Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers

The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. The Stationers' Company was founded in 1403; it received a Royal Charter in 1557. It held a monopoly over the publishing industry and was officially responsible for setting and enforcing copyright regulations until the passage of the Statute of Anne in 1709.

Related Topics:
Livery Companies - City of London - Royal Charter - Copyright - Statute of Anne

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Today, the Company mostly carries out ceremonial functions. Furthermore, it contributes to educational charities. All its members work in the book or allied trades. In the order of precedence of the Livery Companies of London, the Stationers' and Newspaper Makers' Company is forty-seventh.

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