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	LIVERY COMPANIES - LoveToKnow Article on LIVERY COMPANIES
		The origin of the city companies is to be found in the craftgilds of the middle ages.
		The origin of the Grocers Company is thus described: Twenty-two persons, carrying on the business of pepperers in Sopers Lane, Cheapside, agree to meet together, to a dinner, at the Abbot of Burys, St Mary Axe, and commit the particulars of their formation into a trading society to writing.
		The liverymen of the companies, beingfreemen of the city, have still, however, the exclusive power ofelecting the lord mayor, sheriffs, chamberlain and other corporateofficers.The contributions made by the companies to the publicpurposes of the state and the city are interesting points in theirearly history.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LI/LIVERY_COMPANIES.htm (2252 words)

	AllRefer.com - livery companies (British And Irish History) - Encyclopedia
		livery companies, London trade guilds incorporated by royal charter, deriving their name from the assumption of distinctive dress (livery) by their members.
		Edward III granted the first charters in the 14th cent., and most of the existing companies had been incorporated by the 17th cent.
		The Mercers founded St. Paul's School as early as 1509, and to the present day the companies continue to endow colleges and scholarships, particularly in the field of technical education.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/liveryco.html (388 words)

	Canoe Livery -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A livery company is one of the ancient guilds of the City of London; members of the company were allowed to dress their servants in the distinctive uniform of their trade, and the companies' charters enabled them to prevent others from embarking upon the trades within the Company's jurisdiction.
		Livery Companies are governed by a Master (known in some Companies as the Prime Warden), a number of Wardens (who may be known as the Upper, Middle, Lower, or Renter Wardens), and a Court of Assistants, which elects the Master and Wardens.
		Livery Dole is a street and crossroads in the Heavitree area of Exeter in Devon, England.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/27/canoe-livery.html (918 words)

	LIVERY - LoveToKnow Article on LIVERY
		From the meaning of provision of food and clothing the word is applied to a uniform worn by the retainers and servants of a household.
		In the 1 5th century in England a badge, collar or other insignia, the livery, was worn by all those who pledged themselves to support one of the great barons in return for his promise of maintenance, i.e.
		The members of the London city companies wore a distinctive costume or livery, whence the term livery companies.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LI/LIVERY.htm (206 words)

	The City Livery Companies and their Arms
		The Livery Companies of the City of London derive their twelfth-century origins in the religious fraternities which grew up around a church, monastery or hospital to which they attached themselves, and which the members used as a meeting place and whose saint was adopted as their patron.
		King James I and VI gave the Musicians Company their first charter, and this may be the reason for the inclusion in 1604 of the double tressure flory-counterflory in the arms of the company.
		The Poulters are alone among the livery companies in the use of a crest coronet, that of a mural crown in lieu of the wreath.
	www.heraldicmedia.com /site/info/livery/pierson.html (2439 words)

	Other Livery Companies
		Today’s livery companies are not picturesque leftovers of history but living institutions, whose activities have been commended by successive Royal Commissions and hose liverymen assemble in Common Hall to carry out important functions in the elections of the City’s government and certain of its officers.
		Livery companies still maintain the structure of organization shown, and the tradition is adopted by the new guilds.
		In certain companies the officers are known by different titles, for example, the Fishmongers have a Prime Warden instead of a Master, and the number of wardens may vary between two and four according to the size of the company.
	www.barbers.kirion.net /links.htm (1034 words)

	Chief worried taxi companies' fleets unsafe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Overall, 37 of the 134 taxi and livery vehicles inspected were ordered off the road for repairs, for a ratio of one out of four cars that failed to meet "roadworthy" safety standards.
		Had each of the city's licensed livery and cab companies sent all of its vehicles, the ratio of unsafe cars towed away would have been closer to one out of two, according to the chief.
		In addition, the companies were called by telephone during the inspection and reminded that they must produce all of their vehicles.
	www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20010619/LN_002.htm (698 words)

	Weiner (NY09) - Press Release - New Survey Shows: 32% Of New York City Livery Car Companies Refuse To Pick Up ...
		That means that when calling 237 other livery companies, the only option wheelchair passengers have is to put their chair in the trunk of a car, which may be no option at all for those in electric or unfoldable chairs, or those who’s health make it untenable.
		That Leaves Only 11 Companies That Are In Compliance with City Regs -- According to City regs on the books but not being enforced, livery companies are required to provide access to specially equipped vehicles with the same fare rate, response time, and availability as standard cabs.
		Livery cars are of particular importance to the wheelchair bound, as they may have limited access to personal automobiles, as well as particular difficulty attracting the attention of a yellow cab, or navigating crowded subway platforms or buses.
	www.house.gov /apps/list/press/ny09_weiner/052703wheelchair.html (886 words)

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		Trade and craft associations known as guilds or livery companies have flourished all over Europe for a thousand years; they were common during the eleventh and twelfth centuries with the rise of the towns.
		'Livery' refers to the clothing worn as means of identification; distinctive costumes were common in the Middle Ages, all great households providing their dependants and armed retainers with a livery (or uniform).
		Several companies - such as the Goldsmiths Company, which has been responsible since 1300 for testing the purity of marking gold and silver wares - still have a continuing statutory or regulatory role, while others support related industries in a variety of ways.
	www.irishorigins.com /help/aboutbo-lonapps-lcs.htm (728 words)

	Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers: Livery Companies of London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Craft Guilds of London, better known perhaps as the City Livery Companies, have a long history, but their origins are lost in the mists of antiquity.
		That this fear was groundless is seen in the great increase during the last century in the number of those entitled to wear the livery, or clothing, of their respective companies.
		Throughout the years, certain of the Livery Companies have fallen by the wayside, such as, for instance, the Silk-throwers, Silkmen, Pinmakers, Soapmakers, Hatbandmakers, Long-bow Stringmakers, Woodmongers, Starchmakers and Fishermen.
	www.wcsim.co.uk /page04.htm (741 words)

	national army - formation of regiments
		Livery referred to a coat of distinctive color and design that indicated who the soldier was fighting for.
		The custom survives in England with badges on school uniforms, with City of London guilds (often called livery companies), and in surviving ceremonial such as the prize of the Doggett's Coat and Badge (a Thames rowing race).
		Even though a lord's livery was worn in the field of battle, it was hardly a true military uniform, since it was worn also by other servants who were not involved in combat.
	footguards.tripod.com /06ARTICLES/ART29_nationalarmy.htm (739 words)

	Police crack down on 'gypsy' cabs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		MacDougall said many livery companies in the four communities are illegally operating as taxicab businesses without getting the proper licenses or going through the necessary background checks.
		Liveries also cannot pick up any other passengers once they have picked up the person who booked the service.
		Under the new by-law, any livery vehicle illegally operating as a taxicab -- picking up passengers that flag them down instead of only picking up passengers that prearranged for a ride -- would be fined $250.
	www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20011210/FP_003.htm (551 words)

	Freedom of the City and the London Livery Companies
		Most livery companies had several "levels of membership," beginning with "ordinary" members, then "liverymen;" members of their courts of assistance (governing bodies); and finally the master and wardens (those who kept a guild's accounts and regulated its affairs).
		Moreover, one had to be a liveryman to sit on a company's court of assistants, or to be elected as a Warden or Master.
		of the Worshipful Company of Drapers by Denise Mortorff
	www.combs-families.org /combs/records/england/lnd/freedom.htm (1398 words)

	City Livery Companies
		Companies are generally governed by a Master, one to four Wardens and a Court of Assistants aided by a Clerk and Beadle.
		Masters of livery companies attend the event and companies often produce floats for the parade.
		A livery hall intended for the use of companies which do not have their own hall was also provided by Scott in 1957.
	www.london-footprints.co.uk /artliverycos.htm (1554 words)

	Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section - Apprenticeship and Membership of City Livery Companies
		However, details of the apprentices and members of such companies may be discoverable from the sources described in paragraphs 8 and 40.
		After the early eighteenth century, in some trades and crafts he would still probably have belonged to the appropriate company, but in most trades and crafts it was increasingly likely that he would have belonged to a company unconnected with his occupation.
		Some companies were restricted to the City of London, but most could also take members from a surrounding area, u sually within a radius of between two and ten but sometimes up to 30 miles from the City.
	www.history.ac.uk /gh/livdet.html (2700 words)

	Weiner (NY09) - Report - Prepared By: Representative Anthony D. Weiner on City Livery Car Services put the Brakes on ...
		For example, if an employee of a corporation needs a car, he or she can call a fl car company with which the corporation has an account, pay the driver with a voucher which is billed to the corporate account.
		If a cab company provides a ride to a wheelchair passenger in a regular car, with the chair stashed in the trunk, the company is in compliance with the ADA.
		In total, that leaves 11 companies out of the original 415 respondents (2.65%) who were able to offer a wheelchair accessible cab, as specified by the Americans With Disabilities Act, with equivalent service to regular cabs, as delineated by the list of 6 conditions in the TLC regulation.
	www.house.gov /weiner/report14.htm (1566 words)

	iNation Virtual Communities
		It is also good news for the 10,000 plus limousine livery companies across the country that have been singing: "Where have all the meetings gone?" Smart Limo companies are ready to roll with a rebounding economy.
		Leading limo companies have recently been promoting new packages for group recreation and events; family events such as anniversaries, graduations, proms, rides home from the hospital with a new baby; medical transfers; elderly group excursions; and church outings.
		More than 2,000 limousine and livery companies will be attending the show and seeking answers to help get their limo companies on the move in the 2004 economy.
	www.ination.vc /i1/limo.html (1193 words)

	City livery companies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Trade and craft associations have flourished all over Europe for many centuries, but the City of London companies, now collectively known as the Livery, are unique in their survival, number and diversity.
		The social and economic conditions which gave birth to the original guilds have long since been overtaken by the development of industry and commerce, but the livery companies still flourish today as living institutions.
		Many of the livery companies have halls which are available for private hire.
	www.cityoflondon.gov.uk /Corporation/leisure_heritage/livery (151 words)

	Society of Australian Genealogists - Basics on British guilds and livery companies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Several companies - such as the Goldsmiths Company, which has been responsible since 1300 for testing the purity of marking gold and silver wares - still have a continuing statutory or regulatory role.
		SAG holds a number of livery company histories - search our catalogue for the company name or browse our holdings under "Britain - ENG - directories, occupational [London]".
		More background on the history of guilds, and links to the websites of individual companies, can be found at www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/leisure_heritage/livery/.
	www.sag.org.au /ossources/guilds.htm (415 words)

	Program Files\Jamestowne\LiveryComp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		These subscribing Livery Companies are to be found in Hening along with the names of the individual investors.
		If one's ancestor were a member of a London Livery Company that purchased stock in the Virginia Company, then that ancestor was a contributor to and a stockholder in the Virginia Company of London.
		Some companies no longer are in existence, and many new companies have been added to the list since 1609.
	www.jamestowne.org /Livery.htm (858 words)

	Printable Version (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		DeKALB - Livery services will be forced to get a city license and submit their drivers for background checks under a proposal that got an initial OK from the city council Monday.
		Essentially car services that charge a set fee rather than a per-mile rate, livery companies, unlike taxi services, are not regulated by city ordinance.
		Taxi companies must have their vehicles inspected for safety, show proof of insurance and allow the city to do background checks on their drivers.
	www.daily-chronicle.com /articles/2004/12/14/news/news06.prt (325 words)

	Printer Friendly Version - Cabs bypass wheelchair riders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Nearly a third of livery companies pass up customers in wheelchairs - and those that take such passengers often charge extra, a recent survey found.
		The survey, taken last week by Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn), found that many livery companies regularly refuse to pick up passengers in wheelchairs, and the 11% with wheelchair-accessible vehicles charge for the service.
		A regulation passed by the Taxi and Limousine Commission in 2000 required car service companies to provide specially equipped vehicles upon request by late 2001.
	www.nydailynews.com /news/local/v-pfriendly/story/87338p-79632c.html (267 words)

	livery companies on Encyclopedia.com
		Twelve of them, according to an order of precedence established by Henry VIII, are known as the great companies—the Mercers, Grocers, Drapers, Fishmongers, Goldsmiths, Skinners, Merchant Taylors, Haberdashers, Salters, Ironmongers, Vintners, and Clothworkers.
		CP Ships introduces new standards for ship names and livery.
		The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists opens the first new Livery Hall for 50 years.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/l1/liveryco.asp (562 words)

	Guild & Livery Companies England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Most men had to serve an apprenticeship (usually of seven years) in order to be admitted to the guild...
		The most famous guilds were those of London, which were known as livery companies because of the distinctive livery that was worn by senior members of each company...
		By the 19th century there were seventy-seven London livery companies...
	www.zip.com.au /~rsterry/gen/guilds.htm (200 words)

	Livery Companies of Early Modern London Conference
		With, as some suggest, perhaps as many as 75% of London's early modern adult male population as members, the companies were integral to all aspects of the City's political, social and economic life.
		From another, the companies have been celebrated as 'Hives of Bees': maintaining and enforcing standards in manufacture and retail; supplying money, men and munitions for the city and the crown; and caring for the life-long welfare of their members and families.
		This conference aims to bring together new research and insights into the livery companies of early modern London.
	www.history.ac.uk /cmh/livery.html (424 words)

	Communication for Transportation Companies and Livery Stables
		It is loaded with advanced features like group paging, preprogrammed messages, on-call groups, scheduled messages, and repeating messages.
		Messages can be sent from workstations on a network, or customers can send messages to agents via web pages or e-mail accounts.
		This software is modular and can be scaled to meet the size of a Transportation Company.
	www.notepage.net /transportation.htm (342 words)

	Homepage - Mercers
		The Mercers’ Company is the premier Livery Company of the City of London.
		Through the Charitable Trusts under its control, the Mercers’ Company administers a large programme of charitable grant making.
		The Company also provides housing for the elderly, wide-ranging support for education and has active links with many churches.
	www.mercers.co.uk (69 words)

	The City Livery Companies
		Below are the City of London Livery Companies, in order of precedence, with links to web pages where available.
		For City Livery Company apprenticeship records and other online resources, see the section on Urban and guild records.
		Butchers [this company does have a web site, but has objected to the inclusion of a link on this page as it has limited capacity to deal with genealogical enquiries]
	www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk /links/citycos.shtml (111 words)

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