The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts Adjacent, vol. 2
Allen, Thomas
1828
Silk-Throwers. 66.
. bundles or banks of silk in fesse , on a chief az. a silk-throwster's mill . A mount , thereon a mulberry tree, with silkworms variously dispersed, all . Janissary guards , habited in the dress of the country, each having a hank of silk hanging over his exterior arm; the dexter holding a battle axe erect, the sinister, a scimetar, the point downwards, of the last. .
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This art was practised in London in the reign of queen Elizabeth, by foreigners; whose descendants, and others, in the year , were constituted a fellowship of this city; and by letters patent of Charles I. in the year , were incorporated by the name of
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This is a livery company governed by a master, wardens, and assistants. | |
Footnotes: [] Granted 1454. |