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Title: The Worshipful Company of Painters, otherwise Painter-Stainers : its hall, pictures, and plate
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Pitman, Walter Hayward
Subjects: Worshipful Company of Painters (London, England)
Publisher: London : (Imprinted by Blades, East & Blades)
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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tainers Company. He referred to this authority, to paint out andremove bad work, and he mentioned his ownsatisfaction that if our Company visited the RoyalAcademy on varnishing day, he trusted theywould be merciful to his personal work, now thathe was one of the craft; but he confessed readilythat there would be plenty of scope in the R.A.exhibition for a due and proper exercise of theancient and undoubted rights of the Company. The Company were also appreciated as assessors,or judges, of the value of artistic work. January iith, 1631. The Lord Chamberlaininvokes their aid to make a trewe valuationand estimate of the woorke done by John DeCretz in painting, trymming, and gilding theBarges of the King (Charles I) and his Queen. April 28th, 1624. Another minute records— Mr. Voy came to the Court desiring them tohelp him to his money for his work done forthe Broderers Company. The Court determinedthat the said Voy should demand no more butthe sum of ^B and so to be satisfied, troubling
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o >•< 2 O H a:- oz X o I The Painter-Stainers Coiiipaiiv. 31 the Court no further, but only thus, that Mr.Warden Burchitt and Mr. Vapp promised to dothe best they could to get somewhat more of them. March 27th, 1632. Agreed by full consent togive ^6 13.?. /\d. yearly for 7 years to come towardsthe reparation of St. Pauls Cathedral, and a letterwas to be so addressed to the Lord Bishop ofLondon, in answer to his Lordships letter directedto the Company, nth February, 1631. 1654, February 6th and 8th, the Clerk and Beadleare directed to provide a stand to enable the Liveryto view the entry of the Lord Protector, OliverCromwell, on his coming into the City, and orderingthat all those who did not appear on that occasionbe fined. 1660, May iith. Records an assessment havingbeen made, upon the Livery, towards a sum of^12,000 which was being raised by the LordMayor, as a present to be given to King Charles IIand towards the expense of the entertainment ofthe Kings Majesty i

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