Two thousand years of gild life; or, An outline of the history and development of the gild system from early times, with special reference to its application to trade and industry; together with a (14777031402)

Identifier: twothousandyears00lamb (find matches)
Title: Two thousand years of gild life; or, An outline of the history and development of the gild system from early times, with special reference to its application to trade and industry; together with a full account of the gilds and trading companies of Kingston-upon-Hull, from the 14th to the 18th century
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Lambert, Joseph Malet
Subjects: Guilds -- England Guilds -- England Hull
Publisher: Hull : A. Brown and sons (etc., etc.,)
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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o the fore, and succeeding about this time inwearing a livery, while the Surgeons had none. The predomi-nance of the former still further appeared in 1462, when theyobtained a royal charter, the preamble of which sets forth insolemn quaintness the serious climax of aflairs. From the prac-tice of unskilled sons of Esculapius we are told Many andinfinite evils have before this happened . . . from which causesome of our liegemen have gone the way of all flesh; and othersare given up as incurable ; and it is to be dreaded that similaror greater evils may in future arise. To prevent this the Barber-Surgeons are to have the supervision of all surgeons within the city,and they are to be examined by the Masters and presented to theMayor as ajoproved. Thirty-one years later an agreement wascome to between the Gild of the Surgeons and the incorporatedBarber-Surgeons, whereby they were to be ruled by joint ordi-nances, and each was to choose two Wardens. This, however, (203) Riley, Mem., p. 519.
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co CO 03 d 3^ p o 0® (a k Barber-Chirurgeons and Perukemakers. 353 was a purely informal agreement between the two bodies, intendedto secure some uniformity of action and to avoid friction. The reign of Henry VIII. was a momentous one for the craft.In their Hall still hangs the famous picture of the great monarchby Holbein, and on their table stands the great grace cuppresented by him on the union of the two companies in the year1540. We are accustomed to think of him as the great reformerof mens souls, but to the Barber-Surgeons he appears in anotherform. The dedication of the painting may be translated asfollows :— Grievous the Plague had ravished Englands realm,Rending the souls and mortal frames of men ; God from on high repenting of the scourge. Sent thee to work the good physicians part (-*). Nor was this altogether undeserved. He seems to have made anhonest attempt to put some limit to the boundless quackerywhich doubtless still sent many of his liegemen the way of allflesh.