er in time coming, by the aldermen
or more part of the common council to be made, and that reasonably
proved upon him before the said alderman, and the more part of the
said common council, that then he be forthwith discharged of the said
guild, and that notified by the said alderman to the mayor, in the
common council of the said city, that then, it done, he be discharged
of his liberties and franchises of the said city, and unable ever to
be citizen of the said city, or brother of the said guild, and taken
and had as a forsworn man shamed and reproved, and _reune_ in the
pain of infamy.

"Also, that all these articles abovesaid, be every year, once, or
oftener if it be needed, be openly read before the said alderman, and
all the brethren, or the most part of them. In witness of these
premises to the one part of this indenture remaining towards the said
mayor and commonality, the alderman and brethren of the said
fraternity and guild have set their common seal; and to the other
part of the said indenture, abiding toward the said alderman and
brethren of the said guild, the mayor and commonality of the said
city have set their common seal. Given and done at Norwich, the day
and year aforesaid, in the time of the mayoralty of Ralph Segrim,
when William Baily and John Gilbert were sheriffs, Thomas Allen,
alderman of the aforesaid guild, according to the tenour of this
agreement.

"From thenceforth, the court of mayorality, justices, alderman,
sheriffs, and common councilmen, were admitted and united to the
fraternity of the glorious martyr St. George. The rank and
importance of the members of the society may be inferred from the
fact, of their admitting from the country none beneath the rank of
_notable gentlemen_. The union of the two bodies took place fourteen
years after the substitution of mayor and sheriffs for bailiffs."

Among the entries in their book occur the following:

"At George's Inn, Fybriggate, at an asssembly there, holden the
Monday next before the feast of All Saints, in the ninth year of King
Henry IV., A.D. 1408; it was agreed to furnish priests with copes,
"and the George shall go in procession and make a conflict with the
dragon, and keep his estate both days."

"Item. It is ordained that two new jackets of fustian and red
buckram be bought for the