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This is a list of guilds in the United Kingdom. It includes guilds of merchants and other trades, both those relating to specific trades, and the general guilds merchant in Glasgow and Preston. No religious guilds survive, and the guilds of freemen in some towns and cities are not listed. Almost all guilds were founded by the end of the 17th century, although some went out of existence and were refounded in the 20th century.

England

Alnwick

Black and White Smiths[1]
Butchers[1]
Cordwainers[1]
Joiners and Shoemakers[1]
Merchants[1]
Skinners and Glovers[1]
Tanners[1]
Weavers[1]

Bristol

Society of Merchant Venturers (1552), meets Merchant Hall[2]

Carlisle

Butchers[1]
Cordwainers[1]
Merchants[1]
Skinners and Glovers[1]

Chester[3]

Bakers (1462)[1]
Barber Surgeons
Brewers
Bricklayers
Butchers
Cappers and Pinners
Coopers
Cordwainers
Goldsmiths (1573)[1]
Innholders
Joiners (1578)[1]
Masons
Mercers
Merchant Drapers
Merchant Taylors
Painters (1534)[1]
Saddlers & Curriers
Skinners
Smiths
Tanners (1361)[1]
Weavers
Wet and Dry Glovers (1380)[1]
Wrights and Slaters

Cirencester

Weavers' Company (1550s), meets Weavers' Hall[2]

Coventry

Broad Weavers and Clothiers (1665)[1][2]
Company and Fellowship of Cappers and Feltmakers (1494); meets in Cappers' Room of old cathedral[1][2]
Drapers (1534); meets in Drapers' Hall[1][2]
Fellowship of Mercers[2]
Fullers' Guild (1438)[1][2]
Tanners' Guild[2]
Worshipful Company of Worsted Weavers (1449; refounded 1703)[2]

Durham

Barbers and Surgeons[2]
Butchers[2]
Cordwainers[2]
Curriers[2]
Drapers[2]
Joiners[2]
Masons and Plumbers[2]
Tailors[2]

Exeter

Incorporation of Weavers, Fullers and Shearmen (1495), meets Tuckers Hall[1]

Kingston-upon-Hull

Guild of Masters, Pilots and Seamen of Trinity House (1369)[1]

Lichfield

Worshipful Company of Smiths (by 1601)[2]

London

See livery company

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Bakers and Brewers (1342)[1]
Barber-Surgeons (1442)[1]
Bricklayers, Wallers and Plasterers (1454)[1]
Butchers (1621)[1]
Colliers, Paviors and Carriagemen (1656)[1]
Coopers (1426)[1]
Cordwainers (1566)[1]
Curriers, Felt-makers and Armourers (1546)[1]
Glovers (1436)[1]
Goldsmiths (1536)[1]
Society of Hostmen (1600)[1]
House Carpenters, Millwrights and Trunkmakers (1579)[1]
Joiners and Cabinet-makers (1589)[1]
Society of Master Mariners (1492)[1]
Masons (1581)[1]
Merchant Adventurers (1215)[1]
Milners (1578)[1]
Plumbers and Glaziers (1536)[1]
Ropemakers (1648)[1]
Saddlers (1459)[1]
Sail-makers (1663)[1]
Scriveners (1675, refounded 1974)[1]
Shipwrights (1636)[1]
Skinners (1437)[1]
Slaters and Tylers (1451)[1]
Smiths (1436)[1]
Tanners (1532)[1]
Taylors (1536)[1]
Upholsterers, Tin-plate workers and Stationers (1675)[1]
Weavers (1527)[1]

Norwich

Barber-surgeons (1439)[2]
Guild of St George (1389; refounded)[2]

Preston

Preston Guild (1179)[2]

Richmond, North Yorkshire

Company of Fellmongers (refounded 1980)[1][4]
Company of Mercers, Grocers and Haberdashers[1]

Sheffield

Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire (1624), meets Cutlers' Hall[2]

Shrewsbury

Drapers (1462); meets Drapers' Hall[1][2]

Worcester

Clothier's Guild (1590)[1][2]

York

Guild of Building (1954), meets Bedern Hall[2][5]
Butchers Gild (1272)[2]
Company of Cordwainers (1395, refounded 1970s), meets Bedern Hall[1][5]
Merchant Adventurers (1357), meets Merchant Adventurers' Hall[2]
Company of Merchant Taylors (1386), meets Merchant Taylors' Hall[2][5]
Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers (1960)[2]

Scotland

Aberdeen

Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen (1587)[1]

Arbroath

Arbroath Guildry Incorporation (1725)[6]

Ayr

Ayr Guildry (1325)[7]

Brechin

Guildry Incorporation of Brechin (1629), meets Guildry Room of Brechin Mechanics' Institute[8]

Dundee

Nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee[1]

Edinburgh

Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh (1505), meets Merchants' Hall[2]
Incorporated Trades of Edinburgh (1578)[2]

Elgin

Glovers[1]
Hammermen[1]
Shoemakers[1]
Squaremen[1]
Tailors[1]
Weavers[1]

Glasgow

Merchants House of Glasgow (1605)[1]
Trades House of Glasgow (1605)[1]

Irvine

The Incorporated Trades of Irvine (1646)[1]

Lanark

Guildry of Lanark (1658)[9]

Perth

The Guildry Incorporation of Perth

Rutherglen

The Incorporation of Tailors of Rutherglen (1657)[1]

Stirling

Merchant Guildry of Stirling (1226)[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt Tom Hoffman, "Guilds and Related Organisations in Great Britain and Ireland: a bibliography (Part II)"
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae John Kennedy Melling, London's Guilds and Liveries, pp.6-12
  3. ^ Freemen of Chester, "Companies"
  4. ^ Fellmongers Company, "Fellmongers Company of Richmond - History and Heritage"
  5. ^ a b c "York's ancient guilds", York Press, 5 July 2011
  6. ^ "Arbroath Guildry", The Court of Deans of Guild of Scotland
  7. ^ "Ayr Guildry", The Court of Deans of Guild of Scotland
  8. ^ "The Guildry of Brechin", The Court of Deans of Guild of Scotland
  9. ^ "The Guildry of Lanark", The Court of Deans of Guild of Scotland
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