A Livery Company is a type of Guild or professional association that has its origins in medieval times in the City of London. Almost all of them are styled the “Worshipful Company of” their respective craft, trade or profession. They nowadays provide charitable-giving and networking opportunities. 16 of the City of London’s livery companies met in 1876 which led to the foundation of the City and Guilds of London Institute. The newest Guild was granted livery status in 2023. In City of London Livery companies 02 there is a selection of Livery Company Coats of Arms.
Below, there are 20 Livery Company Coats of Arms. To help you, there is also listed the names of the Worship Company coats of arms represented. Match them up.
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Worshipful Company of: –
| Barbers (surgeons and dentists) | Drapers | Joiners and Ceilers | Needlemakers | Security Professionals |
| Goldsmiths (bullion dealers) | Farriers (horseshoe makers and equine veterinarians) | Haberdashers (silk merchants and clothiers in sewn and fine materials) | Salters (salt and chemical traders) | Tallow Chandlers (tallow candle-makers) |
| Carmen
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Fletchers (arrow makers) | Makers of Playing Cards | plumbers | Vintners (wine merchants) |
| Clothworkers | Blacksmiths | Merchant Taylors | Paviors | Wheelwrights |
One theory of the idiom “Sent to Coventry”, is that Liverymen expelled from a London Guild went to Coventry, a “free-town”,
where Guilds had no influence.
