Volume 1

The grocery trade : its history and romance / by J. Aubrey Rees.

  • Rees, J. Aubrey (Joseph Aubrey)
Date:
1910
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Credit: The grocery trade : its history and romance / by J. Aubrey Rees. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    as to include those allied traders, “ the spicers of the Ward of Chepe and the Canvassers of the Ropery.” The latter class of traders, who dealt in all appliances connected with shipping, had naturally many direct dealings with the Pepperers in oversea transactions, whilst the former were no doubt synonymous with the retail grocers of the present day. It is significant, therefore, that the Pepperers sought to admit both these branches of their calling into the new organisation. At the meeting we are referring to, they committed to writing the particulars of their formation into a trading fraternity, and they settled upon certain ordi- nances under the title of “The Fraternity of St. Antony.” In these ordinances it was laid down that: “ No person shall be of the Fraternity if he is not of good condition and of this craft, that is to say, a Pepperer of Sopers Lane, a Canevacer of the Ropery or a Spicer of the Ward of Chepe, or other people of their mystery, wherever they reside, and, at their entrance, to pay at least 13/4 sterling or the value thereof; and, in good love and with a loyal heart, shall submit for their obedience toward all those who shall then be of the fraternity.” The Ordinances further provided that members were to be of good fame, and so continue under pain of expulsion. It may be noted that the entrance fee to the