[6050] All Saints Pavement, York : Guild of Scriveners
All Saints Pavement, York.
All Saints is the Guild Church of York. It has played, and continues to play, an important role in the civic history of the city.
The Guild of Scriveners.
In an age when most people could not read, the Scriveners were responsible for copying out and decorating books, and for writing letters and other documents.
The earliest reference to the Guild was in 1415. Some 70 years later, in 1487, the Company of textwriters, illuminators,annotators, writers of musical scores, translators and those who embellished writing with flowing curves came before the Lord Mayor to register ordinances and become incorporated as with other crafts.
The Guild was revived in 1991 and is now composed of accountants, lawyers and notaries. It has also reinstated the ceremony of the 'Assize of the Ale', formerly a procedure for checking the quality of ale sold in the city - though now all 'levies and bribes' go to charity. As with other guilds, charity is one of its prime endeavours.
[6050] All Saints Pavement, York : Guild of Scriveners
All Saints Pavement, York.
All Saints is the Guild Church of York. It has played, and continues to play, an important role in the civic history of the city.
The Guild of Scriveners.
In an age when most people could not read, the Scriveners were responsible for copying out and decorating books, and for writing letters and other documents.
The earliest reference to the Guild was in 1415. Some 70 years later, in 1487, the Company of textwriters, illuminators,annotators, writers of musical scores, translators and those who embellished writing with flowing curves came before the Lord Mayor to register ordinances and become incorporated as with other crafts.
The Guild was revived in 1991 and is now composed of accountants, lawyers and notaries. It has also reinstated the ceremony of the 'Assize of the Ale', formerly a procedure for checking the quality of ale sold in the city - though now all 'levies and bribes' go to charity. As with other guilds, charity is one of its prime endeavours.