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The '''Guild of Young Freemen''' is a [[City of London]] guild representing young [[Freemen of the City of London]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2MfeADk> The Guild was originally established in 1976 as '''The Society of Young Freemen of the City of London''' with the aim to increase the participation of young people in the affairs and traditions of the City, it continues to operate as a voluntarily-run organisation with membership open to Freemen and Liverymen of the City of London. It achieved the status of Guild in 2015. Both the Guild and its Society predecessor are completely independent of the [[Guild of Freemen of the City of London]] which was established in 1908.
The Guild was established during the Lord Mayoralty of [[Robin Gillett|Sir Robin Gillett]], the 649<sup>th</sup> [[Lord Mayor of London]], who was its first Patron. It was further established that the Guild would enjoy the patronage of successive Lord Mayors, who to this day assume the title of Patron upon accession to the Mayoralty.
The Guild maintains close links with many of the [[Livery Companies]] of the City of London, providing both a cross-Livery forum for younger members to engage with the traditions of the City as well as opportunities for aspiring Freemen to find and join Livery companies. Members of the Guild perform a number of ceremonial duties within the City of London, notably escorting the effigies of Gog and Magog during the Lord Mayor's Show, and the annual Sheep Drive over London Bridge.
==The Lord Mayor's Show==
Each year members of the Guild take part in the [[Lord Mayor's Show]], parading effigies of [[Gog and Magog]] as part of a tradition dating back to the reign of [[Henry V of England]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2MfeBam> The two woven willow giants were created and donated by members of the [[Worshipful Company of Basketmakers]] in 2007, and are the latest in a number of reproductions of the pair of statues in the [[Guildhall, London|Guildhall]].<ref>https://ift.tt/35qBS0x>
It has become customary for the members of the Guild to salute each new Lord Mayor to the tune of “''Three cheers for our Patron the Lord Mayor''” when passing the [[Mansion House, London|Mansion House]] during the Lord Mayor's Show.
==London Bridge Sheep Drive==
The Sheep Drive over [[London Bridge]] is an annual event organised by the [[Worshipful Company of Woolmen]] exercising the ancient right of Freemen of the City of London to drive their sheep over London Bridge.<ref>https://ift.tt/31ckBVl> While the driving of sheep to London markets was made obsolete many years ago, the tradition has been ceremonially re-introduced as a fundraising event in aid of the Lord Mayor's Appeal and the Woolmen's Charitable Trust, with a flock of sheep brought in especially for the event.<ref>https://ift.tt/35wusJe>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://ift.tt/2pgnZS0 Official website]
*[https://ift.tt/32hxHlC Guild of Freemen of the City of London]
*[https://ift.tt/1M72baD The Lord Mayor's Show]
*[https://ift.tt/1WVR2Df London Bridge Sheep Drive]
*[https://ift.tt/2nnrfZ5 Lord Mayor's Appeal]
*[https://ift.tt/32hxzTa Woolmen's Charitable Trust]
[[Category:Livery companies]]
[[Category:Charities based in London]]
[[Category:History of the City of London]]
[[Category:Organisations based in London with royal patronage]]
[[Category:City of London]]
The Guild was established during the Lord Mayoralty of [[Robin Gillett|Sir Robin Gillett]], the 649<sup>th</sup> [[Lord Mayor of London]], who was its first Patron. It was further established that the Guild would enjoy the patronage of successive Lord Mayors, who to this day assume the title of Patron upon accession to the Mayoralty.
The Guild maintains close links with many of the [[Livery Companies]] of the City of London, providing both a cross-Livery forum for younger members to engage with the traditions of the City as well as opportunities for aspiring Freemen to find and join Livery companies. Members of the Guild perform a number of ceremonial duties within the City of London, notably escorting the effigies of Gog and Magog during the Lord Mayor's Show, and the annual Sheep Drive over London Bridge.
==The Lord Mayor's Show==
Each year members of the Guild take part in the [[Lord Mayor's Show]], parading effigies of [[Gog and Magog]] as part of a tradition dating back to the reign of [[Henry V of England]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2MfeBam> The two woven willow giants were created and donated by members of the [[Worshipful Company of Basketmakers]] in 2007, and are the latest in a number of reproductions of the pair of statues in the [[Guildhall, London|Guildhall]].<ref>https://ift.tt/35qBS0x>
It has become customary for the members of the Guild to salute each new Lord Mayor to the tune of “''Three cheers for our Patron the Lord Mayor''” when passing the [[Mansion House, London|Mansion House]] during the Lord Mayor's Show.
==London Bridge Sheep Drive==
The Sheep Drive over [[London Bridge]] is an annual event organised by the [[Worshipful Company of Woolmen]] exercising the ancient right of Freemen of the City of London to drive their sheep over London Bridge.<ref>https://ift.tt/31ckBVl> While the driving of sheep to London markets was made obsolete many years ago, the tradition has been ceremonially re-introduced as a fundraising event in aid of the Lord Mayor's Appeal and the Woolmen's Charitable Trust, with a flock of sheep brought in especially for the event.<ref>https://ift.tt/35wusJe>
==References==
<references/>
==External links==
*[https://ift.tt/2pgnZS0 Official website]
*[https://ift.tt/32hxHlC Guild of Freemen of the City of London]
*[https://ift.tt/1M72baD The Lord Mayor's Show]
*[https://ift.tt/1WVR2Df London Bridge Sheep Drive]
*[https://ift.tt/2nnrfZ5 Lord Mayor's Appeal]
*[https://ift.tt/32hxzTa Woolmen's Charitable Trust]
[[Category:Livery companies]]
[[Category:Charities based in London]]
[[Category:History of the City of London]]
[[Category:Organisations based in London with royal patronage]]
[[Category:City of London]]
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