Cobblers and Cordwainer Guild

The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers and Cobblers is one of the Livery Companies of the City. Cordwainers were workers in fine leather; the Company gets its name from "cordwain" (cordovan), the white leather produced from goatskin in Cordova. All fine leather makers, including Girdlers and Glovers, were originally classified as cordwainers; however, the term eventually came to refer only to fine leather footwear, including boots.