Excerpt from The History of the Worshipful Company of the Drapers of London, Vol. 2: Preceded by an Introduction on London and Her Gilds Up to the Close of the Xvth Century; From the Accession of King Henry VIII to the Death of Queen Elizabeth, 1509-1603 Have now to thank Mr. A. F. Pollard, Fellow of All Souls Col lege, Oxford, Hon. Litt.d. Man chester, and Professor of English History in the University of London. His corrections and information on the Tudor Period have saved me from several blunders. I wish also again to express my indebtedness to my Secretary, Miss Watkins, more especially for the Statistics in the Appendices, which are almost en tirely her work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.