January, 1626. Whereas his Ma{tie} hath bene pleased to appoint Mr. Thomas Caldwell his Ma{ts} servant and Barber to make provisions of all such necessaries as are to be used at the Ceremony of Bathing the Kn{ts} of the Bath at this his Ma{ties} Coronac͠on to be holden on the 2{d} day of February next at Westm{r} as to his place by auntient custome belongeth I do therefore will and require all such whome it may concearne to take notice thereof hereby for permitting him to doe and performe all such services as hath bene accustomed in that behalfe & for delivering such necessaries in kynd or allowance of money to the valeu thereof as shalbe by him required for the same according to the auntient custome heretofore used therein. The number of the said Kn{ts} for whome such provisions are to be made being 80, by his Ma{tie} appointed to receave that degree. ARUNDELL & SURREY. Examined by W{m} Ryley } Lancaster Herald } Mr. Caldwell does not appear to have left his widow well provided for, as we read under date 10th July, 1643: Upon the distressed Petic͠on of Widdow Thamar Caldwall late Wife of M{r} Thomas Caldwall deceased there is given to her of the gift of this House v{li.} 1624 and 1625. In the minutes of this period are constant notices of the “visitation,” and of “the contagious tyme.” The Plague raged with great severity in London in 1625, and it is said that over 40,000 died of it in the year. The Company appear to have been very liberal in their gifts of money to any who had the least claim upon them, the relief being frequently stated to have been given by “reason of the hardnes of the tymes.” 11th April, 1625. This daye the pˀcept for provision of corne sent unto o{r} Companie by the lord Maio{r} of london was here read in Courte, And this Courte is fullie resolved that the present M{rs} doe give unto the Lord Maio{r} and returne him this answeare that the Companie is provided of their proportion of corne and more they are not able to provide or receive into their charge. 1628. This year the Company were compelled to “lend” the King £360, which they with great difficulty raised, the greater part being borrowed at interest to enable them to do so. They also paid £30 towards a “present” (?) of £5,000 given by the City to the Palsgrave (Frederick, Prince Elector Palatine, son-in-law of James I). 15th August, 1629. On this day was sealed the Company’s new Charter from Charles I. It is in Latin on five large skins of parchment with the Great Seal of England pendant. There is a portrait of the King with a stiletto beard in the initial letter, and an ornamental heading along the top of the first skin. This Charter ratifies that of James I, directs that public lectures on Surgery shall be given, and confirms and somewhat varies the old regulations for the governance of the practitioners of that science.