184 The Company and the Trade. 



1606. November iStk. 



" This Courte Daye Henry Yate brought in his fyne 

 of xx' for sondry consideracons he was released of the 

 same fyne for and vpon the payment of five shilHngs 

 w^'' he paide for keepeing of three Apprentices contrary 

 to o'' order." 



If It happened that the master died before the 

 apprentice was out of his term, the Wardens of 

 the Company were empowered to remove the 

 apprentice after compensating the widow, and to 

 set him over to finish his term with another 

 member. If, however, the widow of the deceased 

 member remained single and carried on her 

 husband's craft, or If she married another member 

 of the Company, she was at liberty to retain the 

 apprentice. In the latter contingency, however, 

 It was expressly stipulated that the number 

 of apprentices to be kept jointly by the former 

 widow and her second husband should not exceed 

 the number permitted to any ordinary member. 



Every master, after his apprentice had served 

 his time, was required to present him to the 

 Wardens of the Company, and to make a decla- 

 ration that he had duly fulfilled his term. The 

 apprentice was thereupon sworn to be obedient to 

 the rules of the Company, and after paying 2s. 2d} 

 was presented by the Wardens to the Chamber- 

 lain of the City and admitted to the freedom of 

 the Company. 



1 Ordinances, 3rd Eliz. ; increased to 6s. by the Ordinances 

 of Charles II. 



