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Grey's Debates of the House of Commons
… contracted, that they may not impose apprentices and journeymen upon such as set up the trade. Colonel Birch.] As …
Grey's Debates of the House of Commons
… gets not 1 s. by, there is but such a number of good journeymen about the town, and they will work, or not work, …
Grey's Debates of the House of Commons
… was there. If you hope for better management, these journeymen, and their tools too, must be laid aside. Sir John …
Old and New London
… the entry and training of apprentices, the licensing of journeymen, and the promotion to the rank of master in their …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Liverpool Cabinet and Chair Prices, 1805, on behalf of the journeymen. Recorded as clerk to St Stephen's Church in 1821. … [D] Evill, Mark, Bath, Som., turner (1800). Advertised for journeymen, especially spinning wheel makers, in Leicester …
A History of the County of Chester
… more than 45 Catholic householders, mostly craftsmen and journeymen. 14 For this para. and next: V.C.H. Ches. iii. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… bakers, with some masters working for their colleagues as journeymen, as well as keeping their own shops. 47 A similar … the city fathers complained of the many poor craftsmen and journeymen resorting to them to drink and play at dice, … the growing power of the leading masters. About 1602 the journeymen weavers set up their own rival company, which was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… changing fortunes were inevitably more frequent among the journeymen and smaller craftsmen. Despite such high turnover … Almost all the wageearners in 1524 were living-in journeymen, and the only significant employer of such men, … thinly through the various trades; the high number of journeymen shoemakers may reflect the exclusive attitude of …
A History of the County of Warwick
… in one trade forced up the price of labour in others. Journeymen tailors in 1825 were dissatisfied with an offer of …
A History of the County of Warwick
… labour into the underhand class which was employed by the journeymen who were the backbone of the union. Such cheapening might be needed to enable the journeymen to earn a fair wage under the piecework and …