List of mottos and halls of the livery companies
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The livery companies and guilds of the City of London are listed below.
Livery companies
editLivery company | #[1] | Company name | Motto | Language | Translation | Livery Hall | Ref |
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Honourable Company of Air Pilots | 81 | Air Pilots | Per Cælum Via Nostra | Latin | Our Way Is By The Heavens | Air Pilots House, Southwark | |
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries | 58 | Apothecaries | Opiferque Per Orbem Dicor | Latin | I Am Called a Bringer of Help Throughout the World | Apothecaries' Hall, Black Friars Lane | |
Worshipful Company of Arts Scholars | 110 | Art Scholars | Artes in urbe colamus | Latin | We foster Arts (with)in the city | ||
Worshipful Company of Arbitrators | 93 | Arbitrators | Law and Custom | English | |||
Worshipful Company of Builders' Merchants | 88 | Builders' Merchants | Stat Fortuna Domus | Latin | The Fortune of the House Continues | ||
Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers | 22 | Armourers and Brasiers | We Are One | Latin | Armourers' Hall | ||
Worshipful Company of Bakers | 19 | Bakers | Praise God For All | English | Bakers' Hall, Harp Lane | ||
Worshipful Company of Barbers | 17 | Barbers | De Praescientia Dei | Latin | From the Foreknowledge of God | Barbers-Surgeons' Hall, Wood Street | |
Worshipful Company of Basketmakers | 52 | Basketmakers | Let Us Love One Another | English | |||
Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths | 40 | Blacksmiths | By Hammer and Hand All Arts Do Stand | English | |||
Worshipful Company of Bowyers | 38 | Bowyers | Crécy, Poitiers, Agincourt | N/A | |||
Worshipful Company of Brewers | 14 | Brewers | In God Is All Our Trust | English | Brewers' Hall, Aldermanbury Square | ||
Worshipful Company of Broderers | 48 | Broderers | Omnia De Super | Latin | All From Above | ||
Worshipful Company of Butchers | 24 | Butchers | Omnia Subiecisti Sub Pedibus, Oves Et Boves | Latin | Thou Hast Put All Things Under Man's Feet, All Sheep and Oxen | Butchers' Hall, Bartholomew Close | |
Worshipful Company of Carmen | 77 | Carmen | Scite, Cite, Certo | Latin | Skilfully, Swiftly, Surely | ||
Worshipful Company of Carpenters | 26 | Carpenters | Honour God | English | Carpenters' Hall, Throgmorton Avenue, London Wall | ||
Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants | 86 | Chartered Accountants | True and Fair | English | |||
Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects | 98 | Chartered Architects | Firmnesse, Commodite, Delyte | English | |||
Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators | 87 | Chartered Secretaries | Service with Integrity | English | |||
Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors | 85 | Chartered Surveyors | Modus ab Initio | Latin | Method from the Very Beginning | ||
Worshipful Company of Clockmakers | 61 | Clockmakers | Tempus Rerum Imperatur | Latin | Time is the Commander of All Things | ||
Worshipful Company of Clothworkers | 12 | Clothworkers | My Trust Is in God Alone | English | Clothworkers' Hall, Dunster Court, Mincing Lane | ||
Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers | 72 | Coachmakers | Surgit Post Nubila Phoebus | Latin | The Sun Rises After The Clouds | ||
Worshipful Company of Constructors | 99 | Constructors | Construction Cum Honore [dubious – discuss] |
Build with Honour | |||
Worshipful Company of Cooks | 35 | Cooks | Vulnerati Non Victi | Latin | Wounded Not Conquered | ||
Worshipful Company of Coopers | 36 | Coopers | Love as Brethren | English | Coopers' Hall, Devonshire Square | ||
Worshipful Company of Cordwainers | 27 | Cordwainers | Corio et Arte | Latin | Leather and Art | ||
Worshipful Company of Curriers | 29 | Curriers | Spes Nostra Deus | Latin | Our Hope is in God | ||
Worshipful Company of Cutlers | 18 | Cutlers | Pour Parvenir A Bonne Foy | Anglo-Norman French | To Succeed Through Good Faith | Cutlers' Hall, Warwick Lane | |
Worshipful Company of Distillers | 69 | Distillers | Drop as Rain, Distil as Dew | English | |||
Worshipful Company of Drapers | 3 | Drapers | Unto God Only Be Honour and Glory | English | Drapers' Hall, Throgmorton Avenue, Throgmorton Street | ||
Worshipful Company of Dyers | 13 | Dyers | Da Gloriam Deo | Latin | Give Glory to God | Dyers' Hall, Dowgate Hill | |
Worshipful Company of Educators | 109 | Educators | Per Doctrinam ad Lucem | Latin | Through Learning to Light | ||
Worshipful Company of Engineers | 94 | Engineers | Certare Ingenio | Latin | Use Skills to the Best of One's Abilities | ||
Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners | 97 | Environmental Cleaners | Tergere Est Servare | Latin | To Clean Is To Preserve | ||
Worshipful Company of Fan Makers | 76 | Fan Makers | Arts and Trade United | English | |||
Worshipful Company of Farmers | 80 | Farmers | Give Us Our Daily Bread | English | Farmers & Fletchers Hall, Cloth Street | ||
Worshipful Company of Farriers | 55 | Farriers | Vi et Virtute | Latin | By Strength and by Virtue | ||
Worshipful Company of Feltmakers | 63 | Feltmakers | Decus et Tutamen | Latin | An Ornament and a Safeguard | ||
Worshipful Company of Fishmongers | 4 | Fishmongers | Al Worship Be To God Only | English | Fishmongers' Hall, London Bridge (City end) | ||
Worshipful Company of Fletchers | 39 | Fletchers | True and Sure | English | Farmers & Fletchers Hall, Cloth Street | ||
Worshipful Company of Founders | 33 | Founders | God, The Only Founder | English | Founders' Hall, Cloth Fair | ||
Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters | 64 | Frameknitters | Speed, Strength and Truth United | English | |||
Worshipful Company of Fruiterers | 45 | Fruiterers | Deus Dat Incrementum | Latin | God Gives the Increase | ||
Worshipful Company of Firefighters | 103 | Firefighters | Flammas Oppugnantes Fidimus Deo | Latin | Fighting Fire, We Trust in God | ||
Worshipful Company of Fuellers | 95 | Fuellers | In carbone robur nostrum | Latin | Our Strength is in coal | ||
Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers | 83 | Furniture Makers | Straight and strong | English | Furniture Makers' Hall, Austin Friars | ||
Worshipful Company of Gardeners | 66 | Gardners | In The Sweat Of Thy Brows Shalt Thou Eate Thy Bread | English | |||
Worshipful Company of Girdlers | 23 | Girdlers | Give Thanks To God | English | Girdlers' Hall, Basinghall Avenue | ||
Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers | 71 | Glass Sellers | Discordia Frangimur | Latin | Discord Weakens | ||
Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass | 53 | Glaziers | Lucem Tuam Da Nobis Deo | Latin | O God, Give Us Your Light | Glaziers' Hall, London Bridge (Southwark) | |
Worshipful Company of Glovers | 62 | Glovers | True Hands and Warm Hearts | English | |||
Worshipful Company of Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers | 74 | Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers | Amicitiam Trahit Amor | Latin | Love Draws Friendship | ||
Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths | 5 | Goldsmiths | Justitia Virtutum Regina | Latin | Justice is Queen of Virtues | Goldsmiths' Hall, Foster Lane | |
Worshipful Company of Grocers | 2 | Grocers | God Grant Grace | English | Grocers' Hall, Princes Street | ||
Worshipful Company of Gunmakers | 73 | Gunmakers | no motto | Gunmakers' Hall, Commercial Road (Tower Hamlets) | |||
Worshipful Company of Haberdashers | 8 | Haberdashers | Serve and Obey | English | Haberdashers' Hall, West Smithfield | ||
Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers | 104 | Cum Scientia Servimus | Latin | With Knowledge We Serve | [2] | ||
Worshipful Company of Horners | 54 | Horners | no motto | ||||
Worshipful Company of Information Technologists | 100 | Information Technologists | Cito | Latin | Swiftly | Information Technologists' Hall, Bartholomew Close | |
Worshipful Company of Innholders | 32 | Innholders | Hinc Spes Affulget | Latin | Hence Hope Shines Forth | Innholders' Hall, College Street | |
Worshipful Company of Insurers | 92 | Insurers | Omnium Defensor | Latin | Protector of All | Insurers' Hall (closed)[3] | |
Worshipful Company of International Bankers | 106 | A Natione ad Nationem | Latin | Nation to Nation | [4] | ||
Worshipful Company of Ironmongers | 10 | Ironmongers | God Is Our Strength | English | Ironmongers' Hall, Aldersgate Street | ||
Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers | 41 | Join Loyalty With Liberty | English | ||||
Worshipful Company of Launderers | 89 | Cleanliness is next to Godliness | English | Launderers' Hall,[note 1] London Bridge (Southwark) | |||
Worshipful Company of Leathersellers | 15 | Soli Deo Honor et Gloria | Latin | Honour and Glory to God Alone | Leathersellers' Hall, Garlick Hill | ||
Worshipful Company of Lightmongers | 96 | Lightmongers | Dominus illuminatio mea et Salus mea | Latin | The Lord is my light and my help | [5] | |
Worshipful Company of Loriners | 57 | no motto | |||||
Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards | 75 | Corde Recto Elati Omnes | Latin | With an Upright Heart All Are Exalted | |||
Worshipful Company of Management Consultants | 105 | Change through Wisdom | English | ||||
Worshipful Company of Marketors | 90 | Mercatura Adiuvat Omnes | Latin | Marketing Benefits Everyone | |||
Honourable Company of Master Mariners | 78 | Loyalty and Service | English | HMS Wellington, Temple Pier | |||
Worshipful Company of Masons | 30 | God is our Guide | English | ||||
Worshipful Company of Mercers | 1 | Honor Deo | Latin | Honour to God | Mercers' Hall, Ironmonger Lane | ||
Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors | 6[note 2] | Concordia Parvae Res Crescunt | Latin | In Harmony Small Things Grow | Merchant Taylors' Hall, Threadneedle Street | ||
Worshipful Company of Musicians | 50 | Preserve Harmony | English | ||||
Worshipful Company of Needlemakers | 65 | They Sewed Fig Leaves Together And Made Themselves Aprons | English | ||||
Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers | 28 | Amor Queat Obedientiam | Latin | Love Can Compel Obedience | Painters' Hall, Little Trinity Lane | ||
Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers | 70 | Recipiunt Foeminae Sustentacula Nobis | Latin | Women Receive Support From Us | |||
Worshipful Company of Paviors | 56 | God Can Raise To Abraham Children of Stone | English | ||||
Worshipful Company of Pewterers | 16 | In God is all my Trust | English | Pewterers' Hall, Oat Lane | |||
Worshipful Company of Plaisterers | 46 | Let Brotherly Love Continue | English | Plaisterers' Hall, London Wall | |||
Worshipful Company of Plumbers | 31 | Justicia Et Pax | Latin | Justice and Peace | |||
Worshipful Company of Poulters | 34 | Poulters | Remember Your Oath | English | |||
Worshipful Company of Saddlers | 25 | Saddlers | Hold Fast, Sit Sure; Our Trust Is In God | English | Saddlers' Hall, Gutter Lane | ||
Worshipful Company of Salters | 9 | Salters | Sal Sapit Omnia | Latin | Salt seasons everything (implies that "Wit improves discourse") | Salters' Hall, Fore Street | |
Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers | 84 | Scientific Instrument Makers | Sine Nobis Scientia Languet | Latin | Science Languishes Without Us | ||
Worshipful Company of Scriveners | 44 | Scribite Scientes | Latin | Write, Ye Learned Ones (formerly: Litera Scripta Manet translated as The Written Word Remains) | |||
Worshipful Company of Security Professionals | 108 | Res Homines Libertates | Latin | Property, People and Liberty | |||
Worshipful Company of Shipwrights | 59 | Shipwrights | Within the Ark Safe Forever | English | |||
Worshipful Company of Skinners | 7[note 2] | Skinners | To God Only Be All Glory | English | Skinners' Hall, Dowgate Hill | ||
City of London Solicitors’ Company | 79 | Solicitors | Lex Libertatis Origo | Latin | Freedom's foundation is the Law | [6][7] | |
Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers | 60 | Spectacle Makers | A Blessing to the Aged | English | |||
Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers | 47 | Stationers and Newspaper Makers | Verbum Domini Manet in Eternum | Latin | The Word of the Lord Endures Forever | Stationers' Hall, Ave Maria Lane | |
Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers | 21 | Tallow Chandlers | Ecce Agnus Dei Qui Tollit Peccata Mundi | Latin | Behold the Lamb of God, Who Takes Away the Sins of the World | Tallow Chandlers' Hall, Dowgate Hill | |
Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers | 107 | Tax Advisors | Veritas Caritas Comitas | Latin | Truth Charity Fellowship | [8] | |
Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers | 67 | Amore Sitis Uniti | Latin | May You Be United In Love | |||
Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders | 82 | Producat Terra | Latin | Out of the Earth (May the Earth bring forth) |
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Worshipful Company of Turners | 51 | By Faith I Obteigne | English | By Faith I Obtain | |||
Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers | 37 | In God Is All Our Trust | English | ||||
Worshipful Company of Upholders | 49 | Sustine Bona | Latin | Uphold the Good | |||
Worshipful Company of Vintners | 11 | Vinum Exhilarat Animum | Latin | Wine Cheers the Mind | Vintners' Hall, Upper Thames Street | ||
Worshipful Company of Water Conservators | 102 | Nulla vita sine aqua | Latin | No life without water | |||
Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers | 20 | Truth is the Light | English | Wax Chandlers' Hall, Gresham Street | |||
Worshipful Company of Weavers | 42 | Weave Truth With Trust | English | ||||
Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights | 68 | God Grant Unity | English | ||||
Worshipful Company of Woolmen | 43 | Lana Spes Nostra | Latin | Wool Is Our Hope | |||
Worshipful Company of World Traders | 101 | Commerce and honest friendship with all | English | ||||
Worshipful Company of Actuaries | 91 | Actuaries | Experience Foretells | English |
Companies without liveries
editCompany | Motto | Language | Translation | Hall | Ref |
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Company of Watermen and Lightermen | At the Commandment of our Superiors | English | Watermen's Hall, St-Mary-at-Hill | [9] | |
Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks | Unitas societatis stabilitas | Latin | Unity is the support of Society | [10] |
Guilds and companies awaiting livery
edit- Company of Public Relations Practitioners - Motto: "Influence, Integrity, Trust"[11]
- Company of Entrepreneurs - Motto: "Dare, Create, Succeed"[12]
- Company of Human Resource Professionals
References
edit- ^ "List of Livery Companies by Precedence" (PDF). Livery Companies of the City of London. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "Royal Charter and By Laws - The Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers" (PDF). 31 October 2014.
- ^ "Livery Halls, by dining capacity". Livery Companies of the City of London. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "History | Worshipful Company of International Bankers". internationalbankers.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
- ^ "History of the Company". Lightmongers. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
- ^ "The Cook and The Butler clients - Solicitors of the City of London Company". www.thecookandthebutler.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
- ^ "Worshipful Company of Solicitors". www.citysolicitors.org. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
- ^ "Associated Livery Companies". Great St Bartholomew. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
- ^ "The Armorial Bearings". The Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "The Coat of Arms". The Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ PR Guild Website
- ^ Judge, Paul (November 2015). "Introduction" (PDF). Dare Create Succeed (1): 3. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
Notes
edit- ^ Launderers' share Glaziers' Hall with Glaziers' and Scientific Instrument Makers'
- ^ a b The Skinners' and Merchant Taylors' Companies alternate their precedence each year. See also: At sixes and sevens