HISTORICAL ACCOUNT

OF THE

Worshipful Company of
Carpenters.

"An Haberdasher, and a Carpenter,
A Webbe, a Deyer, and a Tapiser,
Were alle yclothed in o livere,

Of a solempne and grete fraternite.
Ful freshe and newe hir gere ypiked was;

Hir Knives were ychaped not with bras,

But all with silver wrought ful clene and wel,
Her girdeles and her pouches every del.”

CHAUCER.-Prologue to Canterbury Tales.