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Show Old English Company It is known that the Fishmongers' company is very old, but as its" archives ar-chives were destroyed in the great fire of London, it is only certain throu-h the charter granted by Edward III "in loG4 that the "mystery of fishmongers had grants from the king's progenitors in ancient times." In ,he pood ok, clays, when Lent was kept with lish and fasting, thp coon,,,,,,, .. that no unsound fish was sold in Billingsgate Bil-lingsgate market, and punished offenders offend-ers with the stocks. With the Income from its holdings' the company sun-ports sun-ports three large almshouses, one of which is Jesus hospital in Lray Here "rooms with chimneys" provide fit accommodation ac-commodation for forty old people six of whom are to be the "most aged' and poorest decayed persons of the company com-pany of fishmongers over fifty years of age." |