Broderers' Hall

The Broderers' Hall or Embroiderers' Hall[1] at 36 Gutter Lane was the livery hall of the Worshipful Company of Broderers, the City of London livery company for embroiderers from 1515 until its destruction in 1940.[2][3]

The hall was originally a monastery that dated from the 10th century.[3] The site for the hall was bought with the proceeds of a bequest from a John Throwstone in 1519.[4] The hall was rebuilt after being damaged in the Great Fire of London in 1666.[5] It was described in 1815 by John Wilkes in his Encyclopaedia Londinensis as a "small but very handsome building".[6] After being little used by the Company of Broderers, it became a warehouse in the 19th century.[5] In 1889 during excavations for a basement, human bones were found as well as pieces of poetry and glass from Londinium, the Roman settlement.[3]

The hall was destroyed in World War II in 1940, during the London blitz.[3] The Broderers sold the site of the hall in 1957, and a plaque now marks the spot where it once stood, now Priest Court at 32 Gutter Lane. The site is now occupied by the Schroders building.[3] The Worshipful Company of Broderers now dine in Mercers' Hall, the hall of the Worshipful Company of Mercers.[3] The Broderers gave the Mercers an altar cloth for their chapel in 1958.[3]

References

James Elmes (1831). A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs. Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot. pp. 183–.
Derek Sumeray (23 August 2011). London Plaques. Shire Books. ISBN 978-0-7478-1155-8.
John Kennedy Melling (2003). London's Guilds and Liveries. Osprey Publishing. pp. 45–. ISBN 978-0-7478-0559-5.
John Richardson (2000). The Annals of London: A Year-by-year Record of a Thousand Years of History. University of California Press. pp. 80–. ISBN 978-0-520-22795-8.
Ben Weinreb (2008). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. pp. 177–. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.
John Wilkes (of Milland House, Sussex) (1815). Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature. pp. 607–.

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[Elmes1831-1] James Elmes (1831). A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs. Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot. pp. 183–.

[Sumeray2011-2] Derek Sumeray (23 August 2011). London Plaques. Shire Books. ISBN 978-0-7478-1155-8.

[Melling2003-3] John Kennedy Melling (2003). London's Guilds and Liveries. Osprey Publishing. pp. 45–. ISBN 978-0-7478-0559-5.

[Richardson2000-4] John Richardson (2000). The Annals of London: A Year-by-year Record of a Thousand Years of History. University of California Press. pp. 80–. ISBN 978-0-520-22795-8.

[Weinreb2008-5] Ben Weinreb (2008). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. pp. 177–. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.

[Sussex)1815-6] John Wilkes (of Milland House, Sussex) (1815). Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature. pp. 607–.