A translation of the charter from the latin, granted by King Henry VIII to the Company of Barbers of London; whereby they were made a corporation; also transcripts of the letters patent ... with acts of Parliament and bye-laws relative to the ... Company; rules and articles of the Association of Peruke-Makers, Hair-Dressers, &c.

  • Barbers Company (London, England)
Date:
[1785]
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Credit: A translation of the charter from the latin, granted by King Henry VIII to the Company of Barbers of London; whereby they were made a corporation; also transcripts of the letters patent ... with acts of Parliament and bye-laws relative to the ... Company; rules and articles of the Association of Peruke-Makers, Hair-Dressers, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    by confent of the committee, which will make their uprightnefs appear more confpicuous *, fliould that be the cafe, intimation and diftruft of a different tendency will fec with a bad grace on the face of fufpicious perfons and^bold calumniators. Honeft men will never be afraid of having their condudl put to the teft and it muft be the glory of every man of principle to have his characfer cleared up, that it may fhine the brighter. The Editor never conceived that he fhould have been obligated in this publication to vindicate his own or any other perfon’s condudt, who has had the honour to be at the head of the affociation •, but he wifhes to evince the mifled, to ciear up the doubts of others, to fruftrate the machinations of the fuf- picious, and ftop the tongues of the licentious. To fuch of the affociation who have confidence in the recfitude and difintereftednefs of thofe having paffed the chair, and of their promoting the profpe- rity of the trade—the Editor, for himfelf, and in the names of his brother Chairmen and the Committee, will ever think it a duty to bear a grateful fenfe of their gcod opinion. To whom all due refpedl is afcribed, By their obedient and devoted fervant, T H E E D I T O R. I.Qmion, 051, 1785. INTRODUCTION;