The Company is always pleased to hear from prospective new members who have an affinity with its interests and traditions. The core profession of the Company is that of the Scrivener Notary (the Company sets notarial examinations) but membership is by no means confined to that profession.

There are three ways of becoming a member: by SERVITUDE (if you have been apprenticed to a member), by PATRIMONY (if your father or mother was a member when you were born) or by REDEMPTION (payment).

The procedure for electing a new Member into the FREEDOM of the Company by PATRIMONY or REDEMPTION is as follows:

The candidate should be known to and sponsored by two Members of the Livery, one of whom must be a member of the Court of Assistants, and traditionally should show a connection with the “science, art or mysterie of Scrivening”. The latter term is now quite widely interpreted to mean:




• Officers of Arms, and those with interests in heraldry, genealogy and calligraphy;

• those whose professional activity involves close connection with the Law, the Church, Accountancy, Banking or Insurance; and

• those involved in the wider world of commerce or industry.