The Pinners' and Wiresellers' Book 1462-1511
Megson, Barbara
Covers the accounts of the medieval craft of the Pinners between 1462 and 1511, prior to and following their merger with the Wiremongers to form the Wiresellers Company in 1497. No other administrative records survive from such a lowly craft in medieval London. The volume reveals how a small craft (some thirty members) struggled to maintain a hall, control working practices, license alien craftsmen and secure prayers for themselves and their f...