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{{Short description|Livery company of the City of London}}
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The '''Worshipful Company of Broderers''' is one of the [[livery company|livery companies]] of the [[City of London]]. "Broderer" is an archaic synonym for  "[[embroiderer]]". The organization existed in at least 1376, and was officially incorporated by a [[royal charter]] in 1561. As the craft of embroidery has lost its importance as a trade, the company has become less of a [[trade association]] for broderers. Instead, the company is now, as are most livery companies, a charitable foundation.

The company is the forty-eighth in the [[Livery company#Precedence|order of precedence]] for livery companies. Its motto is ''Omnia Desuper'', Latin for ''All From Above''.

The [[livery hall]] of the Broderers, [[Broderers' Hall]], stood on Gutter Lane from 1515 until its destruction in the [[London blitz]].<ref name="Sumeray2011">{{cite book|author=Derek Sumeray|title=London Plaques|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oEV9prkrRo4C|date=23 August 2011|publisher=Shire Books|isbn=978-0-7478-1155-8}}</ref> The Broderers now dine in [[Worshipful Company of Mercers#Mercers.27 Hall|Mercers' Hall]].<ref name="Melling2003">{{cite book|author=John Kennedy Melling|author-link=John Kennedy Melling|title=London's Guilds and Liveries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S6eBkp6zZ9UC&pg=PA45|year=2003|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-0-7478-0559-5|page=45}}</ref>

== Arms ==
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|image  = Arms of the Worshipful Company of Broderers.svg
|escutcheon = Paly of six argent and azure, on a fesse gules between three lions passant guardant Or, armed and langued gules, two broaches in saltire between as many quills of the third.
|crest = On a wreath argent and gules, A hurt radiated Or and charged with a St. Esprit displayed argent, beaked and membered gules. Mantled gules, doubled argent.
|supporters = On either side a lion rampant Or gutty de sang.
|motto=Omnia desuper.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/wiki/Worshipful_Company_of_Broderers|title=Worshipful Company of Broderers| publisher=Heraldry of the World |accessdate=5 May 2024}}</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.broderers.co.uk Official site]

{{Livery Companies in the City of London}}

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[[Category:1561 establishments in England]]
[[Category:English embroidery]]
[[Category:Livery companies|B]]
[[Category:Charities based in London]]

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