. History of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers of the City of London, otherwise the Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass. ply and at a reason-able price. 1640, Sep. 15. Sir Robt. Mansell to the Sec, Windebank, made a state-ment concerning his glass works at Newcastle. He had spent £4,000 onthe furnaces and employed 60 workmen. Asks for two, three, or fourships to fetch away his glass and to bring coal. The reference to Newcastle in the foregoing is of interest because SirRobert in 1623 had stated that the furnaces erected in London, the Isle ofPurbeck, Milford Haven, and on the Trent had
. History of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers of the City of London, otherwise the Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass. ply and at a reason-able price. 1640, Sep. 15. Sir Robt. Mansell to the Sec, Windebank, made a state-ment concerning his glass works at Newcastle. He had spent £4,000 onthe furnaces and employed 60 workmen. Asks for two, three, or fourships to fetch away his glass and to bring coal. The reference to Newcastle in the foregoing is of interest because SirRobert in 1623 had stated that the furnaces erected in London, the Isle ofPurbeck, Milford Haven, and on the Trent had all failed, but that they hadbeen successful at Newcastle-on-Tyne ; it appears to infer that the initialsuccess at Newcastle had been maintained. 1639. The Saltpetremen petitioned the Crown against Sir R. Mansell,and in self-justification Mansell replied : I have done nothing for thefurnishing of His Majestys glass works with ashes but what shall bewarranted by the broad seal of England and the contentment of the wholecountry. CHAPTER V. THE CHARTERS, DEEDS, ETC., POSSESSED BY THE COMPANY, WITHEXTRACTS FROM THE HEN the writing of this History was commenced a traditionwas prevalent in the Company that a Glaziers Hall onceexisted and that it perished in the Great Fire of London,1666. The investigation into this matter has involvedconsiderable time and research, chiefly owing to the factthat no available data was forthcoming from the archives of the Company,due in the main to the catastrophe of 1870, whereby the majority of theparchment deeds were irretrievably destroyed (vide extracts from Minutes,1870). It is true that compensation for the damage, to the amount of£30, was subsequently received by the Company, but that sum, in the lightof the valuable records injured, appears to be far from adequate. Thewriting upon the parchments in some cases has been almost entirelyremoved, in others blank patches occur with illegible writing surroundingthem. By the natural Law of
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