Excerpt from The City Companies of London and Their Good Works: A Record of Their History, Charity and Treasure After their incorporation by Edward III. And Richard II., the City Companies attained a high degree of importance and magnificence. The highest personages in Church and State were eager to be enrolled as members, and, favoured by royal edicts, they received many privileges and monopolies. It must not be supposed that all the members of each Company were engaged in the trade from which it received its name. The ...
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Excerpt from The City Companies of London and Their Good Works: A Record of Their History, Charity and Treasure After their incorporation by Edward III. And Richard II., the City Companies attained a high degree of importance and magnificence. The highest personages in Church and State were eager to be enrolled as members, and, favoured by royal edicts, they received many privileges and monopolies. It must not be supposed that all the members of each Company were engaged in the trade from which it received its name. The privilege of becoming freemen was granted by patrimony from very early times, so that the sons of a mercer were members of the Mercers' Company, although they did not follow their father's occupation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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A Record of their history, charity and treasure. 369pp, 44 plates & 20 ills. in text, top edge gilt 4to J.M. Dent, London 1904. Covers slightly marked, otherwise very good.
