038 - The Bowyers' Company

THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BOWYERS

Arms of the Bowyers' Company

Arms:
Sable on a Chevron Or between three Floats Argent as many pierced Mullets of the field
Crest:
[Upon a Helm on a Wreath Or and Azure] Three Bows bent Gules stringed Or
Mantling:
Sable doubled Ermine
Supporters:
On the dexter a young man of the early fifteenth century with fair hair and beard proper habited in a Doublet with pendant sleeves per pale Sable and Argent belted Or and Hose the dexter leg Argent the sinister Sable the Boots Tenny holding in the dexter hand proper a Float the teeth uppermost Argent and on the sinister side an Archer of the early fifteenth century the face hands and Steel Cap proper the Jack Sable set with studs of steel proper over a short-sleeved Undervest Or the hose and Shirt-sleeves Azure the Boots Tenny grasping in the sinister hand a Longbow proper slung from the waist on the dexter side by a Belt Or a Sheaf of Arrows also proper the Compartment comprising a Grassy Mount set with ten sharpened Stakes of wood those on the dexter bendwise sinister those on the sinister bendwise
Motto:
Crecy, Poitiers, Agincourt

Arms and crest granted 10 November 1488 by Sir Thomas Home, Clarenceux King of Arms; Supporters granted 17 July 1996.

History:
Mentioned in 1371 on separation from the Fletchers; received a Charter in 1621. The trade had disappeared but there weas a long history of support for Cambridge University. Medals and prizes are given for archery contests. The Livery numbers about 75.

A former Hall at the corner of Hart Street and Monkwell Street was burnt down in 1666.

For current contact details please go to The Livery Companies Database, which can be found on The Fishmongers' Company's website.

	Arms: Sable on a Chevron Or between three Floats Argent as many pierced Mullets of the field Crest: [Upon a Helm on a Wreath Or and Azure] Three Bows bent Gules stringed Or Mantling: Sable doubled Ermine Supporters: On the dexter a young man of the early fifteenth century with fair hair and beard proper habited in a Doublet with pendant sleeves per pale Sable and Argent belted Or and Hose the dexter leg Argent the sinister Sable the Boots Tenny holding in the dexter hand proper a Float the teeth uppermost Argent and on the sinister side an Archer of the early fifteenth century the face hands and Steel Cap proper the Jack Sable set with studs of steel proper over a short-sleeved Undervest Or the hose and Shirt-sleeves Azure the Boots Tenny grasping in the sinister hand a Longbow proper slung from the waist on the dexter side by a Belt Or a Sheaf of Arrows also proper the Compartment comprising a Grassy Mount set with ten sharpened Stakes of wood those on the dexter bendwise sinister those on the sinister bendwise Motto: Crecy, Poitiers, Agincourt
Arms and crest granted 10 November 1488 by Sir Thomas Home, Clarenceux King of Arms; Supporters granted 17 July 1996.