This is a list of organisations with a British royal charter. It includes organisations in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, in chronological order, that have received a royal charter from an English, Scottish, or British monarch.
The list of organisations in the United Kingdom with a royal charter is an alphabetical list of organisations in the UK.
Table Day and month Year Name Notes Date sealed Reference1067 Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London City of London Corporation17 November1155 Weavers' Company(See also under 1707 below)1231 University of Cambridge1248 University of Oxford1272 Saddlers' Company1282 Bridge House Estates28 May1284 Peterhouse, Cambridge10 March1326 Merchant Taylors' Company1 March1327 Skinners' Company1327 Goldsmiths' Company6 August1348 Dean and Canons of Windsor1348 Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge30 June1379 New College, Oxford1382 Winchester College13 January1393 Mercers' Company4 December1416 Cutlers' Company16 February1428 Grocers' Company22 February1437 Brewers' Company23 August1437 Vintners' Company26 April1439 Cordwainers' Company1444 Leathersellers' Company8 May1453 Armourers' Company13 October1457 Magdalen College, Oxford8 March1462 Tallow Chandlers' Company1462 Barbers' Company20 March1463 Ironmongers' Company16 February1471 Dyers' Company20 January1473 Pewterers Company1474 Corporation of Blacksmiths of Dublin16 August1475 St Catharine's College, Cambridge7 July1477 Carpenters' Company16 February1483 Wax Chandlers' Company1496 Jesus College, Cambridge10 March1501 Plaisterers' Company29 April1501 Coopers' Company23 February1504 Poulters' Company1 July1505 Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh22 July1509 Bakers' Company15 January1512 Brasenose College, Oxford1517 Corpus Christi College, Oxford23 September1518 Royal College of Physicians of London18 January1528 Clothworkers' Company1532 Bristol Grammar School25 August1537 Honourable Artillery Company1541 King's ElyThe school's first Royal Charter19 January1542 College of Christ of Brecknock1542 Magdalene College, Cambridge23 July1545 King Henry VIII School, Coventry1545 Warwick School1546Colyton Grammar School1547 Trinity College, Cambridge1547 Norwich School13 January1547 Bethlem Hospital13 January1547 Saint Bartholomew's Hospital1549 Pembroke College, Cambridge13 May1550 Sherborne School1550 French Protestant Church of London Charities12 August1551 St Thomas' Hospital14 May1552 Sedbergh School17 June1552 King Edward VI Grammar School, Stourbridge12 July1552 King Edward's School, Bath18 December1552 Society of Merchant Venturers of Bristol1552 Bedford School1552 King Edward's School, Birmingham25 April1552 King Edward VI Free Grammar School (King's School), Macclesfield The Governors of the Possessions, Revenues and Goods of the Free Grammar School (King's School) (Macclesfield)