The history and survey of London : from its foundation to the present time . porated the fame by hisLetters Patent 25 May, An-no 1620. By the Name ofThe Mafter, Wardens and So-ciety of the Myjlery of Bow-yers of the City of the incorporating ofthis Fraternity fhould be deferred to this Time,is fomewhat furprizing ; tho not fo much, asthat of its being incorporated then, when theMilitary Engine called the Bow was almoft ren-dered ufelefs, by the Invention of Fire-Arms. The firft Mention I find of this Fraternity isin the Reign of Edzvard the Fourth; when thePrices of the beft Bow-ft
The history and survey of London : from its foundation to the present time . porated the fame by hisLetters Patent 25 May, An-no 1620. By the Name ofThe Mafter, Wardens and So-ciety of the Myjlery of Bow-yers of the City of the incorporating ofthis Fraternity fhould be deferred to this Time,is fomewhat furprizing ; tho not fo much, asthat of its being incorporated then, when theMilitary Engine called the Bow was almoft ren-dered ufelefs, by the Invention of Fire-Arms. The firft Mention I find of this Fraternity isin the Reign of Edzvard the Fourth; when thePrices of the beft Bow-ftaves were, by Aft ofParliament, fixed at three Shillings and four-pence each. But this not anfwering accordingto Expectation, the fame was repealed in theYear 1560, when the Prices of the feveral Sortsof Bows were fettled by Parliament, as follow-eth: viz. each Bow of the beft foreign Yew, atfix Shillings and eight Pence ; the fecond Sort,three Shillings and four Pence; and the coarferSort, and thofe made of Enghfh Yew, at Rec. 1. • This Company, for the Management of their Affairs, have a Mafter, two Wardens, and twelve t„ulT1-(;.Pari- Afiiftants; with thirty Liverymen, each whereof, chamb.^ at the Time of his Admiffion, pays a Fine of Loud,eight Pounds. They have at prefent no Hall,tho anciently they had one in Noble-ftreet. Brewers, 14. This Company was incor-porated by Letters Patentof the fixteenth of Henry theSixth, Anno 1438, by theAppellation of The Mafter,and Keepers or Wardens andCommonalty of the Myjlery,or Art of Brewers of theCity of London; which wereconfirmed by Edward theFourth, in the Year 1480, with an additional Pri-vilege of making By-laws. This Corporation anciently bore the Arms ofThomas a Becket, (fometime Archbifhop of Can-terbury) impald with their own ; from whichthey were feparated by Clarencieux King at Arms,Anno 1544, in lieu of which he added a Creft totheirs. This Company is governed by a Ma
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