The History of the Twelve Great Livery Companies of London: Principally Compiled from Their Grants & Records. With an Historical Essay and Accounts of Each Company, Including Notices and Illustrations of Metropolitan Trade and Commerce, as Originally Concentrated in Those Societies, with Attested Copies and Translations of the Companies' Charters, Volume 1author, 1837 - Guilds |
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