i6o Internal Affairs of the Company. 



Clothinge of this fellowship and likewise it is ordered 

 that Daniell Potter, Michael Helmsley, and Thomas 

 Starkey shalbe also taken into the Clothinge to serve 

 on the Lord Maiors daie." 



1632. December 20th. 



" At this Court William Grantham was fined in ij' vj'^ 

 for not wayting on Michaelmas Daie whereof he paid 

 xij*^ w^' was delivered to Mr. Warden Pease." 



It was customary for a yeomanry's dinner to be 

 held annually on or near St. Bartholomew's Day 

 (24th August) ; this was the origin of the present 

 Stewards' Festival. Two members of the Livery 

 were annually and in turn appointed by the title 

 of '' Wardens of the Yeomanry and Stew^ards ot 

 the Lord Mayor's Feast." From a minute in 

 September, 1607, and again in July, 161 4, we 

 learn that the Wardens of the yeomanry were 

 elected publicly in the Hall at a general assembly, 

 and that after their election they made a banquet 

 to the Assistants and Livery, who accompanied 

 them home for the purpose. Subsequently the 

 newly elected Wardens of the yeomanry were 

 required to feast the yeomanry in the Hall, on or 

 about St. Bartholomew's Day, usually a few days 

 later, to which feast we find by a minute on the 

 14th August, 1 7 13, the members were allowed to 

 bring their apprentices and boys; the obligations of 

 the Wardens of the yeomanry ceased upon giving a 

 dinner to the Assistants and Livery on Michaelmas 

 Day, known as the Lord Mayor's Feast. Failure 

 to keep these feasts involved a fine of ^20, which 



