Excerpt from Merchant Taylors' School Register: 1871-1900 As the boys admitted during the last four or five years covered by the earlier Register were for the most part still in the School at the time of its removal, with any record of distinction to which they might attain as yet in the future, I have thought it well for the sake of greater completeness and continuity, to go back to the commence ment of my own Head Mastership in January, 1871, as a starting point for a new Register, and to carry the list of entries to the close of my Head Mastership in December, 1900, leaving to one of a later generation to take up the tale hereafter from that point. The story therefore here presented may be regarded as an account of the thirty years during which by the favour of the Court I held my Ofiice and Stewardship as the twenty-second Head Master of the Company's School. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

One of the 'Great Twelve' livery companies of the City of London, the Merchant Taylors' Company has been in existence for some seven hundred years. This new history will chart the remarkable story of the Company and its members from its origins until the 1950s, encompassing the lives and achievements of men such as Sir Thomas White (founder of St John's College, Oxford) and the celebrated chronicler, John Stow, as well as the roles played by the Company in the City and beyond in different periods. As well as looking in detail at the internal life of the Company, the book will also focus on a number of important themes in the wider history of London. These include trade and industry, apprenticeship, the impact of religious change, the foundation of schools and other charities, and the government and politics of the City. In doing so, the book will contribute to an understanding of the aims and activities of the livery companies over the centuries, their ability to adapt to changing circumstances and their relevance in a modern world far removed from that in which they were first established. The History of the Merchant Taylors' Company will appeal to a wide range of people interested in the history of London. It is fully illustrated with more than seventy-five black and white and thirty colour illustrations.