The Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. The Company, originally known as the Guild and Fraternity of St John the Baptist in the City of London, was first incorporated under a Royal Charter in 1327; the charter was confirmed by future charters in 1503 and 1719. Livery Companies are trade associations based in the City of London. ... For London as a whole, see the main article London. ... A Royal Charter is a charter given by a monarch to legitimize an incorporated body, such as a city, company, university or such. ... Events January 25 - Edward III becomes King of England. ... Events January 20 - Seville in Castile is awarded exclusive right to trade with the New World. ... // Events January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe June 10 - Battle of Glen Shiel Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Miners in Falun, Sweden find an apparently petrified body of Fet-Mats Israelsson in an unused...

The Company was at first an association of tailors. However, it is at present an educational institution, owning various tailoring and other schools, and a charitable institution. It owns Merchant Taylors' School, Sandy Lodge & St. John's Preparatory School, Northwood, and is associated with Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby, Merchant Taylors' School for Girls, Crosby, Wolverhampton Grammar School, Foyle and Londonderry College, Wallingford School, and The King's School, Macclesfield. It also donates prizes to St. Helen's School, Northwood. It also maintains interest in tertiary/further education at St. John's College, Oxford & Pembroke College, Cambridge. It gives support to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the London College of Fashion, the Textile Conservation Centre and the Royal Society of Arts. It also supports Treloar School/College in Hampshire which is a school/college for boys and girls with physical disabilities. Merchant Taylors Armorial Bearings Merchant Taylors School is a top British public school, located in Northwood. ... Merchant Taylors School, Crosby (also known as Merchant Taylors School for Boys, Crosby or, locally, Merchants) is a British public school, located in Great Crosby on Merseyside. ... Wolverhampton Grammar School is a fee paying mixed sex selective day school. ... Foyle and Londonderry College is a grammar school in the city of Londonderry, Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom. ... The Kings School, Macclesfield is an independent day school based in Macclesfield. ... St Johns College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... Full name Pembroke College Motto - Named after Countess of Pembroke, Mary de St Pol Previous names Marie Valence Hall (1347), Pembroke Hall (?), Pembroke College (1856) Established 1347 Sister College(s) Queens College Master Sir Richard Dearlove Location Pembroke Street Undergraduates ~420 Postgraduates 194 Homepage Boatclub Pembroke College is a... The GSMD seen across the Barbican lake. ... The London College of Fashion is a member of the University of the Arts London. ... The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. ...

Under an order issued by the Lord Mayor of London in the 15th century, the Company ranks in sixth or seventh place (making it one of the "Great Twelve City Livery Companies") in the order of precedence of the Livery Companies, alternating with the Skinners' Company. The annual switch occurs on Easter. This may be the origin of the phrase "At sixes and sevens". The Merchant Taylors are normally sixth in the order of precedence in odd numbered years, and at seven in even numbered years, but as the Lord Mayor for 2005/6 is a member of the Merchant Taylor's company there will be no change until 2008, unless the Lord Mayor elected for 2006 is a Skinner. Michael Berry Savory. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... Livery Companies are trade associations based in the City of London. ... An order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of nominal importance of people; it is used by many organizations and governments. ... The Worshipful Company of Skinners is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. ... Easter is the most important religious holiday of the Christian liturgical year, observed in March, April, or May to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, which Christians believe occurred after his death by crucifixion in AD 30-33 (see Good Friday). ... At sixes and sevens is an English phrase, common in the UK. It is used to describe a state of confusion or disarray. ...

The Company's motto is Concordia Parvae Res Crescunt, Latin for In Harmony Small Things Grow. Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...

See also

• William Paterson (banker)

William Paterson (born 1665 or 1658 in Skipmyre, Dumfriesshire - died in Westminster on January 22, 1719) was a Scottish trader in London. ...

External link

• The Merchant Taylors' Company
• Merchant Taylors' School Northwood
• Merchant Taylors' School Crosby