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Worshipful Company of Mercers

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The Worshipful Company of Mercers is the premier Livery Company of the City of London and ranks first in the order of precedence of the Companies. [1]

67 relations: Abingdon School, Academy (English school), Bute House Preparatory School for Girls, Cecil Clementi, Cheapside, City of London, Covent Garden, Dauntsey's School, Dictionary of National Biography, Digital media, George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, Great Fire of London, Gresham College, Haberdasher, Hammersmith, Hammersmith Academy, Harry Hodson, Holborn, Hospital of St Thomas of Acre, Ironmonger Lane, John Colet, John Dee, John Gresham, John Roysse, John Thynne, Kilrea, Latin, Lionel Duckett, Livery company, Longleat, Lord Mayor of London, Mark Girouard, Mercers' School, Mercery, Order of precedence, Oxford University Press, Peter Symonds College, Richard Gresham, Richard Whittington, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne, Royal charter, Sandwell Academy, Scouting, Sheriffs of the City of London, St Paul's Cathedral, St Paul's Girls' School, St Paul's Juniors, St Paul's School, London, Swanage, ..., The arts, The Blitz, The College of Richard Collyer, The Hall School, Hampstead, The Sunday Times, Thomas Gresham, Thomas More, Thomas Telford School, Trade association, Verney family, Walsall Academy, William Caxton, William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne, Winston Churchill, Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, Worshipful Company of Mercers. Expand index (17 more) »

Abingdon School

Abingdon School is a day and boarding independent school for boys in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.

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Academy (English school)

Academy schools are state-funded schools in England which are directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control.

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Bute House Preparatory School for Girls

Bute House Preparatory School for Girls is an independent day school for girls aged 4 to 11 at Brook Green in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.

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Cecil Clementi

Sir Cecil Clementi (Chinese: 金文泰; Cantonese: Kam Man Tai) (1 September 1875 – 5 April 1947) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Hong Kong from 1925–30, and Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements from 1930–34.

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Cheapside

Cheapside is a street in the City of London, the historic and modern financial centre of London, which forms part of the A40 London to Fishguard road.

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City of London

The City of London is a city and county that contains the historic centre and the primary central business district (CBD) of London.

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Covent Garden

Covent Garden is a district in Greater London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between Charing Cross Road and Drury Lane.

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Dauntsey's School

Dauntsey's School is a co-educational independent day and boarding school in the village of West Lavington, Wiltshire, England.

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Dictionary of National Biography

The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published from 1885.

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Digital media

Digital media are any media that are encoded in machine-readable formats.

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George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe

George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, (4 April 1918 – 22 February 2007) was a British politician, diplomat and businessman.

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Great Fire of London

The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of the English city of London from Sunday, 2 September to Thursday, 6 of September 1666.

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Gresham College

Gresham College is an institution of higher learning located at Barnard's Inn Hall off Holborn in Central London, England.

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Haberdasher

A haberdasher is a person who sells small articles for sewing, such as buttons, ribbons and zippers (in the United Kingdom), or a men's outfitter (American English).

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Hammersmith

Hammersmith is a district of west London, England, located west-southwest of Charing Cross.

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Hammersmith Academy

Hammersmith Academy is a non-denominational, all-ability, co-educational secondary academy for 11- to 18-year-olds specialising in creative & digital media and information technology, located in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, West London, England.

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Harry Hodson

Henry Vincent "Harry" Hodson (12 May 1906 – 26 March 1999) was a British economist and editor.

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Holborn

Holborn is a district in the London boroughs of Camden and City of Westminster and a locality in the ward of Farringdon Without in the City of London.

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Hospital of St Thomas of Acre

The Hospital of St Thomas of Acre was the medieval London headquarters of the Knights of Saint Thomas.

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Ironmonger Lane

Ironmonger Lane is a narrow one-way street in the City of London running southbound between Gresham Street and Cheapside.

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John Colet

John Colet (January 1467 – 16 September 1519) was an English churchman and educational pioneer.

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John Dee

John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was an English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occult philosopher, and advisor to Queen Elizabeth I. He devoted much of his life to the study of alchemy, divination, and Hermetic philosophy.

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John Gresham

Sir John Gresham (1495 – 23 October 1556) was an English merchant, courtier and financier who worked for King Henry VIII of England, Cardinal Wolsey and Thomas Cromwell.

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John Roysse

John Roysse (1500/01–1571) was an English Mercer and benefactor of Abingdon School in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

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John Thynne

Sir John Thynne (c. 1515 – 21 May 1580) was the steward to Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c. 1506 – 1552) and a member of parliament.

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Kilrea

Kilrea is a village, townland and civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Lionel Duckett

Lionel Duckett (1511August 1587) was one of the Merchant adventurers of the City of London.

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Livery company

The livery companies of the City of London, currently 110 in number, comprise London's ancient and modern trade associations and guilds, almost all of which are styled the "Worshipful Company of..." their respective craft, trade or profession.

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Longleat

Longleat is an English stately home and the seat of the Marquesses of Bath.

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Lord Mayor of London

The Lord Mayor of London is the City of London's mayor and leader of the City of London Corporation.

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Mark Girouard

Mark Girouard (born October 1931) is a British architectural writer, an authority on the country house, an architectural historian, and biographer of James Stirling.

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Mercers' School

The Mercers' School was an independent school in the City of London, England, with a history going back at least to 1542, and perhaps much further.

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Mercery

Mercery (from French mercerie, the notions trade) initially referred to silk, linen, and fustian textiles imported to England in the 12th century.

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Order of precedence

Order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of nominal importance of persons.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Peter Symonds College

Peter Symonds College is a sixth form college in Winchester, Hampshire, in the south of England.

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Richard Gresham

Sir Richard Gresham (c.1485 – 21 February 1549) was an English mercer, Merchant Adventurer, Lord Mayor of London, and Member of Parliament.

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Richard Whittington

Sir Richard Whittington (c. 1354–1423) was an English merchant and a politician of the late medieval period.

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Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, (22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, author of Scouting for Boys which was an inspiration for the Scout Movement, founder and first Chief Scout of The Boy Scouts Association and founder of the Girl Guides.

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Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne

Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne, PC (27 November 1812 – 4 May 1895) was a British lawyer and politician.

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Royal charter

A royal charter is a formal document issued by a monarch as letters patent, granting a right or power to an individual or a body corporate.

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Sandwell Academy

Sandwell Academy is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in West Bromwich in the West Midlands, England.

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Scouting

Scouting or the Scout Movement is a movement that aims to support young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society, with a strong focus on the outdoors and survival skills.

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Sheriffs of the City of London

Two Sheriffs are elected annually for the City of London by the Liverymen of the City Livery Companies.

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St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral, London, is an Anglican cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of London and the mother church of the Diocese of London.

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St Paul's Girls' School

St Paul's Girls' School is an independent day school for girls, located in Brook Green, Hammersmith, in West London, England.

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St Paul's Juniors

St Paul's Juniors (formerly Colet Court) is an independent school and preparatory school for boys aged 7 to 13 in Barnes, London.

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St Paul's School, London

St Paul's School is a selective independent school for boys aged 13–18, founded in 1509 by John Colet and located on a 43-acre (180,000m2) site by the River Thames, in Barnes, London.

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Swanage

Swanage is a coastal town and civil parish in the south east of Dorset, England.

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The arts

The arts refers to the theory and physical expression of creativity found in human societies and cultures.

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The Blitz

The Blitz was a German bombing offensive against Britain in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War.

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The College of Richard Collyer

The College of Richard Collyer (colloquially Collyer’s), formerly called Collyer’s School, is a coeducational sixth form college in Horsham, West Sussex, England.

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The Hall School, Hampstead

The Hall School is an independent boys' preparatory school in Belsize Park, Hampstead, London, currently teaching boys from age 4 to age 13.

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The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times is the largest-selling British national newspaper in the "quality press" market category.

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Thomas Gresham

Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder (c. 1519 – 21 November 1579), was an English merchant and financier who acted on behalf of King Edward VI (1547–1553) and Edward's half-sisters, queens Mary I (1553–1558) and Elizabeth I (1558–1603).

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Thomas More

Sir Thomas More (7 February 14786 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist.

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Thomas Telford School

Thomas Telford School (commonly referred to as TTS) is a City Technology College in Telford, Shropshire and is sponsored by The Mercers Company and Tarmac Holdings Limited.

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Trade association

A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association, sector association or industry body, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry.

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Verney family

Verney is the name of an English family that traces back around eight centuries.

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Walsall Academy

Walsall Academy is a Comprehensive Academy secondary school in Bloxwich, West Midlands, England.

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William Caxton

William Caxton (c. 1422 – c. 1491) was an English merchant, diplomat, writer and printer.

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William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne

William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne, (17 October 1859 – 26 February 1942), styled Viscount Wolmer between 1882 and 1895, was a British politician and colonial administrator.

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Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.

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Worshipful Company of Haberdashers

The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, one of the Great Twelve City Livery Companies, is an ancient merchant guild of London, England associated with the silk and velvet trades.

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Worshipful Company of Information Technologists

The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, also known as the Information Technologists' Company, is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.

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Worshipful Company of Mercers

The Worshipful Company of Mercers is the premier Livery Company of the City of London and ranks first in the order of precedence of the Companies.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worshipful_Company_of_Mercers

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