Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders

One of the Livery Companies of the City of London and is ranked at 82

Its motto is Producat Terra (Out of the Earth)


 * 1619 The Company was first incorporated by Royal Charter granted by King James I, with responsibility for regulating the manufacture of clay tobacco-pipes.
 * 1643 following the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642, the Company forfeited its Charter through non-payment of its annual rent to King Charles I.
 * 1663 The Company was restored by King Charles II
 * 1868 Declared bankrupt in after its powers of regulation over tobacco-pipe makers were abolished and its income from its members had declined significantly.
 * 1954 The Company was reincorporated as the Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders by members of the Briar Pipe and Tobacco Trades
 * 1960 became a Livery Company once more.

Its never had its own Livery Hall, but meets most regularly in the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers' Hall in Little Trinity Street, and occasionally in Halls belonging to other Livery Companies.

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