96 History of the Company, 



1644. March 20th. 



At this Court It is ordered that the Wardens Assts. 

 and clothinc^e, and the new liverie that is to bee taken 

 in, shall bringe in their Certificate that they have taken 

 the last Covenhte/ 



On the 17th April, 1645, the following minute 

 1645. occurs : — 



"At this Court it is ordered that the peticon now read 

 shalbe ingrossed and delivered in the name of the 

 Company unto the Comittee that p'vide sadles for the 

 armie." 



We may safely construe the object of this 

 petition as being to obtain a contract for the 

 manufacture and supply of saddles for the army. 

 The Calendars of State Papers about this period 

 contain numerous records relating to the part 

 taken by the Company and its members in 

 furnishing the army, as will be seen from the 

 following excerpts : — 



1639. January \/\th. 



" Order of the Committee of the Council of War. 

 That some of the principal saddlers of London attend 

 the Earl of Essex, who is to treat with them touching 

 the furnishing a proportion of good saddles, with bits, 

 straps, and other appurtenances according to a pattern 



1 The Solemn League and Covenant was a modification of 

 the National Covenant, drawn up at Edinburgh five years 

 previously, as a protest against the attempt of Charles to 

 enforce Episcopacy upon the Scotch. 



