164 Internal Affairs of the Company. 



1627. December 6th. 



" At this Court it is ordered that the Wardens of the 

 yeomandrie shall have given them the some of ffive 

 pounds and a noble ande xxvj^ viij*^ is allowed for a 

 messe of meate on the Lord Mayor's daie." 



1 63 1. November lytJi. 



" At this Court it is ordered that there shall be paid 

 to Wardens of the yeomandrie for two messe of meate 

 w^^' they p'vided on the Lord Maior's daie in the Parlor 

 V;^. And it is further ordered that the Renter Warden 

 shall paie them towards their charge the sum of fower 

 pounds." 



1 640. A iigtist 6th. 



" At this Co*"**^ itt is ordered that Thomas Jones and 

 Josuah Sheppard shall keepe their yeomandries dynner 

 att the accustomed tymes of St. Bartholomew and the 

 Lord Maior's Day." 



In 1624 it was ordained that " the custom of 

 bringing home the Wardens of the yeomanry 

 having been long ago broken off by reason of 

 some disorder to the discredit of the fellowship, 

 the said custom of ' bringing home ' and the 

 charge arising therefrom should be wholly re- 

 mitted, but that the yeomanry's dinner, or Bartho- 

 lomew's Feast, as well as the Lord Mayor's 

 dinner, should be continued." 



The Company ensured a fair supply of venison 

 by requiring the annual gift of a buck from 

 their tenants, or a monetary equivalent. The 

 practice was by no means an uncommon one at 

 the time : — 



