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This is a list of guilds in the United Kingdom. It includes guilds of merchants and other trades, both those relating to specific trades, and the general guilds merchant in Glasgow and Preston. No religious guilds survive, and the guilds of freemen in some towns and cities are not listed. Almost all guilds were founded by the end of the 17th ...
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 111 livery ...
Guild feasts in medieval England; Guild of Cornish Hedgers; Guild of Food Writers; Guild of Freemen of the City of London; Guild of Our Lady of Ransom; Guild of St George; Guild of St. John, Deritend; Guild of the Holy Cross (Birmingham) Guild of the Holy Cross (Stratford-upon-Avon) Guild of Women-Binders
Guild members often cleaned streets, removed rubbish, maintained a nightwatch and provided food relief to the poor. [8] Some medieval guilds allowed market trading to occur on the ground floor of the guildhall. [9] In the City of London, the guilds are called "livery companies", and their guild halls are called livery halls. [10] [11]
Like other livery companies, it supports the work of the Lord Mayor, the City Corporation and the Sheriffs: Alderman Sir William Russell, Master (2024/25), was the first Lord Mayor of London to serve consecutive terms (2019–21) since the 19th century; [6] HRH the Duke of Edinburgh currently serves on the Haberdashers' Court of Assistants.
The Knighten Guilde or Cnichtengild, which translates into modern English as the Knight's Guild, was an obscure Medieval guild of the City of London.According to A Survey of London by John Stow (1603), it was in origin an order of chivalry founded by the Saxon king Edgar for loyal knights.
Established as a medieval guild for the goldsmith trade, the term hallmarking derives from precious metals being officially inspected and marked at Goldsmiths' Hall in the City of London. Goldsmiths' Alms Houses, Acton W3. In 1812, twenty almshouses were built on the former Perryn estate in Acton, [4] on land bequeathed to the company by John ...
The Mercers' Company, or the Worshipful Company of Mercers, is a livery company of the City of London in the Great Twelve City Livery Companies, and ranks first in the order of precedence of the Companies.