Oldal 175 [175]
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In the thirteenth cen¬
tury we come to Ade,
who was goldsmith
to Edward I; and
we must not over¬
look the alderman,
Ralph Flael, who
was chief of the
gilda aurifabrorum,
and owned the ward
of Aldersgate in the
previous century.
London, Henry Fitz
Ailwin, is often said
to have been a gold¬
smith, but he is also
claimed by the
drapers, and it is
very probable he did
not belong to any
trade. Rokesley, a
great mayor in the
reign of Edward I,
was a goldsmith or
banker, and lived in
a
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