MERCHANT ADVENTURERS' HALL

This is where we met since 1357 The Merchant Adventurers, a guild that fédérait the most powerful players in the maritime trade of cotton and clothing. Their vocation was eminently religious and philanthropist for the city, of which they financed hospitals or schools in part. However, they were left to leave in 1534, when Henri VIII decided to dissolve the monasteries. But they returned quickly in exchange for rent and became owners in 1600, under the reign of Elizabeth I. His Majesty even octroya the monopoly on import goods, with the exception, notable, of food such as fish and salt. The extensions made to the original building date back to that time. From the lobby, we admire the beautiful structure of beams and large scales dating back to the late th century with their weights and measures. The adjoining rooms are embellished with oak furniture, chests and sculpted chairs. There is also a pretty silver collection: church and table dishes, candleholder… Stained glass windows made at the end of the th century represent York in medieval times as well as a traditional port of the North Sea. In the basement, part of the building was used as a clinic in 1372 for the most disadvantaged who could not be received in the hospital. She was active until the Victorian era and today hosts an exhibition on health, including old surgical instruments.