The Worshipful Company of Scriveners
The present Company of Scriveners is forty-fourth in order of precedence of the Livery Companies of the City of London. Its formal establishment as a corporate body governed by ordinances granted by the Mayor and Aldermen of London dates from 26 September 1373. These mediaeval regulations and ordinances for the governance of the Scriveners Company (as for all other Livery Companies) were to ensure the integrity in business, and the competence in practice, of those engaged in the craft thus strengthening their position and enhancing the confidence of members of the public using their services. Notaries appear as members of the Company from 1392 onwards, when it issued new ordinances to coincide with the appointment by the Archbishop of Canterbury as Papal Legate of laymen as papal and imperial notaries.
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THE QUILL PEN LUNCH 2022
At the annual Quill Pen Lunch held at the Mansion House on 29 November 2022, the Master, Professor Mark Watson-Gandy CStJ, presented the Rt Hon The Lord Mayor, Alderman Nicholas Lyons, with the quill pen with which he signed himself into office and the Lady Mayoress, Mrs Felicity Lyons, with a Scriveners’ fountain pen. The Master presented a donation to the Lord Mayor’s charities on behalf of the Scriveners Company.
THE LORD MAYOR’S SHOW 2022
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