Barbers -- England -- London -- History -- Sources; Barbers' Company (London, England) -- History; Surgery -- England -- London -- History -- Sources
you the Maister Wardeins and other Assistants of the worthy Company
of Barbar Surgions to contribute out of y{e} publicke Stock, to the
worke aforesaid what you out of y{r} Charitye and devotion shall
thinke fitt, and to pay the Summe resolved on by you into the Chamber
of London at or before our Lady Day next, praying you that I may
receave by any servant of yo{r} Companye a note what the Summe is
which you resolve to give. And for this Charity of yo{rs} whatsoever
it shall prove to be, I shall not onely give you harty thankes, but
be as ready to serve you and every of you, as you are to serve God
and his Church. Soe not doubting of yo{r} love and forwardnes to this
greate worke, I leave you to the grace of God, and shall soe rest
[117] Health in Christ.
Yo{r} very loving ffreind
GUIL: LONDON:
London house, January 30. 1632.
And thereupon this Court deepely considering the contentꝭ of that
letter together with the pˀnte ruines and dilapidac͠ons of the said
Church, and as faithfull and charitable members obliged largely to
contribute to soe pious and religious a worke Doe nowe order that out
of the stock and revenew of this house there shalbe paid into the
Chamber of london towardꝭ the said repaire x{li} pˀntely and x{li}
yearely for nine yeares followeing to make it upp compleate a C{li}
as of the free guift of this house. And if att any tyme hereafter the
worke doe cease that then our payementꝭ to cease likewise.
1633. This year the Company built a granary at the Hall, for the store
of Corn.
12th July, 1633. A new set of By-Laws was framed and allowed by
the proper authorities. These are extant on twelve great skins of
parchment, more wordy and of greater length than those of 4th James I!
They are, however, very similar to those, with technical alterations
and amendments here and there, and provision is made for Lectures on
Surgery, demonstrations of anatomy, and for the better Examination of
Surgeons. Clause 19 provides that any freemen of the mystery who shall
use any arts, trades or sciences other than Surgery “shall be accepted,
reputed, adjudged and taken for Barbars.” Empirics and impostors were
to be rigorously dealt with, and the Court was to have supervision
over _all_ Navy Surgeons, their chests, medicines and instruments. No
Barbers or Surgeons were to be impressed for the Navy without license
of the Court, and numerous regulations were made for the government of
the Company.
The document is signed by Richard Earl of Portland, Lord Treasurer; Sir
Thomas Richardson and Sir Robert Heath, the Lords Chief Justices; the
seals of the first two are still pendant, but that of Sir Robert Heath
is missing.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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