réglementation sur les batteurs d'armure de Londres, 1322

[urbain]

Ce passage a été repris par Charles John FFOULKES, et parle (en vieil Anglois dont j'ai du mal à saisir tous les termes) de la façon de faire (ou plutôt vendre) des bacinets recouverts ou non de tissus, et les gambisons ou aketons.

DOCUMENT FROM THE RECORDS OF THE ARMOURERS' COMPANY,

LONDON, 1322

THIS is a regulation that no armourer should attempt to sell Eascuettes (Bascinets)
covered with fabric, but should show them uncovered, so that the workmanship
might be seen and approved.

ARMOURERS' COMPANY OF LONDON
Lib. C, fol. 33, 15 Edw. II, 1322

Edward ye Second

Be it remembered that in ye hustinge of comon plaes holden ye Mondaie in
ye feaste of ye conversion of Saint Paule, ye yere of ye reigne of our Lord ye king
Edward, ye son of king Edward, xv th., in ye presence of Sir Hamen de Chigewelle
then Maior, Nicholas de farringdon and by assent of Hugh de Auggeye, &c. Ar-
morers. It is was ordeyned for ye comon proffyt and assented that from henceforth
all Armor made in ye Cytie to sell be good and convenable after ye forme that hence-
forth That is to saie that an Akton and Gambezon covered with sendall or of cloth
of Silke be stuffed with new clothe of cotten and of cadar and of oldn sendal and
not otherwise. And that ye wyite acketonnes be stuffed of olde lynnen and of cot-
tone and of new clothe wth in and wth out. Also forasmuch as men have founde
old bascuette broken and false now newly covered by men that nothing understand
of ye mystery wh be putt in pryvie places and borne out into ye contrye out of ye
said Cytie, to sell and in ye same citie of wh men may not gaine knowledge whether
they be good or ill, of ye wh thinge greate yill might fall to ye king and his people,
and a greate slaunder to ye Armorers aforesaid and to all ye Cytie. It is ordeyned
and assented that no Farrar ne other man that maketh ye Irons of bascuette hereafter
so to be covered no bascuett by himself to sell be free but that he shall sell out of his
hande will open and ungarnished as men have used before this tyme. And ye which
shall abide ungarnished until they be sene by the myor that shall be sworn or by ny
of Cz'ens whether they be convenable to garnishe or no. And there be found in any
Court of Armorers or else where in wch Court is Armor for to sell, whatsoever it
be, that is not proffytable or otherwise than is ordeyned and none be it taken and
brought before ye Maior and Aldermen and hys Czens to be demed good or ill after
their discretion. And for the wch thing well and lawfully to be kept and surveyed
Roger Savage Willm. De Langgull, Richard Johonnez (John Conny) being sworne.
And if they myor may not attend that ij of them Do that longeth thereto.

Fol. 135. ffirst it is a general Article ordeyned for all ye crafte of London and
centred in ye Chamber of ye Guildhall of ye said City in ye booke wth ye letter
22 169

[rasse de holst]

interessant !

[urbain]

Je n'ai pas retrouvé les anciennes discussions sur les armures recouvertes de tissu.
D'autres infos très intéressantes ici : http://www.archive.org/stream/armourerh ... t_djvu.txt

Voir vers la fin, les "appendix", qui sont des citations de sources.