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Worshipful Company of Stationers

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Worshipful Company of Stationers

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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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
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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Wynkyn de Worde

The sun-burst was part of de Worde's printer's device - printed at the front ...

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Worshipful Company of Firefighters

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Carpenters' Company

Carpenters' Company

The company has been in existence from at least 1271, and received its royal charter in 1477. In common with most other livery companies, it no longer has a role as an association of tradesmen and ...

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1 memorial
Hall of the Worshipful Company of Masons

Hall of the Worshipful Company of Masons

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Building, Liveries & Guilds

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Worshipful Company of Poulters

Worshipful Company of Poulters

From The Poulters Charter: In 1727 John Newman left his property in Budge Row to the Poulters Company who, we believe, always used it to generate income rather than for their own purposes. The Pou...

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2 memorials
Pewterers Hall

Pewterers Hall

In 1484 the Pewterers Company acquired a site in Lime Street (which they still own) where they built a Hall, completed in 1496.  This was destroyed in the Great Fire of London and a more modest sec...

Building, Liveries & Guilds

1 memorial