jan 1, 1565 - searcher
Description:
The office of ‘searcher’ was already established in the medieval guilds. In York in 1477 the cutlers’ guild ordered <i>that whatsomever he be of the said craft that will not obbey his serchiours … shall forfett xijd to the chambre</i> (SS120/133). It was a traditional custom too among the Sheffield cutlers whose ordinances in 1565 included an obligation to be <i>yerelie … searched by xii men of the said crafte</i> (HCC1).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1565
Now
~ 460 years ago