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£47 3s, 4d. was paid for his extraordinary pains in burning the 23- 
witches (there were 25 of them, but one died in prison and 
another took away her own life) and hanging 4 pirates, and on 
account of being abstracted so often from his business in the 
execution of his duties as Dean of the Guild, but this was not to 
be a precedent, so we may imagine that a few hangings or burning 
occurred every year. Wm. Dunn’s officer, the Warden or Beadle 
was also allowed 40 marks for attending the same business. 
In Aberdeen the Dean who corresponded to the Master was 
also enjoined about the time the Bath Charter was confirmed to 
see an Armoury was erected and every Burgess was furnished 
with a musket, but no mention of any Tailor is to be found in 
Mr. King’s book on Bath “ Cavaliers and Roundheads.” Ashe, 
whose name often occurs in the civic history of this time, was a 
clothier, but that means a maker of and not a worker in cloth. 
One Master only appears to have been unpopular and even 
this unpopularity may have arisen from political trouble. 
Mr. W. Tanner, in 1679, in the days of Titus Oates and the 
Parliamentary Test, when the story of the black box containing 
proof of Monmouth’s legitimacy was in every mouth and men 
knew not which side to take, declined to execute the duties of 
his office, with results which we will mention presently. Mr. 
Wm. Collibee, a man of influence in Bath, had already declined 
the office and paid the fine when Tanner was elected Junior 
Master. 
Insult to the Master was penal. ‘On June 11, 1677, Mr. 
~ Burton paid for his offence to Mr. Hurd the Master 6s. 8d.” 
_ One Master, Mr. Moon, died—1735—during his term of office, 
Mr. John Tubb a previous master being elected his successor for 
_ the remainder of the year. 
I have been able to construct a list of Masters extending over 
nearly 100 years, which is appended to this paper. 
THE WARDENS, 
The list of Wardens is not quite so complete. 
