. London . ,again, the Alderman knewevery man in his ward; lie wasno stranger among his people ;he knew the circumstances andthe condition of every one ; hewas punishing a brother whohad brought the ward intodisrepute by his unruly con-duct ; he was therefore tender,saving the dignity of his officeand his duty to the city. For instance, it was once dis-covered that wholesale robbe-ries were carried on by certainbakers who made holes in theirmoulding-boards, and so filchedthe dough. These rogues in thelast century would have beenflogged unmercifully. Robert de Bretaigne, Mayor 1387,was sat
. London . ,again, the Alderman knewevery man in his ward; lie wasno stranger among his people ;he knew the circumstances andthe condition of every one ; hewas punishing a brother whohad brought the ward intodisrepute by his unruly con-duct ; he was therefore tender,saving the dignity of his officeand his duty to the city. For instance, it was once dis-covered that wholesale robbe-ries were carried on by certainbakers who made holes in theirmoulding-boards, and so filchedthe dough. These rogues in thelast century would have beenflogged unmercifully. Robert de Bretaigne, Mayor 1387,was satisfied by putting them in pillory till after vespers atSt. Pauls, with dough hung about their necks, so that all theworld might know why they were there. When certain tapi-cers were charged with selling false blankets, that is, blanketswhich had been vamped in foreign parts with the hair of oxenand cows, the blankets were ordered to be burned. On theother hand, highway robbery, burglaries, and some cases of. ARMS GRANTED TO THE CRAFT OFTHE IRONMONGERS OF LONDONEY LANCASTER KING OF ARMS,). I466 PLAXTAGEXET 95 theft were punished by hanging. The unhappy Desideratade Torgnton, for instance, in an evil moment stole from aservant of the Lady Alice de Lisle thirty dishes and twenty-four^salt-cellars of silver. The servant was bound by sure-ties that he would prosecute for felony, and did so, with theresult that Desiderata was hanged, and her chattels confis-cated ; but of chattels had she none. For selling putrid meat the offender was put in pillory,and the bad meat—dreadful addition to the sentence—burned
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