Barbers -- England -- London -- History -- Sources; Barbers' Company (London, England) -- History; Surgery -- England -- London -- History -- Sources
ALSO that no foreyn Barbour from this tyme foreward occupie the Craft
or Science of Barbours or Surgeon Barbo{r.} within the ffraunchise
of the said Citee but if he be lymytted and assigned therto by the
maister and Wardeyns of the same Craft for the tyme beyng uppon payn
of forfaiture of v{li.} as often as any suche pˀsone so be founde
defectif, to be divided and applied to suche uses as be aforeherced.
Provided allway that if it canne be thought for the wele of the kyngꝭ
people that if any foreyn Barbours or foreyn Surgeon be founden of
such habilitie and connyng of Surgerie or of that Crafte that it were
necessarie to have hym to occupie within the ffraunchise of this
Citee, that than he be admitted therto by the Chamᵬleyn of london and
by the Maister and Wardeyns of the said Crafte of Barbours for the
tyme beyng, With that the same fforeyn fynde suertie sufficient to be
bounde to the said Chamᵬleyn and Maister and Wardeyns for to do make
him self free of the saide Crafte or Science of Surgeon Barbours and
to obey and pˀfourme the Rules and ordenn{a}ncꝭ of the same Crafte
and to be under the correcion of the same Crafte, provided allway
that the kyngꝭ people be served in price of their Cure and shavyng in
tyme to come aswell and as safely as they have been in tymes passed.
Then follows the usual Ratification (in Latin) of the above Articles.
1490. A declaration made by one Bryan Sandford, dated 8th March, 1490,
was produced to the Committee of the House of Commons in 1745, in
which it was stated that the Company were at that time possessed of the
freehold of their Hall in Monkwell Street.
1493. On the 12th July in this year, an agreement was entered into
between the Barbers’ Company and the Surgeons’ Guild which would
indicate that the two bodies were now on amicable terms, working
harmoniously for the increase of the credit of the profession, and
for the correction of inexperienced surgeons and empirics. This
“Composition” is of so interesting a nature that it is here given in
full, as extracted from the fine old Book of Ordinances at the Hall; it
did not unite the two bodies in any way beyond this, that they agreed
to follow the same rules and practice with regard to the government of
all Surgeons; that each guild was to choose two Wardens, and that the
four so chosen were to act in a conjoint capacity as rulers or masters
in matters surgical, and thus comprehend all Surgeons, whether of the
Barbers’ Company, the Surgeons’ Guild, or “foreyns.”
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