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Since the Middle Ages, tradespeople who have acted as suppliers of goods and services to the Sovereign have been given formal recognition. In the beginning this patronage took the form of royal charters given collectively to various trade guilds; later the relationship between the Crown and individual tradespeople was formalised by the issue of royal warrants.
