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DERBYSHIRE TAPESTRY. 



no more than is expressed by that word " Brabant," the Yery home 



of the Tapiser's craft. ^ . .u« 



Happily, we are not left to conjecture with regard to the 

 manufacture of tapestry in York during the middle ages. The 

 Rev Canon Rame of that city, the well-known historian and 

 arch^ologist, has kindly furnished us with a list of tapestry 

 weavers, or " arras-men;' as they appear to have been called in 

 York, from ut3 to 1570, about whom there can be no doubt. 

 He observes-" Many foreigners occur on the archives of \ork, 

 but their trades are not often mentioned ; " Textors," " Websters, 

 and "Weavers" excepted. 



18 Ed HI. Joh. de Colonia, Webster. 



Hankinus de Durdrght {no doubt the Hanekinus 



de Brabant mentioned above.) 

 Girwinus Giffard, de Gaunt, Textor. 

 Philip Lowes, " Araser." 

 Henry of y^ Yate, " Ares-man." 

 Cristianus de la Greve, '' Ares-man ^ 

 Julius Fysche, " Aras-itian." 

 Esdras Browyns, Dacheman (Dutch-man), and 

 Anthony Rayskaest, Doche-man (Dutch-man), 

 arres workers. 

 Again, another entry on the Patent Rolls of 1344 leaves 

 no doubt about the matter (v. i Pat. 18, Ed. HI. in tergo),^ 

 "De inquirendo de mysteria tapiciariorum Londonensis. 

 These certainly were more than ordinary carpet weavers. No 

 doubt England was supplied mainly from the continent with her 

 choicest hangings, but Miintz (almost naturally) seems rather to 

 ignore the idea of English-made hangings in the middle ages ; an 

 impression, we think, which cannot now be supported, for the 

 "Liber Albus" of the city of London contains a writ and an 

 ordinance concerning the "Tapisers" (G. 168 and 257) as 

 early as 26 Edward HI., a.d. 1353. and in the same record 

 are regulations concerning the election and oaths of the master 

 Tapisers. 



31 Ed. HL 



1413- 



1454 

 1460 

 1492 

 1570 



