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Sadler. Vol. V. London. Issued to the subscribers by Phillimore & 

 Co., 124, Chancery Lane. 1907. This volume contains the 



additional pages of entries at Colerne discovered too late to be included 

 in Vol. IV. 

 The Ancient Guilds of SalisDury. Under this title a very 

 falfaSrsedes o^ papers has appeared at intervals in the Sal,.!n.r, 

 t::^auZi^.elnof Mr. C. Hasluns, assisted by other Sahsbury 



" nS'i September 7th, 1907, deals with the Guild of St. George, 

 wliTwasL fraternity of the Mayor andf°vporation, with its o.^^ 



;mimenrs'and the bool.s of the guilds not to be ^°-^^j\-;^--;,^^^,^. 

 Number 2. Septeiuber 21st, 1907, gives an accoun ° ^^^ ^^;-^^^^^^^^^ 

 Guild and hicidentallv of a book in possession of the Co poration, 

 Sth names and occupations of between 500 and 600 citizens who 

 contributed to the cost of obtaining the charter of f-^ J"' "^J^^J;^^^^ 

 Number 3. December 28th, 1907, gives a complete 1-* ^^ *« ^raft 

 Guilds with the names of the wardens, from the ledger A^^^f 18. Hen 

 VI also a long account of the Weavers' Guild, and of the Watch of St. 

 Osmond's Eve, the great pageant of the Guilds. , ,, , , „,.,,, 



Number 4 January 4th, 1908. The re-orgamsation of the old guilds 

 .3 ciy companies under Elizabeth, and their new order and constitutions 

 :.nde?the charter of 1612. The history of the J--^' Company and 

 leir hall, now happily the property of the National Trust. It is 

 su-estedthat the chains and badges now hanging in the committee 

 room It the municipal offices are probably those which the six licensed 

 Pnal dealers were ordered to wear m 1630. , , /^ i , 



Numb r 5. January 11th, 1908, deals with the history of the Cooks^ 

 Companv, the Shoemakers' and the Woolcombei.', the latter making 

 it appea\;nce at the celebration of the conclusion oi Ve-^e .nim 

 when only four of the ancient guilds or companies were left to ake pait 

 hithe proceedings, viz., the tailors, the weavers, the shoemakers, and 



^°Number 6. January 18th, 1908, gives in full the orders and consti- 

 tuUo^ of the Company of Butchers granted to them by the Town 

 CouTdl by virtue of the powers conferred on them by the charter of 



^Tumber 7. February 1st, 1908. In this article the chamberlains' 

 accounts of the Joiners' Company from 1615 to 1622 are gn^n m full, 

 in lu'ng those of John Beckham (1617) and his brother Humphrey 

 Be kham (1621), who are believed to have been the eawers of much of 

 the ornamental wood work in the city. In St. Thomas Chuich is a 

 memorial to Humphrey Beckham carved by himsel. 



Number 8. February loth, 1908. The Tailors' Guild was one of 



