The Annals of the Barber-Surgeons of London

8th August, 1751. Mr. John Brooks attended and produced a Deed to which he requested the subscription of the Court; this deed recited that by an Act of Parliament passed in the...

1566. The second volume of Court Minutes contains a long list of “Lawes Actes and Ordenances” enacted by the Court in 1566, but as many of these are not of sufficient interest t...

28th January, 1606. This day John ffoxe a forren Barbor appeared before the M{rs} and was by them forbidden to keepe shopp in London any more for Barbinge or Surgery, And he pˀm...

28th November, 1598. This daye George Collimer appeared before the M{rs} of this Companye and had daye till the next court to bringe in his fine for openinge his shop w{th}out l...

9th June, 1573. Here was Olyvˀ Pecocke the covenaunte Sˀvaunt of Allen Colly beinge comytted to Warde uppon Wednesday last on M{r} Warden Robynsons comaundment for goynge ffrom...

The Court seem to have had grave doubts as to the efficacy of their By-Laws in recovering at law the Steward’s fines, and a case having been prepared it was submitted to Sir Jam...

The articles above briefly referred to, contain nothing in particular as to trade regulation or inspection, leaving a pretty certain inference that they were made for the govern...

24th November, 1601. ~Whereas~ James Van Otten and Nycholas Bowlden are this daye become humble suiters to this Company to be tollerated & pˀmitted to practize as Surgeons w{th}...

29th December, 1615. Four liverymen admitted this day paid £2 each as a fine, and fifteen others paid £5 each. Humphrey Downinge, who had been chosen a Liveryman, and would not...

Item I will that the masters of the livery of my Companie be at my buriall, and they to have xl{s} for theire dinners, to be delivered to the wardens at theire commyng to my bur...

The By-Laws are allowed by Thomas Lord Ellesmere, Lord Chancellor; Thomas Earl of Dorset, Lord Treasurer; and Sir John Popham, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas; who send “...

Forasmuche as all comon polecye requyreth the prevenc͠on of extremities, and consideringe as you knowe the urgent and present necessitie, and the lacke of provision of wheate an...

29th April, 1645. By the power and authority to this Court given by severall Orders of a late Court of Assistants, this Court for and towards the raiseing of the 400{li} agreed...

Whereas he was chosen renter warden of this Companie for this yere ensueing w{ch} place by reason of this contagious tyme and other respects he is not able to execute, It is the...

20th August, 1621. The Company could not get Clifton out of his house, so they gave him 20_s._ and a pension of 40_s._ per annum during good behaviour and the pleasure of the Co...

The picture exhibits a Charter with the Great Seal pendant, and has always been popularly known and described as the “granting of the Charter to the Barber-Surgeons.” On the oth...

17th March, 1707. Nineteen delinquents who had been summoned appeared, and their cases were heard; a few examples will suffice--One Darby was “seen to comb a persons haire on Su...

17th November, 1635. According to a former order of Court the Wardeins of the yeomanrye did this daye deliver up unto the Maisters their Accompt and the xvij{li} v{s} viij{d} in...

16th August, 1602. This daie John Izard[301] presented to this Courte one litle columpne salte w{th} a Cover of silver and guylte and prayeth to be discharged from bearinge the...

ITEM. If any dispute arise between any of the brethren, which God forbid, it is to be amicably settled by the decision of the Masters of the said Fraternity [_and they are_] to...

Your petitioners do therefore humbly pray that your Majesty will be graciously pleased to permitt and direct That a ffyle or Two of y{r} Majesty’s ffoot Guards shall upon applic...

The Chirurgicall Lectures of Tumors and Ulcers delivered on Tuesdayes appointed for these exercises, and keeping of their Courts in the Chirurgeans Hall these three yeeres last...

M_emorandum_. That whereas by Precept yearly from the right Honourable, the Lord Mayor, and Court of Aldermen. Our companie is streightly commanded to provide and have readie LX...

TO ALL TREW CRISTEN PEOPLE TO WHOME THIS PRESENT WRYTYNG SHALL COME SIR THOMAS MORE KNYGHT and Chauncellor to owre most drad Souˀaigne lorde Kyng Henry the viij{th} Kyng of Engl...

This Court doth order That there be a new Anathomy Table And that all the Assistants whose Effigies are not in the present Table may be sett up in the new Table at theire owne c...

~Be~ it knowen to all men that y Clarensew Kyng of Armes of the South Marche of Englond Consideryng the noble estate of the Cite of London by the name of Erle & Barons as in the...

1632. The fabric of old St. Paul’s being in a lamentable state of decay, the celebrated Archbishop Laud wrote a letter to the Barber-Surgeons asking a contribution towards its r...

There have been and are, good men of business on the Courts, and by prudent investments of surplus funds derived from fees, fines, etc., a property has been created, which is ex...

The Court of Assistants of the Worshipful Company of Barbers having received information that many persons residing within the City of London carry on the Trade of a Barber and...

~Whereas~ by certeine Letters pattents of our Late Sovereigne Lord King Charles the first dated the ffifteenth day of August in the first yeare of his reigne As alsoe by order o...

These massive chandeliers were broken but preserved when the Hall was pulled down in 1864, and one formed of their fragments is now hung on the staircase leading up to the Commi...

In 1616, Sir Peter who had previously been appointed Governor of the colony of Ulster by special commission from the King and the City of London, repaired thither, attended by d...

1st October, 1566, is an entry of the translation from the Woodmongers’ Company of William Slade, who was stated to be “a Surgeon & learned yt w{th} Ric. Venar & John Hall at Ma...

20th November, 1627. Item this daye M{r} Warden Woodall M{r} Peter Thorney M{r} George Perrine and M{r} Thomas Gilham are appointed by our M{rs} commandꝭ to goe to Portsmouth fo...

Armed with this additional authority, the Surgeons’ Guild again sought to interfere with and scrutinize the Barber-Surgeons of the Barbers’ Company. These latter, however, must...

To all trew crysten people to whom thes present lettris shall come. ROBERD HALIDAI[69] mastur of barbours and of surgeon barbours of london, and Willm̄ Okeley, John Knote[70] an...

If they had, the Estate is so scituated that there is no room to hope, even in case the whole had been rebuilt (as it wants to be) that it would have answered the laying out so...

27th January, 1617. fforasmuch as this Companie have no assuraunce of the Irish Landꝭ for their monie disburssed for Ireland It is therefore ordered by this Court that this Comp...

1627-8. Paid unto to Mercer for Taffitaes to make the banners streamers and Ancient xviij{li} vj{s} viij{d} Given the worke men that made the flaggs to drinck ij{s} Paid M{r} Ba...

(E)DWARDUS dei grã (R)ex (A)nglie & (F)rancie & (D)ominus (H)ibñie. (O)mnibus ad quos pˀsentes lrẽ pˀuenint saltm̃ (S)ciatis q̃d nos considerantes qualitˀ Diɫci nõb prˀbi & liᵬi...

TO THE RIGHT hono{r}able lord the Mair And the right wirshipful Sovˀaignes the Aldermen of the Citee of London Mekely besechen your goode lordship̃ and maistershippes all the pˀ...

~Inprimis~ paid to Hamlet Xpiãn[249] Carpenter by order of Court of Assistantꝭ for the new buyldinges Easte Smyth feld and for oth{r} Repac͠ons done accordinge to a pˀ of Indent...

The kyng our soveraigne lord by the advise of his lordes spirytuall and temporall, and the commons in thys presente parlyament assembled and by the auctortye of the same by all...

NICHOLAS HERNE = of Tybenham, Norfolk. | +------------+ | Richard Herne = Alice dau. of Sheriff 1618 and | John Pasck, D.D., Alderman, lived at | of Cambridge. the Blue Anchor i...

1653-4. Paid for hire of a greene cloth to lay over the Rayle of our standing in Paulls Churchyard when the Lord Protector was enterteined by the Citie at Grocers hall 0 12 6 To...

Trustie and welbeloved wee greete you well Whereas wee understand that contrary to the antient Charters & an act of Parliament confirmed by us and o{r} late deere father divers...

BUT the _first_ of these _Reasons_ is grounded on a _Mistake_ in point of _Fact_; for tho’ it be _true_ that the _Barbers_ were _all originally Surgeons_, and incorporated _as s...

ORDINANCES, BY-LAWS AND ORDERS RELATING TO-- Admission of members, 45. Aliens, 120, 200. Anatomy, 119, 120, 180. Anatomy, masters and stewards of, 145, 176, 180. Apprentices, 62...

Among the numerous epistles, etc., laudatory of Gerard, prefixed to the Herbal are some exceedingly quaint verses dedicated by “Thomas Thorney[353] Master in Chirurgerie, to his...

In 1719 he was elected Surgeon to St. Thomas’ Hospital, where he highly distinguished himself in his operations for the stone. He was also consulting Surgeon to St. George’s and...

The Royal College of Surgeons possess some Cartoons, from which, it has been said, this picture was painted; this is, however, very doubtful. Some particulars as to these Cartoo...

ffor a Leag of Mutton 0 3 4 ffor a Sirloyne of befe 0 9 0 ffor a Shoulder of venison 0 5 0 3 chickins 3 rabets 0 5 6 8 harty chockes 0 1 0 ffrut 0 3 6 fyring 0 3 0 3 pound of bu...

The Great Book of Wardens’ Accounts has unfortunately been kept in a damp place, and the earlier portion of it is severely damaged. The cover still indicates the elaboration of...

In many sections of this book the spelling and punctuation are very inconsistent because the text was originally written before English spelling and punctuation became standardi...

+---------------+----------------------------------------------- AN{o.}| MASTERS. | WARDENS. ------+---------------+--------------+---------------+---------------- 1758 |William...

+---------------+------------------------------+---------------- | | |Masters of the | | |Barbers prac- AN{O.}| MASTERS. | WARDENS. |tising the art | | | of Surgery. ------+----...

+---------------+----------------------------------------------- AN{o.}| MASTERS. | WARDENS. ------+---------------+--------------+---------------+---------------- 1618 |Edward...