Directory: The Fifteen Corporations 1769

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File contributed by: Sharon Slater 
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THE FIFTEEN CORPORATIONS 1769, FERRAR'S DIRECTORY

The following from Ferrar's Directory of 1769, is a list of 
the fifteen corporations which were in that year in 
existance, with names of the masters and wardens of each 
guild:-

Smiths:     Richard Bennis (Master)
            Samuel Johns (Warden)
            Thomas Carr (Warden)

Carpenters: George Russell (Master)
            John Byrum (Warden)
            Thomas Brehon (Warden)

Weavers:    Thomas Pincheon (Master)
            Giles Powell (Warden)
            Thomas Kendall (Warden)

Shoemakers: George Fivens (Master)
            Thomas Farquhar (Warden)
            Thomas Burrowes (Warden)

Taylors:    George Evans (Master)
            Laurence Bluett (Warden)
            William Ryan (Warden)

Sadlers:    Mitchel Bennis (Master)
            Maurice O Donnell (Warden)
            Robert Carr (Warden)

Masons:     Michael Dabbs (Master)
            Phillip Dollard (Warden)
            James Charleston (Warden)

Bakers:     William Walker (Master)
            James Allison (Warden)
            Thomas Bourke (Warden)

Coopers:    James Clowden (Master)
            David Jones (Warden)
            William Glimer (Warden)

Surgeon
Barbers:    Jacob Bennis (Master)
            Francis Downes (Warden)
            John Fitzgerald (Warden)

Butchers:   James Allison (Master)
            John Dick (Warden)
            George Coonerty (Warden)

Tobacconist:Thomas Mason (Master)
            Patrick Martin (Warden)
            John Robinson (Warden)

Tallow
Chandlers:  Thomas Alley, Jun. (Master)
            Raleigh James (Warden)
            Jacob Rinrose (warden)

Hatters:    John Kincaid (Master)
            Henry Lee (Warden)
            James Ryan (Warden)

Brewers:    (No Master)
            John Bryan (Warden)
            Edmond Casey (Warden)