An Elizabethan Guild of the City of Exeter, an Account of the Proceeding of the Society of Merchant Adventurers, During the Latter Half of the 16th Ce

This book provides an in-depth look at the Society of Merchant Adventurers, a prominent Elizabethan guild based in the city of Exeter. It offers a detailed account of the guild's activities and organization during the latter half of the 16th century, a period of great economic and social change in England. The author, William Cotton, was a respected historian and antiquarian who devoted much of his career to the study of guilds and trade associations in England.