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	BIBLIOGRAPHY
		The Drapers’ Company History of the Company’s Properties and Trusts (Vo.
		The History of the Worshipful Company of Drapers of London.
		Sundry Letters between The Drapers’ Company and the Visitors of Barton School from 1593.
	www.agecarey.com /Russell/bibliography.asp (68 words)

	US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : Drapers
		It was incorporated, or became a Company, under a Royal Charter in 1438, and was the first corporate body to be granted a coat of arms.
		A Brotherhood of Drapers, a religious fraternity attached to the church of St.
		The Drapers’ Company continues to play a role in the life of the City: its Liverymen carry out important functions in the elections of the government of the City of London and certain of its officers.
	encyclopedia.us-bazaar.com /?title=Drapers (814 words)

	The Drapers' Company
		The full title of the Drapers' Company is "The Master and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the Guild or Fraternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Mystery of Drapers of the City of London".
		In the preamble to the Drapers' ordinances of 1405 it is claimed that a fraternity existed in 1332; in 1351 there is evidence of drapers acting in a corporate capacity at the election of Common Council of the City.
		The Company consists of Freemen and Freewomen, who are the ordinary members; the livery, or those entitled to wear the livery or clothing of the Company, and the Court of Assistants or Governing Body, headed by the Master and Wardens.
	www.btinternet.com /~se16/hgb/drapers.htm (2163 words)

	Welcome to The Drapers' Company Website
		The Drapers’ Company of the City of London
		From its origins as a medieval guild, the Drapers’ Company today has wide ranging interests and responsibilities: it administers charitable trusts relating to relief of need, education and almshouses; it provides banqueting and catering services; and it fosters its heritage and traditions of good fellowship.
		Ranked third in precedence of the Great Twelve Livery Companies, the Drapers’ Company continues to support the City of London.
	www.thedrapers.co.uk (73 words)

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		Honourable Company of Master Mariners - The Honourable Company of Master Mariners is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.
		Worshipful Company of Actuaries - The Worshipful Company of Actuaries is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.
		Worshipful Company of Shipwrights The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights is one of the United Kingdom, a European Union country, or a Commonwealth country, and either a resident or an appointee of a seasoned and multitalented tour guide.
	www.iggint.com /Company-Livery.html (1573 words)

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		The Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers - The 22nd Company.
		The Worshipful Company of Drapers - "The Master and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the Guild or Fraternity of the Blessed Mary the Virgin of the Mystery of Drapers of the City of London", the third, and so "Great" City Livery company.
		The Worshipful Company of Ferroners (Ironmongers) - One of the twelve Great City Livery Companies (10th) that is now entirely charitable due to the move north of its industry.
	kevdb.infospace.com /info/kevdb?KCFG=dmoz&otmpl=dmoz/dmoz-out.htm&qk=50&qcat=Top/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/London/City_of_London/Society_and_Culture/City_Livery_Companies (1801 words)

	Livery Companies - MalibuMountainWiki
		The Worshipful Company of Barbers (Barbers, Surgeons, and Dentists) 18.
		The Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers 38.
		* The Company of Parish Clerks * The Company of Watermen and Lightermen
	www.malibumountaingallery.com /wiki/index.php?title=Livery_Companies&printable=yes (903 words)

	The Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers of the City of London
		The Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers of the City of London
		POULTNEY, Thomas - Carved the screen which divided the Chancel from the body of the Church, the pulpit, and the King's Arms at the Church of St. Peters, Cornbill, when the Church was rebuilt in 1680.
		ROBINSON,Samuel - Clerk of the Company 1724 – 1127.
	www.joinersandceilers.co.uk /company_history.asp (869 words)

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		A Brotherhood of Drapers, a religious fraternity attached to the church of St.
		It was one of the most powerful companies in London politics, over one hundred Lord Mayors having been members of the Company; the first, Henry Fitzailwyn, is thought to have been a draper.
		Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and King Harald V of Norway are members of the Company.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Worshipful_Company_of_Drapers (764 words)

	Worshipful Company of Drapers
		The Worshipful Company of Drapers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.
		It was one of the most powerful companies in London politics, over one hundred Lord Mayors having been members of the Company.
		The Company ranks third in the order of precedence of Livery Companies, thus being one of the "Great Twelve City Livery Companies." The Company's motto is Unto God Only Be Honour and Glory.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/w/wo/worshipful_company_of_drapers.html (161 words)

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		Owing to the importance attached to fur, the Company of Skinners attained a prominent place in civic life at an early date, and was among the first of the incorporated companies of the City, having received its first charter on 1st March 1327.
		One of the most notable of the Company's present-day affivities is the governing of Tonbridge School, founded by a former Skinner in the sixteenth century.
		By the seventeenth century the company was composed of men of numerous callings, for even among the humbler members there were many who pursued affinities other than drapery.
	www.martinstown.co.uk /WEBSITE/DUKE/skinner.htm (618 words)

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		Kenneth Nicholls Palmer, Ceremonial barges on the river Thames: a history of the barges of the City of London livery companies and of the Crown.
		[Drapers] The History of the Worshipful Company of the Drapers of London: preceded by an introduction on London and her gilds up to the close of the XVth century.
		Published by authority of the Court of Assistants [of the Worshipful Company of Pewterers], 1978.
	www.bl.uk /collections/britirish/britcoms.html (2173 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.
		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.
		The Worshipful Company of GrocersGuildable Manor of Southwark
	www.barberscompany.org.uk /links.htm (1084 words)

	Featherbedds and Flock Bedds
		It has not proved possible to prove, although within the bounds of likelihood, that members of the Company were involved in the lavish provision of tents, banners an accoutrements at the meeting of kings Henry VIII and Francis I in 1520 at the Field of the Cloth of Gold.
		The Company’s incorporation and growth, with citation of a royal charter in 1626, ratified and confirmed by one of 1668, petitions of 1680 and 1689, details of charitable bequests and of members’ activities are set out with nine appendices giving exact texts and details of the pre-1900 possessions of the Company.
		Guilds and livery companies continue to be formed; for example, the Guild of Firefighters was formed in 1988 and the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists became the 100th livery company in 1992.
	www.upholders.co.uk /feathebe.htm (2519 words)

	Draper Information
		Draper is the now largely obsolete term for a merchant in cloth or dry goods, though often used specifically for one who owns or works in a draper's shop or store.
		A draper may additionally operate as a cloth merchant or a haberdasher.
		In 1724 Jonathan Swift wrote, in the guise of a draper, The Drapier's Letters, a series of satirical essays.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Draper (107 words)

	The Salters' Company - Useful Information
		Although the livery companies were trade guilds, the name 'livery' actually refers to the members' distinctive dress.
		Henry VIII established an order of precedence to these companies, thus according a title of 'greatness' to only twelve.
		These are, in order: the Mercers', Grocers', Drapers', Fishmongers', Goldsmiths', Skinners', Merchant Taylors', Haberdashers', Salters', Ironmongers', Vintners' and Clothworkers'.
	www.salters.co.uk /company/usefullivery.html (82 words)

	CHAPTER V
		The Worshipful Company of Drapers had a monopoly of the trade but admission in the ordinary way involved a seven-year apprenticeship.
		It was not until 1572 that he was invited to join the Drapers Company but that was in a purely honorific capacity as a member of the Queen's Household and not as a wool-merchant.
		When in London he was frequently entertained by his brother Mathew at Drapers Hall and in 1572 when Mathew was one of the wardens Anthony was admitted to the livery of the Company in consideration of a suitable presentation of gold plate.
	members.fortunecity.com /chtii/colclough/cap5.htm (1417 words)

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		The objects of the Company include the development and advancement of the science, art and practice of engineering for the benefit of the public.
		Members are craft farriers, veterinary surgeons and an amalgam of persons committed to the welfare of the Horse, the continuing of the craft and contributing to the success of the City of London.
		The 90th City Livery Company, aiming to promote excellence in marketing, to engage in mutual support and fellowship for its members and to work for an understanding and acceptance of marketing.
	www.att.net /cgi-bin/webdrill?catkey=gwd/Top/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/London/City_of_London/Society_and_Culture/City_Livery_Companies (1980 words)

	Company History
		The Company also commissioned a badge in gold and enamel, surrounded by a circle of gold wheels surmounted by the Arms of the Company in pierced gold and enamel, which was first worn by the Master in 1873.
		The Company is especially proud of the fact that seven of its members have, over the years, served as Sheriff and Lord Mayor of London.
		In addition Michael N. Hinton, Clerk to the Company from 1965 to 1972 was Aldermanic Sheriff in 1977/78, and Kenneth Ballard and John Taylor served as Lay Sheriff in 1978/79 and 1990/91.
	www.wheelwrights.org /whoweare_frame2.asp (1175 words)

	Bancroft's School: Senior School Prospectus Head Master's Introduction
		Throughout its history the School has benefited greatly from its association with the Worshipful Company of Drapers in the City of London.
		The Drapers' Company still provides the majority of the Governing body and gives financial strength.
		Drapers' Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic merit alone and success has been achieved by candidates from all types of school.
	www.bancrofts.essex.sch.uk /ss_ssprospectusintro.htm (1217 words)

	London Changeling - City Guilds and Livery Companies
		The companies protect customers, employers and employees alike by checking standards of work, quality of goods, weights and measures, and imposed severe penalties on those who broke the rules.
		At a burial of a member (attended by every member of the company) the coffin would be covered with the company’s own coffin cloth and vigils kept.
		The Worshipful Company of Chirugeons, Surgeons and Barbers
	www.occultancy.org.uk /guilds.php (1165 words)

	The Drapers’ Company of London — Its History, Function & Usefulness to Researchers
		of the Drapers Company and Earliest Combs andc.
		In addition to its in the Americas, the Drapers Company was also directly involved in the “settlement” of Ireland, and Ms.
		Fussell for her major contributions in respect to research of the Combes, Archdale and Lovetts of the Drapers Company, including permission to publish the Drapers’ historical pamphlet as part of this report.
	www.combs-families.org /combs/records/england/drapers-hist.htm (3141 words)

	Worshipful Company of Arbitrators
		He stressed the fact that these overseas commitments impinge on the time that he can spend with his constituency, the Livery, and these pressures on his diary no doubt account in some degree for the fact that our Banquet could not be accommodated at the Mansion House this year.
		It certainly repays a visit, and to further the educational objectives of the Company, members are encouraged to draw it to the attention of friends and colleagues.
		Our hour at the Gallery sped by and then we were off to the Wigmore Hall for their Monday lunchtime concert where the Master, who had had terrible car problems trying to reach us, joined us.
	www.arbitratorscompany.org /news/newsletters/news_2005_05.php (2773 words)

	Combe, Comber, Archdale, Lovett &c. of the Drapers Company
		Secondly, "John COMBES of the East India Company" signs the original petition next to a Thomas FARRINGTON, and thirdly, Ellis COMBES is also a member of the East India Company (In the Charter of the company special privileges are granted to the children, apprentices and factors of the original members)." Ed.
		for the Company of Virginia the some of 150 pounds whereof 50 pounds was collected of certen Bretheren of our Company for the plantation in Virginia -·their names are in the former part of this accompte in the last leafe of the Charge...
		Drapers Company rolls include a John GEDENEY, living in 1408, will 1449; a William GIDNEY apprenticed in 1555; and a Thomas GEDENEY freed in 1591, and living in 1604.
	www.combs-families.org /combs/records/england/drapers.htm (5103 words)

	Renters Insurance Rate Quote
		Freemen generally advance to becoming liverymen by a Master (known in some Companies as the Longbow Stringmakers' Company and the law of marine insurance industry, and conservative politicians forged a uniquely powerful coalition in opposition to health insurance address such areas as estate planning, retirement planning, and the business firm are exposed.
		The report advocates the development of a strong, risk-based insurance industry as well as for the Livery Companies are governed by a vote of the international marine insurance took its cue from English law; English legal precedents were cited routinely in American courts.
		Livery Companies of the landlord to do things like charge higher deposits, pass on repair costs to renters, etc. lowered the risk the landlord to decline, Graz argued that the main economic benefits of a CD-ROM that accompanies the textbook.
	leadsforinsurance.2vv1.com /rentersinsuranceratequote.html (1819 words)

	Tottenham High Road: The Girls' High School 1951
		In 1858, this school was taken over by the Worshipful Company of Drapers (which has long-standing connections with Tottenham—its almshouses happily survive to this day at the top of Bruce Grove).
		Substantially altered and enlarged, it functioned as the Worshipful Company of Drapers’ College for Boys until 1885, when it was taken over by the Church School Company, who reopened it as Tottenham High School for Girls; in 1909 it was taken over by Middlesex County Council.
		Previously, both sides of the approach were occupied by the Drapers’ Company’s almshouses (not to be confused with the ones in Bruce Grove).
	www.mickbruff.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /highroad/howitwas/highschool51.html (292 words)

	Livery Companies (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mottos of the Livery Companies of the City of London - The Livery Companies are listed in alphabetical order, rather than by precedence.
		Worshipful Company of Shipwrights - The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.
		London This article is about London in the company decline beginning in 1999 as then-CEO Jacques Nasser tried to remake the automaker into a new course for the Situationist City.
	www.pangaea-pharm.com /Livery-Companies.html (1221 words)

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