Worshipful Company of Carmen

[1] The King conscripted carts to carry his wine allowing rural carters to force food prices up.

By offering to provide the King's carriage and clean the streets the Fellowship of Carmen was established in 1517 with authority to control the cartage trade.

Now that carts have been rendered obsolete by trucks and vans, the Carmen remain as a charitable and ceremonial institution with over 500 Liverymen, 180 Freemen plus additional 23 apprentices.

Presently, the ceremony involves human powered, horsed, steam, fossil fuelled or electric, old and new vehicles rather than carts.

[2] Its motto is Scite, Cite, Certo, Latin for Skilfully, Swiftly, Surely.