The History of the Twelve Great Livery Companies of London: Principally Compiled from Their Grants & Records ; with an Historical Essay and Accounts of Each Company, Its Origin, Constitution, Government, Dress, Customs, Halls, and Trust Estates and Charities ; Including Notices and Illustrations of Metropolitan Trade and Commerce, as Originally Concentrated in Those Societies ; and of the Language, Manners, and Expenses of Ancient Times ; with Attested Copies and Translations of the Companies' Charters, Volume 1author, 1834 - Guilds |
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... amount of the Livery Fines from the reign of Henry VIII . WITH THE NAMES AND RESIDENCES OF ALL THE PRESENT COURTS AND LIVERIES ; grants of Arms ; accounts of the Pageants of the Companies ; the Biography of emi- nent Members , & c ...
... amount of the Livery Fines from the reign of Henry VIII . WITH THE NAMES AND RESIDENCES OF ALL THE PRESENT COURTS AND LIVERIES ; grants of Arms ; accounts of the Pageants of the Companies ; the Biography of emi- nent Members , & c ...
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... amount to more than twenty such volumes , and extend through an interval of upwards of five centuries . The earlier part of these are written in Norman French , abbreviated Law - Latin , and obsolete English , often difficult to ...
... amount to more than twenty such volumes , and extend through an interval of upwards of five centuries . The earlier part of these are written in Norman French , abbreviated Law - Latin , and obsolete English , often difficult to ...
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... amount it was computed they owed , and such dis- tresses sold to pay the same ? Why any member who under false pretences , or of malice , withheld the goods of another , should be dismissed the gild , and on nonpayment of his share of ...
... amount it was computed they owed , and such dis- tresses sold to pay the same ? Why any member who under false pretences , or of malice , withheld the goods of another , should be dismissed the gild , and on nonpayment of his share of ...
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... amount on the craft for this purpose ; but which ( it is added ) was with difficulty collected . " The system of bribery is entertainingly illustrated by the following entries : 1422-3 . " A note ( in Latin ) that William Walderne ...
... amount on the craft for this purpose ; but which ( it is added ) was with difficulty collected . " The system of bribery is entertainingly illustrated by the following entries : 1422-3 . " A note ( in Latin ) that William Walderne ...
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... amount in this company 12d . ‡ is Or of " one colour , " perhaps as distinguished from the rayed or striped cloth . The entry enumerates the drapers from whom the cloth is bought , with the names and price . As , Of William Weston of ...
... amount in this company 12d . ‡ is Or of " one colour , " perhaps as distinguished from the rayed or striped cloth . The entry enumerates the drapers from whom the cloth is bought , with the names and price . As , Of William Weston of ...
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afterwards alderman aliquis amongst ancient anno annum assistants barge brewers called charities charter Cheapside church City of London Civitat clerk cloth Coitat Common Council company's corporate court craft Custod divers Drapers Edward Edward III election entry estates feast fire of London fishmongers freemen goldsmiths gowns granted haberdashers hall Henry VI Henry VIII honour hoods infra ironmongers James king king's lands lane letters patent livery Livery Companies lord mayor majesty manner Mary master and wardens mentioned Mercers merchant tailors mystery aforesaid Mystery of Grocers n'ris noticed occasion ordinances p'dict pageant paid pany parish parliament persons poor precept present purchased queen quo warranto reign rents Richard Richard II Robert sheriffs Sir John Sir Thomas Sir William sive statute street successors tenements thereof Thomas of Acon tion trade wardens and commonalty wards Will'm William Laxton yearly
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Page 461 - LONDON IN LUSTER: projecting many bright Beams of Triumph : disposed into several Representations of Scenes and Pageants. Performed with great Splendor on Wednesday, October 29, 1679, at the Initiation and Instalment of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Clayton, Knight, Lord Mayor of the City of London. Dignified with divers delightful Varieties of Presentors, with Speeches, Songs, and Actions, properly and punctually described.
Page 106 - French, before these times used, they do not in anywise understand; for which causes, with many others, it being considered how that the greater part of the lords and trusty commons have begun to make their matters to be noted down in our mother tongue...
Page 369 - ... to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in all state courts having competent jurisdiction, and in any circuit court of the United States...
Page 30 - That all artificers and people of mysteries shall each choose his own mystery before the next Candlemas; and that having so chosen it, he shall henceforth use no other...
Page 294 - Philip and Mary, by the grace of God, king and queen of England, France, Naples, Jerusalem, and Ireland, defenders of the faith...
Page 366 - 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: Know ye that we...
Page 485 - ... for us, our heirs and successors, as much as in us lies, and by these presents do...
Page 486 - York, for the time being, and their successors, forever hereafter be, and shall be, by force of these presents, one body corporate and politic, in deed, fact and name, by the name of the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New York...
Page 487 - East-Indies, may plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in whatsoever Courts and Places, and before whatsoever Judges and Justices, and other Persons and Officers, in all and singular Actions, Pleas, Suits, Quarrels.
Page 460 - A Noble Solemnity, performed through the City, at the sole Cost and Charges of the Honorable Fraternity of Drapers, at the Confirmation and Establishment of their most worthy Brother, the Right...