t : — one at St. James’ tide, a second about the feast of * “Noo-freemen.**— RVey's London, p. 697. 2 o 2 564 Court Minutes as to Yeomen Taylors. [ B (1), All Saints, otherwise called Hollfcntide, a third about 14 daies after Xpmas, and ye fowrth on or about St. Mathias day, and y 1 then they shall keepe moderate cheere without excesse or- drawing any greater company to y* Hall then hath ben aunciently accustomed, and that y e audit dynner shall forey r hereafter be kept on Trynety Tuesday or thereabouts.** — [29th May 1609.] “The Warden Substitute and one of the Sixteene men did offer to the con- sideration of the M r aud Wardens and Assistants whether it were not fitt that the greate Dynner for the generality should be kept this year, being the seayenth yere sithence the same was held, which had usually been held once in three years), intimating that the deferring thereof so long hath made the generallity unwilling to pay their quarterage. Upon due consideration it is agreed that the said great Dynner shall be kept this yere upon St. John's Decollation day, being the 24th day of August, and the Wardens Substitute and their Officers are required to take special care that none be warned or suffred to come to this Dynner or to the Hall whose bowse is infected with the plague.” — [14 ih August 1609.] “To this Court came the Warden Substitutes and Sixteen men to psent a Beadle to take his oath latelie chosen by them in the place of W m ‘ Griffin dee* which they had done contrary to our Master’s command, and without any authoritie in themselyes for ye choise of such an officer, and being tould by thia Courte of their error seemed awhile to maintains the Bame ; but upon better consideration, well understanding that all their authoritie and power in gowerment is derived and directed from this Court, as by the oathe they take for the office of Warden Sub- stitute (which was read unto them at this Court) doth plainlie appear, did disclaim the choice they had made of their Beadle, and left the same whollie to the Court, Ac. Ac.”— [24 th May 1622.] “ Ordered, that the Widdowe of Roger Silverwood (late Clerk of the Batchlors’ Company) shall have 5/. given her of the Stock of this House, whereof ffortie shillings to be payed presentlie, and tother three pounds to be paid to her when she shall remove out of the lodging in the Companies Almshouses neere the Hall.” — [28*A June 1622.] “ A letter from y« right hon b,e the Lord Chambelaine, directed to the Lord Mayor of London, in behalfe of Mounseur de Marteene, a stranger, who desired to use the trade of a Tailor w^in the Citty of London, was at this Court openly red. Whereupon consideracon being had, It is ordered y l ” (certain persons named) “ shall at y e next Court of Aldren informe my Lord Mayor and the Court how piuditiall it will prove to this Citty if way should be given to his request.” — [1624.] “ Ordered, that the Wardens Substitutes and Sixteene men shall have the use of the Chamber adjoyning to y* Batchelors’ Gallory, being lately in the use and occupacon of Mr. Duncombe, and also y l y e M r and Wardena shall use the said Chamber when occasion slialbe offered at their pleasure, And that the Clarke of the Batchelors' Company for the tyine being shall keepe the key thereof.'* — [28 th August 1624.] “ It is ordered that our M r shall pay unto Mr. tf orris the sume of 22/. 16s. being soe much money w* 5 * 1 he affirmed he hath disbursed about the prosecution of the suits in the Court of Comon Fleas against Straungers useing the trade of Taylory w th in the Cittie libties and suberbs thereof, and other charges about the same.” — \V7th November 1635.] “A Committee appointed to hear the allegations of the Warden Substitutes, Overseers and Sixteen men, touching certain differences which have lately risen between the said pties concerning the manner of their noiacon, and p’paring their bill of Warden Substitutes. The question being whether the Sixteen men are to have any voice in the noinacon or reducing of foure persons for every quarter unto the number of two, who are to be put in election for Warden Substitutes We find that every Warden Substitute, at his first admission into that office, doth take an oath (amongst other things) not to permit or suffer the Sixteen men, called C (l). ] Manuscript Accounts (4399 to 4555-6). 565 tlio Assistants to the Warden Substitutes, to make any election for Warden Sub- stitutes in tyme to come, which oath was prescribed the 11th year of the late King James, which clause of the oath we find to be agreeable to an ancient entrance of a book of this Society, made in the 25 year of Henry 6th, . . . which oath soe con- curring w th the ancient usage, we are of opinion and think fit should be observed. But in regard the Sixteen men are antient and experienced in the affairs of the Company .... we conceive it very fitt that the Warden Substitutes doe for tyme to come tak advice of the Sixteen men touching the said reducing and making their bill therof, before the same be pnted to this Court for election, Ac. &©.” — [24 th January 1639.] “ A report shewing that there had been allowed for divers years past to the Warden Substitutes and Sixteen men 37/. 10*. per Quarter for the relief of the poor of this Society To the Warden of Watling St. Quarter 61. 5*. ; to the Warden of Candlewick St. Q T 61. 15*. ; to the Warden of Fleet St. Quarter 10/. ; to the Warden of Merchaunttailors’ Hall Quarter 14/. 10* , which had been distributed pro- miscuously by 2*. 6d., 2*., 1*. 6d., and 1*., * which we conceive is not the best or most convenient waie/ and suggest that the number of such poor be reduced to three hundred of the fittest persons to receive the Charity during thoir lives by 2*. 6d. quarterly payments.” — [29/5 August 1645.] “ Ordered, that a clause be inserted in all leases granted by the Company, that their workmen should be employed in building and repairing their houses as need should require,” — [31*/ October 1645.] MEMORIAL III. APPENDIX C (1). EXTRACTS FROM THE EARLIER MANUSCRIPT ACCOUNT BOOKS OF THE COMPANY RELATING TO EXPENDITURE (1399 TO 1555-6), PRINCIPALLY AT THE HALL PREMISES. (BY C. T. MARTIN, ESQ., F.8.A.) 1 Henry IY., 1399-1400. II fuist chargez ove le rente de veille hostiell, de Pour l’amendement d’un fenestre en la sale • . Pour 1 lb. and dj. soudur pour les goters en la sale li. *. d. xlvij x ▼ ix 3 Henry IY., 1401-2. Resceu de don pour le ymage de Seint Johan . . v i X Expenses faitz entour la reparacion de la sale et de le peti Rente devaunt le port — En primes, pour gages et nons* 1 dez ceilers'etlo^r servauntz uj iiij vj oh . Item, Pour xij“ de tyle, pris le m 1 , v*. vjd. • • iij vj Item, Pour un quartron et demi de roftyle . . . • y iij Item, Pour vj. bussell et di, tylpyn pris le bussell, yjc/.. . “j iiij Item, Pour xv. lodis lym, pris le lode, xijd. xv Item, Pour rofnailles et autres grosses nailles . • xix iiij Item, Pour iij m et demi de lathes, pris le m u , vj*. viijd \ xxiiij iiij Item, Pour m 1 de rofnailles, pris xijd. . . . . J f. 4. f. 6. I 115. f. 135. i Luncheons, or as it is sometimes written “ noonshyns.' f. 1<5. f. 36. f. 356. f. 396. f. 89. f. 396. f. 456. f. 60. f. 646. 666 Extracts from the Earlier [C(i> Item, Pour vij. lb. de soudure, pris le lb. vjd. . . . . U. s. “j d. ▼i Item, Pour un lode de lombe Item, Pour un dauber pour ix. jours Item, Pour la fesure d'un chymeney a un plastrer * iiij iiij iiij Item, Pour le cariage de x lodis robous . . ▼j Summa xli. xij$. xd. oh. Item, Pour le kervyng d’un ymage de Seint Johan xiij iiij Item, Pour le peynture de mesme le ymage • . xxvj viij Item, Pour le fassion d’un sowse a le dit ymage v ij 6 Henry IV., 1403-4. Expensis faitz pour reparation — En primes, pour uetture del pryve du veil hostiell . . vj viij Board, etc., for the door near the stair ; masonry for the “ reredos en le kichen zerde”; and loam for “ le per- clos del pauetrie.” Pour l’amendexnent de fenestre de glas en la sale • . iij Repairs of the Chapel and Kitchen. 8 Henry IV., 1406-7. Tiles, boards, lime, nails, etc., used. Nothing definite as to locality, except the following : — Un oken bord al mure pres le fonteigne , vj d. Pour le faisure dun double chymene en le petit rente . Reparation du vieil Kostiell. Le sclature (slating) del sale. 19s. 8 d. spent in wages, at 6 d. a-day on the average. 9 Henry IV., 1407-8. Pour le peinture del signe de le Sarasin's hed, vs. Building and repairs of house in Bread Street, 371. 16s. 6kd. Esclature, rippure and reparacion de la sale — Working of 3 qr. 10 lb. lead for a gutter at the end of the chapel, 13d. Mending the hearth of the oven, 8s. 4 d. An oaken board for the serving place. 2 boards for middle benches in the Hall, 3s. 8 d. Making the serving board, crosstrestle and trestle in the “ Aumerie,” 2s. 3 rafters for the Aumerie, 9 d. Mending the fountain, 4 d. Repairs of 2 “ aubes,” 8 d. ; for 3 girdles and washing and repairing the prin- cipal “ aube,” 2d. Total, 61. 16s. 9 id. 10 Henry IV., 1408-9. Expenses at the Kitchen^ Lardirhouse and Sotilhouse — A mason to make 2 windows in the lardirhouse, 10s. Id. 136 lb. of iron for the window, at ljd. Boards for shelves. A grate near the fountain, lid. A grate in the parlour, 6 d. Pins for the image of St. John, 3d.; etc. Total, 69s. 7id. 11 Henry IV. Repairs of the “ Veil hostell en Cornhill,” Bread Street, Lyme Street, Wands- worth and Wood Street, 10Z. 19$. 11$ d. Chimney in the chamber of Sir J ohn Doyly, 19$. 10£d. Repairs at Cornhill, I’ os tell Wenlok, Tostell Leman, Maison del hosier. Rreadstreet. — Lime, loam, lath, etc. Kitchen. — Mending a lock below the stair in the kitchen, etc., 7$. 10id. C (l). ] Manuscript Account Books (i399 to / 555-6). 56 7 HaU and Petit Rente. 1 Henry V., 1413-4. Timber for a perch in the pantry. Mending the cupboard, Dresser in the kitchen yard. Lock and key for the “ Maison crowle.” Mending a gutter in the kitchen, a window in the pantry, and the pavement before the high table. Gutter near the chapel chamber. Chest in the larderhouse. 1 Total 7s. 7 id. Mending the sotilhous, 17 d. Herthlombe for the ovens. A double chimney in the rente. Carpenter’s work in the houses “ des pynner et shepster.” Total, 35 *. 9 d. 2 Henry V., 1414. Espenses faitz sur le novelle overage appele Mesondieux. Carpenters, masons, and labourers wages (Wine to the bp. of Norwich, 18d. To the prior of Charterhouse, lOd. Total, 32Z. 3 *. 7 id. Expenses faitz sur le novelle overage appele Almshous , 961. 16s. 2d. S Henry V. Building expenses for the same, 28*. 4 d. HaU and Petit Rente 3 Henry V., 1415-16. Cleaning the gutters round the Rente. Making two chimneys. “ Un shide as trestell de la haut table,” 12 d. 100 pins for the Image of St. John, 3d. 3Z. 19*. lid. Veill Hostiell . Mending th e fountain with masonry, 15*., etc. 38*. Id. Hall and “ Petit Rente .” 4 Henry V. Mending the roof, 40*. Lath and nail for mending 2 houses in the petit Rente, 8d. Total 59*. Oid. HaU. 5 Henry V., 1417-18. Mending the look of the chest in the chapel, and a “ cliket ” at the foot of the stair. Elm boards for “un hoes” (door) in the “solar.” Mending trestles forms and stools in the hall. Mending the locks of the said door, and of the postern. Mending the high window with glass, etc., 6*. 5d. 6 Henry V., 1418-19. 2 lb. solder for the high table, lOd. Lattice in the chamber of Sir John Doly (one of the Chaplains), etc. 9*. Id. Hally Almshouse, and “ Petit Rente.** 7 Henry V., 1419-20. 2 lb. solder for the cistern in the almshouse, and a gutter round the door of the great parlour, lOd. 2 saplogges en l’aumerie. “ Pipes and fatis en la cusyne,” 21d. A Mason and his servant “ de faire le f undement desouth le post del chapell chambre,” 3 days, u et nons’ ” 3*. 3d. Total, 13*. 7 d. To Thos. Wylkyn, for making a window in the chapel chamber, 21*. 8 d. For making the great window, 71. 4*. Iron for the two windows, 46*. Table and trestle in the chapel chamber, 12*. Glazing the great window, 91. 15*. Glazing the window in the chapel chamber, 26*. f. 65. f. 71. f. 73 5. f. 805. f. 86. f. 78. f. 84. f. 905. f. 955. f. 1005. f. 1045. This year a carpenter’* wages are 8d. a -day, and a labourer’s W. 568 . Extracts from the Earlier [C(l). f. 1105. 117. £ 124. f. 1305. f. 140. £ 1475. f. 1495. Mali and “ Petit Bente.” 9 Henry V., 1421-22. Ceiling the larder house, 9*. A rope for the chamber stair, 8 d. A bucket and rope for the well, 184/. Mending the windlass, 2 d. Cleansing the yard, and “ le nmison des taillours,” 2 days, lOd. “ Herthyng ” an oTen in the kitchen. Carpenters’ work in “ un meison pres la port,” 3 days at 8d. Elm boards for a stair. Locks for a stair, and for the pantry door. “ Un oile tonne, to be set on the ground, pour un privey,” 2s. 3d. Cost of binding the tun, a pipe, etc., and of tiling “ del meson del dit privey,” etc. Total, 31. 7a 9 d. Making “ un caban et un wyndowe graunt en le meson de Wodrowe,” 8d. Lock and cliket for the counting-house door, 6 d\ An iron grate near the well. A stocklock in Scolemaister Aley, 6 d. Key for the cloth chamber, 3d. Crockets to support the arras. 24 fathom of cord for torches, 6 d. Wire for torches. A hook to John Schad’s door, etc. Total, 30s. 5 d. X Henry VI., 1422-23. Timber for a stair in the house near the gate. A carpenter, 1 day “ et none',” 8$d. Elm board and a “ ponehon ” for a “ timberell ” for the well. Forms and trestles for the Hall. A counter for the “ graund chambre.” A door for the eoalhouse in the yard. Two tables for the cloth chamber, 3s. 2d. 850 red Flanders tile for a chimney in the house where William Oiyon lives, for a kitchen, 8 d. a 100. Mending a “ glasyn wyndowe ” in the Hall, 3*. 4 d. Carriage of a great form from St. Martin's to the Hall, 4 d. etc. Total, 5 1. 11*. 2\d. 2 Henry VI. Making a chimney and grate in Sir John's Chamber, 20*., etc. Total, 4Z. 8*. 8 d 8 Henry VL Boards for the cellar. Boards for beddes sides in the chapel chamber. Mend- ing glass windows in the Hall and Chapel Chamber, etc. Total, 59*. 6 d. 4 Henry VI. Scouring the well in the kitchen of Taillour's Hall. Making “ del peauterers walle,” 4 d. Mending the great table in the Hall, and “le graunt stulpe*' in the Court. Painting the great table, 2s. Making a “perclos" near the parlour, and an iron grate in “ le Lumbardes meson.” Lead for a gutter \u the buttery. Repairs in “cony hous.” Locks to tresans door, and the door next the chapel. A key to the stable, etc. Total, 41. 10*. 7 d. The Kitchen. 4 Henry VI., 1425-6. To Goldyng, carpenter, “ pour portrature del patron del cuzine, et pour son labour,” 7s. 4 d. For writing the indenture between the Master and the masons, lO^cZ. Taking down the Sotilhous. Making a shed in the kitchen. 8,290 tiles for the hall, at 6s. a 1,000. Carriage of 2 loadB stone from Gracechurch St. and Friday St., left after paring the Hall. “ Pour ii j rodde dyggyng pres le Skolemayster wey, ove (with) ij boterasses, le rod a gret, rij*.” For casting up earth* that was fallen in, and digging a boterasse near the well. Total, 15 1. 5*. 6d. Repairs of Kail and “ Petit Rente.” These ore small repairs, £uch as tables, keys, plastering, gutters, Ac. Total, 41. 10*. 6 d. f. 1475. C ( 1 ). J Manuscript Account Books (4399 to 4555-6). 669 26 boatsful of chalk, at various prices, 16/. la. 6d. 8 boatsful of ragge, each boat 30 to 38 “ton tyght,” at 15 d. a ton. 6 ton tight of pendantz for the arches, 18a. 2 cartful stones, 4s. 4 d. Total, 17/. 16a. 4d. 335 loads of sand, 51. 4a. 2 d. 6,500 and 4 loads of lime, at 6a. the 100. Carriage of rag and chalk (probably what is before mentioned) from Fresche • worf to the Hall, 3d. a load ; and to Frescheworf, Dys Keye, and Cambrygg Keye (not stating whence), 8 d. a boat. Workmanship of 13 perch of stone wall in the ground, 25a. a perch. For 12 foot upright above the ground, 50a. a foot. 14 yds. of violet and green for the livery of Crumpe the mason and his 3 fellows, at 2a. lOd. a yd. 56 pieces of scaffold timber, 12a. 8d. 5 rafters, 2a. 9 great shores to support the house, 8a. 24 feet of board for the moulds of arches, 21d. 24 felettes for moulds of doors and windows, 2a. Total of all the above, 149/. 18a. 5 d. These all seem to have been for the kitchen , for at the foot of f. 152 is — “ Sume des paiementz del cusine, amounte outre les rtsseitz, 13/. 19a. 6 d.” 6 Henry VI., 1426-27. Wages of a tiler, working at the Almshouse 27 days, at 8fd. a-day, and his labourer, 5 \d. Mending windows “en lo Skolemayster.” Flooring divers chambers near the Hall. Pavement before Taillours Hall. A latch to the Hardener's house near the Hall. Work in the Clerk’s house of Sir Peter, and in the store house. “ Un segestel to the cachpol hosis,” 2d. Making the Sotilhouse and the entry near the stair. Shelves in the Sotilhouse. Roof tile for the kitchen, Larder house, Storehouse, conduit and other houses. 8 Alettes for the larder house and Aulnerie, 12d. Total, 18/. 0s. llfd. Repairs of the kitchen. 90 tons of ragge, at I5d. a ton. 3 boats of chalk, at 12s. a boat. One boat of chalk and flint, 14s. Crump and his fellows for workmanship of the walls. A rope to draw up stone. Shipping the windows, and cranage and wharfage for them. Total, 37/. 15s. lOd. Hall and “ Petit Sente.” To a carpenter “ pour reysing del parlour pour plates and drawyng yn of a raising pece en le graund chambre.” 38 ton tyght of ragge at 15d. 16 ton tyght of ragge for the Hall, "Petit rente” and Sterre. Paving 24 “teis” before the Petit Rente. Paving within the hall en the yard and round about the hall near the parlour. Paving the parlour. Daubing a perclos in the larderhouse. A grate in “le meson de peauterer’s house.” Another grate for the hall. Timber, lattice and poles for perches “ pour le coupe.” Lead for the pipe under the chapel, and for “hevyng” 2 beams which support the great chamber, etc. Total, 35/. 0s. 6 id. 7 Henry YI. Stopping holes above the beams in the grand chambre to keep out doves. Lime for the shed near the counting house. Mending the window over the “ hygh des ” in the hall, etc. Total, 37 s. 4 d. 8 Henry YI. Tile for the clerk’s house. Making windows in the great chamber. Tables in the pastry. Locks for the chapel chamber and cellar doors, etc. Total, 36s. lOd. f. 1505. f. 151. f. 1515. f. 1615. f. 157 5. f. 161. f. 1695. f. 1775. f. 1875. 570 Extracts from the Earlier [ C (1Y {. 196 4. f. 199. f. 2036. f. 210. f. 2134. f. 216. f. 218. i. 2244. f. 2354. f. 2474. f. 2584. 9 Henry VI., 1430-1. Solder for the gutter beside the chapel and the hall. A dauber and his’ man for washing and whiting the Hall, 3 days at 13d. a day. Bast ropes to hang the torches. A stoklok key to the priest’s chamber next the gate, 3d., etc. Total, 21*. Id. Repairs of the Kitchen. To a carpenter, in part payment for making the roof of the kitchen, 71., etc. Total, 64/. 19s. 4d. Bag stone at 15d. a U>n. To Masons of Kent for 14 ft. stone upright, at 50s. a foot. 10 Henry VI. Receipts (subscriptions) for the kitchen roof, 8d. to 6x. 8 d. Kitchen roof, 29/. 8s. 4 d., and other expenses for the kitchen. Total, 86/. 9s. 11 Henry VI., 1432-3. Subscriptions for the kitchen roof, 17/. 3s. lOd. Pirs Pyker paid for the vane and the gilding. Repairs of “ la Sale Petit Rente et le Scolemaisters.” A board that was nailed to for a broken dabbed wall by the street Bide, for naill that was for the house -next the hall gate, 8 d. Sand for the roof of the Hall. To a tiler and his man for 6} days work on the great hall roof, at 14d. a day. Setting up again of a chamber in the Scolemaister’s house and making windows, etc. Total, 4/. 0s. lid. Kitchen. To the avewers of the town to avewe the kitchen roof, 10$. Meat, drink and boathire, when men went to see Kenyngton kitchen roof, 18d. A spindle of iron that bears the vane, wt. 22 lbs., 3s. 4d. An iron bar between the Scole- maisters and the larderhouse, etc. Total, 28/. 15s. 3d. Kail and “ Petit Rente” 12 Henry VI., 1433-4. Taking down the tiles of the old house in the kitchen. To 2 masons, 84i days, u et none’,” 21s. 8d. 11 corbels, 11s. 4d. Making the tresaunce door. Window in the pantry. 3 planks for standards (•.«., chests) in the Hall. Benches in the new chamber. Slating the hall end, 3s. Tiling the pastry house, a great part of the store house and other houses that were broke. Doors and windows for the aumerie house, and raising up the house and the stair, etc. Total, 68/. 5s. 2d. 13 Henry VI., 1434-5. Elm planks. Gravel, etc., for the solar. “ Hertlath” for the lodges and the chapel chamber. Carpenter’s work about the Master’s board. Staple and hasp to Everton’s door. Keys to pantry, cellar and kitchen doors. Tiling the lodge and the chapel chamber. Mending a stair and window in Glover’s house. Carpenter’s work in Thos. Armurer’s house, etc. Total, 51. 7s. 6d. 14 Henry VI., 1435-6. A coop in the clerk’s yard. Mending glasyn windows in the hall parlour and chapel, 6s. 8 d. Stocklock to the winecellar door, etc. Total, 46s. lOfd. 15 Henry VI., 1436 -7. Board to pentyse the kitchen roof. 700 feet of stone for the gutter in the kitchen, 3/. 17s. 6 loads of rag stone for paving, 13s. Hooks for arras in the chambers’, 26/. 4s. 2}d. C (l). ] Manuscript Account Books (1399 to 1555-6). 571 16 Hem7 VI., 1437-8. 7,600 tile, 87 *. 4d. For a poet in the parlour, and to hang the nets in the kitchen and the hall. A mason to underpin the poet in the parlour. Keye to the tresans and almshouse door, pantry and buttery door. Board for the pentyce in the scalding yard. 2 high stools for the high table. “ Trowes ” (troughs) for chickens and capons, etc. Total, 12/. 3$. Id. 17 Henry VI., 1438-9. Staining 2 side cloths, altar cloths and frontal, SI. 11s. Painting the chapel roof with gold stars, and painting and gilding the crest, 4 mks. White glass for the window in the chapel, 26*. 8d. Green buckram and silk fringe for 2 costers and a frontal. A gapier window. Tiling the chapel and the long parlour. Plastering the parlour. A dog of iron for the chapel, 9 lb., 15 id. Key for the warehouse. Cord for the stained costers in the chapel and for arras. To Thos. Armourer for 2 spears standing in the Hall, 4*. Racks and mangers for the stable, etc. Total, 10/. 9*. 8 d. 19 [18?] Henry VI., 1440-1. A dauber for the gable end of the great chamber, 44 days, “ et none’,” at 84d. Keys for the storehouse and counting house door and pantry door. 4 loads of “robus” (rubbish) taken out of the hall before the feast. To the car- penter for making the counting house and the house at garden end. 40 foot of glass for the counting house window, and mending a pane of window at Hall end, 23*. 4d., etc. Total, 7 Z. 16*. 9d. “ Sale, le House in the Gardyn , et Petit Bente pres le Halle” 19 Henry VI., 1440-1. Rafters for the house in the garden, 2s. 8 d. A mantel shide and 2 tassels, 12d. A mason for making the pavement between “boteraces” at the parlour door, and of the parlour. Mending the costers in the Hall. Carriage of stone from the Pultiy to the Hall, 6 days, etc. Tqtal, 91. 6s. 5 d. Sale et le Petitz Bentz. 20 Henry VI., 1441-2. 464 ft. board for the chapel end, 20 d. One tiler, for the chapel, 2 chambers, by the new chamber and the great chamber and the schoolmaster’s place, 7 days at 81 d. Paving at the gate, 44 “ teyse,” 3*. Making the wall between the Hall and the Schoolhouse. Key to the tresaunce door, etc. Total, 3/. 9*. 10 d. 21 Henry VI., 1442-3. Mending the slate in the great chamber. Lock and key to the aumerie door and the sotilhouse. Straw to the great bed, 4d. Rail for the cellar door. A plate and board for the coop. A bar for the buttery, 3 d. t etc. Total, 47*. 6d. 22 Henry VI., 1443-4. Gutter by Sir John’s chamber. Tenter hooks, etc., for the larder. Hails, etc., for the Squylerie and sawcerie. Key and staple to the trestle house door. A key for the box, 3d., etc. Total, 43*. 6 d. 23 Henry VI., 1444-6. Mending gutters, etc., in the Hall, 27*. 24 d. Hall. Bars for the windows. Traunson for the door. Keys for storehouse, sotil- house, etc., 20*. lOd. f. 2713. f. 2825. f. 2835. f. 2945. f. 3065. f. 3165. f. 3305. f. 3435. f. 356 5. f. 357. 572 f. 367 ft. BOOK II., f. 78. f. 163. Manuscript Accounts (4399 to 4355-6). [ C (1). School House. 1 Wages of dauber and labourer, 8\d. and 6|d. a-day. 400 sappe lath, 20d. 3 carts loam, 12d. 1 load sand. 9 sacks lime, 18d. 2000 sprig nail, 13d., etc. Total, 14 s. 6 d. 33 and 34 Henry VI., 1554-5. f. 77. Repairs in the Hall. Chimney in the Aumery. Mending a stone comer wall in the garden, under the chamber late let to Edmund Lynge, Chaplain. Mending the east window of glass in the chapel, and the window of the chamber near the chapel, 16d. Cutting the vines in the garden and putting sticks under them. Whitewashing the walls for the feast. A lock for the door of the small house for ypocras, etc. Total, 14/. 11s. 2 id. 36 and 37 Henry VI., 1557-8. Railing the vine in the garden of Tailors* Hall, and the vine in the garden late belonging to Jas. Phalome, and 4 days’ work in the garden, at 6d. a day, and other small expenses. Total, 3/. 3 s. 10 d. Hall. 1546-7. From the sale of the light that hung before the high table in the Hall, 5s. 8 d. Making and setting up a case of wainscot for the Lord Mayor’s sword, at the high desk in the Hall, 2s. Repairs in the Hall, unimportant. Painting 8 “ faynes ” in the garden, and trimming the screen in the Hall, 35s. Hire of the king’s cloths to hang the chapel and other chambers at Mid- summer, 8s/ 1547-8. Hanging the hall against the feast day, and taking them down again afore Midsummer, leBt they should be hurt by the harvest men, and for hanging them up again after Midsummer, 6s. Mending the lantern over the great gate, 4d. Mending the wheel of the well in the great kitchen, 2d. Repairs : — Translating and new making the parlour, and the great stone window in the upper end of the hall, over the high table, and for the crests on both sides of the said end of the Hall, 161/. Is. Id. The work lasted from 4th February to 18th June. Taking down the ceiling of the parlour ; wages of carpenters, lOd. a-day ; sawyers, 8 d . ; bricklayers, 9d. ; labourers, 6d . ; plaisterers, 9d., etc. ; 21,000 and 1 load of brick, at 6s. 8 d. the load ; timber from Lesyng at Kent, taking down the old glass in the stone window in the Hall, carrying away 13 ton of ordure out of the “ withdraught going into the Pastry,” at 19d. a ton. The cloth of the King’s arms in the parlour, 13s. 4d. 12 arms in the parlour windows, 54s. 160 ft. of glass for the window, at 2\d. 93 ft. of glass for the great stone window in the hall, at 2d. a ft. Two of the king’s arms in the said window, 16s. Setting up forms and trestles in the Hall against the Sheriffs watch should come there, 6s., etc. 1 The repented mention of School and Schoolmaster might lead to the impression that the Company kept these before the year 1561, the date of the foundation of their present School. The School, one chamber in 33 and 33 Henry VI., was let to a tenant (Robert Kyllyngholme) at 13s. 4 d. per annum. In 35 and 36 Henry VI., the room was vacant, but the rent paid ; and in the 36 and 37 Henry V., he resumed the tenancy at 10*. 2 J. per annum. In 38 Henry VI. and 1 Edward IV., his scholars probably Increased in number, as he was the tenant of two rooms at 1/. 6*. 8 d. They fell again in 1 and 2 Edward IV. to one room, and rose in 2 and 3 Edward IV. to two rooms— (See MS. Account Book, fo. 27 5, 58 b , 189, 203 and 224). C (*). ] Repairs of the Hall (4584-/63/ ). 6 73 1648-0. For paving stone for the hallpace in the parlour, being of the story of Job, 26#. 84. To a joiner for making a frame for the haUepace, 3#. 44. 1549-60. For a frame in the armoury to put in the artillery, 1 9#. 84. Making a hallpace of wainscot to cover the stones afore the chimney in the parlour, 5#. Paving 50 yards of the street before Taillours Hall door, 10s. 3}4. To Wright, blacksmith, for locks and keys for the Hall, broken by the French* men, 6#. 84. Taking down and setting up the glass in the windows in the parlour, when the French lord made his triumph there, 6s. 1650-51. “ For the losse of a face of gowen grayne for a gowne which was stollen oute ot the parlour at soche tyme as the Frenchemen laye here, 13s. 94.” 9 yds. of green say for the curtains in the parlour. Normandy glass for the Hall windows, at 25s. a case, 31. 15s. Whitewashing the Hall, 3s. 44. Setting up the lattices before the screen in the Hall, which was taken down by the Frenchmen, 124. Paling to enclose the new storeyard at the Hall, 30s. 44. Iron work for the great gate on the backside and iron dogs for the gallery, 36s. Lead for the gutter between the great kitchen and the new gallery. 1562-3. Painting the end of the table on the north side of the Hall, 204. 222 ft. of board for the penthouse over the parlour window, 9s. Whiting the roof of the parlour, 124. 1654- 5. A green chair for the use of the hall, 13s. 44. 46 ft. of new glass, at 54. a ft., for the great window in the east end of the Hall. A lantern to hang over the Hall gate, 124. 12 lbs. of candle burnt therein in the winter, according to an old custom, 2s. 1655- 6. Mending the “fayne” of one of the election cups, 184. Mending the racks in the great kitchen, and setting up the middle table in the Hall called the guests table , and for setting up ledges in the gallery to hang cloths of arras on, 3s. APPENDIX C (2). EXTRACTS FROM COURT MINUTES AS TO REPAIRS OF THE HALL ( 1584 - 1631 ). At a Court held 22nd September 1584, it was ordered, first, that the said Master, Wardens and Assistants, have ordered and agreed, nominated and appointed, and do give full power and authority unto Mr. W. Albany Nicholas Spencer, George Sotherton, and Thomas Pope, loving brethren of this mysterie, concerning the taking 1 Bows and arrows, and band-guns. 574 Repairs of the Hall (4584-1681). [ C (2). down of tlie roof of our hall, and setting up of the same again according to a pattern drawn for the same purpose, and they to take order and to appoint such workmen as shall be meet, and sufficient persons for such a work, viz., Carpenters, Masons, Bricklayers, Tylers, and others, and they also to make provision for all things needful for the same whatsoever, praying the assistance of the Master and Wardens from time to time as need shall require, and occasion move them thereunto. 1 * This order appears to have necessitated that of Iho 21st October 1584, to the effect that the quarter dinners be put down for the present. The Hall was overhauled in other respects, for on the 25th January 1585, whether the south window in the Hall should be taken down was referred to committee of the Court (called Surveyors) appointed in September 1681. In June 1586, the Court determined that the new roof should be wholly of lead, but after having made this order they appear to have surveyed the principal mansions in the city, including the halls of the Inns of Court, and they came to the conclusion that it would be more modest and befitting the Company to have onlv slate, and accordingly, by an assembly on the 10th and a Court on the 29th August, slate was adopted and ordered. The Hall was not completed till after June 1587 (as in that month the tradesmen are called in for completion), and on the 11th July 1688, the late Master (John Toppe) gave the House 100/. towards the new skreen in the Hall. “ It is resolved at this Courte that William Brenthara, Carpenter, dwelling in Houndsditch neere M r Powes house, shall be conferred withall by M r Dawe, To consider of the grourfde and space of the situation of the Kinges Chamber, to thend a convenient piott may be conceaved for the new building thereof so that the light at the Weste end of the Hall may be pserved undeminished, and that in the meane tyme the timber linge in the Gktrden may be sawen forthe to a scantlinge, and to be laid drio untill the said buildinge ys in hand.” — [29/A August 1593.] “ It was at this Court ordered that the foote pace under the Livery Table in the Hail shalbe boarded throughout, for the more ease and docensie of the Livery sitting there, our Mr to pay, &c.” — [14/A August 1617.] “ At this Court the Company seeing and fully understanding the inconvenience of the white walles which have beene often mended and still out of repayer, have the rather in regard that some moneys have been given heretofore towards the charge, ordered and agreed that the said walles in y« hall shalbo wainscoted with good wainscot soe high as the clothes doe usually hange. — [25/A September 1619.] “ The Peticon of the Joyners who have lately wainscotted the Hall was at this Court openly read, wherein they show that they have made the wainseotting thicker and the freeze in a more curious and costly manner than they were bound unto, acknowledging that in all other respects they have beene very worthyily dealt withall but craving the benevolence of this Company only for their extraordinary cost and paynes. Whereupon consideration being had, and our M r Slancy acquainting this Court that the whole charges already payd did amount unto the some of one hundred forescore eight pounds fifteen shillings and fower pence, It is ordered yt the said (8 in No.) shall have given them in reward 11/. 4s. 8 0E# If Wf% ^ 0 eh«a STRE tT *• 3*0 Jfpp o ^*+ 4 *' J m n *" r /Swm»’ .1 I 4 «■! |S || Ji V* . fe h&rg Marjoram, *1 Ttnnuuy fa /white IVON TAVERN a. j Brand** i [ Jfurdorv and / 2 b b auxorust* ntfosHn* i IMlow a,?ui*lJ Ap’Ov* *7 MreKajit rrW»l u, — ' 7 ? h^riotunf **i Huddleston, ■ 4 1 ' / Milluure h j A> |* Zones! ^ / /a f J* 3 U o wvutman, T O. r ^ GuFLSHUth' PISS i runt %. £ ,~7 xui*"' ii?rvi/u> ir_ ■ CO [finch rt [ Merchant _ \T!rlT~and~ 1 O / Lduards L ^ l MHlirurna _J to jw- jK*fW*hy~j *** / ” / Attorn^ 00 ^ /;' . 777/ tf P‘7 P$$?m z os r < ul I O o o ^ IT toi < o * _ i* •*?*!» te^TTtEOct A Seals y Marls. NOTE. At A Ore Una Hirst- beef cut . C F KeliLith. Castle StHolbaro E C To fare p. 585. 6 85 ' c (11). ] Court Minutes as to th^Jfire in i765. Sundry Payments to Workmen under the above Resolutions of Court : — £ «. d. Mr. W m - Gould, Master, 1728-29 345 12 0 Mr. Dawson Do. 1729-30 .. .. 656 12 6 Mr. S. Ashurst Do. 1730-31 .. .. 1,720 0 8 Mr. Ald n * Salter Do. 1731-32 .. 629 8 0 Mr. R. Nash Do. 1732-33 .. .. 685 9 6 Mr. J. Looker Do. 1733-84 .. ... 140 6 0 4,177 8 8 Including — £ Glass Lustre in Parlour . • 20 Clock in Court room • . 18 2 Skreens in Parlour. . • . 14 £52 APPENDIX C (11). EXTRACTS FROM COURT MINUTES AS TO THE FIRE IN 1765. Committee called on account of Great Firp which this day happened at the East side of the Hall. — Gave orders to watch the fire— the engineers of the Company and Hand in Hand Fire Office to be in readiness in case the fire should break out again. — Applied for a party of soldiers to guard those parts of the wall whioh lie open to the ruins. — Considered gratuities to persons assisting at the fire. — Dinner on Lord Mayor’s Day put off in consequence of the fire. — [7th November 1765.] Gratuity to Mr. Ellicott’s servants and others for taking care of the Company’s books and papers. — Advertisements that any goods which are missing by the sufferers by the late fire, to be deposited in the Hall and the owners to have access to claim them. — 36 fire bags to be provided and kept in the Company's office. — [llfA November 1766.] 6 Guineas given to the foreman of the Bridewell boys, to be divided amongst them — other gratuities to gentlemen’s servants, soldiers, Ac. Turncocks of the Thames and New River Works called in and examined, why there was no water at the late fire for several hours ; it appeared to the Committee that there had been great neglect in the Turncocks of the New River Waterworks, but as the water had been well supplied ever since, ordered 1 Guinea to the turncocks of the Thames and i guinea only to those of the New River. — Insurance Office estimated damage at 701. 14*. 2d., but the Committee considered the amount not sufficient to repair wall of Kitchen, and directed the Surveyor to repair the wall in a proper and substantial manner. — [19fA November 1765.] Mr. Geo. Nail agreed to hold the ground on which his house stood before the fire for the remainder of the unexpired term, at the same rent as reserved by the lease, with a lease of the piece of ground whereon the Company’s bakehouse and ovens were built, Ac. — [14M February 1766.] Ptoposal of Mr. Cleaver to oover the ground occupied by the late White Lion Tavern, Ac. No definite mention of the extent of the Fire. — [7th May 1766.] 586 The Ancient Crypt under the Hall Premises . [ C (12). APPENDIX C (12). THE ANCIENT CRYPT UNDER THE HALL PREMISES. In Allen’s History of London (toI. iii., p. 251), published in 1828, the following passage is found : — “ A vestige of the earliest erection of the Hall in the fourteenth century still exists in a crypt, which is situated near the north-east angle of the Hall, partly running under the entrance court ; it is now used as a coal cellar. The following is a ground plan taken from actual admeasurement for this work : i a f “ Plan of YauUt. “ The vaulting is very simple ; it U divided by arched ribs crossing from side to side into three divisions, which are again crossed by diagonal ribs issuing from the same impost. The points of intersection are without bosses. The imposts consist of corbels formed of grotesque heads, sus- taining octangular capitals. Two of the head* are engraved. “ The materials of which the walls of the crypt are formed, are chalk and rag-stone, and the architecture is distinguished by solidity and plainness rather than by its ornaments. w 1 a ! e “ The dimensions are as follow : Length . . Breadth . . . . . . . . . . Height of vault, lrom the present level to soffit of arches Of side walls to corbels Ft. In. 39 10 12 10 10 1 1 7” In 1853, the 3rd division was destroyed. A writer in the Builder, in 1855, offers these remarks : — “ The kitchen at which we take a peep on the way to the crypt may be older than the time of the Fire of 1866, and probably about the time of Henry VIII. There are some pointed arches and windows, and also two corbels visible. The crypt is at a considerable depth below the kitchen, and has been used for some time past as a coal cellar. The walls and filling in between the groins are of chalk ; the proportions may be judged of by the engraving,” which is the same as that given at page 42. Mr. Edwin Nash (a Member of the Court and a highly competent judge on such a subject), writes to me thus : — “ A somewhat short investigation enables me to state that the buildings on the premises in Threadneedle Street do not possess any very high antiquity, nor any great architectural merit. The only pre- Reformation work being the remains of a groined crypt, less than 13 feet wide and 2 bays long, also the walls of the apartment (now used as the kitchen) and possibly the walls of the present great Dining Hall. 0 (12). ] The Ancient Crypt under the Hall Premises. 587 “ The crypt cannot be earlier than the loth Century, judging by the style of the corbels and of the ribs, which latter are plain splays of deep projection, one direct and two diagonal, springing from corbels moulded and carved with heads — the spandrils filled in with squared chalk. The present floor of the crypt is nearly 12 feet below the level of Threadneedle Street, and has been lower still. “The present kitchen, measuring about 37 feet 6 inches, East to West, by 81 feet 9 inches north to south, and being very lofty, has every appearance of having been a hall — and certainly not a kitchen, and it appears that in 1633 an “ old hall ” did exist, which expression seems to imply that a new hall also existed at that period, and thus the idea is given that the present kitchen may have been the old hall. The architecture is of 16th Century type. The whole of the north side is occupied by an arcade of three openings, with low four centred arches moulded with two sets of double ogees, divided by a hollow ; and above these there are three large windows — the south side has had a window-like opening high up — the east side two doorways, and the west side one doorway, and at a considerable height a two light window 6 feet wide, apparently traceried, but now built up. “ The two great fireplaces and chimney stacks are modern, that is to say, they are not 100 yearn old, but have been built up within the Hall against, but inde- pendently of, the walls. There are four large perpendicular or Tudor corbels in the walls at a great height, which without doubt were for a timber roof to Bpring from, and these may have been more than four originally. The floor of this hall, now the kitchen, is at about the same level as the roadway of Threadneedle Street, but the level of this street has risen considerably (as all streets have) Bince this part of the premises was constructed. “ In considering the present great Banqueting Hall, much difficulty arises in respect of its date, inasmuch as the windows which are its only architectural feature are four centred like those in the kitchen, and yet they have not the aspect of genuine Tudor work. Sir Christopher Wren was employed by the Company and possibly he put these windows in, they seeming to be in his manner of Gothic work, and further evidence of the work of Wren’s time is the use of Portland stone, which he introduced to London. The walls of this Hall are most likely much older than Wren, and probably 16th Century work, but the details, like all post-Kef ormation work, are enigmatical. Under the wood floor of the Hall there remains a paved floor about 2 feet lower down. “ Further examination might lead to some discoveries of old work.” When the present Hall was built is a point which I have not been able to clear up, either from Appendices A (6 and 7) or C (1). The present did not (I apprehend) stand on the site of the old Hall, 1 but others, not built by the Company, are referred to ae standing on the Threadneedle Street property — as Slaney’s “ Hall ” (p. 821, “ The Hall in St. Michael’s ” parish (p. 576), which are distinguished from the Company’s Hall in St. Martin’s parish. The dimensions of the Hall, contrasted with other Halls, is shown below by Mr. N. Stephens : — Length. Width. Height. 1 Length. Width. Height. Feet. Feet. Feet. Fe«t. Feet. Feet. The Company’s Hall 82 48 43 Middle Temple .. 100 42 47 Old Hall, Lincoln’s - Bartholomew’s Hos- Inn . . . . 71 32 82 fital .. 90 35 30 New Hall, Lincoln’s Freemasons* .. 96 87 88 Inn «. . . 120 45 62 Goldsmiths’ Coy* .. 80 40 35 Westminster Hall . . 238 66 110 Middle Temple — Guildhall .. .153 48 55 New Libraiy .. 96 42 70 Lambeth Palace . . 93 38 — Christ’s Hospital .. 187 — — i t.e., Crepins' Hall of 1831. 588 MEMORIAL VIII. APPENDIX D (1). EXTRACT FROM COURT MINUTES AS TO COST OF ELECTION DINNER. “ This Court beinge assembled in the Council Parlor for the election of a Master and Wardens for the government of the affaires of this Companie for one whole yoare, there was a precept lately sent to the Master and Wardens from the Lord Maior, by order of Her Majesties mosthon ble Privie Counsell to. this effect©, videlicet, that the Master and Wardens of this Societie should under their hands make certificate to the Lord Maior of the value of the yearly charge which is disbursed at the election dinner to th’end the same beifige certified to the councell, it maye be ordered and employed to the reliefe of the poore visited with the plague, whereupon it was considered that the same charge is p 9 formed by the Master of the Company at whose choice it is either to have an election dinner or none at all, and that the usual an ancient allowance of the Company to the Master’s deration of his charges of the same dinner was eighte pounds (viy/.) and thereupon it is ordered that a certificate shall be made to the Lord Maior tha the charge beinge the privaie charge of the Master of the Companie, there is no accompt kepte with us of the same, nor of any p9ticular thereof more than of the eight pounds putt to the common accompte of this Societie which is ready to be disposed as other companies shall dispose of theirs. “ The election of Mr. Richard Proctor, Master, Leonardo Hollidaye, William Craven, John Harrison, and Jeffreye Elwaies, Wardens, tho* secretly made was afterwardes at a private banquet of the Assistants and Liverye of the Company published in the Bachelors Gallerie, for that there was no dinner kepte at this election by reason of the Plague and by reason of one expresse prohibition sent by the Lord Maior to all Companies of London to forbears any solemn assemblies this yeare and meetings for those occasions the Lord Maior beinge thereto required by order of the Counsel!.* 1 — [9 1 and Webster's Pageant, in 4624. 60 5 with white and red j from whence his Royal Majesty now reigning took his motto for one piece of his coin, Henricus rotas , regna Jacobus. The speaker in this Pageant is Edward the Third : the last line of his speech is repeated by all the rest in the Chariot : Edward the Third. View whence the Merchant-Tailors* honour springs, — From this most royal conventicle of kings : Eight that successively wore England’s crown. Held it a special honour and renown, (The Society was so worthy and so good,) T’unite themselves into their Brotherhood. Thus time and industry attain the prize. As seas from brooks, as brooks from hillocks rise Let all good men this sentence oft repeat, — By unity the smallest things grow great. The Kings. By unity the smallest things grow great : and this repetition was proper, for it is the Company’s motto, Concordid parva ret crescunt. After this pageant, rides Queen Anne, wife to Richard the Second, free likewise of this Company : nor let it seem strange ; for, besides her, there were two duchesse[s], five countesses, and two baronesses, free of this Society, seventeen princes and dukes, one archbishop, one-and -thirty earls, besides those made with noble Prince Henry, one viscount, twenty-four bishops, sixty-six barons, seven abbots, seven priors or sub-prior[s] ; and with Prince Henry, in the year 1607,* the Duke of Lennox, the Earls of Nottingham, Suffolk, Arundel, Oxford, Worcester, Pembroke, Essex, Northampton, Salisbury, Montgomery, the Earl of Perth, Viscount Cranboume, barons the Lord Eures, Hunsdon, Hayes, 5 Burleigh, Master Howard, Master Sheffield, Sir John Haririgton, Sir Thomas Chaloner, besides states* of the Low-Countries, and Sir Noel Caroon their lieger 1 * * 4 ambassador. And in regard our Company are styled Brethren of the Fraternity of Saint John Baptist, and that the ancient Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, — to which now- demolished house in Saint John’s Street our Company then using to go to offer, it is recorded Henry the Seventh, then accompanying them, gave our Master the upper- hand, — because these knights, I say, were instituted to secure the way for pilgrims •in the desert, I present therefore two of the worthiest Brothers of this Society of Saint John Baptist I can find out in history ; the first, Amade le Grand, by whose aid Rhodes was recovered from the Turks, and the Order of Annuntiade or Saluta- tion instituted with that of four letters, Febt, signifying Fortitudo ejus Rhodum tenuit ; and the other, Monsieur 6 Jean Valet, who defended Malta from the Turks* invasion, and expelled them from that impregnable key of Christendom ; this styled Great Master of Malta, that Governor of Rhodes. Next I bring our two Sea-Triumphs j and after that, the Ship called the Holy Lamb, which brings hanging in her shrouds the Golden Fleece ; the conceit of this being, that God is the guide and protector of all prosperous ventures. 1 and with Prince Henry in the year 1607, Ac.] The King and Prince Henry dined in Merchant- Taflors’ Hall, July 16th, 1607; on which occasion the Prince and the noblemen, Ac., here men- tioned, were made free of the Company. See Nichols's Progresses of King James, Ac. rol. U. 140. ■ Bures. ..Hayes, Ac.] Properly “ Bure... Hay ,” Ac. • states ] Le. persons of high rank. 4 lieger ] l.e. resident. • the other Monsieur] The old ed. “ the other of Monsieur." 606 Sir John Gore’s Mayoralty , [ F<8> To second this, follow the two beasts, the Lion and Camel, proper to the Arms of the Company : on a Camel rides a Turk, such as use to travel with caravans; and on the Lion a Moor or wild Numidian. The fourth eminent Pageant I call the Monument of Charity and Learning : this fashioned like a beautiful Garden with all kinds of flowers ; at the four corners four artificial birdcages with variety of birds in them j this for the beauty of the flowers and melody of the birds to represent a spring in winter. In the midst of the Garden, under an elm-tree, sits the famous and worthy patriot, Sir Thomas White : who had a dream that he should build a college where two bodies of an elm sprang from one root ; and being inspired to it by God, first rode to Cambridge to see if he could find any such ; failing of it there, went to Oxford, and surveying all the grounds in and near the University, at last in Gloster-IIall-garden he found one that somewhat resembled it ; upon which he resolved to endow it with larger revenue and to increase the foundation : having set men at work upon it, and riding one day at the North-Gate at Oxford, he spied on his right-hand the self-same elm had been figured him in his dream ; whereupon he gives o’er his former purpose of so amply cnhuqging Gloster-Hall (yet not without a large exhibition to it), purchases the ground where the elm stood, and in the same place built the College of Saint John Baptist ; and to this day the elm grows in the garden carefully preserved, as being, under God, a motive to their worthy foundation. This I have heard Fellows of the House, of approved credit and no way super- stitiously given, affirm to have been delivered from man to man. since the first building of it ; and that Sir Thomas White, inviting the Abbot of Osney to dinner in the aforesaid Hall, in the Abbot’s presence and the hearing of divers other grave persons, affirmed, by God’s inspiration, in the former-recited manner, he built and endowed the College. This relation is somewhat with the largest ; only to give you better light of the figure, the chief person in this is Thomas White, sitting in his eminent habit of Lord Mayor : on the one hand sits Charity with a pelican on her head ; on the other. Learning with a book in one hand and a laurel- wreath in the other : behind him is the College of Saint J ohn Baptist in Oxford exactly modelled : two comets, which for more pleasure answer one and another interchangeably ; and round about the Pageant sit twelve of the four-and-twenty Cities (for more would have overburdened it) to which this worthy gentleman had been a charitable benefactor. When my Lord approaches to the front of this piece, Learning humbles herself to him in these onsuing verses : THE SPEECH OF LEARNING. To express what happiness the country yields, The poets feign’d heaven in th’Elysian fields : We figure here a Garden fresh and new, In which the chiefest of our blessings grew. This worthy patriot here, Sir Thomas White, Whilst he was living, had a dream one night He had built a college and given living to’t, Where two elm-bodies sprang up from one root : And as he dream’d, most certain ’tis he found The elm near Oxford ; and upon that ground Built Saint John’s College. Truth can testify His merit, whilst his Faith and Charity Was the true compass, measur’d every part, And took the latitude of his Christian heart ; Faith kept the centre, Charity walk’d this round Until a truer circumference was found : And may the impression of this figure strike Each worthy senator to do the like ! F(3). ] and Webster's Pageant , in 1624. 607 The last I call the Monument of Gratitude, which thus dilates itself : ■Upon an Artificial Rock, set with mother-of-pearl and such other precious stones as are found in quarries, are placed four curious Pyramids, charged with the Prince's Arms, the Three Feathers ; which by day, yield a glorious show ; and by night a more goodly, for they have lights in them, that, at such time as my Lord Mayor returns from Paul’s, shall make certain orals and squares resemble precious stones. The Bock expresses the richness of the kingdom Prince Henry was bom heir to ; the Pyramids, which are monuments for the dead, that he is deceased . 1 On the top of this rests half a Celestial Globe j in the midst of thiB hangs the Holy Lamb in the Sunbeams ; on either side of these an Angel. Upon a pedestal of gold Btands the figure of Prince Henry with his coronet, george, and garter * in his left hand he holds a circlet of crimson velvet, charged with four Holy Lambs, such as our Company choose Masters with. In several cants 3 beneath sits, first, Magistracy, tending a Bee-hive ; to express his gravity in youth and forward industry to have proved an absolute governor : next Liberality, by her a Dromedary j showing his speed and alacrity in gratifying his followers : Navigation with a Jacob’s-stafF and Compass j expressing his 8 desire that his reading that way might in time grow to the practice and building to that purpose one of the goodliest ships was ever launched in the river : in the next : Unanimity with a Chaplet of Lilies, in her lap a Sheaf of Arrows ; showing he loved nobility and commonalty with an entire heart : next, Industry on a hill where Ants are hoarding up com j expressing his forward inclination to all noble exercise : next, Chastity, by her a Unicom j showing it is guide to all other virtues, and clears the fountain-head from all poison \ Justice, with her properties : then Obedience, by her an Elephant, the strongest beast, but most observant to man of any creature : then Peace sleeping upon a Cannon ; alluding to the eternal peace he now possesses : Fortitude, a Pillar in one hand, a Serpent wreathed about the other ; to express 4 his height of mind and the expectation of an undaunted resolution. These twelve thus seated, I figure Loyalty, as well sworn servant to this City as to this Company ; and at my Lord Mayor’s coming from Paul's and going down Wood-street, Amade le Grand delivers this speech unto him : THE SPEECH OF AMADE LB GBAED. Of all the Triumphs which your eye has view'd, This the fair Monument of Gratitude, This chiefly should your eye and ear employ, That was of all your Brotherhood the joy ; Worthy Prince Henry, fame’s best president, Call'd to a higher court of parliament In his full strength of youth and height of blood, And, which crown’d all, when he was truly good ; On virtue and on worth he still was throwing Most bounteous showers, where’er he found them growing ; He never did disguise his ways by art, But suited his intents unto his heart ; And lov’d to do good more for goodness’ sake Than any retribution man could make. Such was this Prince : such are. the noble hearts Who, when they die, yet die not in all parts, But from the integrity of a brave mind * deceased] Seep. 371. ■ cant*] i.e. niches. * expressing Ait] The old ed “expressing that his." * express] The old ed. “expect." 608 Sir John Gores Mayoralty, [ F(3> Leave a most clear and eminent fame behind : Thus hath this jewel not quite lost his raj, Only cas’d-up ’gainst a more glorious day. And be’t remember’d that our Company Have not forgot him who ought ne’er to die : Yet wherefore ehould our sorrow give him dead, When a new Phoenix 1 springs up in his stead, That, as he seconds him in every grace, May second him in brotherhood and place ? Good rest, my Lord ! Integrity, that keeps The safest watch and breeds the soundest sleeps, Make the last day of this your holding seat Joyful as this, or rather, more complete ! I could a more curious and elaborate way have expressed myself in these my endeavours ; but to have been rather too tedious in my speeches, or too weighty, might have troubled my noble Lord and puzzled the understanding of the common people : suffice it, I hope ’tis well : and if it please his Lordship and my worthy employers, I am satisfied. The records of the Fraternity show the usual gift of 100 s marks to the Lord Mayor, the appointment of the Committee for raising subscriptions, and the manner in which these subscriptions when raised were expended. Mr. Hopkirk has supplied me with the following particulars : — “ In the afternoon of 1st October 1624 (22nd James T.), temp. Edmund Crieh, Master. “ First at this Court it was ordered yt these Woor 11 persons hereafter named, viz* the M t and Wardens, Mr. Marsliam, Mr. Streete, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Slanv, Mr. Towers, Mr. Raph Gore, hwt Master, being old Blasters; Edward Catcher, Henry Poulsteed, Bartholomew Elinor, Jeramy Gay, Richard Bigg, Edward Warner and Nicholas Elton, of the Assistants or any eight of them, calling to them the Wardens’ Substitutes, new and old, and such and so many of the sixteene men as they shall thinke fit, shall have full power and authority to rate, taxe and assesse, all such of the Brothers of the Batclilors Company as they in their wisdomes shall thinke sufficient and able to be contributors to all such paym** and charge as the Company shall defrays and expend in preparations and other necessaries against ye right hono bl ® John Gore, Knight, Lord Mayor electe, and a worthy member of this Society, shall take his oath at Westminster, and to appoint Batchlors both for Ffoynes and Budge, and Gentlemen Ushers, otherwise called Whiflers, and all other Officers to be imployed in such service, in like manner and forme as heretofore in such cases hath been accustomed when there hath been a Lord Mayor of y* Com- pany, and to make preparacions of all necessaries and to defray and disburse money, and in every respect to order and dispose that busines as in their wisdomes shalbe thought fitt. And whatsoever they shall order and direct, the whole Assistants will approve and allowe, And that to their best understanding, they impose no charge upon any brother of the Company towards this shew and service, but such as shalbe of ability to beare the same.” 1 a new Phanix ] i.e. Prince Charles. * “ 100 marks presented to Sir Jno. Gore, Lord Mayor elect, as a demonstration of the Companies love, towards the trimming up of his Lordpps. house, and a request that none but Merchaunttailors should enjoy the benefit and guift of blew gowns against my Lord Maiors day. F(3). 1. and Webster’s Pageant, in 1624. 609 The result of the levy Of contributions towards the expense of the “ shew and service ” in accordance with the above order, was as follows, viz. : — £ s. d. “Received of the Batchlors in Ffoynes,” 72 at 3Z. 6s. 8d. each 240 0 0 “ Batchelers in Budge/ 1 48 at 21. 6s. 8 d. each . . . . - . 112 0 0 “ Contributions by Assessment ” of various amounts from £31 other persons (who under the foregoing Order of Court must have been brethren of the “ Bachelors Company,” otherwise “Freemen”) .. . . .. . , .. . . .. 416 2 0 Making the total contributions of the “ Bachelors ” . . . . 768 2 . 0 Addgd to which the Company gave out of their Corporate Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 0 0 And the Lord Mayor gave 20 0 0 In all 1,238 2 0 The sum expended in and about the Entertainment was . . 1,009 5 11 And the Stewards handed over as unexpended 88 16 1 Leaving unaccounted for 1 .. .. . . .. 50 0 0 1,238 2 0 It will be seen from the foregoing that 351 persons contributed to the cost of this entertainment, but these must not be taken to be the whole Company at that time, for the Assistants and Livery are not included, and some of the Bachelors 3 (or Freemen) may have been, and no doubt were, as Webster was, exempted from the levy by reason of their inability to bear any part of it. The name of Webster does not appear among the contributories to tiu, cost of this entertainment, so that he was either a Liveryman or came under the exemption clause of the Order directing the levy. The account of the expenditure shows a payment to him as “John Webster the Poet.” It is a curious fact that (contrary to the custom of the time) the account of the Stewards appointed for the purpose of this entertainment escaped audit, with the result of a sum of about 35/. received by them not being accounted for. EXTRACTED PROM THE MASTER’S ACCOUNTS BY MB. N. STEPHENS. The accompte of John Mannyson, Thomas Harmar, Walter Lee, and Elias Roberts, Wardens Substitutes of the Batchlors Company of Merchaunttailors of London, of all receipts and payments had and made concerning the triumph before the Right Honorable John G-ore, Lord Mayor of London, at his returne from Westminster where he tooke his oathe, the morrow after Simon and Jude’s day, Anno Dom. 1624. The Charge. Sma total of these acomptants whole receipts cometh to the some of One thousand one hundred ffower score apd eight pounds, two shillings, we say 1,188/. 2s. Examined by us Auditors, 1 This 501. is not explained in any way, but from the appearance of the accounts, looks like part of the 4501. given by the Company ; there is some very curious arithmetic in the concluding page of the Steward’s account. — F. L. H. * For the liability of the Bachelors’ Company to the performance of the duties and the burden of the expenses “ when it happeneth any person of the (same) fraternity to be Maior of the said city,” see the 23rd Ordinance; “Bachelors in Foynes" alia* “ Maister Batchelors of the Barge,” “Bachelors in Budge," all the other Bachelors. 2 R CIO Sir John Gore’s Mayoralty, [ F (3). The discharge of the said aocompte by payments made by the said accomptants. Imprimis paid for nineteene Azures which made a 122 poor men's gownes, 36 blew ooates, 26 cassocks, and 26 paires of hose for ye streamer bearers, at the rate of 71. 17 #. 6d. the azure the some one hundred fforty nine pounds twelve shillings and six pence, 149/. 12#. 6d. Item paid for 26 yard of Broad Phillipp and Cheyney at 4 #. ye yarde, 5 /. 4s., 26 yards and a lialfe of narrow Phillip and Cheyney at 3#. the yard, SI. 19#. 6d. : more 26 yards of the same at 3#. the yard, SI. 12#., being all crimson, and to make 122 paire of sleeves for the blew gownes, and for 16 yards and a qter of white calicoe to face the blew coates, 13#., we say paid in toto as by bill, 17/. 6#. 6d. 9 Item paid for making 122 poore men’s gownes, at 12 d. a peece, ye some of 61. 2#. Item paid for making 35 blew coates at 12 d. a peece, 1/. 15#. Item paid for making 122 paire of sleeves at 2d. a paire, the some of 1/. 0#. 4 d. Item paid for making 26 cassocks and 26 paire of hose at 2#. 8 d. the sewte, 3/. 9#. 4 d. Item paid for Teen dozen and two round red capps w^ bands, at 24#. the dozen, the some of 12/. 4#. Item paid for six dozen of long red capps w 0 * ribbins, at 24#., the some of 71. 4#. Item paid for 27 blew and white feathers for ye streamer bearers, 1/. 7#. Item paid to John Terry, painter, for painting and gilding three greate Pavises, at 6s. 8 d. a peece, 1/. Item paid more to him for painting 55 targetts, at 16d. a peece, SI. 13#. 4 d. Item paid more to him for painting and gilding 12 new targetts, at 22 d. a peece, 1 /. 2 #. Item paid more to him for painting and gilding 2 new scutchions for the Companies barge, 18#. Sma pay 206/. 14#. Item paid more to him for paynting 12 greate streamer staves and theire supporters, also 19 other small staves, 21. 15#. Item paid for painting the Hall gates and posts, 1/. Item paid more to him for new gilding and painting 12 new scutcheons of some of the old M* 8 and Assistants armes w** were left undone before the triumph day, at 16c/. a peece, 16#. Item paid to Lilley, painter, for paynting and gilding three greate Pavises, one of the King’s Armes, one of ye citty armes, and one of the Lord Mayor’s Armes, at 7s. a peece ; and for painting and gilding 55 targetts, at 16 Swynerton, Lord Mayor elect, to take his oath at Westminster. “ Ordered, that 100 Marks shall be bestowed on the Lord Mayor elect, being the likft some which was lately given to Sir .William Craven in the tyme of his Mayoralty.” — [Is/ October 1612.] “Eight of the Livery appointed, according to aincyent custome when a Lord Mayor or Sheriffe hapeneth to be of this Company, to provide at their owne charge such plate for the Two Sheriffs, being both wor 11 members of this Society, against the Lord Mayor’s ffeast at the Guildhall as shalbe needfully required at their hands.”— [16/A October 1615.] “ Our M r giving this Court to understand that there is Tenn pounds five shillings and eight pence usually allowed out of the stock of this house yerely to the M r and Wardens to give by way of gratificacon to the Lord Mayor and two Sheriffs of this Citty, and desiring the same may be made Eleaven pounds, w ch wilbe even money, It is ordered and agreed that from henceforth the said Mr and Wardens shalbe allowed Tenn double peeces out of the Stock of this house, w ch amounteth to the sum of eleaven pounds, the same to be paid, &c.” — [22nd November 1618.] “ The Company’s Plate lent to Henry Platt, Esq., Sheriff of London : — r Mr. Will m Offley. “4 Basons and Ewers, parcell guilt, of . . S „ Henry Lees. I „ Wilkes. f Mr. Price. „ Hawes. “ 8 Cups and Cover, all guilt, of „ Albany. „ T. Gifford. „ H. Offley. „ F. Pendleton. „ Baron Sotherton. „ Laners. i The Company, writing to Lord Burghley, in March 1674, explained to him they had granted their “ largest and stateliest house" to Sir W. Harper for life, and the reversion "to such persons as wore towards offices of worship In the City for their dwelling.** G16 Minutes as to Civic Expenses (4 607 -i 7 85). [ F(4). 44 1 Dozen of Apples Spoonee , . . . of Mr. Wilkinson’s. 44 3 Salts, all guilt Mr. Wright’s. 44 1 Salte and Cover . . . . . . „ Mr. Clark's. 44 1 Keast of broad Bowles without Coyen „ Mr. Hullson’s. 44 1 Trencher 8alte, all guilt .. •« „ Mrs. Rodwaie’s. 44 1 Flaggon, all guilt . . . . . . „ Sir John PercrralTs. 44 3 Tankards, all guilt . . . . . . ,, Mr. John Swynnerton's. 44 2 Doz n S pomes, all guilte . . .. „ Mr. Dowe's. 44 White Plate. 44 2 Keasts of Mr. John Merritle’s beere bowles. 44 1 Keast of Mr. Bob* Gore’s beere bowles. 44 2 Neasts of Mr. Peter Powers wyne bowles. 44 1 Keast of Mr. Richr 4 Wright's wyne bowles. 44 1 Keast of Mr. Robert Gdre’s wyne bowles. 44 3 Salts of Mr. William Parker’s. 44 1 Keast of Mr. Proctor's beere bowles.” — [9th December 1631.] 44 Whereas Mr. Aleman Reynardson, a worthy member and brother of this Company, is lately elected to the Office of Lord Maior of this Citty for the yeare ensuing. This Court doth think fitt to present his Lo r pp with some gratuity as a token of the Companies love, towards the trimming up of his Ix^pp* house. And thereupon, with a general consent, it is ordered that there shall be bestowed upen his Lorpp the some of one hundred markes, being the like sume w ch was formerly given to Sir John Gore, also to Sir Bob* Ducey, in the several times of their Maioralties. And this Court doth further order that his Lordshipp, if he please, shall be accomodated with such of the Companies’ plate as they can spare, and as his Lorpp shall have occasion to use during his Maioralty. — [18/A October 1648.] 44 Whereas heretofore it hath bin accostomed to allow and give to my Lord Mayor free of our Companie 100 marks towards tho beautifieing of his Lordshipp’s bowse, and the question being put whether it should be allowed to Sir W m Bolton, now Lord Mayor elect, or not, and after debate therein it was thought fitt that, in regard of the Companie' s great losse by the late di small fire and of theire low condicion, it should not be allowed him, hoping that his Lordship, considering our condicion, will be satisfied and not take it amisse.” — [12/A October 1666.] 44 This Court being purposely called to consider of the allowance of 100 marks to the Lord Mayor of this cittie towards the beautifieing of his Lordshipp’s howse, which was lately thought not requisite to be allowed and paid this yeare unto his Lordshipp, but being informed sithence that his Lordshipp hath taken it ill doth therefore order that Forty-six Pounds thirteene shillings fours pence be presented unto my Lord elect with the Twenty Pounds usually allowed from the Lord Mayor out of the Sixty-six Pounds thirteene shillings fourepence for the entertainment of rich Batchellors on Lord Mayor’s day wilbe as much as hath byn allowed to any Lord Mayor. And it is further ordered that our Master and Wardens doe attend the Lord Mayor elect with the said Forty-six Pounds thirteene shillings fourepence from this Companie, and that the two Basons and Ewers, and such lumen as his Lordshipp shall have occasion for, be lent unto him during his Mayoralty.” — [24 tk October 1666.] 44 Upon our Master’s information that the Lord Mayor elect, whome he had waited on according to the direocion of this Court with 46/. 16s. 4 d. towards the beautifieing of his howse, refuse th to accept of the same unlesse hee may have the full sume of 100 marks, whereupon it is thought fitt that there be presented to his Lordshipp 100 marks by our Master.” — [26 th October 1666.] The expenses of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs being provided for from Civic or Municipal sources, the Court, in 1 785, came to the following resolution (which is still acted upon) : — G (1).] Honorary Members prior to James Vs Reign. 617 “ A motion was made and seconded that every person who shall apply to the Master and Wardens to be admitted to the Freedom of this Company by Redemp- tion shall, before his admission to such Freedom, sign an agreement that, in case he shall serve the office of Sheriff and Lord Mayor of the City of London, or either of them, he will take upon himself, bear, and pay all expenses, costs, and charges which this Company shall be put unto, bear, pay, and sustain, on account, or in respect of his being Sheriff and Lord Mayor, or either of them, or of any attendance of the said Company in consequence thereof, or any way relating thereto, and indemnify this Company therefrom ; and such question being put was carried unanimously in the affirmative and ordered that such agreement be from henceforth signed by every such Freeman by Redemption who shall be liable to serve such offices at or before the time of his admission to such Freedom.” — [12 th July 1785.] MEMORIAL XXXII. APPENDIX G (1). HONORARY MEMBERS PRIOR TO JAMES I.’s REIGN, AND NOT INCLUDED, IN THE LIST AT PAGES 155 - 8 . — (PREPARED BY T. MARTIN, ESQ.) Cloth allowed. — King, Queen, Duke of Albemarle, Duke of Exeter, Mayor of London, Recorder, Sheriffs. Entries . — Duke of Surrey, 5 1.\ Janyn Castowe, Esq., 11. 6s. 8 d. j others, trades- men, all 11. Entries . — Sir John Eyneaford, Knt., 20s. 1 Cloth. — King, Prince, Mayor. Embries. — Thos. Stowe, dean of St. Paul's. Thos. Ryngwode, vadletz du Roy. Entries . — Sir Thos. Beaufort, Knt. Nic. Salwy, parson of Tuns tall. Sir John Oxenford, parson. Daniel Mawnof, and Robt. Tyndale, with the Queen. John Longe, with Mona. Umfrey (Duke of Gloucester). Sir John Stokis, Queen's Wardrober. Robt., Lord Ponyngis. Thos., lord of Camuse (Camois). Wm. Exeter, Canon of Wells. John Bonyngdon, Master of St. Thos. D' Acres. The fee 20*. is always entered as paid, except by women, who only paid 13*. 4 d. Sir Stephen Lescrop, Archdeacon [of Richmond]. Robert Hille, justice. 1 The whole of the entries for this year will be found in the Specimen of the Accounts printed at p. 66. 1399. f. 2b. 1 Henry IV. 1399-1400. f. 6. 1401. f. 86. 3 Henry IV. f. 116. 6 Henry IV. f. 216. 7 Henry IV. t. 266. 8 Henry IV. 1406-7. f. 826. 9 Henry IV. f. 876. 11 Henry IV, f. 486. 12 Henry IV. f. 68. 13 llenrv IV. i. 676. 1 Henry V. f. 686. 2 Henry V. 1414 8 Henry V. 4 Henry V. 6 Henry V. f. 986. 7 Henry V. 8 Henry V. 1420. 9 Henry v. 1421-2. 10 Henry V. 1422. 11 Henry V. 2 Henry VI. 8 Henry VI. 1424-6. f. 1866. 4 Henry VI. 6 Henry VI. 7 Henry VI. 1428-9. 618 Honorary Members prior to James I.’s Reign. [ G (1). Sir Geffrey Lescrop (marked in margin, vac 1 ). Abbot of Bermondsey. Roger Grenewey, Abbot of Grace. Gilbert Humfervyle, lord of Kyme. Maist r Ric. Courtenay, Mona. Wauter Sandcs. Thomas Chaucer, esq. Ric. Prentys, dean of the Chapel (i.e., King’s). Wm. Lachard, dean of St. Beryan. Sir John Sotheiyn, Chr. Mons. Robt. Humfervyle. Below the entries of receipts from brethren entering, is the following : — par rFrere Ric. Donyngton. le < John Upton, Sergeaunt. comune l John Biynchele. graunte [Mons. Wm. le Sire de Zouche. pour < Mons. John la Zouche. Knotte L John Unbold, esq. No sums entered against their names. Mons. Wm. Bourgchier. Mons. John Philip. John Causton, vicar of Croydon. Robt. Fayrford, clerk of the Marshalsea. Alice, wife of Wm. Jowdrell, Master (ao sum). Walter Metford, papal collector. Wm. Elford, parson of Crooked Lane. Eliz., Lady Clynton. Sir Gilbert Kyghlay. Benyt Nicoll, Bishop of St. David’s. [Wm.] Lord of Botreaux. Roger Hungarton, parson of St. Martin’s Otes’. Sir Robt. Roos. Sir Wm. Yvere. Lancaster, King at Arms. Wm. Holgrave, Serjeant of the Mayor, par le comune {no sum paid). Several lawyers this year. Wm. Rown’, gentleman of Caleys. John Boseworthe, “ jentylman of Schorpescher.” Marke Markadel, Lumbard. Lord Scroope’s name is not here. Sir Ric. Nevill, Abbot of Towerhill. Thos. Skawasby, parson, with the Earl of W eetm [oreland] . Thos. Frampton, parson, with the Earl of Suffolk. Walter Scheryngton, secretary of the Duke of Gloucester. Robt. Scheryngton, his receiver. John Burdet, his wardrober. John Bateman, clerk of the King. Roger Saperton, warden of the Meet. John Tyryngton, canon of St. Paul’s. Sir Thos. Stowell, Knt. ; Sir Wm. Yvers, Knt. John Boysam, dean of Hertford. John Reynold, schoolmaster of Paul’s. G (1). ] Honorary Members prior to James I.’s Reign. 619 Wm. Peery, archdeacon of Carmardyn. Thos. Cheryngton, prior of the Friars Preachere. Robt. Mallerie, Prior of St. John of Jerusalem. Sir Harry Bromflete, Knt. Abbot of Towerhill. Sir Wm. Ap Thomas, Knt. Sir Ph. Courtenay. Sir John Clifton j Sir Thomas Cumburworth. Sir Ric. Hastyngs ; Dame Alice Reynes. Sir John Cressy ; John Hert, physician. Thos. Radborn, bp. of St. David’s. Ric. Grangere, parson of St. Pancras. Thos. Boolde, Squire of the King After the receipts for the entries — “ . . . Holtofte, nostre attome, par le comune. Dan John Yenour, Monk de Westm. "I Par lez meistres en la John Weth de Covyntr’. J Chapelle chambre.” (No sum paid.) Dan Richard Parker, Archdeacon of Westminster. Edw. Nevyll, lord of Bcrgevenny. 1 Sir John Chideock, Knt. Richard Bedford, bastard of Bedford. “ Meistre Thomas Brouns , levesque de Worceter.” No sum to his name, and nil in the other margin. Thos. Bourchier was bp. at this time. This must be an error for his name. John Home, Secretary with my lady Gloucester. Sir Andrew Hogard. . Geffrey Boleyn, mercer (ancestor of Anne Boleyn). John Quenyngton, abbot of Eynesham. 8 Henry VI. f. 184. 10 Henry VI. 1481-2. 11 Henry VI. U Henry VI. f. 222. 18 Henry VI. 1484-5. 1 14 Hen. VI.] The first leaf lost, f. 2426. 15 Henry VI. 1486-7. f. 255. 16 Henry VI. 1487-8. 17 Henry VI. 1438-9. 18.* Hen. VI. 1489-40. 19 Henry VI. 1440-41. f. 304. Thos. Bourcers, bp. of Ely. 24* Henry VI. Sir Jas. de Ormond ; Thos. Lesers, dean of Paul’s. *• 339 ** John Stokes and Nio. Wymbyssh, Masters of the Chanceiy. John Bate, clerk of the Petty Bag, and other law officers. Sir Geo. Aydyf, vicar of St. Duns tan in the West. Sir Jas. Forster, parson of St. Mary Wolnore. Sir John Fastholf, Knyght. 28 Henry VI. Sir Robt. Roos ; Sir Edw. Hulle. 1 f854. Abbot of Bermondsey ; Robt. Monte, Clerk of the Hanaper. Ric. Hakeday, King’s “ poticary.” Wm. Tendale, Chester Herald. John Faux, Master of the Chanceiy. The next book commences at 1453 ; — a gap of eight years. 1 Dame Elizabeth married Bichard Naylor, Alderman and Merchant Taylor, and was buried with him in St. Martin's, 1488. ( Wilkimo p. 8.) •* 4 19”inM8.; an error. * “ 14” in MS.; an error, as Thomas Boucers (Bourchier) was not Bishop of Ely till 1443. Easter to Easter. 31-32 Hen. VI. 14*3-4. 32-33 Hen. VI 35- 36 Hen. VI. f. 127. 36- 37 Hen. VI. 1458-9. 1 Edward IV. 4-6 Edw. IV. f. 2556. 6-6 Edw. IV. f. 278. 6-7 Edw. IV. 1466. f. 290. 0-10 Edw. IV. 1469-70. 10- 11 Edw. IV. 11- 12 Edw. IV. 12- 13 Edw. IV. 13- 14 Edw. IV. 620 Honorary Members subsequently admitted [ 6 (2 r Book II. Wm. Grey, bp. elect of Ely. Sir John Middelton. . Christopher Flemyng, baron Slane. Many Venetians, Genoese, and Florentines. Bio. Beauchamp, bp. of Salisbury. Thos. Bene, Abbot of Tower Hill. Nic. Carant, dean of Wells. Herman Wamble, Andrew Slokkyn, Herman Bynge, 1 — Germans. The Bing’s name is not on the list, but at f. 201 is an entry for boat-hire, and other expenses, in going to the Bing to admit him to the Fraternity, 16d. Henry Colet, mercer. Father of Dean Colet, founder of St. Paul's School. Margaret, widow of Sir Walter de la Pole. Hen. Bourton, prior of St. Maiy Overey. Sir Roger Toceter. Sir John Poston. Reginald Broke. Lady Sydnam, widow. No fees for admission are entered to the “ Confratres et Sorores intrantes." There is another heading of receipts for “Fines Adinissonem in libertate civitatis." Among them 19s. 8 d. for John Tapyler's translation from the Art of Tapioers to that of the Tailors. John Way, rector of All Saints. Nicholas Wotton, rector of St. Martin's Oteswych. [See Appendix K.] John Wymond, rector. [It is not stated of what church.] Abbot of Bermondsey. The two first on the list are always marked : “ Assignati pro extennio dato Majori." APPENDIX G (2). HONORARY MEMBER8 SUBSEQUENTLY ADMITTED TO THE PRESENT TIME. (191) 1629. Robert, (192) 1682. William, Earl of Warwick.* Lord Bishop of London. * A man of this name was in correspondence with Henry VIII. * “ The Bari of Warwick admitted to the Freedom of the Company, “Robert, Earl of Warwick, and Susan his Countess, to have a lease of the Capital Messuage In Bishopsgate Street in their tenure for 21 years from the expiration of their former lease, for the yearly rent of 141. and a line of 700/."— [11 /A January 1629.] “A Lease of a Capital Messuage in Bishopsgate Street in the occupation of Robert Earl of Warwick and Susan his Countess, was at his Lordships request made to Sir Willra, Acton. His Lopp. by his Bill obligatorle standeth indebted to the said Sir Wm. Acton in 200/. payable to him. This Court taking knowledge of the honble. favour of his Lopp. is pleased to take in the Bill and to accept of the same for payment of 200 L in pt of the fine of 700/. from Sir Willm. Acton (which the noble Earle had agreed to pay for the renewal of his lease), and doe order that the Bill for 200/. be presented G (2). j to the Present Time. 021 (193) 1632. William, Lord Craven. 1 (194) 1661. James, Duke of York. (19 s ) 1661. Henry, Duke of Gloucester. (198) 1661. George, Duke of Buckingham. (197) 1661. Arthur, Earl of Anglesey. (198) 1661. Robert, Earl of Scarsdale. (199) 1661. John, Earl of Mulgrave. (2-0) 1661. Thomas, Earl of Sussex. (201) 1662. James, Duke of Ormond. (202) 1663. Edward, Earl of Manchester. (208) 1667. George, Prince of Denmark, Consort of Queen Anne. (201) 1674. James, Duke of Monmouth. (205) 1674. Heneage, Earl of Nottingham. (206) 1674. Henry, Earl of Peterborough. (207) 1674. Thomas, Earl of Ossory. (208) 1674. Rt. Ron. Henry Coventry, Secretary of State. (209) 1675. Henry, Duke of Grafton. (210) 1676. Charles, Earl of Plymouth. (211) 1676. Henry, Lord Bishop of London. (212) 1676. Sir Christopher Wren, Knight. (213) 1677. Francis, Duke of Somerset. (214) 1677. Christopher, Duke of Albermarle. (215) 1704. Robert, Lord Romney. (216) 1740. Edward Vernon, Vice-Admiral of the Blue. (217) 1806. Sir Thos. Louis, Bart., Rear Admiral of the White. (218) 1806. The Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, Knight, Admiral of the White. (219) 1806. Sir John Thos. Duckworth, Knight, Vice-Admiral of the White. (220) 1814. Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. (221) 1814. Arthur, Duke of Wellington. (222) 1814. Charles, Duke of Norfolk. (223) 1814. John, Earl of Eldon, Lord High Chancellor of England. (224) 1814. William, Lord Viscount Bereeford. (225) 1818. Hon. W. H. J. Scott. (226) 1819. Henry, Lord Viscount Sidmouth. (227) 1820. John Jeffreys, Marquis Camden. (228) 1826. Right Hon. Robert Peel, Secretary of State. (229) 1836. Cnarles Manners, Lord Viscount Canterbury. (230) 1838. Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge. (231) 1840. George William Frederick Charles, Prince of Cambridge. (232) 1846. Albert, Prince of Coburg and Gotha, Consort of Queen Victoria. (233) 1846. Right Hon. Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart. (234) 1847. Major-General Sir George Pollock. to his Lopp. as an acknowledgement of the Companies love, and the said Sir Willm. Acton to pay the 6002. residue at the sealing of the lease.”— [10M March 1630,] “A Bill of debt for 2001. of the Earl of Warwick, presented to him by the M r as an acknowledge- ment of the Companies love and respect towards him, and desired the continuance of his Lopps. hoble. favour towards them, which bill his Lopp. lovingly accepted assuring the Mr that bee shalbe ever ready as occasion requires to shew himself both a lovelng friend and Brother of this Company/* —{20 th April 1630.] i “This day it pleased the right honble William Lord Cravon lovingly to dyne in the Hall and after Dynner it pleased his Lopp to signifle that it was his desire -to be a member of this Company In regard of the Companies respect unto him, and for that Sir William Cravon, Knight, his father a late worthie Member and Benefactor to this Company deceased was free of this Society. Whereupon his Lorp was admitted into the freedom of this Companie, who lovingly accepted thereof. And it was ordered that the same should be entered accordingly.”— [23rd July 1683.] (And see Mem. lxziv., p. 304, Note.) 622 (235) 1848. (286) 1853. (237) 1853. (238) 1856. (239) 1857. (240) 1858. (241) 1859. (242) 1859. (248) 1859. (244) 1860. (245) 1863. (246) 18 66. (247) 1866. (248) 1870. (249) 1870. (260) 1874. (251) 1874. (252) 1874. Notes (by Mr. Warden Newsome) [ G (3). Henry, Lord Viscount Hardinge. Algernon, Duke of Northumberland. Jas. Brownlow William, Marquis of Salisbury. Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart, (now Lord Lyons), Rear Admiral of the Red. Frederick William, Prince of Prussia, Consort of Princess Royal. Frederic, Lord Chelmsford, Lord High Chancellor of England. James, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine. Edward Geoffrey, Earl of Derby. John, Lord Lawrence. Colin, Lord Clyde. Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. George Peabody. Hugh, Lord Cairns, Lord High Chancellor of England. Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, Baronet. The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli. Edward Henry Smith -Stanley, Earl of Derby. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoigne* Cecil, Marquis of Salisbury. APPENDIX G (3). NOTES (BY MR. WARDEN NEW80ME) ON VARIOUS HONORARY MKMBRRfl OF THE COMPANY. 1 The interest taken by King Edward III. in developing the woollen trade of England is well known, and may to a certain extent account for the names of so many of his immediate family and descendants appearing as members on the honorary list of a company closely linked with that manufacture. Out of the first 60 names, almost all with the exception of the prelates and religious men, of whom but little is known, are either directly or collaterally related to the Plantagenet family. First the Mortimers, and then the Fitz- Alans, appear on the scene ; and as other families become allied with these so they also gradually appear as connected with the Guild. The wars of the Roses to some extent naturally interfered with the development of the list, in this or any other exact order, and as the names do not extend beyond the first years of the reign of James I., one must turn to lists of a later date to ascertain what effect the subsequent civil wars of the commonwealth produced on the honorary list. 1 These notes upon the various honorary members of early date have been written by Mr. Warden Newsome, and beyond adding one or two references, I hare done nothing bat enjoy the advantage of reading them — G. M. G. G (3). ] on various Honorary Members. 623 As a rule, it is to be apprehended that both in the case of the ordinary and honorary members the appearance of new names ori the lists is traceable in some degree of fashion to an introduction or connection with former members, and if the tracing of this link is in many cases difficult, or even impossible, it is no argument that it does not exist ; and in those cases where it can be so traced the evidence of the connection of former generations with the later ones becomes doubly interesting. 1. Roger Mortimer, whose name appears first on the list, was son of Edmund 1351 Mortimer, 3rd Baron and grandson of Roger Mortimer, who had summons to Parliament from 22nd February 1306 to 3rd December 1326, as Baron * Mortimer “ de Wigmore,” and was subsequently in 1328 created Earl of March : but was executed and attainted two years after, in 1330, when all his honours became forfeited. In consequence of this attainder, Edmund Mortimer, son of the said Roger, did not succeed to his honours, but had merely summons to Parliament from 20th November 1331, and died in December 1331. Roger Mortimer, who heads the list, son of the last- named Edmund, was summoned to Parliament from 20th November 1348 till 15th March 1354, as Baron Mortimer only ; and hence in 1351 we find him entered simply as Roger, Lord Mortimer ; but the attainder of his grandfather being afterwards reversed he had summons on 20th September 1355 as Earl of March, K.G., and died five years after, in 1360. By his wife Philippa, daughter of William de Montacute, Earl of Salisbury, he left a son and heir, Edmund, who succeeded as 3rd Earl of March, and occurs No. 6 on the list. The Earldom of March, previous to its bestowal on the elder Roger Mortimer (the notorious paramour of Isabel, Queen Consort of King Edward II.), when he returned triumphant from France in 1328, had been enjoyed by one Hugh le Bran, nearly related to the Royal Family ; Alice le Bran, daughter of Hugh, was half sister by the mother to King Henry III., and married John Warren (Plantagenet), Earl of Warren and Surrey ; their eldest son, William Warren, married Joan, daughter of Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford, but fell at a tourna- ment during the lifetime of his father, leaving a son, John, who succeeded his grandfather ; but he dying without legitimate issue in 1347, the great estates of the Warren family were carried by his sister Alice to her husband, Edmund Fitz-Alan, 8th Earl of Arundel, who was beheaded at Hereford in 1326. The Castle of Arundel was given to Edmond (of Woodstock), younger brother to Edward II., but he being beheaded in 1329 it was restored in 1330 to the Fitz-Alan family: the Earldom of March probably remained with the Crown. 2. Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Northampton, was son of William de 1372 Bohun, created Earl of Northampton, 17th March 1337, and also K.G. (by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, and widow of Edmund, 8rd Baron Mortimer, father to the 2nd Earl of March). He was consequently through his mother first cousin to Roger, Lord Mortimer, who precedes him on the list. He succeeded on the death of his uncle, Humphrey de Bohun in 1361, to the Earldoms of Hereford and Essex, and likewise to the hereditary Constableship of England, but died in 1372 in the 32nd year of his age, leaving by his wife Joane, daughter of Richard Fitz-Alan, 9th Earl of Arundel (to whom his wardship had been granted), two daughters, his coheiresses, viz., Alianore or Eleanor, wife of Thomas (of Woodstock) Duke of Gloucester, 6th son of King Edward III., and Mary, the younger coheiress, married to Henry Plantagenet, Earl of Derby (son of John of Gaunt, 4th son of King Edward III.), who afterwards ascended the 624 Notes (by Mr. Warden Newsome ) [ G (3). throne, 13th October 1399, as Henry IT., between which two ladies his vast possessions were divided. 8. Dame Johan, wife of the preceding, is of course the Joane Fits- Alan pre- viously mentioned ; she was daughter of Richard Fits* Alan, 9th Earl of Arundel, by his 2nd wife Lady Eleanor Plantagenet, daughter of Henry, Earl of Lancaster, who was grandson of King Henry ILL 4. Symon, Lord Bishop of London from 1362-1375; made Archbishop of 1373 Canterbury 1378 to 1381, and beheaded at London, A.D. 1381, by com- mand of the rebels Tyler and Straw. 6. Dame Alice, Countess of Kent,' was daughter of Richard Fitz-Alan, son and heir of Edmund Fits- Alan, 8th Earl of Arundel, by his wife Lady Alice Plantagenet, married, secondly, Lady Eleanor Plantagenet, daughter of Henry, Earl of Lancaster, by whom, with three sons, he left four daughters, the eldest of whom married Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, who died in 1397. Lady Alice Plantagenet mentioned above was sister and sole heir of John, Earl of Warren and Surrey, who died 1347. This Richard Fitz-Alan was restored in blood, 4th Edward III., 1330, and had then the Castle of Arundel which had been given to Edmund Plantagenet, the King’s uncle, rendered to him, and so became the 9th Earl Arundel. In 1327, Edmund, Earl of Kent, was attainted and disgraced ; but whether, as was frequently the case, his title as well as his estates were for the time assigned to another family, is not very fully recorded. His daughter, Joane, sumamed “ The Fair Maid of Kent,” married three husbands — 1st, William Montacute, Earl of Salisbury, from whom she was divorced — 2nd, Sir Thomas Holland, K.G. — and, 3rd, to Edward, the Black Prince. On the death of her brother John, 8rd Earl of Kent, i. p., she inherited that dignity, which she conveyed to her husband, and in 1360 Sir Thomas Holland was jure uxori* sum- moned in that title and barony. Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, of this family, was his son and heir, and was likewise half brother to King Richard the Second ; he succeeded his father in 1360, and married Lady Alice Fits- Alan. It was this Lady no doubt who is recorded (No. 6) on the list. The very close connection of the Hollands, Fitx- Alans, Mortimers, Bohuns, Ac., with the Plantagenets, then the blood royal of England, is curiously illustrated by the descents hitherto set forth, and will serve as a guide to understand the connection with the Company of later members. 6. Edmund Mortimer, Lord Mortimer, and 3rd Earl of March, was son of 1377 Roger, Lord Mortimer, who heads the list. At his father’s death in 1360, he was a minor, but he was early employed on State affairs when but 18 years of age. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1377, 1 Richard II., and constituted Lord Lieutenant of Ireland two years afterwards, in which government he died, 1381. By his wife, the Lady Philippa Plantagenet (daughter and heir of Lionel, Duke of Clarence, 3rd son of King Edward III.), who was the daughter and heir of Elizabeth de Burgh (wife of the said Lionel, who was herself daughter and heir of John de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, which title was consequently borne by the said Lionel, Duke of Clarence), Edmund Mortimer left three sons and two daughters. Of the latter, Elizabeth, the eldest, became wife to Heniy Percy, the celebrated Hotspur of English History ; while her sister, Pliilippa, married John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, who was accidentally killed at a tournament, 30th December 1389, when but 17 years of age. Of the sons, Roger Mortimer was the eldest and 4th G (3). ] on various Honorary Members , 625 Earl of March. Sir Edmund Mortimer, the 2nd son, married a daughter of the celebrated Owen Glendower, and Sir John Mortimer, the 3rd son, was executed, temp. Henry IT., for treasonable speeches and practices. The youngest daughter, Philippa, married, secondly, Richard, Earl of Arundel and 3rd Lord St. John. 7. William Courtenay, born in 1341, died in 1396. One of the five who lent 1378 5,000Z. to the King, from the City, on the deposit of the Royal jewels under seal in 1377 (oonf. Riley, p. 410). 8. Henry Percy, 4th Lord Percy of Alnwick, a distinguished military com- 1379 mander in the reign of Edward III., was son of Henry de Percy, 3rd Lord Percy of Alnwick, by his wife Lady Mary Plantagenet, daughter of Henry, Earl of Lancaster. He was, at the coronation of Richard II., 16th July 1377, advanced to the Earldom of Northumberland, with remainder to his heirs general. He married, 1st, Margaret, daughter of Ralph, Lord Nevill of Baby, by whom he was father of the celebrated “ Hotspur,” slain at Shrewsbury, 1403, together with other children ; 2nd, Maud Lucy whose arms were to be for ever quartered with those of ** Percy.” For his after career conf. Shake spear’s Richard II., also Riley’s London, p. 454. 9. John Hastings, Baron Hastings and 3rd Earl Pembroke, married when very young, Philippa, daughter of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March j he was accidentally slain in a joust with Sir John St. John, 30th December 1389, when but 16 years of age. Reginald Grey, Lord Grey of Ruthin, grandson of Roger, Lord Grey, and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of John Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, was found to be his next heir of the whole blood, and Hugh Hastings, Baron Hastings, eldest son of Hugh Hastings of Grossing Hall (eldest son of John Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, by Isabel, his 2nd wife, who was daughter of Hugh de Spenser, Earl of Winchester), was heir of the half-blood : between the son of this Lord Hastings of Greasing Hall — viz., Edward Hastings — and Reginald Grey, Lord Grey, there was a memorable competition for the right of bearing the arms of Hastings, which lasted about 20 years, and was decided rather in favour of the Grey family though still disputed by that of Hastings. 10. Isabel, Countess of Pembroke ; this lady I cannot identify, she could hardly 1381 be Isabel Despencer, 2nd wife of John, 2nd Baron Hastings and Earl of Pembroke. As Elizabeth and Isabel were names frequently used as one and the same, she might be Isabel or Elizabeth Mortimer, the young wife of John, Earl of Pembroke, whom she comes next to. 11. Robert de Bray broke preceeds William Courtenay in the See of London, 1382 1381, and held the same to 1404, when Roger Walden succeeded, who possibly was not distantly related to Sir Roger Walden, Treasurer of Calais, and Merchant Taylor, 1387. 12. John Fferdon no doubt is the same as John de Fordham, Bishop of Durham, 1382 to 1388, when he was translated to Ely. John Fordham occurs as Bishop of Ely from 1388 to 1425. 13. The Prior of St. Bartholomew, in whose time of office the Priory was de- 1383 stroyed by the rebels under Wat Tyler, rebuilt in 1410 (conf. Stowe) and suppreesed by Henry VIII. 14. The Sub-Prior. 15. The Prior of Elsing. 16. Richard II., bom 1366, died 1399 1385 2 S 626 Notes (by Mr. Warden Newsome) [G<3). 17. Anne, daughter of the Emperor Charles IT. of Germany. 18. John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, father to Henry, afterwards King Henry IV., was born at Ghent in 1340, he died in 1398. His house in the Savoy was burnt by the rebels under Wat Tyler in 1381. (Holinahed. Riley, p. 449 .) 19. Sir Roger Walden was probably nephew to Bishop Walden. A family of 1387 this name were of Huntingdonshire. Made Archbishop of Canterbury ; deposed and made Bishop of London ; died in 1406. (Stowe.) SO. Thomas de Mowbray, 6th Baron, succeeded his brother John in 1379, being 1388 then 17 years of age, and was by charter created Earl of Nottingham, as his brother had been ; in 1383, and 3 years after, was created “ Earl Marshall " and Duke of Norfolk (oonf. Riley, 531). This is the celebrated Peer who upon the eve of combat with Henry, Duke of Hereford, afterwards Henry IV., was banished for l'fe and died at Venice in 1400. His rival was banished for 10 years only, which was commuted at the instance of John of Gaunt to 6 years, and eventually usurped the Crown. (Conf. Richard II., Shakespeare.) 21. Alan de Zouch was one of the eminent warriors in the reign of Edward HI., and was present at battle of Cressy, shortly after which he died. Hugh la Zouohe, his son, succeeded, but died 1368, when his unde Robert became his heir. Robert died before 1399, and Joyce, wife of Hugh, 2nd Baron Burnell, was found to be next heir. Her husband most probably is the Hugh, Lord Zouch of 1388, in right of his wife. 22. It is hard, or even impossible, to trace John , Lord Willoughby, 1389, as the 1389 Baron Willoughby of that date was Robert according to records. It would be interesting to learn whether the roll of the Merchant Taylor's Company being correct would serve to correct some descents of our early Peerage, or whether they are themselves incorrect. 28. Edmond (of Langley), Duke of York, was 6th son of King Edward III., he 1390 was born in 1842, and married (1st) in 1372, Isabel, youngest of the two daughters and coheiresses of Peter (the Cruel) King of Castile and Leon ; his elder brother, John of Gaunt, having married Constance, the elder sister and coheiress. The Duke of York married, 2nd, Joan, daughter of Thomas and sister and coheiress of Edmund Holland, Earls of Kent. He died 1402, leaving a son Edward, of whom hereafter (No. 27). 24. Thomas (of Woodstock), Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Buckingham, Essex, and Northampton, and Constable of England, was 7th son of Edward III., and bora in 1855. He married Eleanor, eldest daughter and coheiress of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, and. Constable of England, and was murdered at Calais, 8th September 1397, leaving issue by his said wife (no doubt the Duchess of Gloucester, No. 27) who survived him, and died 3rd October 1399, one son Humphry, who died unmarried 1399, and four daughters, coheiresses to their brothers. Conf. an entry in Riley (1388) connecting them with John Chircheman (Churchman). 25. Henry, Duke of Hereford, was eldest son of John of Gaunt, and of course grandson to King Edward III. He was created Earl of Derby; and Duke of Hereford after, in 1397, and was crowned King of England a Henry IV., 18th October 1399. He married — 1st, 1380, Mary, youngest daughter and coheiress (with her sister Eleanor) of Humphry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, and by her, who died in 1394, was father of Heniy, Prince of Wales, afterwards Henry V., &c., Ac. O (3). ] on various Honorary Members. 627 King Henry IV. married— 2nd, in 1403, Joan, daughter of Charles, 2nd King of Navarre, and widow of John de Montfort, Duke of Brittany ; she died 10th July 1427 ; the King, her husband, died 20th March 1412, and was interred at Canterbury. 26. Eleanor, eldest daughter and coheiress of Humphry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, together with her younger sister Mary, wife of King Henry IV., as before stated, No. 24. 0 27. Edward Plantagenet, son and heir apparent of Edmund of Langley, Duke of York, 5th son of Edward HI. (No. 23), was created Earl of Rutland, 25th February 1390, bi}t with limitation of the title during his father’s life only. He was also created Duke of Albermarle, 29th September 1397, from which title he. was degraded in 1399. * In 1402, he succeeded his father as Duke of York, when the Earldom of Rutland, agreeable to the limitation above recited, became extinct. Through his mother, Isabel, daughter and co-heiress of Peter (the Cruel), King of Castile and Leon, both himself and his brother inherited a descent from the blood royal of Spain. The Duke of York survived his father 13 years, and was slain at the battle of Agincourt, 25th October 1415, without leaving issue. (See also Shakespeare.) 28. Thomas de Beauchamp, 4th Earl Warwick, K.G. His father was one of the original Knights of the Garter also ; he was seized, imprisoned and eventually banished to the Isle of Man in the reign of Richard II., and his estates and the custody of his son Richard given to Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent. From the Isle of Man he was brought to the Tower of London, where he remained imprisoned until Henry IV. ascended the throne, when he was released, and reinstated in all his honours and possessions. He married Margaret, daughter of William, Lord Ferrars of Groby, by whom he left his son and successor Richard and four daughters. The Earl died in 1401. 29. The Countess of Warwick has just been named, but no son Thomas is shown in their family, which makes it probable that Nos. 29, 80, and 31, should be referred to the family of Holland — Barons Holland and Earls of Kent, of whom Thomas Holland, 3rd Earl of Kent, succeeded his father in 1397, and upon the attainder of Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, in (1398) 22nd Richard II., obtained a grant in special tail of the Castle, Manor, and Lordship of Warwick, with sundry other manors, and had the year previously been created by his uncle King Richard II. when sitting crowned in Parliament, “Duke of Surrey.” Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, married Lady Alice Fitz-Alan, daughter of Richard, Earl of Arundel, by whom he had two sons, Thomas and Edmond, successively Earls of Kent, the former being probably No. 81 on the list, but according to the account before given as the attainder of Thomas de Beauchamp did not take place until 1398, Thomas Holland could scarcely be styled correctly Earl of Warwick in 1391 when admitted Merchant Taylor. 80. Thomas, Earl of Nottingham, unless the Peerage descents are very wrong, which is quite likely, would seem to be a repetition of Thomas, Earl of Nottingham before spoken of (under No. 20). That Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham, is stated to have survived until the year 1400, when he died at Venice. If this be true, his son and heir, Thomas, who is likewise stated never to have had the title of Duke of Norfolk, could neither have borne the title of Earl of Nottingham during his father’s lifetime, except by courtesy. He is stated to have borne the title simply 2 S 2 628 Notes (by Mr. Warden Newsome) [ G (3). of Earl Marshall, and wa« beheaded at York in 1405, on a charge of High Treason. The Merchant Taylor (No. 80 on the list) is undoubtedly one of these twain, but whether father or son is very difficult to determine. 81. John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon, was 3rd son of Thomas de Holland, Earl of Kent, by the celebrated heiress, Joane Plantagenet, “the Fair Maid of Kent.” As his mother re-married the Black Prince, by whom she left a son, Richard II., that King and John de Holland were half- brothers, and on one occasion the common mother interfered to protect her elder son, John Holland, from that King’s resentment. This peer was beheaded by the populace m 1400, and was subsequently attainted. He had married Lady Elizabeth Plantagenet, daughter of John of Gaunt, and left issue three sons and one daughter. Of the sons, John, his 2nd son, became heir, and was created Duke of Exeter. (Conf. Riley, p. 654. See Henry Y.’s announcement of the surrender of the Castle of Tongue. 82. John de Rob, 6th Baron, was summoned to Parliament, from 8th August 1386 to 13th November 1393 ; he died on his pilgrimage to Jerusalem, 1393-4. He married Mary, daughter of Henry de Percy, but left no issue. 83. Ralph de Nevill, 4th Baron, was summoned to Parliament, from 6th December 1389 to 30th November 1396, and was circa 21st Richard II., created, in full Parliament, Earl of Westmoreland. He was head of a powerful and very distinguished family closely allied to the royal blood of England, and probably residing at Leaden Hall. 34. Thomas de Furnival, who, in 22nd Edward I. (1294), had summons amongst other great men to attend the King, and in next year, 22nd June 1295, was first summoned to Parliament as Baron, and sat till 27th January 1332 (6th Edward III.); he married Elizabeth, daughter of Peter de Montfort, of Beaudesert Castle, County Warwick, and was succeeded, in 1332, at his death, by Thomas, his eldest son. 86. Reginald de Grey, who in 9th Edward I., was made Justice of Chester, and subsequently obtained the Castle of Ruthyn and other lands. In 23rd Edward I. (1295) was first summoned as Baron to Parliament, and till 26th August 1307 ; he died in 1308. By his wife, Maud, daughter and heiress of William, Lord Fitzhugh, he left two children, John, 2nd Baron, and Joane, married to Ralph, Lord Bassett. 36. Walter Skirlawe was Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1886 to 1888, and 1391 Bishop of Durham, from 1388 to 1406, when we may presume he died. 87. Philip D’Arcy, summoned to Parliament from 29th December 1299 to 1394 20th October 1332 j he was succeeded, at his decease, by his only surviving son, Norman D’Arcy, 2nd Baron. 38. Robert de Scales, who distinguished himself greatly both in Scotland and France, and had summons to Parliament as Baron Scales, from 6th February 1299 to 22nd January 1305, in which year he died. Robert de Scales, his son succeeded, as 2nd Baron. 89. As Edmund, 3rd Earl of March, died in 1881, and his eldest son Roger 1397 Mortimer, then but seven years, succeeded naturally as 4th Earl, and was slain in battle in Ireland, in 1398, it is difficult to say who this William, Earl of March, made an honorary Merchant Taylor in 1397, could be. It is just possible that during the minority of Roger Mortimer his duties as one of the Barons Marchers had to be performed G(3). ] on various Honorary Members . 029 by deputy, perhaps by a member of bis own family named William, but not recorded, as was frequently the case, and who, after his relative attained his majority, still retained the title by courtesy. As Edmund Mortimer, the 5th Earl, is stated to have been but six years of age at his father’s death, in 1398, he must have been born when his father was but 18 years of age, and still a minor, and this looks as if it was not unlikely that some confusion of descent exists — in this Barony. 40. Alice, daughter of John Fitzwalter, 3rd Lord Fitzwalter, became wife to Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford, who died 1400, and was mother of Richard de Yere, the 11th Earl. 41. Edmund Stafford was Bishop of Exeter, 1395 to 1419. 42 . Thomas Holland, 3rd Earl of Kent, was, 21st Richard II., the king, then 1399 sitting in Parliament with his crown upon his head, created Duke of Surrey. This nobleman’s descent was most illustrious ; his grand* mother, Joan Plantagenet having, after the death of her 1st husband, re-married with Edward the Black Prince, by whom he was father of King Richard II., to whom this Thomas, Duke of Surrey, was thus of course first cousin once removed. 43. Richard de Grey, was the 2nd Baron Grey of Codnor ; his son, John de 1401 Grey, succeeded as 3rd Baron in 1335, and was summoned till 1392, as M Johanni Grey de Codenore,” in which year he died, and was succeeded by his grandson Richard, eldest son of his son Henry. AlS Richard, the 4th Baron, did not die till 1418, it is not known whom Edmund, Lord Gray was. 44 . Thomas Henndell probably succeeded William Courtney in the See of Canterbury, but is not recorded in the usual list, which makes Thomas Arundel (at Fitz-Alan) to succeed. The only other solution is that Henndell is a mis-spelling of Arundell. 45. Henry IV. was, as is well known, the eldest son of John, Duke of Lancas- ter (No. 18 on this list), and the Prince was doubtless Henry, Prince of Wales, afterwards celebrated in History as Henry V., who at the time of this admission would be almost 16 or 17 years of age. King Henry 1Y. died March 20th, 1412, and was succeeded by his son Henry, who died August 31st 1422. 46. Nicholas Babwith (or Babbewyth) Chancellor of the Exchequer (Stowe) ; 1406 Bishop of Bath and Wells (1407; Bishop of Salisbury, 1408), 1408 to to 1424. It also appears he was Bishop of London in 1406, afterwards translated to the See of Salisbury, quite contrary to all modern custom. 47 . William Colchester, Abbot of Westminster, buried in the Chapel of St. John Baptist, Westminster (Stowe). 48 . John, Duke of Bedford, Earl of Richmond and Kendal, and Constable of 1407 England, was 3rd son of Henry IV., he married, 1st, in 1423, Anne, daughter of John, Duke of Burgundy, but left no issue by her, or by his 2nd wife, who was Jacquetta of Luxemberg : this Jbhn was the celebrated Regent of France, temporarily Henry VI., he died at Paris, 14th September 1435. Jacquetta, his widow, re-married Sir Richard Widville, Knight, created Earl Rivers, by whom she had a daughter Elizabeth, wife to Edward IV. 49 . Edmond Holland, 2nd son of Thomas Holland (see No.29) , succeeded to the Earldom of Kent on the death of his brother Thomas beheaded in 1400, notwithstanding an act of attainder passed of which no reversal appears ; he married Lucy, daughter of the Duke of Milan, but left no issue ; he was slain in Brittany by an arrow whilst besieging a castle, 15tli September 1407. 630 Notes (by Mr. Warden Newsome) [ G (3). 60. Thomas, Duke of Clarence, was 2nd son of Henry IV., and was also Earl 1409 of Albermarle, he married Margaret, 8rd daughter of Thomas, and sister and coheiress of Edmund Holland, Earl of Kent, but died without issue, being slain in 1421 in the battle of Bange. 61. Bichard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, was son and heir of Thomas the 1411 4th Earl, so long imprisoned (see No. 29) ; he was bom January 1381, and died in his castle at Roan, 30th of April 1439, having married two wives of whom the 1st was Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Thomas, Lord Berkely, Viscount Lisle, by whom he left three daughters, and his 2nd wife was Isabel, daughter of Thomas Le Despencer, by whom he left a son and successor, Henry, and one daughter, Anne, married to Sir Richard Nevil, son and heir of Richard, Earl of Salisbury, and grandson of Richard 1st Earl of Westmoreland. Henry de Beaucamp succeeded as 6th Earl, was K.G.. and a person of great distinction. 62. Sir Henry le Scrope, 3rd Baron “ Scrope,” of Upsal, was summoned to Parliament fiom 26th August 1408 to 26th September 1414, as Lord Scrope of Masham. In 11 Henry IV., he was made Treasurer of the King’s Exchequer, but in the following reign, being found guilty of treason, he was beheaded in August 1416. He married 1st, Philippa, daughter of Sir Guy de Brien, and 2ndly, Joane, Duchess of York, sister and coheir ot Edmund Holland, Earl of Kent, but left no issue. He was succeeded by his brother, Sir John Scrope, Knight, who eventually regained the forfeited title, lost on his brother’s attainter. 63. Henry Chicheley, Archdeacon of Salisbury, was appointed 4th October 1407, Bishop of St. Davids’ ; on 27th April 1414 he was translated to Bee of Canterbury, where he died 12th April 1443. He was the son of Thomas Chicheley of Higham Ferrers, who died Februaiy 1400, by his wife Agnes, daughter of William Pynoheoh, and is celebrated not only as the founder of All Soul’s College in Oxford, but as having on that account had his collateral descents very carefully preserved and recorded in that very interesting publication known as " Stemmata Chicheleana.” 64. The name of Roger Westwood occurs among the Barons of the Exchequer, 1st March 1402. 66. John Holland, 2nd but eldest surviving son of John Holland, Earl of 1412 Huntingdon and Duke of Exeter (attainted and beheaded in 1400) was restored in blood as heir to his father and brother in the 4th of Hemy V., and the next year made General of all the Men-at-Arms and Archers at that time employed in the King’s Fleet at sea, in which capacity he assisted at the siege of Caen. He was created by letters patent, dated at Windsor 6th January 1445 r Duke of Exeter, with this special privilege “ that he and his heirs male should have place and seat in all Parliaments and Councils, next to the Duke of York and his heirs male.” His lordship married first Anne, widow of Edward Mortimer, Earl of March, and daughter of Edmund Stafford, Earl of Stafford. He espoused secondly, Lady Anne Montacute, daughter of John, 3rd Earl of Salisbury. By his 1st wife he left an only son, Henry Holland, his successor ; and by his 2nd wife he had an only daughter Anne, wife first of John Nevil, son and heir of Ralph, Earl of Westmorland, which Lord Nevil fell at Towton Field, and died «.p. Her Ladyship espoused 2ndly, Sir John Nevil, Knight, uncle of her first husband, and by him was mother of Ralph Nevil, who succeeded as third Earl of Westmorland. The Duke of Exeter, who was a K.G., died in 1446 and was succeeded by his only son Henry, as above, the 2nd Duke. G (3). ] on various Honorary Members , 631 66. John Mowbray, 2nd eon, succeeded as heir to his brother Thomas, who was beheaded in 1405, and died s.p. Thomas Mowbray never assumed his father’s title of Duke of Norfolk, conferred 29th September 1397 (who was K.G., but being banished that same year, died of grief at Venice . in 1399), but simply styled himself Earl Marshal (a title to which his mother’s family had some claim). John Mowbray, like his brothers, did not assume the title of Duke of Norfolk until the year 1424, in which year he claimed and was allowed the title j previous to that time he styled himself Earl of Nottingham and Earl Marshal, K.G., under which latter title he appears as a Merchant Taylor on the list. By Lady Catherine Nevil, daughter of Ralph, Earl of Westmorland, he left a son and successor, John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, who through his mother derived from John of Gaunt. The Earl Marshal, afterwards Duke of Norfolk, died in 1432. 67. James Butler, Earl of Ormonde, brings us back to the Bohuns, and at the same time leads forward to the Boleyns, who subsequently figure in an additional list of members. Alianore or Eleanor de Bohun, daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, married in 1327, James Butler, Earl of Ormonde, and their great grandson, also named James (the white Earl) succeeded his father James in 1405, and was Lord Deputy and held a Parliament at Dublin in 1407, and is the Merchant Taylor of 1412. By his 1st wife, Joan, daughter of Gerald Fitz-Gerald, 6tli Earl of Kildare, he left three sons, who inherited to the Earldom in succession. Thomas the youngest and 7th Earl Ormonde, married Anne, daughter of Sir Richard Hankford, by whom he left two daughters, his cousins, of whom Margaret, the youngest, was wife of Sir William Boleyn, and grandmother of the well-known Anne, wife of Henry VIII., and mother of Queen Elizabeth, beheaded 1536. 58. Sir John Lovel, Knight, son of John Lovel, 5th Baron Lovel, K.G., by his wife Maud, daughter and heir of Robert de Holand, succeeded his father in 1408. 116 was Baron Holand in right of his mother, and was summoned to Parliament from 20th October 1409 to 26th September 1414, as Lord Lovel of Tichmersh. He married Alianore or Eleanor, daughter of William Lord Zouch of Haiyngworth, by whom he left a son William, his heir, also another son. He died in 1414. 69. Henry Beaufort, 3rd son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster by Katherine Swinford, was translated by Bull, 14th March 1405, from Lincoln to Winchester. He was a Cardinal and also for some time Chancellor ; he died 11th April 1447. It will be seen he was uncle by marriage to the Earl Marshal, who precedes him (No. 66) on the list, and great uncle to John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. 60. William Ferrers, son and heir of Henry, 5th Baron, was 15 years of age at 1413 his father’s death in 1388. He was summoned to Parliament as William de Ferrers de Groby,” from the 80th November 1396 to 3rd December 1441, and died in 1445. 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He married Lady Eleanor Plantagenet, daughter of Thomas and sister and ooheir of Edmond Plantagenet, Earl of Kent, and left an only daughter Alice, married to Riohard Nevill, 2nd son of Ralph, 1st Earl of Westmorland. 69. Riohard Beauchamp, son of William Beauchamp, Lord Bergavenny and 1415 K.Gh Succeeded his said father in 1410-11. He was subsequently advanced to the dignity of Earl of Worcester in 1420, and died two years after, 1422. By his wife Isabel, sister and heir of Richard Despencer — both children of Thomas Despencer, the last Baron — he left an only daughter, Elizabeth, who carried the barony of Bergavenny in marriage to her husband, Sir Edward Nevill, Knight, so summoned from 6th September 1450 to 19th August 1472, and from whom descend the present Lords of Bergavenny, or, as now styled, Abergavenny, as well as the family of Fane, to whom the title of Le Despencer was confirmed in 1604. 71. Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, was only son of Sir Hemy Percy, 1420 renowned in all our histories as “ Hotspur,” and grandson of Henry, 4th Lord Percy, who was created Earl of Northumberland as stated in Note No. 8. From a curious MS. in the British Museum, and there said to be extracted, “ Ex Registro Monasterij de Whitbye,” we learn the following particulars of this nobleman and his family. “Henry Percy, the son of Sir Henry Percy that was slayne at Shrewsbury, and of Elizabeth, the daughter of the Erie of Marche, after the death of his father and grauntsyre, was exiled into Scotland in the time of King Henry V. By the labour of Johanne, the Countess of Westmorland (who daughter Alianor he had wedded in coming into England), he recovered the King*s grace and the county of Northumberland, so was the 2nd Earl of Northumberland. And of Alianor his wife, he begat ix. Bonnes and iii. daughters, whose names be Johanne, that is buried at Whitbye; Thomas (created) Lord Egremont; Katheryne Gray of Rythyn (wife of Edmund, Lord Grey, afterwards Earl of Kent) ; Sir Ratio Percy; W m * Percy, a byshopp ; Richard Percy; John, that died without issue ; another John (called by Vincent, in hiB MS. baronage in the Herald’s Office, John Percy, senior, of Warkworth) ; George Percy, Clerk ; Henry, that died without issue ; besides the eldest sonne and sue* cessor, Henry, third Erie of Northumberland ” ; Henry Percy, the 2nd Earl, was at the Battle of Agincourt, was made Lord High Constable by King Henry VI., and fell at St. Alban’s, 23rd May 1456, fighting under the banner of that monarch ; his eldest son Henry succeeded him. 72. John Lord Roos, was eldest son (of Thomas, 7th Baron, according to Burke, and) of William de Roos, 7tH Baron Roos (according to Nicolas and Courthope). His father died 1st September 1414, and he succeeded as 8th Baron ; but was never summoned to Parliament, probably on account of his constant absence abroad, where he was engaged in the French wars. He greatly distinguished himself at the siege of Roan, and liad as reward the Castle of Basqueville, in Normandy, granted to him and his heirs male for ever. Continuing in these wars, he was slain at the fatal battle of Baugie in' 1421, with his brother William, *the Duke of Clarence, and a great many of the flower of the English nobility. Both Burke and 634 Notes ( by Mr. Warden Newsome ) [ G(3\ Nicolas concur in stating that he was succeeded by his brother Thomas, 9th Baron, but as he did not die before 1431, it is puzzling to know who the John Lord Boos admitted Merchant Taylor in 1425 (No. 83 on the list) was ; he looks very much like a son of the former. 78. This name most probably refers to John, 2nd son of Edmund, 4th Lord Grey of Ruthyn, by his wife the Lady Katherine Percy, mentioned in Note No. 71 ; he would also be a direct descendant from Reginald, Lord Gray, No. 35. 75. Philip Morgan was elected Bishop of Worcester, 27th June 1419, and 1422 translated to Ely, 27th February 1425-6. He was Chancellor of Nor- mandy likewise, and died 25th October 1435. 76. Mr. John Stafford, Privy Seal, was probably the same individual who a few years later occurs as Bishop of Bath and Wells, holding that See from 1425 to 1448, when he was translated to Canterbury, and occupied that See from 1443 to 1452, when probably he died. He most likely was some near connection of Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford, whom he precedes. 77. Humphrey de Stafford, 7th Baron and 6th Earl of Stafford, succeeded his 1423 father, Edmund, who was slain at Shrewsbury, fighting “ ear parte Regis” in 1403. He was created 14th September 1444, Duke of Buckingham, with precedence before all Dukes whatever, save the blood Royal, which occasioned a great dispute between him and Henry Beauchamp, Duke of Warwick. He was* made Constable of Dover Castle and K.G., and fell at the battle of Northampton, 27th July 1460. By his wife. Lady Anne Nevill, daughter of Ralph, 1st Earl of Westmorland ; he left left several sons and daughters, of whom Humphrey, the eldest, slain at the battle of St. Albans, married Margaret, daughter and coheiress of Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, and left by her a son Henry, who succeeded his grandfather. 78. Baronet Bourchier, 3rd Baron Bourchier, died in 1409, leaving by his 2nd wife, Idonece, an only daughter, Elizabeth, who 1st married Sir Hugh Stafford, Knight, who had summons to Parliament from 21st September 1411 to 22nd March 1414, “ jure uxoris” but in his own name only. Having no issue by her first husband, she married, 2ndly, Sir Lewis Robaart, K.G., Standard Bearer to King Henry V., who assumed the title of Bourchier, but was summoned to Parliament in his own name only. He likewise died issueless, and upon the decease of Lady Bourchier in 1432, the barony devolved on her cousin, Henry Bourchier. This entry rather confirms the rule, that husbands were seldom sum- moned in their wives baronies, unless there was issue and an heir apparent. “ Lord Bourcers ” on the list is evidently a title of courtesy. 79. The Abbot of Tower Hill. 80. Mr. William An wick, Privy Seal, is doubtless the same as William Alnewick, Bishop of Norwich from 1426 to 1436, when he was translated to Lincoln, and held that See from 1486 to 1449, about which date he probably died. 81. The Prior of St. Mary Overy. 82. The Prior of St. Trinity in Christchurch. 83. John Lord Roos (see No. 72). 1425 84. Sir John Talbot, Knight, uncle to the last Baroness Ankaret Talbot, succeeded at her decease in minority, August 1431, to the Baronies of Talbot and Strange. He married Maud de Nevil, eldest daughter of G (3). ] on various Honorary Members. 635 Thomas Lord Fur nival, and had summons to Parliament as Lord Talbot of Furnival from 26th October 1409 to 26th November 1421. This is the renowned Sir John Talbot, one of the most illustrious characters in the whole range of English history (see his titles enumerated in Henry VI., Shakespeare). Lord Talbot married two wives ; by the heiress of Furnivall he had three sons : Thomas, who died v.p. in France ; John T., his successor, 2nd Earl Shrewsbury, K.G. j and Sir Christopher Talbot. By his 2nd wife, Lady Margaret Beauchamp, daughter and coheiress of Richard, Earl of Warwick, he had John T., created Baron and Viscount L’Isle ; Sir Humphrey T., Marshall of Calais, died s.p. 1492 ; Sir Lewis T., of Penyard, Herts ; Joane, married to James I. ; Lord Berkeley ; and Elizabeth, married to John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, by whom she left an only daughter, Anne, contracted in marriage to Richard, son of King Edward IV., but died prematurely. 85. This William, Lord Zouch, was a son and heir of William Zouch, No. 61 on list. His father, William, occurs on the list in 1413, and died in 1415; his son William was then only 13 years of age, and was not admitted a Merchant Taylor until he had attained his majority in 1425. He had summons to Parliament fcrom 7th January 1426 to 28th February 1463. He married Alice, daughter and sole heir of Richard, 6th Baron St. Maur, by whom he left a son and heir, William La Zouche, 7th Baron. He died 1468. 86. Sir William Lovel, 8th Baron Lovel, was son of Sir John Lovel, the 7th Baron, by his wife, Alianore, daughter of William, Lord Zouche of Haryngworth, according to the most authentic peerages, but the descents of Zouch and Lovel are so unequal as regards the parallel of dates when set side by side, that it is impossible to be sure if this Sir William Lovell is the William, Lord Lovell, the Merchant Taylor ; an investigation of these two families, running side by side, and apparently frequently intermarrying, is well worthy the notice of the veteran genealogist. 87. William de Harington was 2nd son of Robert de Harington, and succeeded his brother John as 5th Lord in 1418, and had summons to Parliament from 26th February 1421 to 6th September 1439. He died 1457, t.p.m. y leaving his gTandson, William Bouvile, son of Elizabeth, his daughter and heiress apparent (who had died v.p-), his next heir, and who became Baron Harington, jure matrix. His daughter, Elizabeth, had married William, Lord Bouvile, and their grandchild, Cecily, married — 1st, Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset, by whom she left issue, and 2nd, Henry Stafford, Earl of Wiltshire. 88. Thomfls, Baron df Carew, is not easy of identification ; like the Hylton family in Durham , the Carews of Devon seem to have had the rank of Baron assigned to them by universal consent and courtesy, without any actual creation. 89. Walter, Lord Fitz-Walter, was 2nd son of Walter Fits* Walter, 5th Baron, by his wife Joane, daughter of Sir John Devereux, and sister and heiress of John, 2nd Baron Devereux (by which alliance the Baronies of Fitz- Walter and Devereux became united). He was bom in 1400, and succeeded his elder brother Humphrey as 7th Baron in 1419 ; he had summons to Parliament from 12th July 1429 to 27th November 1430. He was much distinguished in the French wars of Henry V. He died in 1482, when the male line of the Fitz- Walters became extinct ; but the Baronies of Fitz-Walter and Devereux were carried by his only daughter, Elizabeth, in marriage to Sir John Ratdiffe, K.G., from which family the Barony of Fitz-Walter eventually passed into the family of Mildmay, though contested by that of Cheek e. 636 Notes (by Mr. Warden Newsome) r g (s). 90. John, Lord Scrope, appears to be Sir John le Scrope, brother and successor to Sir Henry le Scrope, who was beheaded at Southampton in 1415. Sir John was summoned to Parliament from 7th January 1426 to 26th May 1455 as Lord Scrope of Masham and TJpsal. He was constituted Treasurer of the King’s Exchequer, and died 15th November 1455, leaving, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Sir Thomas Cha worth of Wiverton, a son and successor, Thomas, and two daughters, of whom Elisabeth, the younger, was wife of Henry, Lord Scrope of Bolton. 91. John Kemp was Bishop of Rochester 1419 to 1421, when he was translated to Chiohester, and shortly afterwards to London, which See he held from 1422 to 1426, when he was translated to York, holding that Arch- bishoprick from 1426 to 1452, when he was further translated to Can- terbury, and died there in 1454. This prelate was a Cardinal of Borne. 92. John de OTey, 5th Baron, was eldest son and heir of Bichard de Grey, 4th 1426 Baron, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress of Ralph, Lord Basset of Sapcoat. He had summons to Parliament from 26th February 1420 to 3rd August 1428, as John Grey of Codnor. This nobleman died s.p. 9th Henry VI., and was succeeded by his brother, Henry de Grey, the 6th Baron ; his sister Elizabeth married Sir John Zouche. 93. Balph Nevill, 5th Baron Nevill of Baby and 2nd Earl of Westmoreland, 1427 succeeded his grandfather in 1425. His mother was Lady Flizabeth Holland, daughter of Thomas, Earl of Kent, and sister and coheiress of Edmund, Earl of Kent, of direct Plantagenet lineage ; at her death the King allowed her son (Ralph Nevill) then in his minority, 40/., per annum for his maintenance. He married 1st, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Lord Percy (Hotspur [No. 71], and widow of John Lord Clifford, by whom he had a son, John Lord Nevill ; and 2nd, he married Margaret, daughter of Sir Reginald Cobham, Knight, but by her had no issue. He died in 1485. 94. William Gray, otherwise Bpelt Grey, was Bishop of London 1426 to 1431, 1428 when he was translated to Lincoln, which See he held from 1431 to 1436, in which year he died. 95. Elizabeth Bourchier, Baroness Bourchier, daughter and heiress of Baronet 1429 Bourchier (see No. 78), married two husbands; both summoned to Parliament in her right, but not in her Barony, the summons to each being in their own proper name. Her 2nd husband, Sir^Lewis Robsart, K. G., died in 1431, s. p., and his widow, the Lady Bourchier, dying the year following, the Barony devolved upon Henry Bourchier, Earl of Ewe in Normandy, her ladyship’s cousin and next heir, the Merchaut Taylor, No. 78. He married Isabel, daughter of Richard Earl of Cambridge, Protector of Engiand (grandson of King Edward III.), and aunt of King Edward IV., by whom he left issue. 96. William de la Pole, 4th Earl of Suffolk succeeded to the title and estates, 1431 on the death of his brother Michael, who was slam at Agincourt 1415. After a chequered career, being much distinguished in the wars of France (in which country he passed 17 years consecutively), and suffering impeachment on his return to his own country, he was eventually beheaded without trial on the side of a cock-boat at the port of Dover, 1460. His son John de la Pole, having married Lady Elizabeth Plantagenet, sister of King Edward IV. and King Richard III., was confirmed as Duke of Suffolk, by letters patent, dated 23rd March 1463. G (3). ] on various Honorary Members. 637 97. John (de) Sutton, 4th Baron of Dudley, K .G., was a Knight of dis- tinction ; he carried the Standard at the solemn obsequies of Henry V., and was styled Baron of Dudley. He had summons regularly to Parlia- ment from 18th Heniy VI. to 3rd Henry VII., and occupied several posts of trust. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, and widow of Sir Edward Cherlton, Knight, Lord Powis, and left issue, three sons and three daughters ; and dying 1487, was succeeded by his grandson Edward Sutton, 6th Baron, K.G., the eldest son of his eldest son Edward. 98. Gaylard, Lord Dooks. 99. Barard, Lord Montseraut. 100. Barard, Lord Delamotte. } Of these three French Lords nothing but the name can be recorded. 101. Thomas Polton was Bishop of Hereford from 1420 to 1422, when he was 1432 translated to Chichester, in which See he rested from 1422 to 1426, when he was further translated to Worcester, which See he held from 1426 to 1433, soon after which he died. 102. Marmaduke Lumley, Bishop of Carlisle, was in 1450 translated to the See of Lincoln, and probably died sometime in or before the year 1452. 103. Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, was daughter of Reginald, Lord Cobham, 1434 and 2nd wife of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 4th son of King Henry IV.. and Regent of England during the minority of Henry VI. (see No. 63). 104. Richard, Duke of York, was only son of Richard Plantagenet, Earl of Cambridge, by his wife Anne Mortimer, daughter of Roger Mortimer, Earl of March (see No. 8). The Duke of York was also styled Protector ot England, and was slain at the battle of Wakefield, leaving issu^ by his wife Cecily, daughter of Ralph Nevill, Earl of Westmoreland (No. 33), which lady was first styled the “ Rose of Roby,” and later in life “ Prowd Cis,” four sons and three daughters, of whom the eldest son Edward, ascended the throne of England as Edward IV. This again shew* the exalted and powerful position of the House of Nevill. 105. John Strange, 6th Baron Strange of Knockyn, married Maud, daughter and coheiress of John, 2nd Lord Mohun, and died 1398. His son and heir by that lady was Richard, 7th Baron Strange of Knockyn, who married 1st, Constance, which couple appear on the list, No. 197. He married 2ndly, Elizabeth, daughter of Reginald, Lord Cobham, who was the mother of his heir John. Though Richard, the 7th Baron, appears to have enjoyed the Peerage the longest of his line, — viz., 51 years, from 1398 to 1449, yet his heir was but five years old at the time of his father’s death. This John Strange, 8th Baron, married Jacquetta, daughter of Richard Widville, Earl Rivers (see No. 163), and died 13th October 1477. His only daughter and heiress Joan, carried the Barony in marriage to George Stanley, son and heir of Thomas, Lord Stanley (see No. 150), and from this marriage descend the present Earls of Derby. 106. Robert, Lord Poynings, was son of Richard Poynings, 4th Baron, who accompanied John of Gaunt into Spain, and dying there was succeeded by his son Robert, as 5th Baron. This Baron had summons to Parlia- ment from 25th August 1404 to 13th January 1445. He was much engaged in the French Wars of Henry IV., Henry V., and Henry VI., 638 Notes (by Mr. Warden Newsome) [ 0 ( 3 ) and fell at the siege of Orleans in 1466. His lordship married Elizabeth, or Eleanor, daughter of Reginald, Lord Grey de Ruthyn (No. 16), by whom he had two sons, viz., Richard, who married Alianore, daughter of Sir John Berkeley, and dying before his father, left an only daughter and heir, Alianore, who married Sir Henry Percy, son and heir of Hemy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (see No. 71), and died 11th November, 1474. Robert, the second son, was of Esk Hall, Faukam Aske and Chellesfield ; he died 9th Edward IV., and was succeeded in his estates by his son, Sir Edward Poynings. The Barony of Poynings was carried by the heiress to the Percy family. 107. Nicholas, Baron Carew. For remark on this Dignity, refer to Thomas, Baron Carew, No. 88. 108. Reginald West, 5th Baron West and 6th Baron De le Warr, had sum- mons to Parliament from 15th July 1427 to 23rd September 1449 ; he died 1451. He succeeded his half uncle John, 5th Lord de la Warr in the Barony. He married Eleanor, daughter of Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, and so was connected with No. 71. He was succeeded by his son Richard* 7th Baron. 109. This entry most probably refers to John de Yere, 12th Earl of Oxford, who was in his ninth year at the time of his father’s death in 1417. He was a stout Lancastrian, and at the triumph of the Yorkists and accession of Edward IY. in 1461, he was beheaded on Tower Hill, to- gether with his eldest son Aubrey. He married Elizabeth, only daughter and heiress of Sir John Howard (uncle by the half blood to John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk) by whom he left five sons and three daughters. His 2nd son John was restored as 13th Earl. 110. Edmund Ferrers, 5 th titular Baron Ferrers de Chart ley, was son of Robert, 4th titular Baron, but neither of them received summons to Parliament. His mother was Margaret, daughter of Edward, Lord le Despencer, through whom he could trace connection with the Mortimers, and from whom his sister's name (Philippa) was derived. He died 1435-6, and was succeeded by his eldest son William, 6th Baron Ferrer de Chartley. 111. William Lynwood, Privy Seal, is probably the same person who occurs as Bishop of St. David’s, from 1422 to 1446. In those days so many offices of the State and Court were filled by ecclesiastics. He bore for arms a chevron, but the tincture of both shield and charge is un- recorded. 112. Xing Henry Yl. it is well known was the only son of his illustrious father, bora 1421 ; crowned, 6th November 1429 j died in the Tower, 1471. 113. George Nevill, Lord Latimer, was a younger son of Ralph Nevill, the 1st 1437 and Groat Earl of Westmoreland, by his 2nd wife Joan de Beaufort, grand- daughter of King Edward III. On the death of William, the last Lord Latimer of that family, the Barony fell to his only daughter Elizabeth, who .became the wife of Mr. John Nevill of Raby, father of Ralph, the 1st Earl of Westmoreland, and by him she left an only son, John Nevill, summoned to Parliament in his mother’s right from 25th August 1404, to 27th November 1430, when he died s.p., leaving Elizabeth, his sister and sole heir, married to Sir Thomas Willoughby, Knight, in whose descendants the ancient Barony of Latimer vests. But having sold or made over the greater part of those lands, in right of which his summons as a Baron had mainly in the first instance vested, to his half-brother G (3). ] on various Honorary Members. 639 Ralph, the eldest son of their father, Sir John Nevill, by his 1st marriage. G-eorge Nevill, 3rd son of the above named Ralph, and half nephew to the last Baron, John Nevill, having succeeded under some settlement or deed to the lands of Latimer, had summons to Parliament from 25 th July 1432 to 1469 (in which year he died) as Baron Latimer. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and was succeeded by his grandson Richard, eldest son of Sir Henry Nevill, Knight. Margaret Beauchamp, the eldest sister of his wife, was senior coheiress to the Barony of L’Isle, which was conveyed through her to her son John Talbot, she having been the 2nd wife of Sir John Talbot, the 1st and great Earl of Shrewsbury, whose titles are so euphoniously and correctly enumerated by Shakespeare. 1 John Talbot, Baron LTsle, was slain with his father the great Earl, at the battle of Chastillion, in 1453. 114. Robert Nevill, Bishop of Salisbury, was son of Ralph Nevill, 1st Earl of Westmoreland (No. 83), by his 2nd wife, Joane de Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt and brother to Sir George Nevill, Lord Latimer, previously spoken of. He was Bishop of Salisbury from 1427 to 1437, when he was translated to Durham, in which Bee he remained from 1438 to 1457, the probable time of his death. 115. Lewis of Lusingbergh, Chancellor of France, is probably spoken of in French History, which should be referred to. 116. John, Duke of Norfolk, refers to John Mowbray, son of John Mowbray, 1438 the Earl Marshall, K.G., to whom the title of Duke of Norfolk was restored in 1424, and who died in 1432. His son John (No. 116), was con- firmed Duke of Norfolk by patent of 11th March 1444-5. His mother was Lady Katherine Nevill, daughter of R'vlph, Earl of Westmoreland. He himself married Eleanor, daughter of William, Lord Bourchier, and dying in 1461, was succeeded by his son John de Mowbray, Earl of Warren and Surrey. 117. Robert Gilbert was Bishop of London from 1436 to 1448, when he died. He was also Dean of York. It is he, no doubt, who is set down as Robert Gilford. 118. The Abbot and Prior of Westminster. 119. William Fitz-Alan succeeded his nephew, Humphry, Duke of Tourain, and 14th Earl of Arundel, in 1438, and became the 15th EarL He had a great dispute in Parliament with Thomas Courtenay, Earl of Devon, concerning precedency, which he eventually succeeded in having recog- nized. He married Lady Joane Nevill, daughter of Richard, Earl of Salisbury, by whom he Had a son and successor, Thomas, and three 1439 1440 ’ “ But where’s the great Alddes of the field, Valiant Lord Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, Created, for his rare success in arms, Great Earl of Washford, WaterfoTd and Valence; Lord Talbot of Goodrig and Urchinfleld, Lord Strange of Black mere, Lord Verdun of Alton, Lord Cromwell of Wingfield, Lord Fumiral of Sheffield, The thrice-victorious Lord of Falconbridge ; Knight of the noble order of St. George, Worthy St. Michael and the Golden Fleece ; Grand marshal to Henry the Sixth Of all his wars within the realm of France r* King Henry VI ., Pari Act JF n Beene VJL 640 Notes (by Mr. Warden Newsome) [ G (3). other sons. Thomas Fit-Alan, the eldest son, was summoned to Parliament in his father’s lifetime as Lord Maltrarers (see No. 27), and eventually ■succeeded his father as 16th Earl of Arundel. W ill ia m , the father, the 15th Earl,' died in 1488. 120. Thomas de Scales, 7th Baron, is most likely the Lord Scales indicated in the list j he succeeded his brother Bobert, who died unmarried, 1418. He married Emma, daughter of John Walesborough, by whom he left a son and one daughter. The son Thomas died v.p. t.p. The daughter Elizabeth was twice married — 1st, to Henry Bourchier, 2nd son of Henry, Earl of Essex, who died t.p., and 2nd, to Anthony Widvile, summoned “jwre ttxorit” in the Barony of Scales, but succeeded to the Earldom of Rivers, and was beheaded 1483. She died t.p. 121. Robert, Prior of St. John’s. 122. Thomas Boucers is evidently Thomas Bourchier, Bishop of Worcester, 1444 1435 to 1443, when he was translated to Ely, and held that See from 1444 to 1454, when he was translated to Canterbury, and occupied that See from 1455 to 1486, in which year he died, on 30th March. He was a Cardinal, and also Chancellor of England, and was son of William Bourchier, Earl of Ewe. 123. The Hon. John Talbot, the eldest son of John Talbot, the 1st and Great Earl of Shrewsbury, by his 2nd wife, Lady Margaret Beauchamp, daughter and coheiress of Richard, 12th Earl of Warwick, and great grand-daughter of Warine, 2nd Baron L’lsle, was created Baron LTsleby patent, dated 26th July 1443. He married Joan, daughter and co- heiress of Sir Thomas Chedder, of Chedder, county Somerset, and left a son, Thomas, his successor, and two daughters, — Elizabeth, married to Sir Edward Grey, created Viscount L’lsle j and Margaret, married to Sir George Vere, Knight. 124. Sir Thomas Hoo was son and heir of Sir William Hoo, Knight, by his 1445 wife, Alice, daughter of Sir Thomas St. Maur. He was successful in sup- pressing a rebellion in N ormandy, for his expenses concerning which he was granted Hi. per annum for his life out of the revenues of York. In 1447, he was created a Peer, by title of Lord Hoo of Hoo, county Bedford, and of Hastings, county Sussex. By his 2nd wife, Elizabeth, he had an only daughter, Ann, who became the wife of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, Knight, some time Sheriff and Lord Mayor of London, — Sheriff 1445, and Lord Mayor 1467, — by whom she was ancestress to Queen Elizabeth, the Carey family, Lord Hunsdon, and last, though not least, of Admiral Lord Nelson. The ramifications of this marriage are not only very numerous, but extremely interesting. Sir Thomas, Lord Hoo, married, 3rdly, Alianore, daughter of Leo, Lord Welles, by whom he left three other daughters, who all married and left issue. 125. William Molines, 4th Baron, died 3 Henry VI., and left an only daughter and heiress, Alianore Molines, who married Robert Hungerford, 2nd Lord Hungerford, and he had summons as Lord Molines in 1445, and is doubtless the Lord Molynes, No. 125 on the list. 126. John Lowe was Bishop of St. Asaph from 1433 to 1444, when he was translated to Rochester in that See he continued until 1467, in which year he died. 127. Thomas Pomey, Prior of St. Trinity, London. G(3). ] on various Honorary Members. 641 128. John de Beaumont, 6th Baron, was son of Henry de Beaumont, 5th Baron, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of William, Lord Willoughby de Eresby. He occupied a very distinguished position during the reign of King Henry YL, in whose service he eventually laid down his lifo. In the 14th of King Henry (1435-6) he obtained by Letters Patent to him, and to his heirs male, the Earldom of Boloine, and in four years after- wards, 12th February 1440, he was created Viscount Beaumont (being the first person dignified with such a title). After attaining to still further honour, he lost his life at the battle of Northampton, fighting under the Lancastrian banner, 10th J uly 1459. By his wife Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir William Philip, Lord Bardolf, he left, with two daughters, who both married and left issue, a -son, William, his successor. 129. Thomas de Boos, 10th Baron, was bora 9th September 1427, being the son and heir of Sir Thomas de Boos, by his wife, Alianore, daughter of Bichard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. He succeeded his father in 1431, and during his minority his offices, such as required personal services, were discharged by his uncle, Sir Bobert Bos, Knight, as his deputy. Being a staunch Lancastrian, and with the King at York when the news of Towton Field reached the unfortunate monarch, he fled with his Boyal Master to Berwick, and was attainted lBt Edward IV. His lands were confiscated, and Bel voir Castle was granted to the Lord Hastings, who eventually dismantled that noble structure, which re- mained for years little better than a heap of ruins, until the reigns of Henry VIII. and Elizabeth, when its renovation was commenced and completed by Thomas and Henry Manners, 1st and 2nd Earls of Butland. Thomas, Lord Boos, married Philippa, daughter of John, Lord Tiptoft, and sister and coheiress of John, Earl of Worcester, by whom he left one son and three daughters. Edmimd, his son, died unmarried, 13th October 1508, when the Bbrony fell into abeyance between his three sisters, his coheiresses, but the two younger having died s.p., the abeyance terminated in favour of Sir George Manners, son of the elder sister, Eleanor, and her husband, Sir Bobert Manners. Thomas Manners, eldest son and heir of this George, was 2nd Lord Bos, and 1st Earl of Butland, and from him descend the present Dukes Butland, as well as other Peers of the Bealm. 130. John de Sudeley, son of Baronet de Sudeley, by his wife, Maud Mortfort de Beaudesert, married Eleanor, daughter of Bobert, Lord Scales, and dying 14th Edward III., left issue, John, who died unmarried, 1367, and two daughters, Joane, who married William Boteler of Wemme, and had a son, Thomas, who obtained Sudeley Castle, and Margery, who married Sir Robert Massy, Knight, and died s.p. The above Thomas, who obtained Sudeley Castle, had a son, John, who died s.p., and a 2nd son, Sir Ralph Boteler, K.G., of Sudeley Castle, who succeeded his brother, John. This Ralph becoming a person of eminence, was created, by Letters Patent dated 10th September 1441, Baron Sudeley. He is no doubt the Ralph Boteler, No. 130 on the list. He married Alice, daughter of Sir William Deincourt, but left no issue at his decease in 1473 ; the barony therefore became extinct, whilst his estates devolved on his sisters as coheirs, — Elizabeth, married to Sir John Norbury, and Joane, married to Hamond Belknap, Esq. 131. Sir Leo, or Lionel, de Welles succeeded his grandfather as 6th Baron, and was summoned to Parliament from 25th February 1432 to 30th J uly 1460. He adhered to the Lancastrian cause with unbending fidelity, and fell at Towton Field on Palm Sunday, 1461. His remains were deposited 2 T 642 Notes (by Mr. Warden Newsome) [ 0 ( 3 ). in Waterton Chapel, Methley, county York. His Lordship haring first married Joan, or Cecilia, only daughter of Sir Robert Waterton of Waterton and Methley, county York, and sister and heir of Sir Robert Waterton, also of Waterton, Knight, by whom he left a son and heir. Sir Richard Welles, and also four daughters, of whom the eldest, Alianore, married 1st, Thomas, Lord Hoo and Hastings (see No. 124), and the 3rd, Margaret, was wife of Sir Thomas Dymoke, of Scrivesby, the Hereditary Champion of England's family. Leo, Lord Willes, married 2nd, Margaret, sister and heir of Sir John Beauchamp, of Bletshoe, and widow of John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset (by whom she was mother of Margaret, Countess of Richmond, the moth ?r of King Henry YII.) ; by this lady he had another son, John, created Viscount Welles, and summoned to Parliament in that dignity, September 1st, 1487. This John, Viscount Welles, married Lady Cecily Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward IV., and sister-in-law to Henry VII., by whom he had one daughter, Anne, who died young. He died in 1498, when his honours expired. His widow remarried, Sir John Kyme, of Lincolnshire. 132. John Kempe was Bishop of Rochester from 1419 to 1421, when he was 1449 translated to Chichester; this See he held but a few months, being translated to London. He was Bishop of London from 1422 to 1428, when he was translated to York ; this See he held from 1426 to 1462, when he was further translated to Canterbury, which See he occupied but two years, dying 22nd March 1454. He was Cardinal of Rome, and likewise for a time Chancellor of England. 183 . John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester, was only son and heir of Sir John de 1451 Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft, summoned to Parliament from 7th January 1426 to 3rd December 1441, and who died soon after in P443. His son and heir, the above John, was on the 16th July 1449, being then just of age, created Earl of Worcester. After some years of travel and distinc- tion, being a staunch Yorkist, he was during a temporary restoration of King Henry VI. apprehended, conveyed to London and beheaded on Tower Hill, 1470, when all his honours became forfeited. He married 1st, Cecily, daughter of Richard Nevill, Earl of Salisbury, and widow of Henry Beauchamp, Duke of Warwick, but had no issue. He married, 2nd, Elisabeth, daughter of Robert Greyndour, by whom he had a son, John, who died in infancy. He married, 3rd, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Hopton, Esq., and widow of Sir Roger Corbet, Knight of Moreton Corbets, county Salop, by whom he had an only son, Edward, at whose decease, unmarried, in 1485, the Earldom of Worcester became extinct, while the Barony of Tiptoft fell into abeyance amongst his aunts, of whom Philippa, the eldest, alone continued the descent, and in whose issue the abeyance terminated in the person of Sir George Manners (see No. 129). 134. William Waynflete alias Pattyn, was Bishop of Winchester from 1447 to 1452 1487, in which year he died — on the 11th August. He was Provost of Eton College and Chancellor of England. 135. It has already been stated that the family of the Neville, was in the 15th Century so intimately bound up with the Royal reigning line, so splendidly connected by other alliances, and possessed of such enormous wealth, that it is impossible to condense in a foot-note the outline even of a history which is veritably the history of England itself for a great portion of that time. Suffice to say that Ralph Nevill, the 4th Baron, having played a leading part in the political drama of his day, and having sustained it with more than ordinary ability, was, after having G (8). ] on various Honorary Members. 643 executed various high offices, advanced in full Parliament to the dignity of the Earl of Westmoreland (see No. 88). He was twice married, his first wife being Lady Margaret Stafford, daughter of Hugh, Earl ' Stafford, K.G h, for which marriage a dispensation was obtained from Pope Urban V., the Earl and his bride being within the third and fourth degrees of consanguinity : by this lady he had two sons and seven daughters. Of the sons, John, the eldest, died v.p., leaving a son, Balph, who succeeded his grandfather as 2nd Earl of Westmoreland, and con- tinued the elder line. The Earl’s second wife was Joane de Beaufort, daughterof John of Gaunt, by Katherine Swynford,his mistress, and after- wards wife. By her he left a numerous family, of whom Bichard, the eldest son, occurs as No. 137 on the list, and his brother George, as Lord Latimer (see No. 118). Bichard Nevill, the above, having married Lady Alice Montacute, daughter and heir of Thomas, 4th Earl of Salisbury, had that Earldom revived in his person, and was created by letters patent, dated 4th May 1442, Earl of Salisbury and likewise Earl of Warwick, he was also Baron Montacute, jure uxoris. 186. John of Gaunt, by his 3rd wife and former mistress, left three sons and 1453 one daughter, Joane; of these, the youngest son, named Thomas (Beaufort), was, in 13th Henry IV., elevated to the peerage as Earl of Dorset, limited to the heirs male of his body ; he died in 1417 or 1426, t.p. He had an elder brother, Henry, the celebrated Cardinal Beaufort of history, who died at Winchester in 1447. Who Henry, Earl of Dorset, could be, figuring as No. 138, it is not easy to say, unless indeed he was identical with Henry Beaufort, Earl of Morteign, eldest son and heir of Edmund Beaufort, Marquis of Dorset and 4th Earl of Somerset, and this was another title of courtesy. He eventually succeeded his father as 2nd Duke of Somerset, and was K.G., but falling into the hands of the Yorkists after the battle of Hexham in 1468, he was beheaded the day after the battle, and subsequently attainted. 137. Bichard West, 7th Baron De la Warr, succeeded his father Beginald 1458 (No. 108) in 1461, being then aged 19 ; he had summons to Parliament from 22nd January I486 to 19th August 1472, and died 1476. He married Katherine, daughter of Bobert, Lord Hungerford, by whom he left a son and successor, Thomas West, 8th Baron De la Warr, K.G., and K.B. Bichard, the 7th Baron, at one period obtained leave from King Edward “ for himself, 12 . servants, and as many horses, not exceeding the value of 40s. each, to go abroad.” 188. There is no such Bishop as George Nevill recorded in any of the usual 1459 lists of the Bishops of Winchester. 139. King Edward IV. was son of Bichard, Duke of York, by his wife Cecily, 1460 daughter of Balph Nevill, 1st Earl of Westmoreland (see No. 33) ; he was great grandson of King Edward III. on both father and mother’s side, paternally he claimed through Edmund, Duke of York, fourth son of that monarch, and maternally he descended from John of Gaunt, third son and elder brother of the former ; he was bora 1441, ascended the throne 1461, and died 9th April 1482. 140. Humphrey Stafford of Suthwyk, son of William Stafford, by his wife, Katherine, daughter of Sir John Chideok, was summoned to Parliament from 26th July 1461 to 28th February 1463. He was created Lord Stafford by letters patent in 1464, and advanced to the Earldom of Devon, 17th May 1469, after the execution and attainder of Thomas Courtnay, Earl of Devon, who had been made prisoner at Towton. But 2 T 2 644 Notes (by Mr. Warden Newsome) [ G (3). deserting from the King’s army with 800 archers, he was seized and con- veyed to Bridgewater, when his head was cut off, 17th August 1469 : he left two daughters, who both died unmarried. 141. William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, K.G., of Ashby -de-la- Zouche, was summoned by writ 26th July 1461 and until 15th November 1482. l£is arbitrary and sudden execution in 1483, by Richard Duke of Gloucester (King Richard III.), is a matter of English history. He was descended from a younger son of William, 3rd Baron Hastings, whose line termi- nated in the Earls of Pembroke (see No. 9). He married Katherine, daughter of Richard Nevill, Earl of Salisbury, and widow of William, Lord Bouville and Harington ; by whom be left his heir, Edward Hastings. He was the celebrated Chamberlain of King Edward IV. 142. Henry Fitzhugh, 5th Baron, was son of William Fitzhugh, 4th Baron who died in 1452, by hi9 wife, Margary, daughter of William, Lord Willoughby de Ercsby. He was was born in 1430, and was summoned to Parliament from 26th May 1455 to 15th October 1470. He married Lady Alice Nevill, daughter of Richard, Earl of Salisbury, and con- sequently was brother-in-law to Lord William Hastings, who precedes him on the list ; he had five sons and several daughters, from one of whom, Elizabeth, descended Katherine Parr, Queen to King Henry YIII. Lord Fitzhugh died in 1472. 143. George, Duke of Clarence, was third son of Richard, Duke of York, K.G. 1462 (see No. 104). His death by drowning in a butt of malmsey is a matter of history. He married Isabel, daughter and coheiress of Richard Nevill, Earl of Warwick. 144. Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was fourth son and next brother to the Duke of Clarence, who precedes him on the list. His usurpation of the throne, and the crimes attributed to him, are too well-known to require comments here, Shakespeare has immortalized them and him. 145. Sir John Nevill, third son of Richard Nevill, Earl of Salisbury, by Lady 1465 Alice Montacute, daughter and heiress of Thomas Montacute, Earl of Salisbury, had summons to Parliament as Baron Nevill of Montague by King Henry VI. in 1460 ; but afterwards espousing the interests of the House of York, he had similar summons on the ascension of King Edward IV., and on the 26th May 1467, he was advanced to the dignity of the Earl of Northumberland (in consequence of the flight of Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, with Henry VI.). He shortly after defeated the Lancastrians, under the Duke of Somerset, at Hexham, and was rewarded with extensive grants from the forfeited lands in the counties of Norfolk, Leicester, Nottingham, Suffolk, and York. In the 10th of Edward IV., the Earl was induced to resign the peerage of Northumberland in order that “ the Percy ” might be restored, and in lieu thereof was created Marquis of Montagu. Soon after, however, joining with his brother, the Earl of Warwick, in attempting the resto- ration of King Henry VI., he eventually Bharcd the fate of that eminent nobleman in the battle of Barnet, 14th August 1471. In that conflict both brothers fell, and both were subsequently attainted. The Marquis married Isabel, daughter and heir of Sir Edmund Ingoldsthorp, Knight, and by her (who married, 2ndly, Sir William Norris) had issue, George, who was created Duke of Bedford, 5th January 1469, by King Edward IV., with the intention of bestowing upon him his eldest daughter, Lady Elizabeth Plantagenet, in marriage. After the attainder of his father and the consequent confiscation of his heritable estates, having no means G (3). ] on various Honorary Members. 645 of sustaining the ducal dignity, his Grace was degraded from all his dignities and honours by Parliament in 1477. He died in 1483, s.p., and was interred at Sheriff Hutters. 146. Lord John, Earl of Oxenford, was the 2nd son of John de Yere, the 12th Earl, who, with his eldest son Aubrey, was beheaded on Tower Hill in 1461 (see No. 109). During the temporary triumph of the House of Lancaster, 10th Edward IV., he was restored as 13th Earl of Oxford, K.G., and sat as Lord High Steward on the trial of John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester, who was condemned and beheaded on Tower Hill. After the Battle of Barnet, he and two of his brothers were attainted, but pardoned their lives. Subsequently escaping from prison and doing good service to Henry VII. at the Battle of Bosworth, the elder brother John was restored to his title and possessions. He was made Constable of the Tower and Lord High Admiral of England, Ireland, and the Duchy of Aquitaine. Upon the accession of Hemy VIII., the Earl of Oxford was restored to the ^office of Great Chamberlain of England, originally granted to his ancestor, Aubrey de Vere, by King Henry I., in which year he had the Constableship of the Castle of Clare, county Suffolk, confirmed to him for life, as also a grant and confirmation of the Castle of Colchester ; which Maud, the Empress, conferred upon his family. Of this distinguished personage (who was celebrated for his splendid nospitality, and was esteemed a gallant, learned, and religious man) and his Monarch King Henry VII., the following story is told. The Monarch visiting the Earl's Castle at Hedingham, was sumptuously entertained there by the princely noble, and at his departure his lordship's retainers in livery, ranged on both sides, made an avenue for the King j which attracting his Highness's attention, he called out to the Earl and said “ My Lord I have heard much of your hospitality, but I see it is greater than the speech. The handsome gentlemen and yeomen which I see on both sides of me, are surely your menial servants”? The Earl smiled, and said “It may please your Grace, they were not for mine ease $ they are most of them my retainers, that are come to do me service at such a time as this, and chiefly to see your Grace.'' The King started a little, and rejoined, “ By my faith, my Lord, I thank you for my good cheer, but I may not endure to have my laws broken in my sight ; my attorney must speak with you.” It is added that this affair cost his lordship eventu- ally, no less than 15,000 marks in the shape of compromise. The Earl married 1st, Lady Margaret Nevill, daughter of Richard, Earl of Salisbury, by whom he had a son John, who died young in the Tower, during his father’s exile. His lordship married 2nd, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Scrope, Knight, but had no issue. He died in 1513, and was succeeded by his nephew, the eldest surviving son of his brother, Sir George Vere. 147. Sir John Ratcliffe, Knight, Governor of Tronusak in Acquitaine, had 1,000 marks allowed him for the guard thereof, 7th Henry Y. In the 4th Henry VI., Sir John had a grant of the wardship of Ralph, Earl of Westmoreland, in consideration of 2,000 marks then due to him by the King for service in his military capacity. This eminent soldier, who was Knight Banneret and K.G., married Elizabeth Fitz- Walter, only daughter and heiress of Walter Fitz-Walter, last Baron Fitz- Walter of that family, and was succeeded at his decease by his son, Sir J ohn Ratcliffe, who in 39 Hemy VI. obtained a pardon of intrusion, for entering on the lands of his inheritance. He it is, no doubt, who is described as son and 646 Notes (by Mr. Warden Newsome) [G(3). heir of the Lord Fit*- Walter, No. 147. For treason in connection with Perkyn Warbeck’s spurious claim to the throne, he wna attainted ; end endeavouring to escape whilst being conveyed to Calais, he ms then beheaded in the year 1495. 148. John de la Pole, was son of William de la Pole, 4th Earl Suffolk (No. 96), 1466 and having married Lady Elisabeth Plantagenet, sister of King Edvard IV., was confirmed as Duke of Suffolk by letters patent, dated 23rd March 1463. Upon the accession of King Henry VII., his Grace wsi made Constable of Wallingford. The Duke had issue John, who by special Charter, dated 13th March 1467, was created Earl of Lincoln, and in 2nd Richard III., was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. After this he was declared by his uncle, the same monarch, heir to the Crown of England, in the event of the decease of his own son, Prince Edward. His Lordship in the next reign having reared the standard of revolt, fell at the battle of Stoke, 16th June 1487. His brother Edmund succeeded their father John, who died in 1491. 1 19. The Earl of Shrewsbury here mentioned, is George Talbot, the 3rd Earl, son of John the 2nd Earl, by his 2nd wife Elizabeth, daughter of James Butler, Earl of Ormonde and Wiltshire, and grandson of John Talbot, the 1st and celebrated Earl of French renown (see No. 123). He married Katherine, daughter of Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, and died 28th June 1473, leaving George, his son and heir, 4th Earl of Shrevs- bury and K.G, 150. Thomas Stanley, 1 12th Baron Stanley, K.G., was son and heir of Sir John Stanley, M.P. for county Lancaster, 1416, by his wife Isabel, sister of Sir William Harington, K.G., of Hornby, which Sir John died 1481. Thomas, his son and heir, was summoned by writ, 20th January 1456, and married Joan, daughter and coheiress of Sir Robert Gousill, Knight, of Hoveringham, county Notts. Dying in 1459, he was succeeded by Thomas, his son and heir, eventually the 1st Earl of Derby, No. 150 on the list. He waa summoned to Parliament from 30th July 1460 to 9th December 1483, and was created Earl of Derby, 27th October 1485, on the accession of Henry VII. to the throne. He married 1st, Eleanor, daughter of Richard Nevill, Earl of Salisbury, and sister to the king-making Earl of Warwick, and was thus brother-in-law to several noble peers pre- viously mentioned. Henry Beauchamp, Duke of Warwick, No. 51 ; John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester, No. 133 ; Hemy, Lord Fitzhugh, No. 143; William, Lord Bouville, 87 j John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, No 9 ; and William, Lord Hastings, No. 141, were all of them husbands of his wife’s sisters, so that one small part of the list alone formed a regular family group. Lord Stanley married 2nd, Margaret Countess of Rich- mond, foundress of St. John’s and Christ’s Colleges, Cambridge, widow of Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond, daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, and mother of King Henry VII., but by this lady he left no issue. By his 1st wife, Eleanor, he left three sons of whom George, the eldest, became, jure uxoris, 9th Baron Strange of Knockyn, and was so summoned by writ from 16th November 1482 to 16th January 1497 ; he was K.G., and died 1497, v.p., leaving' a son, Thomas, successor to his grandfather. This George, Lord Strange, was hostage and guarantee for his father’s good faith, and who so nearly lost his life on the morning of the battle of Bos worth Field (vide Shakespeare). 1 The 2nd Lord Stanley, who succeeded to the title in 1468-9 and died in 1504. In the play cd Richard III., Shakespeare represents him as bringing the crown from the dead King and placing it ojj Richmond’s head. -Act 6. Soene 8. G (3). ] on various Honorary Members. 647 151. Richard Fie nee married Joan, grand- daughter and heir of Thomas Dacre, last lord of that family, which Thomas died in 1457, his grand- daughter Joan, being then 25 years of age. Her husband, it appears, in consequence of some dispute, was declared Lord Dacre, and one of the Barons of the Realm, by patent, 7th November, 37th Henry VI., held to be a confirmation of the original Barony, and was summoned to Parlia- ment from 9th October 1459 to 15th November 1482 as Lord Dacre. He died in 1484. Prom him descended the Barons Dacre now repre- sented by 152. William Herbert was summoned to Parliament 26th July 1461 as William Herbert of Herbert, and in 1848, on 8th September, was created Earl of Pembroke and K.Gh, but was beheaded 1469. His son, William Herbert, resigned the Earldom of Pembroke to please King Edward IV., who wished to confer it on hiB son, Prince Edward. He received instead the title of Earl of Huntingdon, 4th July 1479, but died 1491, leaving an only daughter, Elizabeth, who married Sir Charles Somerset, K.G., natural son of Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, from whom the extant Dukes of Beaufort. Sir Charles was created Earl of Worcester 1st February 1514, and died in 1526. Henry Somerset, his son, succeeded both his father and mother in their Baronies, and was also 2nd Earl Worcester. 153. William de Ferrara, 6th Baron Ferrars of Chartley, died 1449, leaving an only daughter Anne, his heir, who married Walter Devereux, Esq., summoned, jure uxoris, in 1461 as Baron Ferrers of Chartley. He was killed at Bosworth Field, 1485. 154. John May, Abbot of Chartley, was probably domestic Priest, or as we should now term it Chaplain, to the above William, Lord Ferrers. 165. William, Abbot of St. Austins, Canterbury. 156. John Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk, was son and heir of John, thqllrd 1469 Duke, K.G., by Eleanor his wife, daughter of William, Lord Bourshier. He was created v.p., with reference to his maternal descent, Earl Warren and Earl of Surrey. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, by whom he left an only daughter Anne, con- tracted in marriage to Richard, son of Edward IV., but died before marriage was consummated. The Duke died 1475, when all his honours, except the Baronies of Mowbray and Segrave, expired. 167. George Nevill Duke of Bedford, was so created 6th January 1469, by King Edward IV., with the intention of bestowing upon him in marriage his eldest daughter, the Lady Elizabeth Plantagenet (see Ne. 145, where the unfortunate career of this nobleman is mentioned). 158. Robert Morley, 6th Baron Morley, died in 1442, leaving an only daughter and heir, Alianore Morley, aged 23, who married William Lovel, 2nd son of William Baron Lovel of Tichmersh, summoned, jure uxoris, as Lord Morley, from 10th August 1469 to 15thOctober 1475, or 1476. His son Henry Lovel was never summoned to Parliament, and died 1489, s. p., when his only sister, Alice, carried the Barony of Morley by marriage to tlie Parker family, 159. Xady Anne Ferrers, only daughter and heiress of William, the 6th Baron, has already been alluded to in the notice of her husband, Walter Devereux, uxoris , Lord Ferrers, No. 153 on list. 160. Dawrence Bothe, or Booth, was Bishop of Durham 'from 1457 to 1476, when he was translated to York, which See Jie occupied from 1476 to 1460, in which year he died, May 19th. 648 Notes ( by Mr. Warden Newsome ) [ G (3). 161. John Bothe, or Boothe, Bishop of Exeter from 1465 to 1478, in which year he died, April 5th ; was half brother to Lawrence, Bishop of Durham, who precedes him, and were both sons of John Booth, Esq., of Barton, county Lancaster, living in the reigns of Richard II. and Heniy IV. The family was an extremely ancient one in that county and held posts and offices of the highest importance and trust. In the time of James I., the head of family was created a Baronet in 1611, and the 2nd Baronet in 1664 was created Lord Deiamere, a title whose possessor was advanced to an Earldom in April 1690, as Earl of Warrington, and which title has been continued to the family of G-rey, Earls of Stamford, the present representatives of the senior branch of the Booth family, though this is considered doubtful by some authors. 162. The Lord of Northumberland refers to Henry Percy the 4th Earl, who in 1471 1467 had fled with King Henry VI., into Scotland and his dignities ; and portions of his estates had been granted to Sir John Nevill of Montagu, who was subsequently advanced by the victorius Edward IV., to the Earldom of Northumberland (see Nos. 145 and 157). But halting in his allegiance he was persuaded by that monarch to resign the Percy title j which was restored to its former possessors, and Lord Nevill in lieu thereof created Marquess of Montagu, 25th May 1470. This proving somewhat a barren honour, and below his expectations, he soon revolted, saying “ the King had only giving him a pie's nest,” and fell at Barnet, 14th April 1471. On the restoration of Henry Percy to his ancient dignity, his name appears to have been recorded on the Merchant Taylors’ Rolls, where so many of his ancestors had shone before him. He married Maud, daughter of William Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, and dying 28th April 1489, was succeeded by his eldest son, Heniy . Algernon Percy, 5th Earl, K.G. 163. Anthony Widville has been mentioned before under the title Lord Scales 1476 (No. 120). He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Widville, of Grafton, Governor of the Tower of London, King Henry VI., and Knighted by the King at Leicester in the following year. Who was afterwards constantly employed in the Wars of France, and who married without licence Jacquelina, or J acquetta, de Luxembough, daughter of Peter I., Compte de St. Pol and Brienne, and widow of his late commander, the King’s uncle, John, Duke of Bedford, for which transgression and for livery of the castles, manors, and lands, constituting her Grace’s dowry he paid a fine of 1,000/. He served after, under Richard Dqke of York, and was elevated to the peerage, 9th May 1448, as Baron Rivers, in which title he was succeeded by Anthony his son and heir, then Lord Scales. Anthony Widville, eldest son of the before named Sir Richard and Jacquette his wife, which lady died 1472, became brother-in-law to King Edward IV., by the marriage of that monarch with his sister Elizabeth Widville, widow of Sir John Grey, Lord Grey of Grosby. The said Anthony Widville had himself married Elizabeth, widow of Henry Bourchier, and only daughter and heiress of Thomas, last Lord Scales, in whose right he was summoned to Parliament as Baron Scales, from 22nd December 1462 to 23rd February 1463 ; he succeeded his father in the Earldom of Rivers, 1469, and was beheaded, together with his second son, Sir John Widville, at Pontefract in 1483, dying <.jp. He .was succeeded in his honours, except the Barony of Scales, by his brother Richard, who became 3rd Earl Rivers, but he, dying unmarried m 1491, the Barony and Earldom of Rivers became extinct, while his lands des- cended to his nephew, Thomas, Marquess of Dorset, whom he named as his heir. G (3). ] on various Honorary Members . 649 364. John Russell was Bishop of Rochester from 1476 to 1480, when he was translated to Lincoln, which See he held from 1480 to 1494. He was Archdeacon of Berks, Chancellor of Oxford, and Chancellor of England ; and died 30th December 1494. 165. In the list of Lords High Treasurers of England, printed in Beatson’s 1483 Political Index, 2nd edition, 1788, Sir Richard Wood, Knight, occurs in 1483. — Qy. t should this name be John or Richard ? 166. We have seen that nearly all the immediate ancestors and connections of this monarch were Merchant Taylors, as well as his wife’s relatives, and it was only natural therefore that when he re-established his house on a long disputed throne, he should have been anxious at least to identify himself with such a stable power in the State as the citizens of London. By his marriage in 1486 with Elizabeth, the heiress of York, he not only terminated the destructive wars of the Roses and secured to himself a peaceful and undisputed throne, which is a matter of history, but he consolidated in his own person, the traditionary brotherhood and connec- tion of several distinguished members of the Merchant Taylors’ Company, and the interest he took in that association is not only shown in the registration of his name on the Honorary List, but by the further incor- poration of the Company under his auspices and Charters in the eighteenth year of his reign (1503), as 44 the Master and Wardens of the Merchant Tailors of the Fraternity of St. John the Baptist, in the City of London.” They being before that styled, 44 The Taylors and Linen Armourers " only. This monarch was a direct discendant of Ralph Nevill, 1st Earl of Westmoreland (see No. 33) ; his history is so entirely that of England that it would be needless to say more than that he died 22nd April 1509. 167. Edward Stafford, son and heir of Henry Stafford, and great grandson of 1510 Humphrey Stafford, 4th Earl of Stafford, by his wife Ann Plantagenet, was restored in blood in 1486, made Lord High Constable, and K.G., and beheaded in 1483, as his father was before him in 1481. By his wife, Lady Alianore Percy, he left with three daughters, a son Henry, who succeeded to his father’s name, but not to his titles or lands, and the remaining history of the family is one of constant misfortune. 168. Thomas Ratcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, of that family, and K.G., was grand 1562 nephew of Edward, Duke of Buckingham, who precedes him on the list, being grandson of his sister Elizabeth. He married twice, 1st, Lady Elizabeth Wriothesly, daughter of Thomas, Earl of Southampton ; and 2nd, Francis, daughter of Sir William Sidney, Knight, but left no issue by either to survive. He died June 19th, 1588, at his house in Bermondsey, Southwark, and was succeeded by his brother, Sir Henry Ratcliffe, 5th Lord Fitz- Walter and 4th Earl of Sussex, Knight of the Garter. These notes to the greater part of 168 names on the List of Honorary Members as presented to King James I., have no pretension to originality. Every book likely to afford assistar.ee and information has been laid under contribution. In some instances the line of descent’ is not shown to be the same by different writers ; and occasionally the date of death, or other important event, is given differently, and so altogether omitted in the notes furnished. It is consequently requested that these notes may be regarded only as explanatory and suggestive, to arouse, if possible, the reader’s interest, and to tempt him to further enquiry, and not at all as a carefully considered commentary in which no error should be found. Unfortunately they have been thrown together in such a hasty manner, that error must exist ; and many points of interest from the linking of names together 050 John Stove, an Examinant before the Lord Mayor [ H. are doubtless omitted. The object in supplying them has been to try and stimulate or produce an interest in a long list of names whose representatives in the flesh are not usually known to general readers without some such sort of a re mind er. When the memory can be jogged by a referenoe to Shakespeare, or to our English Historians, — or more satisfactory still, to our Peerages of the day, — joining the present with the past, we begin to feel that we are not altogether “ Down among the dead men,” and an interest of some amount is awakened within us. It would have been possible, with more time for reflection and consideration, no doubt, to have connected many existing families with the names commented upon, but time not allowing, it is hoped the notes will be accepted for what they are worth only, and not regarded as a well-digested commentary on so rich and noble a List. W. N. MEMORIAL XXXIV. APPENDIX H. JOHN STOWE, AN EXAMINANT BEFORE THE LORD MAYOR AND MASTER AND WARDENS, IN 1568. A controversy arose between Elisabeth and the Duke of Alva about the seizure of Spanish Treasure in the Straits of Dover, which led to reprisals upon English subjects in the Low Countries. The incidents were stated on behalf of Her Majesty hy a Proclamation, dated Hampton Court, 6th January; and on behalf of the Duke of Alva, hy a Manifesto from the Spanish Ambassador (Don Ghierau D’Espes), dated 10th January 1669. This Manifesto gave great offence to the Privy Council, and an examination was held before the Civic authorities to find out by whose agency, currency or circulation had been given to it. On the date of its publication information was sent up from the Drapers’ and Haberdashers’ Companies, and one John Baptista appears from another informant to have read the Manifesto to some English Merchants at the Pope’s Head, in Lombard Street. On the 17th February, the same enquiry was pursued before the Master and Wardens of the Grocers’ Company, and before the Lord Mayor, upon which latter occasion John Stowe was put under examination, as appears in this extract- : — “ Coram majo*® Civ* “ Decimo septimo die ffebruarii 1668, London. annoqz undecimo Dne Elizabeth Begins. “ Deis die et Anno. “ John Stowe, m9chauntt, a collector of cronycles, examined, sayth that he hath a copy of one of the foresayd billes in englyshe, and he had the same of one Henry Boswell aboute fortenight paste. And he sayth that he redd the same to one Allyn a taylo r , and one Snellinge a carpento r , his neigbo rt ; but he sayth that he nev9 gave copy oute of yt. And he sayth that he had an other oopye of the same of one Roberte Calye Stacyon^, and conferred them bothe together and made one true copye oute of them bothe. And he saythe that the sayde Boswell tolde hym that he had the same of a Spaniarde Pryson^ w th M r Osborne in the Spanishe tonge, one of M r Osborne's Savants translated into Englyshe.” and Master and Wardens, in 4568. 651 II. ] A* Stowe had evidently talked the matter over with hie brother Taylors, the enquiry was referred to the Master and Wardens of the Guild, and it is curious to note from the depositions of the several examinants how very shy of knowing much about the matter they appear to have been. The knowledge or memory of the nine Taylors examined was too frequently failing them to bring guilt home to any ‘ brother of the craft/ though John Stowe possibly stood exposed to some risk. The depositions were in these words : — “ Examynacons had k taken by the M r & Wardens of the M^chanttaillo™ of these psons undemamed, cons^nynge a writynge or answer made by or in the of the Spanysshe Imbassador unto a Proclamation of late sett forthe by the Quenes Ma ti « for the Admonishinge of her Subjects to forbeare the traffique into Kynge of Spaynes Countrie. “ Ffirete, Geobgb Sotherton, M^clianttaiUo* beinge examyned upon the p9mysses sayethe, That he aboute three weeks paste, sawe a copie of such a like writinge, written in the Englisshe tonge in thands of William Meryck, Meehan taillor w« h he read unto him accordinglie. And further he saiethe, That one Hannoe Browne lienge in his house sayed, That certen Douohemen had knowledge of suche a like writinge, More thereof he cannot saye. “ Itm, Rbigwolde Barker, M^ohanttaillor, likewyse sayethe, That aboute xiiij daies laste paste he harde a talke upon the Bursae, That one of the Barns shoulde have suche a like writinge, But who it was that gave that reporte, he dothe not nowe remember. “ Itm, Rychabde Mate, M9chanttaillo r , sayethe, That aboute three weeks paste, he harde one, Hannoe Ontease beinge at the postm9 his house, That the Spanysshe Imbassadof had made answer unto the Quenes Ma^ proclamacon, and that the Bayd Hannoe had read it in the Spanisshe tonge, more he cannot saye. “ Itm, Bobabtb Hulson, M9ohanttaillo r , saiethe, That one Thomas Steven Skynner declarid unto hym, That one John Stowe, a M°chanttaillo T , hadde a Copie of the same writinge from the Spanishe Imbassado r , more he cannot saye. “ John William Kympton, M^chanttaillor, sayethe, That he harde saye. That one of the Barns hadde a copye of the same writinge made by the Spanisshe Imbassador, w« h sayde Copie the saide Barns shoulde delyver unto the Quenes Co unsell. But of whome he harde the same, he dothe not nowe remember. “ Itm, Johm Stowe, M9chanttaillo r , sayethe, That he aboute xiiij daies paste or more, hatha hadde two sev^all Copies of the saide answer made to the Quenes Ma ti «* Proclamacion in engliBshe, The Arete Copie whereof, he hadde of one Rob te Caley stacion^ in Patemuster Rowe, and the other Copye he hadde of Harry Boswell abidinge w^ Maister Osborne, M^chante, oute of the w 0 * 1 two Copies he sayethe, That he drewe oute one pfecte Copie, the w* h he deliv^ed unto my L. Mayor, And likewyse the Copie w<* he hadde of the acide Harry Boswell, And the Copie w ch he hadde of the saide Harry Boswell, And the copie w<* h he hadde of the saide Caley was by the saide Stowe unto hym delyv^ed againe. And further he sayethe, That he harde saye, That the firsts Copye of the Bayde writinge was in the Spanysshe tonge in the custodie of a Strainger lienge in Osborne his house and was translated into englisshe by one of the savants of the saide Maister Osborne but by w^b of them he knowethe not. “ And further the saide Stowe sayethe, That he did reade one of the sayde Copies unto one Thomas Steven Skynner, and whiles that he was readings the same unto hym ther came two of his neighbo™, viz., Rob te Allyn, draper, k Will 01 Snelinge, carpenter, and also he the saide Stowe tolde Willm More, Meehan taillor, t hat he hadde sene suche a oopie. “ Itm, Thomas Lanoton, M$chanttaillo r , saiethe, That he sawe a Copie of the same answer in thands of one Hanse Woutere, factor for John Debend, beinge at the Postm9 his house, w« h answer was in Douche, and translated oute of Spanysshe as the sayde Hanse reported unto the saide Thomas Langton, and more he cannot saye. 652 Mr. Wilkes's Petition to Marry and to [r. “ Itm, Abraham Smtthb, M^chanttaillor, saiethe, That he aboute a monthe paste Did see a Stranger whose name , beinge at the Posting his house translatinge of the sayde answer oute of Spanysshe into Douche, more he cannot saye. " Itm, Willm Mebick, M^chanttaillor, saiethe, That he hadd a Copie of the Answer that Kinge Pliillipps Imbassado r made to the Quenee Mat 1 ** Proclamacon, deliv^ed to hym by John Baptyst Sanvittaris, in the Spanysshe tonge, w* h Copie after the sayde Willm Merick had written it oute, woorde for woorde, in the Spanysshe tonge, deliv^ed k againe unto the saide J ohn Baptist, myndinge to have p^sented the same answer unto M r Secretory Cycell, did translate it into englisshe, And in the meanetyme did Bend woorde thereof unto M r Secretory Cysell, by one Blase Sanders, of London, Grocer, that if his honor hadde not the same Copye, he woulde bringe it unto hym, who .made answer to the saide Blase Sanders, that he hadde it frome the Imbassado 1 And the Copie w* h the saide W m Merick translated into englisshe oute of the Spanisshe tonge did deliy9 it unto one William Burrowe to shewe it unto M r Tamworthe of the Prevye Chamber, w ch is not as yett come unto his hands. And for because he woulde have had the foresaide Copie fayTe, written to have p^sented it as afforesaide, deliv^ed it unto one Xpofer Hudson, median te, that his savant mighte Copie it oute, who made two Copies thone for the saide W m Merick, and the other to remayne w th hymself, also Rob 4 * Dowe, M^ohanttaillo r , requested to have a Copie of the same writinge w ch he gave unto hym And also the saide W m Merick sayethe that the saide John Baptyste de Sarvitorris deliv^ed the same Copie unto Ozias I) ea ran da to translate it into the englisshe tonge the w* h the Baide W m Merick did see, and readde it, more he cannot saye.” My attention was called to these papers by Mr. Martin, and they are numbered 17, 26, 88-9 and 40, and 120-2 and 143, in the Catalogue of State Papers (F.S.) Elizabeth, 1669-71, London, 1874. MEMORIAL XXXVIII. APPENDIX I. MR. WILKE8*8 PETITION TO MARRY AND TO BE TRANSLATED FROM THIS TO THE VINTNER*8 COMPANY. “April llth, 1591. “ The Petition signifieth that he hath proceeded in communication and speach of marriage with one Helen Hodgson, widowe, late the wyfe of one Gyles Hodgson of London, Vintener, deceased, and the matter and full agreement of the marriage resteth upon his translation and settinge over frome this Ffraternitie to the Company of Yinteners, without the obteyning whereof she meaneth not to proceed any further in the mache. The state of which cause being considered with the event thereof (viz.) the losse of such a Brother beinge himselfe a good member of the Company, and the losse of other branches and good members of this societie which myghte rise out of him which by privation in this course will be cut off. It is a mocyon that the Companye cannot with anye readiness or forwardness entertayne, yet rather than he should be prejudiced in his advancement by the straightness© of the companie, some be translated to the Vintners Company, 653 I- ] consideration is thought fitt to be had how his sute maye be yeilded unto, but ffirst yt is resolved & ordered that these persons hereafter named shall repay re unto the widowe and see how they can prevayl with her by perswasion to proceed in the marriage and to become a sister of this Companie, and as they shall End her addicted to the motion, further order be taken. “The persons nominated to this conference are— “ Mr. Wilforde, Chamberlain of London, “ Mr. George Sotherton, “ Mr. Nowell Sotherton, “ Mr. Boger Abdy.” “ the widow hodoson’s beply, and pubtheb delibebation on mb. wilkes’s case. “April 10 th t 1591. “ The reporte made at this Courte was 1 that she, the Widowe Hodgson will by no meanes assente to leave her trade.’ “ The subjecte therefore is again considered, and forasmuche as either the saide Wm. Wilkes is to be licensed to change his copie, or ‘else he is lyke to loose the benefit of his marriage, the company© doe so farr tender the benefitte & preferrmente of the saide Wm. Wilkes that they are content for his good to license him to be translated over to the Yinteners hopeinge, that howsoever the necessitye of the cawse doth© drawe him to another society e yet they hope his good affection towardes this howse will not be withdrawn© nor discontinued, and in hope thereof they are content to yield to his sute, and to leave the fyne of dispensation in such lyke case used, to his owne discretion, but with this, that ffirste he be bounds that his sonne who is bounde aprentize to a Freeman of the Company of Clothworkers maye be kept© from beinge enrolled to th’ende he maye be free of this Company© by patrymonie. And further that such aprentizes as he hath already bound unto hym may be presentlie enrowled in the Chamber of London, and that those which he shall here- after take into his service to employe in Merchandize and Draperie be bounde aprentize to some merchant tailor, and soe to be sett over to him to th’ende they maye become brethren of this Companie. Whereunto he willingly assenteth and doeth voluntarily offer to this Companye a remembrance in Plate suche as he hopetli they will accepte of, and will otherwise hereafter shewe some further arguments of his affection to this Companye as God shall enable him, which is left© wholly to his discretion with this further injunction, that he promyse at all dayes of Election of the Maister of this Companye to whiche he and his wyfe shall be invited as guests, that they both shall come to this Howse.” “MB. WILKES’S PBEBENT OP PLATE TO THE COMPANY. “ June 1th, 1592. “ At this Courte, Mr. Wilkes', a late Brother of this Companie, and at his earneste sute to this House, licensed to be transferred over to the Companie of Yintenors, hathe in thankfulness© to this Companie for theire saide assente given him ffor his Preferrment, brought and delivered to this Howse a Bason and Ewre of Silver gilt with his name and his wyfe’s name graven thereupon as his guifte and remembrance of his thankfulness to this Societye.” 654 The Opinion of Sir James Scarlett MEMORIAL XLI. [ J(2). APPENDIX J (1). RESOLUTIONS OF THE COURT HOT TO PRODUCE THEIR RECORDS TO THE CORPORATION COMMISSIONERS. “ The Merchant Tailors’ Company hare passed resolutions refusing to submit to the Corporation Commission. 1 The Master and Wardens, after expressing their readiness to disclose their affairs to any competent tribunal, and their loyalty to the King, and detailing the reasons why they think that it is not within the prerogative of the Crown to compel the disclosures required, or within the power of the House of Commons to communicate such a privilege to the Crown, resolved — “ That this Court being satisfied that any information given by their authority to the Municipal Corporation Commissioners would be purely voluntary, feel that they cannot, consistently with the ancient and lawful oath taken by each individual on his admission to the Court .of Assistants, disclose any matter which in their know- ledge or judgment was not intended to be published. “ That this Court, in declining to give any information whatever to the Com- missioners appointed under and by virtue of the Commission aforesaid, are desirous of assuring the Commissioners most respectfully that there is nothing in the history, constitution, or administration of the Merchant Tailors’ Company that the members of this Court have, collectively or individually, any wish or interest to withhold from inquiry. *• That, on the contrary, it would be a source of gratification to them to have the opportunity of demonstrating the increased and increasing extent and utility of the charities which, as well by a due economy of their revenues, as by the muni- ficence of several of their predecessors, members of this Court, they have been able to establish and to enlarge ; but they are actuated exclusively by two considerations — first, the oath of office, which they think precludes them from voluntary dis- closures; and, secondly, the persuasion that the universal, though reluctant sub- mission of all the Corporations in the kingdom to a Commission so manifestly unlawful, and, in their judgment, so inconsistent with the security of the property and rights of the subject, could not fail to be treated as a sanction to such an exercise of the prerogative, and to become a precedent full of danger to future times Wherefore, they conceive it to be the more especial duty of such of these bodies as have no favour to expect and no danger to fear, to meet this unlawful encroachment of power with unqualified resistance." The resolutions were supported by the opinions of Sir James Scarlett, Mr. Follett, and Mr. Rennell. APPENDIX J (2). THE OPINION OP SIR JAMES SCARLETT ON THE POWERS OP THE COMMISSIONERS. “I am of opinion that the Crown cannot, by virtue of the prerogative alone, compel any subject to make communications or disclosures upon oath or otherwise, except a due course of the administration of justice. The Crown may issue a Com miss ion 1 The Annual Register ofT833 (vol. lxxv., p. 157) contains these entries. .a s J (2). ] on the Powers of the Commissioners. 6 55 hear and determine offences against the law ; and, in cases where the Grown is visitor of Ecclesiastical Corporations or Hospitals, it may visit, by special Commissioners, * as well as by the Chancellor ; but, even then, the visitatorial power must be called into action, like any other judicial power, by the complaint of some party grieved, to whom the ordinary means of redress have been refused, or by way of appeal from some domestic forum which has exercised its judgment upon a specific complaint. But I apprehend that a roving Commission to inquire for grievances, and to compel answers, even in cases where the Crown can visit by Commissioners, much more in cases where it cannot, is clearly contrary to law. As to Civil Corporations, there- fore, I think that they can, in no respect, be compelled to make any answer to any Commissioners appointed by the Crown, touching any of the matters propounded in the queries, or within the scope of the Commission. There can be no civil liberty where the law that protects the rights and enjoyment of property, and of privileges or franchises, is not administered in a certain known course. It is a principle of the Common Law, which is ever favourable to liberty, that the King cannot admi- nister justice except in his Courts, and by the Judges duly established. It is said by Lord Coke, that Courts of Equity exist only by prescription or by Statute j that the Common Law is the inheritance of the subject ; and, therefore, that though the King may, by virtue of his prerogative, constitute a new Court and Judges to administer justice according to the Common Law, yet it cannot, without the authority of Parliament, constitute a new Court of Equity, or a Court Ecclesiastic. It follows that he cannot compel any person to make disclosures, even for the avowed purposes of justice, or the redress of grievances, except in the established Courts of Equity, or by Courts administering justice according to the Common Law. “ It is even said, bv the same high authority, that the King cannot, by law, appoint Commissioners to inquire only, and not to determine. This is certain, that, by the Common Law, which is the right of the subject-, no man can be compelled to disclose any matter that may expose himself to peril, except in a due course of justice. It seems to follow, therefore, that the Crown cannot appoint Commissioners for the mere purpose of compelling disclosures of any kind. Commissioners for inquiry may be the source of much useful information furnished voluntarily ; and it has been the usage to issue such Commissions either under the Great Seal or under the Sign Manual, in matters relating to the Departments of the Executive Government which are under the control of the King, or to the administration of justice generally ; but, in my opinion, it is not consistent with the law or the liberty of the subject, that Commissioners, appointed by the Crown to inquire into matters of property or franchise, or any other matters of grievances of which the King’s ordinary Courts have cognizance, should be endued with a power of compulsion either for the disclosure of facts or the attendance of witnesses. The address of the House of Commons, as the law now stands, can add nothing to their validity. It is true that the House of Commons claims a power to enforce, by means of its own privilege, the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers and records before its own Committees of Inquiry ; hut it is also true that the House of Com- mons cannot communicate that power to the Crown. Besides, the privilege of- the House of Commons is not, like the prerogative of the King, reducible to any control of a Court of Justice, nor, perhaps, to any strict definition, and, therefore, it must ever depend entirely on the discretion and moderation of that Assembly whether that privilege shall be exercised for the real benefit of the people, or in a manner wholly inconsistent with justice or liberty, as it certainly must be whenever the House of Commons shall assume a jurisdiction which properly belongs to the ordinary tribunals. The known and lawful manner of inquiry into the misconduct of a Corporation, or into the improper exercise of its franchises, is by information in the Court of King’s Bench, which can only be granted upon some specific charge or to redress some specific grievance. But a Commission from the Crown (and the same may be raid of a Committee of either House of Parliament) for the avowed 656 Franks' Controversy. [ J(3). purpose of finding out matters of complaint against erery Corporation in the king- dom, if it were armed with compulsory powers, would appear to me liable to all the objections which were justly urged against the quo teorrauiot of Charles IL, without even regarding, as they did, the form of justice.” 1 APPENDIX J (3). FRANKS CONTROVERSY. The controversy of Franks and others, which is here referred to, needs more Tb« Kin* r Merchant P^^ular notice. Their first application (in 1831) was to the Taflon* Company, 2 AdoL Queen’s Bench for a mandamus to the Master and Wardens “ d **** and their Clerk, calling upon them to permit the applicants “ at all reasonable times to inspect and take copies of all records, books, papers “ and muniments, belonging to the Company.” The Master and Wardens objected to the application, quoting in support of their views the advice of Sir Dudley Ryder (Attorney -General) in 1752, and the action of their predecessors in office when a similar request was then made (see Document 12, ante). The mandamus was refused. “ The “ Master and Wardens (said Mr. Justice Littledale) who have the care of the 44 documents in question are bound to produce them if a proper occasion is made out 14 in a matter affecting the members of the Corporation ; but I think the members 44 have no right on speculative grounds to call for an examination of the books and “ muniments, in order to see if by possibility the Company’s affairs may be better " administered than they think they are at present. If the Master and Wardens 44 have been improperly elected (as the applicants alleged to be the case), the parties 14 may move for a quo warranto , but they have no right to call for an inspection 44 merely to see whether they can find any ground for further proceedings.” In January 1833 the same parties moved for a mandamus against the Master and Wardens, commanding them to assemble the whole company on the 24th June for the election of the Master and Wardens for the ensuing year, contending that the whole Company had the right of election from amongst themselves ; but the Queen’s Bench, without deciding this question, held that the proper remedy was not a mandamus but a quo warranto. In Michaelmas Term of the same year the latter writ was applied for against Master Attwood, upon these grounds (1) That the whole Fraternity should elect a Master from amongst themselves. (2) That he was not so elected, but by a portion only from themselves who are self-elected and uncertain in number. (3) That this is repugnant to the Charters, and narrows the electors, (4) and those eligible for election. (5) That Attwood was elected according to usage by the Court of Assistants. (6 and 7) That no bye-law or legal usage authorizes such a mode of election, and (lastly) that Attwood was not elected according to the Charters, having been elected by a select body out of a select body, which no bye-law sanctions or could legally sanction. Master Attwood justified his election on these grounds : That the same mode of •lection had existed for 340 yean and upwards. That the Court of Assistants is a body elected from Freemen and Liverymen, and has existed from the earliest times ; that the Master and Wardens have always been Freemen, but not always members of the Court of Assistants. Th^t the present custom of election had been lawfully established before, and existed at the time of granting the Charter of Henry 7th, which confirmed all the then existing franchises. That the Court of Assistants is limit ed 1 This opinion has become historic. See Parliamentary Papery 1852, vol. xxii .. Appendix B, p. 25. The King v. Attwood, 4 B. and AdoL, 480. J (4). ] As to the Annual Appointment of Officers. 657 to 40, and has never fallen below 24. That when below 40, Wardens are elected from the Freemen, and shortly after chosen on the Court, bub when the Court is full the Wardens are elected from amongst its members. In argument the applicants rested their objections to A tt wood’s appointment mainly upon these two grounds (p. 602): — 1st. That the number of electors is improperly limited ; and, 2nd, that the body of persons eligible for office is also narrowed by the bye-law on which fit was assumed) the practice as to these elections must be based; but the Queen’s Bench refused to grant the quo warranto on either of these grounds. “The Charter of Richard 2nd (said Mr. Justice Littledale) empowers the “ Fraternity to elect a Master and Wardens 1 de s tips is,' but does not prescribe the “ mode. For that we must refer to usage. Now the usage as far back as 1488 “ appears to have been for the Master, Wardens and Assistants, who had served the “ office of Master to elect the Master. The Charter of 18 Henry VII. (1602-8) “ confirms former usages, and therefore the question is whether this usage was “valid?” Dealing with the first objection, it was clear that the number of electors may be restrained by usage or by law. And, as the second, admitting that a usage or by law, which restrained the number of persons eligible, and prevented the choice from being made out of (he general body of Freemen, would be bad, 1 yet that the evidence pro- duced went to show that the choice had generally been made out of the limited hody, yet the practice had not been uniform. “ The practice of electing from a “ particular body is not necessarily referable to any bye-law or usage. The parties “ may have chosen so to elect, but no inference arises that they were bound so to do n (p. 608). Thus defeated in the Courts of Law, they appealed subsequently by petition to the House of Commons, but failed to secure support. The Debate is reported in Hansard, voL xv. (3rd series) pp. 1080 and 1114. APPENDIX J (4). AS TO THE ANNUAL APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS. According to the custom of the times very many offices in the gift of the Company were disposed of or provided for during the life of the then occupant, t.e., in reversion.* In 1689, Sir Francis Walsingham solicited the reversion of the Clerk’s place for Mr. Henry Fortus, with what effect I do not know. As King James I. wanted the Clerkship for one “Laurence Lowndes,” the Secre- tary of State (Sir George Calvert) wrote for the reversion of it “ when it shall happen next in your disposing, either by death or otherwise.” To this letter of the 8rd March 1622, the Master and Wardens returned a verbal answer on the 8th of April, that by their oaths they could not repeal a former order made for the restraint i The tame principle it laid down in a more recent cate (1863) of the Queen v. the Saddlers' Com- pany, 10 House of Lords’ Cates, pp. 404-72. • See the entry 5th July 1608, that the Almsmen of Dow were to attend the ftmeral of 44 a rever- sioner," like an an almtman in possession. 658 Brasses and Monuments [K. of any gift in reversion of the Clerk’s place, and the Court on a show of hands adhered to the order. A second letter coming from Sir George Calvert (16 May) for the same object, the Court went to the ballot box on the order, and then petitioned the Sling (begging of a Liveryman, one George Wynn, to ask his brother-in-law. Sir George Calvert, to be a mediator for the Company) to secure to them the free election of their Clerk. In 1624, the Clerk became “ dangerously sicke and not like to recover,” where- upon Mr. Secretary Conway, on the 12th and 14th, and the Duke of Buckingham, on the 13th September, wrote from Haveringe, most urgently in favour of Lowndes. A Court appears to have been held on the 17th, at which “ Mr. Cawdell, one of the Prince’s gentlemen came,” to urge the same suit, but he was disposed .of by an evasive answer, and a Committee formed to petition for the free choice of their own Clerk, according to their Charters. The King’s reply of the 24th September was that if they would elect Lowndes, he “ in his princely grace would be careful not to break their Charters.” The election being about to take place, Mr. Cawdell came to the Court and presented a second message from Prince Charles, whereupon the Court returned a petition to the Prince for a free election, who answered their petition through Sir Francis Cottington on the 26th, that he had no intention of infringing their Charters, for he wanted Lowndes to be freely elected. “ The Court, entering into consideration touching the Clerk’s place, do think fit and so order that the Chief Clerk of this Company shall be yearly elected by this Court, to continue therein during the Company’s pleasure.” The Section was then proceeded with, when out of 20 suitors they selected 9, and out of these Lowndea and Clement Mosse, but ultimately elected Mosse “ during the pleasure of this Court.” Other places— as the cook’s in May 1613, by Princess Elizabeth, 1 and in Novem- ber 1663, by Charles II. (Catalogue of State Papers ) ; and lastly, Head Mastership of the School, by James II., on 15th April, though withdrawn (at the insfance of Sir W. Dodson, the Master of the Company) on the 81st May 1686 {Wilson* s History , vol. i., p. 384) — have been solicited. MEMORIAL CXIV. APPENDIX K. BRASSES AND MONUMENTS IN ST. HELEN’S CHURCH, BI8HOPSGATE. 1. ® A brass of a merchant and his wife, date about 1400, names unknown. See “ Fairholt,” p. 183. (Lost.) 2. Brass of Jo ana, daughter of Henry Seamer, wife of Richard, son and heir of Lord Poynings. The account of this brass given in “ Stowe’s Survey,” adds, “ Died a virgin in 1420.” This figure is now lost, but an impression of it taken by the late Mr. E. R. Mores when it was preserved in the Church chest, represents her habited in a mantle, surOoat, and kirtle with mitten sleeves, and on her breast a large “ I. H. U. Mercy,” her headdress of the veil kind with the bosses of reticulated hair above the ears. Mr. Mores has written under it “ Obiit Virgo, 1420.” See “ Gough’s Sepulchral Monuments,” vol. ii., p. 55. 1 See p. 646, and for the Clerk's place in 1609, p. 644. • These numbers refer to figures on Plan, 345. . . . K.] in St. Helen's Church, Bishopsgate. 659 3. Monument to Alderman Sir John Crosby and Anne , his wife , 1475-6. 4. Brass to memory of Thomas Williams , gentlemen, and Margaret his wife. The • former died January 16th, 1495. The date of wife’s death not inserted. 6. Brass, very elaborate, of a Lady Abbess of the period of Henry VII., the costume that of the aged ladies of that day, who not unfrequently ended their days in a nunnery as Lady Abbesses or even as mere sisters, to the no small emolument of the Church. See “ Fairholt,” p. 238. 6. Monuments to Sir William Pickering — Father and Son , 1642-47. 7. Brass to memory of John Leenthorp [or JL event horpe"], Esq., one of the four Keepers of the Chamber to Hemy VII. : died August 16th, 1510. 8. Brass to memory of Mr. Robert Rochester , Sergeant of the Pantry to Henry VIII., who died May 1st, 1514. 9. Thomas Benolte, sometime Windsor Herald to Henry VIII., otherwise Cla- renceux King of Arms, died May 8th, 1533. Figure in Herald’s Tabard, bear- ing arms of England and France quartered, on eachf Bide two female figures ; that of later date in more elaborate costume than the former (lost, but stone remaining). 1 10. Monument to Sir Andrew Judd , Lord Mayor, Citizen and Skinner, 1551. 1 11. Monument to William Bond , Alderman, Sheriff of London, 1576. 12. Monument to Sir Thomas Gresham, Citizen and Mercer, 1679, and William his Son, 1560. 13. Monument to Sir John Spencer , 1609. This monument before the restoration of the Church in 1865 stood on the west side of the Lady Chapel. 14. John Robinson , Alderman and Merchant Taylor, Merchant of the Staple, 1599. 8 15. William Kerwin , Freemason, 1594. 18. Sir Julius Aldermair (alias Ceesar), Knight, Doctor of Laws, Judge of the Court of Admiralty, 1636 (see p. 672). 19. Monument to Martin Bond , Captain of the City Train Bands. Commanded in the camp at Tilbury in 1588. Died 1634, aged 85. 20. Monument to Francis Bancroft , an Officer of the Corporation of London, 1727. From St. Martin's. 22. The Otewich effigies. Removed from the Church of St. Martin Outwich in 1874. 23. Richard Staper , Alderman, 1608. Removed from the Church of St. Martin Outwich in 1874 (see p. 19). 24. Hugh Pemberton , Merchant Taylor and Alderman, .1500. Also Katherine, his wife. This monument was removed from the Church of St. Martin Outwich in 1874. 25. William Bernard , 1746. Removed to this position in 1874 from the north wall of a Vestry which formerly stood on the site of the Lady Chapel, which Vestry was removed in 1874. 26. A Brass of John Breieux, Rector, 1459. 27. A Brass of Nicholas Wot ton, Rector, 1483. An Honorary Member of the Merchant Taylors* Company. [See Appendix O (2).] l In Nun's Quire, between No. 6 and No. 11. ^on one Stone. * See p. 457, Note. 3 See pp. 246 and 547. 2 u 2 660 Expenditure on the School from 4564 to 4873 • [ L (l). MEMORIAL C X X 1 1. APPENDIX L (1). EXPENDITURE ON THE SCHOOL FROM 1561 TO 1873. From the foundation in 1561 to Midsummer 1873 the cost of the School to the Company, exclusive of the Repairs (except since the year 1821), and exclusive also of the cost of the Exhibitions over and above any provision that may have been made for them (by bequests for Exhibitions, or by the School Admission Fees), which last two charges cannot be ascertained from the books, is 110,5202. approxi- mately. Expenditure of the Merchant Taylors' Company in the Maintenance of their School since the date of its foundation. Period. Total Expenditure. Average Yearly Expenditure. Exclusive of Repairs. £ a. d. £ a. d. 1561 to 1569 9 # a a 360 0 0 40 0 0 1571 to 1676 a a 340 0 0 60 0 0 1577 to 1587 627 0 0 67 0 0 1588 to 1600 893 10 0 69 0 0 1601 to 1612 911 0 0 76 0 0 1613 to 1633 1,911 0 0 91 0 0 1634 to 1636 186 0 0 93 0 0 1636 to 1666 3,356 4 0 108 0 0 After the Fire of London : 1667 to 1672 • a 187 10 0 81 0 0 1673.. • a a a 84 10 0 84 10 C 1674.. a a 103 6 0 103 5 0 1676 to 1701 a a a a 2,953 15 0 109 0 0 1702 to 1734 a a a a 8,674 7 4 111 0 0 1736 to 1766 a a a a 2,579 4 6 117 0 0 1757 to 1778 a a 5,207 8 0 237 0 0 1779 to 1789 2,896 15 0 263 0 9 1790 to 1799 8,911 16 8 391 0 0 1800 to 1804 1,955 18 4 391 0 0 1806 to 1819 a a 7,666 3 5 611 0 0 1820 and 1821 a a 1,504 5 2 752 0 0 Inclusive of Repairs : 1822 to 1830 a a 6,810 4 4 701 0 0 1831 to 1840 7,741 11 3 774 0 0 1841 to 1850 11,029 14 3 1,103 0 0 1851 to 1860 a a 16,273 6 1 1,627 0 0 1861 to 1870 a a a a a a 20,811 12 7 2,081 0 0 1871 to 1873 • a a a a a 7,044 15 8 2,348 0 0 Total, since 1561 •• £ 110,519 16 7 L (2). ] Head Masters of Merchant Taylors' School. 661 This has been arrived at by carefully taking out the exact amounts paid for the last 53 years, and for the remaining period taking the exact amount paid about every tenth year, and considering that the rate of expenditure for the ten years. When any irregularity has been noticed, then each year has been taken separately. The cost to the Company was in 1561, 40//; in 1860, 1,8282. It. 9 d . ; in 1873, 2,1242. 18s. 9(2. F. L. Hopkibk, Accountant . APPENDIX L (2). 1 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE HEAD MASTERS OF THE MERCHANT TAYLORS* SCHOOL.* 1561 Bichard Mulcaster, M.A., elected Scholar of Sing's College, Cambridge, from to Eton, in 1548. Afterwards Student of Christ Church, Oxford. Head 1581 Master of Merchant Taylors’, Sept. 24, 1561 ; resigned, Nov. 8, 1581. He was afterwards Upper Master of St. Paul’s School. Died, April 15, 1611. Mr. Mulcaster ranked high as a Philologist, and is said to have been especially celebrated for his knowledge of Greek and Oriental Literature. In his day, ac- quaintance with the Greek literature was an unusual accomplishment ; so much so, indeed, that the earliest statutes of Merchant Taylors’ School provide that the “ Head or High Maister shall be learned in good and deane Latin Lr&ture, and also, in Oreeke , yf such may he gotten .” He commenced instruction in Hebrew at the School, which has always been continued. Bishop Andrewes, who was one of his early pupils, probably owed a good deal of his power as a Linguist to Mr. Mulcaster, whom he always held in great respect. Bishop Buckeridge says, in his Funeral Sermon on that prelate, that “ as if he had made Master Mulcaster his tutor or supervisor, he placed his picture over the door of his study, whereas in all the rest of his house you could acantly see a picture.” Fuller speaks kindly of Mr. Mulcaster; and Warton (Hist. Poet, iii, 345), commends one of his works u as containing many judicious criticisms and observations on the English language.” 1581 Henry Wilkinson , M.A . , Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. B.A., 1568. to M.A., 1572. First Under-Master of Merchant Taylors’, April 3, 1573. 1592 Elected Head Master Nov. 8, 1586, and entered upon his office at Christmas of that year. Designed, Oct. 6, 1592. 1692 EDMUND SMITH, M.A., of Caius College, Cambridge, B.A., 1683, M.A., to .1688. Second Under-Master of Merchant Taylorsf, 1580. First Under- 1599 Master, 1591. Head Master, Oct. 6, 1592. Resigned, June 19, 1599. 1599 WILLIAM HAYNE, M.A., Scholar of Christ’s College, Cambridge, in 1671. to Elected Head Master, May 19, 1599, and entered upon his office on June 19, 1625 of that year. Removed, April 16g$. i Tbs particulars contained in and the following Appendix are taken from the “School Fasti,” prepared by the late and the present Head Masters of the Company's School. * Those whose names are in capitals were educated at the School. The Degree attached to cadi 662 Head Masters of Merchant Taylors' School. C L (2). 1625 Nicholas Gray, D.D., Educated at Westminster School. Student of Christ to Church, Oxford, in 1606. Head Master of Charterhouse School, December 1632 3, 1614. Elected Head Master of Merchant Taylors’, January 29, 1624-25, and entered upon his office at Lady-day. Resigned at Midsummer 1632, Head Master of Eton School, 1632, when he proceeded in Divinity. Fellow of Eton. Expelled from his Fellowship during the Great Rebellion. Head Master of Tonbridge School. Restored to his Fellowship in 1660, but died about Michaelmas that year, and was buried in the Chapel of Eton College. 1632 JOHN EDWARDS, D.M., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, 1617. to Elected Head Master of Merchant Taylors’, February 16$$, and entered 1634 upon his office at Midsummer. Resigned, October 31, 1634, in order to become Proctor of the University the next year ; afterwards took his Degrees in Medicine, and became Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy at Oxford in 1636. 1634 WILLIAM STAPLE, M.A., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, in 1612. to Head Master of Merchant Taylors’, October 31, 1634. Resigned, 1644, 1644 through fear of the Parliamentary Commiteee. Mr. Staple had been summoned to appear “ to answer for his superstition and malignancy,” before “the Committee for plundered ministers,” who had power given them “ to enquire after malignant Schoolmasters.” 1644 William Du Gard , M.A . , admitted of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in to 1622. Master of Colchester School, July 27, 1637. Head Master of 1661 Merchant Taylors’, May 10, 1644. Removed, June 12, 1661. Died 1662. Mr. Du Gard was suspended by Bradshaw, for printing Salmasius' “ Defensio Regia,” at his own house. He owed his restoration in a great measure to the intercession of Milton. Hence the strange inconsistency which induced him to print Milton’s answer to the very treatise to which he had owed his misfortune. Mr. John Stevens held the office of Head Master, from February, 20, 16$$, to September 25, 1650. Mr. Du Gard, on his restoration, wrote the following distich in the School Probation Book : Dugardum sequitur Stephan us, Stephanumque vicissim Dugardus ; sortes versat utrinque Deus. Mr. Stevens had written as follows : Res Deus nostras celeri citatas Turbine versat. And again : Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas ; Pejus merenti melior, et pejor bono. 1661 JOHN GOAD, B.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, in 1632. Head to Master of Tonbridge School in 1660. Head Master of Merchant Taylors’, 1681 July 12, 1661. Removed, April 13, 1681. Died, October 28, 1689. Mr. Goad quitted his Office under suspicions of being inclined to the Romish Communion, which he afterwards showed to be too well founded. He had some- time been Yicar of Yaraton, and there became acquainted with Anthony k Wood who speaks of him very favourably in his Autobiography. In 1662, the Boys of the School acted a Play, at Merchant Taylors* Hallj called, “ Love’s Pilgrimage,” by Beaumont and Fletcher. [See p. 4io.] L (2). ] Head Masters of Merchant Taylors’ School. 6G3 1681 John Kartcliffe> JD.Z)., originally matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, to whilst still at Eton, afterwards Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge. Head 1686 Master of Merchant Taylors’, May 4, 1681. Resigned, 1686. He afterwards proceeded in Divinity, and became Canon of Windsor. In the year 1689, King William III. attempted to force Dr. Hartcliffe on the Fellow's of King’s, as their Provost. They had not forgotten the similar attempt of King James II., and resisted him successfully. 1686 AMBROSE BONWICKE, B.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, 1669. to Head Master of Merchant Taylors’, June 9, 1686. Removed for non-juring 1691 scruples, September 25, 1691. Died, October 20, 1722. Matthew Short ynge, D.D., of Jesus College, Cambridge. Head Master of Merchant Taylors’, September 25, 1691. Died, 1707. 1707 THOMAS PARSELL, B.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, 1693. First Under-Master of Merchant Taylors’, June 6, 1701. Head Master April 80, 1707. Died, 1720. Mr: Parnell published a Latin version of the Book of Common Prayer, which he dedicated to Archbishop Dawes. 1707 MATTHEW SMITH, D.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, 1696. to Second Under-Master of Merchant Taylors’, January 21, 1703. First 1731 Under-Master, May 15, 1707. Head Master, July 12, 1720. Died, 17$£. 1731 JOHN CRICHE, M.A., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, 1698. Third to Under-Master of Merchant Taylors’, September 22, 1701. Second Under- 1760 Master, July 3, 1719. First Under-Master, August 4, 1720. Head Master, March 18, 17|$. Died, June 21, 1760. 1760 JAMES TOWNLEY, M.A., admitted of St. John’s College, Oxford, 1732. to Third Under-Master of Merchant Taylors’, December 22, 1748. Grammar 1778 .Master of Christ’s Hospital, July, 1753. Head Master of Merchant Taylors’, August 8, 1760. Died, July 15, 1778. In the years 1762 and 1763, Dramatic performances were revived at Merchant Taylors’, at the wish and under the direction of Mr. Townley. In the former year the “ Eunuchus ” of Terence was enacted in the School-room. Dr. Thomas, Bishop of Salisbury, who had been educated at the School, and several persons of distinction, were present. A copy of the original programme of the performances is in the keeping of the President of St. John’s College. It is headed “ Terentii Eunuchus, in Schola Mercatorum Scissorum, 1762.” The celebrated David Garrick, who was a personal friend of Mr. Townley, took great interest in the representa- tions. The second act of the “ Phormio ” of Terence, was performed in the same year, more privately. The next year, the “ Troades ” of Seneca, abridged into three acts, and Ruggles’s “ Ignoramus,” abridged into two, were enacted six times, to very large audiences. The play bill runs- thus : “ Seneca Troades, et Ignoramus Abbreviatus, in Scholft Mercatorum Scissorum, 1763.” 1778 THOMAS GREEN, M.A., Fellow of St. Peter’s College, Cambridge. 9th to Wrangler at B.A. Degree, in 1763. Third Under-Master of Merchant 1783 Taylors’, November 13, 1753. Second Under-Master, July 13, 1758. First Under-Master, February 11, 1772. Head Master, August 12, 1778. Died, January 1, 1783. 1783 SAMUEL BISHOP, M.A., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, 1750. Third to Under-Master of Merchant Taylors’, July 26, Wt>8. Second Under-Master, 1795 Feb. 11, 1772. First Under-Master, Augilst 12, 1778. Head Master, January 22, 1783. Died, November 17, 1795. 064 Some account of other Eminent Scholars [ L (3). Two Volumes of Poems by Mr. Bishop have been published. They contain amongst other things, several ingenious Epigrams, which were spoken at the School, on Election Days, lie produced also a Latin volume, consisting partly of transla- tions, partly of original compositions, entitled 44 Feri® Poetic®.” 1795 THOMAS CHERRY, B.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, 1763. to Head Master of Maidstone School, 1777. Head Master of Merchant Taylors’, 1819 December 16, 1795. Resigned the Head Mastership, April 6, 1819. Died. March 10, 1822. 1819 JAMES WILLIAM BELLAMY, B.D., Admitted of Queen’s College, Chm- to bridge, 1807. Norrisian, and also Seatonian Prizeman at Cambridge, in 1845 1815. Head Master of Merchant Taylors’, April 6, 1819. Incorporated M.A. of St. John’s College, Oxford, where he proceeded B.D. in 1821. Prebendary of St. Paul's. Resigned the Head Mastership on July 23, 1845. 1845 REV. JAMES AUGUSTUS HESSEY, D.C.L., Elected in 1845. Fellow of to St. John’s College, Oxford, 1832. First Claes in Classics at B.A., Easter, 1871 1836. Vicar of Helidon, Northamptonshire, 1839, but resigned it the same year. College Logie Lecturer, 1839-1812. Public Examiner in the Univer- sity, is 12 1M4. Select Preacher in the University of Oxford, 1849. Pre; iclier to the Honorable Society of Gray’s Inn, 1850. Bampton Lecturer at Oxford, 1 Prebendary of St. Paul’s Cathedral, 1860. Grinfield Lecturer in the Siptuegiut at Oxford (for two years), June, 1865. Reap- pointed lirihiitid Lecturer (for two years), June, 1867. Boyle Lecturer, in Her Mh ; o!\'s Chapel at Whitehall (for three years), 1871-73. Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of London, 1871. 1871 REV. WILLIAM BAKER, D.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, 1860. Proximfc Aeeessit for the Pusey and ElYrton Hebrew Scholarship, 1861, First Class in Classics at Moderate ns, Eu-ter 1862. Proxime Accessit for the G a is ford Greek Verse Prize, 1863. Second Class in Classics at B.A., Michaelmas, 1864. Elected Denver and Johnson’s Theological Scholar, 1866. Tutor of St. John’s. Master in the Responsions School at Oxford, 1869. Examiner in Moderations at Oxford, 1870. Head Master of Merchant Taylors’ School* 1870. APPENDIX L (3). SOME ACCOUNT* OP OTHER EMINENT SCHOLARS OF THE COMPANY’S 8CHOOL (THAN THOSE INCLUDED IN THE OTHER APPENDICES) . Archbishops and Bishops. Lancelot Andeeweb, D.D., Bishop of Winchester. Dr. Wattes* Scholar in 1571, and afterwards Fellow and Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, of which he was a great Benefuctor. One of the first Fellows at Jesus College, Oxford. Prebendaiy of St. Paul’s. Dean of Westminster in 1601. One of the Commissioners for the Church at Hampton Court. 44 One of the Four Preachers before King James, in 1606, for the reduction of Presbyterians to the Church of England ” ; and one of the Translators of the Bible. Bishop of Chichester, 1605 j of Ely, 1609 ; and of Winchester, 1618. Wood writes of Bishop Andrewes, that 44 he was the most eminent divine of our nation in his time.” He is said to have been master of at least fifteen learned and modern tongues. His 44 Manual of Private Devotiofis,” his 44 Sermons,” and oon- 1 This Is a reprint of Dr. IM usj^s “Fasti,” c o llected from Wilson's History of the School, sad other sources of information. * ~ ,i - . L (3). ] 665 of the Company’s School • troversial works are well known. Baker, in his Chronicle, at the end of the reign of James the First, writes thus— “ Of men of note in learning, as being in the time of the most learned Prince, there never was greater store, of whom these for example; in curiousness of preaching, there was Dr. Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, who hath left to posterity a century of such golden Sermons! that shows he as well deserved the name of Chrysostom, as he that had it.” Fuller declares, that “ King James stood so much in awe and veneration of him, that in his presence he refrained from that mirth and levity in which he indulged himself at other times.” Lord Clarendon asserts, that “ if Archbishop Bancroft had been • succeeded in the See of Canterbury by Andrewes, or any man who understood and loved the Church, that infection would, without difficulty, have been kept out, which could not afterwards be so easily expelled.” Milton wrote an elegy on his death, in which the following distich occurs — “ At te pr»cipu& luxi, dignissime Prsesul, hello insignis, pace in&ignior .” — Bom, 1619. Left School, 1637. Died, 1709. J ohn Hall, B.B., Bishop of Bristol. Scholar of Pembroke College, Oxford, 1647 ; afterwards Fellow. Master of the College in 1664, and Prebendary of Worcester. Margaret Professor of Bivinity, 1676. Bishop of Bristol, 1691. — Bom, 1633. Left School, 1647. Bied, 1710. : Ezioel Hopkins, B.B., Bishop of Londonderry. Became Chorister of Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1649 ; and was afterwards Usher of the School adjoining, and Chaplain of the College. Accompanied his father-in-law. Lord Robartes, afterwards Earl of Truro, on his being appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and was made Bean of Raphoe. Under the next Lord- Lieutenant, Lord Berkely, he was consecrated Bishop of Raphoe, in 1671, whence he was trans- lated to Londonderry in 1681 ; driven thence by the forces under the Earl of Tyreonnel in 1688, he retired to England, and died Minister of St. Mary, Aldermanbury, in 1690. He left various Works, among which are “ An Ex- position of the Ten Commandments,” and “ An Exposition of the Lord's Prayer.”— Bom, 1634. Left School, 1647. Bied, 1690. Sir William Bawes, Bart., B.B., Archbishop of York. Fellow (1687) of St. John's College, Oxford ; afterwards coming to his paternal estate, entered (1689) at Catharine Hall, Cambridge. Created B.B., by Royal mandate, and elected Master of Catharine Hall, 1696. Appointed Vice-Chancellor of Cam- bridge in the same year, and also Chaplain to King William the Third. Pre- bendary of Worcester, and Rector and Bean of Booking, in 1698. He was afterwards made Chaplain to Queen Anne, and consecrated Bishop of Chester, February 8, 170J, and translated to the Archbishopric of York, February 26, 171 J. He left various Works, among which are “ The Buty of Communicating Explained, 8c c.,” written for his Parish of Booking, with a view to introduce a Monthly Celebration of the Holy Communion, which before his coming was administered only at the three great Festivals of the year. “ Sermons preached before King William and Queen Anne,” &c.- -Bom, 1671. Left School, 1686. Bied, 1724. Hugh Boulter, B.B., Archbishop of Armagh. 1 Commoner of Christ Church, Oxford. Bemy in 1 689, and afterwards Fellow of Magdalen College. Arch- deacon of Surrey. Chaplain to King George I., Bean of Christ Church, and Bishop of Bristol in 1719. Archbishop of Armagh, 1724. For further notices of Archbishop Boulter, see his own “ Letters,” and Lord Mahon’s History, c. 34, and Hallam’s Constitutional History, vol. 3, p. 542. 1 Archbishop Boulter was elected Demy of Magdalen at the same time with Joseph Addison, and a multitude of other distinguished men. — Dr. Hough used to call this the “ Golden Election.” — N.B.— Dr. Wilson is mistaken in supposing that Bishop Wilcocks belonged to this Election. He was not chosen until two years afterwards. I am indebted for this information to the Rev. Dr. Bloxam, Fellow of JJagdalen, _ k , , 668 Some account of other Eminent Scholars L L (3). Joseph Wilcoces, D.D., Bishop of Rochester. Of 8t- John’s College, Oxford, where he was matriculated, February 25, 1691-2, bat chosen Demy of Magdalen College in the course of the same year. Chaplain to the British Factoiy at Lisbon. Chaplain to King George I., at that time Prince of Wales. Preceptor to the daughters of King George II. Prebendary of Westminster, 1721, and Dean the same year. Bishop of Gloucester in 1721. Bishop of Rochester in 1731, with which See he held the Deanery of Westminster. — Born, 1674. Left School, 1691. Died, 1756. Johx Thomas, D.D., Bishop of Salisbury. Of Catharine Hall, Cambridge. Chap- lain to the Factory of Hamburgh. Dean of Peterborough, 1740. In December, of 1743, elected to the See of St. Asaph ; but, before consecration, to the See of Lincoln, of which he was consecrated Bishop in 1744. Bishop of Salisbury, 1761. Le Neve gives the following curious account of Bishop John Thomas in his “ Fasti Keel. Angl.,” under the head of Bishops of Iinooln. “ This bishop was the son of a drayman at Nicholson’s brewhouse (afterwards Calvert’s), in the parish of Allhallows the Great, London, and the bishop’s mother was a washing woman, and he bred in that parish school ; this told me by Mr. William Stevens, comfactor of Queenhilhe ; not in the way of reproach, but on hearing the bishop preach a charity sermon in that church for the benefit of the poor boys of that same school. MS. note in Earl Powys* copy of Le Neve’s book.” Allhallows’ parish lies at the foot of Suffolk Lane. Very likely, if this story is true, the bishop was at the parish school before he went to Merchant Taylors.* — Born, 1691. Left School, 1710. Died, 176 6. 1 John Gilbert, D.C.L., Archbishop of York.* Of Magdalen Hall, then of Trinity College, and afterwards Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. Chaplain to King George I. Prebendary of Exeter. Canon of Christ Church. Dean of Exeter. Bishop of Llandaff in 1740. Of Salisbury 1748. Archbishop of York, 1757.— Born, 1693. Left School, 1712. Died, 1761. William Yan Mildert, D.D., Bishop of Durham. Entered at Queen’s College, Oxford, in 1784. Rector of Bradden, in Northamptonshire, in 1795 : of St. Mary-le-Bow in 1796. Boyle Lecturer in 1804. Vicar of Farningham, in Kent, in 1807. One of the Editors of “ The Churchman’s Remembrancer,” Preacher of Lincoln’s Inn in 1812. Elected Bampton Lecturer at Oxford, in 1813 ; and in the Bame year appointed Regius professor of Divinity, and Canon of Christ Church. Bishop of Llandaff in 1819, and Dean of St. Paul’s also in the following year. Bishop of Durham in 1826. Founder of the University of Durham. — Born, 1765. Left School, 1784. Died, 1836. Robert James Cabb, D.D., Bishop of Worchester. Entered at Worcester College, Oxford, in 1792. Presented to the Vicarage of Ealing, by Bishop Porteus; to that of Brighton in 1804. Dean of Hereford in 1820. Bishop of Chichester, and Canon of St. Paul’s, in 1824. Bishop of Worcester in 1831. — Born, 1774. Left School, 1792. Died, 1841. Francis Russell Nixon, D.D., Bishop of Tasmania.* Fellow (1822) of St. John’s College, Oxford. One of the Six Preachers at Canterbury. Bishop of Tasmania in 1842. Author of “ Lectures on the Church Catechism.” — Bora 1803. Left School, 1822. 'Dr. Wilson is wrong in supposing that this Bishop John Thomas was appointed Preceptor to the Prince of Wale* in 1762. The Preceptor was another Bishop John Thomas, Bishop of Petertwrough in 1747, of Salisbury 1767, and of Winchester in >761. He died 1781. * It does not appear that Archbishop Gilbert proceeded at Oxford beyond the Degree of M a He received the Degree of D.C.L. from Archbishop Wake. * Joseph Henahaw, D.D. Bishop of Peterborough 1663-1678, is said by Wood to have been a Merchant Taylor. He does not occur in the School Probation Books, and Dr. Bliss has shown me satisfactorily that he was educated at the Charterhouse. Wood has therefore made a mistake L(3). | of the Company's School 669 Eight Rev. William Collins on Sawyer, D.D., of Oriel College, Oxford. Left School, 1845. Bishop of Grafton and Armidale, 1867. Drowned very shortly after he had joined his Diocese while returning on Sunday night from his duty, in crossing the Clarence River, 1868. Eight Rev. Henry Mackenzie, D.D. Left School, 1820. Of Pembroke College, Oxford. Master of Bancroft’s Hospital. Vicar of St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields. Rector of Tydd St. Mary’s, Norfolk. Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Lincoln. Prebendary of Lincoln. Canon and Subdean of Lincoln, 1864. Archdeacon of Nottingham, 1866. Chaplain to the Bishop of London, 1869, Suffragan Bishop of Nottingham, 1870. Select Preacher at Oxford, 1870. Eight Rev. James Russell Woodford, D.D., Parkin’s Exhibitioner to Pembroke College, Cambridge, 1838. Senior Optime and Second Class in Classics, at B.A. Examination, 1842. Vicar of Kempsford, Gloucestershire. Chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford. Hon. Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen, 1866, Hon. Canon of Christchurch, 1867. Vicar of Leeds, 1868. Bishop of Ely, 1878. Most Rev. William West Jones, D.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, 1856. 2nd Class in Classics at Moderations, Easter, 1858. 4th Class both in Classics and in Mathematics at B.A., Michaelmas, 1860. Oxford University Preacher at Whitehall, 1869. Rural Dean of Oxford, 1871. Bishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of South Africa, 1874. Other Ecclesiastics and Laymen* Edmund Spenser, the author of the “ Faerie Queene,” the friend of Sir Philip Sidney and Sir Walter Raleigh, was one of the earliest scholars. Born at East Smithfield in 1553, he is supposed to have entered the School before admissions were recorded — or at least preserved, that is before the 1st July 1562 ; and it is to the recent investigation of Mr. R. B. Knowles, of the Historical Manuscripts Commission, that we are indebted for establishing the fact. 1 A frequent visitor to the School immediately after its establishment, was Dean Nowell, of St Paul’s, 8 and in the executorship accounts of his brother Robert, of Gray’s Inn (who died in 1569), the following items appear . — u 1 Gownes geven to certeyn poor scholler [s] of the scholia aboute London, in number 32, viz. ; St Paul’s, Merchant Taylors, St. Anthony’s Schole, St. Saviour’s grammer Schole, and Westminster School. Cost of cloth with 1 making, xixZi. xs. vijd.* First on the list of scholars of Merchant Taylors who received these gifts Btands — ‘ Edmunde Spenser. * ” Spenser entered Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, as a siser in May 1569, and the next entry identifies the School boy with the Pembroke student : — “ At folio 71, under the heading * Geven to poor schollers of dyvers gramare scholles,’ there is this entry, dated the 28th of April 1569 : — “ * To Edmond Spensore, scholler of the M r chante Tayler schollers at his gowinge to Penbrocke Hall, in Chambridge, x*.’ ” “ And it is followed by two others which show the poet still in the position of a * poor scholler * : — “1. ‘7 Novembris 1570. — To Richard Laugher and Edmond Spenser, towe poore scholars of Pembrock haule, vj* a peace, in a whole xij § , by the hands of Mr. Thom*® New, felow of the same howse.’ (Folio 75.) “ 2. * To Edmonde Spensere the xxiiij th of Aprill, A 0 1571, ij* vj d .* (Folio 72.) ” Spenser left school 1569, took his Degree of B.A. in 1572-3, and his M.A. in 1576, and died 16th January 1596. * Fourth Report on Historical Manuscripts, 1874, p. 407. • See p. 407. 670 Some account of other Eminent Scholars [ L (3). Thomas Hsth, or Heath, M.A., Fellow of All Souls', Oxford. An eminent Astronomer in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. — Born, about 1550. Left School,' 1566. Died, . Sir William Paddie, Knight, D.M., Commoner of St. John's College, Oxford, in 1571. He is said (Notes and Queries, Second Series yoL 3, p. 212) to hare been D.M. of Leyden, and to hare been incorporated at Oxford in 1591. President of the College of Physicians; 1609-11. The Founder of the existing Choir in St. John's College, Oxford. (The College had been relieved by the Visitor of the obligation to maintain the Choir proposed by the Founder, in consequence of the inadequacy of the funds devoted to it). — Bom, about 1555. Left School, 1571. Died, 1634. Thomas Lodge, D.M., entered at Trinity College, Oxford, in 1573, where he pro- ceeded B.A. In his earlier days he was a satirical writer of considerable power. Several of his works are mentioned by Wood. Afterwards he went to Avignon, and graduated D.M. there. On returning to Oxford, towards the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign, he was admitted to the same degree. He prac- tised Medicine in London with considerable repute, and died, it is mu^, of the Plague.— Bom, . Left School, 1573. Died, 1625. Thomas Boubfield, M.A., (B.A. of Pembroke College, Cambridge, afterwards) of Oxford. Principal of St. Edmund’s Hall in 1581. Prebendary of Sarum, 1582. He in part rebuilt St. Edmund’s Hall. — Bora, about 1558. Left School. 1674. Died, . Matthew Gwinne, D.M., Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford. Proctor of the University in 1588. Professor of Music at Oxford. The first Professor of Physic in Gresham College. — Bom, . Left School, 1574. Died, 1627. John Pekin, D.D., Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford. Canon of Christ Church, Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford, 1597. One of the Translators of the Bible. — Bora, 1560. Left School, 1575. Died, . Ralph Ravens, D.D., Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford. One of the Translators of the Bible. — Bora, . Left School, 1575. Died, . Samuel Fox, M.A., Demy, and afterwards Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. The eldest son of Fox, the Author of “ The Book of Martyrs.” Burgess for the University. — Bom 1561. Left School, 1576. Died, . John Spenser, D.D., Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The Greek Lecturer. The friend of Richard Hooker, Edwin Sandys, and George Cranmer. John Spenser is supposed to have had a share in the composition of the “ Ecclesiastical Polity.” President of Corpus Christi College, in 1607. One of the Translators of the Bible. Chaplain to James I. Prebendary of St. Paul’s, 1612. — Born, about 1560. Left School, 1577. Died, 1614. George Cranmer, M.A., Scholar, and afterwards Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, ^grandson of Edmund Cranmer, Archdeacon of Canterbury, who was the brother of Archbishop Cranmer). He was a pupil and friend of Richard Hooker, who, says Wood, “ found him afte wards very useful to him, when he was compiling the books of the Ecclesiastical Polity.” He accom- panied Sir Henry Killigrcw on his Embassy to France, and travelled for three years with Sir Edwin Sandys. • He was killed near Carlingford, at the same lime that Dr. Latewar lost his life. — Born, 1564. Left School, 1577. Died, 1601. L(3). ] of the Company’s School . 671 Thomas Charmer , 1 the brother of George Cranmer, and like him educated at Merchant Taylors'), was appointed to an Exhibition which the Company had founded in 1587. (George Cranmer had been appointed to the Company's Exhibition in 1581.) Sir Edwin S andts, Knight, M.A., 2 Scholar, and afterwards Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Pupil and College friend of Richard Hooker — after- wards known as Sir Edwin Sandys, the traveller. Prebendary of York. He left 1,600/. to the University of Oxford, to found a metaphysical lecture. Author of Europe Speculum, or a Yiew and Survey of Religion in the Western Parts of the World.” He was the second son of Dr. Sandys, Arch- bishop of York, who was Bishop of London when his son entered the School. — Bom, 1661. Left School, 1578. Died, 1629. Sir Miles Sandys, Knight and Bart., M.P. for Cambridge University and County, and Samuel Sandys, M.P. for Worcestershire, and knighted, also sons of Dr. Sandys, Archbishop of York, entered Merchant Taylors' on the same day as their brother Edwin Sandys. William Sutton, B.D., of Christ Church. According to Wood, “ a very learned man, ail excellent Orator, Latinist, Grecian, and Preacher.” — Bom, 1563. Left School, 1678. Died, 1632. Timothy Willis, B.A., Fellow of St. JoWs College, Oxford. Wood has the following singular notice of him, Anno 1582, when he was admitted B.A. “ He was afterwards ejected from his place in that house (St. John’s College) for certain misdemeanours, but getting soon after into the favour of Queen Elizabeth, he was by her diploma made a Doctor Bullatus (of the Laws, I presume), and by her sent Ambassador into Muscovy.” — Bom, — — . Left School, 1578. Died, — . Ralph Buckland, of Magdalen College, Oxford. He became a convert to Romanism, and was a zealous Priest and voluminous Writer. Wood says, he left behind him the character of J< a most pious and seraphical person ; a person who went beyond all of his time for fervent devotion.” — Bom, about 1564. Left School, 1679. Died, 1611. . • Richard Latewar, D.D., Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford, a celebrated Preacher. Chaplain to Charles, Lord Mount joy, Lieutenant of Ireland. He was killed at a battle near Carlingford, where Lord Mount joy overthrew the Irish rebels. — Bom, 1561. Left School, 1580. Died, 1601. Thomas Hutton, B.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, and Prebendary of Exeter. A writer in defence of the results of the Hampton Court Conference. — Bom, 1563. Left School, 1584. Died, 1639. Edmund Whitklockb, B.A., of Christ’s College, Cambridge (brother of Sir James) studied at several foreign Universities. Served as a soldier in France, and on his return to England took a part in public affairs. — Bom, 1565. Left School, 1581. Died, 1608. • William Hutohenson, B.D., of St. John's College, Oxford. Archdeacon of Cornwall in 1605. — Bom, . Left School, 1587. Died, . 1 On April 29th, 1564, the Company “ aggreed to fynde at their Coete and Charge, within one of the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge, one Scholler.” — They shoitly afterwards determined to keep one at each University. The necessity of these Exhibitions (which were made up by voluntary subscriptions from Members of the Court), ceased when the School Endowments came fully into operation. (See p. 404, Note.) 1 It is scarcely nocessary to allude to Isaak Walton's account of the visit of Edwin Sandys and George Cranmer to their “good tutor," Richard Hooker, at his country parsonage. 672 Some account of other Eminent Scholars [ L(3). Nicholas Hill, B.A., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. According to Wood, an eminent Chymist. — Born, — . Left School, 1587. Hied, . &ir Thomas C.bsar, Knipht, one of the Barons of the Exchequer in the reign of King James 1. (1610). He was brother of Sir Julios Caesar (at that time Chancellor of the Exchequer), and son of Caesar Aldemar, a Genoese, Phjririsa to Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. — Born, . Left School, 1578. Died, r James Whitelooee, Knight, D.O.L., Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford, M.P. for Woodstock. Chief Justice of Chester, Justice of the Common Pleas, and afterwards of the King’s Bench. A friend and contemporary of Archbishop Laud. — Born, 1570. Left School, 158S. Died, 1632. JOB* Rawltnsox, B.D., Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford. Prebendary of Sarum — Principal of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, 1610. Wood describes him 11 as a fluent and florid Preacher of his time.” Chaplain to James I. — Born, 1577. Left School, 1591. Died, 1631. Jones, B.C.L., Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford. A friend of Archbishop Laud. He afterwards became a Benedictine, and changed his name to 44 Leander de Sancto Martino.” Professor of Divinity and Hebrew at Douay. President of the Benedictines in England, Ac Bom, 1586. Left School, 1591. Died, 1629. To#* Sansbuby, B.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Preacher and Latin Poet.— Bom, 1577. Left School, 1593. Died, 1610. |J*0OMAS Tucker, M.A., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Prebendary of Bristol. One of the suffering Clergy during the Great Rebellion. — Bom, 1583. Left School, 1601. Died, ♦ Christopher Wren, B.D., Fellow of St. John’a College, Oxford. Younger brother of Bishop Wren. Proctor of the University in 1619. Domestic Chaplain to to Bishop AiulreweB. Domestic Chaplain in the King’s Family. Dean of Windsor and Wolverhampton. — Bom about 1589. Left School, 1605. Died, 1668. JfEHKMiAH Rogers, M.A., Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. Prebendary of Ely. One of the suffering Clergy during the Rebellion. — Bom, 1593. Left School, — . Died, 1660. Wiiliam Shkrborn, D.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Prebendary of Hereford, 1662. Chancellor of Uandaff. — Bom, 1594. Left School, 1611. Died, 1679. Philip Parsons, D.M., of Padua, Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Principal of Hart Hall.— Bom, 1594. Left School, 1610. Died, 1668. Edward Dayenant, D.D., Fellow and Tutor of Queen’s College, Cambridge, where his cousin, Thomas Fuller, became his pupil. Prebendary of Sarum, 1623. Archdeacon of Berks, 1630. Treasurer of Sarum, 1634. He was a very eminent mathematician. — Bora, . Left School, 1611 or 12. Died, 1680. John Speed, D.M. (son of John Speecl the Chronologer), Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Wood says of him, that “ he became eminent in his faculty (especially for the practical part) among the ’ Academians.” (Mem. xxxv.) — Bora, 1695. -Left School, 1612. Died, 1640. L(8).] of the Company's School 673 James Shirley, of St. John’s College, Oxford, and afterwards of St. Catharine Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated M.A. The Dramatic Poet. He received Holy Orders in the Church of England ; then apostatized to Rome. After this he was occupied for some time in tuition. At length, says Wood, “ he retired to the Metropolis, lived in Gray’s Inn, and Bet up for a playmaker.” He and his wife died on the Bame day, from the distress and misery into which they had been brought by the Great Fire of London. — Born, 1596. Left School, 1612. Died, 1666. Edward Quarles, B.D., Dr. Wattes’ Scholar, and afterwards Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Prebendary of York. He was one of the sufferinjg Clergy during the Great Rebellion. — Born, 1599. Left School, 1614. Died, Richard Washborne, M.A., of Exeter College, Oxford. Precentor of Christ Church. Prebendary of Chichester. — Born, 1597. Left School, 1615. Died, 1672. Peter Chamberlen, M.D., of Padua j afterwards incorporated at both Oxford and Cambridge, F.R.C.P. He was a very distinguished Physician, and left behind him numerous works. — Born, 1601. Left School, 1615. Died, 16S3. Edmund Calamt, B.D., Dr. Wattes* Scholar at Pembroke College, Cambridge ; afterwards “Tanquam Socius.” He received Holy Orders in the Church of England, but afterwards became a zealous Nonconformist. In 1640 he was concerned in writing “ Smectymnuus.” He was a Member of the Westminster Assembly of Divines. Though an enemy to Episcopacy, he did not consent to Charles I.’s death, and even promoted the return of Charles II. He was offered the Bishoprick of Lichfield at the Restoration, but declined it, and resigned all his Church preferment in 1662. He lived to see London destroyed by the Great Fire ; and it is said that grief at this event hastened his death. — Bom, 1600. Left School, 1616. Died, 1666. Richard Hetrick, M.A., of St. John’s College, Oxford. Fellow of All Soul’s College. Warden of Manchester. He sided with the Presbyterians in the Great Rebellion, took the Covenant, and was made one of the “ Assembly of Divines.”— Bom, 1600. Left School, 1617. Died* 1667. John Huit, D.D., of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Chaplain to Charles 1. An eminent Divine. Executed with Sir Harry SlingBby for corresponding with the exiled King. — Bom, 1604. Left School, 1620. Died, 1668. Bulstbode Whitelooke, of St. John’s College, Oxford, son of Sir James White- locke. A pupil of Archbishop Laud, who showed him great kindness, which he requited by refusing many years afterwards, to become one of the Com- missioners against him. Af.P. for Marlow in the Long Parliament. An active persecutor of Lord Strafford. Bore many legal and other offices during the Great Rebellion. One of “ Cromwell’s Peers.” Author of the “ Memorials,” which bear his name. — Bom, 1605. Left School, 1620. Died, 1676. Nathaniel Ward, M.A., of King’s College, Cambridge. Vicar of Staindrop. Slain, fighting for the King at Milium Castle, Cumberland, 1644. “ He was a very learned and estimable person.” — Cooper. — Bora, 1605. Left School, 1620. Died, 1644. Edward Layfield, D.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Archdeacon of Essex. Canon Residentiary of St. Paul’s. One of the suffering Clergy during the Great Rebellion. — Bom, 1604. Left School, 1620. Died 1680. John Aldington, M.A., of Queen’s College, Cambridge. An eminent Preacher and Theological Author. Prebendary of Lincoln. — Bom, 1607. Left School, 1621. Died, 1682. 674 Some account of other Eminent Scholars [ L (3). James Cboxton, Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Precentor of Elphin. Prebendary of Ferns. He took an active part in Irish Church matters during Strafford’s administration. — Bora, 1606. Left School, 1622. Died, — . James Ashurst, M.A., Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. A Nonconformist of some eminence as a Divine and Preacher. — Bom, 1607. Left School, 1623. Died, — : — . Joseph Cbowther, D.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Regius Professor of Greek, 1660. Principal of St. Mary’s Hall, 1664. Prebendary of St. Paul’s 1642, and of Worcester, 1661. Precentor of St. Paul’s. Chaplain to James II.— Bora, 1608. Left School, 1625. Died, 1689. Edmund Gayion, B.M., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford ; afterwards Superior Beadle of Arts and Medicine. From this office he was ejected by the Parlia- mentary Visitors, in 1648. He was replaced at the Restoration. He was well known, in his day, as a satirical and humorous writer. One of his works is " Festivous Notes upon Don Quixote.” lie also put forth a book in verse, entitled “ The Art of Longevity, or a Dietetical Institution.” He was the City “ Poet Laureate.” — Bora, 1608. Left School, 1625. Died, 1666. George Gisbye, B.D., Fellow of St. Johu’s College, Oxford. White’s Reader in Moral Philosophy, 1638 ; ejected by Parliamentary Visitors from his Fellow- ship, 1648. — Born, 1610. Left School, 1627. Died, . John Webb, Nephew of Inigo Jones, who instructed him in Architecture, and intended him to be his successor in the office of Surveyor-General to the King. He published his uncle’s “Stone-Henge restored,” and also a “Vindication” of it, and other works. — Bora, 1611. Left School, 1628. Died, 1672. Abraham Wright, M.A., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. An eminent Preacher, and Collector of the “ Deliciee Poetarum.” — Bora, 1611. Left School, 1629. Died 1690. John Corbett, of Magdalen Hall, Oxford. A very eminent Nonconformist Divine. Besides being Author of many Controversial and Devotional Works, he assisted in Compiling Rushworth’s Historical Collections. — Bora, 1612. Left School, 1629. Died 1680. William Quarles, M.A., Dr. Wattes* Scholar, and afterwards Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was ejected from his Fellowship during the Great Rebellion, and reinstated at the Restoration. (A Benefactor of the College;) — Bom, 1614. Left School, 1630. Died, 1670. William Walwyn, B.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. A noted Preacher in his day. Prebendary of St. Paul’s, 1660. He was ejected from his Fellow- ship in 1648, and suffered much during the Great Rebellion. — Born, 1614. Left School, 1632. Died, Joshua Kibby, of Oxford. A zealous Royalist, imprisoned for praying publicly for Charles I. He had some reputation as a Divine among Nonconformists. — Bora 1617. Left School, 1633. Died, 1676. Thomas Ward, Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. A sufferer in the Great Rebellion. Archdeacon of Wilts. — Born, 1615. Left School, 1635. Died, 1696. Tristram Conyers, Serjeant-at-Law. — Born, 1619. Left School, 1635. Died, 1684. William nows, M.A., of St. John’s College, Oxford. One of the earliest of Systematic Botanists in England. He studied Medicine after taking his degrees in Arts, and practised it with some success. He is generally called Dr. Howe, but it does not appear that he graduated in medicine. — Bora, 1620, Left School, 1637. Died, 1656. L(3).] of the Company’s School. S15 John Wells, Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, the Nonconformist. Author of “ The Practical Sabbatarian.”— Bom, 1622. Left School, 1640. Died, 1676. Benjamin Needles, B.C.L., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. A noted Non- conformist. Author of “ Morning Exercises at Cripplegate.” — Bora, 1623. Left School, 1642. Died, 1682. William Bell, D.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Prebendary of St. Paul’s. One of the Lecturers at the Temple. Archdeacon of St. Alban’s. Chaplain to Charles II, 1668.— Bora, 1625. Left School, 1643. Died, 1683. Thomas Mbducott, elected Prob. Fellow of St. J ohn's, Oxford, but never admitted. M.P. for Abingdon, 1688.— Bom, 1628. Left School, 1645. Died, 1716. Henby Hubst, M.A. Chorister of Magdalen College, Oxford. Prob. Fellow of Merton College, 1619. A noted Nonconformist Preacher and Author. A con- tributor to “Poole’s Annotations.” — Bom, 1629. Left School, 1645. Died, 1690. Sir Gabbiel Eobebts, Knt. Deputy-Governor of the Levant Co. An eminent London Merchant — Bora, 1629. Left School, 1646. Died, 1714. Thomas Vinkb, D.D., of Catharine Hall, Cambridge. Prebendary of Gloucester, 1665, Dean of Gloucester, 1671. Canon of Windsor, 1670. — Bora, 1629. Left School, 1646. Died, 1673. Sir Thomas Pinfold, Knt., LL.D. of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Chancellor of Peterborough. Advocate- General. — Born, 1634. Left School, 1646. Died, 1701. William Cbompton, M.A. Became Student of Christ Church by the power of Parliamentary Visitors, in 1648. An eminent and pertinacious Nonconformist, who published several works. — Bora, 1629. Left School, 1648. Died, 1696. Thomas Wyatt, D.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Canon Residentiary of Salisbury, &c. — Bora, 1632. Left School, 1648. Died, 1725. Kendbick Edisbttby, Commissioner for Victualling the Navy. M.P. for Harwich. — Bora, 1635. Left School, 1648. Died, 17 — . Sir Geoboe Vineb, Bart., B.A., of St. John’s College, Cambridge. Born, 1638. Left School, 1650. Died, 1673. John Edwabds, D.D., entered in 1653 at St. John’s College, Cambridge, of which he became a Fellow. He was the son of Thomas Edwards, the well-known author of . “ Gangreena,” who, though ordained in the Church of England, became a zealous advocate of Presbyterianism. John Edwards seems to have obtained, in early life, the notice of Bishop Sanderson, by whom he was ordained ; but he soon followed in his Father's steps, and became a voluminous writer of the same School of Theology. Some of his Works attracted con- siderable notice at the time, especially “ The Socinian’s Creed,” intended to controvert Mr. Locke’s “ Reasonableness of Christians, as declared in the Scriptures,” “ Theologia Reformata,” &c. — Born, 1637. Left School, 1653. Died, 1716. Edwabd Bebnabd, D.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Proctor of the University in 1667. Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford in 1673. A learned Astronomer, Linguist, and Critic. He left numerous works. — Born, 1638. Left School, 1665. Died, 1696. 2x2 676 Some account of other Eminent Scholars [L(*y Isaac Craven, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Craven Scholar, 1630. Candidate for the office of Public Orator, 1673, and elected by a majority (including Isaac Newton), 1 but as he had not been nominated by the Heads, the Vice-Chancellor refused to admit him. He was an eminent scholar.— Bom, 1639. Left School, . Died, . Abraham Janeway, B.A., of Catharine Hall, Cambridge. A Nonconformist of some note. — Bora, 1641. Left School, 1656. Died, . Sir Nathanael Powell, Knt. and Bart. — Born, 1640. Left School, 1657. Ifed, 1707. Edmund Trench, of Magdalen Hall, Oxford, (and previously of Queen’s College, Cambridge.) An eminent Nonconformist (see Calamy ii, 449-456.) — Beam, 1643. Left School, 1657. Died, 1691. • John Curle, M.A., Demy and afterwards Probationary Fellow of Magdalen College. Oxford. Head Master of Magdalen College School, 1666-70. — Bom, 1643. Left School, 1659. Died, 1670. Jeremiah Wells, B.A. At first of St. Mary’s Hall, afterwards FeDow of St. John’s College, Oxford, ne was probably, though educated at Merchant Taylor?’, which he left in 1660, a Founders-kin Fellow. I learn from Dr. Bliss, that be was matriculated at St. Mary’s Hall, December 16, 1664, and Wood makes him elected Fellow of St. John’s in 1665. He was one of those who spoke in Terse at the first Encaenia after the building of the Sheldonian Theatre, at Oxford. Wood states that he proceeded M.A., but there is no evidence of this in the Subscription Book of the University; and it is expressly denied in a manuscript Catalogue of Fellows in the keeping of the President of St. John's. — Born, 1646. Left School, 1660. Died, 1679. Abraham Markland, D.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Prebendary of Winchester. Master of the Hospital of St. Cross. He left some Sermons on the Parables and Miracles of our Lord. — Born, 1645. Left School, 1662. Diei 1728. Edward Waple, B.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Proctor of the University in 1675. Vicar of St. Sepulchres’, London. Archdeacon of Taunton, Prebendary of Wells. Author of a “ Paraphrase on the Book of Revelation*,” and of various Sermons. He founded a Catechetical Lecture in St. John’s College. 2 — Born, 1647. Left School, 1663. Died, 1712. Sir Gerard Conyers, Kfc., Lord Mayor of London. — Born, 1650. Left School 1664. Died, 1737. John Conyers, of Queen’s College, Oxford. Bencher of the Middle Temple. King’s Counsel. M.P. for East Grinstead and West Looe. — Born, 1650. Left School, 1665. Died, 1722. Joshua Lasher, D.M., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Regius Professor of Medicine at that University, 1718. — Born, 1647. Left School, 1665. Died, 1729. John Rogers, M.A., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Archdeacon of Leicester. — Born, 1647. Left School, 1666. Died, 1715. Francis Feabne, M.A., Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge. Head Master of Wisbeach Grammar School. Prebendary of Ely, 1690. — Born, 1648. Left School, 1667. Died, 1713. 1 See “ Nation's Correspondence," edited by Edleston, pp. xlvii., xJviii. • S. Wesley, in his advice to a young Clergyman, say*, “ Waple, of St. Sepulchre's, was a great man, though almost unheard of in the world ; and haa left many valuable manuscripts behind him." L(B>] of the Company s School. 677 Richard Outer, B.D., Fellow [ of St. John’s College, Oxford. Proctor of the University in 1681. Archdeacon of Surrey. — Born, 1651. Left School, 1669. Died, 1689. Thomas Sayeb, D.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Chaplain to Bishop Mews. Succeeded Richard Oliver as Archdeacon of Surrey. — Boro, 1651. Left School, 1669. Died, . Sir Geoffrey Palmer, Bart., M.P. for the County of Leicester, in four successive Parliaments. — Born, 1655. Left School, . Died, 1732. Duncan Dee, of St. John’s College, Oxford. Common Serjeant of the City, and the Defender of Dr. Sacheverell. It does not appear that he ever graduated. — Born, 1657. Left School, 1673. Died, 1720. Tobias Swindbn, M.A., of Jesus College, Cambridge. Author of the well-known “ Enquiry into the Nature and Place of Hell,” &c. — Born, 1659. Left School, 1674. Died, 17—. William Lowth, B.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Prebendary of Winchester. Author of the " Commentary on the Prophets,” which forms a continuation of Bishop Patrick’s Commentary on the earlier parts of Scripture. He had considerable reputation as a critic, besides being a Divine. Bishop Lowth was his son. — Boro, 1660. Left School, 1675. Died, 1732. Thomas Hoy, D.M., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Regius Professor of Medicine at that University in 1698. — Bom, 1659. Left School, 1676. Died, 1718. Peter Neve, or Le Neve, F.R.S., Norroy King-at-Arms. A very eminent Genea- , logist, and First President of the Society of Antiquaries. — Born, 1660. Left School, 1676. Died, 1729. Francis Lee, M.A., M.R.C.P., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford ; removed from his Fellowship on account of Non-juring scruples in 1697. Author of “A Histoiy of Montanism,” which Bishop Lavington commends in the Preface to his “ Enthusiasm of Methodists and Papists compared.” — “ A Life of Mr. Kettle well,” &c. He wrote the prolegomena to the Historical part of Grabe’s Septuagint. — Born, 1661, Left School, 1676. Died, 1718. William Sherard, D.C.L., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, the celebrated Botanist and Archaeologist. Consul at Smyrna. He founded a Professorship of Botany, which bears his name, at Oxford, and appointed Dillenius as the first Professor. His Books, (with the exception of those relating to his favorite study, which were bequeathed to the University), were left to St. John’s College. — Born, 1659. Left School, 1677. Died, 1728. James Sherard, D.M., F.R.S. An eminent Botanist, Brother of Dr. William Sherard. — Born, 1665. Left School, . Died, 1737. Thomas May, M.A., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, Master of Reading School. — Boro, 1659. Left School, 1677. Died, . Sir Nathanael Lloyd, Kt., D.C.L., of All Souls* College, Oxford. LL.D. and Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge (to which he was a munificent Benefactor) • Queen’s Advocate. — Bora, 16 — . Left School, 1677. Died, 1741. Samuel Prat^, D.D., (by Royal Mandate) of Cambridge, in 1697. Chaplain to the Princess of Denmark. Almoner to the Duke of Gloucester. Afterwards Clerk of the Closet to the Queen, and in 1706, Dean of Rochester. He published some Sermons (one of them preached before “ the gentlemen educated at Merchant Taylors’,” December 10, 1700), and also some Grammatical Works. —Boro, 1658. Left School, 1677. Died, 1728. C78 Some account of other Eminent Scholars [m William Peibbf, B.D., Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. An eminent Scholar. Editor of two Tragedies of Euripidiea, Ac. — -Born, 1661. Left School, 1679. Died, . Nathaniel Mabckwicx, B.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Prebeodin of Wells. A Writer upon the Seventy Weeks of DanieL — Born, 1661. Left School, 1682. Died, 1721. Philip Sttbbb, B.D., F.K.S., Entered at Wadham College, Oxford, in 1681 Scholar, 1684. Fellow, 1691. Archdeacon of St. Alb&na. He published a good many Sermons and Tracts. — Born, 1665. Left School, 1682. Died, 1754. Sir Randolph Kxifb, Kt., Alderman and Sheriff of London. — Bom, 1666. Left School, 1682. Died, — . Charles Blake, D.D., Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford. Prebendary of Ches- ter. Prebendary and Archdeacon of York. — Bom 1664. Left School, 1683- Died, 1720. Sir John Cook, Kt., D.C.L., Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford. King's Advocate-General, Dean of the Arches, Vicar-General, Ac. — Born, 1667. Left School, 1684. Died, 1710. Alexander Torriano, D.C.L., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Professor of Astronomy in Gresham College, 1691. Prebendary of Lincoln, Ac. — Bom, 1667. Left School, 1685. Died, 1717. Richard Blechvnden, D.C.L., Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford. Principal of Gloucester Hall, 1712. First Provost of Worcester College, 1714. Canon of Rochester, 1710. Prebendary of Gloucester, 1711. — Born, 166J. Left School, 1685. Died, 1736. Edmund Calamf, the ’Younger, D.D., of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Glasgow; grandson of the former mentioned Edmund Calamy, and, like him, a Noncon- formist. He Was the Author of “ An Abridgement of Baxter’s Life and Times.” —Bom, 1670. Left School, 1685. Died, 1732. Marmaduke Allington, M.P. for Agmondesham, from 1728 — 1734. Bencher of Lincoln's Inn. — Bom, 1671. Left School, 1687. Died, 1749. Charles Woodrofpe, D.C.L., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Prebendary of Winchester. He bequeathed the Manor of Winterslow to his College, to provide a Fund for increasing the number or value of the Livings in its gift— Bora, 1671. Left School, 1688. Died, 1726. James Knight, D.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. A Theological Writer and Controversialist of some reputation. He opposed Dr. Samuel Clarke with much success. 1 — Bom, 1672. Left School, 1690. Died, 1735. Edmund Archer, D.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Prebendary of Wells. In 1712 succeeded Edward Waple as Archdeacon of Taunton. Archdeacon of Wells in 1726. — Bom, 1678. Left School, 1691. Died, 1739. Sir William Massingbeard, Bart., M.P. for Lincolnshire. — Bom, 1677. Left School, 1691. Died, 1723. Daniel Neale, MA., of an American University. The well-known Author of #< The History of the Puritans,” which called forth rejoinders from Dr. Maddox, Bishop of St. Asaph, and Dr. Zachary Gray. — Bom, 1678. Left School, 1691. Died, 1743. ’ Van Mildert calls his 4 ‘ Vindication of the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity ” a learned, acute, and well-digested performance, written with candour and good temper, and Dr. Clarke put forth his Ml strength in answering it. L (3). ] of the Company's School. 679 Sir Henry Penbice, Knt., Judge of the Admiralty. LL.D., Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Chancellor of G-loucester. — Bom, 1677 . Left School, 1694. Died, 1752. Thomas Haywood, D.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Editor of St. Macarius' Homilies. — Bom, 1678. Left School, 1694. Died, 1746. William Stuart, D.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Chancellor of the Diocese of Exeter, and Chaplain to Bishop Blackhall, whose dying bed he . attended. Founded an Exhibition for Merchant Taylors’ School, at St. John’s College, Oxford, and another at Pembroke College, Cambridge. — Bom, 1677. Left School, 1695. Died, 1734. George Smith, M.A., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Master of Sandwich School, and afterwards of the King’s School, Canterbury. — Bom, 1679. Left School, 1696. Died, . Thomas Rymer, D.D , Fellow of Queen’s College, Cambridge, (elected and ad- mitted Fellow under a dispensation from the Queen, 6th November, 1702.) One of the Six Preachers at Canterbury. Author of several volumes of Ser- mons. — Bom, 1679. Left School, 1696. Died, 1761. Thomas Crosse, D.D., Fellow of Catharine Hall, Cambridge. Proctor of the University, 1716. Master of Catharine Hall, 1719. Vice-Chancellor of the University, 1720. Prebendary of York, 1723. — Bom, 1680. Left School, 1696. Died, 1736. Richardson Pack, of St. John’s College, Oxford. Barrister-at-Law. Afterwards served in the Army with distinction, and attained the rank of Major. A Poetical and Miscellaneous Writer. — Bora, circ. 1680. Left School, 1696. Died, 1728. Samuel Harris, M.A., Fellow of St. Peter’s College, Cambridge. F.R.S. The first Professor of Modem History at Cambridge, 1724. Author of a valuable Com- mentary on Isaiah liii. Craven Scholar, 1701. — Bom, 1683. Left School, 1697. Died, 1733. John Andrew, LL.D., Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. The Founder of Six Exhibitions at St. John’s College, Oxford, appropriated to Merchant Taylors* School. Master of Faculties and Chancellor of London. — Bom, 1672. Left School, 1699. Died, 1747. Robert Watts, B.C.L., F^ow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Author of numerous Tracts and Pamphlets. — Bora, 1683. Left School, 1701. Died, 1726. William Berriman, D.D., of Oriel College, Oxford. An eminent Oriental Scholar and Theologian. Preacher of “ Lady Moyer’s Lectures,” in 1723 — 1724. Follow of Eton College. Preacher of “ Mr. Boyle’s Lecture,” 1730 — 1732, Ac. — Bora, 1688. Left School, 1702. Died, 17£$. Charles Whkatly, M.A. Elected in 1707, Founder’ s-kin Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, where he had originally entered as a Commoner. The author of “ A Rational Illustration of the Book of Common Prayer.” “ Sermons at Lady Moyer’s Lecture,” Ac. — Bom, 1686. Left School, 1704 Died, 1742. Thomas Tooly, M.A., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford ; from whence he was expelled, for irregularities. He was a Classical Scholar of some repute, and wrote several Papers in “ The Craftsman.” — Born, 1688. Left School, 1705. Died, . Isaac Schomberg, M.D., of Cambridge by Royal Mandate. An eminent Physician, as was also his brother, Dr. Ralph Schomberg, F.A.S. — Bom, . Left School, . Died, 1780. C30 Some account of other Eminent Scholars £ L (3) Charles PiEinr, M.A., of Pembroke College, Cambridge; Founder of certain Exhibition* at that College, for Merchant Taylors’ School ; Historian of Nor- folk. Mr. Parkin also founded an Exhibition for Bowes School, Yorkshire, at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and left a small estate to that Society. — Born, 1689. Left School, 1707. Died, 1765. Mem. cxxni. (/). John Byrom, MJL, F.R.S., 1 of Trinity College, Cambridge; of which he was chosen Fellow in 1714. An ingenious Poet : Author of the Paetrol of “Colin and Phoebe,” in the Spectator. The “ Phoebe,” is said to hare been Joanna, daughter of the great Dr. Bent ley. He was afterwards known as an improver of the art of Stenography. — Born, 1691. Left School, 1706. Died, 1763. Ambrose Bon wick*, the Younger (the Son of Mr. Bonwicke, Head Master of Mer- chant Taylors’ School). Like his father, he entertained non-juring scruples, and was therefore, though Head Monitor of the School in June, 1710, in- eligible to a Fellowship at St. John’s, Oxford. He became a Scholar of SL John’s College, Cambridge, where he died early. His father published his Life under the title of “ A Pattern for Young Students in the University, as set forth in the life of Mr. Ambrose Bonwicke.* — Born, 1691. Left School, 1710. Died, 171k John Looker, F.S.A., sometime of Mertofi College, Oxford. B&rrister-at-Law. An Author and Critic of some note in his day. — Born, 1693. Left School, 1711. Died, 1760. Joseph Sims, B.D., of St. Catharine Hall, Cambridge. Chaplain to Bishop Wilcox, whom he had succeeded as Chaplain to the British Factory at Lisborn. Preben- dary of Lincoln and St. Paul’s. Published a Sermon on the Rebellion of 1745, and also a Volume of Sermons. — Born, 169$. Left School, 1711. Died, 1776. John Jones, B.C.L., Fellow of Sf- John’s College, Oxford. Head Master of Oundle School, Northamptonshire. — Bom, 1693. Left School, 1712. Died, . Edward Yabdley, B.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge, on Bishop Dee’s Foundation, 1721. Archdeacon of Cardigan. An able Antiquary. — Bom 1698. Left School, 1714. Died, 1770. Sir Merrick Burrell, Bart., Governor of the Bank of England, M.P. for Marlow, and afterwards for Grampound in several Parliaments. Created a Baronet, 6th George III. — Bom, 1700. Left School, 1714. Died, 1787. Nicholas Amhurst, Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. A Satirical Writer of some notoriety. He was expelled from St. John’s College for his irregularity of life. The “Terr® Filius,” and “The Craftsman,” are his two best known Works. Academic, ecclesiastical, and political matters alike felt his pen. — Bom, 1697. Left School, 1716. Died, 1742. 1 A writer in the ** Notes and Queries No. 129, asserts that the lines — “ God bless the king, I mean the Faith's Defender, God bless, no harm in blessing— the Pretender; Who that Pretender is, and who is king, God bless us all — that’s quite another thing/ 1 “ intended to allay the violence of party spirit 1 were spoken extempore by the celebrated John Byron of Manchester, a non-juror, but better known as the inventor of the Universal Short Hand. They will be Jound in his Miscellaneous Poems, vol. i., page 342. Edition 1773. * Ambrose Bonwicke was accustomed to write the following Hexastich in his devoti onal books :— “ Fide Deo, die s«pe preces, pecc&re care to, Sis humilis, pacem dilige, magna fuge. Multa audi, die pauca, tace abdita, scito minor! Parcere, majori cod ere, ferre parem. Propria lac, peraolve fldem, sis aequua egenis, Part* tuere, pati disce, memento mori." L (3). ] of the Company’s School. 681 Sir John S tracks', Knt., B.C.L., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Recorder of London. Judge of the Sheriffs' Court. — Born, 1698. Left School, 1717. Died, 1748. Henry Woodward, the Comic Actor. — Born, 1714. Left School, 1728. Died, 1777. Sir Willi ah Watson, Knt., D.M., F.R.S., eminent for his skill m Botany and Electricity. — Born, 1716. Left School, 1730. Died, 1787. Sir George Hay, Knt., D,C.L., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. King’s Advocate. Vicar-General. Dean of the Arches. One of the Lords of the Admiralty. M.P. for Stockbridge and Sandwich. Chancellor of Worcester. — Born, 1714. Left School, 1731. Died, . Abel Moisey, M.D., F.R.S., &c., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. An eminent Physician and Medical Writer. — Bora, 1715. Left School, 1732. Died, 1780. John Monro, D.M., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Radcliffe Travelling Fellow in 1743. Physician of Bethlehem and Bridewell Hospitals in 1753. — Bora, 1715. Left School, 1733. Died, 1791. William Cokayne, D.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Proctor of the University in 1750. Professor of Astronomy in Gresham College. — Bora, 1717. Left School, 1736. Died, 1798. John Duncan, D.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. He was present in every battle in Scotland, as Chaplain to the King’s Troops. He published several Religious Works, besides a Poem, on “ Happiness,” in four books. — Born, 1721. Left School, 1739. Died, 18C8. Robert, Lord Clive, the Founder of the British Empire in India, Created D.C.L., at Oxford, September 3, 1760. — Bora, 1725. Left School, 1739. Died, 1774. Peter Whalley, B.C.L., Fellow of St.John’s College, Oxford. Author of “An Enquiry into the Learning of Shakspere.” Editor of Ben Jonson’s Works, and of Bridges’ History of Northamptonshire. Master of the Grammar School, Christ’s Hospital, and of St. Olave’s School, Southwark. — Bora, 1722. Left School, 1740. Died, 1791. William Roman, B.C.L., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, 1740. Professor of Geometry at Gresham College. — Bora, 1722. Left School, 1740. Died, . Vices IMU8 Knock, or Knox, B.C.L., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Third . Under Master of Merchant Taylors* School, in 1753. Second Under Master, 1754. First under Master, 1758, 1 Head Master of Tonbridge School, 1772. He was the father of the “ Essayist.” — Bora, 1729. Left School, 1745. Died, 1779. Edward Rowe Mores, M.A., of Queen’s College, Oxford. An eminent Anti- quarian, and Literary man of the Eighteenth Century. He was one of the Founders of the Society of Antiquaries. — Bora, 1730. Left School, 1745. Died, 1778. William Disney, D.D., of Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he became Fellow. Senior Wrangler, 1753. Regius Professor of Hebrew in 1767. — Bora, 1731. Left School, 1749. Died, 1807. 1 He signs himself Knock- in the School Probation Book for many years. In 1770 he writes his name Knox for the first time. 082 Some account of other Eminent Scholars [M3). William Mainwaring, M.P., for Middlesex, from 1784 to 1802. Mr. Mainwarjng was first elected for Middlesex in 1784. He was on the Tory interest, and the two other candidates were John Wilkes (Radical), and George By ng (Whig). After a severe contest Main waring and Wilkes were returned. In 1790, and again in 1796, Mainwaring and Byng were returned, unopposed. In 1802 there were three Candidates, George Byng, Sir Francis Burdett, and WjDiam Mainwaring; the two former were returned, but in consequence of the wholesale manufacture of Votes, by which Sir F. Burdett’s majority had been attained, he was unseated, on Petition, 1804 This decision, however, did not give William Mainwaring the seat, for “ treating ” appeared to have been resorted to by his Com- mittee. His relative, Gilbert Boulton Mainwaring, was returned in August, by a very narrow majority against Burdett. — Born, 1735. Left School, 1752. Died, 1813. Samuel Kettilby, D.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Prefeesor of Geo- metry in Gresham College. — Born, 1735. Left School, 1754. Died, 1808. John Latham, M.D., F.R.S., &c. Author of “The General History of Birds/’— Born, 17 — . Left School, . Died, 1837. Thomas Taylor, D.C.L., Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford. Profeesor of Law at Gresham College. Archdeacon of Chichester. — Born, 1738. Left School 1757. Died, 1808. Sir John Silvester, Bart., B.C.L. (but created Hon. D.C.L.), Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, F.R.S., F.S.A. Bencher of the Middle Temple, successively one of the Common Pleaders, Com- mon Serjeant, and Recorder of London. — Born, 1745. Left School, 1764. Died, 1822. Henry Hall, D.C.L., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Commissioner of Bankrupts.— Born, 1747. Left School, 1765. Died, . Sir John Horsford, K.C.B., Major-General in Hon. E.I.C. Service. Served with distinction in India. Elected to St.John’s, Oxford, 1768; resigned hia Fellow- ship 1771. — Born, 1751. Left School, 1768. Died, . Sir Charles Rich, Bart., D.C.L., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. He was elected as Charles Bostock, but changed hiB name to Rich, and was in 1791, • created a Baronet. — Bora, 1751. Left School, 1768. Died, 1824. Vicesimi's Knox, M.A., Fellow of St, John’s College, Oxford. Head Master of Tonbridge School on the death of his father. On his resignation of this office, in 1812, he was in turn succeeded by his eon. His “ Essays ” and “ Christian Philosophy,” are well known. He was D.D. of an American University.— Born, 1752. Left School, 1771. Died, 1821. Sir Ralph Bjgland, Knight, Garter King-at-Arms. — Born, 1757. Left School, 1774. Died, 1838. Sir Samuel Shepherd, Knight, Solicitor-General, 1813. Attorney-General. 1817* Chief Baron in Scotland, 1828. Sir Walter Scott has a kindly notice of him in his autobiography. — Born, 1760. Left School, 1774. Died, 1840. Joshua Brookes, F.R.S., &c., the most eminent Anatomist of his time. — Bom, 1761. Left School, . Died, 1833. Plnk stan James, M.D. Originally an Officer in R.N. ; subsequently studied medicine with considerable success, and was Physician Extraordinary to the Prince Regent, &c.— Born, 1766. Left School, 1776. Died, 1830. Baker John Sellon, B.C.L., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Serjeant-at- Law. Author of several legal works. — Born, 1762. Left School, 1779. Died, L(3).J of the Company's School. 683 John Hibbebt, M.A., who migrated from Merchant Taylors’ to Eton, and became Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge. — Born, 1768. Left School, 1779. Died, 1855. Thomas Whitfield, B.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Proctor of the University, 1796. Left a prize of 50f. for every member of St. John’s College, not being on the Foundation, who shall be placed in the 1st Class at the Public Examinations of the University. — Born, 1765. Left School, 1783. Died, 1832. Thomas Bibch, D.C.L., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Dean of Battle. Archdeacon of Lewes. — JBora, 1766. Left School, 1785. Died, 1840. Sir Albebt Pell, Knight, D.C.L., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Serjeant' at-Law. Judge at the Court of Review. — Bom, 1768. Left School, 1787. Died, 1832. John Walter, M.P. for Berks and Nottingham. — Bora, 1776. Left School, 1788. Died, 1847. Charles Matthews, the elder, the Comedian. — Bom, 1776. Left School, 1791. Died, 1835. Henry Wetherell, M.A., of University College, Oxford. Proctor of the Uni- versity, 1802. Canon of Gloucester, and Archdeacon of Hereford, 1825. — Born, 1775. Left School, 1791. Died, 1858. Henry Storks, Serjeant-at-Law. Recorder of Cambridge, and last Chief Justice of the Isle of Ely. Judge in the Middlesex County Court. — Bora, » Left School, 1791. Died, 1866. Father of the late Sir Henry Storks, Surveyor- General, who died in 1874. Charles Mayne Young, the Tragedian, educated partly at Eton, and partly at Merchant Taylors’, to which he migrated— Bora, 1777- Left School, 1792. Died, 1856. The Right Hon. Sir John Dodson, Knight, D.C.L., of Oriel College, Oxford, M.P. for Rye from 1819-1823. Advocate in Doctors’ Commons. Queen’s Advoate- General. Dean of the Arches, and Judge of the Prerogative Court. Bencher of the Middle Temple. Member of the Privy Council. — Bora 1780. Left School, 1797. Died, 1858. Vice-Admiral the Hon. Henry Dilkes Byng, RN., son of John, 5th Viscount Torrington. — Born, 1781. Left School, 1797. Died, 1860. Henry Cline, F.R.S., Surgeon of St. Thomas* Hospital. — Born, 1781. Left School, 1797. Died, 1827. Harry Bristowe Wilson, D.D., Scholar of Lincoln College, Oxford. For many years one of the Under-Masters of Merchant Taylors’. Ho published a " History of the School,” from whieh very much of the Antiquarian matter relating thereto has been derived. — Bora, 1774. Left School, 1798. Died, 1854. Dixon Denham, afterwards known as Lieutenant-Colonel Dixon Denham, the African traveller. — Bora, 1786. Left School, 1800. Died, 1828. Edward Stanley, F.R.S., Surgeon of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Surgeon Extraordinary to the Queen. — Born, 1792. Left School, 1808. Died, 1862. Sir Robert Buckley Comyn, Knight, M.A., (Hon. D.C.L.) of St. John’s College, Oxford. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Madras. Bencher' of' the Middle^ Temple. — Bora, 1792. Left School, 1809. Died, 1853. W. A. Wilkinson, M.P. for Lambeth. — Born, 1795. Left School, 1810. Died, 1865. 684 Some account of other Eminent Scholars [L(3). Francis Close, D.D., Scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge. Dean of Carlisle —Born, 1797. Left School, 1812. John Pollard Willoughby, M.P. for Leominster, and Bart. 1865. dominated a a Student at the E. I. College, Hailebury, August 1815, where, during the four Terms he was required to keep, he gained three prizes, and a gold medal for proficiency in Persian ; three prizes for proficiency in Hindustani ; a prise and a gold medal for proficiency in Law; and a gold medal of proficiency in Political Economy. On quitting the College he was placed in the 1st Class of Merit, and assigned the rank of first on the list of students then leaving the Institution for Bombay, for which Presidency he was appointed a Writer in July 1818 ; after passing through all the different grades of the Service, he took his seat as a Member of Council in April 1846. He retired from the Service and returned to England in 1851. In April 1854, be was appointed by Her Majesty's Government a Nominee Director of the East India Company. Member of the India Council. — Born, 1799. Left School, 1812. Died, 1866. Charles James Matthews, the younger, the Comedian. — Born, 1803. Left School, 1815. Sir Thomas Tilson, Knight. Left School, 1816. J.P., and Chairman of Quarter Sessions for Surrey. Knighted, 1868. Bev. Charles Pritchard, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge. Left School about Christmas, 1819. 4th Wrangler, 1830. Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, 1831. Head Master of Clapham School. President of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1866. Hulsean Lecturer at Cambridge, 1867. Sardian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford, 1870. Rev. Henry Cary, M.A. (son of the Rev. Henry Cary, of the British Museum, the translator of “ Dante,” of “ The Bride of Aristophanes,'' of “ Pindar,” Ac.) He was a Scholar of Worcester College, Oxford, 1821. 2nd Class in Classics at B.A. Examination, 1824. He published various Classical works. Died in Australia, 1871. Sir Peter Melvill Melvtll, Major-General in the Army. Born July 2, 1803. Left School about J une 1819. Entered E. I. C. Service at an early age, in the Bombay Native Infantry, attained rank of Colonel, 1856. Made K.C.B in 1869 for services in India. George Clode, born 1804, entered 1st July 1816 on the 4th, and left School in March 1819 on the 6th, Form, and died 1854. [Of my eldest brother, by whose intellectual culture my early life was directed, I may add a few words. Had lie followed the bent of his own wishes the Univer- sity would have been his career, but he yielded affectionately and unselfishly to what then was a higher duty. He travelled through Spain (during the Revolu- tion), and in Portugal, and in France. The closing years of his life were passed in total blindness, the effect of paralysis, borne with an exemplary patience.— C.M.O.] Edward Wix, M.A., of Trinity College, Oxford. Late Archdeacon of Newn foundland. — Born, 1802. Left School, 1820. Died, 1866. George Robert Gray, F.L.S. Author of “The Genera of Birds,” and other works. Assistant in the Department of Zoology at the British Museum. — Born, 1808. Left School, 1823. Died, 1872. John Baily, Q.C., M.A., Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge. 2nd Wrangler and Smith’s Prizeman in 1828. Standing Couqqil for the University of Cam- bridge. — Born, 1805. Left School, 1823. John Gough Nichols, F.S.A., the well-known antiquary, was the eldest son of John Bowyer Nichols, F.S.A., and grandson of John Nichols, F.S.A., author of tho “ History of Leicestershire,” and other works, was born May 22, 1806. He L (3). ] of the Company’s School. 685 was educated at Merchant Taylors* School, which he loft in June 1823, in order to carry on the printing business in Parliament-street, which had been pre- viously conducted by his father and grandfather. He contributed many historical essays and reviews to the “ Gentleman’s Magazine" which for some years he partly edited, and was the author of numerous works on genealogical, archaeological, and antiquarian subjects. He was treasurer of the Surtees Society in 1834, and was one of the founders of the Camden Society, for which, as for other similar bodies, he edited several volumes. He was chief editor of the “ Collectanea Topographies et Genealogies,” and its sequel, and established * in 1862, the series of the “ Herald and Genealogist.” Mr. Nichols contributed many papers to the transactions of antiquarian societies, and amongst his writings may be mentioned “ London Pageants,” “ The Pilgrimages of Canter- bury and Walsingham, translated from Erasmus,” and “ Literary Remains of King .Edward VI.” Recently he was engaged on a new edition of Dr. Whitaker's “ History of Whalley.” — Died 1873. Thomas Lewin, M.A., Scholar of Trinity College, Oxford. One of the Lord Chancellor's Conveyancing Counsel. Author of an essay on the Chronology of the New Testament, “ A Sketch of Jerusalem,” &c. — Born, 1805. Left School, 1823. Venerable John Hardie, M.A., of St. Mary Hall, Oxford. Late Archdeacon of Caffraria. Chaplain to the Bishop of Ely, 1864-73. — Bom 1809. Left School, 1824. Robert Dixon, D.D., of St. Catharine Hall, Cambridge. Principal of King "William's College, Isle of Man. Proctor in the Convocation of York. — Bom, 1805. Left School, 1824. Charles Mackknzie, M.A., of Pembroke College, Oxford. Head Master of St. CHave’s, Southwark. Prebendary of St. Paul’s. — Bom, 1807- Left School, 1824. Rev. A. J. W. Morrison, B.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. Bom 1806. Left School 1825. Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1831. Head Master of Truro Grammar School. A most learned German Scholar, and translator of “Ritter’s History of Philosophy,” and of other works from the German. — Died, 1865. Rev. Thomas Abundxll (formerly Tagg), B.D. Left School, 1826. Of St. John’s College, Cambridge. Vicar of Hayton, near York. Author of “ Reminiscences of the City of London and its Livery Companies, 1869.” Rev. W. P. Baily, B.D. Left School in 1826, havijig gained a Scholarship at Clare Hall, Cambridge. Thirty-first Wrangler at B.A. Examination, 1830. Fellow of Clare Hall, 1831. Chaplain of the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court, 1849-1858. Rector of Great Waldingfield, Suffolk, 1858-1871. Died, 1871. Rev. E. Penny, M. A. Left School, 1827. School Exhibitioner at St. John’s Col- lege, Oxford. One of the Six Preachers at Canterbury Cathedral. Hon. Canon of Canterbury, 1866. — Died, 1869. Professor William Allan Miller, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. Bom at Ipswich, De- cember 17, 1817. Left Merchant Taylors’ about June 1827. Studied Medicine at Birmingham and King’s College, London. Carried off Warneford Theological Medal, 1839. * Demonstrator of Chemistry at King’s College, 1840. M.D. of University of London. Author of “ Elements of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical.” Professor of Chemistry at King’s College, 1815. — Died 1870. Manatox Collingwood Ommanney, H.E.I.C., Civil Service Judicial Commissioner in Oude. He was killed at Lucknow, in the Bengal Presidency, by a cannon ball, as he was sitting in his room. — Bom, 1813. Left School, 1827. Died, 1857. 686 Some account of other Eminent Scholars [ L (3> Albert Richard Smith, whose name is permanently and pleasantly associated with “ Mont Blanc.”— Born, 18 16. Left School, 1828. Died, 1860. Ale xander Pulling, Barrister-at-Law. Author of “ Laws and Customs of City of London.” Rerjeant-at-Law, 1SG3. — Born, 1814. Left School, 1830. John Ratliff, Civil Session Judge, Cuddapal, Madras. — Born, 1819. Left School, 1830. Rev. W. Scott, M.A. Left School in 1831, having obtained a Michel Exhibition, from which he was advanced to a Scholarship, on the same foundation, at Queen's College, Oxford. 2nd Class in Classics at B.A. Examination, 1835. Perpetual Curate of Christ Church, Hoxton, 1839-1863. Vipar of St. Lawrence Jewry, 1863. He was a man of immense Theological learning, and for many years edited the “ Christian Remembrancer.” He was also one of the founders and constant contributors to the “ Saturday Review,” and few numbers appeared without an article from his vigorous pen. He edited Archbishop Land's Works, in the Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology. — Died, J anuary 12, 1872. Samuel Birch, F.S.A., Keeper of the Oriental and Medieval Antiquities at the British Museum. Corresponding Member of the Institute of France, and of the Academy of Berlin. Author of “Views of the Kile,” 1843, and “The Gallery of Antiquities," 1846, Ac. Created Hon. D.C.L. of St. Andrew's, 1862. — Born, 1813. Left School, 1831. Edward Augustus Bond, Assistant Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Museum and Egerton Librarian. — Born, 1815. Left School, 1833. John Mortimer Heppel, M. Inst. C. E. Left School in 1833, and went to the London University, where he obtained a Prise for Natural Philosophy. A Civil Engineer of considerable ability and eminence, who was a pupil of Mr. G. P. Bidder, and of the Messrs. Rennie. He was a man known for his professional exertions, not merely in England, but in Switzerland and other parts of the Continent of Europe, and indeed of the world. In 1857 he was appointed Chief Engineer on the Madras Railway. In 1864 he became Consulting Engineer to the International Contract Company. In 1865, Engi- neer to the Peruvian Railway. In 1866 he was made Consulting Engineer to the Oude and Rohilcund Railway, which post he retainnd to his death. In every position filled by him his exertions were deeply appreciated, and his merit acknowledged. He joined the Institute of Civil Engineers as an Associate in 1835, was elected a Graduate in 1838, and was transferred to the class of Member in 1857. His published works and inventions were numerous and valuable. — Died, March 21, 1872. Sir Adam Bittleston, Knight, Barrister-at-Law. One of the Justices of the Supreme Court of Madras, 1858. Re-appointed to the High Court, under the New Act in June 1862. Retired 1870. Rev. John Gabriel Ryde, M.A., Incumbent of Holy Trinity Church, Melrose, and Synod Clerk of the Diocese of Glasgow. He was at Merchant Taylors' School from June 1831 to June 1834, but had the greater part of his early < duration at King's College, London (first in the School and afterwards in the College), previous to going to St. John’s College, Oxford. There he graduated in Michaelmas, 1846, taking a 1st Class in Classics at B.A. The next year he was ordained by the Bishop of London to the Curacy of St. Mary’s, Paddington, whence ho proceeded, in 1819, to Scotland, and after being for four years Incumbent of St. Andrew’s, Aberdeen, was appointed in 1854 to the Incumbency of Holy Trinity Church, Melrose, which he held till his death, from typhoid fever, on the 7th of December 1868, at the age of 45. L (3). ] of the Company’s School. 687 Key. Hector Nelson, M.A. Left School, 1835. Of St. John's College, Oxford. 2nd Class in Mathematics at B.A. Degree, Easter, 1838. Principal of the Lincoln Training Institution. Prebendary of Lincoln, 1865. Professor Thomas Longmobe, C.B. Left School, 1835, to commence study at Guy's Hospital. After various services as Assistant -Surgeon with the 19th Regiment in the Ionian Islands; West Indies, and Canada, served as Surgeon of the 19th Regiment in the Light Division of the Eastern Army from its first taking the field throughout the campaign of 1854-55, until the termi- nation of the Siege of Sebastopol ; was present at the affair of Bulganac, battles of Alma and Inkerman, capture of Balaklava, sortie of 26tli October, assault of the Redan on 18th June and 8th September. (Medal and three clasps, Turkish medal, and Knight of the Legion of Honor). Served in Bengal in 1857 to 1859 during the Sepoy Mutiny. Author of various professional publications. Selected to be the Professor of Military Surgery at the Army Medical School on its establishment in 1860 by the then Minister of War, Lord Herbert. Deputy Inspector-General. Made a Companion of the Bath in 1867. Ap- pointed Surgeon Extraordinary to the Queen, 1868. William Barrow Simonds. Left School, 1836. Elected M.Pi for Winchester, 1865 ; again in 1868 ; and again in 1874. Richard Henry Major, F.S.A., F.R.S.L. Keeper of the Department of Maps, Charts, &c., in the British Museum, 1867. For many years the Honorary Secretaay of the “ Hakluyt Society,” and editor of many of its most valuable publications, as “ The Early Voyages to Terra Australis.” Writer of a paper before the Society of Antiquaries on a “Discovery made by him of a MS. document which represented Australia to have been discovered by the Portuguese, with a Discoverer's Name, in 1601.” In recognition of the im- portance of these two publications, Don Pedro, King of Portugal, conferred on him the Knighthood of the “ Tower and Sword ” in 1861. Author of “ The Life of Prince Henry of Portugal, surnamed the Navigator, and its Results,” for which Dom Louis, the present King, conferred on him the additional honour of the “ Gold Collar ” of that Order. Knight and Officer of the Order of the “ Rose of Brazil,” 1873. Knight Commander of “ the Crown of Italy,” 1874, a distinction conferred on him by Vittorio Emanucle, King of Italy, for another work, “The Voyages of the Venetian Brothers, Niccolo and Antonio Zeno, to the Northern Seas in the Fourteenth Century.” Corresponding Member of many foreign societies. — Born, 1818. Left School, 1836. Rev. Edmund Venables, M.A , Stuart’s Exhibitioner from the School, 1838, of Pembroke College, Cambridge. 83rd Wrangler in 1842. Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Lincoln. Prebendary of Lincoln, 1865. Canon and Pre- centor of Lincoln, 1867. Chaplain to the Bishop of London, 1869. Rev. William De Lancy West, D.D., of St. John’s College, Oxford, 1841. 1st Class in Mathematics, and 2nd Class in Classics, Easter 1845. Head Master of Hackney School. Head Master of Brentwood School. Head Master of Epsom College, 1870. Rev. Thomas Barratt Power, M.A., Scholar of Emmanuel Collego, Cambridge, 1841. Eleventh Wrangler at B.A., 1845. Fellow of Emmanuel, 1846, and afterwards Tutor. Head Master of the Hereford Cathedral School, 1851-1857. Prebendary of Hereford, 1856. Vicar of Upton Bishop, Herefordshire, 1857. —Died, 1874. James Alexander Guthrie. Left School, 1841. M.A. (18-15) of Wadham College, Oxford. A Director of the Bank of England. [Elected Warden and Assistant to the Company in 1863, and would have held the Mastership, to the very great advantage of the Company, in 1873-4, but for his death (after a lingering illness borne with great fortitude) in 1872. He was warmly attached to 688 Some account of other Eminent Scholars [L(3> the School, and wu a Trustee for the 1861 Scholarship (see p. 472). Greatly in- terested in the removal to the Charter House. The two or three letters I received from him during his illness (and written with difficulty in pencil) had reference to that subject. He was charitable and munificent, a Liberal in politics, and unsuccessfully contested Dundee in 1868. His death waB deeply regretted by those in any way associated with him. — C. M. C.] Rev. W. Dewhurbt, M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin. Left School, 1842. An excellent Oriental Scholar. Theological Tutor, and Oriental and Hebrew Lecturer at Queen's College, Birmingham, and Head Master of the Junior School of Theology. Selected by Bishop H. Browne as one of the Contributors to “The Speaker's Commentary on the Bible.” — Died, 1865. Timothy Holmes, M.A. Left School, 1843, with a Stuart's Exhibition to Pem- broke College, Cambridge. Foundation Scholar of that College, 1845. 42nd Wrangler, and Bracketed Twelfth in the First Class in Classics at B.A. Ex- amination, 1817. M.R.C.S., 1853. Chief Surgeon of the Metropolitan Police, 1865. Surgeon and Lecturer in Surgery at St. George's Hospital, 1868. Pro- fessor of Surgery and Pathology, 1872-74, and Member of the Court of Examiners, of R.C.S., 1873. Editor and in part Author of “A System of Surgery,” 2nd edition, 1870, and Author of “ The Surgical Treatment of the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood, 2nd edition, 1869, and of other Medical works. Frkdfrick William Pavy. Left School in 1843. M.D., London, 1853. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London, 1860. F.R.S. Physician to, and Lecturer on Physiology at Guy’s Hospital. Gulstonian Lecturer at College of Physicians, 18H2 and 1863. Lettsomian Lecturer at Medical Society, 1859. Formerly Lecturer in Comparative Anatomy, Guy’s Hospital. Examiner in Anatomy and Physiology, College of Physicians, 1872 and 1873. Author of various Medical Works, and most recently of “A Treatise on Food and Dietetics, Physiologically and Therapeutically considered,” 1874. Thomab Halhed Fischer. Left School, 1845. Barrister-at-Law. Bencher of Lincoln's Inn. Queen’s Counsel, 1872. Butler Cole Aspihall, Barrister-at-Law. Member of the Australian Parliament for Talbot County. Elected Chairman of Committees of the House, December 11, 1856. Attorney-General at Melbourne, 1861. — Born, 1830. Left School, 1847. Vikcint Rice, left School in June 1847, as Second Prompter. He could not he persuaded, though a promising Scholar, and especially elegant in versification, to go to the University. Preferring agriculture, he went to the Agricultural College at Cirencester, and afterwards to the Cape, where he was prosperous and highly respected. He was a Member of the House of Assembly of the Cape. His father was the Rev. Dr. Rice, formerly Head Master of Christ's Hospital. He died January 18, 1873, at Claremont, near Cape Town. Sir Charles T. Bright, Knight, Civil Engineer. Knighted by the Lord-Lieu- tenant of Ireland for his share in carrying out the Atlantic Telegraph. M.P. for Greenwich, 1865-68. — Born, 1832. Left School, 1847. E. A. C. Schalch. Left School, 1852. Barrister-at-Law of Lincoln’s Inn. Obtained in 1864 the Competitive Law Studentship of the Four Inns of Court. Was appointed Attorney-General of Jamaica in 1871, and died, after a very short tenure of office, of yellow fever, 1874. Rev. A. W. Debt, M.A., Postmaster of Merton College, Oxford, 1856. 3rd Class in Mathematics at Moderations, 1858. 2nd Class in Mathematics at B.A. Examination, 1860. Second Master of Crewkerne Grammar School, 1860. Curate of Alton, Hants. Author of “The Christian's Sanctuary.” Died, 1871. L(3).] of the Company's School. 689 Charles Alfred Cookson, B.A., Dean Ireland’s Exhibitioner of Oriel College, Oxford. 2nd Class in Classics at B.A., Easter, 1852. Second Judge of the British Consular Court at Constantinople, 1868. Rev. J. W. Nutt, M.A., Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1852. 1st Class in Classics at Moderations, Michaelmas, 1853. 1st Class in Classics at B.A. Degree, Michaelmas, 1855. Kennicott Hebrew Scholar, 1857. Pusey and Ellerton Hebrew Scholar, 1857. Boden Sanscrit Scholar, 1857. Fellow of All Souls’ College, 1858. One of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools. Sub- Librarian of the Bodleian with care of Oriental Books and Manuscripts, 1867. Grinfield Lecturer in the Septuagint at Oxford, 1874-76. William Rhts Williams, M.D., F.R.G.S., Exhibitioner from the School to St. Thomas’s Hospital, 1855. Graduated at St. Andrew’s, 1862. Member of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, 1866. Resident Physician and Superintendent to Bethelem Hospital, 1866. Lecturer on Mental Diseases at St. Thomas’s Hospital, 1870. C. H. H. Chbynb, M.A. Left School, 1857. Foundation Scholar of St. John’s Col- lege, Cambridge. 18th Wrangler in 1862. Mathematical Master at Westminster School, 1862. J. R. Thubsfield, M.A., Scholar of Corpus, Oxford, 1859. First Class in Classics at Moderations, Easter, 1861. First Classics at B.A., 1863. Fellow of Jesus, 1864. Tutor of Jesus. Examiner in Moderations at Oxford, 1870. Public Examiner, 1873. Proctor, 1875. Rev. Alexander Freeman, M.A., of St. John’s College, Cambridge. Foundation Scholar, 1860. Fifth Wrangler at B.A. Examination, 1861. Chancellor’s Medallist for Proficiency in Legal Studies, 1862. Fellow of St. John’s, 1862. Moderator in the Mathematical Tripos, 1874, and Examiner in the same Tripos for 1875. Rey. Frederic Vbley, B.A., School Exhibitioner of St. John's College, Oxford. 1860. 2nd Class in Classics at Moderations, 1862. Died in his Deacon’s Year, 1866. Rev. A. Stokes, M.A., Company’s Tercentenary Scholar, and Scholar of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 1863. Fourth Senior Optime and Twelfth in 2nd Class in Classics at B.A., 1867. Appointed in 1869 Principal of the Mussorie College, N.W. Provinces, Bengal. • Thomas Humphrey Ward, M.A., Scholar of Brasenose College, 1864. First in Competitive Examination for Indian and Civil Service, 1866. 2nd Class in Classics at Moderations, 1866. 1st Class in Classics at B.A. Degree, 1868. Fellow of Brasenose, 1869. Master in the Responsion Schools at Oxford, 1871. Yen. Richard Frederic Levbvre Blunt, M.A. (Cantuar), of Kings’s College, London. Theological Associate, 1st Class, 1867. Yicar of Scarborough, 1861. Hon. Fellow of King’s College, London, 1869. Rural Dean of Scarborough, 1870. Prebendary of York, 1871. Archdeacon of the East Riding, 1873. Edward Nolan, School Exhibitioner of St. John’s College, Oxford, 1864. 1st Class in Moderations, 1866. Casberd Scholar at St, John’s, 1867. Entered as Student of the Inner Temple in 1 869. A young man of great promise and varied accomplishments, who endeared himself greatly to all his friends. — Died Oct. 4, 1870, after a year’s suffering. 2 Y 690 Some account of other Eminent Scholars. [ L ( 8 ). Sir Joseph Caubton, Alderman of the City of London for the Ward of Bridge Within. Knighted on the occasion of the opening of the Holborn Viaduct by the Queen. Lied, 1871. Ber. Robert Collet Lawton Dear, M.A. A young man of no ordinary promise. He left School as Head Monitor in June 1863, when he was elected a Scholar of St. John’s College, Oxford, carrying with him three out of the four chief classical prizes of that year, besides the Gilpin prize, and many other marks of distinction. At the University he obtained a 1st Class in Classics at Modera- tions at Easter, 1865, was posted as second for the Ireland Scholarship in 1867, and in Michaelmas of that year came out in the 1st Class in Classics at B.A. Within fourteen days of the appearance of the Class List he became Fellow of Merton, and m the spring of 1868, Craven Scholar. St. John’s engaged him as College Tutor. He had a host of private pupils, and in the spring of 1871 was appointed Moderator in Classical honors. He was a man of great industry and deep learning, a good German Scholar, and of most enlightened views as to education, which he pressed with real earnestness. He was ordained a Deacon by the Bishop of Oxford at Christmas, 1870. Died, August 26, 1871, of typhoid fever, at Innsbruck, in the Tyrol. Frederick Hook ham, M.A., Exhibitioner at Lincoln College, 1864. 2nd Class in Classics at Moderations, 1866. 3rd Class in Classics at B.A. Examination 1868. Head Master of Kidderminster School, 1873. Rev. A. F. Rutty, M.A., Exhibitioner of Pembroke College, Cambridge, 1865, and Foundation Scholar, 1866. First Senior Optime at B.A. Examination, 1869. Successively Assistant Master of Newton Abbot College, Devon, Deputy Head Master of Feversham School, Kent, Assistant Master of Reading Sohool, and Head Master of Basingstoke Grammar School, 1873. Rcr. John Sharpe, M.A., Stuart’s Exhibitioner and Scholar of Christ’s College, Cambridge, 1865. Bishop Gell’s Hebrew Prizeman at Christ’s, 1866, 1867, 1868. Bracketed Seventh in the First Class in Classics at B.A., 1869. First Class in Theological Honours. Obtained University Hebrew Prize ; bracketed for Scholfield Prize ; bracketed for the Tyrwhitt Hebrew Scholarship, and mentioned with honour in Examination for Crosse’s Theological Scholarship, 1870. Elected Crosse’s Theological Scholar, 1871. Examiner in the Theological Tripos for 1875. C. T. Cbutwell, M.A., Scholar of St. John’s College, Oxford, 1866. 1st Class in Classics at Moderations, 1868. Pusey and Ellerton Hebrew Scholar, 1869. 1st Class in Classics at B.A. 1870. Fellow of Merton College, 1870. Craven Scholar, 1871. Kennicott Hebrew Scholar, 1872. Examiner in Moderations at Oxford, 1873. BASEMENT PLAN. FIRST FLOOR PLAN SECOND FLOOR PLAN School THIRD FLOOR PLAN. Jb face p. 691 New School at Charterhouse 1873-4. L (4).] Dimensions of the Rooms in the New School. G91 APPENDIX L (4). DIMENSIONS OF THE BOOMS IN THE NEW 8CHOOL BUILDING 8 AT THE CHAPTERHOUSE. (A) New Building. (B) Old Buttery. (O) Head Master’s House. Basement. (A) The channels for warm air, boiler room, engine room, coal * cellars, Ac. (B) Muniment room Lavatory (with 16 basons) , (C) Chemical class room (with accommodation for about 20 1 pupils) Cloak room . . Store room • • Lavatory (with 23 basons) . . Professor’s private room . . Inner room under Lecture Theatre Lecture Theatre . Battery room Apparatus room Ground Floor . (A) Vestibule or open porch . . Entrance hall North school room (accommodating about 250 to 300 1 scholars) . . . . . . . . . . . . j South school room (with the Bame accommodation) . . Corridor (running the whole length of the building,') and connecting the Buttery Building with the Lee- I ture Theatre and the building formerly the Head [ Master’s House now converted into class rooms) J (B) South staircase Class room No. 2 Class room No. 3 . . (C) Library (with spiral staircase, giving access to a gallery 1 3 feet wide round three sides of the room) . . J Class room No. 1 (accommodating about 20 scholars) . . Under Master’s room (with cloak room and W. C. ad- 1 joining) J Waiting room Cloak room for Head Master (communicating with! lavatory with 4 basons, W. C, and 2 urinals) . . ’ J Lecture Theatre (to accommodate about 280 persons, \ 36 feet high from floor to ceiling) . . . . j 1 These rooms extend through the first flor-. Ft. In. Ft. In. 25 0 by 12 0 29 0 » 14 0 26 6 rt 22 0 31 .0 tt 25 6 25 6 tt 25 0 26 0 it 9 0 28 0 it 19 0 17 0 a 17 0 12 0 a 9 6 18 0 a 9 0 10 0 it 9 0 26 6 tt 9 0 36 0 tt 26 6 50 0 tt 32 0 50 0 tt 32 O 1 8 0 — 25 0 ti 19 0 29 0 a 14 0 26 6 a 22 0 32 0 tt 26 0 25 6 tt 24 6 18 0 tt 18 0 18 0 tt 12 6 15 0 tt 7 6 47 0 a 38 6 2 Y 2 Letter from Sir Thomas White . [M(1V (A) New Building*. (B) Old Buttery. (C) Head Master’* House. One-pair Floor. Ft. (B) Claw room No. 7 19 daw room No. 8 .. .. •• •• •• ..22 Lavatory, urinal, and W. C. (C) Class room No. 4 • • 21 Class room No 5 . . .... . . 18 Class room No. 6 . . 19 Housemaids’ closet, lavatory, W. C. and urinal. North and south staircase, as before. Two-pair Floor. (A) Hall (44 feet 6 inches high to the collar of the roof I 93 principals) • • . . • • • • • • J (B) Class room No. 13 . . . . ■ . • • • • • • * 9 Class room No. 14 . . . . . . • • • • • • 22 (C) Class room No. 9.. .. •• .. •• ..27 Class room No. 10 . . 25 ClassroomNo.il.. .. .. .. •• •• 18 Class room No. 12 . . . . . . . . • • • • 19 Instrument room under stairs to next floor. Three-pair Floor. (O Class room No. 15 20 Drawing class room No. 16 .. .- .. .,21 Drawing class room No. 17 . . 48 Lavatory, housemaids’ closet, 2 urinals, and W. C. Ft. In. 1 19 0 by MEMORIAL CXXIII. APPENDIX M (1). LETTER FROM SIR TH0MA8 WHITE, WRITTEN DURING HIS MORTAL ILLNESS FEBRUARY 1566. “ To Mr. President , the Fellowes and Schollers of St. John's CoUedge , in Oxon. “ Mr. President with the Fellowes and Schollers, “ I haue mee recommended unto you euen from the bottome of my hearts, desyringe the holye Ghoste maye bee amonge you untill the ende of the worlde, and desyringe Almightie God that euerye one of you maye loue one another as brethren ; and I shall desire you all to apply your learning© and soe doinge God shall give you hiB blessinge both in this worlde and in the worlde to come. And further more, if any uariaunce or strife doe arise amonge you, I shall desyre you for God’s loue to pacifye it as much as you maye ; and that doinge I put noe doubt but God shall blesse euerye one of you. And this shall be the last letter that euer I shall senda unto you, and therefore I shall desyre euery one of you to take a copie of yt for my sake. Noe more to you at this time, but the Lord have you in his keeping untill th’ende of the Worlde. Written the 27th of January e 1566. I desyre you all to pray to God for mee that I maye ende my life with patience, and that- he maye take mee to his mercye. “ By mee Sir Thomas White, Knight, “ Alderman of London, and “ Founder of St. John’s Colledge in Oxford©." Obijt Anno Salutis, 1566 Regni Elizabethe 8 V0> et die undecimo Febuarrii. M(2).], Presidents of St. John's College. 693 APPENDIX M (2). PRESIDENTS OF 8T. JOHN’S COLLEGE, OXFORD.l 1. Alexander JBelsire, M.A. , Fellow of New College, afterwards the first Canon of Oseney, and the first Canon of the fourth Prebendship of Christ Church. He was nominated by Sir Thomas White, to be the first President of St. John's in 1855. 2. William Flye, M.A. , of Brasenose College, was appointed by Sir Thomas White, the second President, in 1557. He was removed in 1563, for maintaining the Pope's authority, and went abroad for some time. He died in prison at Hereford, in 1603. 3. William Stoclce , B.D., of Brasenose College. He was appointed by Sir Thomas White, one of the first Fellows of St. John’s College, then the first Principal of Gloucester Hall ; afterwards, in 1563, the third President of St. John's. This position he left in about a year, to resume the Headship of Gloucester Hall, where he remained for 10 years. He died in 1607. 4. John Robinson, D.D., of Pembroke, Cambridge ; was incorporated of the same degree at Oxford ; and appointed by Sir Thomas White, the fourth President of St. John’s. He held that position till 1572. In 1574 he became Arch- deacon of Bedford ; and held with this other preferments. He died about 1597. 6. Tobie Mathew, D.D., Student of Christ Church. Public Orator in 1596. Canon of Christ Church in 1570, and Archdeacon of Bath in the same year. In 1572 Prebendary of Salisbury, and in the same year elected President of St. John's College. Dean of Christ Church in 1576. He had already ob- tained great reputation as a Preacher, and had been made Queen's Chaplain in Ordinary. Vice- Chancellor of Oxford in 1579. Dean of Durham in 1583, and Bishop of that See in 1595. Archbishop of York in 1606. Died in 1628. 6. Francis Willy s, D.D., appointed by Sir Thomas White, to be Fellow of St. John's in 1557. Canon of Bristol. President of St. John's in 1577. Vice-Chan- cellor of Oxford, in 1587. Dean of Worcester in the same year. Resigned his Presidentship 1590. Died in 1596. 7. RALPH HTJCHENSON, B.D., educated at Merchant Taylors’ School. Ap- pointed Fellow of St. John’s by Joanna, Widow of Sir Thomas White, in 1570. Elected President in 1590. Died in 1605. 8. JOHN BUCKERIDGE, D.D., Founder’s-kin Fellow of St. John's, but edu- cated at Merchant Taylors’ School. President in 1605, afterwards Bishop, successively of Rochester and Ely. 9. William Land, D.l)., educated at Reading School. Elected Fellow of the Read- ing Foundation, 1590. Proctor of the University in 1608. President of St. John's College in 1611. In 1621 Bishop of St. David’s — in 1628 Bishop of London — 1683 Archbishop of Canterbury. Chancellor of Oxford from 1630 — 1641. Beheaded, 164f 10. WILLIAM JUXON, D.C.L., educated at Merchant Taylors' School. Elected Fellow of St. John's College 1598. President in 1621. Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, 1626-27, 1627-28. Successively Bishop of Hereford and London, and Archbishop of Canterbury. * Those whose names are in capitals, were educated at Merchant Taylors' School, G94 Presidents of St. John's College. [M(2> Richard Baylie, D.D , educated at Coventry School. Proctor of the University in 1615. President of the College in 1631. Vice- Chancellor at Oxford, 1636-37, 1637-38, 1661-62. Dean of Salisbury. He was ejected from his Headship (which was held successively by two intruders .FVaaeti ChryneU and Thankful Owen) in 1648, but was restored in 1660. He died in 1667, and was buried in ‘a beautiful little Chapel, which he had built, on the north-east side of St. John’s College Chapel, Oxford. He was Chaplain to Archbishop Laud, and Edited several of his Works. The Archbishop mentions him in his Will. PETER MEWS, D.C.L., educated at Merchant Taylors’ School Elected ’ Fellow 1637— President in 1617. Vice-Chancellor of Oxford 1669-1673. Successively Bishop of Bath and Wells, and of Winchester. WILLIAM LEYINZ, D.M., educated at Merchant Taylors’ School Elected Fellow 1661 — President 1673. Canon of Wells. Regius Professor of Greek 1665-1698. . WILLIAM DELAUNE, D.D., educated at Merchant Taylors’ School. Elected Fellow 1675 — President 1698. V ice -Chancellor of Oxford, 1702—5. Margaret Professor of Divinity at Oxford 1714. Prebendary of Winchester. Died 1728. ^ WILLIAM HOLMES, D.D., educated at Merchant Taylors’ SchooL Elected ^ " Fellow of St. John’s College in 1707. Proctor of the University 1721. President of the College in 1728. Vice-Chancellor of Oxford 1732-1735. Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford. Dean of Ex^er. An eminent Benefactor of St. John’s College. . WILLIAM DERHAM, D.D., educated at Merchant Taylors’ SchooL Elected ^ Fellow of St. John’s College in 1721. Proctor of the University 1736. White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy 1737 — President of the College 1748. (He was the son of Dr. William Dereham, Boyle Lecturer, in 1711-12, the Author of “ Physioo-Theology,” 14 Astro-Theology,” Ac.) — jfUliam Walker, D.C.L., Founder’s-kin Fellow of St. John's College. Principal 17 * 0 f New Inn Hall, 1745. Elected President of St. John’s in 1757, but re- signed that office in the course of the same year. He retained the Headship of New Inn Hall till his death, in 1761. 18 Thorscu kYy, Z>.D., educated at Bristol School. Elected Fellow of St. John's College, 1732 ; President 1757. (Dr. Fry was a friend of the unfortunate Chatterton, his fellow townsman, and set out from Oxford to relieve his distress, when he was stopped by the news of his suicide.) 19 SAMUEL DENNIS, D.D., educated at Merchant Taylors’ School. Elected Fellow of St. John’s College in 1767 — President in 1772. * Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, 1780-1784. 20. MICHAEL MARLOW, D.D., educated at Merchant Taylors’ School. Elected Fallow of St. John’s College in 1776— President in 1795. Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, 1798-1802. Prebendary of Canterbufy. 21. Rev, PHILIP WYNTER, D.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, 1811. 2nd Class in Classics, 1815. Tutor of St. John’s. Public Examiner Michaelmas, 1825, to Michaelmas, 1826. President of St. John’s, 1828. Select Preacher, 1828, and again in 1833. Vice-Chancellor of the University, 1840-44. Member of the Hebdomadal Council, 1855, I860, 1866. Canon of Worcester, 1868. Master of St. Oswald’s Hospital, Worcester, 1869. Died, November 4, 1871. 22. Rev. JAMES BELLAMY, D.D., Fellow of Si John’s College, Oxford, 1836. 2nd Class in Classics, and 1st Class in Mathematics at BJL Examination, 1841. Tutor of St. John’s. Examiner in Moderations at Oxford, 1853, 1854. President of St. John’s, 1871. • M(3).] 69o Fellows of St. John’s. APPENDIX M (3). FELLOWS OF 8T. JOHN’S ON SIR THOMAS WHITE'S FOUNDATION FOE MERCHANT TAYLORS’ SCHOOL FROM 1796 TO 1861. » School Chief Classical Prizes, f School Chief French Prizes. || Pitt Club Exhibitioners from the School. t School Chief Mathematical Prizes. § Montefiore Medallist at School. Rev. Dr Hessey’s Hebrew Prize at School. 1796 William Betton Champneys, B.C.L. Sir Henry Ellis, born November 27th, 1777. Admitted at Merchant - Taylors’, October 7th, 1788. Whilst still an undergraduate, appointed, in 1797, one of the Assistant Librarians of the Bodleian. B.C.L. 1802. Temporary Assistant in the British Museum, 1800. Assistant Librarian, 1805. Keeper of the Department of Printed Books, 1806. Transferred to the Department of MSS. 1812, and 1814 also Secretary. Retained both positions till 1827, when he was appointed Principal Librarian. Retired from this post in 1856. Sir Henry Ellis was, in 1813, one of the Secretaries to the Archaeological Society, and edited many of its publications. A Member of the Camden Society. Fellow of the Society of Autiquaries, 1807. Fellow of the Royal Society, 1811. Fellow of the G-eological Society. Hon. Member of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, Copenhagen. Hon. Member of the Royal Irish Academy. Member of the Historical Scandinavian Society at Stockholm. Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Brussels. Corresponding Member of the Imperial Society of Antiquaries at France. LL.D. of the University of Jena, and Knight of Hanover. In 1807, he edited several reprints of Old English Chronicles. In 1810, reprints of Robert of Gloucester and Robert de Brunne. In 1812, assisted in editing Strype’s “Memorials of Cranmer.” In 1813, edited Brande's “ Popular Antiquities.” Was joint Editor of Dugdale’s “ Monasticon,” commenced 1812. In 1818, edited Dugdale’s “ History of St. Paul’s,” besides being engaged in many other literary works, as for instance, “ Original Letters, Illustrative of English History,” 3 vols., 1824. Died/ January 15, 1869. 1797 Edward Warneyord, M.A. Thomas .Snell, B.C.L., (a post election), 1 George Shuts, M.A., {a post-election), 1798 Thomas Clare, M.A. 1799 Henry Symons, D.C.L. (Chaplain to the Duke of Cambridge. Officiated at the Burial of Sir John Moore). 1800 William Dodson, B.D. 1801 Henry Payne, D.C.L. (Barrister-at-Law). John Crosby Clare, B.D., Tutor of 8t. John's. 1802 Thomas Wynter Meade, B.D. William Callaghan Frith, D.C.L., (Chaplain to the Garrison at Zante.) - Francis Joseph Faithyull, B.C.L., ( a post-election ), in default of a Founder’s Kin Candidate. (Prebendary of Lincoln). 1 Elections to Vacancies occurring between June lltb and the Monday after St. John the Baptist's Day, were called Pust-Electlons. 696 Fellows of St. John's. [M (3). 1803 One Vacancy occurred , but a Founder’s Kin Candidate appearing, Merchant Taylors’ School lost its turn, according to the rule provided in the College Statute, that, if possible, there should be six Fellows of the Kin of the Founder. 1804 JmSB Addams, D.C.L., Q.C., 2nd Class in Classics, and 2nd Class in Mathe- matics, Michaelmas, 1808. Advocate in Doctors’ Commons. Died 187L Jambs Haems, B.D. Edward Cecil Hampson, D.C.L. John Roberson, B D., (a poet-election). (One of the Under-Masters in Merchant Taylors’ School). 1805 William Camplib (afterwards Bernard), S.C.L., 2nd Class in Classics, mb. lin. f Easter, 1809. Samuel Abbott, M.A., 2nd Class in Classics, 2nd Class in Mathematics, mb. lin . Easter, 1809. 1806 Joseph Cabtbr, B.D., 2nd Class in Classics, sub. lin . Easter, 1810. Philip Bliss, D.C.L., Sub-librarian of the Bodleian, Keeper of the Archives, Registrar of the University, Principal of St. Mary’s Hall, (Editor of Wood’s “ Athene Oxonienses ”). Thomas Woodroffe, M.A., 2nd Class in Classics, Easter, 1810. (Canon of Winchester). 1807 Ed ward Buckle (afterwards Barlee), M.A. (Author of a Commentary on the Epistles). 1808 Rev. William Bibkbtt Alleb, D.C.L., Rector of Winterbourne, Gloucester- shire. Honorary Canon of Bristol. Died, 1863. 1808 Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1809 William Boscawen Bell, M.A. (Barrister-at-Law). Edward Bellamy, M.A., 1st Class in Mathematics, and 2nd Class in Classics, Easter, 1813. 1810 Charles Mayo, D.C.L., 2nd Class in Classics, Easter, 1814. (Founder of the Pestalozzian School at Cheam). Archer Ryland, B.C.L. (a post-election). (Barrister-at-Law : One of the City Pleaders : Bencher of Gray’s Inn). 1811 John Leycesteb Adolphus, M.A. Newdigate English Terse Prize, 1814. 2nd ClaBs in Classics at B.A. Degree, Easter, 1815. Chancellor’s English Essay Prize, 1918. Barrister-at-Law. Bencher of the Inner Temple. Attorney-General of the County Palatine of Durham. Joint Editor of Adolphus and Ellis* Reports. Judge of the Marylebone County Court. Editor of “Identification of the Author of Waverley with Sir Walter Scott.” Steward of St. John’s College. Bora, 1794. Died, 1862. Philip Wybteb, D.D. See Appendix K (2). James Dayenport, M.A. 1812 Francis Hawkins, D.M., Newdigate English Terse Prize, 1813. 2nd Class in Classics, and 2nd Class in Mathematics, Easter, 1816. (Physician to the Middlesex Hospital, and Registrar of the Royal College of Physicians, Physician to the Queen’s Household). Rev. C. W. Stocker, D.D. First ClasB in Classics and Second Class in Mathematics, Easter, 1816. Tutor of St. John’s, Public Examiner, Michaelmas, 1823, to Easter, 1824, and again Michaelmas, 1831, to Easter, 1833. Principal of Elizabeth College, Guernsey, 1824. Select Preacher at Oxford, 1832. White’s Reader in Moral Philosophy, Oxford, 1841. (Editor of Herodotus, Juvenal and Persius, &c.) Died, 1870. 697 M (3). ] Fellows of St. John’s. 1813 Henry Fbancis Sedebottom, M.A., 2nd Class in Classics, sub. lin. Easter, 1817. James Forbes Jowett, B.D. Richard W organ Poyah, M.A., 1st Class in Classics, and 2nd Class in Mathematics, Easter, 1817. 1814 William Lewis Davies, M.A. (Principal of Elizabeth College, Guernsey). 1815 Bev. C. L . Swainson, B.D. Proctor of the University, 1828. Bector of Crick, Northamptonshire. Died, 1871. Bichaed Habvey, M.A. Charles Bellamy, D.C.L., 1st Class in Classics, and 1st Class in Mathe- matics, Easter, 1819. Vinerian Law Scholar, 1822, and afterwards Fellow. (Barrister-at-Law) . Charles Dethick Blyth, B.D. 1816 John Joseph Ellis, M.A. Benjamin Holford Banner, M.A. (Precentor of Cashel, 1826 : Chan- cellor of Emly, 1835). 1817 No Vacancy. 1818 John Ball, B.D., 2nd Class in Classics, sub. lin. Michaelmas, 1822 : Tutor of St. John’s : Select Preacher, 1830. 1819 Edward Tubnour. 1820 No Vacancy. 1821 Henry Bristow Wilson, B.D., 2nd Class in Classics, Easter, 1825, Tutor of St. John’s: Select Preacher, 1835, and again, 1842 : Public Examiner, Michaelmas, 1836, to Easter, 1838, and again Easter, 1850, to Michaelmas, 1851 : Professor of Anglo-Saxon, 1839 : Hampton Lecturer, 1851. One of the “Four Tutors” who protested against “Tract 90.” One of the “ Seven Authors ” of “ Essays and Reviews.” Born, 1803. Left School, 1821. 1822 Francis Bussell Nixon, D.D. See Appendix L (3). Henry Thorpe, M.A., Proctor of the University, 1836. 1823 William Andrew Rew, D.C.L. Second Class in Classics and Second Class in Mathematics at B.A. Examination, Easter, 1827. Tutor of St. John’s. Barrister-at-Law of the Inner Temple and the Northern Circuit. Died, 1870. John George Gippobd, B.A., 3rd Class in Classics, Michaelmas, 1827. 1824 Lancelot Arthur Sharpe, B.D., 2nd Class in Classics, Easter, 1828. Tutor of St. John’s : Proctor of the University, 1836 : Select Preacher, 1838. Thomas French Laurence, M.A. George Adams, B.D. 1825 Francis Povah, ### B.C.L., 1st Class in Classics, Easter, 1829. Vinerian Law Scholar, 1831. Charles Edward Birch, M.A. 1826 James Guillemaed,* M*A. 1827 James Gillman,* B.C.L., 3rd Class in Classics, Easter, 1831. Arthur Philip Dunlap, B.D., 3rd Class in Classics, Michaelmas, 1831. 698 Fellows of St. John’s. [M(3). 1837 Ven. Hobebt W illi am Bbowne, # M. A., Fellow of 8t. John’s College, Oxford. 1827* 1st Class in Classics, and 1st Class in Mathematics at B.A. Degree, Easter, 183 L. Tutor of St. John’s. Select Preacher in the Cniveruty, 1839. Professor of Classical Literature at King’s College, London. Pre- bendary of St. Paul’s and of Wells. Chaplain to the Forces. Phil. D. of the University of Heidelberg. F.G.S. Author of “ Introduction to the Study of Greek Literature.” Classical and Hebrew Examiner at Merchant Taylors’. Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Bath and Wells. Arch* deacon of Bath, 1860. Canon of Wells, 1863. 1828 William Wkllwood Stoddaet, • B.D., 2nd Class in Classics, Easter, 1832 : Dcnyer’s Theological Prize Essay, 1887 : Tutor of St. John’s. Richard Wood, B.D. Kdwabd Alston, M.A. 1829 John Saltwell Pinkerton, B.D., 3rd Class in Classics, Michaelmas, 1833. Proctor of the University, 1842. Edward William Vaughan, B.A. John Joseph Pratt, M.A. Francis John Kitson, B.D. (a post-election). 1830 Charles Rew, B.D. Henry Heminq, B.D., 4th Class in Classics, Easter, 1834. Arthur Robarts Adams, D.C.L., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, 1830. Barrister- at-Law. Bencher of the Middle Temple. Recorder of Birming- ham, 1866. Queen’s Counsel, 1869. Assessor of the Court of the Vice- Chancellor of Oxford, 1871. Henry James Farrington Coxe, M.A., (a post-election) 4th Class in Classics, Michaelmas, 1831. 1831 Richard William Higgs, D.C.L., 3rd Class in Classics, Easter, 1835. (Classical Tutor and Librarian at King’s College, London.) William Hunter, B.D., 4th Class in Classics, Easter, 1835. Thomab Penny. 1832 Rev. 8. II. Russell, B.D. Fourth Class in Classics and First Class in Mathe- matics at Examination for B.A., 1836. Appointed one of the Assistant Masters of Merchant Taylors’ School in 1836, and a most able Member of the Staff, both in Classics and Mathematics, until 1857, when he was presented by his College to the Vicarage of Charlbury in Oxfordshire. He was a man of sterling character, loved and valued by his colleagues, pupils parishioners, and all who came in contact with him. He died, after a retry painful illness, on September 10, 1873, and his funeral sermon was preached on September 28, by his friend, Dr. Hessey. James Augustus Hessey. See Appendix L (2). George Kidd Morrell, * D.C.L., English Ode at Installation of Dnke of Wellington, os Chancellor of Oxford, 1834. 3rd Class in Classics, Easter, 1836. 1833 Rev. H. W. Burrows, # * B.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, 1833. 1st Class in Classics and 2nd Class in Mathematics, 1837. Vicar of Christ Church, St. Pancras, 1851. Prebendary of St. Paul’s Cathedral, 187L 1834 Francis Hessey, D.C.L., 2nd Class in Classics, Michaelmas, 1837. (Head Master of Huddersfield Collegiate School : Head Master of Kensington Proprietor}* School), and afterwards Vicar of St. Barnabas. M (3). ] Fellows of St. John 8. 699 1834 Hehby Combs, B.D. Edwabd John Pogson, D.C.L. 1835 Key. Thomas Cabtbbet Maule, B.D. 3rd Class in Classics at B.A. Exami- nation, Michaelmas, 1839. Vicar of St. Giles’, Oxford, and, in 1856, Hector of Cheam, Surrey. Died, 1867, after a short but active Incumbency, during the course of which he entirely rebuilt his church, and endeared himself to hia Parishioners by his earnest and indefatigable ministerial labours. Kev. Abthttb B. Cboss Stabkey, * B.D. 'Second Class in Classics at B. A- Examination, 1839. Examiner in the Kesponsions Schools at Oxford, 1844. Vicar of Bygraye, Herts, 1858. Died, 1873. William John Wise, M.A. 1836 Jambs Bellamy, B.D. See Appendix M (2). 1 1837 Chable3 Lempbiebe, D.C.L., Barrister-at-Law. Colonial Secretary for the Bahama Islands, 1867. James Gbam Bbine, ** B.D., 2nd Class in Classics, and 3rd Class in Mathe- matics, Michaelmas, 18- LI. Proctor of the University, 1851. 1838 No Vacancy. 1839 Edwabd West, M.A., One of the Under Masters at Merchant Taylors* School). Paul Pabnell, # J B.C.L., 1st Class in Classics, and 1st Class in Mathematics Easter, 1843. (Barxister-aV-Law. Appointed Crown Solicitor for the Perth District, Western Australia, but died in passage out). [I may perhaps be excused for extending this brief notice of one of my earliest friends. It was my good fortune to make Parnell’s acquaintance when he left Oxford, and tq continue his friendship till he left these shores. His career in life promised to be like that at the University — a brilliant one. He joined the Home Circuit, and when he was Btruck down by paralysis in 1852, was rapidly rising to eminence. He had at once to abandon his circuit, and to relinquish his profession, having had no opportunity whatever of realizing any provision for the future. No murmur or despondency was ever manifested by him, but with manly fortitude he accepted the adverse conditions of life under which illness had placed him. Through the friendship of Dr. Hessey his case was mentioned to Thomas Greene, Esq., M.P., for Lancaster, then the Treasurer of Gray’s Inn, and what was more important, a Member of Sir Robert Peel’s Government, and thus he obtained the appointment before referred to. I have the two last letters ever written to me by him now lying before me — both equally well express the tenor of his mind at that time, and I add the first, which reads thus : — “ 28, Torrington Square, “ My dear Clode, “ 16th September 1852. “ I shall follow your example and express my thanks for your kind and useful present in writing rather than in words. It will indeed be serviceable, and, though I now hardly know how to use it and shall be glad if I am never called upon to use it in earnest at all, will add wonderfully to our sense of security in our new home in a penal settlement. And now, let me respond to the other part of your letter by assuring you that there is no friend from whom I shall feel parting for so long a period more deeply and sincerely than yourself. During the years in which we have been intimate, I think we have found enough of sympathy as well as of opposi- tion in our mutual opinions and feelings to form the basis of a manly and liberal friendship. I have certainly been considerably your debtor, and only friendship could mark out the score. Though we are separated, that friendship will still continue, kept alive by remembrance and correspondence, sustained by the thought of the tie which unites us as members of one Holy Catholic Church. I will hope 700 Fellows of St. John's. [ M (3). and pray that we may meet again in this world, that I may see my little godson 1 grown up in imitation of his Father's virtues, but I will pray more earnestly that we may all meet in the land where pain and sorrow shall be no more. “ Yours ever faithfully, " Paul Pabnbll.” His second letter was dated Plymouth Sound, the 28th September, and I never heard from him again. A Memorial Window was erected by his friends in the Church of St. John’s, Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square. — C.M.C.] 1839 Very Rev. Henby Longue villb Manbbl, D.D. First Claes in Classics and First Class in Mathematics at B.A., Easter 1843 ; Tutor of St. John’s ; Moderator, Easter 1852 to Michaelmas 1852 : Public Examiner, Easter 1854 to Michaelmas 1855 ; Member of the Hebdomadal Council, 1854- 1869; Author of “Aldrich’s Logic with Notes ” and Prolegomena Logica," and Joint Editor with Professor Yeitch of “ Sir William Hamilton’s Works ” ; Reader in Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy at Magdalen College 1865, an office which was continued to him in 1859, under the title of Waynflete Professor; Bampton Lecturer, 1858; Select Preacher 1859; Hon LL.D. of the University of Edinburgh. Corresponding Member of the New England Historico-Genealogical Society, 1859 ; Professor Fellow of St. John’s, 1864; Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Peterborough, and Hon. Canon of Peterborough, 1864 ; Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Canon of Christchurch, 1867 ; Dean of St. Paul’s, 1868 ; Hon. Fellow of St. John’s, 1868 ; Elected Hon. Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, of Boston and M&ssa- chussets, on the death of M. Cousin, in 1868; Select Preacher, 1870. Died, July 80, 1871. The time has scarcely arrived for forming a due estimate of the influence of the writings of Dean Mansel upon Theology and Metaphysics. The controversies connected with them have not yet sufficiently calmed down, and, even were this the case, these pages would not be the appropriate place for such an attempt. But it may be safely said that rarely, if ever, has a series of Bampton Lectures created so profound an interest, not merely at home, but in the schools of the Continent, and in America, as did that delivered by him at Oxford in 1858. The Dean's Essays, con- tributed to various periodicals, or written for passing occasions, have been collected since his death. A volume of valuable lectures, delivered by him while he held the Chair of Ecclesiastical History at Christchurch, is about to be published. And the “ Speaker’s Commentary ” will contain his notes upon the Gospel of St. Matthew (the last of his literary labours), which were all but completed at the time of his sudden summons. The Dean’s reading was wide and miscellaneous, and his mind was able to embrace almost anything. Though, of course, his strongest points were Theology and Mental and Moral Philosophy, he was deeply acquainted with the early Ecclesiastical writers, especially those of the Alexandrine School. He had a most elegant and refined taste in literature, and there were few English poets, from Chaucer to those of the present day, with wjiom he was not familiar, the older English dramatists being his chief favorimtes. He was a profound Classical and German and Hebrew scholar, indeed, the learned references occurring in his works clearly evidendffeT His memory was amazing, and whatever he had read he seemed able jito reproduce at the exact moment when it was required. His public' lectures were lucid and well-digested, and contained nothing superfluous or ^discursive. As an V \ l i My Son — “ George John." — C. M. C. M(3).] Fellows of St. John’s, 701 accurate and indefatigable man of business, he was unrivalled. He was everything in the affairs of the University, when resident there, and St. Paul’s owes very much to his exertions and skilful negotiations with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, during his too short tenure of the office of Dean. In private life and society he was a man of genial and kindly temperament, and sparkling with irrepressible humour in his conversation. In his friendships he was most warm and earnest, and was ever ready to serve those whom he cherished and valued. Lastly, he was not only a powerful Christian apologist, but “ bore his faculties meekly,” and was a genuine Christian man. He lies buried in the churchyard of Cosgrove, in Northamptonshire. On or about his tomb are engraven two sacred texts, one of them indicative of the yearnings of his intellect, and of his con- sciousness of its finite powers ; the other of his hopes and of their One Foundation. ;< Now we see through, a glass darkly, but then face to face : Now I know in part ; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” “ I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord.” He had loved to dwell on these texts, and a loving thought selected them as characteristic of his habitual tone and temper. 1889 Leopold John Been ays, M.A., 2nd ClasB in Classics, Easter, 1843. (Head- Master of Hackney Grammar School). 1840 Thomas Augustus Pabnell, B.A. 1841. Rev. Henby Hayman,** D.D., Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford, 1841. 2nd Class in Classics and 2nd Class in Mathematics, 1845. One of the Under Masters at the Charterhouse. Examiner in the Responsions Schools at Oxford, 1851. Assistant Preacher at the Temple Church, 1854. Head Master of Queen Elizabeth’s Free Grammar School in St. Olave’s, South- wark, 1855. Head Master of Cheltenham Grammar School, 3859. Head Master of St. Andrew’s College, Bradfield, 1868. Head Master of Rugby School, 1869-1874. Rector of Aldingham, Lancashire, 1874. 1842. Thompson Podmore, ### § M.A., First Class in Classics at B.A., Easter, 1846. Head Master of Elstree School, 1861 . Head Master of Eastbourne College, 1869. Rev. Ohbistopheb Cookson, * # B.D., elected on the Reading Foundation in 1842, no qualified candidate having appeared from that school. First, Class in Classics at B.A. Examination in 1846. Fora short time one of the Under Masters at the Charterhouse, afterwards Tutor of St. John’s. Examiner k in the Responsions Schools at Oxford, 1855. Vicar of Dallington, in the Diocese of Peterborough, 1863. Died, 1874. 1848. Rev. Robinson Thobnton, **•*££§ D.D., Junior University Mathematical Scholar, 1845. First Class in Classics, and Second Class in Mathematics at B. A., Michaelmas, 1847. Master of the Schools at Oxford, 1852. Head Master of Epsom College, 1865. Vice-President of Victoria Institute, 1869. Warden of Trinity College, Glenalmond, and Pantonian Professor of Theology, 1870-1873. Edward Paun, * B.D., 1st Class in Classics, Easter, 1848. Tutor of St. John’s. Publio Examiner, Easter, 1861, to Michaelmas, 1862. 1844 No Vacancy . 1845 Edward Fobster Neale, *§ B.C.L., 3rd Class in Classics, Michaelmas, 1849. (Barrister-at-Law). 1846. Rev. Thomas Hewitt Campbell, M.A. Junior University Mathe- matical Scholar, 1848. 1st Class in Mathematics, and 3rd Class in Classics at B.A. Degree, Easter, 1851. Arnold Historical Essay Prize, 1862. One of the Under Masters at the Charterhouse. Head Master of the Wolverhampton Grammar School. Went out as Principal of Otago College, to New Zealand, but drowned when within sight of land, with all his family, July 4th, 1863. I 702 Fellows of St. Johns. [ M (3). 1846 John William Hammond, * B.D., (a post-election). Assistant Master at the Royal Naral School, New Cross). Edward Coijp land, B.D. (a po*t-election). 1847 Jambs Hunter Reid, *** D.C.L., 2nd Class in Classics, Michaelmas, 1851. Arnold Historical Essay Prize, 1853. Lecturer at St. John's in Law and Modern History. (Bamster-at-Law.) Died 1871. William Thompson Warns. # 1848 No Vacancy. 1810 John Bebxabd B eh bends, M.A., B.C.L., Junior University Mathematical Scholar, 1851. 1st Class in Mathematics, and 2nd Class in Classics at Moderations, Easter, 1852. 1st Class in Mathematics and 3rd Class in Classics at B.A. Examination, Michaelmas, 1853. Died 1864. 1849 Chablbs Montague Style, ### § M.A., Pusey and EUerton Hebrew Scholar, 1850. 2nd Class in Classics at Mpderations, Easter, 1853. 3rd Class in Classics at B.A. Examination, Michaelmas, 1853. Bev. Charles Mathbson, §|| M.A., Pu9ey and EUerton Hebrew Scholar, 1851. 1st Class in Classics and 2nd Class in Mathematics at Moderations, Michaelmas, 1852. 1st Class in Classics at B.A. Degree, Michaelmas, 1854. Kennicott Hebrew Scholar 1855. 2nd Master at Blackheath Proprietary School. Classical Examiner at Merchant Taylors’, 1862. Head Master of the Clergy Orphan School, Canterbury, 1867- Montague Hughes Cookson, #### Jtttt§|| D.C.L., Junior University Mathematical Scholar, 1852. 1st Class in Classics and 1st Class in Mathematics at Moderations, Michaelmas, 1852. 1st Class in Classics and 1st Class in Mathematics at B.A. Examination, Michaelmas, 1854. Eldon University Scholar, 1856. (Studentship of the Four Inns of Court, 1859. Barrister-at-Law ) 1851 Thomas Henry Thornton, ***§ DC.L., Pusey and EUerton Hebrew Scholar, 1852. 1st Class in Classics at Moderations, Easter, 1853. 16th successful Candidate at Indian Civil Service Examinations, 1855. 2nd Class in Classics, and 2nd Class in Modem History at B.A. Midsummer, 1855. Broke down bridge over Sutlej at Loodiana during Indian Mutiny. Judge at Umritsur, also of SmaU Debts Court at Lahore and at Delhi. Secretary to Punjab Government, 1867. Charles Hobbes Rice, M.A., 1st Class in Mathematics at Moderations, Easter, 1854. 4th Class in Classics at B.A. Examination, Easter, 1855, and 3rd Class in Mathematics at B.A. Examination, Michaelmas, 1855. Edward Hill, # f Was previously elected to an open Scholarship at Pembroke. 1st Class in Classics at Moderations, Michaelmas, 1853. 1852 Jambs Black Gray, * M.A., 2nd Class in Mathematics and 3rd Class in Classics at Moderations, Easter, 1855. 4th Class in Mathematics, at B.A. Examination, Michaelmas, 1856. 1853 No Vacancy . 1854 William Wynne Willson, ***f§|| BA., Pusey and EUerton Hebrew Soholar, 1855. 2nd Class in Classics at Moderations, Michaelmas, 1856. 4th Class in Classics at B.A. Examination, Michaelmas, 1858. Kennicott Hebrew Scholar, 1859. Edward Bristowe Baines, 1st Class in Classics at Moderations, Easter, 1857. M(3).] Fellows of St. Johns. 703 1855 William Henry Smith, * ## B.A., 1st Class in Classics at Moderations, Michaelmas, 1857. Boden’s University Sanscrit Scholar, 1859. 7th Successful Candidate India Civil Service Examination, 1859. Charles Alleyne Summers Austin, * B.A. William Hoiding, B.C.L., 2nd Class in Classics at Moderations, Michael- mas, 1857. 1st Class in Modem History, at B.A. Examination, Michaelmas, 1859. Elected Yinerian Law Scholar, Michaelmas, 1860. Lecturer at St. John’s in Law and Modem History. 1856 William Frederick Tbaill, # * B.A., 2nd Class in Classics at Moderations, Easter, 1858. 2nd Class in Classics at B.A. Examination, Michaelmas, 1860. Most Kev. William West Jones, D.D. See Appendix L (3). Bichard Frederick Clarke, # ff , ir§ B.A., 1st Class in Classics and 2nd Class in Mathematics at Moderations, Michaelmas, 1858. 2nd Class in Classics at B.A. Examination, Michaelmas, 1860. Charles John Follett, * B.C.L., 2nd Class in Classics at Moderations, 1858. 2nd Class in Classics at B.A. Examination, 1860. Mayor of Exeter, 1872-74. Francis Morton Beaumont, B.A., 2nd Class in Classics, at Moderations, Easter, 1858. 3rd Class in Classics at B.A. Examination, Michaelmas, 1860. Bev. Francis Badham, f |T M.A. 1st Class in Classics at Moderations, Easter, 1858. 2nd Class in Classics at B.A. Examination, Michaelmas, 1860. One of the Under Masters at the Blackheath Proprietary School. Died, 1864, just as he was establishing a very successful school on his own account. 1 857 George Sand are Williams, ## (Obtained by Competition a Civil Appt. in Ceylon.) James Johnstone, f B.A., 2nd Class in Classics at Moderations, Michaelmas 1859. 3rd Class in Modem History at B.A. Examination, Michaelmas 1861. 1857 Walter Erskinb Neale, *• B.A., 3rd Class in Classics at Moderations, Easter, 1859. (11th Successful Candidate India Civil Service Examination, 1861. 4th Class in Classics in B.A. Examination, Michaelmas, 1861). Frederick Yernon, B.A., 3rd Class in Classics at Moderations, Easter, 1860. 1858 Bey. William Maddock, *|| M.A. 3rd Class in Classics at Moderations, 1860. 8rd Class in Classics at B.A. Examination, 1862. Assistant Master at Bossall School. Assistant Master at Malvern College. Head Master of Sandbach Grammar School 1871. David Bobbrt Paramore. 3rd Class in Classics at Moderations, Easter, 1860. 1869 Stephen Nottidge Tebbs, ****{. 1st Class in Classics and 1st Class in Mathematics at Moderations, Michaelmas, 1861. 1860 William Baker, See Appendix L (3). 1861 Henry Dupf Traill, ***. Edward Conduitt Dbrmbb, tjf . Lancelot Lambert Sharps. Arthur Loughborough, *f. 704 Proceedings at School on Election Dug. [ M(4). APPENDIX M (4). PROCEEDINGS AT MERCHANT TAYLORS* SCHOOL ON THE llTH JUKE (election Day). 1. The Clerk reads sections 1, 8, and 13 of the Privy Council Ordinance, dated 18th April 1861, as printed at page 458. 2. The Clerk reads the letter from the President of St. John’s College, Oxon, in regard to the number of Scholarships vacant. 3. The Master of the Company inquires of the two Classical Examiners which of the Candidates for the Scholarships they recommend to the Court for election. 4. The Master then makes the following enquiries of the Head Master of the School : a. Do you concur in the recommendation of the School Examiners so far as the intellectual qualifications of the Candidates recommended are concerned P b. Can you give a satisfactory account of their moral character and general conduct ? e. Are they under 19 years of age ? d. Have they been at least two years in the School, in accordance with the requirements of the 8th section of the Ordinance ? 6. The Clerk gives the Christian and surnames (in full) of the recommended Candidates to the Master. 7. The Master then addresses the Court of Assistants as follows t “ The School Examiners having recommended [here the names of Candi- dates are stated], and the Head Master having answered satisfactorily the questions which I have put to him respecting each of them, is it your pleasure to elect the said [here name the first of the Candidates, and then repeat the question in regard to each of the other Candidates separately] P 7. The Master addresses the President and Fellows of St. John’s, formally announcing the decision of the Court, and requesting to know whether they concur in the election. 8. The Clerk then fills in the following form : Merchant Taylors' School, 11/A June 1874. Memorandum. That this day the Scholars of the Grammar School of the Company of Merchant Taylors of the Fraternity of St. John the Baptist, in the City of London, were examined in the presence of the Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the said Company, and the President and two Fellows of the College of St. John the Baptist in the University of Oxford, in accordance with the provisions contained in the Ordinance made under the Act of Parliament of 17 and 18 Viet., cap. 81, and the Act of the 23 Yict., cap. 23, and after the examination were elected to be Scholars of the said College. Master and Wardens . President and Senior Fellows of St. John's. Master . ^ Ward***. We concur in this election. M(5). ] A List of the Andrew Scholars. 70 5 9. This election paper is signed in duplicate, first by the Master, Wardens, and then by not less than ten Members of the Court called by the Clerk in the order of seniority to sign the documents, and then by the President and two Fellows of St. John’s. 10. One copy of the election paper is sent by the Clerk to the President of St. John’s in a covering letter, and the other is retained as a record by the Company. APPENDIX M (5). A LIST OF THE ANDREW SCHOLARS. 1 1803 T. Welton, B.C.L. 1806 T. Weight, B.C.L. 1808 Edward Hawkins, D.D. First Class in Classics and First in Mathematics, 1811. Fellow and Tutor of Oriel. Provost of Oriel and Canon of Rochester, 1828. Select Preacher, 1820, &c. Bampton Lecturer, 1840. Professor of Scriptural Exegesis, 1847. Member of the Hebdomadal Counoil. Author of various Theological and other works, including, “ Dis- courses upon some of the principal objects and uses of the Historical Scriptures of the Old Testament.” “An inquiry into the connected uses of the principal means of attaining Christian Truth.” “The duty of Private Judgment.” “The Apostolic Succession.” “The Political Works of John Milton, with Notes.” Considerations on the Athanasian Creed,” &c. 1810 E. J. Smith, M.A. 1810 Henry Sheubb, M.A. Scholar, and afterwards Fellow of Corpus Christi. 1811 T. Still Basnett, M.A. 1814 William Stalman, M.A. Demy of Magdalen, and afterwards Fellow of Brasenosc. First Class in Classics, 1818. 1815 J. Fletcher, M.A. 1817 F. E. Pegus, M.A. N. J. Siubbin, B.A. 1818 R. Mayo, M.A. Second Class in Classics, 1822. J. Nelson, M.A. First Class in Classics, 1822. S. Prosser, M.A. Second Class in Classics and Mathematics, 1822. Head Master of Thame School. 1821 J. N. Walsh, M.A. First Class in Mathematics, 1825. Head Master of Kington School, Herefordshire. 1822 Gerard E. Smith, B.A. 1823 H. W. Maddock, 2 M.A. Second Class in Classics, 1827. Fellow of Brasenose. 1824 Yicesimcs Knox Child. 2 1 This, and Appendix M (7), have been revised by Mr. Samuel M'Caul, M.A., of St. John's, Oxford. * These were men whose personal friendship I had the advantage of when a boy, residing in the parish of St Botolph's, Bishopsgatc, of which they were curates under Dr. Grey, the Bishop of Hereford, and the Rector, Mr Maddock, devoted & great deal of time to me in classical study, when I had little appreciation of his labour, though not un frequently have I thought of his kindness since. He was the Vicar of Kington, Herefordshire, and afterwards, at the time of his death, the Vicar of All Saints, St. John’s Wood.— C. M. C. 2 z 706 A List of the Andrew Scholars. [ 11 ( 5 ). 1825 J. W. Chambers, M.A. F. F. Langston, M.A. 1827 Henry O. Randall, M.A. Second Class in Classics and Mathematics, 1881. Michael Fellow of Queen’s. Archdeacon and Honorary Canon of Bristol. 1828 G. B. Caffin, B.A. 1829 J. F. Boyeh, M.A. Second Class in Classics, 1833. Author of “Illustra- tions of ASsehylus.” Head Master of the Forest School, Walthamstow. S. B. Watson, M.D. Physician to the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. 1833 E. B. Smith, M.A. First Class in Mathematics and Second Class in Classics, 1837. Michael Fellow of Queen’s. Vinerian Law Scholar, 1842. Public Examiner, 1842-4. A. Turner, M.A. 1834 G. L. Browne, S.C.L. Second Class in Classics and Second in Mathematics, 1838. 1835 W. E. IIeygate, M.A. Author of various Theological works. W. D. Jackson, M.A. 1838 T. Spinks, D.C.L., Q.C. 1840 G. Lewis Parkin, M.A. Second Class in Mathematics, 1844. 1841 Stratford Leiqh, B.A. D. Maplkton, B.A. 1846 J. C. Jackson, M.A. Head Master of Hackney Grammar School. B. Mallam, M.A. 1847 Herbert D. Church. W. Wright, M.A. Pusey and EUerton Hebrew Scholar, 1849. Kennicott Hebrew Scholar, 1851. 1848 L. T. Walton, B.A. 1849 W. H. Hart, M.A^ Scholar of Trinity, Demy of Magdalen, 1850. 1850 W. H. Helm, B.A. First Class in Classics at Moderations, 1852. Second Class in Classics, 1854. Head Master of the College School, Worcester. 1851 C. C. Dawson. 1853 Alexander I. McCaul, M.A. Second Class in Classics and Second Class in Mathematics at Moderations, 1855. Third Class in Classics, Final Ex- amination 1857. Pusey and EUerton Hebrew Scholar, 1854. Lecturer in Hebrew and Divinity in King’s CoUege, London. A. E. Graham, M.A. 1854 C. H. T. Crosthwaite, First Class in Classics at Moderations, 1856. Elected for India, 1857. R. F. Lynkb, M.A. 1856 H. G. Watson, M.A. Pusey and EUerton Hebrew Scholar, 1859. 1859 G. D. Irvine. Elected for India, 1857. 1860 C. P. Shrewsbury, M.A. H. R. Huchin, D.D. First Class in Classics and First Class in Mathematics, 1862 (Moderations). Second Class in Classics and Mathematics, 1864. Assistant Master at Merchant Taylors'. Head Master of Repton School, 1874. E. H. Beale, M.A. J. A. Innes. 1861 Reginald Hughes, B.C.L. First Class in Law and Modern History, 1865. A. B. Mann. Elected for Ceylon Civil Service. M (6). ] Andrew's Exhibition, 707 1862 C. E. Evans. Exhibitioner of St. John’s College, Cambridge, 1863. 1864 W. G. Gribbon, M.A. Second Class in Classics (Moderations) 1866. Second Class in Law and Modern History, 1868. F. Hookham, M.A. Scholar of Lincoln, 1864. Second Class in Classics (Moderations), 1866. 1865 W. J. O’Driscoll, B.C.L. H. G. Wayman, B.A. 1866 W. E. Matthew, M.A. Casberd Scholar of St. John’s, 1869. Second Class in Classics (Moderations), 1870. Second Class in Classics (Final School), 1868. Denyer and Johnson’s Theological Scholar, 1871. R. R. Sharpe, B.C.L. Second Class in Classics (Moderations), 1868. 1871 W. O. Trousdale. Second Class in Classics (Moderations), 1873. 1873 C. Powell Berryman. APPENDIX M (6). THE COURSE OF PROCEDURE TO BE PURSUED IN FILLING UP Andrew’s exhibition. 1. The Clerk takes the election paper in duplicate for signature, and lays them before the Master. The form thereof is as follows : — Be it Remembered that on this day of June 18 by the Master and Wardens of the Merchant Tailors Company of the Fraternity of Saint John Baptist, in the City of London, with the consent of the President, and two Senior Fellows of Saint John Baptist College of the University of Oxford, whose names are hereunto subscribed elected unto of the Civil Law Scholarships or Fellowships founded by John Andrew, Doctor of Laws, having been of the Grammar School of the said Company of Merchant Tailors four years, of the Table, and now more than sixteen and under twenty years of age, and to continue twelve years and not longer, and to be accounted Civil Law Scholars, or Civil Law Exhibitioners, as required by the Proposals mentioned in a certain Agreement bearing date the 6th of February 1801, and made between Thomas Harrison Andrew, Esquire, the Legal representative of the said Doctor Andrew, the above named Master and Wardens, and the President, and Scholars of the said College, since ratified and confirmed by a Decree of the Court of Chancery, subject to the terms and conditions required of the said Exhibitioners by the said Agreement, that is to say, To remain unmarried and to reside in the College for the same time in every year, as the Commoners of the said College are required to reside, and to proceed regularly to their Law Degrees, and after the first four years during the remainder of the term for which they hold their Scholarships, to reside at least thirty days in every year. To reside within the College for the first four years, paying for the rooms the some rent which other Commoners do, and to observe all the Rules of the College. Tbo Scholarships to become vacant in case of any Scholar entering into Holy Orders, marrying, or entering into any employment incompatible with the practice of the Civil Law, pr by resignation of such Scholars or by expulsion of the College, or by quitting the said College on any other account. Masters. ■ i We the President and two Senior > Wardens. Fellows approve and confirm J the Election. 2 z 2 708 Andrew’ 8 Exhibition, [M(6) 2. The Clerk then reads (as follows) : — By an Agreement and deed of covenant made on the 6th February 1801, between Thomas Harrison Andrew of the first part, the Master and Wardens of the Merchant Taylors of the Fraternity of St. John Baptist in the City of London of the second part, and the President and Scholars of St. John Baptist College, in the University of Oxford, of the third part, — it is provided that [Paras. 1, 2, and 3, as printed at p. 466], 3. The Master of the School to produce ; certificates as to necessary qualifica- tions and age. 4. If more than one Candidate, the Candidates should be put up for Election in alphabetical order. 6. The Master puts the names before the Court and then before the President and Fellows — and then declares the name of the Candidate elected. 6. The election papers in duplicate (one to be retained at the Hall, the other sent to St. John’s) should be signed by the Master and Wardens, at least ten assistants of Court, by the President and Senior Fellows, and by the Master of the School. The money is paid by the Company direct to the Scholars upon these certi- ficates — (A.) 1 of St. John’s College, Oxford, do declare that I am unmarried; that I have resided in the University from to the full period required of Dr. Andrew’s Exhibitioners, keeping term in the said College ; that I am proceeding regu arly to ray Law Degrees ; that I am not in Holy Orders or in any employment incompatible with the practice of the Civil Law ; that I have not resigned the said Exhibition, nor been expelled the College, nor quitted the same on any account whatsoever. Dated this day of To be signed by tb«| Exhibitioner. ) (B.) This is to certify that I believe the above Declaration to be true, and +W. the said has conducted himself satisfactorily. Dated this day of To bo signed by the^ President or Vice-Presi- 1 dent of St. John’s Col- f lege, Oxford. J M(7). | List of Parkin's Scholars . 709 APPENDIX M (7). LIST OF PARKERS SCHOLARS. 1773 Isaac Peach, M.A. 1774 Samuel Yorke, B.A. 1780 John Gapp, B.A. Fifth Wrangler, 1784. 1782 Joseph Hardy, B.A. A. Lambert Poetee. 1783 G. Ogle, M.A. 1785 E. J. Eyre. 1787 J. Frank, M.D., F.R.8. Inspector-General of Army Hospitals. T. Barling, B.A. G. Barker, B.A. W. Matthews, M.A. 1791 H. Woodgatb. S. Sc AEDEFIELD . 1792 C. Elwin, M.A., Senior Optime, 1796. R. H. Aubee, B.A. R. Price, B.A., Under Master at Merchant Taylors*. N. Huson, LL.B. Commissioner of Bankruptcy. 1798 William Tompkins Briggs, M.A. Under Master at Merchant Taylors*. 1800 J. H. Howlett, M.A. 14th Wrangler, 1804. Fellow of Pembroke. 1802 T. S. Griffenhoope, M.A. 1804 R. G. Walker, B.A. G. K. Rusden, M.A. 1806 W. Fallofield, M.A. Christopher G. Watson, M.A. 1807 H. T. Grace, M.A. Senior Optime, 1811. Bye Fellow of Pembroke. A. L. Moib. 1812 Maurice Held Llyod, B.A. 1813 Henry Blunt, M.A. 9th Wrangler, 1817. Fellow of Pembroke. 1814 G. Hodgson Thompson, M.A. Senior Optime, 1818. Michael Prendergast, LL.B., Q.C. First Class Law Tripos, 1818-9. Recorder of Norwich, Ac. John Gale Dobbeb, M.A. Senior Optime, 1818. 1816 Samuel James Allen, M.A. Select Preacher, 1834. Head Master of Burnley School. John Bathurst Deane, Ml., F.S.A. Senior Optime, 1820. Second Classical and Senior Mathematical Master at Merchant Taylors*. Rector of St. Martin Outwich. Chaplain to the Merchant Taylore* Company. Author of “ The Serpent Worship traced throughout the World,” Ac. 710 List of Parkyn's Scholars. [M(7). 1817 Thomas Boyles Mushy, M.A., Prebend iry of St. Paul’s. Arthur Trollope, M.A. William Blunt, B.A. 16th Wrangler, 1822. Under Master at Merchant Taylors’. 1821 Benjamin W. Beatson, M.A. 16th Wrangler and 6th in First Class Classical Tripos, 1825. Fellow of Pembroke, 1828. Examiner, 1839, Ac. Editor of “ Ainsworth’s Latin Dictionary.” Charles Peering, M.A. 1322 Cecil James Greene, D.D. Head Master of Midhurst School. B. South, M. A. Junior Optime, 1826. Classical Master at Christ’s Hospital. 1823 C. M. G. Jarvis. 1825 Victor Dumas. 1826 Thomas England, M.A. Senior Optime, 183Q. 1827 H. Clifpohd Badclippe, B.A. 1828 B. Septimus Goodday, M.A. Henry Smith, M.A. 1829 J. Cobham Bush, M.A. 1833 Michael Biggs, M.A. 37th Wrangler and Second Class Classical Tripos, 1837. Divinity Tutor to King’s College, London. 1833 G. F. Lacey, Senior Optime, 1837. Head Master of Erasmus Smith’s School, Drogheda. Head Master of Lewisham School. A. F. Horneman, B.A. 49th Wrangler, 1837. Mathematical Lecturer in the College of Civil Engineers. 1854 T. Gibbons, B.A. Senior Optime, 1838. Isaac Hitchen, M.A. Senior Optime, 1838. Head Master of the High School, Glasgow. 1837 G. S. Swansboeough, M.A. John Power, D.D., Master of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. C. A. Halbon, M.A. Senior Optime, and Second CIobs in Classical Tripos, 1841. 1838 J. B. Woodpord, D.D. (See p. 669.) Cecil Mackintosh Stephenson. 1839 F. Holdship Cox, Ml. First Class in Classical Tripos, 1848, (10th) Bell’s University Scholar, 1840. Archdeacon of Tasmania. 1841 Arthur Stock, M.A. Addison B. Hemsworth, B.A. 1842 Edmund Smith, B.A., Senior Optime, 1846. Edgar Cobbold, B.A. 1843 W. C. Barwis, B.A. Afterwards of Durham, Hebrew Prizeman 1847-8. 1845 H. Edwards, B.A. Foundation Scholar of Pembroke, 1846. Senior Optime, and Second Class in Classical Tripos, 1849. 1847 William Shillito, B.A. 1848 Foster Stable Barry, M.A. Foundation Scholar of Pembroke, 1849. 30th Wrangler, 1852. Head Master of the Mercers’ School. M (7). ] List of Parkyns Scholars. 711 1850 William Edenbor Littlewood, M.A. Foundation Scholar of Pembroke, 1852. 35th Wrangler, and Chancellors’ Medallist for English Verse, 1854. Head Master of Hipperholme Grammar School. Augustus Francis Smith, R.A. Second Class in Classical Tripos, 1854. Edward Thomson. 1851 Henley Grose Smith, M.A. 1853 Peter Spencer, B.A. H. J. Evans, M.A. Second Class in Classical Tripos, 1857 (1st). Arthur If. Blunt, M.A. Principal of Hockrill Training College. 1855 A. S. Shutte, M.A. Scholar of Clare College. 1856 E. F. M. MacCarthy, M.A. Scholar of Emmanuel. 27th Wrangler, 1860. Mathematical Master at Bedford School, 1862. Chief Mathematical Master at King Edward’s School, Birmingham, 1865. 1857 H. J. Sharpe, M.A. Foundation Scholar of St. John’s. 6th Wrangler, 1861. Fellow of St. J ohn’s. 1858 P. T. Main, M.A., Scholar of St. John’s. Bell’s University Scholar, 1859. 6th Wrangler, 1862. Fellow of St. John’s, 1862. 1859 O. G. R. McWilliam, M.A., Scholar of Caius. Senior Optime, 1863. Elected for India, 1862. 1860 F. A. Lewin, M.A. Scholar of Caius. 6th Wrangler, 186 i. Second Class for Tyrwhitt’s Hebrew Scholarship. Fellow of Caius, 1864. 1861 Albert Marshall, M.A., Scholar of St. John’s, 1861. Foundation Scholar, 1862. 2nd Wrangler, 1865. Fellow of St. John’s, 1865. 1862 E. S. Dewick, Foundation Scholar of St. John’s, 1865. 31st Wrangler, 1866. 1863 S. M. Crosthwaite, B.A. Foundation Scholar of Pembroke School, 1864. Senior Optime, 1867. Head Master of Faversham School. 1864 H. B. Buckley. Scholar of Christ’s, 1864. 9th Wrangler, 1868. Fellow of Christ’s, 1868. Tancred Scholar of Lincoln’s Inn, 1866. 1865 E. J. Watson. Scholar of Christ’s, 1866. Senior Optime, 1864. 1866 J. E. F. May. Scholar of Jesus, 1868. Senior Optime, 1870. 1867 H. Hart. Foundation Scholar of Trinity, 1869. 4th Wrangler, 1871. Fellow of Trinity, 1873. Mathematical Instructor at R.M. Academy, Woolwich. 1868 J. N. Burrows. Scholar of Jesus, 1869. Senior Optime, 1872. 1869 H. M. D. Ratcliffs, Foundation Scholar of Pembroke, 1870. Senior Optime, 1873. 1870 A. E. Bourne. Scholar of Sidney Sussex, 1870. Second Class in Classics, 1874. 1871 A. Munro. Scholar of Sidney Sussex. 1872 A. Gh L. Robertson. Tancred Divinity Student of Christ’s, 1873. 1873 F. B. de M. Gibbons. Scholar of Caius. .1874 H. G. Barnard. Christ’s. APPENDIX M (S). Certificates of Good Conduct, Sfc. 713 N. ] MEMORIAL CXXIV. APPENDIX N. CERTIFICATES OF GOOD CONDUCT, DIVINITY, AND ATTENDANCE AT LECTURES. (A.) I certify that B.A., of St. John’s College, Oxford, has resided six weeks in this 'present Term, that his conduct has been satisfactory, and that he has studiously applied himself to Divinity. * To be signed by} the President or Vice- > Signed* President. ) "" Date (B.) I certify that of St. John’s College, Oxford, has attended my Course of Lectures during this present Term. • To be signed by} the Begins Professor of > Hebrew or his Deputy. ) Date. Signed*. (C.) I certify that — 7 of St John’s College, Oxford, has attended my Course of Lectures during this present Term. * To be signed by one - ' of the following Pro* feasors: — The Begins Professor of Ecclesiastical History. The Regius Professor of Divinity. The Regius Professor of Pastoral Theology. The Ireland Professor of Kxegetical Theology. The Margaret Professor of Divinity > Signed*. Professor of Date. 714 The Building of Great Crosby School [ 0 . MEMORIAL CXXYII. APPENDIX O. THE BUILDING OP CROSBY SCHOOL IN THE 17TH CENTURY. At a period when a new School in to be built at Great Crosby, it may be interesting to preserve some record of the building of the old School in the 17th Century. Shortly after Harrison’s death, which has been already referred to (p. 19, note), the Company opened a communication with an ancestor of the present .Lord Sefton, Sir Richard Molineux, 1 with whom the founder had been in communication on the subject of the School shortly before liis death. Their letter, taken from the Court Min utes (18th August 1619), was in these words : “ A Lre to Sr Richard Molineux , Knight , the word* whereof are the te, viz . : — u Right Woor 11 Sr, “ Whereas Mr. John Harrison, a brother of our Company lately dec, having in his life tyme as it is well knowne unto yo r woorPP a full determinacon for v® build- ing a free grammer schoole in Much Crosby, and as we have heard yo*“ woorPP was a great further of that worke. Now right woor 11 in that M r Harrison hath devised unto y® Corporacon of the Company of Mchant Taylors in Lond, five hundreth poundes in money for y® finishinge of the said Schoole, and competent meanes for the continuance thereof for ever. Wee therefore y® M r and Wardens of that Comp, (having according to the trust in us reposed in performance of the Teetators will a determinate purpose to hasten the finishinge of the same), doe humbly intreat yo r woorPP that you would be pleased to vouchsafe yo* favour and continuance in the going on and finishinge of y® good work as you did in the beginninge. And therein we shall not onely account orselvos much bound unto yo r woorPP, but wee 1 The correspondence was commenced with the 1st and continued with the 2nd Baronet. — W.N. Sir Gilbert Gerard, of Sudbury. —Anne Ratcliff . Master of Bull*. Died 1592. I Sir Riciiakd Molineux, croated = Frances Ratcliffs = Elisabeth Somerset, daughter of ' “■ — 1 ^ ^ 1 Sir Charles Somerset, and grand- daughter of Henry, Earl of Wor- cester. Baronet, May 22, 1611, of Sefton and Llt’le Crosby. Died, 1622.* Gerard. Died, 1620.* Gerard. Sir Richard Molineux, created=MABY Viscount Molineux, 1628. 1632. Caryll. Sir (1 ha8.= Gerard Penelope Fptton. From yhom the present Earls of Sefton. From whom the Earls of Macclesfield, now extinct. > The following records occur in the Burial Register of Sefton Parish Church . — “Sepulti, Anno Dni 1622. Ricanlus Molineux de Sefton, Miles et Baronctta, octavo die Martis." “Anno Dni 1620. Diia Francises, uxor Ricardi Molineux do Sefton, Militis et Baronett® priori*, nqno die Februarii.”^ in the 47th Century, 715 0 . ] wilbe ready to doe yo u any kind office wherein you shall have occation to use us. And in the interrim wee rest yo r assured luving friends. “ Muchantailors Hall, the “ To the Eight Woor 11 and or “ 23rd of August 1619. Worthy good friend Sr Kichard Molineux, Knight & Barronet, these be adss. “John Slaney, “John Prowd, “ Peter Towers, {-Wardens.” “James Trayes, | “ Edmund Crytch, J A similar letter was written to one Mr. Gregory Turner, who, according to the list given in Baines’s History of Lancashire of the “ Sectors of Sefton,” held that office conjointly with Thomas Leigh between 1602 and 1629, but no letter of reply from either has been preserved. Probably after the receipt of these replies the Court decided* to accept the trust, for at a subsequent Court in the Bame*month the Will was read, and he having given sufficient in money and lands for the performance thereof, they lovingly and willingly accepted of the Baid gift, and purposed, God willing, to perform the contents of the said Will, according to the true meaning thereof. The subsequent entries relating to his estate are as follows : “ A Letter from M rt Mary Harrison, Widow of the late John Harrison, in behalf of Jn° Vickers, late Apprentice to her husband, for a lease a house in Crane Court, lately devised by J. H. to the Company.” — [1 6th December 1619.] “ Ordered that M r Warden Travers shall collect the rents of the the houses in S 4 Swcthin’s Lane, and the Old Change and Crane Court, in St Augustine’s paresli neere Paules gate lately devised to this Company by M r John Harrison. “ There was at this Court presented by the executors of Mr. John Harrison, M^chantaylor, deceased, cert&ine plate given to this Company by his last will and testament, viz. — ' “ One faycr bason and ewer all guilt weyinge one hundreth and seaventeen oz. “ Also one standing cup w th cover, all guilt, weying fifty oz. eighteene penny- weight. “ Sum total of the weight of the said plate is one hundreth threescore seaven oz. and eighteen ponny weight.’ 5 — [4sth February 1619.] “ A Lease granted to Thomas Brett, of a small tenement in S* Swithen’s Lane (late in the occupation of Thomas Kelsey, Haberdasher, and lately given unto this Company by the last will and testament of M r John Harrison, dec 41 ), for 21 years at the yearly rent of Seven pounds, and Forty pounds or thereabouts in repayring the said Tenem 4 -”— [17 th March 1619.] And at a Court of the 28th June 1620, they agreed as follows : — “ It was at this Court ordered that a letter under our M r and Wardens hands shalbe written to S r Bichard Mollineux, Knight, concerning the building of the School in Lane, according to the Will of M r John Harrison, doc., "w ch was accord- ingly done, the words whereof are these, viz 4 : — “ * Eight Wooi 11 Sir, “ ‘ Eight Woor 11 wee (the Mr and Wardens of the Company of Muchantailors) are sorry we did not knowe of your last being in London untill it was too late, but well, understand of your great charge and paynes bestowed on the foundacon of our Schoole, lately devised to us by the last will and testament of our loving brother, M r John Harrison, deceased, for the w^ 1 the whole Company doe acknowledg them- selves much bound to your WoorPP in all thankfulness. And doe humbly desire your loving favo* and furtherance untill the finishing thereof.- Wee have lately 716 The Building of Great Crosby School [ 0 . received a letter from M r Harrison at Much Crosbie, wherein he desireth that some course may be taken for more money. It is o r desire that no money be wanting for the pformance of the worke. And we arc informed by thexcutors of Mr. John Harrison that they have already disbursed Two hundreth and Tenn Pounds and have given order for fifty pounds more, w<* they assure us wilbe deli9ed before this letter cometh to your hands. Mr. Harrison doth write in his letter that he will send us an Accompt which wee desire maie be pused and approved of by your WoorPP with the help of M r Gregory Turner, whom M r Harrison himselfe had intreated for that business soe to send us a Coppy thereof that wee may give the whole Company satisfaction how farr ye business is effected. And soe with our hearty commendacons remembred to your WoorPP we commit you to God and rest. " ‘ Your lovinge friends, ' “ * Merchaun tailors Hall, the “ ‘ Jno Slant, M r * 13th July 1620. “ ‘ Pbtbb Towers, , “ ‘ Edmund Ceechk, i Gardena. “ * To the Right Woor 11 and our worthy friend S r Richard Mollineux, Knight and Barronett, these be ads.* ” The subsequent entrios proceed thus : — “ The Master and Wardens to appoint a trusty messenger [who appears to haTe been their Clerk] to take a workman with him, and to soe what is done for the School in Lancashire, to take an accompt of the money already disbursed, and to have order for further supply of money for the finishing thereof.” — [23rd August 1620.] “ Ordered, that the Companys Armes Bhalbe drawn in parch mt and sent down to Much Crosby, that the freemason there may drawe them in stone, to be sett up in their School there founded by M r John Harrison, deceased.”— [22*d September 1620.] [An inscription, under date of 1620, is preserved on a brass plate, with the aims of Harrison on the left-hand corner, and of the Company on the right — in Latin and English — in these words : “ In Bcholam h Clsrissimo Vlro J>no Joanne Harrisono Crosbeioe Magnae in Agro Lancastrensi, exstructam, quam Dlgniwim® Societatis Mercatornm Sdssorum apod Londinatea fldei ipse Societatis olim insigne Omamentum curandam Comcndavit. “ Anno Domini, 1620. “ Quamjactat Crosbeia, Scholam Phcebiq Sacellum, Debetnr meritls, Hague Patrone, Tuis. Tantus amor patriae, tantus Virtu ids honest®, Tantus doctrinae, et relljgionii amor. Pan Phocbo cedits fit Tityrus ipse Palaemon; Et Corydon artes jam colit ipse bonas. Est natura Solum : prseceptor cultor agelli ; Semina, doctrin® sunt documenta sacra. Perdpit hinc fructus Ecclesia : percipit indfc Publics res tandem : servit utrique Schola. Crosbeia & merits nohiq nunc Magna vocatur ; Magna Schola est patriae gloria, ipagnus honos." “ This School, of which Much Crosbey may we boast, Was built by Harrison’s charity and cost. Religion’s, Learning’s, Virtue’s, Countrey’s lore To this good work his gradons heart did more. Pan yield’s to Phoebus; and Pakemon’s part Act's Tityrus, nay Corydon himself loam's Art. Natnre's tlie Soil ; the Tiller of the field The Master is : the seed which fruit doth yield Are virtuous Documents Welfare and Health Are hence derived to Church and Comonwealth. Crosbey now Much or Great wee wel may narpe; For by the School it doth receive great fame." The present Head Master, to whose conscientious labour the School owe® so much, accompanies the copy with this note : — in the 47th Century, 717 0 . ] Waterloo, “ Dear Mr. Clode, “ 27tli February 1875. “ I enclose you a copy of the inscription on tbe brass, which is surely worth a footnote ! The English rendering, especially the couplet, ‘ Pan yields to Phoebus/ is, I thinlr, delicious, especially to anyone who knows what * Pan * is in these parts. “It was for a long time hidden by the plaster in the School wall. Some Members of the Archceological Society some years ago paid a visit to the School to inspect the brass, after which it was cleaned and placed in its present position. “ Believe me, “ Very truly yours, “ C. M. Clode, Esq.” “ Samuel C. Armour.”] “ The Comon Clark made relation how forward he found the free School at Much Crosbie, and delivered an estimate of the charge thereof, w* 11 gave this Court good content.” — [5 th October 1620.] “A Letter from John Harrison, of Much Crosbie, was at this Court openly read, wherein he desireth to have some aid from London to assist him in his business concerning the School there. Whereupon it is thought fitt to write to that worthy Knight, Sir Richard Mollineux, to entreate his aid and assistance therein, w« h was accordingly done, ye words whereof are these : — “ * Right Woor 11 our Clark hath lately received a letter from John Harrison out of Lancashire, wherein he writeth that he is very like to taste a dish of hard dealing at ye hands of John Turner, the freemason, in measuring of his work, and doth therefore desire some Messenger from us to be an eyewitness of his dealing, and to take an Accompt how our money is disbursed. Wherein (as heretofore wee have made bold with you r WoorPP , soe now again) wee humbly crave your aide and assistance y fc }Ou would be pleased to appoint your Servant, M r Hutton, to see y e measuring of y e School, and to puse John Harrison’s Accompt, whose pajnes herein for us shall not be unrewarded. Wee wrote heretofore a few lynes to M r Gregory Turner, to be a meanes that his brother might deale favourably and doe us justice in y e measuring of his work, which wee doubt nott, but y* he will performe according to our expectation. And thus craving pardon for our boldness in our many requests for your WoorPP* favor and assistance in y e worke w ch wee hopes will prove for ye comon good of ye country thereabouts, with our kindest salutation and best wishes to your WoorPP we take our leave and comitt you to the protection of the Almighty, resting your loving friends, &c/ “ ‘ Merchauntailors Hall, — [20 th June 1621.] ’ 21st June 1621/” “This Court understanding that their School at Much Crosby is not yet covered, and that John Harrison, who hath charge thereof, hath desired to be supplyed with more money. It is at this Court ordered that filly pounds shalbo assigned to Mr. Pocock [the founder’s executor] to be payed unto him, and that a letter under the hands of our M r and Wardens shall presently be sent unto him for ye speedy covering of the said Schoole, and that he shall with all convenient speed come to London and bring up his accompts with him, as also the contract between the ffremason and himselfe.” — [20/A August 1621.] “ After our hearty commendacons, Ac., Wee have at our last Court considered of your last letter written to our Clark, wherein wo perceive a difference between you and ye Mason, who as you write would wrong you in the measuring of the worke, wee doubt not but you know wherein as well as if we sent a Messenger to see. If he have made more windowes than needeth and thereby gayneth, it is now too late to alter that which is done, and he will look to be payed according to the contract made between you and him. Yet wee advise you not to pay him all his money untill we may be satisfied he hath done us noe wronge. Wee have that good 718 The Building of Great Crosby School [ 0 . opinion of y* wortliie Knight, S r Richard Mollineux, that he will not suffer any workman to abuse us in s >e good a work. The Schoole hath been long in hand, and as wee understand bj M r Pocock’s man (who was lately there) that it is not yett covered w« h we mervaile at. Wee doe therefore give you to understand that it is our erncst desire to have ye Schoole covered before Michaelmas next, for wee conceive it may much wrong ye worke already done if it should lye open this winter. And because you write y* some devise must be taken for more money. And that you should peeive that we are un willing that the worke should be undone for want thereof. Wee have taken order with M r Pooock to make over unto you fifty pounds more, w« h he hath promoted to doe with all expedicon. And as soon as you have caused the School to be covered wee would have you come up to London and bring your Accompts and the contract between the Mason and yourselfe, that wee may understand how the Benefactor’s money is to be bestowed, and how neere the School is finised, it hath been a far more chargeable worke than was expected, and we hope you will prove yourselfe a wise and ca refull Steward. And soe wee comit you to God and rest. “ Merchant Taylors’ Hall, the “ Your loving friends Ac.” “ last day of August- 1621.” The school was built by local masons engaged by the founder’s kinsman, John Harrison, living at Great Crosby, and the money was supplied by the executors. The cash books of the Company contain no entries whatever of the school building. The Company appear to have placed their main reliance upon the worthy knight. “Letters directed to Sir Richard Mollineux, Knt., out of Lancashire, were delivered by him to the Common Clark, to acquaint the Company therewith, which wore at this Court openly read. And consideration of them being had, the Court doth entreat our Master and Wardens to take some time to confer with the said Sir Richard, to thend that they may better understand how the business is carried concerning the School in Lancashire.” — [16/A October 1621.] 44 And be it remembered that upon Monday the 6th day of Nov*, after Dinner, the whole number of assistants then present resorted into the Parlor to appoint auditors to peruse and audit John Harrison’s accompts for the money he had disbursed towards the building of the School in Lancashire, he having lately come to London. 44 And it was further ordered that our Master and Wardens, or t he more part of them, shall be entreated to peruse and audit the accompts of the said John Harrison, and certify tlio next Court of Assistants what they have done therein.” — [5/A November 1621.] 44 Report being made at this Court by the Com. that had perused John Harrison’s accounts for the charge of the School in Lancashire, which account the Com. could not give allowance of by reason lie had brought no discharge from the parties that had received divers sums of money, and therefore it may seem doubt- fill to them whether the parties were satisfied or no. It is therefore ordered and agreed that a letter under our Master and Wardens’ hands shall be directed and sent unto two of Sir Richard Mollineux men, to peruse and ratify said Harrison’s accounts, which was accordingly done. 44 4 After our liarty commendations, Ac. It hath pleased your worthy Knight to acquaint us with your letters directed unto him, whereby wee understand that John Harrison hath refused to yield up an Accompt to you concerning our free School at Much Crosby, since w ch tyme ho hath been with us at London, and tendered his Accompt which we have pused, and find it came unto us much like his answer made unto you, which we have found fault with him for, and have not given him any allowance thereof untill it be ratified by you, the copie whereof we have sent you under Mb hand. These are therefore (with the favour and good liking of your hon ble Knight) to call him before you and to examine his Accompts, and to satisfie yourselves therein that it may be a true accompt, and that all men are payd accord- ing as he hath sett downe, for he hath brought noe discharge from such as have by 0 .] in the 47th Century. 719 his Accompts received good somes of money as for Timber, Chalkstone, Coles, &c. And whereas there is a difference between John Turner, the Mason, and him about the measuring of the worke, Wee desire that two indifferent men that have skill in that worke, one for us another for him, may agree upon the controversie, and if they cannot, then yourselves to be umpires, and what shall be found coming to him more than he hath received, Woe promise to pay with all expedition, and the like for William Hunt, who is to be payed according to ye measure and rate mentioned in ye contract between John Harrison and himself. It appeth by his Accompt thLt there is 122. 4s. 5d. remayning in his hands, whereof he saith that Mr. Gregory Turner hath detayned Eight pounds towards the satisfaction of such money as may grow due unto his brother the mason, he hath also given us notice of Twenty-one pounds thirteen shillings and sixe pence w ch he oweth for worke already done, ye particulars whereof wee have sente you written at the latter end of his accompt desiring you, that if you find them due, they maie be payed withall expedicon, wee have so far p^vayled with S r Richard Mollineux, yo* M r , that he is plesed, and pnrposeth to write unto you to that effect, y* what money soever you shall disburse there for the schoole charge, shalbe repayed unto him here by us at the sight c f your letter, for wee desire y fc y* labourer may have his money soe soone as ho hath done his worke. There are some things in the Schoole more to be done which John Harrison hath enformed us of, a note whereof wee have sent you herein-closed requesting your order and directions therein, and whatsoever you in your discrecons shall think fit to be done, wee will ratify and allow, and as we are bound to request jo* paynes and care herein, soe wee will not be ungratefull in ye requitall thereof, and soe we bid you heartily farewell and rest. “ * Merchantailors’ Hall, “ ‘ Your loveing friends, “ * 24th Nov. 1621 .* “ * Thomas Marsham, M r * “ * Edmund Criche, " “ * Edward Catcher, _ _ “ ‘ Henby Polsted, r Warden*. “ * William Speight, _ c * * To our loveing friends, “ * Mr. Thomas Hutton, and “ ‘ Mr. William Fazakerley, servants to Hon ble S r Richard Mollineux, Knight and Barronett, at his howse at Sefton in Lancasr.’ “And it is ordered that the s d John Harrison shall have 32. given him for his charges out of Lancashire and back again, our Master to pay the same and have it allowed in his account.” — [1 6th November 1621.] It being thought that the School was sufficiently advanced that Scholars might be entered, the Court proceeded to appoint a Schoolmaster, thus : “To this Court came Mr. John Kidd, M.A., to prefer his suit to be School Master of the Company’s Grammar School, lately founded in Lancashire by Mr. J. Harrison, Merchant Tailor, whereupon consideration being had that it is now time to provide a Schoolmaster for that place, and hearing bo good a report of the honesty, sufficence, and good life and commendation of the said Mr. Kidd, being also recommended to this Court by a letter from Mrs. Harrison, late wife of the said Mr. John Harrison, deceased, have ordered, granted, and agreed that the said Mr. J. Kidd shall be admitted into the place of Head Master in the said School, to have 302. per annum paid him for his salary, according to the will of the donor, to be paid quarterly, the 1st payment to be made at the feast of S* John Baptist next ensuing, and to continue so long as he shall behave himself well, and be found fit for the place, or otherwise during the Company’s pleasure.” — [132A March 1621.] % The appointment was perhaps premature, but the first difficulty was, shall a “Conscience Clause” be allowed, shall any but Church people be admitted. to instruction P The Court decided, and the Master wrote, thus : 720 The Building of Great Crosby School [ 0 . “ A letter from Mr John Kidd, the Company's Schoolmaster, lately chosen for their School at Much Crosby in Lancashire, was at this Court openly read, wherein he requested the Co. to understand that their School is not yet finished but he hoped shortly to be seated therein, and desired some warrant from the Company (until orders for the same School may be sent down) that he may refuse to teach such children whose parents will not allow to hare them catechised, whereupon consideration being had it is ordered that a letter shall be written and subscribed by our Master and Wardens and sent unto the said School Master by the next con- venient Messenger, which was accordingly performed, the words whereof are these, yijt. . “ ‘After our hearty commendations. Your letter of the 21st June 1622, came to our hands about the 22nd July, and which was read at a Court held the 22nd July of the same month, whereby we understand how backward the School is in finishing, and that you are not yet entered into your charge of teaching, which we desire may be both effected with all convenient speed. And whereas it is your desire (until the School orders be sent down) to have warrant from us concerning such children as shall refuse to be catechised, it is the whole Court's opinion, which they take to stand with the true meaning of the Founder, that you shall teach none such, and do therefore advise you to deny to teach any such children whose Parents will refuse to have them catechised, yet notwithstanding we leave it to your discretion to entertain such as you have hope will be drawne to be conformable to good orders and for abudaries— we leave that to your own discretion until we resolve otherwise, and further when you shall write that there is cause for an Usher, the Company will consider of your request. And so wishing you all good Buoeess in the execution of your charge in teaching, not doubting of your care and diligence therein, we commit you to God and rest. “ ‘ M. T. Hall, * “ 1 Your loving friend, “ ‘ 30th July 1622.' “ * Thomas Marsham, M r - ’ " —[26/A July 1622.] The next application savours of a job, and Mr. Carter was found to be unsuited to his post. However, so it was, he was appointed by the Court as Usher, thus : — “ The Petition of Thomas Carter, servant to Richard Baldock, Common Clark of this Society, was at this Court openly read, and he was appointed Usher at 20 /. a year." — [6 tk December 1622.] “ To this Court came John Pocock, one of the Executors of M r John Harrison Merchant Tailor, deceased, and promised to pay 60/., which was yet remaining in liia hands, towards the finishing of the Co.’s School in Much Crosby, Lancashire. “ And it is further ordered that a letter under the Master and Wardens' hands shall be sent to Mr. Kidd, to let him understand that it is the Company’s pleasure that Thomas Carter shall have the whole charge and care of instructing the Scholars to write, and to receive the profits thereof towards his better maintenance. “ The letter to the above effect is in the C* Book. “ * After our harty commendations, Ac. These are to certifie you, That we have taken into consideration the benefit that maie arrise to the comon of ye country and crcditt of ye Schoole, by the ordering and setting a sufficient man to teach such children (whoso parents are inclined thereunto) to write faire. And for that purpose wee have appointed Thomas Carter, of whom we have formerlie advertized you, not only to supply the place of Usher in the said Schoole, but alsoe to take upon him the whole charge and care of instructing the schollers to write, being a thing very needful and of great importance in any schoole whatsoever, and to receive the profitt thereof towards liis better maintenance of whose sufficiency therein we have had good experience and thinke him worthy thereof, we have alsoe taken order that you join together to take an exact view of the wall to encompass the School and of such other lodgings necessary addicons as may convenience be made for yours and his use for the present and others in future time, and to send us in the 17th Century. 721 0 . ] a particule* thereof with all speed, and we shall and wilbe ready forthwith upon receipt thereof to accommodate the Schoole therein, soe farre forth as the donor’s guilt will give us leave, which is less than fifty pounds now remayning, desiring alsoe that you two loveingly assist one another in the good husbandinge and manage- ing the same in such sorte for the good of the Companie and the creditt of yourselves and the Schoole as it hereafter when we shall take a view thereof we may have noe just cause to condemne or be displeased with either of you for ye same. And soe woe committ you to G-od and rest. “ * Merchant Tailors’ Hall. “ ‘ Your loving friends, “ ‘ 28th March 1623. " * Peter Towers, M r > “ { To o r loving friend Mr John Kidd, Schoolmaster of o* free schoole at ‘ Edward Catcher, “ * Jeofpert Prescott, “ * Bartholomew Elnor, “ ‘ Jeramee Gay, Wardens. Much Crosby, Lancashire.’ ” —[19^ March 1623.] “ The orders for the Companies’ School at Much Crosby, in Lancashire, that were at the last Court of Assistants ratified and allowed, being fairly engrossed on vellum, were presented to this Court and signed by the Master and Wardens and so many of the Assistants as were present. The copy whereof is here entered at large : — “ * Articles to be observed and fulfilled as well by the Parents and friends of such children as are presented to be freelie taught in the School of Much Crosby, in the County of Lancaster, belonging to the C° of Merchant Tailors, as also by the Schoolmaster, Usher and Scholars there as followeth, viz 1 - : — “ * Articles for Parents and Friends. “ 1 1. Imprimis. You are to present male children only to be freelie taught in this School. “ * 2. Item. That the Inhabitants of Much Crosby as well as others shall be content to pay unto the Schoolmaster for the admission of every Scholar, and writing his name in the Register, 12 pence. “ * 3. Item. If your child reasonably proved be found unapt to learn gram- mar, you being warned thereof, shall willingly take him away, but if he be apt to learn you shall be content that he may continue still until he have competent learning. " 1 4. If your child admitted be afterwards absent from this School 9 days together without licence or reasonable cause, then he shall pay 6 pence before he be readmitted. “ * 5. Item. If the Scholar once admitted shall afterwards go away to any other School to learn, his place forthwith to be accounted void. " ‘ 6. Item. You shall be content your children shall have due reasonable cor- rection either for misbehaving thenlselves in manners, or negligence in learning. M * 7. Item. You shall find them competent books for their learning, and such as the Schoolmaster shall think good from time to time to teach them. “ * 8. Item. Your children shall come to the School at 7 o’clock, Summer and Winter, in the morning, and tarry there until 11 o’clock ; and at 1 o’clock in the afternoon, and there remain until 6 at night unless the Master licences to the contrary. “ ‘ 9. Item. If any refuse to have their children catechised by Master or Usher, or to learn the Catechism, if upon three warnings in 3 weeks they reform not, their places to be void, much more if any refuse to let their children be present at prayers or singing of psalms in the School or especially in the Church at the time of service or Sermons. 3 A 722 The Building of Great Crosby School [ 0 . “ * 10. Item. That every Scholar shall go to Church to serve God upon the Sabbath and holy days, and be furnished with one of these four books to cany with him, viz., Psalm Book, Psalter, Testament or Bible, and that such as can write do take notes at Sermons and render account to the Master upon examination. u 4 Articles for the Schoolmaster and Usher. ‘**1. Imprimus. If the offerere be content with these Articles, and a child allowable by the same, he shall be admitted into the School for a free Scholar, otherwise not. 11 ‘ 2. Item. You shall not give your Scholars leave to play at any man's request in any week wherein falleth an holy day nor in any week wherein there is no holy day, saving only on Tuesday or Thursday, unless it be at the request of some worthy person, and for violating this decree or order you shall for every default pay Si. Ad. and the said penalty to be given for the poor by the hands of the Churchwardens. “ 1 3. Item. That the Schoolmaster and Usher never be absent from the School both together, and neither of them to be absent above 21 working days at any time in the year. “ 4 4. Item. That the Master shall not leave all the burden upon the Usher, nor the Usher to take what Scholars he list to his teaching but such only as the Master shall commit unto him. “ * 6. Item. That every holiday or Saturday the Master or Usher, or both, shall instruct and examine all their Scholars in the principles of religion, to which end they shall use some catechism approved by the authority of the Church of England. “‘6. Item. The Comp? intending the honor of religion and good of the country, chargeth the Schoolmaster and Usher both to be discreet and warie in their ways, goodly, sober and honest in their conversation, and if either of them prove scandalous that way the other is charged if he cannot by good counsil and example inform him, to inform the Company in due time that they may speedily take order in it. And to take order that prayers be used in the School during morning and evening. “ ‘ An Article for Scholars. “ ‘ Item. That the Scholars shall not exclude the Master and Usher at any time before the feast of the Nativity of Our Saviour Christ according as it hath been the fashion in some countrys, but Bh&ll be willing to be dismissed by the Master a week or ten days before the time, according to his discretion.' " — [25/A June 1623.] 44 The Common Clark likewise informed thiB Court that he had received a letter from Tho 8 Carter, the Usher of their School, at Much Crosby in Lancashire, wherein he giveth the Company to understand that the tenants refuse to carry any more stone for the wall without pay. It is ordered by this Court that rather than the work shall stand at a staie the Company to pay for carriage, and to signify so much to Thomas Carter.” — [23rd August 1623.] 44 A letter from Tho 1 Carter, the C 0 -’ 8 Usher of their free Grammar School at Much Crosby, in Lancashire, was at this Court openly read, wherein he desireth to have some authority from the Company to demand some recompense from the parents or friends of such children as desire to be taught the art of writing, where- upon consideration being had, It is ordered and agreed that our Master and Wardens Bliall write a letter to the Townsmen of Much Crosby and the Inhabitants thereabouts, to signify unto them that it is the Company's order that the s* 1 Tho*- Carter shall demand quarterly, monthly, or weekly such allowance and consideration of the parents or friends of such Scholars or children as shall desire to have them taught the art of writing as the said parents and friends and the s d Tho* Carter shall agree upon, and to refuse to teach such as deny to pay anything at all.” — [14/A October 1623.] 44 Our Master and Wardens having ordered the last Court of Assistants to nominate some 6 or 7 young men of the Livery to be feoffees in trust for a piece of land in Lanas hi re, whereon the C°-’ 8 School now Btandeth, did acquaint this Court with in the J7th Century. 723 0. j these names — riz., of Benj n Henshawe, Jervis Elwes, Henry Elwes, Jerrard Gore, Nicholas Heame, John Crioh, and Tho 8 Carter, which 7 persons were well approved of by this Court and so ratified allowed.” — [ 21st January 1623.] “It is at the same Court ordered that Thomas Carter, the C 0 -’ 8 Usher at Much Crosby, shall have 20 marks given him to supply his present wants. Mr. Ward* 1 Warner to pay the same and have it allowed in his account. « It is likewise ordered that the Master and Wardens shall have power to supply such moneys as shall be wanting for the finishing of the wall there, and that two of the Wardens with the Common Clerk shall go unto Sir Rich d Mollineux to see if conveniently they may procure so much ground from him as may make the wall range with the School.”— [21*/ January 1623.] “ Item. It is ordered that 10/. be delivered to Thomas Carter for and towards the finishing the Company’s School at Much Crosby, in Lancashire. And Mr. Kidd, the Master of that School, and the said Carter, his Usher, to send up an account of the charge the Company hath been at in and about the buildings then under their hands, and Mr. Warden Brown to pay the said 10/. and have it allowed in his account. “ This Court is pleased upon the humble Petition of Tho 8 Carter, Usher of the Company’s School at Much Crosby, in Lancashire, to bestow on him as of their free gift towards the supplying of his present wants and charge in travelling, the sum of 40*., and charged him to be careful and diligent in supplying his place in their free School whereunto he is admitted Usher, our Master to pay the same and have it allowed in his account.” — [12 th October 1624.] « It is at this Court ordered that the sum of 3/. and 4d. heretofore laid out by Thomas Carter, the Company’s Usher at their School in Much Crosby, in Lan- cashire, about making of their gardens and other necessaries, shall be paid unto him. But this Court doth think fit and so order, That from henceforth there shall be no such allowance hereatfer made without the special direction of this Court touching such kinds of disbursements. 1 ” — [11 th July 1626.] Hitherto the Clerk only had seen the School, and as the Committee of the Court usually visited Wolverhampton and Rusbrook, they extended their riding into Lanca- shire. Thus the entry runs : — “ Mr. Gore, Mr. Elnor, Mr. Draper, Mr. Benson, and Mr. Beardall, together with the Common Clark, appointed Committee to view the Schools.”— [28/A August } 629.] This journey involved some expense, though not, I apprehend, all that taken out of the Treasury. 301/. 7*. lid. was taken out, by the following memoranda “ There was taken out of the Thiery of this howse towards the riding charges and other expenceB of the Committees appointed to ride to Wolverhampton and Much Crosbie and to Russhock, and for other necessarie affaires of this Company, the sume of Three hundred and one pounds seaven shillings and eleaven pence, w** was the money .due uppon the foote of the accompt of Mr. Benson, which money was delivered to Mr. Robert Draper, Mr, for which hee is to be accomptable to this howse.” — [5 th September 1629.] After the journey a full report was to be presented to the Court, which, so far as it related to Great Crosby, was in these words : — “ And then they departed from thence for Much Crosby, in Lancashire, when they found the School house very fair and substantially builded with free stone, but the School very slenderly furnished with Scholars, and many of those Scholars the children of poor people, and some of them papists, and Mr. Nicholas Johnson and Thomas Griffith, who acknowledged themselves to be convicted Recusants, in the name of the inhab i tan ts there delivered a petition to the Com. very scandalous against Mr. Kidd, the Schoolmaster, but upon examination of the contents thereof, found the same to be malicious and framed upon no just ground, and the Com. advise this Court that » See subsequent entry of 11th December, p. 649. 3 A 2 724 The Building of Great Crosby School [ 0 they thought it fit that Mr. Kidd, the Schoolmaster, be required from this Court to take special care that his Scholars be well instructed in the Grammar rules, and the Usher be not permitted to lodge out of the School inasmuch as there is a convenient lodging and study there provided for him, but they perceived that neither the Master nor Usher could well furnish the same, and therefore moved the Court that they would be pleased to disburse so much money afore hand out of Mr. Harrison's account as may buy bedding and other necessaries for the furnishing of the Usher's chamber there. And the Com. further moved that for the better encouragement and enabling of the Scholars there in their learning, Dictionaries and other books may be bought and provided, to be sent thither to remain openly in the Schools for the common use of the Schools, which report this Court did approve of and hath ordered supplies both for the books and bedding be made accordingly." — [21#* October L629.] The audit of the expenditure of the SOI/. 7#. lid. was ordered at the same Court. “ Whereas there was taken out of the Threry of this hows© by Mr. Robert Draper, last M p , the sume of 300/. 7#. lid. towards the riding charges and other expences of the Committees appointed to ride to Wolverhampton, Much Crosbie and to Rushock, and for other the necessarie affairs of this Company, This Court hath intreated and authorised our M r , Mr. Cotton, Mr. Gore, Mr. Polstedd, and Mr. Elnor, or any fower of them, to take Mr. Draper's aocompt of the said moneys and of all other monies which he hath received since his accompt made and audited, and Mr. Draper, Mr. Gore, Mr. Elnor, Mr. Benson, Mr. Beardall and Mr. Henshaw, or any fower of them, are authorized to reward such as did attend them in that journey for their panies therein." “ Books Ordered. — Calepine’s diction, Cooper's diction. Scapula Lexicon, Nizoly diction, Rider’s diction, Seneca opera, Titus Livius, Denuere Epithets, Licosthenis Apothegmata, Textoris Epithets, Licosthenis Simil, Textoris offidna Glooleny observe Elegantia Poet, Valerius Maximus, Flores Pretarum, Thesarus Poeticus, Pliny, Histor diction, Histor Poet, and an English Bible." — [4M May 1630.] Enough having been written about the original establishment of the School, a few sentences may now be added to bring down its history to the happening of the “ Dreadful Fire," from which event the history is briefly given in the text. The second visitation of the School, which led to the institution of Local Visitors, was made under an order of Court of the 8th March 1647. “ This day, the Court taking into consideration the great conveniency and neces- sity of Visiting their Schools at Wolverhampton, Much Crosby and other places, doth order and appoint, That our Master, Mr. Warden Jerrard, Mr. Warden Churchman, and Mr. Stone, together with the Clerk of the Company shall ride to visit the said School at Wolverhampton in Staffordshire, and the School at Much Crosby in Lancashire, and likewise the Manor of Rushworth, and keep a Court there, and also see how the gift of Sir Tho 8 White to the City of Coventry is per- formed, according to the trusts reposed in them. And the said Co mmi ttee are authorized to manage the said business and journey as they in their discretion ah*!! think fit, both for the time and the company who shall go with them, and our Master to pay the charges of the said journey. And to report to the next Court of Assist- ants their doings therein." The Report of the Committee brought up to the Court of the 3rd May 1648, was by no means encouraging : “ They came next to Much Crosby in the County of Lancaster, where we caused the Scholars to be examined by Mr. Dugard, our chief School Master of Merchant Tailors’ School (who accompanied us in our journey), but found them very unready and raw in their answers and in their Grammer rules, and not above two Scholars in the School which could perfectly read a Chapter in the Bible — the School very in the 17th Century. 725 0 . ] slenderly furnished with Scholers, not above thirty boys, and most of them poor men's sons and some of them Papists’ children.” Mr. Fell, the Usher, was a debauched man and very scandalous in his life, “ and Mr. Kidd had neglected the School and applied himself to the ministry ” ; indeed had absented himself from the School when his presence was needed, hence the better sort of people had not sent their sons to the School. The remedy was obvious — place the School under local supervision, and accordingly they wrote : “ We are of opinion that the want of often examinations of the School, hath been a great cause of the decay of the School, and consider it fit for the future that power be given to some learned men and others dwelling thereabouts to be supervisors and to cause examination of the Scholars to be made twice every year to see how they profit — from whom the Company may be informed from time to time of the proficiency of the Scholars, and how the Master and Usher do perform their duties, and some allowance to be allotted — therefore, which, in our opinions will be a great means of advancing that School, and thereby the School Master and Usher will be incited to be more careful in the performance of their several duties in the School, which will be good satisfaction to the Country.” These suggestions were at once acted upon. First, Mr. Fell was dismissed, and Mr. John Smith, " a hopeful young man, and late student of St. John's at Cambridge, elected ” to the Usher's place. Then, as “ the only remedy to prevent future inconvenience,” they appointed as local examiners or visitors, Mr. John Hartley, of Strangwaies, near Manchester, the Mayor and Minister of Liverpool for the time being, Mr. William Ward, of Walton, Minister, Mr. Ashurst, and Mr. Thomas Johnson, Mr. Thomas Bowtell, of Mailing, Gentleman, and Mr. John Richardson, of Sefton, or any four of them, to be visitors of the School. The Mayor and Minister of Liverpool being the controlling authorities for making appointments and summoning the other visitors thereto. The duties of the visitors were thus defined : — u To meet twice yearly, viz., in the months of April and October, for the exami- nation of the Scholars thereof, the particular days to be set down by the Mayor and Minister of Liverpool, who are requested to give timely notice thereof to the rest of the visitors, the 1st examination to begin in April next, and the sd visitors are entreated to give the O information from time to time how they find the Scholars profit in their learning, and how the School Master and Usher perform their duties, and likewise the remedies if any thing be amiss, and where the defaults are. And they are desired to Inform the Company what they conceive the reason to be, why the School hath fallen to that decay as of late it hath done.” Unfortunately for Mr. Kidd, it was not long that he remained without complaints made against him by the Sefton people, which were transmitted to the Company by the Mayor. The two high employments of the School and parish could not, even in those days of plurality, be efficiently discharged by the same man, and therefore the visitors, making no specific recommendation, left the Court to decide what should be done. Mr. Kidd was not, however, without friends, and counter memorials came up from Crosby and Liverpool, while his own petition gave a somewhat deplorable account of the district. “ The situation of the School in the most desolate and obscure angle of the country, surrounded with a twofold sea of and Ireland, the Irish Ocean bounding it west and south, 500 recusants in the Parish. “ Besides popery, the extreme poverty, I will not say beggary of the country, is no small rub. “The rude behaviour of the people, their almost incorrigible and incurable conditions, so that men of quality will not send their children hither, neither is there any fit to give entertainment to such, and for myself have tabled some and could never get payment. 726 The Building of Great Crosby School [ 0 . “ The ordinary absence of Scholars, many of them kept away 2 or 3 days in a week, especially in plow time, but most of all in hay time and bavest, when they are absent a whole quarter of a year together, and yet tie expected they should profit " The inability of many, the unwillingness of others, to find their hoys books, I hare bought myself for dir era and could never be paid.” Mr. Kidd was, however, dismissed, and in June 1651, John Stevens, B.L., was chosen as the Chief Master. In his first report, dated 19th November, he gave a description of his reception by the School and inhabitants, which certainly was not cheering, though he seemed willing to make the best of it. “ I entered upon the School with this much advantage, at least, that I cannot eave it worse than I found it, there being scarce a member in it besides such as have not yet learned their alphabet. My first care, therefore, was not to admit such into the School, who, I supposed, had no right to be taught there, that being the only way (if it be possible any way) to bring the scholars into same. The natives, for I know not how more fitly to call them, being troubled thereat, came open mouthed railing against me because I would not suffer their girls and hornbook boys to be taught in the School. I urged against them those two Statutes which hang up iu the School, amongst others of good antiquity, — 1st. That they were to present male children only to be freely taught in the School ; 2ndly. That if their children reasonably proved were found unapt to learn grammar, they being warned thereof, should willingly take them away, — by the former whereof I conceive, if I have not lost that little reason I had by being there long in so savage a place, their daughters by the latter, their sons, who have not yet learnt perfectly to read EngLish, are excluded, they replied, being rustically imperious, that they regarded not founders’ or Companies’ orders, that it was their free School, and unless I would teach these English Scholars they would pull up the School stairs, which they say stand upon tlieir ground, and suffer one another to have ingress, egress, or regress into the house, but would pluck me out by the ears, and that all the Comp* in England should not keop any one in here except he were in all things conformable to their will. Amazed at this barbarity, I resolved patiently to expect your farther pleasures herein.” The Court, anxious to smooth over the difficulties, wrote thus to him in March 1652 : “ Our advice therefore to you is as concerning their first complaint. That until the School be brought into some better credit, you do permit English to be taught in the School altlio’ it may seem to contradict the rules of other free schools, for* bidding all female children to be taught there), whereby by degrees the School may bo brought to a better order, and as concerning the residue of the oomplaint, both of you and the inhabitants, we know no better means to rectify the same than by referring the same to be examined by our Visitors, whom we have desired to compose the same if they can, and certify us thereof, for the meantime we entreat you to use your best prudence and oare in the School, observing the articles of the School as much as with conveniency you may, and give no just occasion of sure complaint, wherein we shall give you all the encouragement we can, we being well assured that your succeeding Mr. Kidd in that place is not without some dis- advantage.” They were rewarded for their forbearance, as on 3rd May 1654, Mr. Hartley (the visitor) wrote to thorn in these terms of encouragement : — “ I make bold to acquaint you that on Wednesday last we met at Much Crosby, and did visit the School there. By reason of my weakness and unfitness to travel, I had but an hard journey, but I will assure you I was much comforted and did much rejoice to see that School brought into such condition as now it is. We are all in great hope that a short time it will prove one of the most famous Schools in this country. There is about three score Scholars in it, four or five of which at least arc ready to go to the University. The Upper Master is reported to be a very in the 17 th Century. 727 0 . ] honest, civil Gent, and many men of quality desire to place their children with him, but he hath no spare room to lodge them in, which doth much hinder the good of the School. It was, therefore, earnestly desired by all the Visitors that the C° would be pleased that one of building might be added to the dwelling house, and also some little place to sit two beasts and a horse in (without which it is impossible for a Minister to live). I am confident that 50 1 . will do all very decently, which, if they please to take into consideration and to grant, they cannot do a better work. I shall willingly myself undertake any pains to see that one penny thereof be not misemployed.’* The 60Z. was advanced, and the School remained in good favour till the " Dread- ful Fire ” destroyed the trust preperty, and deprived the “ Master and Usher ’* of their incomes or some portions thereof. 729 INDEX TO MATTERS . 1 A. Account books, manuscript — 68, 65, 517. Accounts of Master to be audited — 221, 229. Adventure, bill of — 146. Aldermen: Entitled to election on Court — 258, 267. Not invited to meet James I. — 151. Almshouses : First established at the Hall — 4, 47, 102, 261. Gifts for (see “ Charities History oi — 365, 549. Others established — 16. Almsmen (see “ Pensioners ”). Ambassadors; From Low Countries — 161. v Persia^-33. „ Russia — 555. ,, Spain — 650. Annual Meetings of the Guild — 2, 3, 6, 26, 123, 189, 231, 191. Apparel, regulation of — 208. Apprentices . Against enticement of— 216. Assembly of — 4, 24, 246. Controversey, with to be determined by Master and Wardens — 225, 271. Fees of — 54, 240. Mode of binding — 208, 210, 233, 271. Not to be Aliens — 217. Not to carry arms — 215. Trading with — 216, 223. Armour of the Company — 61, 64, 140. Armourers (Linen) : First Ordinance of — 2, 613. Gift to — 287, 807. Arms: First grant of — 6, 96. Second grant of — 16, 98. Arras, purchase of — 78. Assemblies, as to unlawful — 211. Assessment of Members for specific pur- poses — 260, 689. Assistants: After 14 years of Livery — 267. Attendance of — 214. Court of — 9, 257, 266. Dissolution of Court of — 269. Election of — 266, 666. Oath of — 230. Payments by — 54. To advise the Master — 230. Audit of accounts — 262. Award in Skinners’ dispute — 243. B. Bachelors (see 4 4 Yeomen ”). Banking account opened — 57. Banners of the Company — 95, 96. Banquet to James I. — 147. Barge established by the Company — 553. . Bartholomew, Saint : Fair, Search at— 111. Hospital of, gift to — 301. Beadle oi the Company — 9, 213. House of— 40, 41. Oath of — 235. Beer drank at James l.’s Banquet — 167. Benefactions to the Company — 14. Benefactors, prayer for — 129. Bible set up in Hall— 15, 126, 127, 535. Billetting of Soldiers at the Hall — 37. Blind, gifts for — 305. Bognor Convalescent Home— 389. Boone’s Almshouses — 377. Bowling alley at the Hall— 33. Bread, gifts for— 293, 306. Bridewell, tax for building — 529. Bridge, gifts for repair of— 305. Bucks, gift of— 154, 171, 171, 545, 656. Building materials — 69, 79, 226. Burial : Cloths— 132. Of Deceased Brethren — 17, 63, 124, 131. Ordinance respecting — 213. Prayer at— 137. Service gifts for — 298-9. Butcher’s Bill for James L’s banquet — 164. Butler : At James I.*s banquet — 173. Service of — 149. Bye Laws (see 41 Ordinances ”). c. Canterbury, Archbishop, gift to— 551-2. Carpenters : Company, claim of— 555. Gifts to— 287, 307. Caters of Lord Mayor — 148. Celebrations in honour of Sovereigns — 61, 64. Chair of State — 153, 160. Chamber Holders, ordinance as to — 211. Chancellor, Lord, gifts to — 59, 546. Chapel at the Hall established-^, 35, 42, 42, 59, 60, 67, 80, 124, 588. Chaplains maintained by Company — 59. Charges of the Company — 216. Chanties : For a Grammar School at : Ashwell — 333. Audlem — 322. Bromefield — 308. Burn sail — 805. Great Bloxwith — 310. Great Crosby— 18, 314. Hayfield — 296. Wallingford— 327. Wolverhampton — 12, 303. *1 am indebted for the labour incident to this and the other Indices to the affectionate interest taken n my work by C. A. 0. 730 Index to Matters. Charities— cont. For blind or decayed in eight— 805. For bread — 293, 306. For bridge — 305. For burial services — 298-9. For Christmas Day gifts — 289, 293, 816, 817, 825. For clothes — 289, 295, 297-8, 307, 810. For coals — 278, 279 v 281, 283, 285,288, 296, 305, 813. For dinners — 298, 308. For Good Friday gifts — 832. For lanthorn and candle — 298-9. For Lent sermon — 302. For loans — 285, 288, 295, 303, 325, 330, 832. For marriage gifts — 287. For organ player — 316. For Passion sermon— 283. For pensions — 277. For Poor Fund— 277 (Sole), For probation expenses at the School —299. For relief of prisoners — 835. For repair of tombstone — 334. For roadways — 283, 286, 805. For Vernon’s sermon — 806, For young men commencing business —828. Not to be given at the favour of great people— 654. Of the Company— 55, 56, 261. To Almshouses — 278^279, 292, 296, 298, 800, 304, 310, 813, 317, 821, 335. To armourers — 287, 807. To Bachelors Company — 298, 808. To Bridewell— 813. To carpenters — 287, 307 . To Christ's Hospital — 288, 299, 803, 811,313 To City of London poor — 289, 308. To City of London widows — 29*2, 320. To Clerk of the Company, for burial grace — 299. To cloth workers — 287, 802, 303, 305, 307, 331 To Freemen — 280, 308, 805, 308, 815, 817, 330, 331, 332, 334. To Freemen of London — 304. To Liverymen — 277, 291. To Parish of : — Abchurch — 285. Brighton, Sussex — 313. Feckenham, Worcestershire— 821. Hanbury — 321. Highgate— 319. Hornsey, Middlesex — 815, 318. Little St. Bartholomew— 288. St. Andrew’s, Holborn — 333. St. Andrew’s Undershaft — 296, 305, 318, 334. St. Antholin — 305, 311, 316, 318. St Augustin— 314. St Botolph, Aldersgate — 292, 298, 300, 301. St. Botolph, Bishopgate— 330. St. Bride’s, Fleet Street— 296. St Christopher — 287. St. Giles— 330, 333 St. James, Garlick Hythe — 803. St. Magnus— 313. St. Mary, Whitechapel— 333. St. Mary, Woolnotb — 281, 283. St Michael’s— 287. Charities — cont. To Parish of : — St. Mildred— 325. St. Pan eras, Middlesex — 318. St. 8epulchre— 330. Trinit v, Minories — 296. Wallingford— 327. Walsall, Stafford— 316. To plasterers— 287, 307. To poor women of the Company — 32; t 332. To St Bartholomew’s Hospital — 301. To tilers— 287, 307. _ To Town Clerk of London — 289, 298. To widows of Clergymen — 320. To widows of working Tailors — 291, 292, 320, 333. To wool winders — 30 V . To working tailors — 288,-291, 305, 311, 322, 333 Charter : 1st) Edward III.— 2, 189. '2nd) Bichard II. — 3, 190. "3rd) Henry IV. — 3, 191. fcth) Henry VI.— 5, 193. V 5th) Edward IV. — 6, 194. ’6th) Henry VII.— 7, 194, 198, 256. Expenses of obtaining — 69, 76. Forfeited by Charles II.— 22. Legality impeached — 5. Charterhouse : Act for sale of — 489. Letter relating to purchase— 426. Removal of school to — 412. Children not to be employed unless ap- prenticed — 223. Christ Jesu, School in honour of — 14. Christ’s Hospital, gifts toteee u Charities”). Christmas Day, girts for (see “ Charities "> Church: \ Festivals recognised — 124. Ornaments — 103. City : - Poor, gifts to — 289, 808. Subscriptions for purposes of— 64. City Companies : Armourers — 287 , 307 . Clothworkers — 151, 550, 555, 558. Drapers — 6, 14, 110, 113. Goldsmiths — 1. Haberdashers — 104. Mercers — 340. Salters — 650. Skinners— 6, 124, 243. Vintners — 138. Weavers — 555. Clergy, widows of, gift to — 320. Clerk— 9, 270. Defalcation of — 260. Fees of — 58, 54. Gifts to— 8, 299. House — 40, 41. Oath of— 283. Cloth (see “Livery”)- ^ Clothes, gifts of (see w Chanties ). Clothworkers: . _ Gifts to (see “Charities ’> Search by (see “ Search *) — 558-9. Coals, gifts of (see “ Charity ’). Collections of dues — 237, 260. Colonisation, action of Company in— 16, 148,145. , , Commendable graoe at funerals — 13 rf. Commerce, tribunals of— 10. Index to Matters. 731 Commissioners’ Report on Corporate Com- panies — 264. Common Box of the Company — 3, 62-68. Common Council of the Company — 66. Commons, House of, meet in Merchant Taylors’ Hall — 20. Commons’ Journals and Court Minutes — 664. Commons of Parliament, dinner at Hall by —147. Commonwealth, Court of — 37, 657. Concealment, charge of, against the Com- pany — 104. Conciliation, Courts of — 200, 225. Confrers, payment by — 65. Contracts to fulfil religious trusts — 72. Contumacy of Members — 214, 217. Convalescent Home at Bognor— 389. Conventicles : Attendance at prohibited — 4. Oath against — 231-236. Oonvivium dinner— 645, 648. Cooks at James I.’s banquet — 171. Corn, assessment for— £6, 260, 688. Corporation, Company made such — 4, 191, 196, 256. Council chamber — 40. Furniture of — 86. Court Minutes, records of — 262. Court room — 40. Crosby School— 492, 649, 714-27. Scheme for — 496. Crucifix, cost of making — 61. Crypt at the Hall — 586. Customs to be noted by Clerk — 234. Fees: Of the Company — 53, 271. On election to livery — 261, 269, 271. On Election to Court of Assistants — 261. 269. Fines of the Company (see “Ordinances”) —53, 259. Fire of London : Effect of, on Company resources — 21, 40, 57. Injury to Hall premises — 34, 37. Fire in 1766 — 41, 685. Fish at James l.’s banquet— 165. Flowers at J^mes I.’s banquet — 170. Foreigners : Against apprenticing — 217. Prohibition against employing — 197 232, 544. To be informed against by beadle — 235. Fortifications, subscription in aid of — 555. Freedom Mode of acquiring — 9, 10, 270. Purchase of — 26, 270, Freeman (“ see Yeoman ”) : Gifts to (see “ Charities ”). Mode of Licensing — 10. Oath of — 232. Freemasons, use of Hall by — 41. Fruit at James I.’s banquet — 169. Funerals (see “Burials'’). G. D. Debts of the Company — 19, 21, 557. Decolation of St. John Baptist — 49. Dessert at James I.’s banquet — 174. Dining room, building of — 40. Dinners after Courts — 542. Dinners : At Funerals — 132. Expenses of — 53, 148, 163, 191, 260. Regulated — 588. For Bachelors — 236. Menu for — 126, 148. Prohibited — 851-2. Usually held by the Company — 123, 264. Dispute with Skinners’ Company: — 6, 24, 243. Documents not to be shown by the Clerk — 233. Drapers, dispute with — 103. Drawing room, building of — 40. Dress (see “Apparel”). E. Election of Master and Wardens, ceremony at— 120, 123, 147, 152, 190, 204, 255, 257, 266. P. Feasts of the Company first sanctioned (seo Annual Meetings of)— 21, 123, Garden of the Hall — 33, 150. Garland of the Master — 121, 158, 160. Goldsmiths, dispute with — 1, 612. Good behaviour, oath to observe — 231. Good Friday : Gifts for — 332 Sermon on — 283. Gore’s Mayoralty — 600. Glass at James I.’s banquet — 170. Grammar Schools (see “Charities ”). Gratuities to James I.’s servants — 178. Grocery at James L’s banquet — 169. Guilds: Liberty to hold — 189. Suppressed, at Reformation— 12, 100, Gunpowder, store of— 84, 141, 678. Plot — 5th November to be observed — 542. H. Hall, the— 29-42. Diuner of the Commons at— 147. „ Corporation — 34. Expenses of building — 59, 67, 70, 80, 56o-/3. Expenses of rebuilding of — 580. Furniture of — 36, 149. James I.’s window — 149, 160. Let out to tenants — 62. Purchase of — 575-7. Repairs— (1631) 573, (1728) 584, (1765) 685. Hearse cloths — 95, 182. Holy days, keeping — 216. Holy Trinity, Dalston, advowson of — 845. 732 Index to Matters . Honorary Members — 2, 9, 272. List of, prior to James I. — 155, 617, Made at James I.’s banquet — 158. Notes on the several Members, by Warden Newsome — 622, 650. Subsequently to James I.’s banquet — 620. Hospitality recognised — 123, 125. L Image of St. John — 61. Imprisonment — 7, 11. Income of the Company — 53, 55, 109. At disposal of Master and Wardens — 265. Informers appointed by Company— 26. Inspection of Records, right to — 249, 262, 263, 655. Ipoeras, presenting of — 121, 169, 542. J. Jewel House — 88. Jewels of the Company — 82, 84, 101. Judicial power of Master and Wardens — 10, 11, 183, 225. Ordinance to protoct — 220. K. King's Chambor — 10, 86, 150. L. Land, management of — 67. First purchase of — 3. Other purchases — 55. Licence to hold — 192. • To be viewed yearly — 222. Lanthom and Canale, gift for — 298-9. Law : Expenses — 59, 61, 79. Liberty to sue — 10. Latin, entry in — 62. Linen armourers — 2 Linen, inventory of — 86, 94. Litigation with Livery— 256. Livery of the Company — 3, 119, 191. Cloth— 60, 63, 67, 231. Cloth given to the Sovereign — 596-7. Election of — 9, 167, 272. Fine for refusing — 241, 246, 248. Gifts to— 277, 291. Lists of — 560, 590. Oath of — 231 Payments by — 54, 145, 598, 608. Right of inspection — 2*9. Table— 122. Yeoman Tailors not to havo separate — 514. Lent : Dinner in, deferred — 540. Sermon, gift for — 302. Loans (see “ Charities ”). London : Bishop of, gift to — 551. Poor of — 289, 308. Town Clerk of, gifts to — 289, 298, Widows of — 292, 320. Lord Chamberlain, duty of — 148. Lord Mayor, authority over Companies — 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 23, 63. Gifts to— 62, 69, 81, 697. Not invited to meet James I. — 151, 153. When Member of Company — 15, 115, 204, 218. Lord Mayor's Day — 39. Lottery proposed by the Crown — 15, 141, 532. M. Mace of the Company— 96, 114. Maps given by Speed — 18o. March-pane, gift of — 147, 176. Marriage Gifts — 287. Mass at the Chapel — 60, 64, 67. Master : Authority of— 8, 11, 212, 216, 227. Duty of — 214. Election of— 121, 190. Fined for not serving — 219. Oath of — 227. Yield up accounts — 221. Masters, list of — 530. May Day, precept to attend Queen at — 139. Medical Scholarships — 472. Meetings (see “Annual”). Menu — 126, 148. Merchant Adventurers, loan to — 546. Merchant Taylors (Company), origin of — 1. Constitution of — 8. Contest as to Ralph Holland — 5. First Master of— 2. Made Corporation — 4. Name conferred — 7, 195, 256. Power to Masters elect— 3. Title of— 58, 59, 62, 6,3. Minstrels, payments for — 69, 60, 62, 63, -67, 122, 154, 177, 640. Minutes of Court — 262. Monopoly granted to the Company — 7, 10, 197, 229. Mora Estate, purchase of — 657. Mortmain, liberty to hold land in — 192. Murder, fine for — 550. Music at James I.'s Banquet — 154. Mysterie, meaning of — 1. N. Name of Company — 7, 196, 256 National anthem — 182. 0 . Oaths— 227-38. Obedience, oath of— 229, 230, 231, 232, 236, 237. Obits : Oath to observe — 228. Of the Company— 12, 63, 75, 105-109, 229. Ordinance for Kings — 223. Plate left for — 90. Officers of the Company — 8, 269. Index to Matters. 733 Ordinances : Earliest — 2. Existence — 199. Oath to observe — 228. Of 1613—222. Of 1661—239. ' Power to make, granted— 3, 7, 197, 199. Bight of Livery to inspect — 249, 263. To be approved by authority — 8, 199. Orjpm^player, gift to — 316. Chair of Moral Philosophy— 19. St John’s College at — 456. P. Parishes, gifts to (see “ Charities ”). Parliament, Acts of, affecting guilds— 5, 7, Parlour at the Hall— 38, 81. Furniture of — 85, 95. Partiality : Oath against — 227, 288. Ordinance against — 224, 228. Passion sermon, gift for — 283. Penalties, ordinance for distraint of— 224. Pension : Granted to Stowe — 184. To poor of the Company — 277 (see “ Charity ”). Pensioners : Election of — 266. Payment of— 228. Persian Ambassador, use of garden by . u Pilgrim,” 1st Master so called — 2. Plague: Prayer against— 131. Visitation of— 153, 541, 543. Plasterers’ Company, gift to— 287, 307. Plate : Destroyed at fire — 57. Hired for James I.’s banquet — 149. Inventory of— 82, 84, 88, 92, 644. Loss of, at same — 171. Purchased by Company— 62, 70, 75. Plays in the Hall prohibited— 534, 637, 578. Pleading by corporate name — 196. Poet: At King James’ banquet — 149. Sir John Gore’s pageant — 600. Poor : Of the Company — 3, 56. Provision for— 11, 277 (Note) (see “ Charities ”). Poor Law, first assessment under same 575. Pope, prayer against— 129. Potation money — 8. Poultry — 166. Prayer : Court meetings opened with— 14, 128, 130. ’ For the Company — 20. Prerogative, ordinances not to infringe — OOR ° Priests of the Company — 3, 75, 100, 101, 228. Prison Fund — 335. Prizes attached to school — 436. Probation at school, expenses of — 299. Production of records refused by the Com- pany— 249, 655. Property, increase of— 63, 109, 258. Protector (Lord), summons to attend— 558. Protest against Henry VI . ’s Charter— 242. Pjirses of gold presented to James L at banquet— 153, 154, 179. “ Purveyors of Alms,” 1st Wardens so called — 2. Q- Quarterages (1st), paid-2, 24, 53, 271, 272. Quarter day— 236. 1 Quartering of soldiers in tho Hall— 529 Quarterly Courts— 128, 130, 204, 228, 263 541. ’ Prayer at— 128, 541. R. Bebellion, effect of, on Company’s re- sources — 19, 240. Record, Master and Warden, a Court of— 7 Recorder of London— 162, 154, 548. Reformation, results Of— 12, 13, 63 Inquiry at— 100, 109. Relationship in M jmbers of Court— 267 Religious element — 12, 13, 17, 49, 124. Renter Warder , ordinance respecting 217 Rents, receipt of— 266, 288. Reorganization of school — 449. °f scholarships to boys leaving school — 473. ^^scholarships at the University- Residence of members — 269. Endways, gifts for maintenance* of — 283 Rosewater — 178. Rushes in the Hall — 67. Russian Ambassador, summons to meet 555. s. Salter’s Company, agreement with, as to tackle porters— 540. Scholarships at St. John’s— 259, 456 466 At the University — 435, 479. * Reorganization of — 473, 432. In the Company’s School — 483. Reorganization — 488. School, history of — 401. At the Hall premises— 401, 572 (Note Company’s statements respecting — 431 Dinners— 125. 8 Expenditure on — 440. Of the Company— 13, 56, 110. Re-endowment for— 14,258. Reorganization of — 449. Report of P. S. Commissioners — 437. . Statistics of — 417. School at Crosby— 492, 714. Seal, ordinance respecting — 217. Search at St. Bartholomew’s Fair— 5 61 110, 111, 113, 193, 551. ’ AtKing James I.’s banquet — 197, 209, 229 ? 23d* At the Hall — 150. At the Hall, for Saltpetre— 522. Clothworkers join in— 550, 533. Drapers’ dispute— 112, 544. Secrecy, oath of— 230, 231, 233, 238. Secrets not to be discovered — 215. 734 Index to Matters , Self government, power of — 123. Sermon on election day — 153. For Lent — 283, 302. For Vernon’s funeral — 306. Servants (see 44 Workmen ”). Sheriff of London, contributions to — 76, 78, 81. Ship at James I.’s banquet — 177. Shooting dinner — 125. Shop, to be held by approved freeman only , — 2, 11, 190, 209. Sion College Almshouses — 373. ^ Sixteen men appointed for Yecihan’s Com- pany— 24. Oath of— 237. Skinners, controversy with — 6, 42, 243. Dinner to — 659. Soldiers kept by Company — 61, 64, 69, 140. Sovereign, Companies attendant on — 15. Gift of Livery to — 67. Spanish Ambassador’s manifesto — 650-1. St. Paul’s, chapel at — 3, 50, 60, 124. St. Peter’s, Limeliouse, lidvowson of — 846. St. Helen’s, history of-/337. Slate, purch^e ot-=34f542. I awards for Company dinners — 54, 148, 161, 241. 8trangers, feast for — 67. P$. Subscriptions to general purposes — 59. Subsidies to the Crown — 69, 109. Summons of members — 204. Sunday, fine for working on — 62. Superannuated boys, scholarship for — 468. Superstitious uses, purchases of lands for— 13. Payments for— 100. T. Tackle porters — 540, 555. Tailors : Articles of — 518. Exclusion from office— 26. Working, gift to (see 44 Charities/’) Tapestry, at the Hall — 36. Taxation of members — 66. Tercentenary scholarships — 471, 472. Tilers’ Company, gift to — 287, 307. Tombstone, gift for — 334. Town Clerk, gift to — 289, 298. Townsend lectureship— 363. Trade, government of, by Guilds — 189. Traders, any kind admissible to Company —196, 272. Transfer to another Company — 11, 245, 218, 652. Treasure house— 77. Treasury at the Hail — 38, 57, 161. Accounts of — 67-91. Triumph, for public purposes— 204, 229. Trust first created — 4. Others created — 14. Turk, prayer against — 129. u. Underletting, provision against— 212. V. Venison (see 44 Bucks”). Vestments — 103, 528. View of lands — 222. Vines in Hall garden — 62. w. Waiters, Members of Company appointed —149, 536. Waiters (Sheriff’s offioers) — 178. Waits (see 44 Minstrels”). Walls of London — 69. Wardens : Authority of — 8. Election — 122. Fine for not serving— 246. Oath of — 228. Ordinance respecting — 219, 220. Substitutes— 24, 122, 140, 208, 286. Suppressed— 27, 247. Watch and Ward held by Company — 15, 64. Precept for — 138. Weavers’ Company, controversy with — 556. Webster’s pageant — 601. Widows, gifts to (see 44 Charities ”). Wills of benefactors read quarterly — 180, 232. Wine at James I.’s banquet — 168. Women, gifts to — 329, 332. Wool winders, gifts to— 807. Working tailors, gifts to (see 44 Charities ”). Workmen, government of — 2, 3, 4, 26, 189, 222 . Worship of the Company — 229, 280. T. Yard of the Company — 96, 114. Yeomen : Court Minutes relating to — 561. Early Ordinances relating to— 514-17. Fees on admission — 240. Gifts to — 298, 808. List of — 593. Tailors — 4, 9, 22-29, 146, 205, 218, 261 . Young men, gifts to— 328. I INDEX TO PLACES. ' A. Ad Lane — 102. Agincourt — 52. Aldermanbury — 106, 292. Aldermary — 12, 109, 517. Aldersgate — 139, 302. Aldgate parish — 17, 139. AlhaUows— 107, 284, 490. All Saints— 289, 310, 818. Appletree wick— 305. Artillery Yard — 140. Ashwell — 323, 324. Audlem — 322, 323. Christ’s Hospital— 17, 103, 299, 802, 311 813‘, 457. 460. Compter (Wood Street)— 307, 311. Cornhill— 21, 29, 68, 280, 290, 291. Coventry (city)— 13, 457, 458, 460. Cripplegate— 139, 187, 329, 330, 333, 878. Croked Lane — 102, 520. Crosby (SchoolV-18, 314, 315, 492, 494 496, 497, 649, 714. Cross Keys (Thames Street) — 812. Croyland Monastery — 290. D. B. Bangor (slates) — 341. Barnet — 821. Basing Lane — 284. Bassett’s Inn — 280. Bath— 269 273. Beaches— 374, 376. Bedford (School)— 402. Bedlam — 311, 312. Bell Alley— 289. Benetfink — 75. Billingsgate — 189. Bishop’s Head — 304. Bishopsgate — 3, 21, 31-33, 139, 289, 329, 391. Blackwall Railway Company — 369. Bognor (Home) — 290, 336, 390. Bowes (School) — 469. Bradestrete — 29. Bradwell — 374. Bread Street — 3. Bridewell— 64, 813. Brighthelmstone — 313, 314. Bristol (city)— 14, 81, 375, 457, 458, 460. Bristown — 373. Broad Street — 29, 127. Bromefield — 302, 303. Bromeholme — 279. Bucklersbnry — 4. Bunhill Fields — 333. Burn sail — 805. c. Calais — 69. Caldmore — 316. Can dish Alley — 279. Cannon Street — 290, 402, 479 Canterbury — 269, 273. Capell— 316. Carshalton — 286. Change Alley— 494. Charterhouse— 411, 412, 426, 428, 429, 480, 431,449,489,490. Chester — 20. Christ Church— 299, 846, 854, 856, 861, 384, 403. Davend — 316. Devonshire Square — 125. Doddington — 293. Dogmansfeld— 111. Dort — 162. Drapers’ Hall — 113. Dublin— 269, 273. Ducksfoot Lane — 402, 403. E. East Moulsey- 318, 319. East Smithfleld— 111. Eitham— 111. Exeter — 464. p. Feckenham — 321. Fenchurch Street — 279. Finch Lane— 31, 32, 367. Fish Street — 284. * Fitzleet House— 390, 392. Flanders — 136. Fleet Street— 286, 296. Friday Street— 65, 68, 71, 90. a. Gates (of City)— 139. George Inn — 280. Giltspur Street — 296, 299. Godstone— 333, 384. Goswell Street-^415. Gravesend — 61. Gray’s Inn — 445. Great Bloxith— 310, 312, 816. Great Crosby (see Crosby) Green Lettuce Lane— 402. Greenhithe — 61. Greenwich— 379, 880, 881, 384, 517. Guildhall— 62, 77, 109, 115, 116, 254, 515, 618. 736 Index to Places. H. 0. Jliidlcigh — 3/6. jliiiitl'toii Court -127. « liiiil-urv — 321. lJarlin-310. 816. 296. « f t .ref*>rd — 377. « f i indurate — 319. JJolv Trinity— 345, 346, 354, 355, 356, 361, X ‘3X4,518,519. ^ — 315, 516, 319. 1 — 36. L ^ --.land-16, 19, 20, 21, 62, 162. worth-52, j ^lii»^ OIi — 12 ^- oiupton Oval — 445. -—04. f - ^'^stowne— 226. Rider Street— 317. — 318, 319. ^ Alloy— 314, 493, 494. 328. l/^‘ 10, 278,365, 377, 379, 380, 384, 385, flx7, 388. 384. Jlloxitti — 310, 8t« X^‘{ ® Brilai — X* lt i i nomas the Apostle — 273. HVbard Street— 21, 280, 290, 291, 308. V«»don-«<. 837. I*, union UrnlK«— 64, 139. Londonderry— 19. 114, 139, 296, 299, 307, 811, 313. j^ucca — 135. Markham (Church)— 290. >lark Lane— 286. jflinorie* — 296. Jlitchnm — 286. Moorlields — 125, 186, 187. Moorgate— 139. Horden — 273. N. Newendon — 283. Newgate— 8, 111, 139, 294, 299, 307, 311, 313, 512. Now Prison — 313. Nicholas Lane — 479. Northampton — 13. Northumberland House — 51. Northyam (Sussex) — 283. Nottingham — 13, 191. Old Change — 493. Oxburgh (Norfolk) — 469. p. Pawle’s Churchyard — 16, 102, 105, 124 Fell sail — 310, 316. Pembroke Hall — 469, 669. Penycokes — 111. Pisa — 135. Popes Head — 304. Portstoken — 291. Poultry — 4, 277, 299. Poultry Compter — 296. Pulteneys Inn — 402. Purbrigg’s Inn— 280. R. Rayleigh — 376. Reading— 194, 374, 376, 456, 457, 458, 460. Red Cross Yard — 32, 33. Richmond — 265. Kiekmansrworth, Herts — 456. Rishall End— 316. River Street. — 283. Rome — 42-45. Romney Marsh — 328. RoytLl Exchange — 22. Rutland Place— 426. Rye— 283. S. Saracen’s Head — 3, 70, 79, 283. Scotland (War)— 63. Sefton (see “Shefton”). S hack] e well — 1 1 5. Shears Court — 3, 23. Shefton — 492, 503, 716, et teq. Sliellfitt — 316. Sion College — 19, 378. Smithfield— 112, 516. Southampton — 300. South Bursted — 390. South Kensiugton Museum — 114. Southwark — 64. Star Tavern — 32, 33. S tockbr idge — 300. S t r eat h am — 286. Suffolk Laue— 402, 491. Sutton — 286. St. Alban’s — 102, 280. St. Alphage Church— 373. St Andrew Undershaft — 280, 290, 303, 806, 318, 319, 333, 334. St Ann, Limehouse — 354. St. Autholin— 305, 306, 310, 311, 316, 818, 319. St. Anthonie’s — 108. St Anthony — 401. St. Augustin — 314, 815, 493, 494 St. Austin — 30. St Barnabas — 405, 410, 466, 476, 488. St. Bartholomew’s Fair — 5, 61, 111, 112, 113, 8t. Bartholomew’s Hospital — 301. St. Benedict Fynke— 29, 127, 292, 294, 364, 577. Index to Places , 737 St Botolph— 280, 289, 291, 292, 293, 298, 300, 302, 329, 330, 368, 389. St. Bride— 296. St. Brigid Church — 30. St. Christopher — 287. St. Clement’s Lane— 280, 286. St Dionis Backchurch — 280, *281. St. Dunstan— 277, 354, 373, 375. St. Edmondsbury — 337. St Edmund’s the King — 808. St Giles’ — 187, 326, 329, 330, 333. St Gregory— 373, 375. St Helen’s— 47, 153, 173, 178, 337, 338, 340, 348 344- 34*wi£1 St James (Garlick Hill)— 23, 278, 303. St John Baptist College — 457, 458. St. John’s, Bognor — 390. St. John’s College— 13, 14, 187, 259, 260, 264, 291, 407, 432, 436, 437, 443, 456, 457, 464, 465, 473, 475, 476, 477, 478, 637. St. John’s of Jerusalem — 23, 49, 108, 124. St. John’s, Walbrook — 279. St. Lawrence — 13, 110, 130, 402,403,405, 406, 417, 466, 496. St Leonard’s — 108. St Magnus— 312, 313, 314, 364, 407. St Margaret, LothbUry — 284. St. Martin’s Outwich — 12, 22, 29, 38, 46, 60, 102, 106-10, 178, 201, 206, 223, 268, 279, 285, 337, 343-62, 517, 577. St Martin’s Vintry — 281. St. Mary’s Abchurch — 12, 106, 108, 278. St Mary, Alderm&nbury — 280. St. Mary Colchwiche — 108. St Mary Colechurch — 277. St. Mary, Fenchurch — 279. St Mary Overys— 103, 518. St Mary’s Wallingford — 326, 827. St. Mary; Whitechapel. St Mary’s Woolnoth — 12, 107, 281, 288, St Michael— 102, 108, 287, 289, 804, 306, 309,. 368, 364. St Mildred— 287, 325. St Nicholas — 284. St Olave, Hart Street — 334. St Pancras — 108, 318. St Paul (see “Pawles”). St. Paul’s School— 13, 412, 487, 447, 669. St Peters (Cornhill) — 29, 32, 108. St Peter’s Limehouse— 345, 846, 854, 886, 361. St Phillip— 301, 354. St Saviour — 321, 322. St. Sepulchre’s Church — 18, 299, 829, 330. St 6 within — 314. St Swithin’s Lane — 493, 494. St Thomas the Apostle— 329. St Thomas’ Hospital— 472, 473, 475, 477. St Trinity the Less— 278. T. Thames Street — 481. 44 The Manor of the Rose ” — 402, 411. Threadneedle Street — 2, 3, 30, 31, 294, 360. Tofcott— 316. Tower — 139. Tower Hill (Almshouses) — 16,310,313, 365, 368. Tower Street — 277. Trinity Hall, Cambridge — 465, 466. Trinity Lane — 317. Tonbridge School — 348, 457, 458, 460. Tyler’s Causeway — 374, 876. u. Ulster (new plantation) — 21 V. Vintry (buildings at)— 72, 73, 74, 80, 110. Virginia— 16, 143, 146, 146. w. Wallingford (Berks)— 326. Walsall (Staffordshire) — 310, 315. W andswor th — 59. Warwick — 18. Westminster-67, 116, 190, 193, 194, 198, 412, 431. Westminster Abbey— 844 Whitecross Street Prison — 294, 296 809. Winslow — 818, 819. Wolverhampton (School) — 12, 806, 804 401, 527. Wood Street — 102. W oodend — 816. INDEX TO PERSONS . 1 A- Abdva, Roger — 143, 867. Acton— 15, 30, 53, 75, 76, 78, 81, 195. Acworthc — 117, 127. Adam of St. Davyd’s — 51. A dyf , R ie hard — 7 9. Airey, Rev. J. A. L. — 471. Alan de Zouch — 626. Albany— 93, 112, 117, 149, 151, 171, 407. Aldermair, vSir Julius — 659. Aide* worth, Thomas — 116. Aldridge, Thomas — 340. Alexander — 165, 179. Allen, John — 177, 876. Alliston, John — 4*5. Alston, Judith — (Charity) 83 8. Andrew — (Scholarship) 435, 465. Andrews (Bishop) — 127, 664. Angell — 165, 166, 170. Anjou, Margaret of — 61. Ansley (Alderman) — 369. An wick, William — 634. Apesley, John — 117. Appleby — 172. Apryze, John — 116. Archbishops and Bishops. (See pp. 664- 669. Armorer, Andrew — 112. Armour, Rev. Samuel — 717. Armstrong — 341. ArtOr, John— 112, 117. Ash— 172, 173. Ashworth, John — 494. Atkinson, Richard — 146, 171, 843. Attwood (Master) — 656. Aubrie, Andrew— 30. Auntrus, William — 111. B. Babbington, Edward — 127. Babwitk, Nicholas (1406) — 629. Backwell, Edward — 21. Bacon, Sir James — 336. Bag gal lay, Sir Richard — 471. Baggallay, Thomas Weston — 415. Baldwin — 112. Balle, John— 66. Bancroft, Francis — 341, 659. Band, Richard— 171. Bangor, John of — 51, Baptist — 172. Bar&rd, Lord Delamotte — 637. Barard, Lord Montseraut — 637. Barber— 172. Barker, Christopher — 127 Barker, Reginold — 99, 117, (Deed) 300, 869. Barker, Thomas — 494. Barlowe — 69, 71, 79, 80. Barnes — 165. Barton, Richard — 89. Basing, William de — 338. Bate — 83. Bateman, John — 66. Bateman, Robert — 178, 248. Bath and WellR, John of — 51. Bathe, John — 648. Battisford — 67. Batty— 179. Batyson, William — 74, 76, 78, 195. Beadles, Matthew — 149. Beamond — 171. Beamount, Henry — 180. Beauchamp, Richard (1411) — 630, 633 Beaumont, John de — 641. Bedford, John, Duke of (1407>— 629. Bedford, Oliver — 116, 142. Bedwyn, Richard — 102. Belcham, F. — 376. Bole we — 168, 173. Belingham — 179. Benefactors. (See page 524.) Be net, John — 85. Benette, Thomas — 659. Benkes, Thomas — 70, 72, 79, 80. Bennett, Edward — 112. Benton, W. — 376. Berck, John — 162. Berfayr — 67. Bergevenny, Lady — 89. Bernard, John — 77, 78. Bernard, ^William — 659. Berringer and Freshfield — 376. Best, Hugh — 32, 33. Bigg, Walter— (Deed) 326. Billesden, Robert — 6, 124, 242, 243. Bland, Michael — 248. Blorne, Nicholas — 193, 194. Blundell, Peter — 32, 294, 355. Bodyam, John — 74, 76. Bohun, Humphrey de (1372) — 623. Bollonil, Roger — 116 Bolton, Ralph — (Deed) 822. Bolton, Walter— 59. Bond, Captain — 343, 659. Bond, William — 173. Bonyface VI. — 60. Booth by — 113. Borne, Richard — 117. Botyll— 92, 286, 528. Boughton, Edwin— 73, 74, 75, 79, 80, 89, fll 0*7 * Boulter, Hugh (Archbishop of Armagh) 667. Bourchier (Baronet) — 684. Bourchier, Elizabeth— 686. Bousfield, Thomas — 670. Bowen, Edward — 117. Bowie, Peter — 302. Bowsfield— 408. Boyle, Michael (Bishop of Waterford) Boys. John du — 140. Bradbome, Frances — 112. 1 This Index must not be accepted as exhaustive of all the names in the work. Index to Persons, 739 Bradenham, Sir Thomas — 59. Brafford — 178. Bragden, John — 116. Brasses and Monuments. (See pp. 658-9.) Braybroke, Robert de (1382) — 625. Braysebroke, Gerard — 108, (Will) 285. Brenchele, John — 66, 67. Brett— 116. Bretton, Walter— 165, 173. Breux— 83, 89, 343, 659. Bridgeman — 242. Bridgetines — 52. Briggs— 173. Britton, John — 109. Broc, Laurence do — 1, 512. Bromeflete, Thomas — 71, 75, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82. Bromley, Thomas — 142. Brooke — 101. Brown — 173. Browne— 40, 115, 116, 117, 178, 403. Browne, Mrs. — 32. Browne, Professor — 434 Bryan, Simond — 66. Brynchele, John — 67. Buckeridge, John — 665. Buckingham, Edward, Duke of — 402. Buckland, Mark — 25, 53. Bucklan.l, Ralph — 671. Buggins, William — 407. Buk, or Bucke, William — 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 79, 80, 85. Bukberd, Rauf — 74, 79, 81. Bull, John, Dr.— 9, 154, 161, 179, 182. . Burgeys, Thomas — 49. Burgh, John — 66. Burnham, Alardus de — 338. Bush, John — 66. Butler — 149. Buttle, John— 116. Bye, Robert — 116. Bynoth, W. — 376. Byrlyngham, Symond — 70, 79, 80. c. Caesar, Sir Thomas — 672. Calandrer, William— 66. Calixtus III. — 6, 44. Calthorpe, John — 141. Campion — 167. Candish, Hugh— (Will) 279. 369. Canterbury, William, Archbishop of — 8. Carew — 105. Carew, Nicholas, Baron — 638. Carill, Richard — 104 Carr, James Robert (Bishop of Worchester) — 668 . Carleton, Thomas — 3, 65, 67, 101, 103, 105. Caron, Noel de — 163. Carr ell, John— 105. Cartrey — 172. Case — 407, 408. Chadwick, James — (Charity) 331. Charles II.— 22, 246, 247. Chaloner, Sir Thomas — 154 Chamberlen — 173. Champernon, Hugh — 70, 83, 89. Chapman, William — 82, 83, 178. Charme — 172. Cherry (Master of Merchant Taylors’ School)— 468. Chicheley, Henry — 630. Chichester, William of — 51. j Cholmeley, Roger — 105. Christian, Rev. George— 600. Church, James — (Deeds) 332. Churchman — 31, 53, 61, 102 r 103. Clarckson — 172. Clarendon — 242. Clarke— 248. Clarke, Francis — (Charity) 300. Clode, C. M.- 413, 429, 654, 699. 717. Clode, George — 684. Clopton, Robert — 5, 243. Clugh, Henry — 78, 79, 80. Clutterbuck-^-343. Clypton, William — 529. Cober, John — 90. Cocks — 173. Coke, Sir Edward — 202. Col born, Henry— (Will) 323. Colchester, William — 629. Cole, Thomas — 84, 290. Colet, Dean — 13, 403, 437. Colettes — 86. Collett, Thomas — 117. Collins, Thomas — 17 L Colwiche — 82. Communion dinner (who dined) — 545, 546, Constantine — 337. Conyers, John — (Charity) 292. Cooke, Robert — 98, 100. Cooly— 173. , Cooper, Francis — 249, 250, 252. Copeland — 344. Copiarario — 177. Cordall— 167, 406, 408. Cornewaill, John — 66. Comewaill, Nicholas — 66. Corse. Robert— 116. Costeker, John — 472. Cotis, John — 66. Cotton — 70, 108, 127. Couhill, Richard — 74, 76, 77, 81, 200. Courtenay, Henry — 402. Courtenay, William (1378) — 625. Coventre, Sir Henry de— 30. Coventro, Thomas— (Will) 318. Coventry, Robert of— 51. Coverdale, Miles — 64, 126, 127. Cox, Dr. — 344, 845. Cranmer, George — 670. Cranmer, Thomas — 670. Graven, Lord — 304, 621. Craven, Sir William — 804, 550, 590. Credy— 67. Creek, John— 65, 277. Crepin, Edmond — 29, 30, 81. Crepin, Walter— 29. Cressewik, William — 66. Cromeflet, Thomas — 70. Cromwell, Oliver — 456. Crosby, Sir John — 339, 342, 343, 659. Cryn, Robert — 165. n. Dacre, Henry — 86, 92. Dailey, Roger — 67. Dance, George — 249, 250, 252. Dandy, Andrew — (WilD 329, 869. Danescombe, John — llo. Darbye— 142. Dashneld, Hugh — 318. Davenaunt — 93. Davenett* John — 116, 117 740 Index to Persons, Davy, Thomas — 112. Dawbnev, Arthur — 112, 117. Dawes, Sir William (Archbishop of York}— 666 . Dawson (Master) — 58. Deane, John B. — 345, 355. Dee, Francis (Bishop of Peterborough) — 666 . Deplech, Rol>crt— 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, TO, 80, 81, 82. 83, 84, 86, 90, 97. Devonshire, Duke of— 453, 600. Dikes, Thomas — 173. Dirfeld, William — 65, 80. Doget, John — 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 86. Doket, Roger — 90. Done, John — 177. Donkin— 53, 289, 889. Dove, Thomas (Bishop of Peterborough) —665. Dowe, Robert— 16, 17, 81, 98, 95, 116, 184, 185, 292, 297, 813, 835, 387, 368, 369, 409, 432. Dowson, Robert — 117. Dravcote, Robert — 52. Dryver — 172. Ducie, Dame — (Will) 817 869. Duckett — 114. Duckett, Sir Lyonell — 121. Dugdale— (History) 3, 338. Dunialdaree, Sir James — 162. Dunham — 66. Dyer— 179. Dyngley, Richard — 70. E. Ecclesiastics and Laymen of Merohant Taylors’ Society — 669, 672. Edonestone, Sir Walter— 66, 67. Edinburgh, H.R.H. Duke of-415. Edmond Plantagenet — 627. Edmond the Martyr — 837. Edmund Stafford — 629. Edney — 179. Edward I. — 1. Edward II.— 46, 199. Edwa-d III.— 2, 46, 199, 402. Edward IV.— 6, 62, 98, 105, 188. Edward VI.— 42, 68, 100, 277, 278, 279, 281, 286. Edwards — 343. Edwin, Elizabeth — 171. Egerton, Sir Thomas — 202. Elizabeth, Queen — 32, 33, 56, 85, 100, 112, 290. Ellesmere, Lord — 201, 202, 275. Ellis— 24, 46, 813. Elwes— 151, 812. Ely ? Thomas of — 61. Eminent Scholars of Merchant Taylors’ School — 673-90. Erie, William — 85, 91. Est— 67. Evington, Francis — 146. Ewart, John — 435. Excestre, Thomas of — 51. Exhibitions. (See p. 476.) Eynesford, John— 66. P Fairfax, Lord— 37. Fairfax, Sir Thomas— 20. Fardyng, Richard — 79. Fauconer, Thomas — 514, 516. Fayreth watte, Robert — 84. Fellows of St. John — 695-703. Fereley, Adam — 19 L Ferrers, Edmond — 638. Ferreys, Peter — 63. Ff el lips, William — 116. Fferdon, John — 625. Fferrer — 173. Fflemyng, Sir Thomas — 202. Ffloid — 173. Ffregosie, William — 177. Fish Exhibition — 136, 479. Fish, Walter— 47, 117, 290. Fisher, Samuel — 872. Fitz- Walter, Lord Walter — 63 s *. Fitz- William — 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 81, 82, 91. Fitz- William, Sir — (Deed) 290. Flood, Robert— 326. Floure, Edmond— 78, 75, 76, 78s 81. Follett— 654. Forster, John — 65. Foster — 242. Fowler, Dr. Robert — 391. Fox, Samuel — 670. Fox, Thomas — 25. Frances, Adam — 339. Franks, Augustus W. — 184. Franks’ Controversy — 666. Froshfield — 379. Froste, John — 66. Fulthorpe, John— 83, 89. Fysher, J ohn — 92, 107. ' Fyttes — 81. G. Galley-69, 70, 71, 73, 78. 80. Gardn’— 173. Gardyner, Thomas — 76, 77, 90. Gauntlett, Henry George— -388. Gaylard, Lord Dooks — 637. Gedney, William — 52. Georgo I. — 248. George II. — 252, 253. Georgo Nevill (1437)— 638. Gerves, Roger — 88, 90. Gibbs— 344. Gibson, Anthony — 179. Gibson, Richard — 91. Gidding, Richard — 66. Gilbert, John (Archbishop of York) — 668. Gilbert, Robert — 639. Gilpin— (Prize) 436, 485. Ginkell, General — 22. Gisorz, Henry de — 30. Gladstone, Mr.— 416. Gloucester, Eleanor, Duchess of — 637. Gloucester, Richard, Duke of— 644. Goad, John — 410. God, John— 93, 115, 117, 403. Godeston, John — 66, 67. Godsalue, John — 105. Goldsmith, William— 338. Goner — 91. Goodman— 343, 407, 408. Goodricke, Richard — 105. Goodwyn, John — 117. Goodyere — 172. Gore— 36, 66, 117, 817. Gore, Cerarde— 115, 367, 408. Gore, Sir John (Mayoralty)— 600. Gossen — 171. Index to Persons. 741 Grant — 343. Gravenor — 37. Graves. James — 149. Gray, Robert— 32, 321, 369. Gray, William (1428) — 636. Greenewell, William — 148, 164, 180. Grene, James— 73. Grene, William — 79, 80, 201. Gresham, Sir John — 287. Gresham, Sir Thomas— 340, 343, 344, 659. » Thomas — 80. ahn de (1426)— 636. Griffin, Thomas — 341. Griflfyn, 165, 168, 171. Grigg, Michael — 318. Grimesby, John — 66. Grindall (Bishop of London) — 404. Gulston, Helen — (Will) 320 Guy, Mrs. — 401. Gwinne, Matthew — 670. Gyles, Nathaniel — 154, 161. Gynne, George — 116. H. Hadley, John- 108. Haile, Thomas — 121. Hale, Thomas — 116. Hall, John (Bishop of Bristol) — 667. Hall, Professor — 434. Hall! Kichard— 85, 91, 201. Halliday, Leonard— 95, 96, 367. Halum, Robert and Mergrete — 66 Hanbury, Sir John — (Will) 321. Hanson — 246. Hardwicke — 426. Hardy, Sir D. — 5. Hare, Nicholson — 105. Harington, William de — 635. Harman, John — 326. Harper, -Sir William — 401, 403, 528. Harris — 15, 20, 53. Harrison, . Edmund — 363. Harrison, John — 18, 112, 314, 493, 497. Harrison, Thomas— -408. Harryes, John — 86. Hart-172. Hart©, William — 71, 79. II ar ward, George — 85. Hastings, John — 625. Hatton — 142. Hauteyn, John — 30. Hawes, Robert-93, 116, 121, 292, 367, 368, 369. Hawes, Thomas — 112. Hawkwood, Sir John — 604. Haydys — 80, 90. Hayes, James — 177. Hayman, Sir Peter — 32. Head Masters of Merchant Taylors — 661-4. Heath, John — 402. Heath, Thomas — 670. Heaton, Messrs. — (stained glass) 42, 344. Heiborne — 179. Hemlock, Henry — 112. Hemmyngs — 177. HenndeU, Thomas — 629. Henry IV.— 3, 4, 6, 59, 60, 61, 65, 102, 565, 566, 629. Henry V.— 59, 60, 61, 667, 632. Henry VI.— 5, 68, 59, 61, 62, 65, 111, 113, 188, 199, 242, 243, 338, 638. Henry VII.— 7, 83, 47, 48. 64, 69, 71, 72, 78, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 81, 82, 99, 136, 188, 199, 201, 203, 256, 262. Henry VIII.— 47, 63, 84, 100, 245, 271, 402, 485. Henry (Prince)— 162, 163, 182. Henshaw, Thomas — 146, 180. Herdis, Robert — 173. Hereford, Henry, Duke of — 626. Herford, John of— 51. Herfori William— 65, 66, 67. Hersle, Rauf — 66. Herst, John — 73, 80, 89. Hertand, William — 69. Hesperby, William — 52. Hessey, Dr.— 437, 443, 444, 445, 447, 448, 487. Heton— 112, 117, 529. Hewes (General Surveyor)— 528. Heydon, Alderman — (Will) 284. Heywood — 178. Hide — 70, 79 Hill, Nicholas— 672. Hilleat, Edith — 106. Hilles, Richard— 70, 71, 72, 78, 80, 82, 91. Hills, Daniel — 366 Hills, Richard— 16, 115, 116, 366, 366, 407, 437. Hilton, Jane — 107. Hoberd, Alen — 79. Hodgson, James Stewart — 344. Hodgson, Kirkman Daniel— 344. Hodgson, William— 112, 117 Holbecke, John — 66. Holme, William — 66. Holland, Edmond — 629. Holland, John— 402, 628, 630. Holland. Ralph— 5, 106, 280. Holmeade, Anthonie — 146. Holmes, Thomas — 183, 184. Honorary Members to present time — 620- 622. Hoo, Sir Thomas (1445)— 640. Hopkins, Ezekiel (Bishop of Londonderry^ Hopkirk — 18S, 661. Horne (Bishop of Winchester) — 407. Horsle, Rauf — 66. Horston, William — 66. Hoskins, Charles — 121. Houghton, John — 149. Howarde — 142. How dan, Thomas — 70, 71, 72, 73, 78, 79, 80, 82, 90, 103, 106, 421. Howden, John — (Will) 285. Howes, Edmond — 147, 186. Hubert, Alano — 91. Hudson— 171, 173. Hull, Walter— (Will) 334. Hulson— 93, 112, 117, 140, 407, 651. Humfreys — 248. Humphrey de Stafford (1423) — 634. Humpson, Robert — 367. Hunsdon — 142. Hunt, William— 340. Hurdys — 173. Hush, Adam — 65. Hutchinson, William — 671. Hutchinsone, John — 98, 101. Hutton, Thomas — 671. Hyde, John— (Will) 296, 335, 369. i. I’Anson— 81, 415. Ingham, Sir Oliver — 29, 30. Innocent (Pope) — 52. 742 Index to Persons. J. Jackson, Thomas — 165. Ja<'oU‘, Giles — 116. Jakes, John — 528. James I.— 9, 16, 21, 88, 84, 87, 162, 182, 202, 246, 277, 278, 279, 281, 285, 489. James II.— 22. Jardevylc, Richard — 66, 67. Jcne, William — 65. Jenk — 171. Jenkins, John — 58. Jonkinson, Robert — 148, 164, 810, 869. Jenyns, Sir Stephen — 12, 15, 27, 63, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 77, 78, 81, 85, 90, 401. Johan, Dame— 624. John, Bishop — 347. John de Ros — 628. John, King — 338. John of Gaunt — 626. Johnson, Benjamin — 149, 154, 177, 178, 182. Johnson, John — 162, 160, 180. Johnson, Robert — 78, 117. Johnson, Thomas — 148, 164, 180. Jones, Edward — 117. Jones, Inigo — 339, 340. Jones, John — 672. Jones, William — 149. Jones, William West — 669. Judd, Sir Andrew — 343, 457, 689. Juxon, Thomas — 161, 180, 436, 482. Juxon, William (Archbishop of Canter- bury) — 666. K. Katherine, Queen — 61. Kays, Gilbert— 194. Keightley— 480. Kelham — 72. Kellambo— 72, 78, 77, 78. Kelley, David — 66. Kellow — 72. Kemp, John — 686. Kempe, John — 642. Kennsly, Robert — 178. Kent, Geffrey — 66. Kent, Johan — 66 Kentwode, Dean — 339. Kenwin, William— 659. Keys— 79. Kiblewhite, Mary — 456. Kidd— 248,719. Kimpton, William — 140, 407. Knotte, William — 193, 194. Kympton, John William — 651. Kympton — 114. Kyrkely, John— 76, 77, 78, 80, 90, 108. Kyrkely, William — 65, 72, 74. Kyrton, Clement — 65. Kyrton, Thomas — 117, 121. L. Ladus, Adam— 66. Lake, John — 456. Lamplough, William — 179. Lance re — 79. Lane — 173, 320. Langewith, Ellen — 63, 106. Langewith, John — 68, 63. Langham— 343. Langley — 154, 180. Langley, Richard — 92, 545. Langton, Thomas — 651. L&nsdale — 148, 165, 166, 167, 179. Late war, Richard — 671. Leake (Plan)— 38, 116. Lee— 69. 70, 71, 72, 74, 79, 80, 81, 92. Lee, Alderman — 367. Lee, Sir Robert (Mayor) — 56, 96, 599. Lee, Walter — 320. Lee, William — 408. Leenthorp, John — 659. Leicester — 142. Leich, Thomas — 173. Lennox, Duke — 168. Leo, Sir— 641. Lev, Edward — 403. Licldiot, George — 146. Light wood — 172. Lincoln, John of— 51. Litchfield, Bishop — 810. Littledale, Justice — 656. Locock, John — 193, 194. Lodge, Thomas — 670. London, William of — 51. Longwith (1483) — 53. Love, Nicholas — 117. Lovel, Sir William— 635. Lowe, John — 640. Lownes — 173. Lucar, Emanuel — 116, 117, 403. Ludlowe, Johan — 66. Ludwell, Thomas — 117. Lumley, Sir Martin — 659. Lunt — 66. Lupo, Thomas — 177. Lusiugbergh, Lewis — 639. Lydiott, George — 149, 171. Lyle, Henry — 179. Lynford — 93. Lyoun, Thomas— 30. M. MacDougalL, Messrs. — 344. Machin, Ralph — 340. Mackenzie, Henry — 669. Maine — 434. Maitland — 41. Malcolm, Londinium Rediriwum — 838. Malkynton — 66. Malory, Robert — 50. Man, Colonel — 88. Manhale, William de — 30. Mansbridge — 93. March, Edmond, 3rd Earl of (1897)— 62S Marlow (President of St. J olm’s)—468. Marmaduke, Lumley — 637. Marter, Christopher — 116. Martin — 22, 513. Martin, Charles (Extracts) — 58, 517, 522. Martyn, John — 49. Martyn, Thomas — 79. Mary, Queen — 63, 64, 456. Mason, Potor — 4, 277. Mason, William — 112, Massey, William — 322. Masterman, Edward — 41. Masters, list of — 530. Materdale — 89. Mathewe, Robert — 177. Mawdett, Otho— 149. Maxfielde, Robert — 112. May— 92. Maye, Richard — 116, 651. Index to Persons. 743 Maynard, Lady Jane— 328. Mayour, Henry— 8, 10, 86, 72, 78, 74, 76, 78. 80, 81, 84, 85, 200. Medicott, Arthur — 92. Medlicott — 313. Mellyshe, Robert — 627. Members. (See pp. 155-60.) Members of the Company in 1603 — 690-96 Members prior to James 1. — 617-20. Merrick, William— 117, 140, 403, 652. Mildert, Van (Bishop of Durham) — 668. Miller, John— 178. Mills, Peter — 302. Milton— 284. Mockinge, John de — 80. Mole, de— 291. .Molines, William- T 640. Molineux, Sir Rieftard — 492-4, 714, et sea. Moncaster — 68, 76, 78. Monoestre, James — 195. Mone, Roger— 71, 72, 78, 74, 78, 82. Monnoxe, Richard— 112. Montacute, Thomas de — 638. Montefiore. Sir Moses — 486, 484. Moore, William — 384. More, Sir Thomas— -401. Morehay, William — 67. Morgan, Philip (1422)— 684. Morley, Richard — 178. Morley, William — 178. Morris— 173. Morrison, Richard — 105. Mortimer, Edmond (1377) — 624, 682. Mortimer, Roger (1351)— 628. Morton — 172. Mould — 33. Mowbray, John — 631. Mowbray, Thomas de (1388) — 626. Mulcaster, Dr. — 448. Monday— 165, 173. Muns, Peter (Bishop of Winchester) — 667. Murrey — 178. Myller— 171. Myllington, Roger — 112. Myllnar, John — 116. Mynsterley, Richard — 127. N. Names of Company in 1587 — 560. ., . „ 1608—590. Nechilles, John— 84. Nevill, George (1487) — 688. Nevill, Ralph — 636. Nevill, Robert — 639. Newbut — 173. Newman, Henry — 65. Newnham, Nathaniel — 21. Newport©, Richard — 117. Newsome, Mr. Warden — 165. Newyngton, Reynold — 245. Nicholas, Pope— 62. Nicholls, Harry — 116. Nicholls, Richard — 116. Nixon, Russell (Bishop of Tasmania)— 668. Nordon, William — 88. Norfolk, Duke — 64. Norfolk, John, Duke of — 689. North, George— 268, 264. Northumberland, Earl of— 60. Norton— 81, 114. Norwich, Henry of — 61. Novell, George— 116. Nowell (Dean of St. Paul’s)— 407, 408. Nunton — 112. NycoU — 112. Nynes— 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81. o. Offley, Thomas, jun. — 117. Offley, Wmiarn— 292, 867, 868, 689. Ogilvy (Map) — 88. Okeley — 173. Oliff— 93. Ollyff, John— 408. Orton— 173. Osborn— 149, 165. Osmotherlaw, John — 302. Os mot her law, Richard — 301. Osmotherlaw, Robert — 302. . Osmotherly, Richard— 449. Oteswich, John — 46, 343, 844. Oteswich, William — 46, 102, 108. Otis— 67. Overill— 172. Owen, Thomas — 149, 152, 160, 179. p. Paddesley, Sir John — 5. Paddie, Sir William— 670. Padyngton — 70. Palmer, John— 107, 108. Palmer, Richard— 103. Palton, Thomas (1432) — 637. Parker, Roberta 15, 885. Parker, William — 194, 810, 869. Parkin Exhibition — 436, 469. Parry, Fowlk— 325. Parson, Margaret — 287. Parsons, Philip — 672. Pavely, John — 49. Payntel, John — 30. Pearson, Oliver — 143. Peart — 171. Pemberton— 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 79, 80,81, 84 91,843. Pembroke, Isabel, Countess of (1381)— 626. Pembroke, William, Earl of — 51. Pemerton, Mathewe — 107. Pentour, John — 75. Percival, Sir John— 21, 68, 89, 71, 74, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 85, 89, 90, 93, 107, 280. Percivale, Dame — 66, 281. Percy, Henry (1379V- 626. Percy, Henry (1420)— 688. Perm, John — 670. Petyt, Thomas — 78, 74, 75, 89. Philip, D’Arcy — 628. Pickering, Sir William — 669. Pigeon and Pugh Prize— 487, 486. Pitt, Christopher — 332. Pitt Exhibition — 436, 470. Platt, Henry (plate lent to) — 615. Pole— 81. Polsted. Henry — 104, 149. Pope, Francis— 116. Porder— 408. Porney, Thomas — 640. Potman, John— 97. Pount, John — 98. Povey, John— 78, 80. Povey, Walter— 71, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81. 744 Index to Persons. Powell — 344. Powko, John — 86. Powles, Dean of— 408. Poynings, Lord Robert — 637. President* of St. John’s — 698, 694. Price, William — 93. Priestley, William — 315. Proekter, Richard — 143, 367. Proctor, Samuel — 317. Prowde, Stephen — 11*2. Pry nee, John — 49, 82, 89. Pullen— 241. Pulteney, John de — 30, 482. Purnell, Rol>ert — 249, 250, 252. Pve, Thomas — 19, 66. Pynfold— 172. R. Ralph de Nevill — 628. Ramsay, Dame Mary — 295. Raudell, Thomas — 72, 73, 74, 75, 79. Ranulph— 337. Ranute, Roarer — 31. Ranv. Roger — 173. Rate 1 iff e, Alderman — 365, 366, 367. Ratcliffe, Sir John — 645. Ratcliffe, Thomas — 649. Ratclyffe, Anthony — 116. Rauf of Salisbury — 51. Ravens, Ralph — 670. Ra worth — 328. Rawthornc, Jeremy— 320. Reed, Bart her — 88. Reginald de Grey — 628. Ren nick, Edward — 295, 325. Reynardson, Sir Abraham — 829. Reynold, Davey— 66. Reynold, Richard — 66. Reynolds, Robert — 112 Rich-374. Richard I.— 339, 344. Richard II. (1385)— 2, 3, 58, 62, 65, 188, 199, 625. Richard de Grey (1401) — 629. Richards — 486. Richard^ Henry — 295, 330. Richards, John — 177. Richardson. William — 21, 344. Rickesinouue — 408. Rider, Sir Dudley — 263. Rikeman, Agues — 30. Riley— 29. Riley, Esq. — 612. Rise, John — 177. Ritson, Wilkinson — 609. Robert de Seales — 628. Robert, Thomas — 836. Robert? — 369. Robinson, Bishop — 344. Robinson, Guy — 178. Robinson, John — 246, 292, 302, 367, 368, 407, 408, 547, 659. Robinson, Thomas — 177. Robson, John — 177. Roche, Thomas — 66. Rochester, Robert — 659. Rock, Dr. — 135. Roe — 178. Roger of Landaffe — 51. Rogers, Nehemiah — 672. Rolfe— 344, Rolles, Michael — 21. ^oos, Thomas de — 641. Rods, Lord John — 633, 634. Rose vde vale, Lady — 51, 52. R 080^—67, 116, 117, 343, 403. Roselor, George — 177. Rosse, Hew — 105. Rowe, Oliver — 116. Rowe, Sir Thomas— 15, 115, 148, 164, 287. Ruggeley, Humfrey — 77, 78. Russell— 407, 408. Ryall, Henry de — 2. s. St Asse, William of — 51. St. John Baptist — 1, 2, 3, 4. 23. 36, 43. 44, 48, 49, 50, 51, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 65, 67, 72, 75, 76, 83, 84, 85, 88. 89, 90, 91, 97, 99, 112, 117, 124, 133, 135, 136, 146, 153, 162, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 203, 204, 205, 227, 228, 231, 232, 236, 237, 256, 266, 307, 308, 313, 390, 391, 405, 406, 424. St. Thomas — 80. Salisbury, Lord — 148, 150. Salisbury, John Thomas, Bishop of — 668. Sail, George — 76, 77, 85. Sallust (Words of) — 16. Salter — 1 78.. Samford, Edward — 117. Sanders, George — 117. Sandys, Sir Miles — 67L Sansbury, John — 672. Saulte, William — 99. Sawyer, William Collinson — 669. Scales, Thomas de — 640. Scales, Richard — 152, 160. Scarlett, Sir James — 654. Scrope, Lord John — 636. ScrojK), Sir Henry le — 630. Seamer, Henry— 658. Searclineld, Rowland (Bishop of Bristol) — 665. Sebright — 172. Semper — 172. Serjeant, Coen — 247. Seward, Henry — 65. Sexsy, John — -201. Shaa, Sir John — 77. Sharpe, George — 107. Sheffield, Sir Robert— 8, 10, 200. Shepham, Richard — 295, 869. Sherboru, William — 672. Shethergaue, Robert — 108. Shir bourn — 70. Shirley, Joseph — 178. Shirwode, James — 97. Shoklaeh, Ralph — 191. Shorne, Henry de — 30. Shotesham, Thomas — 117. Shrewsbury — 142. Shrewsbury, Earl — 646. Sibsay, Thomas — 3, 53. Sidney, Sir P. — 604. Silverwood — 168, 171. Silvester (Recorder of London) — 468. Silvester, Sir John — 267. Simpson — 343. Skates, William — 149. Skartou, Richard — 66. Skevyngton, John — 76, 77, 78, 85, 195. Slater, Giles — 21, 58. Smith— 72, 74, 75, 76, 78, 79, 81, 82, 90, 9L 145, 146, 172, 196. Smith, Gegory— 298, 367. Index to Persons. 745 Smith, John— 249, 250, 252, 268. Smyth, Nicholas— 117. Smytha, Abraham — 652. Solly, Abigail — 333. Solly, Joseph — 333. Solly, Nathaniel — 333. Somton, Thomas — 107. Sotherne— 148, 165, 179. Sotherton, Oeorge-31, 98, 117, 149, 151, 154, 171, 366, 653. Southerton, Nowoll — 99. Southmer, Philip — 66. Speed, J ohn — 186, 692. Speight-53, 75, 76, 85, 108. Spencer, John— 70, 71, 78, 79, 80, 82. Spencer, Nicholas— 116, 117, 140, 293, 407. Spencer, Kichard — 366. Spencer, Sir John — 342, 344, 659. Spenser, Edmund — 293, 407, 669. Spenser John — 670. Sperck, John — 112. Spratt, Anthony — 93. Spratte, Raphe — 117. Springham — 149, 177. Stafford, Humphrey de (1423) — 684. Stafford, Humphrey — 643. Stafford, John — 634. Stanley, Thomas — 646. Stansted— 172. Staper, Richard— 19, 343, 659. Stephens, N.— 22, 530, 587, 609. Stevenson, Rev. Joseph — 6. Steynour, Morris — 60. Stineux — 66. Stodard— 69, 89, 194. Stokis, Sir John — 66. Stone— 82, 193, 194. Story, John— 173. Stowe— 1, 16, 17, 23, 46, 47, 108, 184, 185, 186, 635, 591. Stowe, John (Examinant before Lord Mayor) — 650. Strange, John — 537. Stratton, Richard — 66. Streete, Humphrey — 146. Strype— 17. Stuart Scholarship— 436, 468. Stuart, William— 464. Sturgon, Thomas — 177. Sturt, Nicholas — 177, 178. Subdys, Sir Edwin— 671. Sudeley, .John do — 641. Sudeley, Thomas — 62. Suffolk, Earl— 150. Surrey, Thomas, Earl of — 8. Sutton, Richard — 49. Sutton, Thomas — 191, 278, 369, 489. Sutton, William — 671. Swan— 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 79, 89, 90, 194. Swrtyn, John — 66. Swinarton — 246. Swynnerton, Sir John — 137, 151, 168, 164, 165, 166, 170, 177, 181. Sylierde, William — 112, 117. Symon, Lord Bishop of London (1373) — 624. Symon of Sudbury — 2. T. Talbot, Hewe — 109. Talbot, Sir John — 634, 640. Tappe, John — 116. Tate, Robert— 69. Taylor — 57. T eaves, John — 117. Tego— 69, 83. Terriey — 171. Tesdale, Sir Hugues — 67, 348. Tetlowe, Nycholas — 112, 116. Thomas, Baron of Carew — 635. Thomas de Beauchamp— 627. Thomas de Furnival — 628. Thomas, Duke of Clarence (1409) — 630. Thomas, Duke of Gloucester — 626. Thomas, Earl of Nottingham. Thomas, John— 408. Thomas, Stephen — 178. Thomison, Richard — 108. Thomlins — 171. Thomlinson, Thomas — 288, 408. Thompson — 173. Thompson, R.— 328. Thorn — 66. Thrupp— 471. Thruxton, Edward — 114. Tiptoft, John — 642. Tite, Sir William— 341. Toll, Richard — 75, 76. Tomkins — 173. Tomson, Giles (Bishop of Gloucester) — 665. Totenham, John de — 30. Towoll— 172. Townsend, Thomas — 863. Traherne — 179. Traves, John — 117. Tresawell, John— 35, 84, 88, 201, 284. Trimmer, John— 102. Trowicke, Sir Henry — 62. Tubbs and Lewis, Messrs. — 413, 414. Tucker, Thomas— 672. Tudman, William — (Charity) 826. Tudor, William — (Charity) 324. Tufnell — 343. Tumbler, Richard — 63. Turnell, William — 106. Turner, Sir William— 33L, 410. Turnor, John— 105. Tyffyn— 172. Tyler, Sir James— 401, 436, 485, 487. Tyme — 178. u. Underhill, Thomas — 112. V. Vane, Henry — 394. Vaughan, Gefferey — 85, 173. Venables, Richard— 292, 867, 868. Vernon Exhibition — 486, 481. Vernon, John — 124, 148, 180. Vernon s Will — 53, 806, 885. Vyaner, John — 66. w. Wade, Guy — 529. Wadington, Richard — 408. Wadmore— 844. Wadyngton, Richard — 92, 408. Waiters at James I/s banquet — 178. Walden, Sir Roger (1887V-626. Wallis— 170, 172. 746 Index to Persona, Walpole — 416. Walsingame, Humifrey — 112, 142. Walter, Shir law© — 628. Waltham, Hugh de — 30. W althow, Robert — 194. Walton, Richard — 246. Walwayn, Richard — 66. Wan tenure, Sir Robert — 66. Ward— 172, 403. Warden, William — 51. Wareyn, Laurence — 91. Warner, John — 97. Warren, John, Earl — 46. Warren, Richard — 456. Warren, Sir Ralph — 456. Warren, Sir Thomas— 456. Warren, William — 456. Warwick, Countess of — 627. Warwick, Earl of — 620. WateraU, Robert— 103. Waters — 172. Watts (Archdeacon of Middlesex)— 407 408. Waynflete, William (1452)— 642. Webb— 167. Webbe, Henry — 99. Webster, John — 696, 601. Wells— 92. Wenlock, John — 191. West — 69, 72, 73, 79, 80. West, Reginald — 638. West, Richard (1458) — 643. Westminster, Dean of — 408. Weston, Thomas — 74, 81. Westwood, Roger — 630. Whitcombe, Peter — 81. Wliitcoote— 93. White, Dr. Thomas — 19, 878. White, Edward— 112. White, Humphrey. White, John — 286. White, Rev.— 376. White, Sir Thomas-18, 14, 42, 64, 95, 127, 193, 194, 259, 276, 403, 405, 628, 606-7, 692. White, William — 456. White, William Foster— 842, 430. Whitelock, Edmund — 671. Whitelock, Sir James — 672. Whitlock, Xpofer — 112. Whityngham, Thomas — 515. Whitynton, Richard — 67. Whyte, Richard— 117, 121. Wiborne — 173. Widville, Anthony (1476) — 648. Wigan, Humphrey — 26. Wight, Thomas— ^343. Wilcocks, Joseph (Bishop of Rochester)— Wilde, George (Bishop of Londonderry) — 666 . Wilford, John — (Will) 286. Wilford, Robert — 92. Wilford, William — 78. Wilkes, Mr. (Present of plate ) -6 5 9 . Wilkynson, John— 91, 93, 108, 105, 117, 340. * ’ William III.— 22. 248. William and Mary — 247. 275. William de la Pole (1431)— 636. William Fita-Alan (1440) — 639. Williams, John— (Will) 333. Williams, Sir Henry — 466. Williams, Thomas— 659. Williams, William Meade — 344. Willis, Timothy — 671. Willoughby, Lord (1389)— 626. Willoughby, Robert — 632. Wilson— 173, 249, 250, 252. Wilson, Colonel (Alderman)— 344 Wilson, Dr. — 438. Withers— 408. Wood, Thomas — 25. Woodford, James Russell — 411, 669. Wooller, John— 152, 160, 812, 335, 369, 436,481. ’ Woolley, Randolph — 152, 160, 303L 869. Wotton, Nicholas— 343, 659. Wren, Sir Christopher— 341, 672. Wren, Matthew (Bishop of Ely)— 666. Wright-148, 149, 150, 151, 161, 167. Wright, John— 84, 178, 179, 201. Wriotheslev, Lord — 104. Wyatt, Sir Thomas— 456. Wylby, Thomas — 191. Wylford, James— 72, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81,124,283,286. * Wylford, Thomas— 112, 140, 407. Wynchecombe, Siraond — 65. Wynchester, William of— 5L Wynslowe, William— 65. Wyon — 485. Wytham, Cristian — 66. Y. Yftiles, Gilbert— 178. Yakeslee, John de — 29. Yakley, John — 29. York, Edmond, Duke of (1390) — 626. York, Richard, Duke of— 687. Young (Rector of St. Magnus) — 407, 408. z. Zouch, William, Lord — 635. v LONDON : HABBISON AND SONS, PRINT KBS IN OBDINABY TO HEB MAJESTY.