Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers
The
Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers is one of the
Livery Companies of the
City of London. The organisation of Tylers (roof and floor tile layers) and Bricklayers existed in 1416; it was incorporated by a
Royal Charter in 1568. Originally, the Company possessed a monopoly over bricklaying within the City of London. However, after the
Great Fire of London, the King decreed that brick or stone, instead of timber, should be used in the building of homes. There was too much rebuilding to be done by only the Tylers' and Bricklayers' Company; craftsmen from across England were summoned, and the monopoly was terminated. The Company now exists, along with most Livery Companies, primarily as a charitable body. The Company also supports various building schools.
The Tylers' and Bricklayers' Company ranks thirty-seventh in the
order of precedence of Livery Companies. Its motto is
In God Is All Our Trust.
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