Initially a Guild of Stationers - booksellers who copied, decorated and sold manuscript books. By about 1650 the printers had largely taken over from the manuscript boys. In 1557 they received a Royal Charter of Incorporation.
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Worshipful Company of Stationers
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Stationers' War Memorial
A beautiful, hand-crafted plaque - not just the frame, the gold lettering has...
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Stationers' War Memorial
A beautiful, hand-crafted plaque - not just the frame, the gold lettering has...
Wynkyn de Worde
The sun-burst was part of de Worde's printer's device - printed at the front ...
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3 memorials
Worshipful Company of Skinners
Originally an association of fur traders, it is now an educational and charitable institution. It is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.
1 memorial
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...
1 memorial
Worshipful Company of Innholders
Taverns and alehouses provided drink and possibly food, whereas inns also provided bed and board for you and your horses. Innholders received their first charter from Henry VIII in 1514
1 memorial
Tallow Chandlers Hall
In 1476 the Tallow Chandlers bought what was probably a merchant’s house on Dowgate Hill and used that as their Hall. The Hall was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 and rebuilt 1671-3. Damaged ...
1 memorial
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Burns' Day Storm
Because this storm hit during the day-time it caused more human casualties than the Great Storm of 1987. Then the death toll was 22, compared with 47 on Burns' Day. Under other names (e.g. Daria) t...
2 memorials
Joseph Grimaldi
Pantomime clown appearing at Sadler's Wells, Drury Lane and Covent Garden theatres. The traditional clowns' make-up, being called Joey and many of the gags and tricks date back to Grimaldi. Born i...
7 memorials
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