Chapter I: Front Matter

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IN THE DAYS
OF THE GUILD

BY
L. LAMPREY

WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY
FLORENCE GARDINER

AND NUMEROUS LINE DRAWINGS BY
MABEL HATT

NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

_Copyright, 1918, by_
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

_All rights reserved including that of translation
into foreign languages._

_Printed in the United States of America_

_To_
MY FATHER
HENRY PHELPS LAMPREY

CONTENTS

I PAGE
_The Old Road_ 1
THE BOY WITH THE WOOLPACK 3
How Robert Edrupt journeyed with the wool-merchants to
London

II
_The Biographer_ 13
BASIL THE SCRIBE 15
How an Irish monk in an English Abbey came to stand
before Kings

III
_Venetian Glass_ 27
THE PICTURE IN THE WINDOW 29
How Alan of the Abbey Farms learned to make stained
glass

IV
_Troubadour's Song_ 41
THE GRASSHOPPERS' LIBRARY 43
How Ranulph le Provencal ceased to be a minstrel and
became a troubadour

V
_The Wood-Carver's Vision_ 55
THE BOX THAT QUENTIN CARVED 57
How Quentin of Peronne learned his trade when a boy in
Amiens

VI
_The Caged Bouverel_ 69
AT THE SIGN OF THE GOLD FINCH 71
How Guy, the goldsmith's apprentice, won the desire of
his heart

VII
_Up Anchor_ 79
THE VENTURE OF NICHOLAS GAY 81
How Nicholas Gay, the merchant's son, kept faith with
a stranger and served the King

VIII
_London Bells_ 93
BARBARA, THE LITTLE GOOSE-GIRL 95
How Barbara sold geese in the Chepe and what fortune
she found there

IX
_Harper's Song_ 105
RICHARD'S SILVER PENNY 107
How Richard sold a web of russet and made the best of
a bad bargain

X
_Perfumer's Song_ 119
MARY LAVENDER'S GARDEN 121
How Mary Lavender came to be of service to an exiled
Queen

XI
_Pavement Song_ 131
SAINT CRISPIN'S DAY 133
How Crispin, the shoemaker's son, made a shoe for a
little damsel, and new streets in London

XII
_Concealed Weapons_ 143
THE LOZENGES OF GIOVANNI 144
How a Milanese baker-boy and a Paduan physician kept
poison out of the King's dish

XIII
_A Song of Birds and Beasts_ 157
A DYKE IN THE DANELAW 159
How David le Saumond changed the course of an ancient
nuisance

XIV
_London Bridge_ 173
AT BARTLEMY FAIR 175
How Barty Appleby went to the fair at Smithfield and
caught a miscreant

XV
_Midsummer Day in England_ 187
EDWITHA'S LITTLE BOWL 189
How Edwitha found Roman pottery in the field of a
Sussex farm

XVI
_Song of the Tapestry Weavers_ 197
LOOMS IN MINCHEN LANE 199
How Cornelys Bat, the Flemish weaver, befriended a
black sheep and saved his wool

XVII
_The Wishing Carpet_ 211
THE HERBALIST'S BREW 213
How Tomaso, the physician of Padua, found a cure for
a weary soul

XVIII
_The Marionettes_ 225
THE HURER'S LODGERS 229
How the poppet of Joan, the daughter of the capmaker,
went to court and kept a secret

XIX
_Armorer's Song_ 241
DICKON AT THE FORGE 243
How a Sussex smith found the world come to him in the
Weald

XX
_The Wander-Years_ 255
THE WINGS OF THE DRAGON 257
How Padraig made Irish wit a journeyman to Florentine
genius

XXI
_St. Eloi's Blessing_ 269
GOLD OF BYZANTIUM 271
How Guy of Limoges taught the art of Byzantium to
Wilfrid of Sussex