The New and Improved list of Guild Names

[I. Marc Carlson]

This list is part of the residue from a discussion of the naming
of "Guilds" in the SCA.  I am aware that there are some social groups
in the Society that have not fallen prey to the ubiquitous "X-Guild"
naming style, but to show the rest, the following is a list of "Guild"
names that are from the period.
There is a difference between, but an overlapping of, Craft Guilds and 
Social Guilds, and it might well be that the members of one comprise the
membership of the other. Some towns had multiple guilds for the same craft.
Many of the guilds (ok, maybe 10%) allowed women to be members as well.

Examples of Guild/Gild names:

Barber-Surgeon's Company (1461) [Later branched Barbers Co. & Surgeons Co.]
Bowyer's Company
Brewer's Company (1437)
Broderers Company [Embroidery]
Brotherhood of Barbers, Norwich
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Butcher's Company
Carmen Company [Carters; Teamsters]
Carpenter's Gild, Norwich, The
Clothier's Community
Clothworker's Company
Company of Cutlers
Company of Watermen and Lightermen
Cutler's Company (1415)
Dyers Company (1471)
Fanmaker's Company
Fellowship of Masons/Fraternity of Masons
Fellowship of Porters/Company of Fellowship Porters
Feltmaker's Company
Fishmonger's Halimont
Fishmongers Company (1399)
Fletcher's Company
Fraternitas Sancte Katerine, Norwich
Fraternitas Sancte Trinitatis (in ecclesia Cathedrali Sancte Trinitatis), Norwich
Fraternitas Sancti Christofori, Norwich
Fraternity and Gild of Merchants
Fraternity of Burellers
Fraternity of Tailors
Fraternity of Woodmongers
Free Journeyman Printers
Fullers (of X place), The
Fullers, Shearmen,and Clothworkers Company
Gild Merchant
Gild of Cordwainers (1429)
Gild of Garlekhith
Gild of Merchant Taylors (1327)
Gild of Peltyers, Norwich
Gild of Saddlers
Gild of Saddlers (1394)
Gild of St. Anthony, Lynn
Gild of St. Botulph, Norwich
Gild of St. George, Norwich
Gild of St. Katherine, Aldersgate
Gild of St. Leonard, Lynn
Gild of St. Mary, Norwich
Gild of St. Peter
Gild of Sts Fabian and Sebastion, Aldersgate
Gild of the Bakers
Gild of the Holy Cross of Birmingham, The
Gild of the Holy Cross, Lynn
Gild of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, Lynn
Gild of the Palmers
Gild of the Purification, Lynn
Gild of the Woolweavers
Gild of Weavers (constituted in the name of the Holy Cross), Lincoln, The
Gild of Young Scholars/Young Scholars (of Lynn), The
Glover's Company
Gold and Silver Wire Drawers Company
Goldsmith's Company (1327)
Great Guild of St. John of Beverly
Guild of Holy Trinity, Lynn
Guild of St. Benedict
Guild of St. Thomas of Canterbury, Lynn
Gunmakers Company
Ironmonger's Company (1464)
Joiners and Carpenters of Worcester, The
Loriner's Company [Aka Lorimer's; make Bits & Tack]
Parish Clerk's Company (1233)
Pewterer's Company
Playing Card Makers Company
Poor Men of Norwich/Poor Men's Gild of Norwich
Ringers Gild
Saddlers Company
Saddlers' and Spurriers' Gild, Norwich, The
Shipmanes Gild, Lynn, The
Skinner's Guild, London (St. Mary Spital)
Skinner's Guild, London (St. Mary Bethlem)
Society of Apothecaries
Spurriers of London/Spurrier's Company, The
Tailor's Gild, Norwich, The
Tailors Gild, The
Tilers & Bricklayers Company
Vintner's Company (1437)
Water bearers of London, The
Wax Chandler's Company (1483)
Weaver's Company (1154)
Wheelwright's Company
White-Tawyers (Megucers), The
Woolmens Company
Woolweaver's Guild
Worshipful Company of Armorers and Braziers (1453)
Worshipful Company of Bakers
Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths
Worshipful Company of Carpenters (1477)
Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers
Worshipful Company of Cooks (1481)
Worshipful Company of Coopers/Coopers Company
Worshipful Company of Drapers (1429)
Worshipful Company of Founders
Worshipful Company of Framework-knitters
Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters
Worshipful Company of Fruiterers
Worshipful Company of Gardeners
Worshipful Company of Girdlers (1448)
Worshipful Company of Glass sellers
Worshipful Company of Glaziers
Worshipful Company of Grociers (1428)
Worshipful Company of Haberdashers (1417)
Worshipful Company of Horners
Worshipful Company of Innholders
Worshipful Company of Joiners
Worshipful Company of Leathersellers (1444)
Worshipful Company of Mercers/Hospital of St Thomas of Acon
Worshipful Company of Musicians (1472)
Worshipful Company of Needlemakers
Worshipful Company of Painters/Painters-Stainer's Company
Worshipful Company of Pattern makers
Worshipful Company of Paviors [Paving Stone Layers]
Worshipful Company of Plasterers
Worshipful Company of Plumbers
Worshipful Company of Poulterers
Worshipful Company of Salters
Worshipful Company of Scriveners
Worshipful Company of Shipwrights
Worshipful Company of Skinners (1327)
Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers
Worshipful Company of Stationers
Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers (1462)
Worshipful Company of Turners
Worshipful Company of Upholders