HiSTOEY OF THE CoMPANY. 



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and Lorimers in iron and in copper, dwelling in the City 

 of London, that no stranger, of whatsoever condition he 

 may be, shall be admitted to, or suffered to follow, any 

 of the said trades in the same City, before he shall have 

 been received at the Husting in presence of the Mayor 

 and Aldermen, by assent of eight reputable men who 

 shall be chosen to keep and oversee the same trades ; 

 and shall have found for the Commonalty sufficient 

 surety among persons of the same trades as he is bound 

 to do. And if any person be found to contravene the 

 ordinance aforesaid, he may be amerced in the sum of 

 one mark, in manner below stated. 



" ' And also they pray that no manner of work be- 

 longing to the same trades that has once been used, 

 shall be afterwards repaired for resale thereof ; and if it 

 shall so happen that any such repaired work shall be 

 found on resale, that it shall be forfeited to the Mayor 

 and to the Commonalty. 



" ' And, further, they pray that every time that any 

 freeman shall be found to contravene the points afore- 

 said, or any one of them, he shall be amerced in the 

 sum of one mark at the Chamber of the Guildhall, 

 without having release or pardon thereof " ^ 



In 1350, the City Letter Books record a re- 

 monstrance from the Kinpf to the 



A.D. 1350. , . .. 



Wages of Sad- Mayor and Sheriffs, directed against 

 Roya^ Ordi-^ the high rate of wages demanded by 

 nance. Saddlers and other artificers of the 

 City, in the following words^ : — 



" Edward, by the grace of God King of England and 



^ The result of this petition is not stated. 



^ Letter Book F., fol. 148, b. The original is in Latin. 



