Company of Merchant Adventurers of London

Company of Merchant Adventurers of London
Formation1407 (royal charter)
TypeRegulated company (merchant guild)
PurposeOverseas trade in English broadcloth and other goods
HeadquartersCity of London, England
Region served
Northern Europe (especially Hamburg)
Formerly called
"Hamburg Company" (informal, post-1689)


The Company of Merchant Adventurers of London was a trading company founded in the City of London in the early 15th century. It brought together leading merchants in a regulated company in the nature of a guild. Its members’ main business was exporting cloth, especially white (undyed) broadcloth, in exchange for a large range of foreign goods. It traded in northern European ports, competing with the Hanseatic League. It came to focus on Hamburg.

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