. A descriptive and historical account of the Guild of Saddlers of the City of London. Sadlers' Company (London, England); Horses; Guilds -- England London. The Company and the Trade. 179 CHAPTER IV. The Company and the Trade. The Company anciently all of the Craft,—Impracticability of restricting it to Members of the Trade.—The Ordinances of the Company in harmony v/ith the Laws of the Period.—Statute of 5 Eliz. c. 4.— All Trades to be learned by Apprenticeship.—Apprentices to the Saddlery Trade examined by the Wardens.—Number of Appren- tices limited by Ordinance.—Regulations concerning Appr
. A descriptive and historical account of the Guild of Saddlers of the City of London. Sadlers' Company (London, England); Horses; Guilds -- England London. The Company and the Trade. 179 CHAPTER IV. The Company and the Trade. The Company anciently all of the Craft,—Impracticability of restricting it to Members of the Trade.—The Ordinances of the Company in harmony v/ith the Laws of the Period.—Statute of 5 Eliz. c. 4.— All Trades to be learned by Apprenticeship.—Apprentices to the Saddlery Trade examined by the Wardens.—Number of Appren- tices limited by Ordinance.—Regulations concerning Apprentices.— Curious Custom upon taking up Freedom.—Spoons.—Accumulate and are exchanged for other Plate.—Responsibility of Apprentices. The Company Mediate between the Apprentices and their Masters.— Saddlers only allowed to Open Shop conditionally.—" ; —Ordinances impose Honesty of Dealing.—Saddles to be made Openly.—To be Viewed by Company before Sold.—" ; —Statute 5 Eliz. c. 8.—The Leather Market at Leadenhall.— Searchers and Sealers of Leather.—Custom of Search. HERE is every reason to believe that originally the Saddlers' Company was exclusively composed of members of that craft. In course of time, how- ever, the inheritance of the right to the freedom of the Company by patrimony, coupled with the disinclination of sons to follow the trade of their father, led to the introduction into the Company of members who followed other trades and pur- suits. In the beginning of the seventeenth cen- tury the Company's Order Books clearly show us that the Court was not composed entirely of members of the Saddlers' craft, although the trade was represented thereon, and this has con-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original She
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