Scriveners' Company in Hong Kong - June 2026
We are pleased to have been engaged once again by the Hong Kong Society of Notaries, to assist in the setting and marking of examinations for prospective notaries in that jurisdiction.
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The Scriveners Company collects silverware at recent City sailing regattas
Jim Miller, Liveryman and sailor, provides news of recent Livery sailing wins.
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Master Cycles South Downs Way - Friday 15 to Sunday 17 May
Master cycles 100 mile South Downs Way in aid of Scrivener's Charity.
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Spring Dinner - Wednesday 22 April 2026
The Master Scrivener held his Spring Dinner at Vintners' Hall on Wednesday 22 April. His principal guest was the Worshipful Morag Ellis KC, Master of the Faculties and Dean of the Arches.
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Lenten Livery Prison Walk - Monday 23 March 2026
The Master Scrivener participated in a sponsored walk from the Old Bailey to HMP Brixton in aid of the Sheriffs’ and Recorder’s Fund. He, along with a number of other Livery Company Officers, visited the prison and were released on good behaviour after meeting the Governor and some of the prisoners. The initiative, organised...
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United Guilds Service - Friday 20 March 2026
The Master, Wardens, Clerk and over twenty Scriveners attended the 82nd United Guilds Service at St Paul’s Cathedral. The service, which takes place annually, gathers together representatives of all 114 Livery Companies, the Guilds with the Civic City and the Church. It was initially established in 1943 as a response to the devastation of...
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Quill Pen Reception / Karen Nehammer Handwriting Competition - Monday 9 March 2026
Members of the Scriveners’ Company were hosted by the Sheriffs at the Old Bailey two weeks ago for the annual Quill Pen Reception. This is when we present the Sheriffs with the swans quills they used to sign themselves into office. Quills are not easy writing implements, so we also give each Sheriff a...
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