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The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts Adjacent, vol. 2

Allen, Thomas

1828

The Sword-bearer.


	This officer is to attend the lord mayor and execute his orders for summoning courts of aldermen and common council, and to carry the sword before him, being the emblem of justice. He is also to see that all ancient customs are preserved. He is the
288	principal officer of the lord mayor's household; he has his table at the lord mayor's mansion-house; for the support of which, there was formerly a year allowed. The dinners at this table are now reduced to about . His dwelling, allowed him by the city, is at Justice-hall, in the . The gentleman that bears this office is Thomas Smith, esq.
	The sword-bearer's place is honourable; inasmuch as the sword is needful to be borne before head officers of boroughs, or other corporate towns, to represent the state and princely office of the king's most excellent majesty, the chief governor. To the right of bearing which sword, in the chamber of London, this observation is to be made, according to an ancient writer of armoury * That the bearer must carry it upright, the hilts being holden under his bulk, and the blade directly up the midst of his breast, and so forth between the sword-bearer's brows. This, in distinction from bearing the sword in any town for a duke, or an earl, or a baron. If a duke, the blade thereof must lean from the head between the neck and the right shoulder, nearer to the head than the shoulder. And for an earl, the bearer must carry the same between the point of the shoulder and elbow: and so there is another different bearing of the sword for a baron.

	Footnotes: [] Maitland ii. p. 1207.

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	Title Page
	Dedication
	CHAPTER I: History of London, from the Accession of William and Mary, to the reign of George the Second
	CHAPTER II: History of London during the reign of George the Second
	CHAPTER III: History of London from the Accession of George the Third, to the year 1780
	CHAPTER IV: History of London continued to the Union
	CHAPTER V: History of London from the Union to the Jubilee, 1809
	CHAPTER VI: History of London from the Jubilee to the Peace of 1814
	CHAPTER VII: History of London continued to the accession of George the Fourth
	CHAPTER VIII: Account of the Civil Government of the City by Portreves, Bailiffs, and Mayors, with a list of the latter...
	CHAPTER IX: An account of the Aldermen and Sheriffs, with a list of the latter
	CHAPTER X: Lists and brief Accounts of the various Officers and Courts within the City Chapter X The Recorder The Chamberlain of London List of Chamberlains The Common Serjeant List of Common Serjeants The Town Clerk, or Common Clerk List of Town-Clerks The Coroner of London The Comptroller The City Remembrancer The Sword-bearer The Common-hunt The Common-crier The Water bailiff The Lord Mayor's officers, and their days of waiting, according to the Pamphlet before referred to The Sheriffs' Officers The Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen The Court of Common Council The Court of Husting The Lord Mayor's Court The Sheriffs' Courts The Court of Orphans Justice-Hall Court The Coroner's Court The Court of Escheator The Court of Conservacy The Court of Requests The Court of Wardmote The Chamberlain's Court The Court of Hallmote Pie-Powder Court St. Martin's-le-grand The Court of the Tower of London
	CHAPTER XI: Some account of the Ecclesiastical Government of the city of London, with a List and Biographical Notices of the Bishops of the see Chapter XI List of the Bishops of London
	CHAPTER XII: Some Account of the Military Government of London, and the Artillery Company Chapter XII The Honourable Artillery Company
	CHAPTER XIII: An Account of the twelve principal Companies of the City of London Chapter XIII Mercers Grocers Drapers Fishmongers Goldsmiths Skinners Merchant Taylors' Haberdashers Salters Ironmongers Vintners Clothworkers
	CHAPTER XIV: An Account of the Companies of the City of London, alphabetically arranged Apothecaries, 58 Armourers and Braziers, 22 Bakers, 19 Barbers, 17 Basket-Makers, 52 Blacksmiths, 40 Bowyers, 38 Brewers, 14 Butchers, 24 Card-Makers, 83 Carmen, 89 Carpenters, 26 Clock-Makers, 61 Coach and Coach Harness Makers, 79 Comb-Makers, 63 Cooks, 35 Coopers, 36 Cordwainers, 27 curriers, 29 Cutlers, 18 Distillers, 74 Cyers, 13 Embroiderers, 48 Fan Makers, 84 Farriers, 55 Felt Makers, 64 Fishermen, 87 Fletchers, 39 Founders, 33 Framework-Knitters, 65 fruiterers, 45 Gardeners, 70 Girdlers, 23 Glaziers, 53 Glass-Sellers, 77 Glovers, 62 Gold and Silver Wire-Drawers, 81 Gun-Makers, 80 Hat-Band Makers, 75 Horners, 54 Innholders, 32 Joiners, 41 Leathersellers, 15 Long Bow String-Makers, 82 Loriners, 57 Masons, 30 Musicians, 50 Needle-Makers, 69 Painter-Stainers, 28 Parish Clerks, 88 Patten-Makers, 76 Paviours, 56 Pewterers, 16 Pin-Makers, 68 Plaisterers, 46 Plumbers, 31 Porters, 90 Poulterers, 34 Sadlers, 25 Scriveners, 44 Shipwrights, 59 Silkmen, 67 Silk-Throwers, 66 Soap-Makers, 71 Spectacle-Makers, 60 Starch-Makers, 86 Stationers, 47 Tallow Chandlers, 21 Tylers and Bricklayers, 37 Tin-Plate Workers, 72 Tobacco-Pipe-Makers, 78 Turners, 51 Upholders, 49 Watermen, 91 Waxchandlers, 20 Weavers, 42 Wheelwrights, 73 Woodmongers, 85 Woolmen, 43 The Names of the Company of Pastelers from the Record in the Chapter-house The Names of the Company of Sporyars from the Record in the Chapter House
	CHAPTER XV: An Account of the River Thames
	CHAPTER XVI: Historical and topographical account of London Bridge, Westminster Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge, Waterloo Bridge, Southwark Bridge, and the Thames Tunnel Chapter XVI Westminster Bridge Blackfriars Bridge
	CHAPTER XVII: Topographical and Historical Account of the Tower of London Chapter XVII The Church of St. Peter ad Vincula White Tower The Record Office The Jewel Office Spanish Armada The New Horse Armoury The Volunteer Armoury The Sea Armoury The Royal Train of Artillery The Small Armoury The Royal Menagerie