The history and survey of London : from its foundation to the present time . Burg. their Guild:had held theirCrown;evinced. pear to have been incorporated, till about theYear 1307, by Letters Patent of Edward Charter was renewed by Henry VII. andand confirmed by divers of his SucceiTors. Butwhen, or by whom their Arms were at firftgranted, does not appear; tho it muft have. been New ViewLord. 1236 Tie H I S T O R Y of L O N D O N. Vol. II. Pari,and Rec. 6. dorf. Aft H VIII. Ibid. Ibid. been before Anno
The history and survey of London : from its foundation to the present time . Burg. their Guild:had held theirCrown;evinced. pear to have been incorporated, till about theYear 1307, by Letters Patent of Edward Charter was renewed by Henry VII. andand confirmed by divers of his SucceiTors. Butwhen, or by whom their Arms were at firftgranted, does not appear; tho it muft have. been New ViewLord. 1236 Tie H I S T O R Y of L O N D O N. Vol. II. Pari,and Rec. 6. dorf. Aft H VIII. Ibid. Ibid. been before Anno 1590, feeing in that Year their jCreft and Supporters were granted by CiarencieuxKing at Arms. This Company is incorporated by the Nameof The Mafter and Wardens of the Myftery or Art ofBakers of the City of London ; and is governedby a Mafter, four Wardens, and thirty Ainftants;to whom belong a Livery of one hundred andNinety-five, whofe Fine is ten Pounds; with ahandfome Hall in Harp-lane, to tranfact their Af-fairs in. The Bakers probably obferving, that greatProfits arofe to the Clergy, by the Ufe of theSymbols of the Crofs, Agnus Bets, and Name ofJefus, to oblige their Cuftomers, (for their ownIntereft) began to imprint upon their Bread thelike Reprefentations : Which induced Henry theThird, by his Mandate from St. Edmunds-Bury,of September 1, Anno 1252, ftrictly to injoin allBakers, thenceforth not to put any of thofe facredReprefentations upon their Bread. Barber-Surgeons, 17. The Art -of Surgery,anciently, being folelyprac-tifed by the Barbers of thisCity, they
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