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of the Company. — Burials. — The Funeral Pall or Burial Cloth. — 

 Courts or Assemblies. — Fines. — The Company a "Fellowship;" 

 Members not to rebuke one another — not to sue one another at 

 Law without License from the Wardens. — Peacemaking ; quaint inci- 

 dents. — Etiquette at Meetings. — Light-coloured Clothes prohibited 

 at Meetings. — Apprentices " polled close," pp. 149-178. 



CHAPTER IV.— The Company and the Trade. 



The Company anciently all of the Craft.— -Freedom by Patrimony. 

 — Impracticability of restricting the Company to Members of the 

 Trade. — The Ordinances of the Company in conformity with the Laws 

 of the Period. — Statute of 5 Eliz., cap. 4. — All Trades to be Learned 

 by Apprenticeship. — Apprentices to the Saddlery Trade examined by 

 the Wardens. — Number of Apprentices limited by Ordinances. — 

 Regulations concerning Apprentices. — Curious Custom upon taking 

 up Freedom. — Spoons — they accumulate, and are exchanged for other 

 Plate. — Responsibility of Apprentices. — Company Mediate between 

 Apprentices and their Masters. — "Opening Shop." — "Proof 

 Piece." — Ordinances impose Honesty of Dealing. — Saddles to be 

 made openly. — To be viewed by Company before Sold. — 

 "Forreyners." — Statute 5 Eliz., cap. 8. — Leadenhall. — Searchers and 

 Sealers of Leather. — Custom of Search. — Conclusion, pp. 179-204. 



List of Ancient Masters and Wardens of the Company, with 

 some Biographical Notices, pp. 205-219. 



SUPPLEMENT. — A Description of Plate and other Articles 

 OF Interest in the Company's Possession, pp. 220-232. 



ADDENDUM. — The Will of William Lincoln, dated 2oth 

 November, 1392, bequeathing the Guild of Saddlers a 

 sum of Money for the purpose of building a Common 

 Hall, p. 233. 



INDEX, p. 235. 



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