An Account of The Mistery of Mercers of the City
of London Compiled by Sir John Watney. (Blades, East, and Blades.)— Sir John Watney, late Clerk of the Mercers' Company, has an unrivalled knowledge of the affairs of that famous corpora- tion during the past forty years, and has long devoted himself to antiquarian research into its past history. Thus the Master and Wardens could have chosen no better man to write the short history of the Company which he has now published, mainly for the use of members. The first existing record of the association or gild which afterwards became the Mercers' Company dates from the year 1190. The first charter was granted by Richard IL in 1394. St. Paul's School was founded, at the cost of Dean Colet, in 1512. Sir John Watney's account of the multifarious charitable activities of the Company should bring a glow of pride to the hearts of all its members.
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