An Old City Company

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Lewis Boyd Sebastian. An Old City Company

An Old City Company

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Introductory Note

An Old City Company

APPENDIX I

The Supplementary Award of January 17th, 1521. 12 Hen. VIII

APPENDIX II

APPENDIX III

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Lewis Boyd Sebastian

A Sketch of the History and Conditions of the Skinners' Company of London

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APPENDIX III.

There are several reasons for this which appear to me to be good. One is, that a member of such a Company feels himself to be connected by a direct link with the History of England, of which these Companies are part. Their destinies have been shaped and guided by men, of whom many have done good service to their country, and who stand towards their successors of later date in the position of honoured and revered ancestors, to be followed and imitated so far as change of circumstances permits. They are gone, but their work remains to be preserved and extended.

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