The Annals of the Barber-Surgeons of London

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APPENDIX B. (See page [78].)

SIR THOMAS MORE’S ORDINANCES, 1530.

To all trew Cristen people to whome this present wrytyng shall come Sir Thomas More Knyght and Chauncellor to owre most drad Souˀaigne lorde Kyng Henry the viij^th Kyng of Englond and of ffraunce defensor of the ffaythe and lorde of Irelond: Thomas Duke of Northffolke and Tresourer of Englond, John ffitzjames Knyght Cheyff Justice of owre said Souˀaigne lord is Benche and Roᵬt Norwiche Knyght Cheyff Justice of the Com̃en Benche Sende gretynge in owre lorde God evˀlasting. Where in A certen Acte in the pˀliament holden at Westmynster the xxv^ti daye of January in the xx^th yere of the most Noble Kynge of ffamous memorie Kyng Henry the vij^th made and Ordeyned ffor the Weale and pˀffite of his Subgeittꝭ it Was Amongꝭ other thingꝭ Ordeyned Establisshed and enacted that no Maister Wardens or ffelaiship of Craftꝭ or misteries or any of them or any Rulers of Gyldes or ffratˀnites sholde take upon them to make any Actes or Ordinaunces ne to execute or use any Actes or Ordin^ances by them heretofore made in disenheryting or dymynic͠on of the Kyngꝭ pˀrogative or any other or Ayenst the Comen Weale and pˀffite of the Kyngꝭ Subgeittꝭ and liege people but yff the same Actes or Ordin^ances be examyned appoynted and admytted by the Chauncelor and Tresorer of Englond and the Cheyff Justices of eyther Benche or three of theym or els before bothe Justices of Assise in their Circute or progresse in that Shire where soche Actes or Ordin^ances be made upon payne of fforfature of xl^li for evˀy tyme that they doo therunto contrarie as in the said Acte itt doeth more playnly appere: The Maisters and Wardens of the misterie or Crafte of Barbor Surgions of the Citie of London Willing and desiring the said Acte in evˀry behalff to be observed and kept the xx^ti day of Octobre in the xxij^ti[357] yere of the Raigne of owre Souˀaigne lorde Kyng Henry the viij^th have exhibite and pˀsented their petic͠on thereupon made w^t a Boke conteyning dyvers Statutes Actes and Ordin^ances hertofore devised ordeyned and made for the ffelauship of Barbors Surgions and their Successors and for the Comon Weale and conservac͠on of the good estate of the said Crafte and misterie of Barbor Surgions aforesaid and for the Better Rules and Ordin^ances of the same ffelauship establysshed ordeyned and used. And therupon Instantly have desired us that We all and evˀy the said Statutes Ordin^ances and Othes by the same Maister and Wardens and their pˀdecessors to the fforsaid Entent made ordeyned and establisshed Wolde oversee and exameyn and the same and evˀy of theym correcte Refourme and amend after the maner and due ffourme convenyent and as the fforsaid Acte in the said pˀliament made requyreth. Wee Well pˀceyving the said Supplicac͠on to be good and acceptable according to their petic͠on and desires and by auctoritie of the said Acte of pˀliament to us comytted All and evˀy their Othes Actes and Ordin^ances in the said Boke specyfied have pˀfightly seen and the same well and ripely understond and theym all and evˀy of theym examyned corrected and reformed the tenure as hereaftˀ foloweth The Othe of evˀy ffreman ffurste ye shall swere that ye shalbe good and trewe unto owre leige lorde the Kyng and to his heires Kyngꝭ of Englond and obedient to the Maior and his Brethern the Aldermen of the Citie of London. And also ye shalbe obedient to the Maisters or Governors that now be or that hereafter shalbe of the Crafte of Barbor Surgions wherof ye be nowe made ffree, ye shall also obeye kepe and observe all the good Orders Rules and Ordin^ances of the said Crafte hertofore made and not Repelled and herafter to be made so helpe you God and all Sayntꝭ and by this Boke The Othe of the Maisters or Governors ye shall swere that ye shall observe kepe and mayntene the Wourship proffite and Comen Wele of the Crafte of Barbor Surgions in all poyntꝭ laufull and leafull as good and pˀffitable Maisters or Governors and Rulers ought to do after youre good connyng good diligence and power. Also ye shall kepe and maynten and do to be kept and mayntened during yo^r tyme as farforthe as you laufully maye aswell all soche good usages custumes liberties and Ordin^ances of the same Crafte and at this daye used approved and contynued and all and singuler poyntꝭ conteyned in the pˀmysses duely and trewly ye shall put in execuc͠on When and as often as the Casse shall requyre during yo^r tyme. And also ye shall duely and trewely make yo^r Serches thorough all the Company of the same Crafte Within the Citie of London and Suburbes of the same. And thereupon as the Casse shall requyre all the defaultes and necligences concilementꝭ and inconvenyencꝭ that may hapne or fall to be ffounde in the Crafte of Barbory or Surgery in yo^r tyme ye diligently shall reforme and sett in good Rule and trewely correcte and ponyshe according to the power and Rules for the reformac͠on had and made for the same in the said Crafte And for and during yo^r tyme correcte and lawfully ponyshe after the qualites and gravites of and upon the demerites and defaultꝭ ffounden in the same after yo^r connyng and power. Also ye shall not admytt eny fforen to be of this misterie whiche herafter shall sue to be ffreman of this Citie by Redempc͠on and to be enfraunchised in this misterie w^tout thassent of the xxiiij^ti assistentꝭ of the same Crafte or the more pˀte of them. And over that ye shall not charge the hole bodye of this ffelishipp by puttyng the Comen Seale of the same misterie to eny manˀ writyng cause or matter wherby the same company in any wise may be charged hurted or hyndered. Also in all the pˀmysses and other thyngꝭ necessarie concernyng the Weale and proffite of the said Crafte ye shall trewly lawfully diligently and indyfferently behave yo^r selffe after yo^r connyng and power and neyther for mede love ffavor affecc͠on nor for drede malice hatred or envie otherwise pˀcede Rule or conclude to or with any pˀson or pˀsones w^t whiche ye shalhave to doo by reason of yo^r said office than the good usages Rules liberties and Ordin^ances for the good ordre of the same Crafte hertofore made and not repelled and herafter to be made. Also at thende of yo^r Office ye shall geve unto the Maisters or Govˀnors that shall succede you next in the same occupac͠on this pˀsent othe So that they shall duely and trewely in all thingꝭ during the tyme that they shalbe in like Office pˀforme and ffulfill the same othe so god you helpe and all Sayntꝭ and by this Boke Also it is ordeyned that evˀry pˀson enfraunchised in the same Crafte shalbe redye at almanˀ of somons of the maisters or Govˀnors of the said Crafte for the tyme beyng And yff eny soche pˀsone absent hym from eny soche somõns w^tout cause resonable to be tried by his othe byfore the maisters or Govˀnors yff they thynke it necessarie Than he to paye for evˀy so doyng iij^s iiij^d the oon half to the chambre of London the other to y^e almes of the crafte Also y^t every man enfraunchesed in the said Crafte beyng duely warned or somõned that kepeth not his houre accordyng to the Somõns w^tout cause resonable to be tried in manˀr aforesaid for evˀy tyme so doyng shall paye to the almes of the said Crafte ij^d And he or they that disobeyeth this ordinaunce shall paye for his or theire disobedience in that behalff for evˀy tyme so offending iij^s iiij^d to be devided in ffourme aforsaid Also it is enacted and ordeyned that evˀy man in the Clothyng or lyvere of the said misterie shall paye quarterly to the maynten^ance of the Comen Charges of the same vj^d And evˀry man owt of the Clothing and evˀy Wydowe kepyng an open Shoppe iij^d And this to be paide quarterly upon payne and forfeyture at evˀy tyme offendyng or doying the contrairie iij^s iiij^d the one halff thereof to be applied to the use of the Chaumbre of London and the other halff to the almes of the said ffeliship so alwayes that the said quarterage be lawfully demaunded. Also it is ordeyned that no pˀson enfraunchesed in the said Crafte shall take any apprentice unto this tyme that he ffurst pˀsente this same pˀsone byfore the maisters or Govˀnors for the tyme beyng that they may see he be clene w^tout contynewell diseases or grevous infirmytes wherby the kyngꝭ leige people myght take hurt upon payne for evˀy tyme so doyng of xl^s to be applied in manˀ aforsaid. Also it is ordeyned that evˀy pˀson of the said ffeliship shall paye towardꝭ there charges for evˀy apprentice that he taketh ij^s vj^d To be payde at the pˀsentac͠on & allowyng of every apprentice. Also it is ordeyned that no pˀsons of the said ffeliaship beyng in the Clothyng or lyverye shalhave any moo Servauntes apprentices or Coven^antꝭ[358] usynge the faculte or misterie of Barborye or Surgery to gidder at oons above the nombre of iiij pˀsons pˀvided alwaye that w^tin halffe a yere of the goyngowt or endyng of the terme of oone of the said iiij pˀsons it shalbe leaffull to evˀy soche pˀsone to take and have another apprentice or Serv^ante the said act notw^tstondyng and he that offendyth in brekyng this Acte shall forfeyte and paye xl^d to be devided and applied in ffourme aforsaid Also it is ordeyned that no manˀ of pˀsone of the same ffeliship beyng owt of the Clothing shall have to giddere at oons above the nombre of iij apprentices or Serv^antes to occupye the said misterie and ffaculte pˀvided as is pˀvided in the latter article and uppon lyke payne Also it is ordeyned that no pˀsone of the said ffeliship shall take to his sˀvice as sˀv^ant alowes[359] eny englishman fforen or Aliaunt Straunger to occupie the ffaculte of Barbery or Surgery but the said pˀsone shall pˀsent the same Sˀv^ante w^tin iij dayes next after his Comyng to the said pˀsone to and before the said maisters and Govˀnors of the said ffeliaship for the tyme beyng to thentent that he before theym may be sessed what wages he shall take. And yff he be an Aliaunt Straungear borne he to paye yerely of his wages to the almes of the said ffeliship iij^s iiij^d and that mony to be taken quarterly of the Master of the same Straungear and of his wages and who that doethe contrarye to this Rule shall fforfeyte at evˀy tyme so doyng xl^d to be devided and payde as is aforsaid Also it is ordeyned that no pˀsone of the said Crafte shall entyse or desire eny Sv^ant from his Maister nor shall take any fforren into his sˀvice ffor lesse terme than for oon yere and he to be sessed or rated for his wages by the Maisters or Govˀnors of the same misterie and this to be done yerely evˀy yere upon payne for evˀy tyme doyng the contrarie of xiij^s iiij^d the oon halff to be applied to the use of the Chaumber of London and the other halffe to the use of the almes of the said feliship. Also it is ordeyned that no pˀsone of the same ffeliaship after that he be admytted and sworne ffreman of this Citie afore the Chaumberleyn pˀsume to open hys Shoppe Wyndowes before he hathe pˀsented hym selff to and before the Maisters or Govˀnors of the said misterie for the tyme beyng and w^t them have aggreed in payng his dutie accustumed that is to saye to the use of the Company iij^s iiij^d and to the Clerke iiij^d to the maynten^ance of theire comen Charges and in takyng his othe afore theym accordyng to the lawdable custume and ordre in the same misterie of olde tyme used upon payne to lose fforfeyte and paye xl^s to be devided and applied in ffourme aforsaid Also it is ordeyned that no pˀsone enfraunchesed in the said misterie shall enforme or teche eny fforen other than his Apprentice eny poynte of his Crafte belongyng to Barbery or Surgery upon payne for evˀy tyme so doyng xl^s to be applied in ffourme aforsaid Also yff any matter of stryffe or debate herafter be betwene eny pˀson of the said Crafte as God fforfende that noon of them shall make eny pˀsuts[360] in the Comen lawe but that he whiche ffyndeth hym aggreved shall ffurst make his complaynt to the Maisters or Govˀnors of the said Crafte for the tyme beyng to thentent that they shall ordre the said matter or cause of complaynt so made yff they can: and yff it fortune that they can not nor doo not ordre and appesse the same matter w^tin xiiij dayes next ensuyng That then it shalbe leafull to the pˀtie aggreved to take his advauntage at the comen lawe So alwayes that the pˀtie ayenst whom the complaynt is made be not ffugityffe and who so doeth the contrarie herof shall paye for evˀry tyme so doyng xiij^s iiij^d to be devided and applied in ffourme aforsaid. Also that no pˀsone of the said ffeliship shall revile Rebuke nor Reprove an other of the same ffeliaship by eny unfitting opprobrios condic͠ons or dishonest Wordes in the pˀsens of the Maisters or Govˀnors or eny of theym nor before eny other pˀsons in eny other places and he that offendeth in this behalff and due prouff therof had shall paye for evˀry soche defalte vj^s viij^d to be devyded and applied in ffourme aforsaid. Also that no pˀsone of the said Crafte shall refuse to be of the Clothing of the said misterie or to bere Office in the same at eny tyme whan he by the said Maisters or Govˀnors and assistentꝭ of the same misterie or the more pˀte of them shalbe abled therto upon payne to paye xl^s to be applied in ffourme aforsaid. And that the Maisters or Govˀnors of the said misterie for the tyme byng shall not take nor admytte eny pˀsone into the Clothyng or lyverye of the same misterie without the Comen assent of the xxiiij^ti assistentꝭ of the same or the more pˀte of theym upon like payne as is aforsaid for evˀy tyme so doyng to be devided and applied in ffourme aforsaid. And where by dyvers highe auctorities for the honor and Revˀence of the Sondaye it is ordeyned of olde antiquyte that no Barbor dwellyng w^tin the Cite or Suburbis of the same nor elles where shall occupie Shaving on the Sondayes neyther w^tin their house nor w^tout pryvely nor appertly. It is now therfor ordeyned and enacted that no pˀsone ffree of the said Company from hensforthe occupye eny manˀ Shavyng on the Sondays w^tin this Citie nor liberties of the same upon payne and forfature for evˀy tyme so doyng of xl^s the one halff thereof to the chaumber of London and the other halffe therof to the almes of the said Crafte. Also it is ordeyned that no maner pˀsone beyng ffree of the said ffeliship shall take any seike or hurte pˀsone or pˀsones to his Cure whiche is in pˀell[361] of Deithe or mayme but yff[362] he shewe the same seike or hurte pˀsone by hym Resseved to the Maisters or Govˀnors of the said misterie or twoo of theym for the tyme beyng for the Savegarde of the Kyngꝭ leige people and that w^tin iiij^re dayes next after the Receyving of the said seike or hurte pˀsons upon payne for evˀy tyme doyng the Contr^aie of xx^s to be devided and applied in manˀ and ffourme aforsaid Also it is ordeyned that every man enfraunchesed in the said ffeliship occupying Surgery shall come to their hale to the Redyng of the lecture concernyng Surgery evˀy daye of assemble therof and evˀy man after his course shall rede the lecture hym selffe or ellꝭ ffynde an able man of the said ffeliship to Rede for hym and not to absent hym selffe at his daye of the same Redyng w^tout cause Resonable and w^tout he give lawfull warnyng therof before the daye upon the payne to fforfate and lose for evˀy tyme doyng the contrarie xx^s to be devyded and applied in ffourme aforsaid Also it is ordeyned that no man of the said ffeliaship shall take any cure from A nother of the same ffeliaship nor Supplant oon A nother nor geve or Speke eny Slaunderous Wordes in disablyng hym of his Science or conyng but be Rather in a Redynesse to geve good Counceill to helpe the Kyngꝭ people And evˀy man offendyng in this behalffe to paye at evˀy tyme so offendyng xiij^s iiij^d the oon halffe therof to the Chaumber of London and the other halffe to th’almes of the said ffeliship. Provyded that yff the pacyent ffynde hym selffe aggreved w^t his Surgion that then the same pacyent paying to his ffurst Surgion Resonably for his labour shall and may take and have eny other Surgion at his libertie and pleasure And where of olde Custume yerely upon the Sondaye next ensuyng the ffeaste of Seynt Bartholomew the appostell a dyner is kept and provyded for theym of the lyverey of the said Company in their Comen halle called Barbors hale And on the daye of saynt Cosme & Damian yf it be not on the Saterday a dynˀ for them of the same compani owt of the lyverey It is ordeyned and enacted that evˀy man that hathe been upper maister or upper Govˀnor of the said Company shall paye at and for the same dyner xij^d for hym selff and viij^d for his wyffe yff she come And evˀy other man beyng of the lyverey of the same Company shall paye in likewyse for hym selffe viij^d and for his wyffe yff she come iiij^d Provided alwaye that the maisters or Govˀnors of the said Company for the tyme beyng shall paye nothing for theire wyffꝭ comyng to the dyner for that yere fforasmoche as their Wyffꝭ must of necessite be theire to helpe that evˀy thyng theire be sett in ordre. And that evˀy man of the said Company beyng owt of the lyverey shall paye at and for his dyner on the said morowe viij^d and for his Wyffe yff she come iiij^d. Also it is ordeyned that at evˀy assemble holden in the Comen halle of the said misterie no man beyng their pˀsent shall multiplie langauge in the assembly tyme that is to saye yff any man theire Speke moo Wordes or multiplye more langauge in the assemble than the maisters or Govˀnors for the tyme beyng their pˀsent thynke to be good and necessarie that then yff they or oon of theym comaunde hym to kepe Silence that then he shall so doo in kepyng his Obedience. And also no man comyng to eny of the said assembles shall depˀte ffrom thens duryng the assemble tyme w^tout lycence of the maisters or Govˀnors their pˀsent or oon of theym and the offender in eny of the said ij poyntꝭ or cases to fforffeyte and paye at evˀy tyme soo offendyng xx^d to be devided and applied in ffourme aforsaid Also it is ordeyned that no man of the Clothing or lyverey of the said Company pˀsume to goo oone afore another of theym in processions buryallꝭ or Annyversaries nor in Syttyng in their Assembles or in their halle at dyner or other Repastes their or in any other honest place to be had other wyse than he is in Aunsiente[363] in the same Company and accordyng to the trew Entrance therof in the Bedyllꝭ Rolle. Nor that eny of them of eny scrypulosite ffrowardnesse or pusyllamyte Reffuse to take his owne Rowme or place accordyng to the ordre aforesaid but that evˀy man in theyse ij cases kepe and occupye his oldene Rowme and place in ffourme aforsaid Wyll he nyll he in good obedient manner and he of theym that offendyth in Brekyng the ordre in any of the said ij cases shall fforffeyte and paye at evˀy tyme so offendyng xij^d to be applied and devided in ffourme above rehersed. All whiche Ordin^ances and othes in manˀ and ffourme afore specyfyed at the Request of the said Maister Wardens and ffelauship by Auctorite of the same Acte of pˀliament Wee the said Chaunceler Tresourer and Cheyff Justices of eyther benche aforsaid for good lawdable and laufull Ordinncꝭ Estatutes and othes doo accept and admytte by theis pˀsentꝭ asmoche as in us is Ratifie laude and approve Provided alwayes and forseen that theis ordin^ancꝭ w^tin this boke expressed or any of theym in noo wyse extende nor be pˀjudicyall or hurtfull to the Kyngꝭ pˀrogatyve nother to the hurte of eny graunte or grauntꝭ by the kyng or his noble pˀgenytors before tyme made to the Citie of London or any other or any laudable Custumes now used in the same Citie and in case any article or articles in this boke expressed be pˀjudiciall or hurtfull to the kyngꝭ pˀrogatyve or to eny gr^aunt by the Kyng and his noble progenytors made to the said Citie of London or any other or to any other laudable Custumes above expressed then the same article or articles and evˀy of theym so beyng pˀjudiciall or hurtfull as is abovesaid to be voyde cassate and of non effecte Anything by us the said Chaunceler Tresourer and ij Cheyffe Justices in this behalffe done or made to the contrarie not w^tstandyng Provided always that for divers consideracions aswell for the welth of the Kyngꝭ lyege people as for the honesty of the sayd Crafte yt is now condescended and aggreed that from hensforth no pˀsounes of ffelaishyp after he or they be made ffree of the said Company shall pˀsume to sett open any Shopp of Barbory unto soch tyme as he or they be abled by the sayd Master or Govˀnours withoute he be of the cleer value of ten markꝭ sterlyng uppon payn of fforfaiture of xl^s the oon half to the chambre of London and the other half to the almes of the said Crafte.

In Wytnes wherof to this pˀsent Booke wee have sett owre signe manuellꝭ the xiiij^th day of Maye In the xxij^ti yere of the Reign of oure sovˀaygne lord his Reigne Kyng Henry the viij^th.

Tho More

John Ffitzjames

Ch^auncellour

Rõbt Norwych.

APPENDIX C. (See page [80].)

Anno xxxij
Henrici Octavi