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The Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. The organisation, which engaged in not only tallow candle making, but also in the trade of oils, received a Royal Charter in 1462. The Tallow Chandlers, were traditionally separate from Wax Chandlers; wax candles were customary in churches, while tallow (animal fat) candles were used in homes. As is the case with most other Livery Companies, the Tallow Chandlers are no longer a trade association of candle makers, its decline precipitated by the invention of lightbulbs. Instead, it exists as a charitable institution, yet supporting education in oil-related fields.
The Tallow Chandlers' Company ranks twenty-first in the order of precedence of Livery Companies, immediately below the Wax Chandlers. The Company's motto is Ecce Agnus Dei Qui Tollit Peccata Mundi, Latin for Behold the Lamb of God, Who Takes Away the Sins of the World, a reference to Jesus.
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The Tallow Chandlers' Company (http://www.tallowchandlers.org/)
The 106 Livery Companies are trade associations based in the City of London, each known as the WorshipfulCompany of the relevant trade or profession.
The Livery Companies originally developed as guilds and were responsible for the regulation of their trades, controlling, for instance, wages and labour conditions.
Among the earliest companies known to have possessed halls were the Merchant Taylors and Goldsmiths in the 14th century, but neither theirs nor other companies' original halls remain; the few survivors of the Great Fire were destroyed, along with many reconstructed ones, during the Blitz.
The WorshipfulCompany of TallowChandlers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.
The TallowChandlers, were traditionally separate from Wax Chandlers; wax candles were customary in churches, while tallow (animal fat) candles were used in homes.
As is the case with most other Livery Companies, the TallowChandlers are no longer a trade association of candle makers, its decline precipitated by the invention of lightbulbs.
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