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Mottos and halls of the Livery Companies

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The Livery Companies of the City of London are listed below in alphabetical order, rather than by their order of precedence. Most Companies' mottos are double entendres or puns about their relevant trade, and many are in Latin. Where applicable, the location of the Company's livery hall is also shown:

  • Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators: Per Cælum Via Nostra (Our Way Is By The Heavens)
  • Worshipful Society of Apothecaries: Opiferque Per Orbem Dicor (I Am Called a Bringer of Help Throughout the World)
  • Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers: We Are One
  • Worshipful Company of Bakers: Praise God For All
  • Worshipful Company of Barbers: De Praescientia Dei (From the Foreknowledge of God)
  • Worshipful Company of Basketmakers: Let Us Love One Another
  • Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths: By Hammer and Hand All Arts Do Stand
  • Worshipful Company of Bowyers: Crécy, Poitiers, Agincourt
  • Worshipful Company of Brewers: In God Is All Our Trust
  • Worshipful Company of Broderers: Omnia De Super (All From Above)
  • Worshipful Company of Butchers: Omnia Subiecisti Sub Pedibus, Oves Et Boves (Thou Hast Put All Things Under Man's Feet, All Sheep and Oxen)
  • Worshipful Company of Carmen: Scite, Cite, Certo (Skilfully, Swiftly, Surely)
  • Worshipful Company of Carpenters: Honour God
  • Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants: True and Fair
  • Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects: Firmnesse, Commodite, Delyte
  • Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators: Service with Integrity
  • Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors: Modus ab Initio (Method from the Very Beginning)
  • Worshipful Company of Clockmakers: Tempus Rerum Imperatur (Time is the Commander of All Things)
  • Worshipful Company of Clothworkers: My Trust Is in God Alone
  • Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers: Surgit Post Nubila Phoebus (The Sun Rises After The Clouds)
  • Worshipful Company of Cooks: Vulnerati Non Victi (Wounded Not Conquered)
  • Worshipful Company of Coopers: Love as Brethren
  • Worshipful Company of Cordwainers: Corio et Arte (Leather and Art)
  • Worshipful Company of Curriers: Spes Nostra Deus (Our Hope is in God)
  • Worshipful Company of Cutlers: Pour Parvenir A Bonne Foy (To Succeed Through Good Faith)
  • Worshipful Company of Distillers: Drop as Rain, Distil as Dew.
  • Worshipful Company of Drapers: Unto God Only Be Honour and Glory
  • Worshipful Company of Dyers: Da Gloriam Deo (Give Glory to God)
  • Worshipful Company of Engineers: Certare Ingenio (Use Skills to the Best of One's Abilities)
  • Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners: Tergere Est Servare (To Clean Is To Preserve)
  • Worshipful Company of Fan Makers: Arts and Trade United
  • Worshipful Company of Farmers: Give Us Our Daily Bread.
  • Worshipful Company of Farriers: Vi et Virtute (By Strength and by Virtue)
  • Worshipful Company of Feltmakers: Decus et Tutamen (An Ornament and a Safeguard)
  • Worshipful Company of Fishmongers: Al Worship Be To God Only
  • Worshipful Company of Fletchers: True and Sure
  • Worshipful Company of Founders: God, The Only Founder
  • Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters: Speed, Strength and Truth United
  • Worshipful Company of Fruiterers: Deus Dat Incrementum (God Gives the Increase)
  • Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers: no motto
  • Worshipful Company of Gardeners: In The Sweat Of Thy Brows Shalt Thou Eate Thy Bread
  • Worshipful Company of Girdlers: Give Thanks To God
  • Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers: Discordia Frangimur (Discord Weakens)
  • Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass: Lucem Tuam Da Nobis Deo (O God, Give Us Your Light)
  • Worshipful Company of Glovers: True Hands and Warm Hearts
  • Worshipful Company of Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers: Amicitiam Trahit Amor (Love Draws Friendship)
  • Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths: Justitia Virtutum Regina (Justice is Queen of Virtues)
  • Worshipful Company of Grocers: God Grant Grace
  • Worshipful Company of Gunmakers: no motto
  • Worshipful Company of Haberdashers: Serve and Obey
  • Worshipful Company of Horners: no motto
  • Worshipful Company of Information Technologists: Cito (Swiftly)
  • Worshipful Company of Innholders: Hinc Spes Affulget (Hence Hope Shines Forth)
  • Worshipful Company of Insurers: Omnium Defensor (Protector of All)
  • Worshipful Company of Ironmongers: God Is Our Strength
  • Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers: Join Loyalty With Liberty
  • Worshipful Company of Launderers: no motto
  • Worshipful Company of Leathersellers: Soli Deo Honor et Gloria (Honour and Glory to God Alone)
  • Worshipful Company of Loriners: no motto
  • Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards: Corde Recto Elati Omnes (With an Upright Heart All Are Exalted)
  • Worshipful Company of Management Consultants: Change through Wisdom
  • Worshipful Company of Marketors: Mercatura Adiuvat Omnes (Marketing Benefits Everyone)
  • Worshipful Company of Masons: God is our Guide
  • Worshipful Company of Mercers: Honor Deo (Honour to God)
  • Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors: Concordia Parvae Res Crescunt (In Harmony Small Things Grow)
  • Worshipful Company of Musicians: Preserve Harmony
  • Worshipful Company of Needlemakers: They Sewed Fig Leaves Together And Made Themselves Aprons
  • Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers: Amor Queat Obedientiam (Love Can Compel Obedience)
  • Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers: Recipiunt Foeminae Sustentacula Nobis (Women Receive Support From Us)
  • Worshipful Company of Paviors: God Can Raise To Abraham Children of Stone
  • Worshipful Company of Pewterers: In God is all my Trust
  • Worshipful Company of Plaisterers: Let Brotherly Love Continue
  • Worshipful Company of Plumbers: Justicia Et Pax (Justice and Peace)
  • Worshipful Company of Poulters: Remember Your Oath
  • Worshipful Company of Saddlers: Hold Fast, Sit Sure; Our Trust Is In God
  • Worshipful Company of Salters: Sal Sapit Omnia ("Salt seasons everything"; implies that "Wit improves discourse")
  • Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers: Sine Nobis Scientia Languet (Science Languishes Without Us)
  • Worshipful Company of Scriveners: Scribite Scientes (Write, Ye Learned Ones) - formerly Litera Scripta Manet (The Written Word Remains)
  • Worshipful Company of Shipwrights: Within the Ark Safe Forever
  • Worshipful Company of Skinners: To God Only Be All Glory
  • Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers: A Blessing to the Aged
  • Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers: Verbum Domini Manet in Eternum (The Word of the Lord Endures Forever)
  • Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers: Ecce Agnus Dei Qui Tollit Peccata Mundi (Behold the Lamb of God, Who Takes Away the Sins of the World)
  • Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers: Amore Sitis Uniti (Be United In Love)
  • Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders: Producat Terra (Out of the Earth)
  • Worshipful Company of Turners: By Faith I Obteigne
  • Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers: In God Is All Our Trust
  • Worshipful Company of Upholders: Sustine Bona (Uphold the Good)
  • Worshipful Company of Vintners: Vinum Exhilarat Animum (Wine Cheers the Mind)
  • Worshipful Company of Water Conservators : Nulla vita sine aqua (No life without water)
  • Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers: Truth is the Light
  • Worshipful Company of Weavers: Weave Truth With Trust
  • Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights: God Grant Unity
  • Worshipful Company of Woolmen: Lana Spes Nostra (Wool Is Our Hope)
  • Worshipful Company of World Traders: Commerce and honest friendship with all
  • References

    Mottos and halls of the Livery Companies Wikipedia