County: Middlesex
Code: D4196#5
Reference: London, London Metropolitan Archives: COL/AD/01/010, fol. 14v, item 3
Function: Rule




[line 11]For as mochelle as here-to-fore many dayes þe makyng and gryndyng and oþer apparaillyng of Shermennes
sheres hathe stond and stondethe in þ occupacoun and excercise of tweyn or thre persones atte most withynne
þis Cite whiche for þeir singuler proffit and come harme haue taken and taken fro day to day so excessifliche
for þeir occupacoun aboute þe making grinding and apparailing of suche shermen sheres þat it is
shame and dole . for to here . wherfore þe vj day of decembr̕ þe yere of kyng henry þe sixte after þe ~~~
conquest . second willam Crowmer Meir and Aldermenn of þe Cite of London̕ hauyng consideracoun
as welle to þe come proffit as to þe state and resonable gayne and getyng of suche Sheregrinders be
þe gode aduys after ripe comicacoun hadde withe þe worthy of þe craftes of drapers and Shermen in
þe seide Cite . Han ordeyned þat no Sheregrynder from þis day forward take more for a paire of
newe Sherys gistyng and gryndyng þan ij s And whan þe same Shere hathe ben vsed a xiiij or
xv dayes / þan þe Sheregrynder shalle glace þe forseid newe Sheres at his owne coste and make hem
able to werke / and þan he be welle and trewly paide for his labour / And for an other shere redy gisted þei
to haue for þe gryndyng and settyng viij d and no more for a peire / And þan þe owener to haue hem
home and prove hem . v . or . vj . dayes if þei be welle do And when þei be welle and profitably do þei to be
paied for her trauaille And also accorded is be þe forseid Meir and Aldermenn þat þe forseid Sherme̕
of Londoun shull fynde at alle tymes . whiles her sheres be a gryndyng or amendyng two men to turne
þe stonn Also awarded is be þe same Meir and Aldermen . þat if eny strif or debate falle betwenn þe
seid Shermenn and Sheregrynders for nonn paiement / þat þan þe Sheregrinders shulle pleyne to
þe wardeins of þe Shermen being for þe tyme And þei shull do hem to be paied / or elles paye hem
hemself with-ynne thre dayes next after her compleynt vpon peyne of xl s to be paide to þe Chambr̕
of þe yildhalle of Londoun as often as þei renne in þe payne And at alle tymes it is ordeyned be þe
same Meir and Aldermenn þat þe Sheregrynders shulle go home to þe Shermen hous and there to
sette and amende alle maner defautes longyng to here Sheres except only þe gryndyng And þei to
be welle and trewly paide as it is a-forseid Also accorded is be þe same Meir and Aldermen as touching
other Sheres þat be crakked or Flaved or fawty be necligence of þe oweners or eny of hise for alle
suche Sheres þe Sheregrynders to take for hem as þe seide Shermen and Sheregrynders mowe
accorde And also it is accorded by þe saide Mair and Aldermen þt þe same Sheregrynders be and shulle be redy at alle
tymes when þei godely mowe and be resonably required to serue þe saide Shmen in gryndyng and amendyng
of her Sheres on peyne abouesaide . &c̕ .