7-665: (Redirected from Cutlers Company ) Cutlers' Company may refer to at least two trade associations in England: The Worshipful Company of Cutlers , in London, chartered 1416 The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire , in Sheffield, founded 1624 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
14-598: A bonne foy , an Anglo-Norman phrase meaning To succeed through good faith . The Company's livery hall is located on a site in Warwick Lane once occupied by the Royal College of Physicians , near Newgate Street . It was designed by T. Tayler Smith, the Company's surveyor, and was opened in 1888. It is a brick building, the façade decorated with a terracotta frieze depicting the processes of knife-making by
21-549: A contributor, the Cutlers Company has stated it has no connection whatsoever with the location. Meanwhile a historian of the Elephant and Castle area states that 'elephant and castle' was a common public house name, and the eponymous district of London simply acquired its name in a happenstance fashion from that establishment. The Company's motto was originally Pervenir a bonne foy , which later became Pour parvenir
28-729: A strong connection with its trade, which for the most part relocated north to Sheffield , where a similar association, the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire was established. Thus, the Livery Company remains primarily as a charitable institution. The Company funds and administers a variety of educational initiatives such as scholarships and awards. John Stowe stated that the arms of the Cutlers of London ( "Gules, three pairs of swords in saltire argent hilts and pommels or ) were granted in 1476 by Thomas Holme, Clarenceux King of Arms , and
35-562: Is one of the ancient Livery Companies of the City of London . It ranks 18th in the order of precedence of the Companies. 51°30.93′N 0°6.056′W / 51.51550°N 0.100933°W / 51.51550; -0.100933 The trade of knife -making and repairing was formed in the thirteenth century as a guild; the Cutlers' Company received a Royal Charter in 1416. The Company, like many other City Livery Companies, no longer has
42-404: The crest "an elephant bearing a castle" by Robert Cooke (c.1535-1592/3), Clarenceux. The supporters are two elephants. It has been claimed the elephant and castle crest gave rise to a public house displaying the crest as its sign on the site of an old cutlers' inn at Newington , south London , and this is responsible for the naming of area Elephant and Castle . In correspondence with
49-520: The title Cutlers' Company . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cutlers%27_Company&oldid=696465947 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Worshipful Company of Cutlers The Worshipful Company of Cutlers
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