Worshipful Company of Grocers

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The Worshipful Company of Grocers is one of the historic Great Twelve livery companies of the City of London, originally representing merchants in the spice and grocery trade and now functioning as a charitable and ceremonial institution.

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Surface form Occurrences
Grocer’s Company of London 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Great Twelve City Livery Company
ceremonial institution
charitable organization
livery company
associatedWith Court of Aldermen NERFINISHED
Lord Mayor of London NERFINISHED
coatOfArmsFeatures camels
cloves
country United Kingdom
engagesIn city civic life
philanthropy
scholarship funding
foundedIn 14th century
governedBy Court of Assistants NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Company of Grocers NERFINISHED
Grocers' Company NERFINISHED
hasBuildingFunction banqueting venue
meeting place
hasHeadquarters Grocers' Hall NERFINISHED
hasJurisdiction City of London (ceremonial) NERFINISHED
hasLeaderTitle Master
hasMemberType freeman
liveryman
hasPrimaryActivity charitable work
civic ceremonial functions
education support
historicalActivity regulation of grocery trade
regulation of spice trade
languageOfName English
locatedIn City of London
England
Grocers' Hall NERFINISHED
London NERFINISHED
maintains historic traditions of the grocery trade
motto God Grant Grace
originallyRepresented grocers
spice merchants
wholesale merchants
originatedAs medieval trade guild
partOf Great Twelve Livery Companies NERFINISHED
rankInLiveryCompanies second
sector City of London livery movement
supports charitable trusts
schools
universities
tradition installation of Master
livery dinners
processions

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Heminges apprenticeship Worshipful Company of Grocers
this entity surface form: Grocer’s Company of London
Lawrence Sheriff associatedWith Worshipful Company of Grocers
Hackney Downs School foundedBy Worshipful Company of Grocers
John Heminges guildMembership Worshipful Company of Grocers
Livery companies of the City of London hasPart Worshipful Company of Grocers
Lawrence Sheriff memberOf Worshipful Company of Grocers