History of the Worshipful Company of Fuellers. The fueller's tale; the livery of energy; from the forests and outcrops of Chaucerian England to the global fuel economy of the 21st century

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Author(s) Braithwaite, Roderick
Publication type Monograph
Year published 2010
Pages 212pp; illus
Publisher Phillimore
Place Published Chichester

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Name Guildhall Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode EC2P 2EJ
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Deals with the creation of the livery company as a successor to the Worshipful Company of Woodmongers & Coal Sellers. More importantly traces the history of fuel distribution - notably wood and coal - from early times and the role in it of the Woodmongers' Company covering, inter alia, its connections and disputes with other Companies, especially the Carmen and the Watermen & Lightermen