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Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths (commonly known as The Goldsmiths' Company and formally styled The Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery of Goldsmiths of the City of London), is one of the Great Twelve Livery Companies of the City of London, headquartered at Goldsmiths' Hall, London EC2.
The company, which originates from twelfth-century London, received a Royal Charter in 1327 and ranks fifth in precedence of the City Livery Companies.
Its motto is Justitia Virtutum Regina, Latin for Justice is Queen of Virtues.
Established as a medieval guild for the goldsmith trade, the term hallmarking derives from precious metals being officially inspected and marked at Goldsmiths' Hall in the City of London. They were an influential guild, supplying more than 50 Lord Mayors of London.
Its guild church of St John Zachary in Maiden Lane in Covent Garden was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666.
In 1812, twenty almshouses were built on the former Perryn estate in Acton, on land bequeathed to the company by Alderman John Perryn in 1657.
In 1891, the Goldsmiths' Company founded the Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute, becoming Goldsmiths' College then Goldsmiths, University of London.
One of the few Livery Companies today playing a formal role in its ancient trade, it oversees the Goldsmiths' Company Assay Office, where objects made of precious metals are tested for purity, and then marked with an official symbol should they pass the necessary tests. At the Trial of the Pyx, the Goldsmiths' Company is also responsible for checking the validity of British coinage.
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Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths (commonly known as The Goldsmiths' Company and formally styled The Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery of Goldsmiths of the City of London), is one of the Great Twelve Livery Companies of the City of London, headquartered at Goldsmiths' Hall, London EC2.
The company, which originates from twelfth-century London, received a Royal Charter in 1327 and ranks fifth in precedence of the City Livery Companies.
Its motto is Justitia Virtutum Regina, Latin for Justice is Queen of Virtues.
Established as a medieval guild for the goldsmith trade, the term hallmarking derives from precious metals being officially inspected and marked at Goldsmiths' Hall in the City of London. They were an influential guild, supplying more than 50 Lord Mayors of London.
Its guild church of St John Zachary in Maiden Lane in Covent Garden was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666.
In 1812, twenty almshouses were built on the former Perryn estate in Acton, on land bequeathed to the company by Alderman John Perryn in 1657.
In 1891, the Goldsmiths' Company founded the Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute, becoming Goldsmiths' College then Goldsmiths, University of London.
One of the few Livery Companies today playing a formal role in its ancient trade, it oversees the Goldsmiths' Company Assay Office, where objects made of precious metals are tested for purity, and then marked with an official symbol should they pass the necessary tests. At the Trial of the Pyx, the Goldsmiths' Company is also responsible for checking the validity of British coinage.
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