300 JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION, 
com burges of the same burghe with all the comens of the Same burghe 
haue geuen and g®unten vnto the brethern and Crafte of Tayllors of the 
same Burghe full auctorite and power to electe chese and make masters of 
theyre occupacon and Crafte, and they so made and chosen by theym of the 
same occupacon and shall haue full auctoritee and power to rule and Correcte 
all things belonging to the said occupacon and crafte so ffyxte made and 
stablyshed. They shall make or cause to be made at the cost and charge of the 
said Crafte a pagent yearly vnto Corpus Xri Ilde for the welthe and proffitt 
of the said Ilde on Corpus Xri day. And the same they shall kepe and 
maynteyn for eut at their Coste and charge for the which pagent the said 
bretherdyn may be prayed for ever in the same Ilde. And on that yf there 
be any man of the same occupacon in the same towne not keping household 
that then he or they so being in the said towne not keping household shalbe 
noon of the said occupacon but that he or they shall make fyne with us the 
said mayer and Comons And also with the said occupacon and Orafte after 
the order and discression of men of the said Crafte by the ou'sight of the 
said mayer. And yf the said wardens and Crafte amytte any man to be oon 
of the said occupacon and Crafte. And he happyn to destroye or marre any 
man of garment for lakke of vnderstondyng, and non cunnyng yn that 
behalfe, that then he or they so hurted or greved shall warne the master or 
masters of the same occupacon thereof, and then the said masters of the 
same occupacon shall paye and contente for the garment or garments so 
distroyed as hit can be thought reasonable for the same hurte, hauing a 
recompense of the same pson or psons. 
Provyded alway by this psents that the said masters and Crafte and euty 
pson of the same shal be ordered ruled and gou'ned by the mayer of the 
said burghe for the tyme being in eu'y thing according to the lbtye and 
fourme of the said Towne and burghe as any oder of the inhitaunts there 
being this g™unte not withstonding. 
Note here, that in spite of its monopoly, this charter differs in 
one very material particular from the regulations of our modern 
trades’ unions—it does secure that there shall be good workmanship. 
Nor are the other regulations which I have to quote, and which 
are of about the same date, by any means altogether to be 
condemned. 
The Mayor comaundith in the king’s name of England that all maner of 
Bakers make good brede and of good corne and holsome for man’s bodye, 
and that they make a loffe for a peny ij loffes for a peny and iiij loffes for a 
peny, and that yor brede keepe weight att the first tyme vpon payne of a 
grevous am'cemt and the second tyme a grevouser am'ciament and the third 
faulte a payne of the pillorie and to forfaite their Bread and their bodie to 
prison and there to make or fyne att the Mayor’s will. 
Also that all manner Brewers make good ale and of good malte holsome 
for man’s bodye, and that they sell a gallon of the best in the keve for 
14 and q., and when it is cleare and stale in the Barrell for 140b. And of 
the second ale in the kyve for iij farthings, and when it is cleare and stale 
