Worshipful Company of Shipwrights (London, England)

LC control no.	n 86075301
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Worshipful Company of Shipwrights (London, England) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Brotherhood of Free Shipwrights of London Ancient Society or Brotherhood of Free Shipwrights of London Society or Brotherhood of Free Shipwrights of London Shipwrights' Company (London, England) Free Shipwrights (London, England) Shipwrights of London Ancient Fraternity of Free Shipwrights (London, England) Worshipful Company of Free Shipwrights (London, England) Master, Wardens, Assistants, and Commonalty of the Ancient Fraternity or Brotherhood of Free Shipwrights of London
Located	London (England)
Special note	Not the same as: Corporation of Shipwrights of England (London, England)
Found in	Reasons for a reg. re-establish. of the Corporation of Shipwrights of England [MI] 1695?: p. 6 (Brotherhood of Free Shipwrights of London; Ancient Society or Brotherhood of Free Shipwrights of London; Society or Brotherhood of Free Shipwrights of London) CSt/G-K files (usage: Worshipful Company of Shipwrights) Ridge, C. Records of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, 1939: v. 1, p. xi, etc. (Free Shipwrights; Worshipful Company of Free Shipwrights; Master Wardens Assistants and Commonalty of the Ancient Fraternity or Brotherhood of Free Shipwrights of London; Shipwrights' Company; rival of the Corporation of Shipwrights of England which existed at Rotherhithe (or Redriff) on the Surrey side of the Thames; their dispute lasted some 70 years and ended in 1684 when the Corporation's charter of 1612 was cancelled) Blackham, R. The soul of the city, London's livery companies, 1931: p. 234, etc. (Shipwrights' Company; Shipwrights of London; Ancient Fraternity of Free Shipwrights; Free Shipwrights; they never had a royal charter but have been recognized since 1260) London enc., 1983: p. 170 (Shipwrights' Company; Free Shipwrights)