The Gift

14.

of the Author

William Herbert

To his esteemed Pupil Henry Wclicio Chanelles?

1841

O

OF THE

TWELVE GREAT LIVERY COMPANIES

OF

LONDON,

PRINCIPALLY COLLECTED FROM THEIR GRANTS AND RECORDS;

WITH

NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS,

AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION, AND COPIOUS ACCOUNTS OF EACH COMPANY,
AND OF THEIR ESTATES AND CHARITIES;

WITH

Attested Copies and Translations of all the Companies' Charters,

FROM THEIR FOUNDATION TO THE PRESENT TIME.

BY WILLIAM HERBERT,

LIBRARIAN TO THE CORPORATION OF LONDON.

"If any think those Halls were merely built for feasting and entertainment, (or at most but
for pompe,) they are much deceived. Certainly they were both intended and improved
to higher and better uses."-Rolle's Burning of London, 1667, part ii. p. 55.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR;

AND TO BE HAD OF HIM, AT THE LIBRARY, GUILDHALL,

AND OF ALL THE PRINCIPAL BOOKSELLERS.

1834.