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 | | The Company was one of those adopting the practice for the first few years of always, or almost always, 'turning over' an apprentice immediately to another master, the first named master being the beadle or other official of the Company. |
 | | The Companies mentioned are the East India Company, the Muscovy (or Russia) Company, the Eastland Company, the French Company, the Levant Company, the Turkey Company, the Hambro Company and the Royal African Company. |
 | | It is not known when the Company ceased to function, but probably in the late 18th or early 19th century when Livery Companies generally were at a low ebb, having lost their old roles as trade guilds, and not yet having become charities. |
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