| Traditionally they were performed by tradesmen such as plasterers, capmakers, cutlers and scriveners. |
| The event, organised by the Guild of Scriveners, is a tradition which was originally intended to test that ale on sale in the city was of marketable quality. |
| For example, early records in the collection detail a number of tallow chandlers, coopers, cord wainers, vintners, wheelwrights, turners, loriners and scriveners. |
| The Guild of Scriveners organises the beano, which involves teams dressed up in medieval garb sampling the beer in city centre pubs. |
| Fraktur were also produced by scriveners, artists, and possibly by stonemasons. |
| The current version was resurrected in the 1990s by the Sheriff of York and is led by the Guild of Scriveners. |
