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 . nds,and soon afterwards the Hall was given by Luke Thurcross to the merchant tailors, in whose hands it remained till the end of thelast century, when it seems to have been used as the LeadenHall, and was only demolished in 1863-4. From a drawing (13C) De la Pryine adds—There are fragments of 12
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 . nds,and soon afterwards the Hall was given by Luke Thurcross to the merchant tailors, in whose hands it remained till the end of thelast century, when it seems to have been used as the LeadenHall, and was only demolished in 1863-4. From a drawing (13C) De la Pryine adds—There are fragments of 12 seals yet hanging at ye charter;but that which is rather strange is that it has no date. Tickell ends as follows—Thereare fragments of twelve seals yet hanging at the charter ; but what is rather singular it hasno date. (137) An interesting light is thrown by these ordinances uiion the legal status of thegilds in general. Religious Gilds of Kingston-upon-Httll. 119 preserved by E. S. Wilson, Esq., it seems to have been at thelatter time a plain upper room, with no ornaments or architec-tural pretension. De la Pryme tells us, however, that it hadbeen very much altered, and probably its last stage gave noreliable indication of what it was in the flourishing days ofSt. John the Baptists Chapter IX. The Corpus Christi Gild.
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