The Worshipful Company of Horners is one of the
livery companies of the
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
A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent. Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws, the most famous example being the English Magna Carta (great charter) of 1215, but s ...
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, as it continues to do. The company also acts as a charitable body.
The Horners' Company ranks fifty-fourth in the
order of precedence
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for livery companies.
External links
The Horners' Company
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Horners
Plastics industry organizations