1361 Establishments - Worshipful Company of Drapers, University of Pavia, Zboiska, Sanok County, Wolica, Sanok County (Paperback)

Chapters: Worshipful Company of Drapers, University of Pavia, Zboiska, Sanok County, Wolica, Sanok County. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Worshipful Company of Drapers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London; it has the formal name of 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 but is more usually known as the Drapers' Company. It 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. An informal association of drapers undoubtedly existed as early as 1180. The organization was founded in 1361; it received a Royal Charter three years later. 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. The charter gave the company perpetual succession and a Common seal. Over the centuries the original privileges granted by Royal Charter have been confirmed and amended by successive monarchs. The acting Charter of today is that granted by James I in 1607, amended by three Supplemental Charters, most recently in 1964. A Brotherhood of Drapers, a religious fraternity attached to the church of St. Mary Bethlehem in Bishopsgate, is also known to have existed in the 1360s. It was founded in honour of St. Mary by "good people Drapers of Cornhill and other good men and women" for the amendment of their lives. The location of St. Mary can hardly have been convenient for the majority of Drapers who lived in and around Cornhill, Candlewick Street (now Cannon Street) and Chepe (Cheapside). Possibly it was for this reason that allegiance wa...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=37052