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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    cheerfully complied) begs leave to prefent their gratefiil acknowledge- ments. The following Hieets principally contain charters, adis of parliament, and bye-laws of the Barbers Com- pany, granted or made in the reigns ^ of feveral Kings and Queens of England, which are compiled with an intention of throwing light on the rights and privileges of that ' community. To which are annexed the proceedings, rules, &c. of the AfTociation. But few remarks on •the fubjedl have been added, as be- ing thought unneGeflary to the pre- fent purpcfe, which is merely to give a faithful ftatement of fadls, fo far as appears to promote the intereft of Barbery. Confiding in the redlitude of their intentions, the Editor (in the name of the Aflbciation) craves protedlion