The Palmer's Guild, more formally the Guild of St Mary and St John,1 was a major medieval religious guild based in Ludlow, Shropshire.2 It was traditionally founded in 1284 and incorporated in 1329 and grew into a wealthy, borough-linked institution with wide confraternity membership before being surrendered to the Crown in 1551 and its assets transferred to Ludlow Corporation.3
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- "The Palmer's Guild: A Brief History". St Laurence's Ludlow. Archived from the original on 6 February 2020.
- https://read.uolpress.co.uk/read/forging-fraternity-in-late-medieval-society/section/e2e20bae-34c9-49e8-8bc2-48d645864f58
- https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/salop/vol2/pp134-140