The Worshipful Company of Grocers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. It was founded in the twelfth century as the Guild of Pepperers. In 1376, the Guild became the Company of Grocers of London. In 1428, the Company acquired a Royal Charter. Livery Companies are trade associations based in the City of London. ... The eastern side of the City of London viewed from St. ... // Events October 12 - English forces under Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury besiege Orléans. ... In the United Kingdom and Canada a Royal Charter is a charter granted by the Sovereign on the advice of the Privy Council, which creates or gives special status to an incorporated body. ...

The Company was responsible for maintaining standards for the purity of spices and for the setting of certain weights and measures. Its members included London's pharmacists, who separated into the Society of Apothecaries in 1617. Today, the Grocers' Company exists as a charitable and ceremonial institution, and is responsible for the maintenance of Oundle School. In the order of precedence for Livery Companies, the Grocers' Company ranks second, after only the Mercers' Company, making it one of the "Great Twelve City Livery Companies". The Company's motto is God Grant Grace. The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. ... Oundle School is a public school, at Oundle in Northamptonshire, England. ... An order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of nominal importance of people; it is used by many organizations and governments. ...

It is also responsible for maintenance of The Elms (1614), one of, if not the oldest Prep School in the country. The school is situated in rural Herefordshire at the foot of the Malvern Hills.