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Abbreviated table of contents

  • Introduction The Origins of Guilds
  • John Stow's references to the Tylers and Bricklayers in his Survey of London
  • The emergence of many Guilds throughout the U.K. and Ireland
  • Other Names by which the Tilers and Bricklayers may have been known outside London
  • The Places in which there is evidence that Tilers and Bricklayers established themselves within distinct Guilds
  • The Ranking of Tilers and Bricklayers
  • Numbers of Tilers and Bricklayers practising their Trade in various Cities
  • The Period of Apprenticeship, and the Number of Apprentices that a Master could take
  • The Price paid by Apprentices for their Indentures
  • Their Earnings once they became Masters
  • The Role of Women
  • The Backgrounds from which the Apprenticed Tilers and Bricklayers came
  • Some Tilers and Bricklayers Sons did better than their Fathers
  • The Coats of Arms of the Tilers and Bricklayers Companies
  • The Miracle Plays
  • The Pageants performed by the Tilers and Bricklayers in the Corpus Christi Plays 26
  • Conclusion
  • APPENDICES