Guild of Pepperers
The Guild of Pepperers was a London Guild dating from 1180.[1] In 1345 it merged with the Spicers into the Fraternity of St. Anthony, which eventually became the Worshipful Company of Grocers.[2]
The Ancient Guild of Pepperers chose a camel as its symbol as pepper originally came over land rather than sea.[3] The camel continues as a symbol of the Grocers.
Black pepper is one of the world's most popular spices and has been for centuries. Peppercorns have at times been considered portable wealth.
References
[edit]- ↑ Bellamy 2006.
- ↑ Hazlitt 1892, p. 187.
- ↑ Byrne, Eugene (n.d.). "What are the origins of the British taste for black pepper?". HistoryExtra. BBC History.
Sources
[edit]- Hazlitt, William Carew (1892). "The Great Companies: The Grocers". The Livery Companies of the City of London: Their origin, character, development, and social and political importance (PDF). Swan Sonnenschein & Co. pp. 187–197.
- Bellamy, Jean (September 2006). "The Worshipful Company of Grocers". TimeTravel-Britain.
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