EXTRACT FROM THE REGULATIONS FOR THE THIRLWALL PRIZE.
Reading edition
“There shall be established in the University a prize, called the ‘Thirlwall Prize,’ to be awarded for dissertations involving original historical research.”
“The prize shall be open to members of the University who, at the time when their dissertations are sent in, have been admitted to a degree, and are of not more than four years’ standing from admission to their first degree.”
“Those dissertations which the adjudicators declare to be deserving of publication shall be published by the University singly or in combination, in an uniform series, at the expense of the fund, under such conditions as the Syndics of the University Press shall from time to time determine.”
CONTENTS.
PAGES
CHAPTER I.
Introductory 1-6
CHAPTER II.
The Merchant Gild 7-29
Note 1. Chronological Table of Merchant Gilds 24-28
Note 2. List of Trades and Professions 28-29
CHAPTER III.
Craft Gilds 30-54
Note 1. Indenture of Apprenticeship (1414) 52-53
Note 2. Oath of Freemen 53-54
CHAPTER IV.
The Early History of the Gilds 55-76
CHAPTER V.
Reconstruction of the Gild System 77-97
CHAPTER VI.
The Degeneracy of the Companies 98-112
CHAPTER VII.
Shrewsbury Show 113-127
CHAPTER VIII.
The End of the Companies 128-144
Appendix I. Non-Gildated Tradesmen 145-156
Appendix II. Authorities cited 157-159
Index 160-168
NOTE.
On page 26 Liverpool should be inserted. The charter was granted in 1229, by the king.