512 Pages
by
Routledge
520 Pages
by
Routledge
512 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Worshipful Company of Weavers, the oldest of all the London Livery Companies, can trace its origins to a twelfth-century craft guild. Largely based upon original records never before studied in depth, this authorized history of the company covers the period from the end of the reign of Elizabeth I to modern times.
Alfred Plummer presents a portrait of the London Hand-loom weavers in their... Read more
1. In London under James I
2. Gild Governance I
3. Gild Governance II
4. Freemen of the Future
5. Sources of Income
6. Public Service and Private Interest
7. Strangers and Settlers
8. Two Early Inventions
9. A Time of Conflict and Calamity
10. Building Anew
11. Pageantry and Good Cheer
12. Worthy Benefactors and Charitable Gifts
13. A New Charter and By-laws
14. Daniel Defoe and the Calico Madams
15. Special Treatment for Spitalfields
16. An Early-Victorian Mayor
17. Change of Pattern I
18. Change of Pattern II
19. Mid-Twentieth Century
Biography
Alfred Plummer
