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 . f a noble better time ! Too long has thou sat there, on crossed legs,wearing thy ankle joints to horn !—Carhjle. What too are all poets and moral teachers, but a species of metaphoricaltailor 2—Ibid. IT is difficult to say on what grounds the tailor has beenheld to be only the part of a man. Non
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 . f a noble better time ! Too long has thou sat there, on crossed legs,wearing thy ankle joints to horn !—Carhjle. What too are all poets and moral teachers, but a species of metaphoricaltailor 2—Ibid. IT is difficult to say on what grounds the tailor has beenheld to be only the part of a man. None of the meditevaltrades have a more valiant and even turbulent record thanthis maligned fraternity. The records of the craft from theearliest times are full of stirring episodes. In London in1226 v^e find the trade engaged in a great city tumult with theGoldsmiths, in which the combatants mustered upwards of 500,and many were wounded in the fray. In addition to the earlyimportance of the Gild of the Tailors and Linen Armourers,the yomen taillours or journeymen shew themselves in thistrade at an early date vigorously striving to assert their inde-pendence. From a complaint of the date 1415 we learn that, dwelling with one another in companies, they did hold and (227) Herbert, II., page d K S B 01 e O t. 01 ?j3 O-a JS c . CO c OB t- o r> -— ^4 ° X> SO u o rK g o .S o c 2 OHo - - Tailors^ Gild. 229 inhabit divers dwelling houses within the city against the will oftheir superiors in the said city, and of the masters of that only so, we read that they had often assembled in greatnumbers, held divers assemblies and conventicles, and wounded,beaten, and maltreated many lieges of our lord the King, includingone master, and wear a livery annually (228^ They are there-fore forbidden for the future to be presumptuous, and told to obeythe masters. But two years afterwards the yomen taillours rallied, and made application that they and others of their fraternit
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