The Worshipful Company of Skinners (also known as the Skinners' Company) is one of the Great Twelve Livery Companies of the City of London. Originally...
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almost all of which are styled the "Worshipful Company of" their respective craft, trade or profession. There are 111 livery companies in total. They...
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more frequently for informal social gatherings. The Company uses the Worshipful Company of Skinners' livery hall in Dowgate for events. A stained glass...
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present location on Brook Street, in the south of the town. Founded by the Worshipful Company of Skinners, it was named after 16th century merchant Sir...
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David Hart Dyke (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
was appointed Clerk and Chief Executive of the Worshipful Company of Skinners, a livery company of the City of London. He retired in 2003, and in 2007...
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The Skinners' School (formally The Skinners' Company's Middle School for Boys and commonly known as Skinners'), is a British Grammar School with academy...
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'Good' school. The Worshipful Company of Skinners (known as The Skinners' Company) is one of the “Great Twelve” Livery Companies with a history going...
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fur trades. "Mule skinner" (or "muleskinner") is slang for muleteer, a driver or wrangler of mules. Worshipful Company of Skinners Emmett M. Essin (12...
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Tonbridge School (category Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference)
It is a member of the Eton Group and has close links with the Worshipful Company of Skinners, one of the oldest London livery companies. There are currently...
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Dowgate (category Wards of the City of London)
of City livery companies are quartered in the ward: the Worshipful Company of Dyers, Worshipful Company of Innholders, Worshipful Company of Skinners...
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The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, one of the Great Twelve City Livery Companies, is an ancient merchant guild of London associated with the silk...
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St Mary Axe (category Streets in the City of London)
axes used by the Worshipful Company of Skinners, who were patrons. The sign of an axe is reported to have been present over the east end of the church. The...
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The Worshipful Company of Engineers is one of the livery companies of the City of London. The company was founded and became a livery company in 1983...
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Queen Street, London (category History of the City of London)
roads off the street include Skinners Lane (the home of the Worshipful Company of Skinners) and Cloak Lane. Two short sections of the street are pedestrianised...
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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"...
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The Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors is one of the 111 livery companies of the City of London. The Company, originally known as the Guild and Fraternity...
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automatic right of a legislative seat. A Freeman of the City of London, Lord Woolton serves as Master of the Worshipful Company of Skinners (for 2024/25)...
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Skinners may refer to: Skinners' Academy, a secondary school in Woodberry Down, Hackney, London, England The Skinners' School, an all-boys grammar school...
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is a reminder of the unit's connection with the Worshipful Company of Skinners. The regiment was formed in 1967 by the amalgamation of 65th Signal Regiment...
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Fishmongers 5. Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths 6. Worshipful Company of Skinners 7. Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors 8. Worshipful Company of Haberdashers...
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Andrew Boggis (category Alumni of New College, Oxford)
School, Cambridge; the Skinners' Company's School for Girls; the Purcell School for Music; the Skinners' School; the Skinners' Kent Academy, where he...
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Tunbridge Wells, England, had his formative education at the Worshipful Company of Skinners School. He received a comprehensive education, displaying a...
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Thomas Murfyn (category Sheriffs of the City of London)
Mayor of London. Thomas Murfyn was a native of Ely, Cambridgeshire, and son of George Murfyn. He was a member of the Worshipful Company of Skinners in the...
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Andrew Judde (category Sheriffs of the City of London)
J. F. (1881). "Some Account of the History and Antiquities of the Worshipful Company of Skinners, London". Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological...
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Richard Chiverton (category 17th-century lord mayors of London)
1679) of the Worshipful Company of Skinners was Lord Mayor of London in 1658. Chiverton was the eldest(?) son of Richard Chiverton (died 1621), of Trehunsey...
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John Champneys (category Sheriffs of the City of London)
Bexley, in about 1537. The son of Robert Champneys of Chew Magna, Somerset, he was a member of the Worshipful Company of Skinners. A contemporary chronicler...
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Stephen Slaney (category Sheriffs of the City of London)
Master of the Worshipful Company of Skinners, and Alderman, Sheriff and Lord Mayor of London. He has been called "one of the most picturesque of the Elizabethan...
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Guild feasts in medieval England (category History of food and drink)
feature of manor houses. In 1560 at an annual feast for the Master of the Worshipful Company of Skinners where "all was welcome" to partake of the "grett...
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Thomas Smythe (redirect from Thomas Smith (East India Company))
Smythe was admitted to the freedom of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers and also of the Worshipful Company of Skinners. He quickly rose to wealth and...
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Francis Gregg (category Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies)
clerkship of the Worshipful Company of Skinners stayed in the extended Gregg family for over a century (see below). Gregg was son of Francis Gregg of Putney, and...
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