The Worshipful Company of Dyers was incorporated in 1471. Their Hall in Upper Thames Street was lost in the Great Fire of 1666. Rebuilt, it burnt down again in 1681. They then moved to Dowgate Hill/College Street, where their current Hall, of 1842, is still situated. See the Vintners for some information on the Dyers involvement in swan upping.
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Dyers' Hall
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William Edward Davy
Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Stationers who died in WW1. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Captain William Edward Davy was born on 7 September 1892 at 39 Russell Road, Kens...
Cooks' Hall
Cooks' Hall was built circa 1500, escaped the Great Fire and was rebuilt and enlarged 1674. In 1764 a fire partially destroyed the Hall which was again rebuilt but it was totally destroyed by fire...
Sir Christopher John Benson, OAM, DL, FRICS
Serial Chairman. Chair of the Soho Housing Association in 1990. In view of the number of companies and groups that he's run, we're pretty sure we've got the right man. He was born on 20 July 1933 ...
Person, Armed Forces, Law, Liveries & Guilds, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration
Sir Robert William Dibdin, JP, FRGS
Robert William Dibdin was born on 15 June 1848 in Bloomsbury, the second of the six children of the Reverend Robert William Dibdin (1805-1887) and Caroline Dibdin née Thompson (1812-1897). His pate...
John Leonard Damian Butterworth
John Butterworth. Master of the Worshipful Company of Founders in 2015. John Leonard Damian Butterworth was born in October 1951,the eldest of the three children of Gerald Leonard Butterworth (192...
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