The Company’s Autumn dinner was held at Apothecaries’ Hall. The oldest Livery Hall in the City, it stands on the site of what was, until the dissolution of the monasteries, aDominican Priory of Black Friars. The buildings were bought by the Apothecaries in 1632 and destroyed in the Great Fire

A group of Scriveners and guests recently visited HMS Portland in His Majesty’s Naval Dockyard Devonport, Plymouth to tour the ship and to see the vessel and its associated helicopter rehearsing high-speed manoeuvres.

Our Summer Reception was held at Barber Surgeons’ Hall, Monkwell Square. This followed the Election Court meeting where Paul Williams was elected as the new Master of the Company, Andrew Claudet as the Upper Warden and Andrew Fenemore-Jones as the Renter Warden, and the new Master and Wardens were installed before the customary drinks...

On 17 July, there was an unveiling of a plaque marking the site of our Livery Hall (built in the seventeenth century) in Noble Street. Huge thanks to Past Masters Julia Hett and Giles Cole who were instrumental arranging for the plaque to be put into place and to City of London Corporation for...

Another important event in our 650th anniversary year celebrations was a service of thanksgiving in the church of St Mary-le-Bow, led by our Honorary Chaplain, the Reverend Steven Brooks.

Our annual Spring Dinner was held this year in the wonderful surroundings of the Goldsmiths’ Hall. The current Hall is the third Goldsmiths’ Hall to have occupied the site at the junction of Foster Lane and Gresham Street since 1339. It opened with a Grand Banquet in 1835, attended by the Duke of Wellington....

Court Assistant Margaret Hill organised a trip to Winchester Cathedral as part of the celebrations of the 650th Anniversary of the Company, with particular emphasis on the skills shown by early exponents of one of our traditional trades, that of calligraphy.