198 The Company and the Trade. 



any wares of any tanned leather insufficiently tanned 

 and of tanned or curryed leather being not sufficiently 

 tanned and curried as ys aforesaid, or doe not make 

 their wares belonging to their severall Occupatyons 

 sufficiently and substantially, that then the Wardens of 

 Every of the said Companie of Sadlers Curriours Shoe- 

 makers and other artificers using and exercising cutting 

 of tanned leather for the tyme being shall forfaite and 

 lose for every such Defaulte and offence to bee comitted 

 or done by any pson or psons under their Order Surveye 

 or Searche Fyve Poundes." 



Section xxii. — '' Provided alwaye and be yt enacted 

 That all and every Artificer dwelling or inhabiting or 

 w*"^ hereafter shall dwell or inhaby^e w^^'in the Citie of 

 London or three myles compas of the same using or 

 exercising any Manuell Occupacon of cutting or worck- 

 ing of Leather into made wares shall contribute paye 

 and bee under the Survey and Search of the Wardens 

 of suche Companies of the said Citie of London as 

 Thartificer comonly using the like Occupacon being 

 Free men of the same Citie of London and of the same 

 Companye bee touching and concerning onely their 

 wares and stuff made of or w**" Leather, in like manner 

 fourme as other Freemen of the same Companye dothe 

 to the Wardens of their Companye w"'in the said 

 Citie." 



The search visits of the Company appear to 

 have been made regularly on the four quarter 

 Court days, as v^ell as at Intervening times not 

 specifically stated. If the defect either of material 

 or workmanship were very bad, the saddles or 

 other articles were promptly defaced. Sometimes 

 they were publicly burned at the door of the 

 maker, at other times they were taken to Cheap- 



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