| In 1653 he married and entered the local artists' guild and by 1655 had taken over his father's businesses. |
| The guild was established by Jim Clark to develop and maintain the highest standard of artisanship and ethics in the pistolsmith's craft. |
| This particular guild was a home to 75 of the best thieves, assassins and cut throats in Europe. |
| He knew, that the fifth was a thief, not just any ordinary thief, but one who had more brains than the others of his guild. |
| However, more recent research suggests that the Jomsvikings may never have existed as the disciplined guild of warriors portrayed in the sagas. |
| As contemporary commercial manuals never tired of complaining, they were free from all guild ties and all state regulation. |
