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The Skinners	1327	Edward III.
The Carpenters	1344	Edward III.
The Grocers	1345	Edward III.
The Vintners	1365	Edward III.
The Fishmongers	1384	Richard II.
The Mercers	1393	Richard II.
The Salters	1394	Richard II.
The Haberdashers	1407	Henry IV.
The Cordwainers	1410	Henry IV.
The Cutlers	1413	Henry V.
The Armourers	1423	Henry VI.
The Brewers	1438	Henry VI.
The Drapers	1439	Henry VI.
The Leathersellers	1442	Henry VI.
The Barber Surgeons	1461	Edward IV.
The Ironmongers	1463	Edward IV.
The Tallow Chandlers	1463	Edward IV.
The Merchant Tailors	1466	Edward IV.
The Dyers	1472	Edward IV.
The Pewterers	1474	Edward IV.
The Cooks	1480	Edward IV.
The Clothworkers	1482	Edward IV.
The Joiners	1569	Elizabeth.

Their Halls.The greater part of the Halls which existed before or near the Reformation appear to have been formed from the deserted mansions of the great, and from buildings devoted to religious purposes. Drapers Hall was a mansion belonging to Lord Cromwell; Salters Hall belonged to the Earl of Oxford; The Grocers built their Hall on the site of Lord Fitzwalter's town mansion; the minor companies, in several instances, bought and converted the Halls of the dissolved religious houses into Trade Halls, as, for instance, the Leathersellers, who fitted up the fine hall of the Nuns of St. Helens; the Pinners, who occupied the Austin Friars Hall, afterwards called "Pinners Hall Meeting House"; the Barber Surgeons, who built on part of the site