The Worshipful Company of Horners is one of the Livery Companies

Livery Company

The Livery Companies are 108 trade associations in the City of London, 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 responsible for the regulation of their trades, controlling,...

 of the City of London

City of London

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. It existed in at least 1284. In 1475, the Leather Bottlemakers merged with the Horners. The Company received its Royal Charter

Royal Charter

A royal charter is a formal document issued by a monarch as letters patent, granting a right or power to an individual or a body corporate. They were, and are still, used to establish significant organizations such as cities or universities. Charters should be distinguished from warrants and...

 of incorporation in 1638.

Due to the decline of the trade of horn working, the Company augmented its ongoing association with the ancient trade by encompassing new trades. In 1943, the Company decided to support the plastics industry

Plastics Industry

The plastics industry manufactures polymer materials and offers services in plastics important to a range of industries, including aerospace, building and construction, electronics, packaging, and transportation.-See also:...

, as it continues to do. Also, the Company acts as a charitable body.

The Horners' Company ranks fifty-fourth in the order of precedence

Order of precedence

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for Livery Companies.

External links

• The Horners' Company