In consequence of the continued prosperity of the Horners’ Company, due to many causes, doubtless, at a time when little life was being evinced, to the work of Mr. James Curtis, but especially in the present activity of its esteemed Clerk, Mr. Howard Deighton, it was found necessary in 1905 to apply again to the Court of Aldermen for an increase in the livery to the number of 100, which was granted subject to the livery fine being increased to £30. _Sic floreant Cornuarii!_ [Illustration: colophon] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Punctuation has been normalized. Variations in hyphenation have been retained as they were in the original publication. Italicized phrases are presented by surrounding the text with _underscores_. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A Short History of the Worshipful Company of Horners, by H. G. Rosedale