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]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![Translation from the Latin of the CH ARTER granted by King Henry VIII. to the Company of BARBERS. Henry, by the grace of God, King of Eng- ]and and France, and Lord of Ireland; To ali to whom thefe prefent letters Ihall come, greet- ing: We have infpected the letters patent of the Lord Henry the Seventh, late King of England, our moft illiiftrious father, concerning the con- firmation made in thefe words: Henry, by the Grace of God, King of England and France, and Lord of Ireland, To all to whom thefe pre- fent letters Ihall come, greeting: We have infpcfted the letters patent of the Lord Edward the Fourth, late King of England, our progenitor of illuftrious memory, made in thefe words : Edward, by the grace of God, King of England and France, and Lord of Ireland, To all to whom thefe prefent letters Ihall come, greeting: Know ye, that we,* confidering how our beloved honeft and free men of the Myftery of Barbers of our City of London, exercifing the Myftery or Art of Surgeons, as well refpefting wounds, bruifes, hurts, and other infirmi- ties of our liegemen, and healing and cui ing the fame, as in letting blood, and drawing fuch our liegemens teeth, have for a long time undergone and fupported, and daily do undergo and fupport, great and manifold labours and applications and alfo how, throLigh the ignorance, negligence, and unlkilfulnefs of forne of the faid Barbers, as well of the Freemen of our faid City, as of other Sur- geons](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2876836x_0030.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
