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Wardens and others accordinge to o'' orders. They all 

 submitted themselves to the Court w^'' p'mise not to 

 offend in the like kinde hereafter Will'" Freeman offering 

 to cleere himself upon othe for what was layd to his 

 charge. Their offenc' p'doned." 



1648. October ^ist. 



" At this Court Richard Bei^rhton was fined for two 

 naiightie strapps vj' 



;d " 



Occasionally a Saddler objected to the search ; 

 when this was the case, however, the objection 

 was simply the result of a consciousness of offence 

 in trade, and a foreboding of the inevitable seizure 

 of his goods constituting that offence. Neverthe- 

 less, the Company's prerogative was not to be 

 disputed. The recalcitrant Saddler was sum- 

 moned before the Wardens and Assistants of the 

 Company, and if he refused to conform to the 

 fine or other punishment imposed, a warrant was 

 promptly obtained from the Lord Mayor or 

 Recorder, and the offender summarily committed 

 to prison. 



1609. August i^tk. 



"The daye and yeres aforesaide Thomas Moore a 

 Journeyman and s'vant vnto one Robert Dycars a 

 CoUermaker of the p'ishe of St. Giles in the Field for 

 mysusing the Wardeins aforenamed in their search by 

 resisting them and slandering them was sent for by a 

 warrant graunted out under the hande of the WorshipfuU 

 Recorder of London and being brought before the saide 

 Company of the Sadlers he the said Thomas Moore 



