[65] The Bailiffs are to apprehend on the third day any person coming to the town "suspitiouslie w{th}oute anie lawfull errand or occasion," and to detain him in prison "till he have found suertie of his good bearing or els to avoide the towne." "And if anie man be comitted to their warde by the wardens w{th} the fower men ordeigned to the said wardens to be assistaunt in counsell in good counsell giving of anie crafte w{th}in the said Towne and Frauncheses that then that person that is so comitted to warde ... be not deliv'ed out of warde by the Bailiffs w{th}out assent and agreement of the said wardens and fower men." "Item ... that no manne of their Crafte journeyman or other be attendant nor at the calling of anie gentleman, nor to noe other person otherwise than the lawe will but onlie to the wardens of their Crafte for the good rule of the same and assisting of the Bailiffs for keeping of the peace and for good rule of the Towne." Mercers' Composition, 1480-81. The searcher is "to make serche and espye all suche p'sones as frawdelentlye abbrygg, w{t}draw or cownceyle the payments of theyre dewties" (such as Toll, Murage, etc.). No livery is to be worn except that of the Gild or Corporation. When the town bell rings the alarum members of the Gild are to go to the help of the Bailiffs only. [66] Tailors' Composition, of 1478. Cf. _Eng. Gilds_, pp. 286, 385, 407, 420, etc. [67] There are examples of the town drawing up trading ordinances to which the Gildsmen conformed. Cf. The Usages of Winchester and the Ordinances of Worcester in _Eng. Gilds_, pp. 349, 370. Cf. also pp. 334-337. [68] Also before they could hold land in mortmain it would be necessary to obtain a charter. [69] The Oath of the Freemen of the Mercers' Company is given as a note to this Chapter. [70] Cf. Appendix. [71] "The position of master and journeyman was not that of capitalist and labourer, so much as that of two fellow-workers, one of whom, from his superior status, was responsible to the town for the conduct of both." Cunningham, 211. As showing the position of an apprentice in the 15th century a Shrewsbury Indenture is given as a note to this Chapter. [72] Cunningham, 211, n. 1. Brentano, 40, 68. [73] "The Stock in Trade required to set up in business was not great and an apprentice when his term of service was over, became a master almost as a matter of course. Journeymen were scarce, or at any rate not plentiful enough to have much influence on Trade.... Thus Capital and Labour were united." _Quarterly Review_, Vol. 159, p. 53. [74] Brentano, 40. [75] Merewether and Stephens. [76] For interference with Free Election on the Continent cf. Brentano. [77] Tailors' Composition, 1563. [78] Cf. infra, Chap. VI.