[445] i.e. in prison.

[446] Leet Book, 578. The MS. has co'iens and co'ialte throughout. Both sets printed in Sharp, pp. 235-6.

[447] Leet Book, 578.

[448] One of these, William Huet, probably a tailor or shereman, was one of the nine score wealthy men. In 1464, he—or one bearing this name—had been in trouble with the corporation (v. ante, p. 138). "Norfolk," the name of one other, was a regular weaver's name in Coventry.

[449] Corp. MS. A. 79, f. 19.

[450] I am afraid that there is nothing further to be learned of Saunders. Professor S.R. Gardiner was so good as to make inquiries at the Record Office whether there were any Star Chamber records bearing upon his case, but none belonging to this period are in existence.


[CHAPTER XIII]

The Companies of the Crafts