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".

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.

Includes bibliographic references and index.