Part 21

28th January, 1606. This day John ffoxe a forren Barbor appeared before the M{rs} and was by them forbidden to keepe shopp in London any more for Barbinge or Surgery, And he pˀmissed that he would not.

16th June, 1606. In the controvˀsie betwixt Thomas Orton & ffrauncꝭ Holland It is ordered that the said Orton proceed not in suite of law against the said Holland otherwise then by takeinge the peace of him till the next Court Att w{ch} tyme the said Holland is comaunded by this Court to bringe in his fine of xl{s} for strikinge of him the said Orton. And the said Orton is to geve his attendaunce at that Courte.

14th July, 1606. This day uppon the suite of the pˀson and pˀishione{rs} of St. Olaves in Silver Street It was ordered by this Court that at such tyme as the now church of the said pĩsh shal begin to be reedified beinge now in great decay and fallen into ruyn That then the M{rs} or governou{rs} of this Company for the tyme beinge shall of the stocke of the said Company pay to the then church wardens of the said pĩsh the somme of x{li} towardꝭ the reedifiẽg of the said Church w{th}out makinge further suite for the same.

Several liverymen were complained of for not having attended in their liveries of late, and among other notes is the following:--

14th July, 1606. This day Henry Bradley one fferris and Henry Bracey are dismissed out of the Clothinge and Assistaunce of this Company for they have not given their attendaunce in their liveryes uppon summons.

8th September, 1606. This daie Mr. Peck did lend voluntary to this howse L gratis for a yeare next ensueinge.

This daie M{r} ffenton did lend C{li} gratis to this Company for a yeare next ensueinge Also he did lend to this Company L{li} more for a yere at x{li} pˀ cent.

23rd September, 1606. This day it is ordered that Percivall Jackson shalbe comitted to the Compter for his severall Contemptꝭ to this howse.

30th September, 1606. This daie Percivall Jackson was dischardged out of prison upon his mothers intreatie. And is to bring in his debt to Burrowes at the next Court.

7th October, 1606. This daie John Hedlow paid to the M{rs} vj{s} viij{d} w{ch} by them was tofore paid to officers w{ch} attended to committ the said Hedlow for his severall contemptꝭ to this howse.

13th October, 1606. Percivall Jackson was again committed to the Compter for his “severall contemptꝭ.”

4th November, 1606. This daie John Kerrell Richard Cade & Richard Houlden were fyned for being absent from the funerall of M{r} ffyneinge.

10th March, 1607. This daie Thomas Grig was fyned at xii{d} for not wearinge his Cap on Candlemas daie last.

19th September, 1607. The Clerk’s child having died of the plague, and being carried through the gate of the Hall, an order came from the Lord Mayor commanding the Court not to sit for 28 days, and it was thereupon ordered that the Courts should sit at Mr. Fenton’s house in Bartholomew’s Court during that period.

This daye it is ordered that Carehills wyef be warned to the hall against the next Court for keepinge of twoe shoppes of Barbinge w{th}out Bisshoppesgate.

8th October, 1607. This daye it is ordered by this Courte uppon due considerac͠on had That from henceforth the M{rs} or Governors of this Company every yere yerely shall geve to the Recorder of this Cytie a yerely fee of money oute of the stock of this Company at their pleasures so that it exceede not the somme of iiij{li.}

It was ordered that no liveryman should henceforth--

attend in his lyvery and w{th}out a ruffe band uppon payne of xij{d} for evˀy offence.

3rd November, 1607. This daye uppon the humble suite of one wydowe Burrows shee is admitted to keepe her Barbors shop where shee now dothe for 2 yeres next ensuinge not w{th}standinge that w{th}in the said tyme shee mary an husbond of any oth{r} trade.

1st December, 1607. This daye Thomas Allen[161] and James Mullins were fined for wearinge of falleinge bands w{th} their livˀy gownes.

[161] The first Master of Dulwich College.

21st January, 1608. This daye it is ordered that . . . . Braye [be appointed] Informer to pˀsecute suites by informac͠on against such pˀsons as the pˀnt Masters shall noĩat for one yere next ensuinge at the chardgꝭ of this howse And hee is to have tenne poundes for his paynes therein.

27th January, 1608. Five of the Company were fined for not being at the funeral of Mistress Izard in their liveries.

5th April, 1608. This daye lycence is geeven to Will{m} Buckley to arrest John Dodd breakeinge his wyndowes.

21st July, 1608. This daye it was thought fit that the pˀnt Assistantꝭ showld sit in Court w{th}out their Gownes for that the weath{r} is hot.

It is ordered that the laste quarters penc͠on due to John a Lee lately deceased shalbe paid to the poore woman w{ch} kept him in his sicknes.

At almost every Court, charities in sums varying from 2{s} to 40{s} were given to poor members for their relief, or to the widows of former members, and in many cases yearly annuities were granted out of the stock of the house, independent of the Trust charities distributed by the Court.

14th February, 1609. This daye John Stubbes one of my lord maiors officers is appoynted a Serjeant to this Company.

27th June, 1609. This daye it is ordered that George Dugdale shall before Michaelmas next paye to Thomas Shephard v{s} w{ch} hee oweth him ORELS to be Committed to the Compter.

6th July, 1609. This daye Roger Rayney Marchaunt tayler is elected & chosen Butler to this howse so longe as hee shall well & honestly behave himself therein And is to have all such fees and allowances as to his said place or office are incedent or belongeinge Provided hee enter into bond to the M{rs} of this Company w{th} sufficient surety w{th} Condic͠on to make good to this howse all such plate linen & oth{r} thingꝭ as shalbe committed to his chardge by the M{rs} of this Company the Stewardꝭ of the Maiors feast The Maisters or Stewardꝭ of the Anathomy or Wardens of the Yomanry.

This daye uppon the due examinac͠on of sevˀall abuses & misbehaviours comitted by Thomas Goodale on of the Assistantꝭ of this Company towardꝭ Mr. Edward Rodes maister of this Company wrongefully chardgeinge him w{th} injustice before the wholl Courte And for oth{r} his misdemeanures hee is by the wholl Consent of this Court dismissed oute of the Assistance of this Company.

26th July, 1609. Whereas heretofore it hath byn observed for a rule and customary order that the M{rs} of the Company to whom the Electo{rs} on the Election day before dyñn should deliver the names of such pˀsons who were at such tyme elected M{rs} of the Company for the yeare insuinge, should not give any notice to any new M{r} so elected before the garland should be put upon his head, it was now thought fit that that rule should be put on one side, and that those chosen should be at once informed of their Election that they may make pˀvision for the entertaynement of the livery, etc.

10th August, 1609. This day Richard Browne was admitted Armorer to the Company and to have p̃. anñ. xiij{s} iiij{d} and he to have a speciall care to keepe the Armour in repac͠ons and to be therefore paid by the Rentor warden for the tyme beinge.

This day Mr. John Leacocke[162] contemptuoslie depˀted out of the Courte w{th}out licence of the M{rs} or of any of them And albeit he was required by the Clarke by the comand of the M{rs} to come into the Courte beinge depˀted out of the hall, he answered that he would not come againe Therefore it is ordred by this Courte that he shall pay his fine of iij{s} iiij{d} for depˀtinge the Court without the M{rs} licence And if he refused to pay the said iij{s} iiij{d} then the som̃e of xl{s} is by this Courte ordred to be assessed and ymposed upon him w{ch} if he shall likewise refuse to pay then he is by this Court dismissed out of the Assistaunce ipso facto.

[162] Master in 1604.

Mr. Leacocke submitted and paid his fine 26th September, 1609.

21st August, 1609. In answer to a precept from the Lord Mayor, a certificate was sent to his Lordship that there were remaining of the 50 quarters of wheat wherewith the Company was charged, 20 quarters, and that the remainder had been sold in the Markets according to former precepts.

19th October, 1609. It was ordered that:--

no M{r} or govˀno{r} of this Company shall from henceforth have power or authority in them or any of them to sell morgage or ympawne the fower pieces of Tapistry hangingꝭ or any of them w{ch} were bought for the use and creditt of this house.

9th January, 1610. Att this Courte Henry Jones paid vj{d} to the pore’s box for hanginge out his basons one Twelveth day last.

6th March, 1610. Att this Courte it is ordered that Thomas Burgis shall at the next Tusedayes Courte pay unto the widdow Burrowes his late M{ris} iiij{s} for that he hath broken her Combes and Sise{rs.}

21st March, 1610. Att this Court it is ordered that the wyddow Saunde{rs} shall no longer reteyne in her service one Allexander ffarrington uppon payne that if shee doe her basons shalbe taken downe & she comitted to the Compter.

8th May, 1610. At this Court it is ordered that Pyramus Porter shall be pnˀtely discharged out of Prison being layd in by Richard Gessell for that Porter was layd in w{th}out the M{rs} Consentꝭ.

Porter was Gessell’s apprentice, and their disagreements had been before the Court on a previous occasion.

20th August, 1610. Mr. William Gale (who had been Master, 1595) was elected Master; he was an eminent Surgeon but, dying on 19th November, 1610, was succeeded in his office by Mr. John Peck (who had been Master in 1605). Mr. Gale was buried at Monken Hadley, in the chancel of which church may still be seen in the floor on the North side of the Altar, a brass with an inscription to his memory, and two brasses with the effigies of his sons and daughters. There were formerly brasses of the effigies of William Gale and his two wives, but they have unfortunately been removed.

The arms of Gale (as appearing on his son’s brass in Monken Hadley Church) Az. on a fesse betw. three saltires ar. as many lyons’ heads era. of the field langued gules.[163]

[163] The tinctures are from Burke’s Armory.

20th September, 1610. Att this Court a motion being proposed by the present M{rs} to thentent to bringe the howse out of debt, w{ch} cannot be soddenly effected except the Assistauntꝭ of this board shall of their owne free willꝭ by their pˀticuler free guiftꝭ or other wise by the voluntary free loane of money to this howse for a certayne tyme, be assistinge And thereupon M{r} Warden ffenton declared that o{r} M{r} was contented towardꝭ soe good an acc͠on to gyve freely xx{li} and M{r} Warden ffenton vj{li} xiij{s} iiij{d} M{r} Warden Veare iij{li} vj{s} viij{d} M{r} Warden Hassald xl{s} And demaundinge of the residue of the bord what they would gyve, M{r} Wood he would gyve x{li} if the howse will renewe his lease, M{r} Sˀjaunt Goodorus would thinck of itt, M{r} Leycock M{r} Thorney M{r} Gerard M{r} Rodes & M{r} ffrederick would doe the lick M{r} Thomas Martyn would gyve xx{s} M{r} Isard vj{s} viij{d} M{r} Mapes would gyve xl{s} M{r} Johnson M{r} ffoster M{r} Ingolsby & M{r} Coghill they would doe as others in their Ranck would doe. M{r} Cook would gyve xxxiij{s} iiij{d.}

16th October, 1610. Att this Court It is agreed that one Henry Pullyard a Drummer shalbe admitted to be the Drummer to this howse And he is to have for evˀy dayes service that he shall serve as a Drummer to this Company on the lord Mayors daie the some of xiij{s} iiij{d.}

20th November, 1610. Att this Court ytt is ordered that William Jones shall bringe in the next Tuesdaye Cort xx{s} for a ffyne for keeping two shoppes.

22nd November, 1610. Roger Joanes, a Waterman, was appointed Bargeman with a yearly fee of 20_s._, and was in consideration thereof to find a Barge with “all thingꝭ therein and therewith fittinge” whenever the Company should require the same for £3 on each occasion.

11th June, 1611. Itt is likewise ordered that the Clothworker w{ch} practizeth Barberye about Thames Street if he be found workinge, that then he shalbe comitted to the Compter.

18th July, 1611. At this Court upon the humble suite of Edward Handsome it was thought fitt & decreed that he should first agree w{th} the Informer, w{ch} being done come & make his suite to this house at some Court of Assistantꝭ and then he shoulde knowne & fynd howe kyndlye they would deale w{th} him.

8th October, 1611. At this Court John Scott was ffyned at vj{s} viij{d} for refuseinge to holde the place of a whiffler.

4th May, 1613. At this Court Henry Clawes came before the M{rs} and by them is pˀhibited and forbidden to keepe a Barbo{rs} shopp or deale any more in surgery for that he is noe denizen.

22nd August, 1614. It was ordered that in future, any liveryman being called to the Court should pay a fine of five marks. It does not appear that before this time a fine had been taken on like occasions.

By an entry about this date, it seems that when a “foreigner” was admitted to the livery he paid £5 for yeomanry and £5 for livery fines in one payment.

30th March, 1615. At this Court it is further ordered that the new Ryver water shalbe taken into this howse so as it maie be had for 30{s} fyne & 30{s} pˀ anñ in rent.

6th July, 1615. The hall, which was in “great decay,” was ordered to be viewed by a Committee of the Court, as to its restoration.

11th November, 1615. At this Court our M{r} acquayntinge them how unfortunatlie it hath happened that the Hall on Tewsdaie night last beinge 7 November was broken open & what losse the howse susteyned thereby. Whereupon it was then presentlie considered and then ordered that a present course be taken for the spedie repaieringe of the howse & tresory howse and that the same shalbe forthwith stronglie borded & made up at the charges of the howse. And for this purpose this Court did noĩate the p’nte M{r} together with M{r} Peck M{r} ffenton M{r} Martyn & M{r} ffoster for to be Comittees for the well orderinge & appoyntinge of the workmen to doe & finish this worke as in their discretions shalbe thought mete. And what the Comittees or anie three or two of them shall thinke fittinge to be done this howse will rate for & allow of as also of the charge to be borne by this howse.

Note That the xj{th} daie of November Thomas Lyne confessed how he was the plotter for the Robbinge of o{r} Hall and how o{r} plate was Carried to Westmˀ & our monie was devided amongst the theves who were these Thomas Jones Nicholas Sames & Walter ffoster wc̃h did break open the Hall, whereupon the Clarke haveinge order from o{r} M{r} went to Westmˀ & upon search there made found our plate locked up in a trunke in the howse of one ... a shoemaker xj{li} xviij{s} of the monie M{r} Warden Coopˀ found the same daie in the howse of one ffulses in Fleete Street. About the xvj{th} of Nov. then followinge Thomas Jones was taken who beinge brought to Newgate in December followinge Jones & Lyne were both executed for this fact.

In January followinge Sames was taken & executed. In April 1616 ffoster was taken & executed. Now letts pray God to blesse this howse ever from any more of these damigees. Amen.

13th December, 1615. At this Court was gyven unto the officers in regard of their paynes taken in apprehendinge the theves & obteyninge our plate 5{li} that is to the Clarke 40{s} & 30{s} a peice to the beadell & Porter.

30th June, 1617. At this Court is gyven unto the weif of John Davis a fre brother who lieth in prison x{s.}

27th January, 1618. Upon the humble petic͠on unto this Companie preferred by Thomas Shaw a pore brother of this Companie & now lyeinge in Ludgate thereby sueing for some releife to discharge him out of prison. It is therefore ordered by this Court that if the some of 30{s} will discharge him out of prison it shalbe disbursed out of the stock of this howse.

20th September, 1622. At this Court is gyven to Susan the Clarkꝭ mayde towardꝭ her marriage 40{s} in gratuity.

At this Court it is ordered that Jones the Waterman shall have for the hier of our barge against the lord Maio{rs} day fower poundꝭ So as it is a large barge will hold the hole lyvery And to worke w{th} 7 or 8 oweis.[164]

[164] Oars.

31st January, 1625. It is straightly ordered by this Courte that the pˀnte M{rs} or Governo{rs} and their successors shall take speciall care to comence and prosecute any suite by lawe against any ignorant imposters or other pˀsons exerciseing the arte of Chirurgery aboute this Cittie not free of this Companye & alsoe such as shall keepe shoppes for barbery within this Cittye being free of other Companies & not of ours.

19th January, 1626. This daye John Mills and George Roades are chosen to be of our Assistants for Barbars and Henry Blackley and Peter Thorney for Surgions.

Item this Courte takeing into their considerac͠ons the fewnes of our Livery many of them being lately dead by reason of the late greate visitac͠on doe elect and choose John Pinder Edward Charley Edward ffleete Robert Clarke Samuell Dye and Lewis Gossidge to be of the Clothing of our Companye.

15th February, 1626. At this Courte it is ordered that William Kellett do bring in his fine of vj{s} viij{d} at the next Courte for his unseemely carriage and vile language to Walter Preist being contrary to the ordinance and good goverment of this house, which fine the said William Kellett here in Courte refused and said he would not paye it.

At the same Court Priest was ordered to pay Kellett £3 which he owed him.

8th June, 1626. Kellett, not having paid his fine, was ordered to be dismissed out of the livery.

26th October, 1626. But becoming repentant, he made humble suit to the Court to be reinstated, “protesting here in Courte that as he hopeth to be saved he did not speak those wordꝭ and if he did he is very sorroy for it,” upon which submission and payment of his fine, he was readmitted to the livery.

23rd February, 1626. This daye upon the petic͠on of Thomas Borne and a certificate under the hand of Docto{r} Allott that the said Borne was a Scholler of the house in St. Johns Colledge in Cambridge it is ordered by the Court that for one yeare ensueing he shall have iij{li} to be paid him by M{r} Warᵭ Molins.

1st February, 1627. Item It is ordered by this Courte that there shalbe given unto M{r} Docto{r} Gwyn and his sonne for his preferm{t} in takeing degree of Batchelo{r} of Arte in the universitie of Oxenford xij{li} as the free gift of this Court.

9th November, 1628. This daye Richard Roades a Barbar & Surgion hath leave to open his shopp according to the ordinances of this house.

Roades was probably a man who had practised both as a Barber and a Surgeon outside the Company’s jurisdiction (the common usage of those days), but now being admitted a brother he had licence to practise “according to the ordinances,” that is, either as a Barber or a Surgeon, but not as both.

5th February, 1629. Upon the humble petic͠on made unto this Courte by John ffranck a professor of Surgery the sonne of John ffrancke late of the clothing of the livery of this Companie for that the said ffranck is nowe taken prisoner in Turkey and his ransome is assessed to 600 Crownes. In comiserac͠on of whose distressed estate in a deede of charitye of soe greate consequence this courte doth order that upon the said John ffranckꝭ being safe delivered into England here alive he shall have viij{li} paid unto such pˀtie as the ransome doth belong unto.

24th July, 1629. This daye in the complaint made unto this Court by Henry Edwardꝭ against John Cox for arresting of him without the consent of the Maisters they both being here present in Court It is ordered that Edwardꝭ shall paye Cox the xx{s} which he received of him uppon the wager that was wagered betweene them, and that M{r} Cox shall withdraw his acc͠on and proceede noe further in lawe and It is further ordered that M{r} Cox shall paye his fine of a marke on the next Tuesdaie for not askeing leave of the Maisters to arrest him.

1629. The fine for not serving Steward of the Mayor’s feast was £13 6_s._ 8_d._, and this had been the usual fine for many years.

16th September, 1630. A reference is made to a brick building which a tenant of the Company was erecting at Holborn Bridge, under the direction of Inigo Jones.

28th January, 1631. This Court doth give to Marshall Petoe[165] for his elegies on M{r} Banckꝭ his funˀall v{s.}

[165] A City Poet.

15th March, 1631. It is ordered by this Courte that the 12 Electors shalbe chosen and drawne by a ballotting box in this manner, twoe out of the auncient M{rs} one barbar one Surgion, 6 out of those of the whole Assistantꝭ 3 Barbars 3 surgions, 4 out of the livery 2 barbars 2 surgions as shalbe present on the Election daie.

10th April, 1632. Nicholas Moseley made complaint against goody Smith of her unruly and disorderly liefe amongst the Tenementꝭ in the alley at Holborne Bridge and thereupon this Court doth give him leave to expulse her from dwelling [there] any longer.

2nd July, 1632. This daye upon the humble and pittifull petic͠on made unto this Court by Richard Hayeward in the behalfe of Ric: Heyward his son whoe is now captivated and inthrawled under the slaverye of the Turke and his Ransome being to the som̃e of one C{i.} w{ch} the said Heyward is not able to raise, This Court therefore compassionateing the said Richard Heywards distressed estate, whoe being a Christian is in bondage to those Turkish & heathen Infidelles dothe order that there shalbe x{li.} paid out of the stock of this house for and towards the ransomeing and redeemeing the Captive at such tyme as the said Richard Heyward the son shalbe delivered alive here in England and not otherwise.

6th February, 1633. Anthony Mondeys wĩdd pˀnted to this Court a Booke called The Surveigh of London beinge in folio and newlie printed.

This would be Munday’s edition of Stow presented by his widow, and for which she, in return, had a present from the Court.

29th November, 1633. It is ordered that for the stock of Corne to be provided yearely by this house every one of the Assistantꝭ of the Liverye shall lend xl{s.} presently and every one of the liverye shall lend xx{s.} o{r} M{r} giveing a noate under his hand that the house shall repaie it within a moneth after each mans death to his executo{rs} if it be demaunded And soe hereafter every pˀson that cometh into the Assistantꝭ to lend xl{s.} or that cometh into the liverye to lend xx{s.}