26th August, 1557. It was ordered that Mrs. Dawson, the Widow of one Bryckett-- a Toothe drawer shall paye no quartryge to the hawle nor hange oute any signe or clothe w{th} teethe as she hearetofore hath don. 12th October, 1557. John West was discharged out of this howse bycawse he wold not abyde y{e} order of y{e} M{r} & govˀnors and one Asheton had lycence to arest hym. Various entries occur about this period of freemen being brought before the Court and punished for using “obrobrious wordes.” 9th November, 1557. It was ordered that Robert Postell (Warden 1544) should have a “yerely anewitie oute of thys howse” of 40{s.} A freeman before “setting up shop” was required to procure the testimony of one or more citizens that he was worth 10 marks, and to obtain a licence from the Court; there are numerous examples in point, _e.g._:-- 16th November, 1557. Heare was before the M{r} and Govˀnors Rychard Lynley and he had Lycẽce to sett up hys shoppe and one Johan Coale of the Cytie of London Cytizen and Clothwoorcker Deposed that the sayd Rychard ys worthe and valued of hys proper owne vj{li} xiij{s} iiij{d.} 23rd November, 1557. Licence was granted to William Thomlyn-- To drawe teethe and to make cleane teethe and no more and he ys so admytted a brother into thys howse but not yet sworne and he hathe payde x{s} and rest other ten shyllings he wyll brynge in as sowne as he can. 11th January, 1558. The same daye Tyndall y{e} Armorer is dysmyst & shall have no more his fee oute of this howse bycawse he gave none attendañce whan o{r} soldyers wer sett oute to calyce[143] & John gamlyn is admytted armorer & he to have y{e} same fee y{t} tyndall had y{t} is to saye by the yere x{s.} [143] Calais. 19th April, 1558. My lady Aylyff gave a fyne table cloth of damaske worcke to srv̈e for the uppermost table in the hawle the w{ch} of her jentyllness she gave frely unto this hawle. 22nd November, 1558. An order was made against John John that he should pay 6_s._ to William Bourne for “ij Barbores potts” which he had lost. 1566. The second volume of Court Minutes contains a long list of “Lawes Actes and Ordenances” enacted by the Court in 1566, but as many of these are not of sufficient interest to warrant transcribing, the headings of such will only be given here 1. An order to avoied grudg or displeasure for the elecc͠on. This was that no one was to “fynd fault” with the election of Master or Governors if the persons so elected should at any time be chosen out of their turn. 2. An order that solempne service be saied one the day of Elecc͠on.