PAGE Preface iii The Court of the Company 1889 1890 vi Contents vii List of Illustrations, etc. ix Table of Leading Dates xii The Names of the Masters and Wardens from the year 1308 1 A list of such members of the Company as have served the Office of Serjeant Surgeon 18 A list of King’s Barbers 19 A list of members of the Company who have served the offices of Sheriff, Alderman or Lord Mayor of the City of London 19 Historical Account, The Barbers Unincorporate 21 Historical Account, The Barbers Incorporate 51 Extracts from Court Minutes, etc., more particularly relating to the Internal History of the Company 169 Precedence 239 Court of Assistants 242 The Commonalty 252 Apprentices 261 Freemen 270 Liverymen 273 The Yeomanry 276 The Clerk 288 The Beadle 299 Surgery 308 Surgical Lectures and Demonstrations 361 Wardens’ and other Accounts 379 Disputes 423 Heraldry 431 Feasts 443 The Irish Estate 468 Charities 481 Inventories 486 Plate 492 Pictures 508