| THE SILVER WAITES’ BADGES OF BEVERLEY | |||
| Page | Date | Number | Entry |
| V197 | 1424 | 2 | 2 silver chains made (he alleges ref. 39) |
| H161 | 1433 | 2 | ij scutos sive arma (silver) = new scutcheons |
| H162 | 1433 | 2 | 2 silver shields for the minstrels |
| H105 | 1436 | 2 | 2 silver shields |
| H120-1 | May 13, 1438 | 3 | j scutum; ij scuti; j puerum (Symonis) |
| H124 | 1440 | 3 | iij scuti argentei |
| H135 | 1452 | 3 | iij scutis argenti de novo factis pro spiculatoribus villae |
| H141-2 | Nov. 14, 1464 | 3 | iij colers cum iij scutis argenteis, ponderantibus quilibet eorum ut patet in libro |
| communi : quilibet coler habens xxxvij lynkes, ij stipas, ij pendauntis, ij bokilles, | |||
| j stapul et j swychon. | |||
| H142 | 1466? | 3 | j scutum histrionis (each) |
| H143 | 1466? | 3 | tria scuta argentea |
| V197 | 1674 | 2 | Only 2 chains remaining |
| H180 | 1558 | – | liveries and badges |
| H182 | 1562 | – | badges (“signis”) |
| X | Oct. 24, 1577 | 3 | Chains del. to R.H (6 oz) J.S. (6� oz) R.G. (6 oz) each with cognizance. |
| X | Oct. 9, 1578 | 3 | 3 chains del. to waits |
| X | Dec. 24, 1582 | – | chayne of silver (6 oz) & badge of silver (> one ounce and a quarter) |
| X | Jan. 3, 1660-1 | – | Waits to have 18s each to buy coats which they must wear & put the town’s badge on them as usual. |
| …corporation badge of silver del. to him | |||
| X | Oct. 3, 1678 | 3 | Silver chains and cognizances to J.R. & J.H. |
| X | Oct. 4, 1683 | 3? | One of the wait’s chains to be repaired and another new one made |
| X | Nov. 9, 1696 | 3 | Chains and badges to be redelivered to them. |
| M8 | Dec. 19, 1720 | 3 | badges & chains |
| V189 | 1836 | Sold (MCRAct) | |
| V189 | 1883 | 2 | 2 restored to city by CF Hotham – joined to make double collar worn by Mayor. |
| V189 | 1910 | 3 | 3rd chain bought back by corporation (least worn – may be one made in 1683). |
| H = 1405-1578 Report of the manuscripts of the Corporation of beverley (1900) Historical Manuscripts Commission [Quarto Q 42 HIS] | |||
| M = 1707-1835 Beverley Corporation Minute Books (1958) KA MacMahon [Q[Period.]] | |||
| P = Poulson (Scaum) Beverlac (1829) [Minster Lib. Y-BEV : POU] | |||
| X = copied many years ago from a volume in the Morrell Library. Must find and record source. | |||
| V = The Victoria history of the county of York East Riding. vol. VI: Beverley. OUP, 1989. | |||