English Surnames: Their Sources and Significations

by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Cordwaners, 14 torches.

Carpenters, 6 torches.

Chaloners, 4 torches.

Fullers, 4 torches.

Cottellers, 2 torches.

Wevers, torches.

Girdellers, torches.

Taillyoures, torches.

It is ordained that the Porters and Coblers should go first; then, of the Right, the Wevers and Cordwaners; on the Left, the Fullors, Cutlers, Girdellers, Chaloners, Carpenters, and Taillyoures; then the better sort of Citizens; and after the Twenty-four, the Twelve, the Mayor, and four Torches of Mr. Thomas Buckton.

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