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Bermondsey tanners. The Master, Wardens and Comonalty of the Art or Mistery of Tanners of the Parish of St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey of Surrey. Motto. Planto Velieris In Tergus In Vermundesei - "Make Hide Into Leather In Bermondsey". Location. Suite 59 Centre Point, Rolls Road, Bermondsey, London SE1 5NX. Date of formation. 1703 with Royal Charter.
Website. curriers.co.uk. The Worshipful Company of Curriers is one of the ancient livery companies of London, associated with the leather trade. The curriers, or "curers of leather ", of London formed an organisation in 1272; this merchant guild was recognised in 1415 by Ordinances of the City Common Council before its grant of a Royal Charter ...
Bermondsey, London. , England. Barrow Hepburn & Gale is a British luxury leather goods manufacturer best known as the producer of the despatch boxes used by the Government of the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1760 as Hepburn and Sons. The company also makes Royal Maundy purses, for which it was granted a royal warrant in 1968. [1][2][3]
Guildable Manor (880AD, 1327), meets St George the Martyr, Southwark. King's Manor, Southwark (1103, 1550), meets Inner London Crown Court. Great Liberty of Southwark (1550), meets The Boot and Flogger. Tanners of Bermondsey (1703), meets St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey and The Leather Exchange.
The 1889 London dock strike was an industrial dispute involving dock workers in the Port of London. It broke out on 14 August 1889, and resulted in victory for the 100,000 strikers when they won their pay claim of sixpence per hour, the so-called "dockers' tanner". The industrial action also established strong trade unions amongst London ...
Thomas Poole (14 November 1766 – 8 September 1837) was a Somerset tanner, Radical philanthropist, and essayist, who used his wealth to improve the lives of the poor of Nether Stowey, his native village. He was a friend of several writers in the British Romantic movement, a benefactor of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and his family, and an influence ...
2016. The British sixpence (/ ˈsɪkspəns /) piece, sometimes known as a tanner or sixpenny bit, was a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1⁄40 of one pound or half of one shilling. It was first minted in 1551, during the reign of Edward VI, and circulated until 1980. The coin was made from silver from its introduction in 1551 until 1947 ...
Livery company. A livery company is a type of guild or professional association that originated in medieval times in London, England. [1] Livery companies comprise London's ancient and modern trade associations and guilds, almost all of which are styled the "Worshipful Company of" their respective craft, trade or profession. [2][3] There are ...