The Worshipful Company of Pewterers: Livery Companies in order of Precedence
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Livery Companies in order of Precedence

A list of Companies in order of precedence. An alphabetical list can be found here.

Order Company Name

1. Mercers (general merchants)
2. Grocers
3. Drapers
4. Fishmongers
5. Goldsmiths
6/7. *Merchant Taylors (tailors)
6/7. *Skinners (fur trade)
8. Haberdashers
9. Salters
10. Ironmongers
11. Vintners
12. Clothworkers
13. Dyers
14. Brewers
15. Leathersellers
16. Pewterers
17. Barbers (also surgeons and dentists)
18. Cutlers
19. Bakers
20. Waxchandlers
21. Tallowchandlers
22. Armourers & Brasiers (armour-makers and workers in brass)
23. Girdlers (girdles and belts as clothing)
24. Butchers
25. Saddlers
26. Carpenters
27. Cordwainers (workers in fine leather)
28. Painter Stainers
29. Curriers (dressers of tanned leather)
30. Masons
31. Plumbers
32. Innholders
33. Founders
34. Poulters
35. Cooks
36. Coopers (barrel makers)
37. Tylers and Bricklayers
38. Bowyers (longbow makers)
39. Fletchers (arrow makers)
40. Blacksmiths
41. Joiners
42. Weavers
43. Woolmen (winders and packers of wool)
44. Scriveners(writers of court letters and legal documents)
45. Fruiterers
46. Plaisterers (plasterers)
47. Stationers & Newspapers Makers
48. Broderers (embroiderers)
49. Upholders (upholsterers)
50. Musicians
51. Turners
52. Basketmakers
53. Glaziers
54. Horners
55. Farriers (shoes of horses/veterinary surgeons)
56. Paviors (paving, highways)
57. Loriners (stirrups and other harnesses for horses)
58. Apothecaries (medicine)
59. Shipwrights
60. Spectaclemakers
61. Clockmakers
62. Glovers
63. Feltmakers (hats)
64. Framework Knitters
65. Needlemakers
66. Gardeners
67. Tinplate Workers
68. Wheelwrights
69. Distillers
70. Pattenmakers(makers of wooden clog-style footwear)
71. Glass Sellers
72. Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers
73. Gunsmiths
74. Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers(gold and silver braid for uniforms)
75. Makers of Playing Cards
76. Fan Makers
77. Carmen
78. Master Mariners
79. Solicitors
80. Farmers
81. Air Pilots and Air Navigators
82. Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders
83. Furniture Makers
84. Scientific Instrument Makers
85. Chartered Surveyors
86. Chartered Accountants
87. Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
88. Builders Merchants
89. Launderers
90. Marketors
91. Actuaries
92. Insurers
93. Arbitrators
94. Chartered Engineers
95. Fuellers
96. Lightmongers
97. Environmental Cleaners
98. Chartered Architects
99. Constructors
100. Information Technologists
101. World Traders
102. Water Conservators
103. Firefighters
105. Marketors

* Dating from disagreement over preceedent order in the 'Middle Ages', the Merchant Taylors' and the Skinners change position annually; hence the expression 'to be at sixes and sevens'.