Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders
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The Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders is one of the famous 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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. The Company ranks eighty-second in the Order of Precedence
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 for City of London Livery Companies. It has never had its own Livery Hall, but meets most regularly in the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers
Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers
The Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. An organisation of stainers, or painters of metals and wood, is known to have existed as early as 1268. A similar organisation of painters, who generally worked on cloth, existed as early as 1283...

' Hall in Little Trinity Street, and occasionally in Halls belonging to other Livery Companies.

The Company was first incorporated by Royal Charter
Royal Charter
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 granted by King James I in 1619, with responsibility for regulating the manufacture of clay tobacco-pipes. In 1643, following the outbreak of the English Civil War
English Civil War
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 in 1642, the Company forfeited its Charter through non-payment of its annual rent to King Charles I
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. The Company was restored by King Charles II
Charles II of England
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 in 1663, but was declared bankrupt in 1868 after its powers of regulation over tobacco-pipe makers were abolished and its income from its members had declined significantly. The Company was reincorporated as the Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders in 1954 by members of the Briar Pipe and Tobacco Trades, and in 1960 became a Livery Company once more.

In common with many other Livery Companies, it is no longer a trade association and is primarily concerned with raising funds for distribution to various charities through its Benevolent Fund, as well as supporting educational institutions and providing support for members of the tobacco trade and their families who may have fallen on hard times.

The Company's motto is Producat Terra, Latin for Out of the Earth.

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