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Date(s)
- 1980s (Creation)
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2 boxes
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Administrative history
The Company of Cordwainers was initially founded in the Medieval period (or perhaps earlier) and is one of seven guilds still in existence in York today. Cordwainers were shoemakers, and the Company had influence over York's governance, trade standards and religious events. The Company disbanded in 1808, but was re-established in 1977.
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Scope and content
Legal documents, financial papers, applications, franchise agreements and correspondence relating to Bedern Hall, which became the new guild hall in the 1980s. The Company of Cordwainers joined with the Gild of Freemen and the York Guild of Building to form the Bedern Hall Company.
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Material is available subject to the usual terms and conditions of access to Archives and Local History collections.
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Language of material
- English