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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Decline DECLINE The outstanding feature of the later medieval history of Wilton is the rapid decline … or total ruin; everywhere bridges were in need of repair, guild rents were falling and vacant, and decaying tenements … to a rent of 2 s. and finally fell into total decay; a guild tenement in West Street, which in 1410 brought in 6 s. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Industry since c.1500 INDUSTRY SINCE c. 1500 The fortunes of Wilton which formerly had been built on a multiplicity of … Tarrant was queen's bailiff in 1585 and Steward of the Guild Merchant by 1591; Michael Ray was Steward of the Guild Merchant in 1611, Elias Glide acted as constable in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… agriculture and mills MARKETS AND FAIRS The existence of a market in Wilton probably dates from the Anglo-Saxon … itself, some of it owned from time immemorial by the Guild Merchant. Most of the land called 'Between Bridges', … Street, was meadow land until recent years, and there the guild owned Hulotesham meadow near Berkshire Bridge, while in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… town government MEDIEVAL TOWN GOVERNMENT In the reign of Henry I the leading 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 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… MEDIEVAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY The economic importance of Wilton in the postConquest period attracted a number of … 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 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… AND PUBLIC SERVICES In great contrast to the early period of its growth, when ancient custom became established by … 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of the surviving guild officials, such as the steward, market officials and … to the chamber of the borough, which had superseded the guild purse as the borough treasury by the 17th century, …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
… Two burgesses represented Wilton at the Parliament of 1295 and from thence onwards, almost without a break, the … 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
… SCHOOLS The Free School was founded with a bequest of 600 to the rector and churchwardens as trustees from Walter Dyer, of Chancery Lane, London, by his will dated 1706. A … Easter, and 20 a year for placing four boys at 5 each to handicraft trades or husbandry; surplus income was to be …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and borough officers THE SEALS, INSIGNIA, AND OFFICERS 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
… Wiltshire Record Society volumes used PUBLICATIONS OF THE WILTSHIRE RECORD SOCIETY ( formerly the Records Branch of the Wiltshire Archaeological Society) used in this Volume … and Thos. Clark 180424, ed. R. F. Beckinsale (1951) vii Guild Stewards' Book of Borough of Calne, 15611688, ed. A. W. …