Shrewsbury Drapers Guild
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The Drapers' Hall
10 St. Mary's Place,
Shrewsbury
SY1 1DZ
Charity No's: 213372 233903
Welcome to the Shrewsbury Drapers Company website.
The Shrewsbury Drapers Company was founded as a Guild by Royal Charter in 1462. Nowadays there are 80 elected Freemen of the Guild who are trustees for two charities which manage and support almshouses in Shrewsbury. The Guild is the tenant of the ground floor of the Drapers Hall (built in 1576) where there is a restaurant and much of the original furniture and fittings. The Freemen are much involved in charitable work, including the almshouses and running an annual textile competition each Autumn. The two Registered Charities are Shrewsbury Drapers Company General Charities (no. 213372) and Hospital of St Giles (no. 233903).
Right: King Edward IV, who granted the Shrewsbury Drapers their first charter in 1462. Painted by Thomas Francis in 1660.