Answers for the Corporation of Barbers of Edinburgh, Pursuers; to the petition of John Wilson and Gilbert Blair, Barbers in the Canongate, Defenders.

  • Incorporation of Barbers (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Date:
1742]
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Credit: Answers for the Corporation of Barbers of Edinburgh, Pursuers; to the petition of John Wilson and Gilbert Blair, Barbers in the Canongate, Defenders. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Life m M 7j P ( Nov. 18. 174a. ) ANSWERS FOR The Corporation of Barbers of Edin¬ burgh, Purfuers; t o The Petition of John Wilfon and Gil¬ bert Blair Barbers in the Canongate, Defenders. TH E Petitioners, with no finall Aflurance, boldly aflert, u That the Refpondents are no Corporation ; That “ it is only the Surgeons of Edinburgh that are the cc incorporated Body; That therefore this Complaint a could only have been at their Inftance, and not at the In- iC fiance of the Barbers, who are only dependent upon them :,s According to the Petitioners ihewing. Wherefore it is neceflary to examine a little into the Titles of the Barbers of Edinburgh, as to their Right of Incorporati¬ on : And indeed this is founded in the original Seal of Caufe Anno 1505, which is exprefly in favours of the SURGEONS and BARBERS; the whole Privileges are granted in common to thefe CRAFTS or TRADES in the plural Number, with this only Exception, That no Barber, Mafter or Servant, ufe or exerce the Craft of Surgery, without he be expert, and know perfectly the Things that belong to Surgery. Conlequently the Barbers were entitled to exercife the Barber Trade without any fuch Knowledge : And truly, by this Seal of Caule, the Sur¬ geon and Barber Crafts were united into one Incorporation, in A the