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Livery Companies Database

This site no longer shows the database of all livery companies.

For a list of Livery Halls organised by dining capacity click here

For a list of Companies by precedence, click here

Two mnemonics that help remember the order of the Great Twelve (or 12 Great) Livery Companies:

My gracious, darling, for goodness sake make haste since I’m very cold.

Many Gross Drapers, Fish Golden Skins, Tailors Dash Salt and Iron Fine Clothes.

Prime Wardens

These companies have a prime warden, rather than a master:

Fishmongers, Goldsmiths, Dyers, Saddlers, Blacksmiths, Basketmakers and Shipwrights. 

The Weavers have an Upper Bailiff, and uniquely, the Master Bowyer serves two years.

More on these and other “quirks” at this link.

© Nigel Pullman 2024