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Wills's Arms of Companies

Series information :

Series : Arms of companies

Date of issue : 1913

Number of cards : 1 series of 50

Image variants : ?

Company

See here for a general introduction to the company and the heraldic series.

Coat of arms of Companies

This series deals with the arms of incorporated trading companies (or guilds), whose arms were registered at the College of Arms. Most companies date from medieval times, but their arms re from more recent origin. Many of the trades described do no longer exist. Unless stated, all companies were based in London. Card number 50, Hudson Bay Company, also appears in the Coat of arms of the British Empire Series.

Cards issued :

1 Drapers
2 Ironmongers
3 Butchers
4 Clothworkers
5 Merchant taylors
6 Salters
7 Fishmongers
8 Haberdashers
9 Bakers
10 Coopers
11 Playing card makers
12 Apothecaries
13 Cooks
14 Musicians
15 Plumbers
16 Shipwrights
17 Fanmakers
18 Horners
19 Blacksmiths
20 Pewterers
21 Wheelwrights
22 Joiners
23 Dyers
24 Weavers
25 Curriers
26 Masons
27 Chartered accountants
28 Mercers
29 Goldsmiths
30 Brewers
31 Grocers
32 Cordwainers
33 Stationers
34 Merchant venturers (Bristol)
35 Vintners
36 Carpenters
37 Cutlers
38 Cutlers (Sheffield)
39 Incorporated Law Society
40 Tin-plate workers
41 Barber-surgeons
42 Turners
43 Scriveners
44 Armourers & Braziers
45 Skinners
46 Comb makers
47 Saddlers
48 Glovers
49 Farriers
50 Hudson's Bay company



 




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