m LON 
Arms s Argent, three horfe-ffioes fable. Creft; an arm 
embowed, iffuing from clouds on the finifter fide, all pro¬ 
per, holding in the hand a hammer azure, handled and 
ducally crowned or. Motto, Vi et virtute ; “By ftrength 
and courage.” 
56. Paviors. —This is a company only by prefcription, 
and may therefore be efteemed an adulterine guild. It is 
governed by a mailer, three wardens, and twenty-five al- 
fiftants ; but has neither ball nor livery. 
Arms : Argent, a chevron between three fiag-ftones 
fable. Creft ; an arm embowed, veiled azure, culled ar¬ 
gent, holding in the hand a pick-axe proper. Motto, 
God can raife to Abraham children of Hones. Matth. iii. 9. 
57. Lorinbrs, or Lorimers ; lorimier, Fr. from lorum, 
Lat. a thong; their trade being to make fpurs, bits for 
bridles, and fuch-like final 1 iron-ware.—This company, 
though it appears to be very ancient, and though men¬ 
tioned flat, i Rich. II. c. 12. yet was not incorporated till 
the year 1712, by the name of “ The Mafter, Wardens, 
Alfiftants, and Commonalty, of Loriners of London.” It 
is a livery-company, underthe government of a mafter, two 
wardens, and twenty-four alfiftants ; livery-fine, ten pounds. 
Not having had a hall for fome years, the affairs of the com¬ 
pany are tranfafted at the Nag’s Head in Leadenhall-ftreet. 
Arms : Azure, on a chevron argent, between three 
manger-bits or, as many boffes fable. We find neither 
creft, fupporters, nor motto. 
58. Apothecaries. —The Company of Apothecaries 
■was incorporated at firft with the Grocers by James I. in 
the year 1606 ; but were l'eparated by' another charter 
granted by the fame king in the year 1617, and incorpo¬ 
rated by the name of “ The Mafter, Wardens, and So¬ 
ciety, of the Art and Myftery of Apothecaries of the 
City of London :” at which time there were no more 
than one hundred and four apothecaries’ Ihops within the 
city and fuburbs of London. See Apothecary, vol i. 
p. 811.—The members of this company', who by divers 
a£ls of parliament are exempt from ward and parilh of¬ 
fices, have a fpacious phyfic-garden at Chelfea ; which, in 
1721, was granted to the company for ever by fir Hans 
Sloane, the lord of the manor, on condition of their pay¬ 
ing a quit-rent of 5I. and continuing it always as a phy¬ 
fic-garden, and of prefenting every year to the Royal So¬ 
ciety fifty famples of different forts of plants, there grown, 
till they amount to two thoufand. The latter of thefe 
conditions hath been long fince more than completed. 
The affairs of the company are managed by a mafter, two 
wardens, and twenty-one alfiftants. Livery-fine, fixteen 
pounds. Hall, Water-lane, Rlackfriars: fee p. 504. 
Arms : Azure, Apollo with his head radiant, holding 
in his left-hand a bow, in his right an arrow, all or ; riding 
a ferpent azure. Creft ; a rhinoceros ftatant proper. Sup¬ 
porters ; two unicorns argent, armed, crined, and hoofed, 
or. Motto, Opifcrque per orban dicor ; “ And I lhall be 
called a helper through all the world.” 
59. Shipwrights.— This was a lociety by prefcription 
for a great number of years, but was at length incorpo¬ 
rated by James II. in the year 1605, by the name of 
“ The Mafter, Wardens, and Commonalty, of the Art or 
Myftery of Shipwrights, London;” but was not admitted 
to have a livery till the year 1782. See p. 117.—Their 
hall, which itood at Ratcliff Crofs, being pulled down, 
they row meet in the Irifh Chamber, at Guildhall. 
A otis: Azure, an antique hulk or; in a chief argent, 
the crofs of St. George gules, charged in the centre with 
* lion paffant gardant of the fecond. Creft; an ark or, 
on the top of the a> k a dove argent, holding in the beak 
an olive-bran h vert. 
60. Spectacle-makers. —Incorporated by letters pa¬ 
tent of Charles I. ; n the year 1630, by the name of 
“The Mafter, Waruens, and Ftllowftiip, of Spedlacie- 
makers of London.” They confift of a mafter, two war¬ 
dens, and fifteen alfiftants ; but have no livery. 
Arms: Argent, three pair of fpeftacles vert, garnifiied 
•r, two and one. Motto, A blelfing to the aged. 
DON. 
61. Clock-makers.—T his fraternity was incorporated 
by Charles I. in the year 163a, by the name of “The 
Mafter, Wardens, and Society, of the Art of Clock-ma¬ 
kers of the City of London.” It is governed by a maf- 
ter, wardens, and twenty-eight alfiftants: livery, about 
200; fine, 21I. Hall, none. 
Arms: Sable, a time-piece, or clock, furmounted at 
top with a fquare pedcftal fupporting a crown, upon which 
a lion paffant gardant is placed ; all or. (The clock-ma¬ 
kers of the prefent day do not admit the lion to be a part 
of their arms.) Creft ; a fphere or. Supporters 5 on the 
dexter the figure of Time with his feythe, holding the 
hour glafs in his right-hand proper ; on the finifter an 
emperor in his robes, on his head an imperial crown, and 
in his finifter hand a feeptre furmounted of a dove, all 
proper. Motto, Tempus rerum imperator ; “ Time governs 
all things.” 
62. Glovers. —The Company of Glovers was incor¬ 
porated by Charles I. who, on the 5th of September, 1638, 
granted them a charter by the name and ftyle of “The 
Mafter, Wardens, and Fellowfliip, of the Company of 
Glovers of the City of London.” if is governed by a 
mafter, four wardens, and thirty alfiftants; livery-fine, 
5I. 13s. 4d. Hall, fee p. 488. 
Arms: Per fefs fable and argent, a pale counter- 
changed ; three rams falient of the fecond, two and one, 
armed and unguled or. Creft ; a ram’s head iffuing from 
a balket argent, between two wings expanded gules. 
63. Come-makers. —The Comb-makers’Company was 
incorporated by Charles I. in the year 1636, by the name 
of “ The Mafter, Wardens, and Fellowfliip, of the Comb- 
makers of London.” It conlilts of a mafter, two wardens, 
and thirteen alfiftants ; but has neither livery nor hall. 
Arms : Argent, a lion paffant gardant between three 
combs or. Creft ; a mount, thereon an elephant Handing 
againft a tree, all proper. 
64. Felt-makers.— -The Felt or Hat makers were an¬ 
ciently united with the Haberdaftiers ; but, a reparation 
being obtained by the former, they were, by letters pa¬ 
tent of James I. in the year 1604, incorporated by the 
name of “The Mafter, Wardens, and Commonalty, of 
the Art or Myftery of Felt-makers of London.” They 
are governed by a matter, four wardens, and twenty-five 
alfiftants; livery-fine, 5I. They hold their meetings at 
Pewterers’ Hall. 
Arms: Argent, a dexter hand couped at the wrift gules, 
between two hat-bands nowed azure; in chief a hat fable 
banded of the third. Creft; a naked arm embowed pro¬ 
per, holding in the hand a hat fable, banded azure. 
65. Frame-work Knitters. —This fraternity was in¬ 
corporated by letters patent of king Charles II. in the 
year 1663, by the name of “The Mafter, Wardens, Af- 
fittants, and Society, of the Art and Myftery of Frame¬ 
work Knitters in the Cities of London and Weftminlter, 
the Kingdom of England, and Dominion of Wales.” It 
is under the dire&ion of a mafter, two wardens, and eigh¬ 
teen alfiftants : livery-fine, 10!. They meet at the King’s 
Head tavern, in the Poultry. 
Arms : Argent, a knitting-frame fable, garnifiied or, 
with work pendant in bafe gules. Supporters; the dexter, 
a ftudent of the univerfity of Oxford, vetted proper; the 
finifter, a woman proper, vetted azure, handkerchief, 
apron, and cuffs to the gqwn, argent; in her dexter hand 
a knitting-needle, and in her finifter a piece of worlted- 
knit gules. 
66. Silk Throwsters, or Throwers. —This art 
firft pradlifed in London, in the reign of queen Elizabeth, 
by foreigners; wliofe defeendants, and others, in the year 
1562, were conftituted a fellowlhip of this city; and by 
letters patent of Charles I. in the year 1630, were incor¬ 
porated by the name of “ The Mafter, Wardens, Alfiftants, 
and Commonalty, of the Trade, Art, or Myftery, of Silk- 
throwers of the City of London.” They are governed 
by a mafter, two wardens, and twenty aliiltants; but have 
ho livery nor liall. 
Arms; 
