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The Dyers’ Company Research Medal is awarded annually to what is judged to be the most worthy research-oriented paper which has been published during the previous twelve months in the journal published by the Society of Dyers & Colourists, in collaboration with Wiley, entitled Coloration Technology.
The Prime Warden is the Chairman of the Company and is responsible for steering the deliberations of the Court at all meetings. During the term of office The Prime Warden will represent the Company at a wide range of events, receptions and dinners both in London, the UK and Internationally.
Welcome to the website of The Dyers’ Company, one of the ancient Livery Companies of the City of London.
The first documented presence of dyers inhabiting the banks of The Thames occured around the mid 1400’s. A letting of a Dye House in Thames St (Lower Thames St) is dated 1457 and there was known to be a concentration of Dyers in the parish of All Hallows the Less.
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Early history
The earliest records of dyeing go back to 5,000 BC in Turkey and the earliest mention of dyeing in England was by the Venerable Bede in 731 AD but the earliest record of dyers as a guild in London is 1188 AD. The Guild of Dyers was granted rights of self regulation in 1311 but it was not until 1471 that King Henry VI granted the Dyers’ their first Royal Charter, changing the guild into an incorporated body and granting powers of search and fines for poor quality dyeing in London. Subsequent charters and byelaws were granted until the current one granted by Queen Anne in 1704.
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