Volume 1

The history of the twelve great livery companies of London; principally compiled from their grants & records. With an historical essay and accounts of each company, including notices and illustrations of metropolitan trade and commerce, as originally concentrated in those societies, with attested copies and translations of the companies' charters / [William Herbert].

  • William Herbert
Date:
1836-1837 [v. 1, 1837]
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Credit: The history of the twelve great livery companies of London; principally compiled from their grants & records. With an historical essay and accounts of each company, including notices and illustrations of metropolitan trade and commerce, as originally concentrated in those societies, with attested copies and translations of the companies' charters / [William Herbert]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and Government,—Dress and Observances,—Halls and Buildings,—their Trust Estates, Bequests and Charities; and will embrace Historical Notices of the Trade or M]/s- tery of each Company, the state of its Livery, and the amount of the Livery Fines from the reign of Henry VIII. WITH THE Names and Besidences of all the PRESENT Courts and LivEPtiEs; grants of Arms; accounts of the Pageants of the Companies; the Biography of emi¬ nent Members, &c.; and will be preceded by an Introduc¬ tory Historical Essay, giving an account of the early state of the Metropolitan Gilds, which will also contain infor¬ mation connected with the whole of the Minor Compatiies. The embellishments will consist of armorial bearings, views of the Companies’ Halls before the Fire, and other curious subjects.