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Introduction

When you come across an organization that is not in the A-Z Index, you will need to add it to ORGS1.xml, MoEML’s Orgography file. For a quick explanation of how to add many different types of organizations to ORGS1.xml, see Website and Document Structure in Praxis.
Since the Twelve Great Livery Companies have already been added to ORGS1.xml, you will only be adding lesser livery companies and other early modern organizations and offices. One thing to note is that the sequence of entries in ORGS1.xml is rendered as it is encoded, which means that (1) entries must be added to the correct section of ORGS1.xml, and (2) entries must be added in alphabetical order.

Lesser Livery Companies

Lesser livery companies have very standardized entries. They are added alphabetically under the Lesser Livery Companies header:
<org xml:id="BAKE4" type="lesser">
  <orgName>Worshipful Company of Bakers<reg>Bakers’ Company</reg></orgName>
  <note><p>The <name type="org" ref="mol:BAKE4">Bakers’ Company</name> was one of the lesser livery companies of <ref target="mol:LOND5">London</ref>. The <name type="org" ref="mol:BAKE4">Worshipful Company of Bakers</name> is still active and maintains a website at <ref target="https://www.bakers.co.uk//">https://www.bakers.co.uk//</ref> that includes a <ref target="https://www.bakers.co.uk/A-Brief-History.aspx">history of the company</ref>.</p></note>
</org>
In the example above, find:
  • "BAKE4": this value is the Bakers’ Company’s xml:id.
  • "lesser": this value is used for all lesser livery companies.
  • <reg>Bakers’ Company</reg>: note that Bakers’ Company is wrapped in a <reg> element.
  • London: note that London is tagged as a location.
  • https://www.bakers.co.uk//: note that the URL for the Bakers’ Company’s website is wrapped with a <ref> element. Add a @target attribute and the URL of the website as the value ("https://www.bakers.co.uk//") to make a link to the website.
  • history of the company: most lesser livery company websites include a page on the history of the company, which is linked here.
For a list of lesser livery companies, see Wikipedia. If the company you come across is not on this list, it should be added to the Other Early Modern Organizations and Offices section of ORGS1.xml.

Other Early Modern Organizations and Offices

If an organization is not a (1) great livery company, (2) playing company, or (3) lesser livery comapny, it goes under the Other Early Modern Organizations and Offices header. While these entries are largely unstandardized, each begins with The [Name of Company] and is written in complete sentences (unlike PERS1.xml entries which are written in fragments):
<org xml:id="AUGU4" type="other">
  <orgName>Austin Friars (Augustinians)</orgName>
  <note><p>The <name type="org" ref="mol:AUGU4">Austin Friars</name> were a mendicant order that adhered to the teachings of <name ref="mol:AUGU5">Augustine of Hippo</name>. Founded in the thirteenth century, the <name type="org" ref="mol:AUGU4">Austin Friars</name> arrived in <ref target="mol:ENGL2">England</ref> in <date datingMethod="mol:julianSic" calendar="mol:julianSic" when-custom="1248">1248</date> and occupied <ref target="mol:AUST1">Austin Friars</ref> until <name ref="mol:HENR1">King Henry VIII</name>’s Dissolution of the Monasteries in <date datingMethod="mol:julianSic" calendar="mol:julianSic" when-custom="1538">1538</date>.</p>
  </note>
</org>
<org xml:id="HANS4" type="other">
  <orgName>Hanseatic League</orgName>
  <note><p>The <name type="org" ref="mol:HANS4">Hanseatic League</name> was a confederation of German merchant guilds and market towns with outposts throughout Northern Europe, including <ref target="mol:ENGL2">England</ref>.</p></note>
</org>
Companies that were the precursors of one of the Twelve Great Livery Companies have slightly more standardized entries:
<org xml:id="FRAT3" type="other">
  <orgName>Fraternity of Taylors and Linen Armourers of St. John the Baptist</orgName>
  <note><p>The <name type="org" ref="mol:FRAT3">Fraternity of Taylors and Linen Armourers of St. John the Baptist</name> was the precursor of the <name type="org" ref="mol:META1">Merchant Taylors’ Company</name>.</p></note>
</org>
If two companies merged to create one of the Great Twelve Livery Companies, their entries are as follows:
<org type="other" xml:id="SHEA1">
  <orgName>Shearmens’ Company</orgName>
  <note><p>The <name type="org" ref="mol:FULL2">Shearmens’ Company</name> was the precursor of the <name type="org" ref="mol:CLOT2">Clothworkers’ Company</name>, into which it merged with the <name type="org" ref="mol:FULL2">Fullers’ Company</name> in <date calendar="mol:julianSic" datingMethod="mol:julianSic" when-custom="1528">1528</date>.</p>
  </note>
</org>
<org type="other" xml:id="FULL2">
  <orgName>Fullers’ Company</orgName>
  <note><p>The <name type="org" ref="mol:FULL2">Fullers’ Company</name> was the precursor of the <name type="org" ref="mol:CLOT2">Clothworkers’ Company</name>, into which it merged with the <name type="org" ref="mol:SHEA1">Shearmens’ Company</name> in <date calendar="mol:julianSic" datingMethod="mol:julianSic" when-custom="1528">1528</date>.</p>
  </note>
</org>

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MLA citation

LeBere, Kate. Quickstart: Adding Organizations. The Map of Early Modern London, Edition 6.6, edited by Janelle Jenstad, U of Victoria, 30 Jun. 2021, mapoflondon.uvic.ca/edition/6.6/quickstart_adding_orgs.htm.

Chicago citation

LeBere, Kate. Quickstart: Adding Organizations. The Map of Early Modern London, Edition 6.6. Ed. Janelle Jenstad. Victoria: University of Victoria. Accessed June 30, 2021. mapoflondon.uvic.ca/edition/6.6/quickstart_adding_orgs.htm.

APA citation

LeBere, K. 2021. Quickstart: Adding Organizations. In J. Jenstad (Ed), The Map of Early Modern London (Edition 6.6). Victoria: University of Victoria. Retrieved from https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/editions/6.6/quickstart_adding_orgs.htm.

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