By J. E. Nightingale, F.S A. 



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seal has disappeared from the contract, no information can be gained 

 from his arms ; but as he seems to have found the main timbers of 

 the building' himself, probably from his estate at Deverill, and 

 employed Fayrebowe, a carpenter at Bishopstrow, in his own neigh- 

 bourhood, to do the woik, it is highly probable that he is the person 

 alluded to. The name of Ludlow is not found amongst any of the 

 citizens or officials of Salisbury at that time. 



The prosperity and affluence of the inhabitants of Salisbury at 

 this period are proved by repeated applications for loans to the king. 

 In 1444 Adam Moleyns, Dean of the Cathedral, was the bearer of 

 a privy seal, addressed to the Mayor and Commonalty, to borrow a 

 sum of money. A convention was accordingly held on the 27th 

 July, and a resolution taken to advance forty pounds, provided 

 sufficient security were offered for the repayment. The money was, 

 as usual, raised by contributions from individuals. Early in the 

 reign of Henry VI. we find proof that a valuable and extensive 

 traffic must then have been carried on at the fairs of Salisbury. 



Both the sureties mentioned in the deed, Simon Poy and Robert 

 Warmwell, were persons of note in the city and must have been well 

 known at the time. They are frequently mentioned by Mr. Hatcher 

 in his "History of Salisbury" in connexion with the corporation and 

 in other matters of interest at that period. Simon Poy, on behalf 

 of Fayrebowe, was Mayor of Salisbury in 1452, also one of the 

 members for the city in 1455. About this time appears the first 

 specific entry in the corporation accounts of the wages allowed to 

 the representatives of the city in Parliament. In the early years of 

 the reign of Henry VI. they received two shillings a day, during 

 the respective terms of their service; this rate of payment appears 

 to have been generally observed. It is also worthy of notice, that 

 in 1448 a resolution was taken in the convocation to elect none as 

 Members of Parliament, who were not citizens and resident in the 

 city. 



Uobert Warmwell, mentioned in the indenture as the surety on 

 behalf of William Ludlow, was of a family of some importance. He 

 was Mayor in 1419, and again in 1429. King Henry VI. visited 

 the city in 1434. After the election of a Mayor on All Souls Day, 



