Hanse

The town does not seem to have had a hanse, nor have there been discovered any records showing the existence of medieval trade guilds; […]

In this, they resembled the alien merchant guilds and hanses of the medieval period.

Gilds and hanses seized control of the export trade […]

For the sake of convenience the title is generally shortened to Hanse, but the initial capital is retained, not least to prevent confusion with other hanses.

Now Workmen call each End of these Arches the Hanse, which Hanses are always the Arches of smaller Circles than the Scheme, which is the middle Part of these Arches, and consists of a Part of a larger Circle […]

The building, from the tenor of the whole description, was in the style of the Renaissance, and the pillars (spiral or wreathed) probably supported the hanses, or spring of the arch.