The annals of Kendal: being a historical and descriptive account of Kendal and the neighbourhood: with biographical sketches of many eminent personages connected with the town . len; 3. Shearmen,Fullers, Dyers, & Websters; 4. Taylers, Imbrodyrers, & Whilters;5. Cordyners, Coblers, & Curry errs; 6. Tanners, Sadlers, & Girdlers;7. Inholders, and Alehowsekepers, & Typlers ; 8. Butchers and Fisshers;9. Cardmakers and Wyerdrawers; 10. Surgons, Scryvyners, Barbors, Glovers,Skynners, Parchement, and Poyntemakers; 11. Smythes, Iron & Hard- 134 ANCIENT STATE OF THE TOWN. waremen, Armerers, Cutlers, Bow


The annals of Kendal: being a historical and descriptive account of Kendal and the neighbourhood: with biographical sketches of many eminent personages connected with the town . len; 3. Shearmen,Fullers, Dyers, & Websters; 4. Taylers, Imbrodyrers, & Whilters;5. Cordyners, Coblers, & Curry errs; 6. Tanners, Sadlers, & Girdlers;7. Inholders, and Alehowsekepers, & Typlers ; 8. Butchers and Fisshers;9. Cardmakers and Wyerdrawers; 10. Surgons, Scryvyners, Barbors, Glovers,Skynners, Parchement, and Poyntemakers; 11. Smythes, Iron & Hard- 134 ANCIENT STATE OF THE TOWN. waremen, Armerers, Cutlers, Bowyers, Fletchers, Spuryers, Potters, Panners,Plumbers, Tynkers, Pewterers, & Metallers ; 12. Carpenters, Joyners, Masons,Wallers, Sclaters, Thatchers, Glasiers, Paynters, Pleysterers, Dawbers, Pavers,Myllers, [& Cowpers. These incorporated companies gradually becameextinct, the last of them (the cordyners or cordwainers) being broken up in 1800, in consequence of one Robert Moser refusing, most properly, torecognise any legal power in the company to impose a fine upon persons, notbeing freemen, commencing business within the borough. No. Ob C.—THOMAS Kendal. wilson * .—In the field, The arms of the Corporation of Rev.— THOMAS . WAKDE KIKKLAND . 1666. In the Bodleian Library. Bequeathed to it in a cabinet of tradesmen*tokens by Browne Willis, the celebrated antiquary, who died in Messrs. Wilson and Warde were partners in trade, or merely joint-issuers of the token, we cannot say; but instances of joint-issue by neighboursin trade are not unfrequent. This token was not known of till the year IS44. Kirkland, being out of the Mayors liberty, was much resorted to by trades-men not free of the corporation. The arms are here engraved as they appearon the token in the Bodleian—the fourth quarter appearing more likereversed drops (or guttes as the heralds call them) than spindles; but we canonly regard the difference as a blunder of the die engraver. Xo. 7.


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