Of persons employed in the mechanical trades connected with 

 building, the number is very small. During this long series of 

 years, only 8 Carpenters, 11 Masons, 5 Plumbers, 1 Plasterer, 

 1 Teighler, and 1 Payntor, appear on the register. 



In the metallic arts we have Mouneours [2] ; Goldsmiths [6] ; 

 and Latoners [6J, who were workers or manufacturers of Latten, 

 a mixed or base metal, much resembling brass, which was 

 largely used in former times, especially in the formation of 

 sepulchral monuments. ' We have also several Cotolers ^ 

 [20], and Fahri or Smiths [10], a few Mareschals [7] or Black- 

 smiths, Ferroniers ^ [9] and Irenmangers ; Ferrours [6], or Far- 

 riers ; and Aguilers [6] or Nedelers, a Loksmyth, a Copperer, 

 and a Wiredragher. Of workers in wood, there are only a 

 Tumour, a Wheelwright, and a few Cowpers. 



The register affords no indication of either commerce or 

 navigation being in a flourishing state, during these reigns. 

 The thirty, five years of Edward I. give only 2 called Mer~ 

 cator, and 9 Mariners, but in the twenty years of the reign 

 of his successor, the Mercatores amount to 23, and the Mari- 

 ners to 21. 



Upon a review of these facts it may be concluded, that in the 

 course of the 55 years which elapsed between the accession of 

 King Edward I. in 1272 and the death or deposition of his son 

 in 1327, little improvement had taken place in York. The 

 only manufacture that appears to have been established in the 

 city, was that of leather ; the cultivation of the arts of social 

 life seems to have made little progress ; nor is there any ground 

 to infer from the number of new citizens or the description of 

 trades to which they were admitted, that there had been any 

 considerable increase either of population or buildings. 



But the long reign of King Edward III. forms a new era in the 

 history of our city. Under the vigorous government of that 

 able monarch, trade, manufactures and commerce received a 

 fresh impulse ; and rapid advances appear to have been made 



' Prompt. Parv., 289. 



» Coutelier, (Ft.) qui fait et vend des couteaux, et autres instruments 

 tranchants. 



' Ferronier, (Fr.) q,ui vend des ouvrages de fer. 



