The Company of Barbers and Surgeons / edited by Ian Burn ; with a foreword by Sir John Chalstrey.

London : Farrand Press, 2000.

xxviii, 305 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm

A record of the life and times of the Worshipful Company of Barbers of London over nearly seven centuries, published to celebrate the advent of the third millennium".

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Foreword / by Sir John Chalstrey -- Preface / Lord McColl of Dulwich -- Introduction / William Shand -- The origins of the Barbers' Company / Ann Wickham -- The Company's royal charters and their historical background / Philip Champness -- The Company's constitution / Ian Murray and Brian Hall -- The financial background and charitable giving / Dennis Hill and John C. Smethers -- The London barbers / Ian Murray -- The teaching of anatomy / Ian Burn and Chris Buckland-Wright -- The anatomy theatre / John Missen and Dennis Hill -- The library of the Company of Barbers and Surgeons / Chris Buckland-Wright and Helen Buckland-Wright -- The serjeant surgeon / Sir William Slack -- The naval connection / Sir James Watt -- The disciplinary powers of the Barbers' Company / Leslie Clarke -- Building of the present Barber-Surgeons Hall / Peter Foxton -- The civic connection / Sir John Chalstrey -- Pageantry / Graham Clarke -- The ethos of the company / Andrew Harfield -- The Court, August 1999.