Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers

Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers

Motto	In God is all our trust, let us never be confounded
Location	peripatetic
Date of formation	1568
Company association	Bricklaying; roof tiling & slating; ceramic wall & floor tiling (including mosaic tiling)
Order of precedence	37th
Master of company	Jenny Rolls [1]
Website	www.tylersandbricklayers.co.uk

The Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers is one of the livery companies of the City of London. The organisation of Tylers (roof and floor tile layers) and Bricklayers existed in 1416; it was incorporated by a royal charter in 1568. Originally, the company possessed a monopoly over bricklaying within the City of London. However, after the Great Fire of London, the king decreed that brick or stone, instead of timber, should be used as the main supporting structure of buildings. There was too much rebuilding to be done by only the Tylers' and Bricklayers' Company; craftsmen from across England were summoned, and the monopoly was terminated. The company now exists, along with most livery companies, primarily as a charitable body. The company also supports various building schools.

The Tylers' and Bricklayers' Company ranks thirty-seventh in the order of precedence of livery companies.