Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Guide to the Worshipful Company of Weavers Charter, 1707, copy circa 1745
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| Notes: | The collection is open for research.
The Worshipful Company of Weavers is the older of the Livery Companies in the City of London, established by 1130. The Collection contains a copy of a charter issued by Queen Anne in 1707. The copy is believed to have been created in connection with a legal case, circa 1745.
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| Summary: | The Worshipful Company of Weavers Collection contains a single item: a manuscript copy of the charter issued by Queen Anne to the guild in 1707. The copy is believed to have been created in connection with a legal case, circa 1745, and to duplicate the text of the original charter in the Worshipful Company of Weavers' Records held by the London Municipal Archives. The copy charter is bound and consists of 6 leaves. The document is signed, possibly by James Cocks, a member of the 1st British Parliament. The charter outlines the powers granted to the guild and the restrictions under which they must operate.
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| Cite as: | When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Worshipful Company of Weavers. Charter, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
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| Cumulative Index / Finding Aids Note: | Finding aid available in the Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library, 1100 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637.
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