Barbers -- England -- London -- History -- Sources; Barbers' Company (London, England) -- History; Surgery -- England -- London -- History -- Sources
suburbs thereof, unless he be first approved by the said Masters or
Governors, or their successors, for this purpose able and sufficient
as skilled in the said Mystery, and for his plenary approbation in
this behalf, by the said Masters or Governors to the Mayor of the
said City for the time being, presented. WE ALSO will and grant,
for us our heirs and successors, as far as in us lies, that neither
the said Masters or Governors and community of the said Mystery of
Barbers, nor their successors, nor any of them shall hereafter, in
anywise be summoned or appointed on any assizes, juries, inquests,
inquisitions, attainders, or other recognizances, within the said
City or suburbs thereof for the time to come, before the Mayor or
Sheriffs or Coroners of our said City for the time being, by any
summoning officer or his servant, or summoning officers or their
servants, although the said juries, inquisitions, or recognizances
should be summoned by a writ or writs of right, of us or our
heirs, but that the said Masters or Governors and Community of the
aforesaid Mystery and their successors shall, from henceforth for
ever, be peaceably and entirely exonerated towards us, our heirs and
successors, and towards the Mayor and Sheriffs of our said City for
the time being, and every of their officers and servants, by these
presents. AND FURTHER, we, in consideration of the premisses, do of
our special grace, for us and our successors, grant to the said
Masters or Governors and Community of the said Mystery of Barbers,
and their successors, this liberty, to wit, that they in all future
times may admit and receive persons apt and sufficiently skilled
and informed in the said Mystery of Surgery, and by the Masters or
Governors for the time being of the said Mystery, in manner aforesaid
approved, and presented to the Mayor of the said City for the time
being as aforesaid, into the said Mystery of Barbers to the fredom of
the said City, to be held and enjoyed according to the custom of the
said City; and no other persons whomsoever, nor in any other manner,
any mandate or requisition of us, our heirs or successors, by written
letters or otherwise howsoever made or to be made to the contrary
notwithstanding. AND ALTHOUGH the said Masters or Governors and
Community and their successors should contumaciously use this liberty
in future against any mandate or requisition of us, our heirs, or
successors, or any others whomsoever to be made in form aforesaid,
neither they nor any of them shall in anywise incur any fine,
contempt, or loss towards us, our heirs or successors, or any damage
or punishment in their goods or bodies, or towards any other persons
whatsoever, on that account; AND this without fine or fee for the
sealing of these presents, to be done paid or otherwise rendered unto
us; any statute, ordinance, or any act to the contrary, before this
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