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Antiquity and Early 



In the same and the succeeding years we have 

 the following record of the election of the Com- 

 pany's Executive : — 



" Election of Masters of Saddlers. 



Rumbold Bodd 



Walter Yong 

 John Cole 

 Simon Byrthorp 



Masters of Saddlers sworn to faith- 

 fully discharge their duty, and such 

 defects as they shall find in the 

 same mistery faithfully to present 

 to the Mayor and Aldermen, and 

 ^ to rule and supervise the same 

 mistery, to wit Thursday next be- 

 fore the Feast of S. Peter ad Vin- 

 cula [i Aug.], the 50th year of the 

 reign of King Edward the Third 

 after the Conquest [a.d. 1376]."^ 



'' Masters of Saddlers sworn. 



Richard Stacy 

 Thomas Soysse 

 Robert Forster 

 William Sherewode 



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These are elected Masters of the 

 Saddlers and presented by good 

 men of the same mistery, and 

 sworn the 9th day of July in the 

 1st year of the reign of King 

 Richard the Second after the 

 Conquest [a.D. 1377] to rule well 

 the said mistery and to faith- 

 fully present such defects 

 as they shall find, and faithfully 

 to perform ail other duties as 

 appertain to the said office, 

 &c." ' 



^ Letter Book H., fol. 43 b. 

 2 Ibid., fol. 68 b. 



