Every member of the Company was to take his place according to precedence, at burials, anniversaries, Courts, etc.:—
And if anie of them of any scrypulosytie frowardnes follye or pusyllanimity refuse to take his owne romme or place accordinge to the order in good obedyent manner he was to be fined 12d.
34. An order for the view.
This relates to the yearly inspection of the Company’s property.
4th March, 1566. In Thys Courte Willm̄ Gyllam was discharged and released oute of warde and hath p̃d his arerages and he hathe confessied yt Richard Bromehed doth shave the vycar of Stepney in his howse every sondaye.
4th July, 1566. It was ordained that if any of the Court hereafter might “happen to lyght or fall into povertie or dekaye” that he should have a pension out of the Common box. One who had served as Master was to have per ann. £4; an Upper Governor £3; Second Governor £2; Younger Governor £1; and an Assistant 13s. 4d.
It was also ordained that Thomas Hall should have an exhibition of 40s. per annum—
towardes hys studye in the unyvercytie for Surgery anexynge physycke thereunto, and thereby hereafter to pˀphet his other brethren beynge of this sayde mystery and comynaltie usynge and ocupyenge the sayde syence & arte wthin the cytie of London by Readynge lectures unto them in ye Comon Hall and other wyse by his councell conynge and knowlege in the same science & arte of Surgery.
It was also ordained that whenever the Lord Mayor should invite the Masters and Governors to dine with him, that—