The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. The organisation, which developed from the Mercers' Company, another Livery Company connected with clothing and haberdashery, received a Royal Charter in 1448. The Company, which was originally responsible for the regulation cloth merchants, began to lose control due to the increase of the population of London, its jurisdiction. Thus, the Company now exists as an educational and charitable institution only, instead of retaining links to its original trade. Livery Companies are trade associations based in the City of London. ... Coat of arms The City of London is a small area in Greater London. ... The Worshipful Company of Mercers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. ... A haberdasher is a person who sells small items via retail, commonly items used in clothing, such as ribbons and buttons, or completed accessories, such as hats or gloves. ... A Royal Charter is a charter given by a monarch to legitimize an incorporated body, such as a city, company, university or such. ...

As an educational institution, the Haberdashers' company has been active in founding eight schools. It created a boys' school at Hoxton, which then split into schools at Hatcham in south London and Hampstead in north London; the Hampstead school moved in 1961 to become the Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree. The Hatcham school now admits girls as well as boys; a separate girls' school was founded at Acton but has now moved to be close to the Elstree school. Other Haberdashers' schools are situated elsewhere in the U.K., for example Adams' Grammar School in Newport, Shropshire. Being a principally Christian organisation, the Haberdashers present copies of the King James Bible to joiners of their schools. Hoxton Square. ... New Cross Gate is an area within Lewisham mainly bounded by the SE14 postcode area. ... Hampstead is a place in the London Borough of Camden and is close to Hampstead Heath. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... The School Badge The Haberdashers Askes Boys School is a British independent school in Elstree, near Borehamwood, in Hertfordshire. ... Elstree is a small village in Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire on the A5, north of London. ... Acton is the name of several places, people and organizations: // Places England Acton, Cheshire Acton, Dorset Acton, Staffordshire Acton, Shropshire Acton, Worcestershire Acton, Suffolk Acton, London Of these, the London Acton is the largest. ... Motto: Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto; French for God and my right) 3 Anthem: God Save the Queen4 Capital London Most populous conurbation London Official language(s) English (de facto 5) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen HM Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister The Rt Hon Tony Blair MP Establishment January... Adams Grammar School is a state grammar school in Newport, Shropshire. ... Map sources for Newport at grid reference SJ7419 Newport is a market town in Shropshire, England, some 6 miles north of Telford. ... This page is about the version of the Bible; for the Harvey Danger album, see King James Version (album). ...

The Company ranks eighth in the order of precedence of Livery Companies; it is therefore considered one of the "Great Twelve City Livery Companies". The Company's motto is Serve and Obey. An order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of nominal importance of people; it is used by many organizations and governments. ...

List of Haberdashers Schools

• Adams' Grammar School
• Aldersey C of E Primary School
• Haberdashers' Agincourt School
• Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College
• Haberdashers’ Aske’s Knights Academy
• Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
• Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls
• Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls
• Monmouth School
• West Monmouth School (affiliated)

Adams Grammar School is a state grammar school in Newport, Shropshire. ... Haberdashers Askes Hatcham College was formally a comprehensive City Technology College, now an Academy operating between two sites near New Cross Gate in South-East London. ... Haberdashers’ Aske’s Knights Academy formorly Malory school is a new Academy, sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers (in federation with Haberdashers Askes Hatcham College) to increase the availability of an Aske’s education. ... The School Badge The Haberdashers Askes Boys School is a British independent school in Elstree, near Borehamwood, in Hertfordshire. ... Haberdashers Askes School for Girls is a British independent public school in Elstree, near Borehamwood, in the county of Hertfordshire. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Monmouth School is a gay public school for boys in Monmouth, South Wales. ... West Monmouth School (colloquially West Mon) is a state-funded secondary school in Pontypool, Torfaen in Wales. ...

See also

• Haberdasher

A haberdasher is a person who sells small items via retail, commonly items used in clothing, such as ribbons and buttons, or completed accessories, such as hats or gloves. ...

External links

• The Haberdashers' Company
• The Haberdashers' Company history
• History of the Haberdashers' Company archived by Heraldic Media