Worshipful Company of Bakers, Praise God For All, Sidney Street, Cambridge
The Bakers' Company can trace its origins back to 1155 and is the City of London's second oldest recorded guild. The Company’s membership is drawn from those living and working in the City of London; from those working in the Baking Industry or Allied Trades and from those who wish to support charitable activities and see history and tradition maintained. The Bakers’ Company is closely involved with the baking trade and a high proportion of its members are Master Bakers or Allied Traders. This crest and motto is on the exterior of Waterstones Book Store, 22 Sidney Street, Cambridge. This building was used as a bakery around WW1. The Company, 19th in the order of precedence, is one of the oldest City of London Liveries with a history dating back over 800 years. The first known records of the existence of the Bakers’ Guild are contained in the great ‘Pipe Rolls’ of Henry II which listed the yearly ‘farm’ paid to the Crown. It is shown that the Bakers of London (the BOLENGARII) paid a Mark of gold to the King’s Exchequer for their Guild from 1155 AD onwards. Only the Weavers’ Guild has an entry a few years earlier in the Rolls, so the Bakers, based on these records, can claim to be the second oldest recorded guild in London.
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Location: 22 Sidney St, Cambridge, CB2 3HG, UK
Photo credit: © Adrian Weston / Alamy / Afripics
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