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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... Charters and other Documents which could alone ren- der it worthy of encouragement . Most of these are either locked ... Charters of the Companies , and the impossibility of getting them any where but at the Record Offices , or from the ...
... Charters and other Documents which could alone ren- der it worthy of encouragement . Most of these are either locked ... Charters of the Companies , and the impossibility of getting them any where but at the Record Offices , or from the ...
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... Charters themselves , though usually conceived to be the reverse of entertaining , disclosed many curious facts illus- trative of the simplicity of early times , and of the rise and infant state of commerce , and its various regulations ...
... Charters themselves , though usually conceived to be the reverse of entertaining , disclosed many curious facts illus- trative of the simplicity of early times , and of the rise and infant state of commerce , and its various regulations ...
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... Charter of every Com- pany has been carefully examined by himself . From the en- tire series , exceeding one hundred and twenty Grants or Con- firmations , attested copies have been made for this work of all such as are in any way ...
... Charter of every Com- pany has been carefully examined by himself . From the en- tire series , exceeding one hundred and twenty Grants or Con- firmations , attested copies have been made for this work of all such as are in any way ...
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... Charters to print from , ( and which he should otherwise have had to pay for copying at the Rolls Chapel , ) has furnished him with the greater part of the very curious matter which forms the history of that company , and every other ...
... Charters to print from , ( and which he should otherwise have had to pay for copying at the Rolls Chapel , ) has furnished him with the greater part of the very curious matter which forms the history of that company , and every other ...
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... charters of , granted to the Fishmongers and Linen - Armourers by Edward I. , 26. Confirmation by the latter king of the weavers , and mention of the Goldsmiths , ibid . City's jurisdiction over the gilds existed before Edward II . , 27 ...
... charters of , granted to the Fishmongers and Linen - Armourers by Edward I. , 26. Confirmation by the latter king of the weavers , and mention of the Goldsmiths , ibid . City's jurisdiction over the gilds existed before Edward II . , 27 ...
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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...
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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...