27th January, 1618. Upon the humble petic͠on unto this Companie preferred by Thomas Shaw a pore brother of this Companie & now lyeinge in Ludgate thereby sueing for some releife to discharge him out of prison. It is therefore ordered by this Court that if the some of 30{s} will discharge him out of prison it shalbe disbursed out of the stock of this howse. 20th September, 1622. At this Court is gyven to Susan the Clarkꝭ mayde towardꝭ her marriage 40{s} in gratuity. At this Court it is ordered that Jones the Waterman shall have for the hier of our barge against the lord Maio{rs} day fower poundꝭ So as it is a large barge will hold the hole lyvery And to worke w{th} 7 or 8 oweis.[164] [164] Oars. 31st January, 1625. It is straightly ordered by this Courte that the pˀnte M{rs} or Governo{rs} and their successors shall take speciall care to comence and prosecute any suite by lawe against any ignorant imposters or other pˀsons exerciseing the arte of Chirurgery aboute this Cittie not free of this Companye & alsoe such as shall keepe shoppes for barbery within this Cittye being free of other Companies & not of ours. 19th January, 1626. This daye John Mills and George Roades are chosen to be of our Assistants for Barbars and Henry Blackley and Peter Thorney for Surgions. Item this Courte takeing into their considerac͠ons the fewnes of our Livery many of them being lately dead by reason of the late greate visitac͠on doe elect and choose John Pinder Edward Charley Edward ffleete Robert Clarke Samuell Dye and Lewis Gossidge to be of the Clothing of our Companye. 15th February, 1626. At this Courte it is ordered that William Kellett do bring in his fine of vj{s} viij{d} at the next Courte for his unseemely carriage and vile language to Walter Preist being contrary to the ordinance and good goverment of this house, which fine the said William Kellett here in Courte refused and said he would not paye it. At the same Court Priest was ordered to pay Kellett £3 which he owed him. 8th June, 1626. Kellett, not having paid his fine, was ordered to be dismissed out of the livery. 26th October, 1626. But becoming repentant, he made humble suit to the Court to be reinstated, “protesting here in Courte that as he hopeth to be saved he did not speak those wordꝭ and if he did he is very sorroy for it,” upon which submission and payment of his fine, he was readmitted to the livery. 23rd February, 1626. This daye upon the petic͠on of Thomas Borne and a certificate under the hand of Docto{r} Allott that the said Borne was a Scholler of the house in St. Johns Colledge in Cambridge it is ordered by the Court that for one yeare ensueing he shall have iij{li} to be paid him by M{r} Warᵭ Molins.