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the total of wliich amounts to ^^297 9^'. 4^. ; to the 

 great damage and impoverishment of the said trades, 

 and as to the which they pray for favour and redress. 



" ' And further, whereas the great lords of the realm 

 do give their old saddles to their palfreymen, these 

 persons sell them to the said Saddlers, who then try to 

 harness them afresh, and to sell them for new, to the 

 loss of all the commonalty of the realm.' 

 ^, e JJ^ 5 " Answer made to the Petition : — 



The baddlers 



Reply to "' As to the first point in this Petition, 



the Petition, ^j^^ Saddlers say that they never did so, 

 and never will do so. As to the second point, they have 

 their recovery before the Sheriff, by plea of debt. As 

 to the third point, they concede that from henceforth 

 no old saddles shall be harnessed for re-sale as new 

 ones, and that if any such be found, the same shall be 

 adjudged upon before the Mayor and Aldermen. 



"'And also, the Saddlers aforesaid have conceded for 

 themselves and for all their trade that among them no 

 confederacy or alliance shall be made, either against the 

 City, or against the aforesaid Joiners, Lorimers, and 

 others of their companionship, at any time to come, on 

 pain of paying 10 tuns of wine to the Commonalty of 

 London, whosoever shall be convicted thereof. And 

 that in the same manner the Joiners, Lorimers in copper 

 and in iron, and Painters, shall [be answerable] for 

 themselves and for their trades.' 



** And a certain petition was also presented to the 

 Mayor and Aldermen, the tenor of which is as fol- 

 lows : — 



" ' To the Mayor and to the Commonalty of the City of 

 London, shew and make plaint the Saddlers of the said 

 City ; that whereas contumelious words had arisen 

 between William de Karletone, Saddler, and William de 

 Stokwelle, Painter, and by reason of such words, six 

 good folks of the one trade and six of the other, did 



