The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 11, Part 2 |
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... Company , which takes the lead in the procession from thence to Guildhall , and is followed by the Company to which his Lordship belongs : the other Companies then follow , and afterwards the Lord Mayor's Officers and Servants ...
... Company , which takes the lead in the procession from thence to Guildhall , and is followed by the Company to which his Lordship belongs : the other Companies then follow , and afterwards the Lord Mayor's Officers and Servants ...
Page 346
... COMPANY existed by prescription long previous to its regular incorporation , which did not take place till the year 1393 , ( 17th of Richard the Second , ) when the members received their charter under the title of the Wardens and Com ...
... COMPANY existed by prescription long previous to its regular incorporation , which did not take place till the year 1393 , ( 17th of Richard the Second , ) when the members received their charter under the title of the Wardens and Com ...
Page 352
... Company . In the long list of members whose names have been enrolled in this fraternity , are included various Sovereigns and other Princes , a great number of Nobility and Gentry , and upwards of eighty Lord Mayors . In regard to the ...
... Company . In the long list of members whose names have been enrolled in this fraternity , are included various Sovereigns and other Princes , a great number of Nobility and Gentry , and upwards of eighty Lord Mayors . In regard to the ...
Page 353
... Company's arms , is not exactly known * . This Company consists of a principal , and three other Wardens , a Court of Assistants , and a Livery , altogether forming a body of about 110 members ; yet it is a singular fact , that there is ...
... Company's arms , is not exactly known * . This Company consists of a principal , and three other Wardens , a Court of Assistants , and a Livery , altogether forming a body of about 110 members ; yet it is a singular fact , that there is ...
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... Company . THE GROCERS ' COMPANY was incorporated by Edward the Third , in the year 1345 , under the title of The Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery of the Grocery of the City of London . ' The Grocers , however , under their ...
... Company . THE GROCERS ' COMPANY was incorporated by Edward the Third , in the year 1345 , under the title of The Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery of the Grocery of the City of London . ' The Grocers , however , under their ...
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