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Among Their Ranks Were Many Learned Eccl...
as " the Cruild of St . Francis , '' " the Holy 6 ruild of Poor Brethren of St . Outhbert , " & c . The great and im ^ ^ the Gity of Loudon are , without doubtj derived from these trading guilds . BBrit
The word gumyplit ' fgeldy ^ ot-gel ^ is variously written , has many significations among the earlier writers . It is used to signify , primarily , a payment , mulct , composition , or amercement ; it also denoted an enfranchised district ( otherwise called soTce , as in the wards of the City of London ) , and moreover was used for the free customs and privileges of such guild or soke ; in later times its most usual acceptation was in the sense of an associated brotherhood or body , which might be a whole town , or only a minor incorporationof such , every member was a gildar , i . e ., a contributor to the support
ot the general body . 1 he learned Johnson aehnes tne word > as meaning " fraternities originally contributing sums to a common stock ; the word is to be found in various tongues , —in old ^ French , Teutonic ^ and Icelandic ; gilde , eonviyium , symposium ; a society , a fraternity or company combined by orders and laws made amongst themselves , and by their prince ' s license . Hence the word guild proceeds , being a fraternity or commonalty of men gathered together in one combination , supporting their common charges by mutual
contribution . " Very great antiquity can be claimed for these and similar societies . They may even be traced to classical times , in which it is well known that artificers and traders were formed into companies like those of later days , and even occupied particular localities , to which they
gave name . To this Ktzstephen has alluded in his description of London ( a . d . 1180 ) : — " This citie , even as Boma , is divided into wardes , and alle the sellers of wares , and alle the workemen for hyre , are distinguished everie morninge , each in his place , and everie one in his own streete . "
The Anglo-Saxon guilds were an undoubted element in the origin of some of the most valuable points of our constitution , and sprang from the Saxon custom of frank-pledge , That the members of the guilds mighb the better identify each other , as well as ascertain whether any man w as absent on unlawful business , it was their custom to assemble at stated periods , when they ate and drank
together . The guilds devoted to religious or to trading objects which afterwards arose , copied not only the convivialities but also most of the customs of their predecessors . These ecclesiastical guilds are mentioned so early as the Qapitida of Carloman ( a . u . 770 ) , and the records of our Anglo-Saxon synods mention that both laymen and priests were members of these confraternities .
A custom prevailed in those early times of dividing whole towns into guilds , the government of which consisted of a triple estatethe chief or president , the council , and the members or associates . A favourite number of the council , including the chief , was thirteen —alluding to our Lord and the twelve apostles . To such a source may be traced the origin of " Portsoken" "Ward in the city of
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Among Their Ranks Were Many Learned Eccl...
as " the Cruild of St . Francis , '' " the Holy 6 ruild of Poor Brethren of St . Outhbert , " & c . The great and im ^ ^ the Gity of Loudon are , without doubtj derived from these trading guilds . BBrit
The word gumyplit ' fgeldy ^ ot-gel ^ is variously written , has many significations among the earlier writers . It is used to signify , primarily , a payment , mulct , composition , or amercement ; it also denoted an enfranchised district ( otherwise called soTce , as in the wards of the City of London ) , and moreover was used for the free customs and privileges of such guild or soke ; in later times its most usual acceptation was in the sense of an associated brotherhood or body , which might be a whole town , or only a minor incorporationof such , every member was a gildar , i . e ., a contributor to the support
ot the general body . 1 he learned Johnson aehnes tne word > as meaning " fraternities originally contributing sums to a common stock ; the word is to be found in various tongues , —in old ^ French , Teutonic ^ and Icelandic ; gilde , eonviyium , symposium ; a society , a fraternity or company combined by orders and laws made amongst themselves , and by their prince ' s license . Hence the word guild proceeds , being a fraternity or commonalty of men gathered together in one combination , supporting their common charges by mutual
contribution . " Very great antiquity can be claimed for these and similar societies . They may even be traced to classical times , in which it is well known that artificers and traders were formed into companies like those of later days , and even occupied particular localities , to which they
gave name . To this Ktzstephen has alluded in his description of London ( a . d . 1180 ) : — " This citie , even as Boma , is divided into wardes , and alle the sellers of wares , and alle the workemen for hyre , are distinguished everie morninge , each in his place , and everie one in his own streete . "
The Anglo-Saxon guilds were an undoubted element in the origin of some of the most valuable points of our constitution , and sprang from the Saxon custom of frank-pledge , That the members of the guilds mighb the better identify each other , as well as ascertain whether any man w as absent on unlawful business , it was their custom to assemble at stated periods , when they ate and drank
together . The guilds devoted to religious or to trading objects which afterwards arose , copied not only the convivialities but also most of the customs of their predecessors . These ecclesiastical guilds are mentioned so early as the Qapitida of Carloman ( a . u . 770 ) , and the records of our Anglo-Saxon synods mention that both laymen and priests were members of these confraternities .
A custom prevailed in those early times of dividing whole towns into guilds , the government of which consisted of a triple estatethe chief or president , the council , and the members or associates . A favourite number of the council , including the chief , was thirteen —alluding to our Lord and the twelve apostles . To such a source may be traced the origin of " Portsoken" "Ward in the city of