All of the City’s 111 Livery Companies have their own coats of arms, and these are displayed in Guildhall as well as many other places within the Square Mile, such as the stained-glass windows of churches.
The company
Coat of Arms
Firmly rooted in the history books
The Worshipful Company of Fruiterers has been in existence since before 1300 AD and stands 45th in order of precedence of the Livery Companies.
The Company’s Arms
Azure on a mount base vert the tree of paradise environed with the serpent between Adam and Eve all proper.
First Motto: ‘Arbor vitae Cristus, fructus per fidem gustamus’
– Christ is the Tree of Life whose fruit we taste through faith
Second Motto: ‘Deus dat incrementum’ – God gives the increase
The Company has used these arms since 1476.
They were re-confirmed by Letters Patent from the College of Arms in 1979.
The Company’s Arms can also be found as a stained-glass window in the Company Church, St Mary Abchurch, Abchurch Yard, City of London, London EC4N 7BA. The photo below (courtesy of Mike Robinson) shows an image of the window from 2022.