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A66697	The honour of merchant-taylors wherein is set forth the noble acts, valliant deeds, and heroick performances of merchant-taylors in former ages, their honourable loves, and knightly adventures ... together with their pious acts and large benevolences, their building of publick structures, especially that of Blackwell-Hall, to be a market place for the selling of woollen cloaths ... / written by VVilliam VVinstanley.	Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.	1668 (1668)	Wing W3064; ESTC R41412	58,050	83

Taylor the renowned Hawkwood to buckle on his armour again which was occasioned as followeth England's prime honour Italies renown Who upheld all Italy from sinking down His friends also in England to his immortal memory erected for him at Sible Henningham in Essex where he was born a curious arched Monument wherein was pourtrayed the 〈◊〉 of Hawks flying in a Wood in reference to his name of Hawkwood and also built a Chauntry allowing four Priests ten pounds a pear such was the Religion of those times to pray for his soul And thus gentle Reader have we briefly shown you the noble Atchievements of some few of the renowned Society of Merchant-Taylors to ennumerate them all would require more than one mans life to set them down their number exceeding the bounds of Arithmetick Wee will end the●efore all in a Corollary concerning this Worshipful Company their Hall free School and some other deeds of Charity by some of that Society and to I will conclude CHAP. XIV Several worthy Acts of the Merchant-Taylors THe renowned Company of Merchant-Taylors have been a Guild or Fraternity time out of minde being called by the Name of Taylors and Linnen Armorers For I find that King Edward the first in the twentieth eight year of his Reign confirmed this Guild by the Name of T'aylors an 〈…〉 and also gave to the Brethren thereof authority every year at Midsummer to hold a feast and to choose unto them a Governour or Master with Wardens wherenpon the same year 1300 on the Feast day of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist they chose Henry de Ryal to be their Pilgrim for the Master of this Mystery as one that travelled for the whole Company was then so called untill the eleventh year of Richard the second and the four Wardens were then called Purveyors of Almes now called Quarteridge of the said Fraternity The Hall belonging to this Worshipfull Company is in Thred needle street not far distant from the Parish Church of St. Martins Oteswtich which somtime pertained to a worshipful Gentleman named Edmond Crepin he in the year of Christ 1331. The sixth of Edward the third for a certain sumne of money to him paid made his grant thereof by the name of his principal Message in the Wards of Cornhil and Broadstreet which Sir Oliver Inghani Knight did then hold to John of Yakley the Kings Pavillion maker whereupon it was then called the New-hall or Taylors Inne for a difference from their old Hall which was about the back side of the Red Lyon in Basing lane The 21 of Edward the fourth Thomas Holm alias Clarienceaux King of Arms for the South parts of England granted by his Pattents to this Noble Company of Taylors and Linnen-armourers for their Arms to bear in a field Silver a Pavilion between two Mantles Imperial purple garnished with Gold in a chief azure a holy lamb fet within a Sun the Crest upon the Helm a Pavilion purple garnished with Gold c. After this King Henry the 7 was himself a brother of this fraternity of Taylors or Linnen-armourers as divers others of his predecessors Kings had been to wit Richard the third Edward the fourth Henry the sixth Henry the fifth Henry the fourth and Richard the second And for that divers of that fraternity had time out of mind been great Merchants and had frequented all sorts of Merchandizes into most parts of the world to the honour of the Kings Realm and to the great profit of his Subjects and of his progenitors and the men of the said mistry during the time aforesaid had execrised the buying and selling of all Wares and Merchandizes especially of woollen cloath as well in gross as by Retai● thoroughout all this Realm of England and chiefly within the City of London he therefore of his especial grace did incorporate them into the name of the Master and wardens of the Merchant-Taylors of the fraternity of Saint John Baptist in the City of London This Worshipful Company have a most famous Grammer School belonging unto them founded in the Year 1561. by the Master Wardens and Assistans of the Merchant-Taylors in Suffolk-lane in the Parish of St Lawrence Poulthey in Downe-gate Ward Richand Hills sometimes Master of that Company having before given 5001 towards the purchase of an House called the Mannour of the Rose sometime belonging to the Duke of Buckingham wherein the said School is now kept Now as God hath from time to time blessed this worshipful Company with abundance of wealth so have they not been leaving to distribute the same again in Charitable uses having near to their Hall built seven alms-houses wherein are placed sevea alms-men of that Company and their wives if they have any each of these seven of old time had fourteen pence the week but now of latter time their stipend by the said Master and Wardens hath been augmented to the sum of twenty six shillings the Quarter which is five pound four shillings the year to each of them besides Coals More to each of them twenty shillings the Year by gift of Walter Fish sometime Master of that Company and Taylor to her Majesty Besides this have they at the West end of Hogs-street by Tower hill certain fair Alms-houses strong●y builded of brick and Timber and covered with slate wherein are 14 poor sole women which receive each of them of their founders 16 pence or better weekly besides 8 pounds fifteen shillings yearly paid out of the Common Treasury of the same Corporation for fewel Now should we come to speak of the gifts and bounties of particular persons free of this Worshipful Company it would make a sufficient volumn of its self I shall only instance in one or two referring the re●● to a more convenient place Robert Thorno Merchant-Taylor who dyed in the Year 1532. 〈◊〉 by his Testament to charitable actions more than four thousand four hundred forty pounds and Legacies to his poor kindred more five thousand one hundred forty two pounds besides his debts forgiven c. Sir Thomas White Lord Mayor of the City of London in Anno 1554 and a Brother likewise of the Merchant-Taylors Society founded St. John Baptists Colledge in Oxford erected Schools at Bristow Redding and a Colledge at Higham Ferries and gave several thousands of pounds to other charitable uses Sir Thomas Rowe Knight Lord Mayor of the City of London in 1568 a worthy Brother also of the Merchant-Taylors Company built the new Church-yard in Bethelem gave an hundred pounds to be lent to 8 poor men and 40 pounds yearly to maintain ten poor men for ever to be chosen out of the five several Companies of Clothworkers Armourers Carpenters Tylars and Plaisterers Sir Thomas ●ffley Merchant Taylor Mayor who deceased Anno 1580 appointed by his Testament the one half of all his goods and 200 pounds deducted out of the other half given to his son Henry to be given and bestowed in deeds of Charity by his Executors according to his confidence and trust in them Infinite others might we produce whose charities and bountiful house keeping have been as conspicuous as the Sun in the Firmament no Society having produced more brighter stars in Fames horizon but we shall leave the further prosecution hereof unto a second Edition of this book The song to be sung by the Journey-men Taylors on St. Williams day at night O Fall the Trade● that ever were Who with the Taylors may compare That fits the Ladies to a hair And makes them fine and brave They on their Shop-boards sit and sing And live contented as a King Their trade such profit doth them bring They scorn to play the knave The fairest Ladies in the Land Doth to the Merchant Taylor stand Whilest he with parchment in his hand Takes measure of their bodies They are content to handled be By no one trade but only he But to tell all which they do see They are not such dull Noddies The Taylor he goes neatly drest He eats and drinketh of the best He takes no care his heart●● at rest But sings like to a Linnet A litttle matter him up sets He comes not in the Userers debts At great mens fortunes he not frets He knows there 's danger in it His Shop board is his Seat of state On which he sits early and late Free from ambitions deadly hate Or from base envies spight His Thimble doth his finger guard Whilst he doth sing and work full hard He from content is not debar'd His actions being right His Needle is the tool by which He in a short time doth grow rich By sowing of full many a stitch In cloath and eke in stuffe His sheeres the cloath doth cut whereby He makes a garment handsomly This is the sheeres sole property And that is sure enough His Iron Goose at his desire Lyes alwayes roasting at the sire To press those seams that do aspire And will not handsome be His Bodkin maketh holes whereby Men do with points their Breeches tye And women lace them prittily A comely sight to see Thus doth his trade him profit bring Being shaddowed under Fortunes wing And when for service of his King He called is to fight He doth obey his Kings command Although it be to forrain land To fight as long as he can stand With all his strength and might In service of their King and Queen What souldiers brave have Taylors been May in the Chronicles be seen Which cannot be withstood Their acts do show they valliant were Their dearest blood they would not spare Nor for their lives at all did care To do their Country good FINIS