By J. E. Nightingale, FS A. 333 
seal has disappeared from the contract, no information can be gained 
from his arms; but as he seems to have found the main timbers of 
the building himself, probably from his estate at Deverill, and 
employed Fayrebowe, a carpenter at Bishopstrow; in his own neigh- 
__ bourhood, to do the work, it is highly probable that he is the person 
alluded to. The name of Ludlow is not found amongst any of the 
citizens or officials of Salisbury at that time. 
The prosperity and affluence of the inhabitants of Salisbury at 
this period are proved by repeated applications for loans to the king. 
In 1444 Adam Moleyns, Dean of the Cathedral, was the bearer of 
a privy seal, addressed to the Mayor and Commonalty, to borrow a 
sum of money. A convention was accordingly held on the 27th 
July, and a resolution taken to advance forty pounds, provided 
sufficient security were offered for the repayment. The money was, 
as usual, raised by contributions from individuals. Early in the. 
reign of Henry V1. we find proof that a valuable and extensive 
traffic must then have been carried on at the fairs of Salisbury. 
Both the sureties mentioned in the deed, Simon Poy and Robert 
Warmwell, were persons of note in the city and must have been well 
known at thetime. They are frequently mentioned by Mr. Hatcher 
in his “History of Salisbury” in connexion with the corporation and 
in other matters of interest at that period. Simon Poy, on behalf 
of Fayrebowe, was Mayor of Salisbury in 1452, also one of the 
members for the city in 1455. About this time appears the first 
specific entry in the corporation accounts of the wages allowed to 
the representatives of the city in Parliament. In the early years of 
the reign of Henry VI. they received two shillings a day, during 
the respective terms of their service; this rate of payment appears — 
to have been generally observed. It is also worthy of notice, that 
in 1448 a resolution was taken in the convocation to elect none as 
Members of Parliament, who were not citizens and resident in the 
city. 
_ Robert Warmwell, mentioned in the indenture as the surety on 
behalf of William Ludlow, was of a family of some importance. He 
as Mayor in 1419, and again in 1429. King Henry VI. visited 
the city in 1434, After the election of a Mayor on All Souls Day, 

























