Talk:Livery Company
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[edit] Demise of companies
It would be interesting someone could add information on the demise of the livery companies no longer in existence, such as the one's mentioned in the article.
[edit] Questions
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- a grant of Livery What does this mean, and what is the import of being a Livery Company or a company without livery?
Parasite 08:49, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
- I was also wondering who grants Livery and whether or not it is always supposed to be capitalized. -- Beland 04:20, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
- For that matter, what is a City Company, and who grants that status? -- Beland 04:20, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
- From Livery, it appears that dress and monopoly used to be hallmarks of a Livery Company. Are they still? What operations do Livery Companies actually conduct today? -- Beland 04:22, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
- As I understand it, "Livery" status is granted by the Court of Aldermen of the Corporation of London; and nowadays, "Livery" and "without Livery" simply denote different statuses within the Corporation. As the article says, Livery Companies began as guilds to regulate the relevant trades in the City of London (merchants, skinners, whatever). They waned in importance for a while, but have revived in recent times, mainly as social or charitable bodies. See http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/leisure_heritage/livery/ for more details. -- ALoan (Talk) 15:29, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Security Professionals
I deleted the unsourced claim that security professionals were granted livery status. If anyone sees news to the contrary, then have at it. Psu256 (talk) 21:28, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Number of Livery Halls
The claim that there are only 36 Livery Halls still in existence is not backed up by any references. I wonder where it came from. The map I have at http://liverycompany.org.uk/ plots the position of 40 halls that are still in use (two of them aren't shown at the initial zoom level, but you'll see them if you zoom out). I'll edit the article appropriately. Davorg (talk) 08:04, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
