Carpenters Company

The Company received its coat of arms in 1466. It is described as “A felde silver a Cheveron sable grayled iii Compas of the same” meaning “a field silver, a chevron sable […]

The archives of the Carpenters’ Company contain an almost unbroken series of records documenting the history of the Company from the fifteenth century to the present day. Earliest documents The […]

Carpenters’ Hall houses a collection of paintings, silver, artefacts, works of art and furniture which reflect the Company’s long history. The Company has always maintained a collection of plate, with […]

Emerging from the ashes During the eighteenth century, the Carpenters’ Company looked to land and property investments for income. A 63-acre farm in the parish of West Ham, near Stratford, […]

By 1333, the Carpenters’ Company had developed a ‘Boke of Ordinances’ setting out a number of rules. Most related to the provision of help to members in need and included a payment of […]

The history of the Carpenters’ Company goes back over 700 years, with the first written reference a mention of a Master Carpenter in the City of London’s records of 1271. It was […]