motto on some silver plate.
ffor paintinge the staves for the Companyes Colo{rs}
and 4 windowes of the Granary 1 10 0
ffor makeinge cleane of severall pictures 0 17 0
ffor two Silver Salts 2 2 0
ffor mendinge Erasmus statute 0 3 0
ffor a large Chamber pott 0 5 6
1663-4. Received of the Governours Assistants and Livery
towards the Building of a Barge with other necessaryes
thereunto belonging 178 0 0
A considerable sum was again spent in opposing the Physician’s Charter,
Sir Wm. Scroggs, Mr. Pollexfen, Mr. Serjeant Glyn, Mr. Phillips, and
Sir Orlando Bridgeman being the Company’s counsel.
ffor mẽding King Henry the 8{ths} cupp 0 2 0
To a Serjeant to arrest M{r} Arnold for refusing to
take a fine for the Cloathing and entring the Acc͠on 0 5 4
To M{r} Banes the Attorney his ffee 0 2 6
To Peter Smith [the Beadle] for his expences to ketch
M{r} Arnold 0 2 6
The Company spent a large sum on their Barge and Barge house; all the
details are in the accounts, but the following extracts will suffice:--
To Henry fforty for makeing the Barge 115 0 0
ffor Calicoe for the Watermens Suites 3 5 0
ffor Staining the Coates 2 15 0
ffor makeing 20 Suites and Capps at 4{s} 6{d} each 4 10 0
To Henry fforty for triming the Barge Curting Rods
&c v{t} pˀ Bill 2 0 0
ffor Bayes and Curtaines 0 18 10
ffor Oares 1 14 0
To M{r} Blackmore the Herrald Painter for fflags
to the Barge 29 10 0
ffor Boards to house the Barge last Winter 17 5 6
Boathire and given to a Carpenter to view the
Duke of Richmonds Bargehouse 0 2 6
To the Archbishop of Canterburyes Counsell ffor his
perusall of the Draught of a Lease for ground to
build a Barge house on [at Lambeth] 1 0 0
To his Clarke for drawing it 0 10 0
To M{r} Snowe and M{r} Turney 2 of the Archbishops
Servants upon sealing the Lease 10{li} in Gold and
the change of Silver for Gold at 2{s} 4{d} a peice
1{li} 3{s} 4{d} in all 11 3 4
To M{r} Turneyes man for ingrossing the Lease 0 10 0
To the Archbishops Porter 0 5 0
Given to other Servants of the House when the
Governours attended his Lordship 0 12 0
To M{r} Matthewes the Bricklayer in part of payment
for his Brickworke about the Bargehouse 100 0 0
1664-5. The Company subscribed £94 15_s._ 6_d._ as a Contribution
towards the ship “The Loyal London,” to be presented to the King by the
City. They also “lent” the King £500 for which 6 per cent. interest was
_promised_.
Coach hire for the Governours to the Navy Office
on Audit day 0 2 0
Given to M{r} Pepis[267] his man that day 0 1 0
To the Hoboyes [on Lord Mayor’s day] 2 5 0
To Peter Smith for Tobaccoe and pipes 0 2 10
ffor Rosemary and Bayes for the Barge 0 2 0
ffor mending a Skelliton 0 5 0
[267] Samuel Pepys, the Diarist.
An entertainment was given to the Duke of Monmouth (who was free of the
Company) and among other items of expense incurred were:--
Comfitt makers Bill that day 4 2 6
ffor a quarter of a Pound of Spanish tobaccoe that day 0 2 6
Given to the Officers of the Navy according to
custome yearely 2 0 0
Perhaps Samuel Pepys came in for some of this.
There was a grand dinner at our Hall on 20th June, 1655, being
Thanksgiving day for the Victory over the Dutch.[268]
ffor bringing the Woodden Griffen from Wapping to
the Guilders 0 2 6
This would be the Opinicus for the bow of the barge.
ffor Imbroydering the Barge Cloath 15 0 0
Payd M{r} Rolls his Bill for the Barge Cloath 11 0 0
To M{r} Goodwyn for paynting the Barge 35 0 0
The next refers to the Great Plague.
Given to the poore visited persons the Third part of the
Companyes usuall allowance at an Election Dinner 5 0 0
Given to Thomas Vere in his visitac͠on 1 0 0
To Chamberlaines Widdow her house being visited 1 0 0
To Peter Smith in his sicknes 3 0 0
1665-6. Expended by myself y{e} Clerke & Beadles in
sevˀall Journeys to Greenw{ch} to attend y{e} officers
of y{e} Navy in y{e} late time of Visitac͠on 1 16 6
The Company made very many grants of money to the poor stricken people
about this time; and further contributed £69 9_s._ 6_d._ towards the
Ship “The Loyal London.”
[268] Pepys also kept this day. He says,--“Thankes-giving day for
victory over the Dutch. To the Dolphin Taverne, where all we officers
of the Navy met with the Commissioners of the Ordnance by agreement,
and dined: where good musique at my direction. Our club came to 34_s._
a man, nine of us. By water to Fox-hall, and there walked an hour
alone, observing the several humours of the citizens that were there
this holiday, pulling off cherries, and God knows what.”
1666-7. The following interesting entries relate to the ~Great Fire~
and the providential preservation of the ~Holbein~ painting.
To a souldier two dayes & two nights on the trained
bands when the great fier was & for powder 0 8 0
ffor carrying of the Companyes goods by Porters to
Moorefeildꝭ, howse roome there & carrying thence
to Holborne bridge 3 0 0
To a seaman that quenched the top of the theater when fired 0 4 0
To other labourers at that time 1 0 0
To one hurt in that service 0 10 0
ffor drinke for the labourers then 0 1 6
To a poore fellow that found a skelliton 0 1 0
To the City Marshall for getting of labourers and
laders & an engine to save the Theater 1 0 0
ffor the use of timber & other things at that time 0 2 6
To Major Brookes for his expences about ~H~ y{e} 8th picture 0 13 0
Given him as the Companyes gift 1 0 0
To six porters w{th} expences of bringing home y{t} picture 0 8 9
To Cap{t} Carroll his expenses about that picture 0 16 0
Given him as the Companyes gift 1 0 0
Expended on him 0 2 6
ffor a Cipres chest to put the plate in 2 0 0
ffor foure locks 2 handles & 8 plates for that chest 1 10 0
ffor a trunke for the linnin 0 10 0
To Jonas Wills for Workemen to Carry in leade & iron
out of the ruines 0 13 0
To a Carpenter & his man that assisted 9 6 0
To Peter Smith for Workemen at the hall 22{th} Septemb. 1666 4 7 4
More to him for workemen y{e} 25 of 7{ber} 66 7 11 8
ffor 7 large boxes w{th} Locks & keys to put the Companyes
writings in 1 8 0
To Peter Smith his charges in getting home sevˀall
flaggs & pictures & a skelliton 0 14 0
To Jonas Wills for the Skelliton the Cobler had 0 5 0
ffor a Warrant for sevˀall pˀsons suspected to have
some of the Companyes goods & Expended about it 0 2 6
1667-8. Received of severall Members of the Company and
fforreyn{rs} towards the Building of the Hall and other
offices 383 8 0
These contributions were voluntary and are accounted for every year for
a considerable period. At the end of the book is a long and detailed
list of the contributors, commencing 23rd April, 1668, and extending
to March, 1681. There seem to have been 398 subscribers, and the sum
collected from them was £1,850; this amount, however, was wholly
inadequate for the rebuilding of the hall, which appears by entries
extending over 1668 to 1674, to have cost the Company no less than
£4,292. The deficit was made up by sales of freehold property in the
City, for what to us, in these days, would seem absurdly low prices,
and by loans, etc.
[Illustration: BARBER-SURGEONS’ HALL, 1674-1864.]
1668-9. The Company received from the Chamber of London £620 6_s._
6_d._, being the return of £500 lent to the King in November, 1664,
and the interest thereon £120 6_s._ 6_d._ This is the _only_ instance
recorded of any forced loan having been refunded.
Received of severall Barbers for trimminge on y{e} Lords Day 10 4 0
1669-70. The Company’s barge seems to have been manned by twenty
rowers, besides the Barge Master, and these men had 4_s._ each for
rowing on Lord Mayor’s day.
1669-70. Serjeant Surgeon John Knight wainscotted the Parlour at his
own charge, and Mr. Barker glazed the Windows; part of this glazing is
still preserved. It should be borne in mind that the present Court room
or Parlour (as it was formerly called) and which was the work of Inigo
Jones in 1636 was not destroyed in the Great Fire.
1670-1. The freehold property in Conyhope Lane, Grocers’ Hall Court,
was sold to the Corporation of London for £190.
1671-2. The livery this year numbered one hundred and eighty-five
persons.
1672-3. The Company sold an extensive property at Holborn Bridge to the
City for £650.
To--Woodroffe for measuringe all the hall worke
April y{e} 19{th} 1673 7 17 0
The whole of the Wardens’ accounts from 1674 to 1715 are unfortunately
lost, and the next book embraces the years between 1715 and 1785.
1715-16. The Ironmongers’ Company rented at £5 per annum from the
Barber-Surgeons a portion of their Barge House at Lambeth for the
Ironmongers’ Barge. Our Company still retained their Barge and
Bargemaster and this year purchased for him a new livery.
Paid M{r} Wiseman the Painter for new Painting and
Gilding the Company’s Banner 9 0 0
Paid the maids who strewed the flowers to Church
upon Election Day 0 3 0
1716-17. Received of M{r} George Stevenson S. his ffine
for practising Surgery before he was admitted being 3 4 6
Paid a person to go to Islington to see after a dead
body which had been drowned[269] 0 5 0
[269] This was no doubt wanted for an “Anatomy.”
1717-18. The Company sold a large property in East Smithfield for
£1,250.
Paid the Hangman for his Christmas Box 0 2 6
Similar entries to the above occur for many years.
Paid Charles Window for fetching four Dead Bodies from
Tyburn this year and expenses 2 8 0
Paid my Lord Chief Justice Parkers Tipstaffe for taking
up severall persons who rescued the Dead Body from
the Beadles 1 0 0
1718-19. Paid M{r} Elms his Bill for ffees at the Sessions
in prosecuting the persons who were Indicted last year
for taking away the Dead Bodies 5 7 0
1719-20. Paid Cha: Window for fetching two bodies from
Tyburn & for going for another when they could not
gett one 1 5 0
Paid to bring a Skeleton from St. Giles’s to the Hall in
a coach 0 2 0
Paid the Beadles expences for going to Tyburn for a Body
for the Muscular Lecture when they could not get one
by reason of a great Mobb of Soldiers & others 0 13 0
1720-1. Paid for a Livery gown and hood to the use of
the Company to Cloth the Members with upon their taking
the Livery 2 12 6
P{d} the High Constable of S{t} Giles’s Parish for
assisting the Beadles in recovering a Body which had
been taken from the Beadles by the Mobb 0 7 6
Paid the Hangman for the Dead mans cloths which were
lost in the Scuffle and for his Christmas Box 0 15 0
Paid for a halfe length Picture of King Charles the
Second to hang up in the Parlour and for a Gold frame
to the said Picture 7 5 0
Paid M{r} King the Frame maker for a frame to Inigo Jones
the famous Architect’s picture Presented to the Company
by our late Master M{r} Alexander Geekie 1 5 0
Both of these pictures are still preserved at Barbers’ Hall.
Every year now, and for some years, are entries of Expenses incurred
about the rioting, which took place when the Beadles went to Tyburn for
the bodies of malefactors; very frequently the Company prosecuted the
rioters, and were continually compensating the Beadles and others who
were injured in the fights.
1731-2. Paid M{r} Osmond for Plumber’s Work about the
Trough for the Dead Bodys 6 0 0
Paid M{r} Ashfield for Carpenters Work about the said Trough 1 14 0
This was a species of wooden coffin lined with lead in which the
“subjects” were placed on their arrival from Tyburn.
Paid for 4 Silver Pepper Boxes[270] 5 5 0
Paid the Officers of both Counters for a body[271] 2 2 0
1735-6. Paid M{r} Newton the Silversmith for a new Badge
for the Barge master 4 11 6
Paid the High Constable for the expenses at the late
execution when the body was rescued 3 13 6
Paid the Beadles expenses in prosecuting John Miller,
one of the Persons who assaulted the Constables and
rescued the body 2 2 0
Paid M{r} Clarke the Sollicitor at Hicks Hall his Bill
for Indicting and prosecuting the said John Miller
to a conviction 8 7 10
Paid M{r} Clarke the Engraver for engraving the Dedication
to the Right Honorable the Earl of Burlington on the
Print of King Henry the Eighth’s Picture 5 5 0
1737. Paid M{r} Babbidge for making a Skeleton of
Malden’s[272] Bones 3 3 0
[270] These are still at the Hall.
[271] Probably the body of a prisoner who had died in one
of the Compters.
[272] A criminal hung at Tyburn.
1739. Paid the Beadles for their being beat and wounded
at the late execution 4 4 0
1740. Paid for mending the Windows broke upon bringing
the last Body from Tyburn 0 6 0
1741. Paid for a Silver Punch Laddle 1 4 0
Paid the expences for the Buck S{r} Rob{t} Walpole
gave the Company 1 3 6
1744. Paid M{r} Hawes for two large Branches for the Hall 70 0 0
These massive chandeliers were broken but preserved when the Hall was
pulled down in 1864, and one formed of their fragments is now hung on
the staircase leading up to the Committee Room.
Paid taking the Company’s Linnen out of Pawn 4 2 6
This linen must have been stolen and pawned, as the Company were not
at this period in such financial difficulties as to necessitate their
personal property being taken care of by a pawnbroker.
1745-6. Dr. Tyson’s picture was sold to Mr. Luke Maurice for £10 10_s._
Mr. Goodyer was paid £11 for the table and inscription (now in the
entrance lobby) which records the separation of the Surgeons from the
Barbers in 1745.
1751-2. Mr. Whiston bought the Company’s library for £13. This library
consisted of a great number of ancient MSS. and books relating to
Surgery.
Putting an Advertizement in the Daily Advertizer offering
a Reward to any Person who should discover who stole the
Lead from off the Hall Kitchen 0 2 0
Paid M{r} Spencer for cleaning the Guns Swords and bayonetts 0 6 0
1760. Paid M{r} Chessun the Upholsterer his Bill for new
Standards & making the new cloth for the Stand 67 15 6
This was the stand for the liverymen used on Lord Mayor’s day and on
other public occasions.
1770. The expenses on Lord Mayor’s day this year were as follows, and
are a fair sample of the entries for many years before and after this
date.
CASH PAID--
M{r} Bick for Spermaceti 1 10 0
The Watermen for their Breakfast and attendance 1 12 6
Two men to keep the gates 0 10 0
Four men to keep the Stand 1 0 0
M{r} Beaumont for musick 5 0 0
Mess{rs} Sherwood & Co. for Ribbons 3 14 9
M{r} Hulberd for Beef for breakfast 4 1 0
M{r} Wareham for dressing ditto 0 16 0
The Housekeeper’s Bill 2 0 0
M{r} Wilding’s Bill for Wine for the Stand 6 15 7
The Beadle for pipes and Tobacco for the Stand 0 6 0
M{r} Dance Clerk of the City Works for fixing the Stand 1 1 0
The Carpenter’s Bill about ditto 8 11 3
The Upholsterer’s Bill 2 0 0
Jarvis & Sharpe, Turner’s Bill 0 18 8
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£39 16 9
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The Livery dinners on these occasions were paid for by the Stewards.
The next book of Accounts extends from 1785 to 1821, but like the
latter part of the last one it is almost destitute of interest. On the
first page is an extract from the Will of Mr. Edward Griffin (10th
April, 1596) relating to his gift to the Company, and there are also
sundry memoranda concerning Banckes’ gift.
1785. This was the last occasion on which the Company “went out” on
Lord Mayor’s day.
In addition to the Wardens’ accounts, there are two books containing
receipts of tradesmen and others for money paid to them extending from
1722 to 1764. These books are not specially interesting, excepting that
they contain autographs of a few eminent Surgeons, hangmen and others,
and the following extracts will suffice:--
1722. Recẽd of the Governours of the Company the sume of ten
shillings for fetching the Body of Richard Oxer from Tyburne.
CHARLES WINDOW.
1723. Recẽd of the Governours of the Compã the sume of five pounds
fifteen shillings for fetching the Body of W{m} Pincher from Tyburne
and for sev{ll} Disbursements expended thereon.
RICH: COLLINS.
1723. The Receipt of Abraham Shepherd, Attorney, for £15 0_s._ 6_d._,
being the costs of prosecuting Cooke and others for taking away the
body of William Pincher from the Beadles when they brought it from
Tyburn.
1729. Rec̃ed Dec{r} 23{d} 1729 of the Gov{rs} of y{e} Comp{a} pˀ the
hands of Cha: Bernard their Cl: 7{s} 6{d} for my Xmãs Box.
JOHN HOOPER.
In 1730 this gentleman signs “John Hooper, Executioner.”
1743. The hangman, John Thrift, signed with a × the receipt
for his Christmas box, and the Clerk has humorously styled him “John
Thrift, Esq{re} Hangman.”
1736. The printing of 1,000 Copies of Baron’s Engraving of Holbein’s
picture cost £15 15_s._ 0_d._ John Harper was the printer.
A copy of this print was sent to the Earl of Burlington, as there is a
Bill of William Gills as follows:--
One large picture frame w{th} a broad carved & Gilt
Sanding inside and a fine plate glass &c for The
Earl of Burlington £2 8 0
Recẽd Nov 5 1736 of y{e} Gov{rs} of the Compa pˀ the
hands of Cha. Bernard their Cl: twenty one pounds for
the paper to print the 1000 prints of King Hen: 8{ths}
Picture being two Rheams of paper
pˀ B. BARON.
[Illustration: RENTER WARDEN’S GARLAND.]
[Illustration]
DISPUTES.
1388. One of our earliest ordinances enacts that--
If any dispute arise between any of the brethren, which God forbid,
it is to be amicably settled by the decision of the Masters of the
said Fraternity and they are to deal plainly,[273] and that no one
sue another in other manner than at the assize, and then only if he
be empowered by leave of the said Masters to be recorded.
[273] _i.e._, openly, honestly.
1530. And again in the ordinances signed by Sir Thomas More, it states
that--
yff any matter of stryffe or debate herafter be betwene eny pˀson
of the said Crafte as God fforfende that noon of them shall make
eny pˀsuts[274] in the Comen lawe but that he whiche ffyndeth hym
aggreved shall ffurst make his complaynt to the Maisters . . . . . .
to thˀentent that they shall ordre the said matter or cause of
complaynt so made yff they can . . . . . .
[274] Pursuits.
This prerogative of the Company was jealously guarded, and indeed
extended, the Court becoming in effect a sort of Court of Conscience,
in which _non-freemen_ frequently appeared as plaintiffs against
freemen, when their cases were heard and adjudicated upon, the Court
settling the amount and time of payment, or dismissing the suit.
Whenever (as often happened) one freeman went to law with another,
without leave of the Court, and the defendant complained, the
plaintiff was ordered to withdraw his action, and if he declined to do
so, an opportunity of reflection upon the powers of the Company was
afforded him in the seclusion of the “Compter.”
It was frequently the custom for the Masters to require both parties to
enter into bonds to abide the decision of the Court, and where this was
not so, and either of them disobeyed the order made, the offender was
either fined, imprisoned or expelled.
The following are a few notices of cases of dispute which came before
the Court from time to time, and other instances will be found
elsewhere.
30th June, 1551. It was ordered--
That James Wood John Chamber and William Drewe Waterman shalbe lovers
and friendes and clerlye to acquite and discharge either other of and
from all maner of acc͠ons quarrells detts demaundes and suts as well
spirytuall as temporall whatsoever they be from the begynnyng of the
worlde untyll the daye abovesayd.
4th November, 1551. Ordered--
That John West shall bring in his fyne which is vj{s} viij{d} for
speking opprobryous wordes against John Androwson in the presence of
the M{r.}
2nd May, 1552. It was ordered and declared that Harry Cooke and
Nicholas Connysbye--
are fully condescended concluded and agreed for all maner of acc͠ons
dettes suetts demaunds and quarrells whatsoever they be from the
begynnynge of the worlde unto this daye and that they shall clerly
dischardge eche other and to be lovers and freinds.
1566. By an entry in this year it seems that each disputant when before
the Court was “put to his othe upon a booke y{t} he sholde saye the
trothe.”
10th December, 1566. Thomas Lambkyn appeared against his late
apprentice W{m} Woodfall--
for serten shavynge clothes y{t} he tooke awaye w{th} hym when he
went frome his M{r} w{th}out his lycence and the saide W{m} hath
payde unto the saide Thom̃s Lambkyn in the pˀsents of this courte in
lawfull Englyshe mony x{s} in recompence.
In this Courte here was John Hawkes playntyf agaynst Richard Olkar
for his unfyttinge words & Olkar shalbe here the nexte courte.
30th December, 1566. William Collins the covenant servant of John
Johnson complained of his master for “myssusing hym in his boxe money,”
whereupon M{r} Johnson was ordered to amend his ways.
4th March, 1567. Here was Walter Lynche for his unfytting wordꝭ
seyeng y{t} Richard Dycson sholde be got his mayde w{th} chylde and
Lynche denyeth yt, y{t} he nevˀ harde of yt, and Dycson sey{d} y{t}
Edward Parke & too other servyngemen he hath to wytnes the same,
spoken at the Rose taverne at the fleete brydge And yt is ordered
y{t} they shall brotherly one gyve unto & by another good wordꝭ &
good reports & no more repetallꝭ to be had any more hereafter in this
behalf.
11th March, 1567. In this Court here was John Wall for y{t} he warned
John Staple unto the courte of concyence in the guyldehall in London
w{th}oute lycence of the M{r} & Govˀno{rs} and yt is now ordered
once agayne y{t} John Wall shall not pˀcede any forder in lawe but
shall stande to the awarde made ordered & awarded the xij{th} daye
of november laste paste and not ells otherwyse upon payne of his
alegiance & penaltie in that behalf pˀvyded & ordayned.
Edward Park, who was a troublesome fellow, and often before the Court,
would seem (by the next extract) to have revived the old scandal about
Dycson and his “mayde,” for--
14th November, 1567. Here was Rich. Dycson playntyf agaynst Edward
Parke for undecent and slaunderous words And they both have consented
to put yt unto the determynacion of this worsshypfull Court, & they
shalbe both bounde in oblygacions to abyde the order & warde[275] &
to kepe the peace in y{r} owne pˀsons. Rich. Dycson hath chosen to
be arbytraytors for hym John Bonar & Thomas Burston, and for Parke
he hath chosen for hym M{r} Bowie & Rich Wysto & the M{r} & govnors
shalbe umpers,[276] bonde in xx{li} a peece.
[275] Award.
[276] Umpires.
13th January, 1568. In thys Courte here was John Cooke playntyf
against Rich{d} Barker for serten wordꝭ undecently spoken by Rich{d}
against the said John and also for serten housold stuff y{t} the said
Rich{d} Barker w{th}holdeth frome the said John, and they both are
comaunded the nexte courte daye to brynge in bothe y{r} fynes vj{s}
viij{d} a pece for y{r} unfytting wordꝭ.
7th June, 1569. In this Courte here was the wyf of John Burges for
that Rich. Barker beate black her armes and yt is ordered that the
said Rich. Barker shall upon this pˀsent daye go unto the house of
the said John Burges his m{r} and y{r} acknowledge hym sylf to be
sory for trespassynge hym & his wyf.
19th July, 1569. Here was John Charnock, said that he is his M{rs}
pntꝭ[277] & kepeth shoppe & is accomptant wekely to his M{r} & he
said the M{r} of the company did hym wronge & y{t} he wolde at
lawe trye yt and unreverently he did behave hymsylf w{th} stoute
& undecent [words] & so he charged the M{r} styll, but not the
worsshypfulls of this Courte.
[277] Apprentice.
18th November, 1572. Here was one Edward Browne Bricklayer and
complayned [against] one Richard Upton for that he had taken his
money for curynge hym of Morbus Gallicus but the sicknes as he said
was not cured & M{r} Upton pˀmised to agree w{th} hym.
The next is a rare piece of tittle tattle; like Edward Park, Colley
was often in trouble, and it is amusing to observe how he shortly
afterwards lays an information against Carrington, which compliment
Carrington returns to him in the March Court.
18th November, 1572. Here was Willm̃ Carington and required his
complaint to be herd in that Allein Colley had slaundered hym w{th}
unhonest wordes, that is, that Allein should say that Wiberds wife
should say that Charringtons wief should not be honest, and they were
pˀmytted to take ordre of Lawe.
10th February, 1573. Colley laid an information against Carrington for
“Trimminge on a Sondaye,” whereupon he was fined 40_s._
11th March, 1573. Carrington complained of Colley “for undecent wordes
calling him verlet before the Mr.,” etc., and they were ordered to be
friends, and to bring no more complaints against each other.
This feud seems, however, to have continued for a few years, but was at
last happily settled, for we read under date, 24th January, 1576: