Initially a Guild of Stationers - booksellers who copied, decorated and sold manuscript books. By about 1650 the printers had largely taken over from the manuscript boys. In 1557 they received a Royal Charter of Incorporation.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Worshipful Company of Stationers
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Stationers' War Memorial
A beautiful, hand-crafted plaque - not just the frame, the gold lettering has...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Worshipful Company of Stationers
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Stationers' War Memorial
A beautiful, hand-crafted plaque - not just the frame, the gold lettering has...
Wynkyn de Worde
The sun-burst was part of de Worde's printer's device - printed at the front ...
Other Subjects
Cordwainers' Hall
On their own website the Cordwainers declare that they have had in fact only 5 halls, not the excessive 6 stated on the plaque. The last was built in 1909 but suffered bomb damage in WW2, which ca...
Building of Fellowship Porters Hall
Waymarking says this "It was the home of the Fellowship Porters who, towards the end of their existence as a Company, seem to have transacted their business at 22 Beer Lane. They were formed of tw...
Glaziers Hall
The first Glaziers Hall was in Fye Foot Lane and lost in the Great Fire. Fye Foot Lane (which isn't indexed in any of our modern-day maps) runs between Queen Victoria Street and Castle Baynard Stre...