Directory: The Fifteen Corporations 1769 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Limerick Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Sharon Slater http://www.limerickslife.com Sept 5, 2001 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)