GUILDS AND RELATED ORGANISATIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND A BIBLIOGRAPHY PART II THE ENGLISH PROVINCIAL GUILDS THE IRISH GUILDS THE SCOTTISH GUILDS THE WELSH GUILDS COMPILED BY TOM HOFFMAN © Tom Hoffman DRAFT 7 October 2011 THE ENGLISH PROVINCES 1 THE GUILDS OF ENGLISH PROVINCIAL TOWNS AND CITIES ABBOTSBURY (DORSET) Guilds. During the Anglo-Saxon period there was Orcy's Gild which was a frith guild at Abbotsbury. RELIGIOUS GILDS Orcy’s Gild is the earliest recorded gild; Orcy, having been a friend of King Canute, founded a gild among the frith-gildsmen of Abbotsbury and endowed it with a hall and a “stead”. [Westlake: “Parish Gilds of Medieval England” p. 2] 1. *[Anon] ORDINANCES OF ORCY’S GILD AT ABBOTSBURY In Revd. J.M. Lambert: “Two Thousand Years of Gild Life”; Hull 1891; pp. 47-48. ABINGDON (BERKSHIRE) Religious Guilds. In 1442 Richard II granted a charter to the Guild of the Holy Cross, but this guild died out with the other religious guilds in 1547. This guild met at St. Helen’s Church, Abingdon. The brethren of this guild also obtained a licence from Henry V to build two bridges across the Thames. RELIGIOUS GILDS 2. Fynmore, R. J. NOTE ON THE GUILD OF THE HOLY CROSS AT ABINGDON. Quarterly Journal of the Berkshire Archaeological and Architectural Society; Volume II, p. 71. [SofA Lib.] 3. Challenor, B. SELECTIONS FROM THE RECORDS OF THE BOROUGH OF ABINGDON. 1898; 4. Townsend, J. A HISTORY OF ABINGDON. 1910; ALDEBURGH FREEMEN 5. Groome, John Hindes the Elder AN APPEAL TO THE FREEMEN OF THE BOROUGH OF ALDEBURGH...FROM A LATE DECISION OF THE BAILIFFS AND CAPITAL BURGESSES OF THE SAME BOROUGH. [London] 1812; [BL: 1383.f.11. and 1132.k.34.(1.)] ALNWICK (NORTHUMBERLAND) Gild Merchant. A Gild Merchant was established in Alnwick in 1611. Guilds. Originally there existed the Weavers, the Black and White Smiths, the Butchers (1611), the Carpenters and Joiners, the Coopers (1616), the Cordwainers and Shoemakers (1535), the Fullers and Walkers (1611), the Skinners and Glovers, The Fellowship and Free Brotherhood of the Society and Company of Tailors (1613), the Tanners, and the Merchants’ Company. Eight companies still exist, namely the Black and White Smiths, the Butchers, the Cordwainers, the Joiners and Shoemakers, the Merchants, the Skinners and Glovers, the Tanners, and the Weavers. 2 Freemen. Alnwick still admits freemen. MERCHANTS 6. Hodgson, J.C. and Wood, H. M. THE MERCHANTS’ COMPANY OF ALNWICK. Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. rd Archaeologia Aeliana 3 Series; Volume XXI, p. 16. [SofA Lib.] FREEMEN 7. [Anon] SAINT MARK’S DAY; OR, KING JOHN’S FREEMEN. A POEM, COMPREHENDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND CEREMONY OF MAKING FREE BURGESSES AT ALNWICK. By a native of Alnwick. J. Vint, London [1790]; 60 pages. [BL: 11630.b.7.(1.) and G.3184.] 8. [Anon] AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC ON THE PRESENT EXISTING GRIEVANCES OF THE BURGESSES OR FREEMEN OF THE BOROUGH OF ALNWICK. Published by the Committee in order to raise public contributions to assist the freemen in carrying on their suit [against the Common Council] now pending in the High Court of Chancery. Alnwick 1819; 27 pages. GENERAL 9. Davidson, W. A DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL VIEW OF ALNWICK Second Edition. Alnwick 1822; 10. Tatge HISTORY OF ALNWICK 2 Volumes Alnwick. Second Edition 1866-1869; ALTHORP ( NORTHAMPTONSHIRE) RELIGIOUS GILDS There was a Gild of the Crucifix founded in 1369 in Althorp. ALTRINCHAM (GREATER MANCHESTER) Gild Merchant. A Gild Merchant was established in Altrincham in 1290. ALVINGHAM (LINCOLNSHIRE) RELIGIOUS GUILDS There was a Gild of Corpus Christi founded in 1376-7 in Alvingham. AMCOTTS (LINCOLNSHIRE) RELIGIOUS GUILDS There was a Gild of the Holy Cross founded in 1377-8 in Amcotts; and a Gild of St. Thomas the Martyr founded 3 circa 1371 (in the Chapel of Amcotts). ANDOVER (HAMPSHIRE) Gild Merchant.A Gild Merchant was established in Andover in 1176. Guilds. Weavers were admitted to the Gild Merchant early in the fourteenth century. There was a Guild of Merchants. There were also the Drapers, the Haberdashers, and the Leathersellers. The Haberdashers included amongst its members Mercers, Grocers, Innholders, Vintners, Bakers, Brewers, Smiths, Cappers, Barbers, Painters and Glaziers. 11. Parsons, Edmund THE MERCHANT GUILD OF ANDOVER, TRADE REGULATIONS AND TOWN GOVERNMENT In “Test Valley and Border” anthology. Andover Local Archives Committee, Andover. [GL: Fo pam 3290] 12. Parsons, Edmund NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF ANDOVER, WITH THE PAPERS “THE ANDOVER GILD OF MERCHANTS” AND “THE MANOR”. Holmes & Sons, Andover 1925; 40 pages. [BL: X.708/44398.] AXBRIDGE (SOMERSET) Gild Merchant. A Gild Merchant was granted to Axbridge by Richard II. Guilds. At Axbridge every householder, whether engaged in trade or not, was ordered, in 1614, to enrol himself in one of the three companies of the town. 13. Hunt, W. ON THE CHARTERS AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF AXBRIDGE. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society [ ]; XV, Part II, pp.6-20. 4 BAMBOROUGH (NORTHUMBERLAND) Gild Merchant. Bamborough was granted a Gild Merchant in 1332. BANHAM (NORFOLK) RELIGIOUS GILDS There was a Gild of St. John the Baptist founded in 130 in Banham; and a Gild of the Holy Trinity founded in 1362. The Gild of St. John the Baptist and the Gild of the Holy Trinity at Banham (Catherine Firth: Village Gilds of Norfolk in the 15th Century p. 178) BARDWELL (SUFFOLK) RELIGIOUS GUILDS 14. Warren, F. E. GILD OF S. PETER IN BARDWELL. ENTRIES...EXTRACTED FROM AN OLD MS. VOLUME OF ACCOUNTS...IN THE VESTRY OF BARDWELL PARISH CHURCH. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History [1902]; Volume XI, p. 81. [BL: 4707.c.35.; SofA Lib.] GENERAL 15. Warren, F. E. A PRE-REFORMATION VILLAGE GILD. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History [1902]; Volume XI, p. 134. [SofA Lib.] BARKWAY (HERTFORDSHIRE) RELIGIOUS GUILDS There was a Gild of St. Mary founded in 1306 in Barkway. BARNSTAPLE (DEVON) Gild Merchant. A Gild Merchant was established in Barnstaple in 1303, and this was later transformed into a socio-religious gild. There was a Guild of St. Nicholas in Barnstaple that brought all those who were interested in the woollen trade, whether as merchants, weavers, tuckers, spinners, dyers, flock-masters, or landowners, both in the town itself and in the country districts around, into a common organisation for the promotion and protection of their mutual interests. A Goldsmiths’ Guild existed in Barnstaple from around the 16th century until the 18th century. A guild, which included the goldsmiths and pewterers, may have existed in Barnstaple (cf S.E.Thomas: The Barnstaple Pewterers p. 88) Freemen. Barnstaple still admits freemen. GILD MERCHANT 16. #Chanter, The Rev. J[ohn] R[oberts] VESTIGES OF AN EARLY GUILD OF ST. NICHOLAS AT BARNSTAPLE. The Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art Transactions, Volume XI, pp. 191-212. [SofA Lib.] GOLDSMITHS 17. #Chanter, The Rev. J. F. 5 THE BARNSTAPLE GOLDSMITHS’ GUILD, WITH SOME NOTES ON THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE TOWN. The Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art Transactions 1917; Volume XLIX, pp. 163-189. PEWTERERS 18. *Thomas, S. E. THE BARNSTAPLE PEWTERERS. The Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Report and Transactions 1971; Volume 103, pp 85-102. GENERAL 19. Chanter, J. R. and Wainwright, T. THE BARNSTAPLE RECORDS North Devon Journal, 1879-1900; 20. Gribble, Joseph Besly MEMORIALS OF BARNSTAPLE, A HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT BOROUGH. 2 Volumes. Barnstaple 1830; 21. *Gribble, Joseph Besly MEMORIALS OF BARNSTAPLE. First Published 1830. Facsimile Edition published in one volume by Edward Gaskell, The Lazarus Publishing Co, Bideford, North Devon 1994; xxx+454+16 pages. Illustrated. BARTON (SUFFOLK) RELIGIOUS GILDS There was a Gild of St. John the Baptist founded in 1373 (at the Church of St. Mary. BARTON BENDISH (NORFOLK) RELIGIOUS GILDS There was a Gild of All Saints founded in 1385-6 (in All Saints’ Church); and a Gild of St. John the Baptist (in the Church of St. Andrew). BARTON next MILDENHALL (SUFFOLK) RELIGIOUS GUILDS There was a Gild of the Assumption of the blessed Virgin Mary founded circa 1369 in Mildenhall. BASINGSTOKE (HAMPSHIRE) Guilds. There was a Guild of the Holy Ghost RELIGIOUS GUILDS 22. Loggon, Samuel THE HISTORY OF THE BROTHERHOOD OR GUILD OF THE HOLY GHOST IN THE CHAPEL OF THE HOLY GHOST, NEAR BASINGSTOKE IN HAMPSHIRE...WITH AN ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER RELIGIOUS HOUSE FOUNDED AT THE SAME PLACE BY KING HENRY III. 6 Reading 1742; 43 pages. 23. Millard, James Elwin (Editor) GUILD OF THE HOLY GHOST. THE BOOK OF ACCOUNTS OF THE WARDENS OF THE FRATERNITY OF THE HOLY GHOST, IN BASINGSTOKE A.D. 1557-1654. Introduction by James Elwin Millard, Vicar of Basingstoke. Reading 1882; 157 pages. [GL: T/B 313] 24. Ravenhill, W. W. CONFIRMATION OF THE GUILD OF THE HOLY GHOST AT BASINGSTOKE. Wiltshire Archaeological Society; Volume XXIII, p. 62. [SofA Lib.] GENERAL 25. Baigent, F. J. and Millard, J. E. A HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT TOWN AND MANOR OF BASINGSTOKE. 1889 BASLOW (DERBYSHIRE) RELIGIOUS GILDS There was a Gild of Our Lady founded circa 1385 in Baslow. BASTON (LINCOLNSHIRE) RELIGIOUS GUILDS [There were several Religious Gilds in Baston, namely: the Gild of St. John the Baptist founded circa 1366; the Gild of St. Mary founded in 1341; and the Gild of St. Katharine founded circa 1382.] BATH (SOMERSET) Gild Merchant. A Gild Merchant was established in Bath in 1189. Guilds. There was an Anglo Saxon guild in Bath; there was a religious guild founded circa 1289 in the Church of St. Mary de Stalles; and there was a Guild of Merchant Taylors in Bath.