Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers
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| Location | Wax Chandlers' Hall, Gresham Street, London |
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| Date of formation | before 1330 |
| Company association | Beeswax products |
| Order of precedence | 20th |
| Master of company | Peter Tompkins (2016-17) |
| Motto | Truth is the Light |
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The Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers is one of the oldest livery companies of the City of London, with one of the smallest memberships (about 120 members).
The Wax Chandlers' Company, ranked 20th in the City Livery Company order of precedence, has an association with the Church of St Vedast alias Foster in nearby Foster Lane.
Established before 1330 (when it was recorded as being invited to contribute funds to King Edward III), the company received further Byelaws and Ordinances from Lord Mayor John Stodeye in 1358. New Ordinances were issued in 1371 and the company was granted a Royal Charter in 1484 – one of only three known Royal Charters of King Richard III, the others being for the College of Arms and for the incorporation as a county borough of the city of Gloucester. The Company remains governed under its 1663 Royal Charter of King Charles II and corresponding Ordinances of 1664.
Wax chandlers (or merchants in beeswax products) traded separately from Tallow Chandlers; beeswax candles, being expensive, were usually reserved for churches and the households of royalty and nobility, while tallow candles were generally used in ordinary homes.
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