The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts Adjacent, vol. 2
Allen, Thomas
1828
Bakers. 19.
. , a balance between garbs , on a chief barry wavy of and an arm embowed , vested , cuffed , issuing from clouds affixed to the upper part of the centre of the chief, of the , radiated of the last, between anchors of the , the hand supporting the balance. . On a wreath arms , issuing out of clouds of the last vested , cuffed , holding in their hands a chaplet of wheat of the last. , stags , attired , each gorged with a chaplet of wheat of the last. . The company of bakers appears to be of great antiquity; for in the year , it was charged in the great roll of the exchequer with a debt of of gold for their guild; by which it seems as if the ancient guilds had held their privileges in fee-farm of the crown. The bakers were, originally, distinguished into classes, viz., the white bakers and the brown bakers, the were incorporated by Edward II., about , the brown | |
379 | bakers by James I., . The charter granted to the former was renewed by Henry VII., and confirmed by Henry VIII., Edw. VI., Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, and James I. It is incorporated by the name of Their hallis in Harplane. |
