The names given are those which have been entered in the register of masters and their apprentices, as well as signatories of the guild book's oaths and agreements. The earliest names are given without dates in the manuscript. Entries in the Register of the Freemen of the City of York suggest that some masters and their apprentices belonged to the Guild prior to the creation of the 1592 ordinances. The guild book does not link an apprentice's entry with that of a master, nor a master's entry with the signatories of oaths or agreements. It is often possible to use the given dates to identify reference to a single person. However, there may be instances of two records in the table relating to the same guild member.

Illegible and conjectured names are noted in square brackets. Spellings have been retained with I/J, i/y, u/v, ff/F altered, and contractions expanded, without comment. Consistent spellings of surnames have been entered in square brackets where necessary. Events are given in the order in which they appear in the manuscript. Dates are as given in the guild book. Where confirmation or inspection of the entries is undertaken, often by a member of the City Council, such instances are given under ‘event’. Familial connections are noted only where they have been explicitly stated in the guild book. Marginal notes are indicated as per the key below; entries made in margins for reasons of space are not highlighted. Folio references are given as e.g. (40r)

Key

M Admitted Master of the Art

A Entered as an apprentice of [name]

T Took [name] as an apprentice

C Confirmed, supervised or inspected by [name]

CR Made a contributor

O Signed an oath text or agreement

S Signed the guild book

n.d. No date recorded; conjectured dates are given as e.g. [c.1610s]

L Note made in the left margin

R Note made in the right margin

* The entry is struck through but legible

^ The following entry for an apprentice has been struck through and is illegible; multiple symbols indicate multiple entries.