О.В. Яблонская

LONDON GROSERS N. BREMBRE AND J. PHILPOT IN THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE OF LONDON THE LATTER THIRD XIV OF THE CENTURY

Authors

О.В. Яблонская

Keywords:

London, Brembre, Philpot, Company of Grocers

Abstract

The present article is dedicated to the activity of the powerful «The Com-pany of Grocers of London», leaders of which in the second-half XIV of century were influential English merchants N. Brembre and J. Philpot. Company of Grocers, which in XVI century occupies the second place in the list «12 great companies», it was originally known as «The Guild of Pepperers», whose earliest records date from 1180. The merchants of gild formed a community centred on a church which they built in Soper Lane - now Queen Street - and dedicated to St. Antony. They became increasingly involved in the import and export of a variety of goods which they bought and sold «in gross», afte changing the name of the guild in 1376 to «The Company of Grocers of London»

LONDON GROSERS N. BREMBRE AND J. PHILPOT IN THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE OF LONDON THE LATTER THIRD XIV OF THE CENTURY