Catalogue description Company of Drapers, Tailors, Mercers, Hardwaremen, Coopers and Chandlers of the Borough of Gateshead

This record is held by Tyne and Wear Archives

Details of GU.DTM
Reference: GU.DTM
Title: Company of Drapers, Tailors, Mercers, Hardwaremen, Coopers and Chandlers of the Borough of Gateshead
Description:

Company records
Date: c.1645-1830
Held by: Tyne and Wear Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Company of Drapers, Tailors, Mercers, Hardwaremen, Coopers and Chandlers of the Borough of Gateshead
Physical description: 2 volumes
Immediate source of acquisition:

Accession T545 (part) and T548
Administrative / biographical background:

The first trade company in Gateshead received a charter from the Bishop of Durham in 1559, probably as a defence against the power of the Newcastle guilds. The company of drapers, tailors, mercers, hardwaremen, coopers and chandlers (incorporated in 1595) was the most powerful guild in Gateshead. It obtained a new charter from Cromwell in 1658 but, since this was worthless after the Restoration, again asked for a new charter from the Bishop of Durham in September 1661.

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