(St.) John, Fraternity of

(St.) John, Fraternity of
   Bequest to the fraternity by a member John de Drayton, tailor, 1358 (Ct. H.W. II. 4).
   Sharpe says that the tailors of London formed themselves into a guild or fraternity, having St. John the Baptist for its patron saint.

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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