London Occupations

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Livery Companies
108 livery companies have operated in London. Wikipedia maintains a list of The City Livery Companies, along with links to company websites.


 * The Livery Companies Database is a helpful resource that supplies contact details for each active company.

Histories
Histories have been written on many London livery companies. The British Library has compiled a detailed list. Most of those published before 1923 are available for free online at Hathi Trust, Google Books, or Internet Archive.

Guildhall Library
The original records of most London livery companies are deposited at the Guildhall Library. A guide to their collection is available online:


 * Livery Company Membership Guide, Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section

Inns of Court
Lawyers from all over England and Wales were trained at London's four inns of court.

Gray's Inn

 * Admissions 1521-1889

See also Staple Inn.

Inner Temple

 * Admissions Database 1547-1920

Lincoln's Inn

 * Admissions 1420-1799

See also Thavie's Inn.

Middle Temple

 * Records 1501-1603


 * Sturgess, H.A.C. Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple (from the Fifteenth Century to 1944). 3 vols. Butterworth &amp; Co., 1949. Available online.

Web Sites

 * City Freedom Archives (London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) Information Leaflet)
 * Livery Company Records and Furthering Your Ancestry (free online lesson)
 * Livery Company Membership Guide, Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section
 * The Membership Records of the Merchant Taylors' Company (LMA Information Leaflet)
 * Records of the Company of Watermen &amp; Lightermen (LMA Information Leaflet)
 * Searching for Members or Those Apprenticed to Members of City of London Livery Companies (LMA Information Leaflet)
 * Sources for Tracing Apothecaries, Surgeons, Physicians and Other Medical Practitioners (LMA Information Leaflet)