Nicholas Simpson, M. 1537. John Penn, M. 1539. Edmund Harman, M. 1540. Thomas Caldwell, M. 1628. Thomas Davyes, M. 1639. Thomas Lisle, M. 1662. Ralph Foliard, M. 1664. M. signifies Master. A LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY WHO HAVE SERVED THE OFFICES OF SHERIFF, ALDERMAN OR LORD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LONDON. -------------------------+-------+--------+--------------------+------ NAME. |MASTER.|SHERIFF.| ALDERMAN. |MAYOR. -------------------------+-------+--------+--------------------+------ Sir John Ayliffe | 1538 | 1548 |Bridge Without, 1551| -- (_Grocer_) | | |Dowgate | Sir Peter Proby | 1615 | 1614 |Queenhithe | 1622 (_Grocer_) | | | | Sir John Frederick | } | |{Vintry, 1653 | 1661 (_Grocer_) | 1654} | 1655 |{ | _M.P. for Dartmouth,_| 1658} | |{Coleman Street | _M.P. for the City._ | } | | | Edward Arris | 1651 | -- |Bridge Without, 1663| -- Sir Nathaniel Herne | 1674 | 1674 |Billingsgate, 1676 | -- _M.P. for Dartmouth._| | | | Sir John Lethieullier | 1676 | 1674 | ---- | -- Sir Humphry Edwin | 1688 | 1688 |Tower | 1697 (_Skinner_) | | | | Sir William Stewart | -- | 1711 |Cripplegate, 1711 | 1721 (_Goldsmith_) | | | | Sir John Bull | -- | 1718 | ---- | -- (_Clothworker_) | | | | Sir Thomas Challoner | 1761 | 1762 |Aldgate, 1760 | -- Walter Henry Wilkin | 1885 | -- |Lime Street, 1888 | -- -------------------------+-------+--------+--------------------+------ [Illustration] HISTORICAL ACCOUNT THE BARBERS UNINCORPORATE. The origin of the Barbers’ Guild partook of a religious character; and the meeting together of men of the craft for religious observances, for attending the funerals and obits of deceased members and their wives, and for feasting once a year, gradually transformed a semi-social and religious guild into what ultimately became a purely secular or “trade guild.” This religious origin is borne out by the very important Return made by the Barbers of London, to the Writ of 12th Rich. II, and is strengthened by reference to the Returns made by the Barbers of Lincoln and of Norwich (both which latter are preserved at the Record Office), and which clearly point to those guilds being of a religious character; indeed the Barbers of Norwich do not seem to have had a single secular or trade ordinance in their constitution.