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The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers is one of the 12 senior Livery Companies of the City of London in London England. ==History and functions== The Haberdashers' Company follows the Mercers' Company (the other City livery company connected with clothing and originally haberdashery) in precedence, receiving its Royal Charter in 1448 and has records dating back to 1371. The formal name under which it is incorporated is ''The Master and Four Wardens of the Fraternity of the Art or Mystery of Haberdashers in the City of London''. The company, which was originally responsible for the regulation of cloth merchants, began losing its control over that trade as the population of London increased and spread outwards from the City after the Industrial Revolution. Thus, the company now serves as an educational and charitable institution whilst maintaining links with its heritage by giving awards for fashion education. As an educational institution, the Haberdashers' Company has a tradition of supporting schools. It founded a boys' school in Hoxton and then expanded to schools in Hatcham in south London and Hampstead in north London; the Hampstead school moved in 1961 to become the Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree and the separate girls' school, founded in Acton, has now relocated to an adjacent site in Elstree. The Haberdashers' Company also runs a Hatcham academy, open to girls and boys; other schools are situated elsewhere in the United Kingdom: ''eg'' William Adams, a haberdasher by trade, founded in 1656 the Adams' Grammar School in his home town of Newport, Shropshire. In keeping with its Christian tradition, the Haberdashers' Company presents copies of the King James Bible to starters at all its schools. The company owns and takes an interest in the patronage of its eight parish church advowsons. The company is sole trustee of two major educational charities: Haberdashers' Aske's Charity and the William Jones's Schools Foundation. The company ranks eighth in the order of precedence of City livery companies and, as such, it is recognised as one of the Great Twelve City Livery Companies. Like other livery companies, it supports the work of the Lord Mayor, the City of London Corporation and the Sheriffs of London.〔(Alderman and Haberdasher William Russell at www.cityoflondon.gov.uk )〕 HRH The Earl of Wessex currently serves on the Haberdashers' Court of Assistants. Haberdashers' Hall was for many centuries in the Bassishaw Ward of the City but in 2002 the company took additional premises in Farringdon Without Ward. The Haberdashers' motto is "Serve and Obey". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Worshipful Company of Haberdashers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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