1577.Thys ysaccompte of all suche monie as was levyed in the tyme of MrJohn ffeild John Hitchin Xp̃ofer Swaldell and Henrye Rankin masters and governorsof the misterie of BarborsSurgins of London upon the ffremen brethern and straungers for the furnishinge of souldiers according to the saide Precept and was collected and gathered by the handes of the saide Xp̃ofer Swaldell second governoras followeth.
1577.Thys ysaccompte of all suche monie as was levyed in the tyme of MrJohn ffeild John Hitchin Xp̃ofer Swaldell and Henrye Rankin masters and governorsof the misterie of BarborsSurgins of London upon the ffremen brethern and straungers for the furnishinge of souldiers according to the saide Precept and was collected and gathered by the handes of the saide Xp̃ofer Swaldell second governoras followeth.
Inprimisof Rychard SprignellxjsviijdItem of Willm̃ WyseijsvjdItm̃ of Willm̃ GalevjsviijdItm̃ of Thom̃s BirdevjsviijdItem of Edwarde GryffenvjsviijdItm̃ of Henrye SmithevjsviijdItem of George BakervjsviijdItm̃ of John IsardvjsItm̃ of Willm̃ BornevjsviijdItm̃ of Thom̃s GylletvjsviijdItem of Willm̃ CarringtonvjsviijdItm̃ of John JohnsoniijsiiijdItm̃ of John MartynvjsviijdItm̃ of John TybbaldiijsItm̃ of Richard WoodvjsviijdItm̃ of Richard SmitheijsItm̃ of John LaycockvjsviijdItm̃ of John OdweyijsItm̃ of Henrye BradleyvjsviijdItm̃ of John ParadyceijsItm̃ of Richard fferrysvsItm̃ of Edward CoweyexijdItm̃ of James BatesiiijsItm̃ of Richard StoryeiijsItm̃ of John SmitheiiijsItm̃ of Thom̃s WarrenvsItm̃ of Anthonie WolcockiiijsItm̃ of Ward & TurnorpˀtenersiiijsItm̃ of John LysterijsItm̃ of John NewsamvsItm̃ of John SheryffvsItm̃ of Richard SaundersonvsItm̃ of Henry ffostervsItm̃ of Thom̃s ManeringexijdItm̃ of Robert WalwynvsItm̃ of Philɫp HenlyeijsvjdItm̃ of Robert WoodiiijsItm̃ of Thom̃s EveijsiiijdItm̃ of Willm̃ ffountaynevsItm̃ of Andrew GrovexijdItm̃ of Nicholas DobbyijsItm̃ of Willm̃ MoreijsviijdItm̃ of Willm̃ BrodeijsvjdItm̃ of John HawkesiiijsItm̃ of Richard CarringtonvsItm̃ of Willm̃ SympsoniijsiiijdItm̃ of Richard ClarkeijsItm̃ of Henrye StranguisheijsvjdItm̃ of Willm̃ HathornevsItm̃ of Henry TottyevsItm̃ of Roger LayborneiiijsItm̃ of George SedgwickvsItm̃ of Willm̃ BrayeiijsiiijdItm̃ of Robert JohnsonvsItm̃ of ChristophorClarkiijsiiijdItm̃ of Willm̃ WyeijsvjdItm̃ of Randall ffostervsvjdItm̃ of John DardsvsItm̃ of John BarnyevjsviijdItm̃ of John MachinvsItm̃ of Randall CottonvjsviijdItm̃ of John GymbletvsItm̃ of Daniell BothamvsItm̃ of Robert PetersoniijsiiijdItm̃ of Anthonie SpackmanvsItm̃ of Roger HallijsItm̃ of John StudesburievsItm̃ of Richard JohnsonxijdItm̃ of John BurgesiijsiiijdItm̃ of Willm̃ BrownevsItm̃ of Raphe RodesvsItm̃ of John BigꝭiijsiiijdItm̃ of Thomas WaightvsItm̃ of John BorneiiijsItm̃ of John CarringtonijsvjdItm̃ of Lewis AtmoreiijsItm̃ of Thomas ThorneyiiijsItm̃ of Peter LedsomijsvjdItm̃ of Allen CollyeiijsiiijdItm̃ of Richard ChaddockijsvjdItm̃ of Henry BostijsItm̃of370StevensijsvjdItm̃ of Richard HollandiiijsItm̃ of John WhetelyeiiijsItm̃ of Alexander EllyotijsvjdItm̃ of John HarringtonijsvjdItm̃ of Willm̃ in DixonijsviijdItm̃ of Mathew EasteijsvjdItm̃ receyved that was due for wagesiiijsItm̃ of Thomas RichardsoniiijsSmof all the monie receyved of ffremenof the Companie for furnishingeof Souldiers Dothe amounte unto371Monyereceyved of fforrens and straungers towardes the saide furnitureReceyvedof Jeames SaulexsOf James ffrauncꝭxsOf Jarvys MullinsviijsOf John GrymsenxsOf Reynold DavysijsvjdOf Phillip JurdenvsOf Mathew KenvsOf Gefrye MostrimsvsOf Willm̃ KnightleyijsvjdOf John PhillippsijsSmof the monye receivedof fforrens and straungersDothe amounte untoiijliSmof all the monie receyved of ffremenfforrens and straungers for the furnishingof Souldiers Doth amounte untoxxijlixvijsxjd
Monyelaide owte by the handes of ChristophorSwaldell seconde governorfor furnishing of Souldiers vizt
Inprimispaid for xij Calyvers xij murrions xij fflaskes xij tutche boxes with stringꝭ white and greneixlivjsItm̃ to the Clark in reward for his paynes aboute the souldiersijsvjdItm̃ to the Beadle in rewardxijdItm̃ paide for the Dyner at the red crossevjsviijdItm̃ paide for xxxvjliof corne powderxxxvjsItm̃ paide for vijliof matchesijsiiijdItm̃ paide for browne papˀvjdItm̃ paid in presse monyexijsItm̃ geven Roᵬt Bendoes wiefvjdItm̃ paid for iij Dõz. and viij yeardes of reband w. b. &g372xsijdItm̃ paide for xij rooles and there stuffingꝭiiijsItm̃ paid for iiij dõz. of charge——Itm̃ paid for tape for the chargevjdItm̃ paide for a stoweing stickiijdItm̃ paide for borde wages one daieviijsItm̃ spent at myle endiiijdItm̃ paide for vjliof matcheijsItm̃ paid for jliof corne powderxijdItm̃ paid for mending one CalivervjdItm̃ paide for leade for bulletꝭviijdItm̃ paid for breakefast xthAprilxiiijdItm̃ paid for vjliof matcheijsItm̃ paid for xijliof cornepowderxijsItm̃ paid for borde wagesviijsItm̃ paide for orbreakfast xjthAprilijsvjdItm̃ geven to the souldiers in rewardvjsItm̃ paid to the Armorer for mending the armoriiijsvjdItm̃ geven in reward to the Armorers manvjdItm̃ paid for orbreakfast xiijthof MayijsItm̃ paide for xxxvjliof corne powderxlijsItm̃ paide xijliof matchesiiijsItm̃ paide for browne papˀiiijdItm̃ paide for gilding of bayesviijdItm̃ paide for iiij Daies borde wagesxxxijsItm̃ paide for orbreakefastxxdItm̃ paid for changing a broken CalyverxsItem paide unto the Armorer for scowringe and mending orpeces and murrionsxjsvjd
Smof all the monie paide owte bythe handes of ChristophorSwaldellseconde governorfor the furnishingof Souldiers Dothe amounte untoxxijlixvijsxjd
TheBarbersofLondonwere aFraternitybefore the Time ofEdward the Second, and by Letters-Patent ofEdward the Fourthwere made aBody Corporate, and invested with several Powers and Privileges. In the 32d Year ofHenry the Eighth, thepublickPolicy thought proper tounitethem with another Company (not thenincorporated) called theSurgeonsofLondon, in order, (as is most probable) totransferthose Powers and Privileges to thelatter, without directly appearing towrestthem from theformerto whom they had beenoriginallygranted.TheCoalitionof the two Companies having now subsisted aboveTwo Hundred Years, theBarbersare surpris’d to find anAttemptmade by theSurgeonstodissolveit, by Authority ofParliament, without their Participation or Consent.Theprincipal Reasonsassigned by theSurgeons, in their printed Case, to induce the legislature to theextraordinaryAct of Power, are,First, That theBarbers, in the Time ofHenry the Eighth, were allSurgeons, and that the Parliament, byunitingthem with others ofsuperiorAbilities, intendedtheirImprovement inthatProfession; but that they having, long since,ceasedto intermeddle with any Branch ofSurgery, thisIntentof the Act is frustrated, and the laudablePurposeof theUnionat an end.Secondly, That by thisAlterationof the Circumstances of things, the Junction of the two Companies (how advantageous soever informerTimes) isnowbecome highlyinconvenient.Thirdly, That theSurgeonsifdistinctlyincorporated, would be encouraged tomeetandcommunicateto one another their Experiments and Successes.AndFourthly, That the like Separation has taken place atParis,Edinburgh, andGlascow.BUT thefirstof theseReasonsis grounded on aMistakein point ofFact; for tho’ it betruethat theBarberswereall originally Surgeons, and incorporatedas such, yet longbeforethe Union in question,mostof them hadquittedtheactual Exerciseof that Profession, and theRightitself of exercising itin virtueof their Charter, had beentakenaway373by Parliament: And tho’ in thePreambleof the uniting Act,bothCompanies are stiledSurgeons, yet from theEnacting374Part (which expreslyrestrainstheBarbersfrom occupying any part ofSurgery, exceptTooth-drawing) it is evident theLegislaturedid not consider them asrealSurgeons, nor could intend theirImprovementin a Science they wereforbidtopractise, so that the Circumstances of Things arenotaltered from what theythenwere, or from what they manifestly weredesignedto be; and therefore theBarbershaving no Relation to theSurgeons, or their Art (as it wasthendeemed noObjectionto theirUnion) cannotnow, with any Propriety, be insisted on as aReasonfor theirSeparation.With regard to theInconveniencescomplained of, as the Charge isgeneral, thisgeneralAnswer only can be given, That theBarbershave always, with the greatest Deference,submittedto theSurgeonsin all Matterspeculiarto them, and chearfully contributed, out of theircommonStock, towards every Expence whichtheyhave declared necessary for the Honour or Advancement oftheirProfession. And sincenoneof these Inconveniences have been of Consequence enough to deserve beingparticularlypointed out, we may venture to pronounce theminconsiderable, and unworthy the Attention and Redress ofParliament; and the rather, asallof them put together, have not prevented theSurgeonsofLondonfrom carrying the Improvement of their Art, both in Speculation and Practice, to a greater Height than has been done in any other Place or Nation.That the frequent Meetings of ingenious Men, and their free Communications on the Subject of their Profession, may tendto the Benefit of Mankind in general, and to the Honour of their Country in particular, is not denied: But surely the Constitution of theunitedCompany is no obstacle to these laudable Purposes. TheBarbershave for many Years, at their Monthly Courts, submitted towithdrawat a stated Hour, andresignedthe Parlour to the Surgeons: And if thisCondescensionis not supposed to afford themsufficientTime for Conversation on theseparticularDays, nothinghindersthem from holdingseperateAssemblies at the Hall almosteveryother Day in the Year.As to what is said to have been done atParis,Edinburgh, andGlascow, noparticularanswer can be given, unless it appeared by whatMeans, for whatReasons, and upon whatTermstheSeparationsin those Places were brought about. InLondonthere are but two Instances of Separations of Companies,viz.that of theFeltmakersfrom theHaberdashersin 1604, and that of theApothecariesfrom theGrocersin 1617; but boththese were effected bymutualConsent, without the Intervention ofParliament; and it may be proper to observe, that the Feltmakers miscarried in a former Application for an exclusive Charter in 1576 forwantof the Haberdashers Consent.Upon the whole, therefore, theBarbershumbly hope the forgoing Reasons will be deemedinsufficientto induce theLegislatureto destroy anUniontheythemselvesthought proper toform, an Union which two hundred Years Existence has rendredvenerable, and which, by theImprovementsabove-mentioned, appears to have answered all thePurposesfor which it was established.But if forotherReasons (which theSurgeonssaymaybe given) the Parliament shall be inclined to favour them inthis partof their request; theBarbers, from the scrupulous Regard and Tenderness which thatAugust Assemblyhas always shewn forprivate Property, cannot but hope they shall becontinuedin the Enjoyment ofalltheir present Possessions, without anyDivisionwhatsoever, and that, for the following Reasons:First, Because most of theunitedCompany’s Lands and Tenements, (particularly the Site of theirHall, Parlour, &c.) originally belonged tothem, and by the unitingAct375seem with great Justice to have been intended to remain to theirsoleandseparateUse, tho’ in fact theSurgeonshave hitherto beenindulgedin theequalEnjoyment of them with theBarbers.Secondly, Because theSurgeons Shareof what may have been acquiredsincethe Union, will scarce be anadequateRecompence to theBarbersfor the aboveIndulgence, much less for the unmeritedLossof a Brotherhood now sohonourableandadvantageousto them.Thirdly, Because the Expenses of theBarberswhendistinctlyincorporated, can fall but very little, if any thing, short of those of theunitedCompany, so that a Reduction ofIncomemust subject them to very great Difficulties, which (considering thattheyneither desire, nor have given theSurgeonsjust Cause to desire a Separation) would be extremely hard and unreasonable.Lastly, Because the presentflourishingCondition of theSurgeons, (the onlyrealAlteration in the Circumstances of Things) will sufficiently enable them to support the Dignity of theirnewandfavouriteInstitution with becomingSplendor, without distressing theirless happyBrethren theBarbers.
TheBarbersofLondonwere aFraternitybefore the Time ofEdward the Second, and by Letters-Patent ofEdward the Fourthwere made aBody Corporate, and invested with several Powers and Privileges. In the 32d Year ofHenry the Eighth, thepublickPolicy thought proper tounitethem with another Company (not thenincorporated) called theSurgeonsofLondon, in order, (as is most probable) totransferthose Powers and Privileges to thelatter, without directly appearing towrestthem from theformerto whom they had beenoriginallygranted.
TheCoalitionof the two Companies having now subsisted aboveTwo Hundred Years, theBarbersare surpris’d to find anAttemptmade by theSurgeonstodissolveit, by Authority ofParliament, without their Participation or Consent.
Theprincipal Reasonsassigned by theSurgeons, in their printed Case, to induce the legislature to theextraordinaryAct of Power, are,
First, That theBarbers, in the Time ofHenry the Eighth, were allSurgeons, and that the Parliament, byunitingthem with others ofsuperiorAbilities, intendedtheirImprovement inthatProfession; but that they having, long since,ceasedto intermeddle with any Branch ofSurgery, thisIntentof the Act is frustrated, and the laudablePurposeof theUnionat an end.
Secondly, That by thisAlterationof the Circumstances of things, the Junction of the two Companies (how advantageous soever informerTimes) isnowbecome highlyinconvenient.
Thirdly, That theSurgeonsifdistinctlyincorporated, would be encouraged tomeetandcommunicateto one another their Experiments and Successes.
AndFourthly, That the like Separation has taken place atParis,Edinburgh, andGlascow.
BUT thefirstof theseReasonsis grounded on aMistakein point ofFact; for tho’ it betruethat theBarberswereall originally Surgeons, and incorporatedas such, yet longbeforethe Union in question,mostof them hadquittedtheactual Exerciseof that Profession, and theRightitself of exercising itin virtueof their Charter, had beentakenaway373by Parliament: And tho’ in thePreambleof the uniting Act,bothCompanies are stiledSurgeons, yet from theEnacting374Part (which expreslyrestrainstheBarbersfrom occupying any part ofSurgery, exceptTooth-drawing) it is evident theLegislaturedid not consider them asrealSurgeons, nor could intend theirImprovementin a Science they wereforbidtopractise, so that the Circumstances of Things arenotaltered from what theythenwere, or from what they manifestly weredesignedto be; and therefore theBarbershaving no Relation to theSurgeons, or their Art (as it wasthendeemed noObjectionto theirUnion) cannotnow, with any Propriety, be insisted on as aReasonfor theirSeparation.
With regard to theInconveniencescomplained of, as the Charge isgeneral, thisgeneralAnswer only can be given, That theBarbershave always, with the greatest Deference,submittedto theSurgeonsin all Matterspeculiarto them, and chearfully contributed, out of theircommonStock, towards every Expence whichtheyhave declared necessary for the Honour or Advancement oftheirProfession. And sincenoneof these Inconveniences have been of Consequence enough to deserve beingparticularlypointed out, we may venture to pronounce theminconsiderable, and unworthy the Attention and Redress ofParliament; and the rather, asallof them put together, have not prevented theSurgeonsofLondonfrom carrying the Improvement of their Art, both in Speculation and Practice, to a greater Height than has been done in any other Place or Nation.
That the frequent Meetings of ingenious Men, and their free Communications on the Subject of their Profession, may tendto the Benefit of Mankind in general, and to the Honour of their Country in particular, is not denied: But surely the Constitution of theunitedCompany is no obstacle to these laudable Purposes. TheBarbershave for many Years, at their Monthly Courts, submitted towithdrawat a stated Hour, andresignedthe Parlour to the Surgeons: And if thisCondescensionis not supposed to afford themsufficientTime for Conversation on theseparticularDays, nothinghindersthem from holdingseperateAssemblies at the Hall almosteveryother Day in the Year.
As to what is said to have been done atParis,Edinburgh, andGlascow, noparticularanswer can be given, unless it appeared by whatMeans, for whatReasons, and upon whatTermstheSeparationsin those Places were brought about. InLondonthere are but two Instances of Separations of Companies,viz.that of theFeltmakersfrom theHaberdashersin 1604, and that of theApothecariesfrom theGrocersin 1617; but boththese were effected bymutualConsent, without the Intervention ofParliament; and it may be proper to observe, that the Feltmakers miscarried in a former Application for an exclusive Charter in 1576 forwantof the Haberdashers Consent.
Upon the whole, therefore, theBarbershumbly hope the forgoing Reasons will be deemedinsufficientto induce theLegislatureto destroy anUniontheythemselvesthought proper toform, an Union which two hundred Years Existence has rendredvenerable, and which, by theImprovementsabove-mentioned, appears to have answered all thePurposesfor which it was established.
But if forotherReasons (which theSurgeonssaymaybe given) the Parliament shall be inclined to favour them inthis partof their request; theBarbers, from the scrupulous Regard and Tenderness which thatAugust Assemblyhas always shewn forprivate Property, cannot but hope they shall becontinuedin the Enjoyment ofalltheir present Possessions, without anyDivisionwhatsoever, and that, for the following Reasons:
First, Because most of theunitedCompany’s Lands and Tenements, (particularly the Site of theirHall, Parlour, &c.) originally belonged tothem, and by the unitingAct375seem with great Justice to have been intended to remain to theirsoleandseparateUse, tho’ in fact theSurgeonshave hitherto beenindulgedin theequalEnjoyment of them with theBarbers.
Secondly, Because theSurgeons Shareof what may have been acquiredsincethe Union, will scarce be anadequateRecompence to theBarbersfor the aboveIndulgence, much less for the unmeritedLossof a Brotherhood now sohonourableandadvantageousto them.
Thirdly, Because the Expenses of theBarberswhendistinctlyincorporated, can fall but very little, if any thing, short of those of theunitedCompany, so that a Reduction ofIncomemust subject them to very great Difficulties, which (considering thattheyneither desire, nor have given theSurgeonsjust Cause to desire a Separation) would be extremely hard and unreasonable.
Lastly, Because the presentflourishingCondition of theSurgeons, (the onlyrealAlteration in the Circumstances of Things) will sufficiently enable them to support the Dignity of theirnewandfavouriteInstitution with becomingSplendor, without distressing theirless happyBrethren theBarbers.
Act of Parliament 18 Geo. II, cap. 15.(See page162.)
And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That such of the Members of the said United Company or Corporation, who are Freemen of the said Company, and are not admitted or approved Surgeons, and their Successors, shall, from and after the said Twenty-fourth day of June, One thousand seven hundred and forty-five, be, and they are hereby made and constituted, a Body Corporate, and Commonalty Perpetual, which, at all times hereafter, shall be called by the Name of The Master, Governors, and Commonalty of the Mystery of Barbers of London; and, by the same name, shall plead and be impleaded before all Manner of Justices, in all Courts, and in all Manner of Actions and Suits; and also purchase, enjoy, and take to them, and their Successors, any Lands, Tenements, Rents, or Hereditaments, not exceeding the yearly Rent or Value of Two hundred Pounds in the Whole, without incurring any of the Penalties or Forfeitures of the Statutes of Mortmain.And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that Master Jonathan Medley, the present First Master or Governor of the said United Company or Corporation, and Master Humphrey Negus, the present Third Master or Governor of the said United Company, and such Two other Persons as shall hereafter be elected and appointed for that Purpose, in pursuance of this Act, and as is hereinafter mentioned shall be, and they are hereby respectively established and confirmed, the Master and Governors of the Company or Corporation of Barbers of London, established and incorporated by this Act; and shall continue in, and hold, exercise, and enjoy the said Offices respectively, until others shall be chosen, elected, and appointed in and to the same Offices respectively, pursuant and according to the By-laws, Rules, Orders, and Constitutions of the same Company; and that the said Jonathan Medley, Humphrey Negus, and William Parker, Luke Maurice, John Barnwell, John Truelove, William Haddon, John Negus, Edward Boxley, Samuel Rutter, Robert Scrooby, Richard Swithin, Edward Colebeck, Togarmah Jones, and John Gurney, being Fifteen of the present Court of Assistants of the said United Company, and such Nine other Persons as shall be hereafter elected and appointed for that purpose, in pursuance of this Act, and as is hereinafter mentioned, shall be, and they are hereby constituted and appointed, the Court of Assistants of the Company of Barbers, made, established, and incorporated by this Act; and shall continue in, and hold, enjoy, and exercise the said office during their natural Lives respectively, or until they shall be respectivelyremoved out of the said Office, pursuant and according to the said By-laws, Rules, Ordinances and Constitutions of the said Company of Barbers of London.And it is hereby further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Jonathan Medley, Humphrey Negus, William Parker, Luke Maurice, John Barnwell, John Truelove, William Haddon, John Negus, Edward Boxley, Samuel Rutter, Robert Scrooby, Richard Swithin, Edward Colebeck, Togarmah Jones and John Gurney, or the major Part of them, to meet at or in the Hall now belonging to the said united Company, situate in Monkwell Street in the City of London, on the Twenty-fifth Day of June, One thousand seven hundred and forty-five, between the Hours of Nine in the Morning and One in the Afternoon of the same Day, and then and there to elect, choose, and appoint, out of the Freemen of the said Company or Corporation of the Barbers of London, established and incorporated by this Act, by the Majority of the Votes of such of the said Fifteen Persons last mentioned, who shall be present at such Meeting, so many other Persons to be of the said Court of Assistants of the said Company or Corporation of the Barbers of London, as will make the Number Twenty-four, to continue in the said Office respectively for and during their natural Lives, or until they shall be respectively removed out of the said Office; and also that immediately after such Court of Assistants shall be made up the said Number of Twenty-four Persons, the said Court of Assistants shall then and there, by the Majority of Votes of such of the said Court of Assistants as shall be then present, elect, choose, and appoint from among themselves, Two Persons, to be the Third and Fourth Governors of the said Company or Corporation of the Barbers of London, to continue in, hold, exercise, and enjoy, the said Offices respectively as aforesaid.And it is hereby further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Master and Governors for the Time being of the said Company or Corporation of Barbers, or any Two or more of them, with Eleven or more of the Members of the said Court of Assistants for the Time being, when and as often as to Two or more of the said Master and Governors shall seem meet to hold Courts or Assemblies at or in the Hall of the said Company for the Time being, in order to treat and consult about the Rule, State, Order, and Government of the said Company or Corporation of Barbers; and also that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Master and Governors, and Court of Assistants, so assembled, or the major Part of them, to make, constitute, ordain, establish, ratify, and confirm, all or any such By-laws, Ordinances, Rules, and Constitutions, as to them shall seem requisite, proper, or convenient for the Regulation, Government, Profit, or Advantage of the said Company or Corporation of the Barbers of London, and the Members thereof, and the same, from Time to Time, to alter or repeal;so as the By-laws, Ordinances, Rules, and Constitutions so to be made and established, shall be examined, approved, and allowed of, as by the Laws and Statutes of the Realm is provided and required.Provided always, and it is hereby enacted and declared, That the several By-laws, Ordinances, Rules, and Constitutions, made and established for the Regulation and Government of the said United Company or Corporation, so far as the same do not relate to or concern the Art or Science of Surgery, and which, on the said Twenty-third day of June, shall be subsisting and in Force, and shall not be repealed, annulled or abrogated by virtue of this present Act, shall continue and be in Force, and shall be exercised, observed, and executed by the said Company of Barbers established and incorporated by this Act, until such Time and Times respectively as the same By-laws, Ordinances, Rules, and Constitutions, shall respectively be repealed, annulled and made void, by virtue and under the Authority of this present Act.And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Master and Governors of the said Company or Corporation of Barbers of London shall be yearly elected and chosen on the second Thursday in August, by the Court of Assistants or the major Part of them, or in such manner as by the By-laws, Rules, Orders, and Constitutions of the same Company or Corporation shall be ordained or provided; and that when and as often as any member of the said Court of Assistants of the said Company of Barbers shall happen to die, or be removed, it shall and may be lawful to and for the surviving Members of the said Court of Assistants, or the major Part of them, to nominate and elect one other Person, being a Freeman of the same Company, to be a Member of the said Court of Assistants, in the Room of the Person so deceased or removed; and the person so nominated or elected shall continue in, hold, and exercise the said Office for and during his natural Life, or until he shall be removed out of the same.And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Master, Governors, and Commonalty of the Mystery of Barbers of London, hereby made, established, and incorporated as aforesaid, and their Successors, and all Persons who shall be free of the same Company or Corporation, shall and may, from Time to Time, and at all Times for ever hereafter, have, hold, and enjoy all and every such and the same Liberties, Privileges, Franchises, Powers, and authorities, as the said United Company or Corporation, with respect to every Thing but Surgery, and the Members of the said United Company, occupying the Feat or Craft of Barbery or Shaving, could or might respectively have had, held and enjoyed by virtue of the said recited Act of Union or Incorporation, [32 Hen. viij] and Letters Patents of his late Majesty King Charles theFirst, and other the Royal Grants, Charters, and Patents therein respectively mentioned and referred to, so far as the same do not concern or relate to the Art and Science of Surgery; and that in as full, ample, and beneficial Manner, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the same had been expressly repeated, set down, and enacted in and by this present Act.And it is hereby Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Sum of Five hundred and ten Pounds, now vested in the said United Company, and which was given and paid to the said United Company by Edward Arris, for the Use of the publick Anatomy Lectures on the Muscles, and also the Annuity or yearly Rent-charge of Sixteen Pounds given to the said United Company by the Will of John Gale, Gentleman, for One Anatomy Lecture, by the Name of Gale’s Anatomy, and charged upon certain Messuages and Tenements at Snow Hill, in the Parish of Saint Sepulchre, without Newgate, London, shall, from and after the said Twenty-fourth Day of June, One thousand seven hundred and forty-five be vested in, and be deemed the sole Property, Estate, and Effects of the said Company and Corporation of Surgeons established and incorporated by this Act; and that the said Sum of Five hundred and ten Pounds be accordingly paid by the said Company or Corporation of Barbers of London, out of the Estate and Effects of and now belonging to the said United Company or Corporation, within Three Months next after the said Twenty-fourth day of June, and that the said Sum of Five hundred and ten Pounds, and the said Annuity or yearly Rent-charge of Sixteen Pounds per Annum, shall be held and enjoyed by the said Company of Surgeons established by this Act, upon Trust, to be applied and disposed of for the Purposes intended by the Donors thereof respectively; and that from and after the Payment of the said Five hundred and ten Pounds by the said Company of Barbers to the said Company of Surgeons, they the said Master, Governors, and Commonalty of the Mystery of Barbers of London, and their Successors, shall for ever be discharged of and from the said Sum or Gift of Five hundred and ten Pounds, and every Part thereof, and of and from the said Annuity or Gift of Sixteen Pounds per annum, and every Part thereof, and of and from all Duties and Trusts in respect of the said Gifts, or either of them; and shall, from Time to Time, be saved harmless, and kept indemnified, by the said Company of Surgeons, of, from, and against the same, and all Actions, Suits, Charges, and Expences which they the said Master, Governors, and Commonalty of the Mystery of Barbers of London, or their successors, shall or may, from Time to Time, be put unto or sustain on account thereof; and that all the Rest and Residue of the Real and Personal Estate and Effects of and belonging to the said United Company or Corporation, and the Arms or Ensigns Armorial of the same Company or Corporation, shall, from and after the said Twenty-fourth Day of June, One thousand seven hundred and forty-five, be vested in, and the same are hereby from thence forthvested in the said Company or Corporation of Barbers of London, and their Successors, to and for their own sole and separate Use and Benefit, for ever.And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That such of the Books, Papers, and Writings which now belong to the said United Company of Barbers and Surgeons, and relate to or concern the Surgeons or Surgery only, shall, immediately after the First day of July, One thousand seven hundred and forty-five, be delivered by the said Company of Barbers, established and incorporated by this Act, to the Master, and Governors, and Court of Assistants, of the said Company of Surgeons established and incorporated by this Act, or such other Person or Persons as they, or the major Part of them, shall by Writing under their Hands, appoint to receive the same, for the Use and benefit of the said Company of Surgeons: And that the Master, Governors, and Court of Assistants, of the same Company of Surgeons, or any of them, or such other Person or Persons as they, or the major Part of them, shall by writing under their hands, appoint, shall and may, from Time to Time, and at all seasonable Times, upon reasonable Notice, from and after the said First Day of July, One thousand seven hundred and forty-five, have free Access to, and Liberty to inspect and peruse, in the Hands of such Person or Persons as the said Company of Barbers shall Appoint to have the Care and Custody thereof, all the rest of the Books, Papers, and Writings, and also all the Charters and Deeds which now belong to the said United Company of Barbers and Surgeons; and, from Time to Time, to take such Copies or Extracts of or from the same, or any of them, as the said Master, Governors, and Court of Assistants of the said Company of Surgeons, or the major Part of them, or such other Person or Persons so to be appointed as aforesaid, shall, from Time to Time, desire or require; and also that the said Company of Barbers shall, from Time to Time, and at all Times, upon reasonable Notice, from and after the said First Day of July, produce the said last mentioned Books, Papers, Writings, Charters, and Deeds, or any of them, at the Expence of the said Company of Surgeons, upon any Trial at Law, or Hearing in Equity, or Examination of Witnesses, or otherwise, where the said Company of Surgeons shall have occasion to make use thereof, or of any of them, and permit the said Company of Surgeons to make use of the same accordingly.Provided always, and it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every Person who hath been bound Apprentice to any Member of the said United Company, and by the Laws or Custom of the City of London, or otherwise, is or would be intitled to his Freedom of the said United Company, and to the Freedom of the said City, in case this present Act had never been made, shall be intitled and admitted to his Freedom in the said Company or Corporation of Surgeons, if his Master is orwas an examined Surgeon, or else to his Freedom in the said Company of Barbers; and in either case shall be intitled and admitted to his Freedom of the said City of London, any Law, Usage, or Custom, to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that this Act shall be deemed, adjudged, and taken to be a publick Act; and be judicially taken notice of as such, by all Judges, Justices, and other persons whatsoever, without specially pleading the same.
And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That such of the Members of the said United Company or Corporation, who are Freemen of the said Company, and are not admitted or approved Surgeons, and their Successors, shall, from and after the said Twenty-fourth day of June, One thousand seven hundred and forty-five, be, and they are hereby made and constituted, a Body Corporate, and Commonalty Perpetual, which, at all times hereafter, shall be called by the Name of The Master, Governors, and Commonalty of the Mystery of Barbers of London; and, by the same name, shall plead and be impleaded before all Manner of Justices, in all Courts, and in all Manner of Actions and Suits; and also purchase, enjoy, and take to them, and their Successors, any Lands, Tenements, Rents, or Hereditaments, not exceeding the yearly Rent or Value of Two hundred Pounds in the Whole, without incurring any of the Penalties or Forfeitures of the Statutes of Mortmain.
And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that Master Jonathan Medley, the present First Master or Governor of the said United Company or Corporation, and Master Humphrey Negus, the present Third Master or Governor of the said United Company, and such Two other Persons as shall hereafter be elected and appointed for that Purpose, in pursuance of this Act, and as is hereinafter mentioned shall be, and they are hereby respectively established and confirmed, the Master and Governors of the Company or Corporation of Barbers of London, established and incorporated by this Act; and shall continue in, and hold, exercise, and enjoy the said Offices respectively, until others shall be chosen, elected, and appointed in and to the same Offices respectively, pursuant and according to the By-laws, Rules, Orders, and Constitutions of the same Company; and that the said Jonathan Medley, Humphrey Negus, and William Parker, Luke Maurice, John Barnwell, John Truelove, William Haddon, John Negus, Edward Boxley, Samuel Rutter, Robert Scrooby, Richard Swithin, Edward Colebeck, Togarmah Jones, and John Gurney, being Fifteen of the present Court of Assistants of the said United Company, and such Nine other Persons as shall be hereafter elected and appointed for that purpose, in pursuance of this Act, and as is hereinafter mentioned, shall be, and they are hereby constituted and appointed, the Court of Assistants of the Company of Barbers, made, established, and incorporated by this Act; and shall continue in, and hold, enjoy, and exercise the said office during their natural Lives respectively, or until they shall be respectivelyremoved out of the said Office, pursuant and according to the said By-laws, Rules, Ordinances and Constitutions of the said Company of Barbers of London.
And it is hereby further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Jonathan Medley, Humphrey Negus, William Parker, Luke Maurice, John Barnwell, John Truelove, William Haddon, John Negus, Edward Boxley, Samuel Rutter, Robert Scrooby, Richard Swithin, Edward Colebeck, Togarmah Jones and John Gurney, or the major Part of them, to meet at or in the Hall now belonging to the said united Company, situate in Monkwell Street in the City of London, on the Twenty-fifth Day of June, One thousand seven hundred and forty-five, between the Hours of Nine in the Morning and One in the Afternoon of the same Day, and then and there to elect, choose, and appoint, out of the Freemen of the said Company or Corporation of the Barbers of London, established and incorporated by this Act, by the Majority of the Votes of such of the said Fifteen Persons last mentioned, who shall be present at such Meeting, so many other Persons to be of the said Court of Assistants of the said Company or Corporation of the Barbers of London, as will make the Number Twenty-four, to continue in the said Office respectively for and during their natural Lives, or until they shall be respectively removed out of the said Office; and also that immediately after such Court of Assistants shall be made up the said Number of Twenty-four Persons, the said Court of Assistants shall then and there, by the Majority of Votes of such of the said Court of Assistants as shall be then present, elect, choose, and appoint from among themselves, Two Persons, to be the Third and Fourth Governors of the said Company or Corporation of the Barbers of London, to continue in, hold, exercise, and enjoy, the said Offices respectively as aforesaid.
And it is hereby further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Master and Governors for the Time being of the said Company or Corporation of Barbers, or any Two or more of them, with Eleven or more of the Members of the said Court of Assistants for the Time being, when and as often as to Two or more of the said Master and Governors shall seem meet to hold Courts or Assemblies at or in the Hall of the said Company for the Time being, in order to treat and consult about the Rule, State, Order, and Government of the said Company or Corporation of Barbers; and also that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Master and Governors, and Court of Assistants, so assembled, or the major Part of them, to make, constitute, ordain, establish, ratify, and confirm, all or any such By-laws, Ordinances, Rules, and Constitutions, as to them shall seem requisite, proper, or convenient for the Regulation, Government, Profit, or Advantage of the said Company or Corporation of the Barbers of London, and the Members thereof, and the same, from Time to Time, to alter or repeal;so as the By-laws, Ordinances, Rules, and Constitutions so to be made and established, shall be examined, approved, and allowed of, as by the Laws and Statutes of the Realm is provided and required.
Provided always, and it is hereby enacted and declared, That the several By-laws, Ordinances, Rules, and Constitutions, made and established for the Regulation and Government of the said United Company or Corporation, so far as the same do not relate to or concern the Art or Science of Surgery, and which, on the said Twenty-third day of June, shall be subsisting and in Force, and shall not be repealed, annulled or abrogated by virtue of this present Act, shall continue and be in Force, and shall be exercised, observed, and executed by the said Company of Barbers established and incorporated by this Act, until such Time and Times respectively as the same By-laws, Ordinances, Rules, and Constitutions, shall respectively be repealed, annulled and made void, by virtue and under the Authority of this present Act.
And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Master and Governors of the said Company or Corporation of Barbers of London shall be yearly elected and chosen on the second Thursday in August, by the Court of Assistants or the major Part of them, or in such manner as by the By-laws, Rules, Orders, and Constitutions of the same Company or Corporation shall be ordained or provided; and that when and as often as any member of the said Court of Assistants of the said Company of Barbers shall happen to die, or be removed, it shall and may be lawful to and for the surviving Members of the said Court of Assistants, or the major Part of them, to nominate and elect one other Person, being a Freeman of the same Company, to be a Member of the said Court of Assistants, in the Room of the Person so deceased or removed; and the person so nominated or elected shall continue in, hold, and exercise the said Office for and during his natural Life, or until he shall be removed out of the same.
And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Master, Governors, and Commonalty of the Mystery of Barbers of London, hereby made, established, and incorporated as aforesaid, and their Successors, and all Persons who shall be free of the same Company or Corporation, shall and may, from Time to Time, and at all Times for ever hereafter, have, hold, and enjoy all and every such and the same Liberties, Privileges, Franchises, Powers, and authorities, as the said United Company or Corporation, with respect to every Thing but Surgery, and the Members of the said United Company, occupying the Feat or Craft of Barbery or Shaving, could or might respectively have had, held and enjoyed by virtue of the said recited Act of Union or Incorporation, [32 Hen. viij] and Letters Patents of his late Majesty King Charles theFirst, and other the Royal Grants, Charters, and Patents therein respectively mentioned and referred to, so far as the same do not concern or relate to the Art and Science of Surgery; and that in as full, ample, and beneficial Manner, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the same had been expressly repeated, set down, and enacted in and by this present Act.
And it is hereby Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Sum of Five hundred and ten Pounds, now vested in the said United Company, and which was given and paid to the said United Company by Edward Arris, for the Use of the publick Anatomy Lectures on the Muscles, and also the Annuity or yearly Rent-charge of Sixteen Pounds given to the said United Company by the Will of John Gale, Gentleman, for One Anatomy Lecture, by the Name of Gale’s Anatomy, and charged upon certain Messuages and Tenements at Snow Hill, in the Parish of Saint Sepulchre, without Newgate, London, shall, from and after the said Twenty-fourth Day of June, One thousand seven hundred and forty-five be vested in, and be deemed the sole Property, Estate, and Effects of the said Company and Corporation of Surgeons established and incorporated by this Act; and that the said Sum of Five hundred and ten Pounds be accordingly paid by the said Company or Corporation of Barbers of London, out of the Estate and Effects of and now belonging to the said United Company or Corporation, within Three Months next after the said Twenty-fourth day of June, and that the said Sum of Five hundred and ten Pounds, and the said Annuity or yearly Rent-charge of Sixteen Pounds per Annum, shall be held and enjoyed by the said Company of Surgeons established by this Act, upon Trust, to be applied and disposed of for the Purposes intended by the Donors thereof respectively; and that from and after the Payment of the said Five hundred and ten Pounds by the said Company of Barbers to the said Company of Surgeons, they the said Master, Governors, and Commonalty of the Mystery of Barbers of London, and their Successors, shall for ever be discharged of and from the said Sum or Gift of Five hundred and ten Pounds, and every Part thereof, and of and from the said Annuity or Gift of Sixteen Pounds per annum, and every Part thereof, and of and from all Duties and Trusts in respect of the said Gifts, or either of them; and shall, from Time to Time, be saved harmless, and kept indemnified, by the said Company of Surgeons, of, from, and against the same, and all Actions, Suits, Charges, and Expences which they the said Master, Governors, and Commonalty of the Mystery of Barbers of London, or their successors, shall or may, from Time to Time, be put unto or sustain on account thereof; and that all the Rest and Residue of the Real and Personal Estate and Effects of and belonging to the said United Company or Corporation, and the Arms or Ensigns Armorial of the same Company or Corporation, shall, from and after the said Twenty-fourth Day of June, One thousand seven hundred and forty-five, be vested in, and the same are hereby from thence forthvested in the said Company or Corporation of Barbers of London, and their Successors, to and for their own sole and separate Use and Benefit, for ever.
And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That such of the Books, Papers, and Writings which now belong to the said United Company of Barbers and Surgeons, and relate to or concern the Surgeons or Surgery only, shall, immediately after the First day of July, One thousand seven hundred and forty-five, be delivered by the said Company of Barbers, established and incorporated by this Act, to the Master, and Governors, and Court of Assistants, of the said Company of Surgeons established and incorporated by this Act, or such other Person or Persons as they, or the major Part of them, shall by Writing under their Hands, appoint to receive the same, for the Use and benefit of the said Company of Surgeons: And that the Master, Governors, and Court of Assistants, of the same Company of Surgeons, or any of them, or such other Person or Persons as they, or the major Part of them, shall by writing under their hands, appoint, shall and may, from Time to Time, and at all seasonable Times, upon reasonable Notice, from and after the said First Day of July, One thousand seven hundred and forty-five, have free Access to, and Liberty to inspect and peruse, in the Hands of such Person or Persons as the said Company of Barbers shall Appoint to have the Care and Custody thereof, all the rest of the Books, Papers, and Writings, and also all the Charters and Deeds which now belong to the said United Company of Barbers and Surgeons; and, from Time to Time, to take such Copies or Extracts of or from the same, or any of them, as the said Master, Governors, and Court of Assistants of the said Company of Surgeons, or the major Part of them, or such other Person or Persons so to be appointed as aforesaid, shall, from Time to Time, desire or require; and also that the said Company of Barbers shall, from Time to Time, and at all Times, upon reasonable Notice, from and after the said First Day of July, produce the said last mentioned Books, Papers, Writings, Charters, and Deeds, or any of them, at the Expence of the said Company of Surgeons, upon any Trial at Law, or Hearing in Equity, or Examination of Witnesses, or otherwise, where the said Company of Surgeons shall have occasion to make use thereof, or of any of them, and permit the said Company of Surgeons to make use of the same accordingly.
Provided always, and it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every Person who hath been bound Apprentice to any Member of the said United Company, and by the Laws or Custom of the City of London, or otherwise, is or would be intitled to his Freedom of the said United Company, and to the Freedom of the said City, in case this present Act had never been made, shall be intitled and admitted to his Freedom in the said Company or Corporation of Surgeons, if his Master is orwas an examined Surgeon, or else to his Freedom in the said Company of Barbers; and in either case shall be intitled and admitted to his Freedom of the said City of London, any Law, Usage, or Custom, to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that this Act shall be deemed, adjudged, and taken to be a publick Act; and be judicially taken notice of as such, by all Judges, Justices, and other persons whatsoever, without specially pleading the same.
Charles R.Trustie and welbeloved wee greete you well Whereas wee understand that contrary to the antient Charters & an act of Parliament confirmed by us and orlate deere father divers Hosiers Dyers & other tradesmen unskilfull in Chirurgery or Barbarye have bene chosen into & held the places of Governemtof the Companye of Barbar Surgians, when in deed for many waightie reasons the governemtof that Companye hath bene established & settled by Act of Parliamt& ought to consist of 4 Masters or Governorswhereof twoe be expert in Surgerye and the other twoe in Barbarye and that by meanes of such undue Elections the true intenc͠on of the Chrẽs and Act of Parliament for the well governemtof that Companye have bene neglected, Wee takeing into considerac͠on of what dangerous consequence it maye be to suffer a Companye wherein the lives and safetie of orpeople are soe much concerned and for wchorProgenitorshave soe carefully provided, to bee governed by such unskilfull pˀsons; Doe therefore herebye straightlie charge & comaund you, That from henceforth it be duelye observed in all yorElections of Governorsthat none be chosen into that governemtbut such as are capeable thereof by the said Act of Parliamtvizttwoe expert in Chirurgerye and the other twoe in Barbarye, And of yordue pˀformance herein wee shall expect an exact Accompt. Given under orsignett at our Palace of Westmˀster the three & twentieth daye of March in the fower teenth yeare of orreigne.To ortrustie & Welbeloved the Masters orGovernorsAssistants and Coĩaltie ofBarbars and Chirurgians of Lonᵭ.
Charles R.
Trustie and welbeloved wee greete you well Whereas wee understand that contrary to the antient Charters & an act of Parliament confirmed by us and orlate deere father divers Hosiers Dyers & other tradesmen unskilfull in Chirurgery or Barbarye have bene chosen into & held the places of Governemtof the Companye of Barbar Surgians, when in deed for many waightie reasons the governemtof that Companye hath bene established & settled by Act of Parliamt& ought to consist of 4 Masters or Governorswhereof twoe be expert in Surgerye and the other twoe in Barbarye and that by meanes of such undue Elections the true intenc͠on of the Chrẽs and Act of Parliament for the well governemtof that Companye have bene neglected, Wee takeing into considerac͠on of what dangerous consequence it maye be to suffer a Companye wherein the lives and safetie of orpeople are soe much concerned and for wchorProgenitorshave soe carefully provided, to bee governed by such unskilfull pˀsons; Doe therefore herebye straightlie charge & comaund you, That from henceforth it be duelye observed in all yorElections of Governorsthat none be chosen into that governemtbut such as are capeable thereof by the said Act of Parliamtvizttwoe expert in Chirurgerye and the other twoe in Barbarye, And of yordue pˀformance herein wee shall expect an exact Accompt. Given under orsignett at our Palace of Westmˀster the three & twentieth daye of March in the fower teenth yeare of orreigne.
To ortrustie & Welbeloved the Masters orGovernorsAssistants and Coĩaltie ofBarbars and Chirurgians of Lonᵭ.
The reader will find it convenient to observe the general arrangement of this Index before using it, several references being grouped under distinctive or separate headings.
The details of various insignificant items (e.g., many of the Wardens’ payments pp. 379–422, and similar matter), together with the Biographical Notices and Appendices (which speak for themselves), have not been indexed. To have given a reference toeverysentence would havemateriallyincreased the bulk of the volume without a corresponding advantage, but every endeavour has been made to include whatever is practical or useful.