by reason that certain of the Electors being of divers trades were unable to agree upon two persons expert in Barbery, and these Electors refusing to choose two Masters Barbers, a Court was at once held and the six Barber Electors were discharged, six more Electors being chosen and called; two of these, however, being contaminated by those already dismissed, refused to serve, and eventually a fresh set of Electors was chosen, who retired, and elected Mr. William Clowes, Serjeant-Surgeon to the King, as Master, and three others Wardens, “and after dinner ended and the Seremonye pˀformed by the Masters or Governors of chooseing the new Mrs or Governors with silver Garlands in the publique Hall,” the new Master and Wardens were sworn in.
8th November, 1638. A great feud having arisen between the Court and Richard Morrice, an Assistant, a suit was prosecuted against Morrice in the Earl Marshal’s Court, when the sentence pronounced against him was that he should attend the Court at the Hall, and there bareheaded rehearse in an audible voice an abject apology, the exact words of which are set out. This Morrice did, and the Master and Wardens having testified the same, he was again called into Court, when it would seem that his apology had been made under fear of the Earl Marshal and not of his free will, for the Court calling upon him to make answer “for his contentious carriage & foule & bitter languages & invective speeches by him given from Court to Court agt divers Assistantꝭ to the generall disturbance of their Courtꝭ he refused to cleare himselfe or to give answeare,” whereupon the Court dismissed him from his place as an Assistant.
13th September, 1640. This Court is willing that there shalbe a distribuc͠on of Mr Mapes Legacy on Cosmas and Damianus day being the 27th of this Instant September to 12 poore people 12 Angells according to the directions of Mris Joy they haveing red crosses on theire brests.
Memorand. on the 27th September being Cosmus and Damianus day 6li 13s 4d was distributed according to Mr Richard Mapes Will. vizt These 12 poore persons free of our Company came into our Hall with red Crosses each of them on theire right Brests and the Governours gave to each of them 10s which amounted to 6li and the 13s 4d was to themselves for a repast for their paynes.
 | Widdow Wright. | | Widdow Chapman. | |
| Widdow James. | Widdow Tyler. | |||
| The poores | Widdow Colley. | Widdow Pebworth. | ||
| names were | Old Holmewood. | Old Kelham. | ||
| Widdow Bullock. | John Mulis. | |||
| Blind Reynolds. | Widdow Wadlowe. |
20th November, 1640. A dispute between Edward Molins and one Coppinger was heard by the Court, when the decision was against Molins, and he was fined for using bad language.
12th January, 1641. Edward Molins came into the Court and stood in the face of the Court with his Hatt on his head and his Armes on his side and told the Court he would doe noe obedience to the cote and swore Gods wounds he would submitt to noe man liveing.
15th January, 1641. Molins was fined 40s for this contempt.
18th January, 1641. Richard Tompkins & Symon Crouch Surgeons by profession yet useing Barbery, This Court doth give them Order by our Lady day next to leave barbeing it being against ye Statute to practise both.