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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… burgesses secured the right to organize themselves into a Guild Merchant, but the price paid for the privilege is unknown. 1 This Guild Merchant then obtained a charter from Henry I granted … words, 5 and for John's confirmation the burgesses of the Guild Merchant paid the considerable sum of 100 marks, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… activity at the close of the Middle Ages. The only craft guild of which there is any record is that of the tailors, … Wilton, or by the longsurviving importance of the Guild Merchant, which may have discouraged the formation of … seven of them are known amongst the burgesses of the Guild Merchant in the last two decades of the century; 5 two …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… portreeve, bailiffs, constables and other of the surviving guild officials, such as the steward, market officials and … to the chamber of the borough, which had superseded the guild purse as the borough treasury by the 17th century, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… v. 778. Ibid. 78. Wilton Corp. MSS. Acct. of Steward of Guild Merchant, 334 Hen. VI. Brown's expenses while engaged … borough are recorded in the Acct. of the Steward of the Guild Merchant. 201 Hen. VI. See pp. 21, 25. V.C.H. Wilts. v. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… OF THE BOROUGH Nothing is known of any seal used by the Guild Merchant, but the emergence of the borough as a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and Thos. Clark 180424, ed. R. F. Beckinsale (1951) vii Guild Stewards' Book of Borough of Calne, 15611688, ed. A. W. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to have been in a flourishing condition; and a commercial guild was established in it, under royal protection, at least …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the manor. The market-place is a spacious open area. The guild of the Holy Trinity, established in 1379, being found … foundation, the appointment of a master in 1446 by the guild of the Holy Trinity being still on record. Its original …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Dawe at an annual rent of 4 s. 96 The possessions of the guild or chapel of the Holy Trinity next Stathedyke in … in the church in 1456. At the earlier date St. Katherine's Guild possessed twelve cows, given by members, which were let out and produced 2 s. yearly for the guild. 19 NONCONFORMITY In 1835 a Primitive Methodist chapel …