APPENDIX.-EXTRACTS FROM MINUTE BOOK. Quarter day August 1st 1720 Head meeting day ordered yt for the time to come the expence of an entertainmt on yt day day (sic) do not exceed the sume of one Guinea out of the Companys Box & wt sume the ordinarys & extraordinarys att such entertainment exceed yt same each Bros then present to contribute equally att their owne xpence to discarge (sic) the same. Att a Meeting october 10th 1720 William Whitfeild late apprentice to John Younghusbands dec' was this day admitted and paid for the same More of him towards Essay ... ... 04:00:00 02:00:00 Wm Whitfeild desires to be entred as a 2s man to weh the Company agreed. It's at this Meeting unanimously agreed upon by the Company & recomended to the Stewards to apply to the Clerk of the Company to draw up a Cafe of Tho: partis of Sunderlands exercifeing the bufsinefs of a Goldsmith having not served his time to a Goldsmith neglecting to get his plate Efsayed and take the Recorders opinion in wt method to p'secute him Efsay p' agreemt recd of John Langwith 1 & D° of Mr Thos Partis 40s Att a Meeting November 11th 1720 Md'm that this day Mr Batty p'mifed to pay the Company five pounds for a ffine for taking Isaac Cookson as an apprentice contrary to order and to be pa next meeting Headmeeting day May 3d 1721 Stewards accts for preceeding year, James Kirkupp & Robt Makepeice Stewds Receits Augst 1st 1720 by recd of Robt Makepeice for takeing 05:00:00 appr 408 20% } 03:00: 00 1on app Disbursemts this year To one Years Clerks Sallary now due To him for cafe on Act for new duety and 01: 10:00 lres and cafe and fair Coppy abt Mr Partis 00:15:06 for Essay letter A p'anno 1721 and Mark Grey Nicholson not being willing to continue and delivering upp Keys the Company agree to appoint W Pryor Essay Master for the time to come and he to be Sworn to continue dureing the Companys pleasure. Jonathan ffrench for unbrotherly words giveing a Bro' the lye in company fine according to order 1 gd Efsay Master to be obliged to attend Efsay Tuesday & ffryday in every week without any further or other confidera'con except the ufuall allowance and alfo on request of any workeing Bro' to attend on any other day for such recompence as such Bro so 423 requesting the same can agree with the Esfay Master for, not exceeding the sum[m]e of 28 6d and such Bro' paying to the steward for the time being for the ufe of the Company the Sume of sixpence for every essay taken on any other day except Tuesday or fryday towards the charge of the charcole ffrancis Batty Steward John Carnaby Warden Jur' Att a meeting November 16 1721 Whereas Jonathan ffrench att last quarter day w" he was present was complained of for that he had ufed and gone into severall underhand dealings wth John Hewett a foreign' who trades in selling Plate in Gateshead & att Durham, and had of late comitted sever indirect practices in workeing up plate for the s John Hewett to the great prejudice of this Company, and that since the time of his the sd Jonathan ffrenches keeping an open Shopp he had also patronized severall quantitys of wrought plate belonging to the sd Hewett as well London wrought as other wrought, and sold such or the greatest part thereof att his sd shopp, and afterwards returnd to the sd Hewett such of the sd Plate as was unsold, and that he could not or did not think fitt w" he was so complained of or charged therewth to make it appear that such complaint or charge agt him was unjust or that he ought to continue so to do, Its therefor this day ordered that the sd Jonathan ffrench for such his practices be fined the sume of five pounds Mr ffrench the fine 05:00:00 ffran. Batty Rob Makepeace Head Meeting day May 3a 1722 By the Company for 4oz gdwt Sterling Disburfemts 03:11:6 To Mr Kirkupp he pd for cleaning the Efsay Seales 00:11:06 James Kirkupp Steward Jor' Robert Makepeace Warden Jur' Letter B for the year 1722. William pryor appointed Essay Mas By Mr Batty for his ffine for not attending the last Guild... 00:01:8 Nathaniell Shaw allowed six weeks to pay his fines amounting to 01:01:00 but this to be no precident for the future May 3 1725 recd Thomas partis. The Stewards to call upon him for 20 due from him for his Efsay for a year due att Christmas last Reed John Langwith of York. To be called upon for 20s for a years Efsay due Lamas last Joseph Buckles of the same. To be called upon for 20 for a year then due. Mark Grey Nicholson Dr for so much lent him in 1719 as p acct ... 02:00:00 Jonathan ffrench having submitted the consideracion of his ffine to the Company and they upon his withdrawing having determined to mitigate the same to 50% & on paym1 thereof to enroll his apprentice, and he having refused to pay the same Its ordered that the sd Indenture be inrolled upon his paying the said 50 down, and that if he does not pay the same, that the said Indenture be not inrolled till he pay the whole fine of 51i APPENDIX.-EXTRACTS FROM MINUTE BOOK. By Jonathan ffrench for the above & in full of all ... ... ... ... his ffines 02:10:00 Returned him again by consent of the Company... 01:01:00 Att a Quarterly Meeting November 14th 1722 By Mr Batty for his Journeyman Tho. prow according to order... Head meeting day May 3a 1723 Receipts £01 09 00 02:00:00 By Mr Batty his ffine for not attending the Guild 00:01:08 By 7 oz. of Sterling at 5: 4 p oz. Difbursemts To Mr Batty for bone ashes... November 11. 1720 01:07: 6 ... 01: 17:4 00:02:00 Companys 425 3d May 1731 This order Interlin'd by Consent & crt Mattw Dawson &c Rebt. Makepeace Steward Shaw Whereas of late severall inconveniencys have happen'd and Jonathan French William Dalton Low Gill Att a Head Meeting day May 3d 1722 :/ Guilds and Quarter days-Its ordered that the Stewards or one of them for the time being do in their respective years attend the severall Guilds on the pain of 5 for every neglect and that the Company be sum'oned and do meet every Quarter att the usuall days and that when such days fall on a Sonday such Quarterly Meeting shall be kept on the day following and that if the Stewards for the time being shall neglect to warne the Company accordingly such Stewards shall forfeit & pay to the Company 51 ffine for every such neglect :/ Head Meeting day May 3d 1723 It's this day ordered by the unanimous consent of all the Company present that if at any time hereafter the profitts and receipts of the Company arifeing by ffines or otherwife shall fall short of & not be sufficient to pay of & defray the Companys outlays and expences, that then such sum & sums of money as will be sufficient to do the same shall from time to time be raised by Contribuc❜ons of the Members of this Society and each Member of this Society shall pay his p'porc'on of such sum & sums of money so to be raifed, on pain of being expelled the Company & deprived of all benefitt and advantage thereof Thomas Makepeace Abra" Anderson Jonathan French Robt Makepeace Isaac Cookson Heedmeeting day held May 4, 1724 May yo 3a being Sunday Rec Aprill 24 1724 By the Efsay house Sterling 10 oz" att 58 4d By the Picks there of this year 5 oz" att 5o 6a Difburfemts July 26 pd Wm Henderson for two sacks of Charcole 0:09:0 0:05:0 1:16:0 0:10:0 0:12:0 0:05:0 ffrancis Battey Steward Aprill 26 pd W Pryor p Note p. paper Lead, &c. Lett D for the year 1724 Wm Pryor appointed Essay Master Att a Quarterly Meeting August 10, 1724 Robt Makepeace Warden Jonathan ffrench complained of for employing John ffrench an unfreeman as a Journeyman for upwards of six weeks contrary to order, fined according to order 5 & to be called upon for it at next meeting. At a Meeting Augt 12 1724 Whereas Wm Whitfeild before last head Meeting was entred as a 2s man but since that time is come to inhabitt in or near the town & being sum [m]oned to appear both this & last meeting & not appearing Its ordered that he be no longer continued as a 2 man but that he be fined as other brethren for every day he has been or shall be absent. It is this day ordered that for the future no brother ffree or to be ffree of this Company shall work with or for any person or APPENDIX.-EXTRACTS FROM MINUTE BOOK. persons not ffree of this Society ufeing or exercifeing the trade or bufinefs of a Goldsmith in Gateshead or elsewhere within seven miles of the Town any plate or other thing whatsoever relating to the bufinefs of a Goldsmith and that every brother that shall offend herein shall pay for every offence the sum of five pounds for the use of the Company [Signed by Jonathan French' & nine others] Wm Whitfeild allowed a month from this day to work with Daniell Albert or any other but if he continue to work longer then to incur the penalty of the above order At a meeting October 29 1724 By William Dalton late apprentice to James 1 8 d Kirkupp for his admittance money 4 more towards 06:00:00 Efsay 21 ... Att a Meeting Aprill 6 1725 By Mrffran: Batty on acct of Geo: Bulman towards the Efsay ... Head Meeting day May 3a 1725 Receipts. By Mr Kirkupps ffine for his Journeyman Inglefs By Mr Makepeace for picks... By Wm Dalton for his admittance money By him towards Efsay By Mr Tho: Partis on account of Efsay By Mr Batty for his Journeyman Geo: Bulman... Difburfemts pd towards the ffreemens plate pd for Entertainmt last Head Meeting day to Mr Hobbs ... Letter E for the year 1725 At a meeting September 6: 1725 :/ 2:0:0 02:00:00 03: 12: 11 04:00:00 02:00:00 02:00:00 02:00:00 02:02:00 427 01: 10:00 March 26 1725 Tho: ord Clerk Thompson of Durham hath offered plate to be afsayed, having not first entred his name place of aboad & mark as the Act of parliamt directs It is ordred & agreed upon that he be p'secuted for the same at the Companys charge and Its further ordered that in cafe the sd Thompson shall request to have his name place of aboad & mark entred that the Wardens shall enter the same & that his plate shall & may be afsayed and It is further ordered that the sd Thompson shall be prosecuted at the Companys charge for exercifeing the trade of a Silver Smith or plateworker Att a Meeting March 21 1725 [-6] By Geo: Bulman late Apprentice to ffran: Batty} By Jonathan ffrench for employing John ffrench as a Journeyman for upwards of six weeks & not paying 40 towards afsay contrary to order fined according to order 5 which was pd down, |