History of the Company. 115 



should not attend by water on the Lord Mayor's Day 

 and alsoe the late guift of Francis Dashwood Esq. for 

 banners and streamers for their better accommodacon 

 on that day and that this Company is as well able to 

 defray the charge thereof as formerly Doe think fitt to 

 repeale and make void the said recited order and Doe 

 order that this Company shall attend this yeare by 

 water on the Lord Mayor's Day as formerly they have 

 done and for that purpose it is referred to the M"" and 

 Wardens to hyer a Barge and provide Trumpetts for 

 the same day." 



After the lapse of a few years, however, the 

 Company adhered to their first resolution, and 

 contented themselves with their railed stands, a 

 custom which they maintained until the early 

 part of the present century. In 1784 occurs an 

 order prohibiting the drinking of v/ine and the 

 use of tobacco, and in 1797 the Livery petitioned 

 the Court to abolish the stand and the beef 

 breakfasts, and in place thereof to permit their 

 ladies to dine in the evening, a request which it 

 is stated the Court '' agreed to for that year." 



The Calendars of State Papers contain frequent 

 *' King's Esquire reference to an official known as the 



Saddler." King's Esquire Saddler. Such mention 

 occurs as early as 1444. This functionary w^as 

 invariably a member of the Company. When, how- 

 ever, in 1680, a coachmaker was appointed to this 

 distinction, the Company were so much concerned 

 at the new departure that they appointed a 

 deputation from the Assistants to make repre- 

 sentations to the King. The Company's records 



