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...

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...

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...

A group of Scriveners has been treated to an illuminating tour of the British Library.   Our knowledgeable guide Kevin Mehmet (a librarian who also happens to be a member of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers) gave us the inside story on some of the treasures on display – such as the final and...

A very successful Burns Supper was held in collaboration with the Distillers, the Painter Stainers, the Master Mariners and the HR Professionals.

At the suggestion of the Recorder, His Honour Judge Mark Lucraft KC (the most senior judge at the Old Bailey), the Honorary Secondary of London, Fiona Adler, had approached the Company to enquire whether we could arrange to replace the calligraphy scrolls which contain the formal declarations made during the official opening of the...

December brings our annual Christmas Carol Service