A guild of fanmakers existed during the reign of Charles II in 1670. The art of fan making was brought to England by the French Huguenots, who settled outside the city in Spitalfields.
Due to the need to legislate against the import of cheap fans from China by the East India Company the Fan Makers Company was formed in 1709. In 1750 the fan became an article of fashion but there were still many cheaper ones imported from the continent and the company declined. At the Great Exhibition of 1851 there were no English fans on display.
In 1939 mechanical fans used in ventilation and air conditioning and also aircraft engines added a modern relevance to the company.
The company hall was opened in St Botolphs, Bishopsgate in 1952, but in 1992 the use of the hall went back to St Botolphs; five months later it was damaged by the BIshopsgate IRA bomb.
Worshipful Company of Fuellers 95
Once the company of Woodmongers and Coal Sellers, its Royal Charter was granted by King James I in 1605.
The company handled the monies used to rebuild much of the city after the Great Fire, including St Paul's Cathederal.
Livery status came in 1984. Members of the company are now drawn from coal, oil, nuclear, gas,electricity and renewable energies industries.
Worshipful Company of Management Consultants 105
Became a company without livery in 1999, and. livery company in 2004.
Worshipful Company of Turners 51
Exact origins are unknown, although many turners were present in the city making wooden drinking vessels for measuring and holding liquids as well as dry measures such as corn.
In 1357 each turner was given a mark of his own to be placed on the bottom of such measures. Wood Street became the centre of turning in the city.
Turners played an important part in furniture making; chair legs, spindles, balconies, sterns of sailing ships, and other sailing components such as pulleys.
In 1604 James I granted the turners their royal charter, a second charter was granted by James II in 1685.
In 1736, their hall ( their third) was a merchants house in College Hill, off Dowgate Hill, but it was never used for dinners or functions as it was too small. Furniture styles changed from 18th century onwards and the company declined.
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