Coat of arms of the Drapers Company — Coat of arms of the Worshipful Company of Drapers Usually known as the Drapers Company, The Master and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the Guild or Fraternity of the Blessed Mary the Virgin of the Mystery of Drapers of the City of London was… … Wikipedia
Drapers — Drapers, formerly Drapers Record, was founded on 6 August 1887 as a magazine for the women s clothing retail trade. It is now the leading weekly business to business magazine covering the fashion retail sector. Once owned by publisher Thomson… … Wikipedia
Drapers' Gardens — is a site in the City of London at the junction of Throgmorton Avenue and Copthall Avenue on land owned by the Drapers Company, originally forming gardens but used for major office blocks from the 1960s. Contents 1 Seifert skyscraper 2 New… … Wikipedia
Drapers' Academy — Established September 2010 Principal Matthew Slater Chair Major General Adrian Lyons Location Settle Road Romford Essex RM3 9XR … Wikipedia
Drapers' Almshouses — 1) On the west side of Cooper s Row (Elmes, 1831). Founded by Sir John Milborne, Draper, who was Mayor in 1521 (S. 150), and by him entrusted to the Drapers Company. The date over the gate towards the street is 1535 (Strype, ed. 1720, I … Dictionary of London
Drapers' Alley — West out of Woodroffe Lane, north of the Drapers Almshouses (q.v.) (Rocque, 1746; and L. Guide, 1758). In Aldgate Ward. Named after the Drapers Company, whose almshouses it adjoined. Site now covered by the railway lines … Dictionary of London
Drapers Professor of French — The Drapers Professorship of French is the senior professorship in the study of the French language at the University of Cambridge, and was founded in 1919 by a donation from the Worshipful Company of Drapers. Drapers Professors Oliver Herbert… … Wikipedia
Worshipful Company of Drapers — Arms of the Drapers Company The Worshipful Company of Drapers is one of the 108 Livery Companies of the City of London; it has the formal name of The Master and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the Guild or Fraternity of the Blessed Mary the… … Wikipedia
Livery Company — The Livery Companies are 108 trade associations in the City of London,[1] almost all of which are known as the Worshipful Company of the relevant trade, craft or profession. The medieval Companies originally developed as guilds and were… … Wikipedia
livery company — n. any of the London city companies that grew out of earlier trade guilds, characterized by distinctive ceremonial dress * * * n any of the ancient City of London guilds (= associations of business people or skilled workers), each with their own… … Universalium
