English Gilds. *

If any quarrel or strife arises between any bretheren or sisteren of the gild ( which God forbid ) , the bretheren and sisteren shall , Avith the advice of the Graceman and Wardens , do their best to make peace between the parties , provided that the

case is such as can be thus settled Avithout a breach of the law . And whoever will not obey the judgment of the bretheren , shall loose his gildship , unless he thinks better of it within three days , and then he shall pay a stone of wax , unless he have

grace . On feast days , the bretheren and sisteren shall have three flagons and six tankards , with prayers ; and the ale in the flagons shall be given to the poor who most need it . After the feast , a mass

shall be said and offerings made for the souls of those who are dead . Four wax lights shall be put round the body of any dead brother or sister , until burial , and the usual services and offerings shall folloAV .

If any master of the craft keeps any lad or sewer of another master for one day after he has well known that the lad wrongly left his master , and that they had not parted in a friendly and reasonable manner , he shall pay a stone of wax .

If any master of the craft employs any lad as a seAver , that seAver shall pay vj . cl ., or his master for him . Each brother and sister of the gild shall every year give j . d . for charity , when the Dean of the

g ild demands it ; and it shall be given in the place where the giver thinks it is most needed , together with a pottle of ale from the ale store of the gild . Officers chosen , and not serving , shall pay fines .

In Avitness whereof , aud at the special request of the gild , the seal of the Deanery of Christianity at Lincoln is hereto put . Written at Lincoln in very great haste . * Here ends the roll of the Gild of the Tailors of

Lincoln . The bretheren have no lands nor tenements , in mortmain or otherwise , nor any chattels of the gild except for fulfilling Avhat has been set forth ; nor do they hold any feasts , save those before named for cherishing love and charity among themselves , f

GILD OF THE TYLEKS OF LINCOLN . ! The g ild of the Tylers of Lincoln , commonly called " Poyntours , " § Avas founded A . D . 1346 . Every incomer shall make himself known to the Graceman , but must be admitted by the common

consent of the gild , and be sworn to keep the ordinances . And each shall give a quarter of barley ,, and pay ij . d . to the ale , and j . d . to the Dean , Pour " saulecandels " shall be found , and used in the burial services .

A feast shall be held on the festival of Corpus Christi ; and , on each day of the feast , they shall have three flagons , and four or six tankards ; and ale shall be given to the poor ; and prayers shall be said over the flagons . ||

Pilgrims shall be helped . Burials shall be provided for , by the GraeemaB ,. the tAvo Wardens , and the Dean . If any brother does anything underhanded and with ill-will , by which another will be wronged in

working his craft , he shall pay to the gild a pound of wax , without any room for grace . No tyler nor " poyntour" shall stay in the city , unless he enters the gild .

GILD OF THE ILALENDEES , BRISTOL . Eor the consideration of the rites and liberties of the Kalenders , of the fraternitie of the church of All Saincts in BristoAv , who were a brotherhood consisting of clergy and laymen , and kept

theancient recordes and nrynameuts , not onely of the ^ towne , but also of other societies in other remote places of the king-dome . In consideration whereof , there Avas a commission sent from Walter , bishop of Worcester , unto Robert Harell , rector of

Dirham and Deane of Bristow , dated the 18 th day of the kalends of June , anno 1318 , to warne all persons that had any charters , writings , or privileges , or mynuments , concerning the liberties or privilidges of the church of All Saincts and frater-