Two thousand years of gild life; or, An outline of the history and development of the gild system from early times, with special reference to its application to trade and industry; together with a full account of the gilds and trading companies of Kingston-upon-Hull, from the 14th to the 18th century . inst the weal and Worshipp of this Incorpora- 350 2000 Years of Gild Life. tion, that then this present Composition to be void and ofnone reserves ^.nd Lastly, The said Major and Burgesses, beingordinances. parties to these presentes, do reserve to themselves and their successors po


Two thousand years of gild life; or, An outline of the history and development of the gild system from early times, with special reference to its application to trade and industry; together with a full account of the gilds and trading companies of Kingston-upon-Hull, from the 14th to the 18th century . inst the weal and Worshipp of this Incorpora- 350 2000 Years of Gild Life. tion, that then this present Composition to be void and ofnone reserves ^.nd Lastly, The said Major and Burgesses, beingordinances. parties to these presentes, do reserve to themselves and their successors power of revocation or alteration of allor any thing heretofore mencioned or granted at theirowne will and pleasure, as they see most convenient for thewell governing of the said ffraternity. In Witness whereof to the one part of this presentComposition remaining with the said Company of Ship-wrightes the said Major and Burgesses have caused to beaffixed their Common Seal, and to the other part of thesame remaining with the said Major and Burgesses thesaid Company of Shipwrightes have sett their handes andseales the day and year abovesaid. [The signatures and seales have never been affixed]. [Upon three skins fastened together by the seal-attachments.] [^Endorsed] Shippwrightes Composition, Chapter XXXIII. The Barber-Chirurgeons and Perukemakers. ^^^^?^ IjTHOUGH the most recent of the Hull Ordinances, f ? ^^^® following yield to none in their singularity and ^^1 antiquarian interest. The annals of the Barber- 1 B Surgeons abound with quaint and striking episodes 0 illustrative of many sides of ancient life {^^). This union of trades, so grotesque to modern ears, seems tohave existed to some extent from the earliest period. In Londonin 1307 we find an ordinance forbidding barbers to put bloodin their windows, a prohibition which had to be repeatedat a much later period; and in the following year, 1308,appears Eichard le Barber, the first Master of the BarbersGild. There wa


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