County: Middlesex
Code: D4196#5
Reference: London, London Metropolitan Archives: COL/AD/01/010, fol. 14v, item 3
Function: Rule
[line 11]For as mocheỻ as here to fore many dayes þe makyng and gryndyng and oþer apparaıllyng of Shermennes
sheres hatħ stond and stondetħ ın þoccupacoū and excercıse of tweyn or thre persones atte most wıtħynne
þıs Cıte whıche for þeır sınguler ꝓffıt and cōe harme haue taken and taken fro day to day so excessıflıcħ
for þeır occupacoū aboute þe makıng grındıng and apparaılıng of suche shermen sheres þat ıt ıs
shame and dole · for to here · wherfore þe vȷ day of decemb þe yere of kyng henry þe sıxte after þe ~~~
conquest · secon wıllᷓm Crowmer Meır and Aldermen̄ of þe Cıte of Londo hauyng consıderacoū
as weỻ to þe cōe proffıt as to þe state and resonable gayne and getyng of suche Sheregrınders be
þe gode aduys after rıpe cōıcacoū hadde wıtħ þe worthy of þe craftes of drapers and Shermen ın
þe seıde Cıte · Han ordeyned þat no Sheregrynder from þıs day forwar take more for a paıre of
newe Sherys gıstyng and gryndyng þan ıȷ And whan þe same Shere hatħ ben vsed a xıııȷ or
xv dayes / þan þe Sheregrynder shaỻ glace þe forseıd newe Sheres at hıs owne coste and make hem
able to werke / and þan he be weỻ and trewly paıde for hıs labour / And for an other shere redy gısted þeí
to haue for þe gryndyng and settyng vııȷ and no more for a peıre / And þan þe owener to haue hem
home and prove hem · v · or · vȷ · dayes ıf þeı be weỻ do And when þeı be weỻ and profıtably do þeı to be
paıed for her trauaıỻ And also accorded ıs be þe forseıd Meır and Aldermen̄ þat þe forseıd Sherm
of Londoū shull fynde at alle tymes · whıles her sheres be a gryndyng or amendyng two men to t᷑ne
þe stōn Also awarded ıs be þe same Meır and Aldermen · þat ıf eny strıf or debate falle betwen̄ þe
seıd Shermen̄ and Sheregrynders for non̄ paıement / þat þan þe Sheregrınders shuỻ pleyne to
þe wardeıns of þe Shermen beıng for þe tyme And þeı shull do hem to be paıed / or elles paye hem
hemself wıth ynne thre dayes next after her compleynt vpon peyne of xl to be paıde to þe Chāb
of þe yıldhaỻ of Londoū as often as þeı renne ın þe payne And at alle tymes ıt ıs ordeyned be þe
same Meır and Aldermen̄ þat þe Sheregrynders shuỻ go home to þe Shermenhous and there to
sette and amende alle man defautes longyng to here Sheres except only þe gryndyng And þeı to
be weỻ and trewly ‸ paıde as ıt ıs a forseı Also accorded ıs be þe same Meır and Aldermen as touchıng
other Sheres þat be crakked or Flaved or fawty be neclıgence of þe oweners or eny of hıse for alle
suche Sheres þe Sheregrynders to take for hem as þe seıde Shermen and Sheregrynders mowe
accorde And also ıt ıs accorded by þe saıde Maır and Aldermen þt þe same Sheregrynders be and shuỻ be redy at alle
tymes whē þeı godely mowe and be resonably requıred to ue þe saıde Sħmen ın gryndyng and amendyng
of her Sheres on peyne abouesaıde · ·