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 . istory and Development of theGild System from Early Tibies, 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. BY Rev. J. MALET LAMBERT, , , Vicar of Ne


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 . istory and Development of theGild System from Early Tibies, 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. BY Rev. J. MALET LAMBERT, , , Vicar of Newland, Hull; and Chairman Hull School Board. For, as on the one side, it cannot be doubtful but that the too studious Affectation ofbare and sterile antiquitie, which is nothing els but to bee exceeding busie about nothing,may soon descend to a Dotage ; so on the other, the neglect or only vulgar regard of thefruitfull and precious part of it, which gives necessarie light to the Present in matter ofState, Law, Historic, and the understanding of good authors, is but preferring that kind ofIgnorant Infancie, which our short life alone allows us, before the many ages of formerExperience and Observation, which may so accumulate yeers to us as if we had lived evenfrom the beginning of 1iine.^ HULL: A. BKOWN & SONS, SAVILE STEEET; London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Limited. 1891, Inst. HP Lnt Illustrations, Crowle Family Frontispiece Charter of Elizabeth to the Hull Merchants Company 104 The Interior of the Ante-room and Court-room of the York Merchants Company, 181)1 167 Exterior of the Hall of the York Merchants Company, 1891 108 Plate now in the possession of the Hull Corporation, formerly the property of the Merchants Company 175 Matrix of the Seal of the Hull Merchants Company—Impression from the same—Seal of the Hull Court of the Merchant Adventurers of England 177 Charter of Charles II. to the Hull Merchants Company ... 178 Silver


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