Worshipful Company of Fishmongers
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Website | [6] www.fishmongers.org.uk |
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The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers (or Fishmongers' Company) is one of the 111
History
The Company records an unbroken existence for 750 years, forming as City fishmongers began to collaborate for mutual benefit,[2] developing into a guild which managed London’s fish trade according to their defined set of rules and regulation .The earliest evidence of such a group dates back to 1154, when a number of London fishmongers were fined for trading without Royal Warrant [2] with the Company receiving its first Royal Charter from Edward I in 1272.[1]
The Company’s regulation of the fish trade were formalised by the 1227 Royal Charter which “secured approval of their ordinances”
The most famous City fishmonger is
In the early 17th century, the Company was granted lands at Ballykelly and Banagher in modern-day Northern Ireland, by the Crown. It remained a major landowner there until the 20th century, and the villages contain some of the most interesting buildings erected in Ulster by the Plantation companies.
In 1714, the Irish actor
Functions
The Company is governed by its Prime Warden, five other Wardens and its Court of Assistants, comprising 28 appointed Livery members. The Company comprises about 700 members, including a good representation of from the seafood trade, UK fisheries and marine and freshwater conservation. Liverymen of all City companies are members of
The Company’s Fisheries Charitable Trust maintains its link with its namesake trade, working to “build and safeguard a prosperous and sustainable fishing industry, for the benefit of those engaged in it, the environment and our island nation”.[2] Supporting a range of projects across UK fisheries, the Trust works with universities, government and third sector organisations to support, through charitable giving, a sustainable fishing industry, healthy rivers and oceans and thriving coastal communities.[4]
The Company’s Charitable Trust responds to a range of social issues, focusing on mental health, food and nutrition and education in prisons.[5] It has also long supported the City and Guilds of London Art School and the City and Guilds of London Institute.
Hall
The Company's
Gresham's School
Since 1555, the Company has acted as the Trustee of Gresham's School in Holt, Norfolk, in accordance with the wishes of Lord Mayor Sir John Gresham (1492–1556), who endowed the school to the Company upon his death.[2] Among other responsibilities, the Company now focuses on providing "life changing" bursaries for students.[7]
List of Prime Wardens
- c. 1370: Sir William Walworth
- 1664: Abraham Johnson
- 1676: William Allington
- 1721–22: Sir John Fryer
- 1810–12: Richard "Conversation" Sharp, MP[8]
- 1834–36: Sir Matthew Wood[9]
- 1863–64: William Cubitt[10] (et al. George Cubitt, 1st Baron Ashcombe)
- 1874–75: William Lawrence[11]
- 1880-81: Jethro Hornblower
- 1883–84: Thomas Dakin, Lord Mayor
- 1887–88: Sir Andrew Lusk[12]
- 1888–89: James Clarke Lawrence[13]
- 1893-94: John Warren[14]
- 1899-1900: Richard Biddulph Martin[15]
- 1901–02: George Frederick Bodley[16]
- 1902: Edward Rawlings[17]
- 1921-22: Lothian Demain Nicholson
- 1925-26: Lothian Demain Nicholson
- 1961–62: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- 1969–70: Sir John Carew Pole[18]
- 1972–73: David Cairns, 5th Earl Cairns
- 1977–78: Kenneth Mackay, 3rd Earl of Inchcape
- 1980-81: John Eyre Norton
- 1989–90: Robert Kindersley, 3rd Baron Kindersley
- 1995–96: Alexander McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim[19]
- 1998–99: Simon Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton
- 2000–01: Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll
- 2001–02: Sir Thomas Stockdale
- 2014–15: FCA
- 2017–18 : Princess Anne, The Princess Royal[20]
- 2019–20: David Jones DL[21]
- 2020-2022: Sir Alan Yarrow
- 2022-2023: Charles Spicer
Company Church
Arms
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See also
- Fishmonger
- Shellfish Association of Great Britain
- Gresham College
- Livery Company
Sources
- ^ a b c d John Timbs (1865), "Curiosities of the Fishmongers' Hall", Walks and talks about London, Lockwood
- ^ a b c d e The Fishmongers' Company. What it Means to be a Fishmonger (1 ed.). https://fishmongers.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/WIMTBAF_Digital.pdf. pp. 6–9.
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- ^ "Our History – The Fishmongers' Company". Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ "Fish & Fisheries – The Fishmongers' Company". Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ "About Philanthropy & Grants – The Fishmongers' Company". Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ Monroe, Paul, ed. A Cyclopedia of Education (London, Macmillan, 1926), online edition of archive.org
- ^ "Gresham's School – The Fishmongers' Company". Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ Knapman, D. – Conversation Sharp – The Biography of a London Gentleman, Richard Sharp (1759–1835), in Letters, Prose and Verse (Private publication, 2004) British Library.
- ^ Matthew Wood in 'Chronological List of Aldermen, 1801–1912 | Aldermen of the City of London pp. 141–156', [1] accessed 13 October 2012
- ^ William Cubitt in 'Chronological List of Aldermen, 1801–1912 | Aldermen of the City of London pp. 141–156', [2] accessed 13 October 2012
- ^ William Lawrence in 'Chronological List of Aldermen, 1801–1912 | Aldermen of the City of London pp. 141–156', [3] accessed 13 October 2012
- ^ Andrew Lusk in 'Chronological List of Aldermen −1801–1912 | Aldermen of the City of London pp. 141–156', [4] accessed 13 October 2012
- ^ James Clarke Lawrence in 'Chronological List of Aldermen −1801–1912 | Aldermen of the City of London pp. 141–156', [5] accessed 13 October 2012
- ^ "The Fishmongers' company". The Times. No. 33983. London. 21 June 1893. p. 9.
- ^ "The Fishmongers' company". The Times. No. 36062. London. 10 February 1900. p. 6.
- ^ "The Fishmongers' company". The Times. No. 36721. London. 21 March 1902. p. 7.
- ^ "Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener in the City". The Times. No. 36893. London. 8 October 1902. p. 4.
- ^ 'CAREW POLE, Col. Sir John (Gawen)', in Who Was Who (London: A. & C. Black, 1920–2008; online edition (subscription site) by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 20 April 2012
- ^ 'ANTRIM, 14th Earl of, (Alexander Randal Mark McDonnell)' in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black)
- ^ "Princess Anne Visits Holt As She is Announced as Gresham's Governor". 4 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ "Organisation – the Fishmongers' Company". Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "Fishmongers' Company - Livery Companies of the City of London".